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A crypto analyst forecasts Bitcoin moving quickly to $150,000 once it breaks $120,000, altcoin season doubts, and more: Hodler’s Digest Wall Streets growing interest in late-stage cryptocurrency firms could disrupt the traditional boom-and-bust cycle of digital assets, according to new research. Crypto financial services firm Matrixport said Friday that more than $200 billion worth of crypto companies are preparing initial public offerings (IPOs), which may raise between $30 billion and $45 billion in new capital. Matrixport said investor focus is rotating away from early-stage bets toward scalable, IPO-ready companies positioned for public markets. Read more

A crypto analyst forecasts Bitcoin moving quickly to $150,000 once it breaks $120,000, altcoin season doubts, and more: Hodler’s Digest Wall Streets growing interest in late-stage cryptocurrency firms could disrupt the traditional boom-and-bust cycle of digital assets, according to new research. Crypto financial services firm Matrixport said Friday that more than $200 billion worth of crypto companies are preparing initial public offerings (IPOs), which may raise between $30 billion and $45 billion in new capital. Matrixport said investor focus is rotating away from early-stage bets toward scalable, IPO-ready companies positioned for public markets. Read more

A crypto analyst forecasts Bitcoin moving quickly to $150,000 once it breaks $120,000, altcoin season doubts, and more: Hodler’s Digest Wall Streets growing interest in late-stage cryptocurrency firms could disrupt the traditional boom-and-bust cycle of digital assets, according to new research. Crypto financial services firm Matrixport said Friday that more than $200 billion worth of crypto companies are preparing initial public offerings (IPOs), which may raise between $30 billion and $45 billion in new capital. Matrixport said investor focus is rotating away from early-stage bets toward scalable, IPO-ready companies positioned for public markets. Read more

A crypto analyst forecasts Bitcoin moving quickly to $150,000 once it breaks $120,000, altcoin season doubts, and more: Hodler’s Digest Wall Streets growing interest in late-stage cryptocurrency firms could disrupt the traditional boom-and-bust cycle of digital assets, according to new research. Crypto financial services firm Matrixport said Friday that more than $200 billion worth of crypto companies are preparing initial public offerings (IPOs), which may raise between $30 billion and $45 billion in new capital. Matrixport said investor focus is rotating away from early-stage bets toward scalable, IPO-ready companies positioned for public markets. Read more

A crypto analyst forecasts Bitcoin moving quickly to $150,000 once it breaks $120,000, altcoin season doubts, and more: Hodler’s Digest Wall Streets growing interest in late-stage cryptocurrency firms could disrupt the traditional boom-and-bust cycle of digital assets, according to new research. Crypto financial services firm Matrixport said Friday that more than $200 billion worth of crypto companies are preparing initial public offerings (IPOs), which may raise between $30 billion and $45 billion in new capital. Matrixport said investor focus is rotating away from early-stage bets toward scalable, IPO-ready companies positioned for public markets. Read more

A crypto analyst forecasts Bitcoin moving quickly to $150,000 once it breaks $120,000, altcoin season doubts, and more: Hodler’s Digest Wall Streets growing interest in late-stage cryptocurrency firms could disrupt the traditional boom-and-bust cycle of digital assets, according to new research. Crypto financial services firm Matrixport said Friday that more than $200 billion worth of crypto companies are preparing initial public offerings (IPOs), which may raise between $30 billion and $45 billion in new capital. Matrixport said investor focus is rotating away from early-stage bets toward scalable, IPO-ready companies positioned for public markets. Read more

Defiance's prospectus to the SEC on Friday outlines 49 ETFs that would provide leveraged exposure to Bitcoin funds, crypto firms, and more.

President Trump said this week that Americans could receive a cut of tariff revenue. Here's why it might be a good idea to invest those funds in Bitcoin.

Just as Amazon laid the rails for the digital economy, Metaplanet president Simon Gerovich says his company is building the new financial infrastructure. And he argues that the market often misprices companies in periods of structural change, obsessing over price while missing the power beneath the hood. Like Jeff Bezos’ famous remark during Amazon’s dot-com […] The post Could Metaplanet’s Bitcoin reserve be the new financial frontier? appeared first on CryptoSlate.

If there’s one thing the crypto crowd has been waiting for, it’s a true retail behemoth diving into digital assets. Walmart, the world’s biggest retailer, just announced that its OnePay mobile app will soon support Bitcoin and Ethereum trading. You read that right. This isn’t some distant pilot or vague partnership; it’s on the 2025 […] The post Walmart to offer Bitcoin and Ethereum trading through its OnePay app appeared first on CryptoSlate.

