Bloomberg analyst Mike McGlone says Bitcoin hitting $100,000 is “a speed bump” to $56,000, but other analysts say Bitcoin has bottomed out. Bitcoin’s price may decline by almost 50% if its current downward trend over the past month continues, says a traditional finance analyst. However, onchain analytics firm Glassnode suggested that Bitcoin’s (BTC) current downtrend may not be as severe as some market participants believe. Bloomberg analyst Mike McGlone said in an X post on Thursday that Bitcoin hitting $100,000 could be “a Speed Bump Toward $56,000.” Read more
The head of Australia’s market regulator, Joe Longo, is looking to embrace tokenization in Australia’s capital markets, fearing the country will fall behind if it doesn’t act. Australia’s capital markets risk being outpaced by other countries unless it embraces new technology such as tokenization, says the country’s head market regulator. “As other countries adapt and innovate, there’s a real risk Australia could become the ‘land of missed opportunity’ or be passive recipients of developments overseas,” Australian Securities and Investments Commission Chair Joe Longo told the National Press Club on Wednesday. Over $35.8 billion worth of real-world assets are currently tokenized onchain, which Boston Consulting Group estimated could rise to $16 trillion by 2030, while McKinsey & Co predicted a more conservative $2 trillion over the same time frame. Read more
XRP saw record wallet growth and easing whale outflows, hinting at a potential market bottom despite the recent price weakness. Key takeaways: Over 21,000 new XRP wallets were created in 48 hours, the fastest growth in eight months. Record decentralized exchange transactions coincided with XRP’s price weakness, hinting at non-organic activity. Read more
Need to know what happened in crypto today? Here is the latest news on daily trends and events impacting Bitcoin price, blockchain, DeFi, NFTs, Web3 and crypto regulation. Today in crypto, Google is integrating prediction market data from Kalshi and Polymarket into its search results. Coinbase pushes back on Treasury over the GENIUS Act amid lobbying pressure on stablecoin interest, and Robinhood reported a 300% surge in crypto revenue for the third quarter. Google is incorporating prediction market data from Kalshi and Polymarket into its search results as part of its AI-powered upgrade, enabling users to view real-time probabilities for future market events directly within the platform. According to a Thursday announcement, the prediction market data will be available in the next couple of weeks, letting users view market odds and track how forecasts have shifted over time by typing a question directly into Google’s search bar. Read more
Despite a dip in active wallets and DeFi losses, blockchain gaming and decentralized finance continued to drive most Web3 activity last month. Blockchain gaming and decentralized finance (DeFi) remained the most active sectors in Web3 in October, despite a 3% decline in total daily active wallets to 16 million, according to a new report from DappRadar. Web3 gaming accounted for 27.9% of all decentralized application (DApp) activity over the past month, its highest share of the year, while DeFi maintained solid engagement at 18.4%, despite market volatility and ongoing regulatory pressure. The most widely used DApps include Raydium, Pump.fun, Jupiter Exchange, OKX Dex and PancakeSwap v2. Read more