Crypto News

Is Coinbase bringing crypto ICOs back through this $375 million deal?

After years of venture-funded dominance, Coinbase is reviving the idea that crypto projects can raise money directly from their users. The US-based exchange announced on Oct. 21 that it acquired Echo, a community-fundraising platform founded...

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Why did MetaMask show $0 on Ethereum when AWS went offline?

An Amazon Web Services disruption on Oct. 20 knocked out MetaMask and other ETH wallets displays and slowed Base network operations, exposing how cloud infrastructure dependencies ripple through decentralized systems when a single provider fails....

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From $4B peak to shutdown: What Kadena’s fall teaches other L1 blockchains

When Kadena Organization, the company behind the Kadena blockchain, announced it was shutting down operations on Oct. 21, the message was formal, quiet, and devastatingly simple. The company thanked its community, cited “market conditions,” and...

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The Un-Dead Internet: AI catches irreversible ‘brain rot’ from social media

The internet is not dead, but it may be rotting. New research by scientists at the University of Texas at Austin, Texas A&M University, and Purdue University finds that large language models exposed to viral...

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BlackRock’s $40B IBIT options: Is Bitcoin’s volatility now the market’s favorite income play?

The leverage era in Bitcoin trading has faded into something more deliberate. What once resembled a perpetual motion casino now behaves more like a bond desk. Options activity has overtaken perpetuals, realized volatility has narrowed,...

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Bitcoin surges above $110k, Ethereum rises over $4k amid renewed ‘buy the dip’ fervor

Bitcoin and Ethereum staged a strong rebound this week as fresh capital returned to crypto markets following the US–China tariff shock. Bitcoin surged past $110,000 for the first time since early October, reaching roughly $111,000...

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Altcoin season is cancelled this year: Alts fail to match last cycle $1.6 trillion ceiling

Bitcoin set an all-time high near $126,000 in early October while the altcoin market (excluding stablecoins), measured by TradingView’s TOTAL2ES index, remains below its November 2021 top, around $1.6 trillion, keeping the cycle confirmation test...

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How today’s AWS glitch took down Coinbase, ETH L2s, and half the internet

When Amazon Web Services (AWS) faltered this morning, much of the internet went dark, and crypto was no exception. Several major blockchains and trading platforms, including Coinbase, Robinhood, and some Ethereum layer-2 networks, reported disruptions...

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$1.2B exits US Bitcoin ETFs just as London makes crypto comeback

The 12 spot Bitcoin exchange-traded products (ETFs) in the United States reversed sharply last week, recording $1.2 billion in net outflows. According to SoSoValue data, this was their second-largest weekly setback since launching in January...

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Trade wars and Bitcoin blues: déjà vu as U.S.–China tensions weigh on crypto

Bitcoin is once again caught in the crossfire of a high-stakes geopolitical standoff. This time, the knock-on effects are being felt across every corner of the crypto market. The script is familiar: The return of...

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Grayscale calls Solana ‘crypto’s financial bazaar’: Does the data back it up?

Grayscale, one of crypto’s largest institutional asset managers, published a research note on Oct. 10 calling Solana (SOL) “crypto’s financial bazaar.” This characterization goes well beyond the usual speed-and-throughput pitch. The report positions SOL as...

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Mt. Gox repayments due Oct. 31: Will a supply wave hit BTC?

Mt. Gox trustees face a deadline on Oct. 31 to complete Base, Early lump-sum, and Intermediate repayments for Bitcoin creditors (BTC), with roughly 34,689 BTC still sitting in Mt. Gox-linked wallets as the clock ticks...

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Debanked to rebanked? Redefining financial access in the age of executive orders

When the annals of 21st-century finance are written, there will be a special chapter (messy, political, and deeply consequential) dedicated to the saga of “debanking.” For much of the last three years, anyone working in...

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How Ripple’s new $1 billion XRP treasury plans to reshape the token’s future

Ripple appears to be preparing one of its most ambitious experiments through a $1 billion digital-asset treasury (DAT) designed to accumulate and manage XRP as a long-term reserve. According to a Bloomberg report, the initiative...

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Why the price of gold is rising while Bitcoin is struggling

For years, Bitcoin has been hailed as “digital gold,” a hedge against inflation and policy excess. Yet, as geopolitical tensions rise and trade disputes return to the headlines, the original store of value, gold, is...

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Bitcoin risks falling under $100,000 as Trump confirms US-China tradewar

The trade war that once rattled global markets has returned, and Bitcoin is part of the battlefield this time. On Oct. 15, President Donald Trump declared that the United States was now in a trade...

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Elon Musk: ‘You can’t fake energy.’ Has Bitcoin finally gone green enough for Tesla?

Elon Musk recently revived the “51 % renewables” benchmark, stating that the energy backing Bitcoin “can’t be faked.” The reference is to his earlier promise that Tesla would resume accepting Bitcoin payments once at least...

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Time is up: The case for why Bitcoin bear market cycle started at $126k

No one has a crystal ball, but if Bitcoin continues to behave according to its past cycles, then we’ve most likely already reached the peak. Bitcoin printed an all-time high on Oct. 6, but it...

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