Many major banks anticipate that Bitcoin will rise to as high as $200,000 by year-end, driven by record ETF inflows and capital rotation from gold markets. Key takeaways: Wall Street’s year-end Bitcoin forecasts range from $133,000 to as high as $200,000. Most agree that persistent Bitcoin ETF inflows and gold correlation may shoot BTC to new record highs. Read more

JPMorgan is calling Bitcoin the “debasement trade,” which means you’re probably not bullish enough. The world’s biggest investment bank doesn’t hand out nicknames for speculative assets lightly. But Bitcoin has notched 17 years of unstoppable block-after-block resilience, and Wall Street has finally conceded what the cypherpunks have known all along: there is no alternative when […] The post Why JPMorgan is calling Bitcoin the “debasement trade” appeared first on CryptoSlate.

Bitcoin rallied close to $124,000 as surging US demand for BTC, shifting Federal Reserve monetary policy and hopes for a bullish Q4 lifted investor sentiment. Key takeaways:  Bitcoin rallied 14% in a week, eyeing $124,000 amid a US government shutdown. Onchain data showed a $1.6 billion surge in buying and a Coinbase premium gap of $92, signaling US-led demand. Read more

Shares of Nasdaq-listed miner CleanSpark rose more than 5% Friday after the company reported higher September production. Bitcoin miner CleanSpark ended September with 13,011 BTC in its treasury after reporting year-over-year gains in efficiency and output. The company said monthly production rose 27% from September 2024, with 629 Bitcoin (BTC) mined, and sold 445 BTC for roughly $48.7 million at an average price of $109,568. In its Friday update, CleanSpark said that fleet efficiency improved 26% year over year, while its average operating hashrate for the month was 45.6 EH/s. CleanSpark has been selling part of its monthly Bitcoin production since April as part of a push to become financially self-sufficient. It also opened an institutional Bitcoin trading desk to facilitate sales. In August, the company generated $60.7 million from the sale of 533.5 BTC. Read more

Standard Chartered’s head of digital assets research, Geoffrey Kendrick, reaffirmed his year-end Bitcoin (BTC) price target of $200,000 on Oct. 2. According to Kendrick, fresh ETF inflows and the U.S. government shutdown could drive the crypto to further highs in the weeks ahead. In a note to clients, Kendrick said Bitcoin is poised to break […] The post StanChart reaffirms $200k year-end projection for Bitcoin as US gov shutdown becomes tailwind appeared first on CryptoSlate.

U.S. PMI has fallen to 50 and markets have increased probabilities of a Fed Rate cut as labor has softened and core PCE has held at 2.9%. Bitcoin has reached a 50-day high with strong ETF demand, record open interest, and technical strength toward a potential $150K path. The post U.S. Services PMI Sinks Near Pandemic Lows, Increasing Fed Rate Cuts Odds – Catalyst for $150K Bitcoin? appeared first on Cryptonews.

Analysts were eying a “quick” Bitcoin breakout to $150,000, as ARK Invest’s Cathie Wood compared the Hyperliquid token’s performance to Solana during the previous crypto cycle. The digital asset market staged a significant recovery over the past week following the end-of-September slump. Investor interest began to return, driven by a newfound appetite for safe-haven assets due to the uncertainty caused by the US government’s first shutdown in six years. The growing demand for safe-haven assets may see Bitcoin (BTC) follow gold’s rally, potentially leading to a new all-time high of $150,000 before the end of the year, according to Capriole Investments founder Charles Edwards. Bitcoin recovered above the $120,000 mark on Thursday for the first time since Aug. 14 and continued to trade above $120,122 at the time of writing on Friday. Elsewhere, the ballooning financial deficit of France’s central bank may provide another Bitcoin catalyst, as it may lead to “trillions of euros” of money printing by the European C...

Bitcoin (BTC) set a new record on Oct. 3, clearing its Aug. 14 peak of $123,731.21 and resetting the ceiling for this cycle.  The move follows a steady October grind that accelerated as macro and flow tailwinds aligned. The spot market tone heading into October has been constructive. Bitcoin reclaimed the $120,000 threshold on Oct. […] The post Bitcoin touches previous all-time high amid US government shutdown, macro uncertainties appeared first on CryptoSlate.

CME Group will extend its Bitcoin and Ethereum futures to round-the-clock trading in early 2026, pending regulatory approval. The move brings the largest US-regulated futures market in line with the always-on nature of crypto exchanges, a structural shift that could reshape how liquidity flows between traditional finance and crypto-native venues. CME futures currently trade Sunday […] The post CME to start trading crypto futures 24/7: What changes for Bitcoin? appeared first on CryptoSlate.

Bitcoin futures gained their highest levels of open interest ever, leading to a forecast of a "liquidity flush" within two weeks. Key points: Bitcoin circles the $120,000 mark as traders boost liquidity on either side of the spot price. Analysis sees bulls addressing the “imbalance” to take the market higher. Read more