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Bitcoin steadied into weekend trading, but BTC price targets still saw a dip below $100,000 despite increasingly bullish RSI signals. Key points: Bitcoin stabilizes into the weekend, but market sentiment is anything but relaxed about the outlook. BTC price forecasts increasingly feature sub-$100,000 levels. Read more

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 stealing the spotlight. According to TradingView data, gold climbed to an all-time high of $4,376 per ounce on Oct. 17, […] The post Why the price of gold is rising while Bitcoin is struggling appeared first on CryptoSlate.

Are these two ideas compatible? That question directed a conversation at this week's D.C. Fintech Week.

A quantum computer powerful enough to break Bitcoin could steal coins while the network runs as usual. If a quantum computer capable of breaking modern encryption were to come online today, Bitcoin would likely be under attack — and no one would know. “Everything would look like legitimate access,” David Carvalho, CEO of post-quantum infrastructure company Naoris Protocol, told Cointelegraph. “When you think you’re seeing a quantum computer out there, it’s already been in control for months.” “You wouldn’t even know,” he said. Read more

Corporate giants are building their own L1s, shifting blockchain from neutral infrastructure to strategic moats with regulatory advantages. Opinion by: Ray Song, founder at aPriori When you’ve been around markets long enough, you start to see patterns. The tools we trade on and the rails we build on are never static. In crypto, one of the biggest shifts happening right now is at the base layer. For years, the layer 1 conversation was dominated by Ethereum if you wanted composability and a broad developer base, Solana if you wanted speed and Cosmos if you wanted sovereignty. The choice of L1 felt like picking a trading venue, evaluating fees, liquidity and execution.  Read more

Robinhood’s tokenization drive on Arbitrum now includes nearly 500 US stock and ETF tokens worth over $8.5 million, as the brokerage deepens its RWA push. Robinhood has expanded its tokenization initiative on the Arbitrum blockchain, deploying 80 new stock tokens in the past few days and bringing the total number of tokenized assets close to 500. According to data from Dune Analytics, Robinhood has tokenized 493 assets with a total value exceeding $8.5 million. Cumulative mint volume has surpassed $19.3 million, offset by around $11.5 million in burning activity, signaling a growing but actively traded market. Stocks account for nearly 70% of all deployed tokens, followed by exchange-traded funds (ETFs) at about 24%, with smaller allocations to commodities, crypto ETFs and US Treasurys. Read more

The majority of participants in a recent poll believe BTC might have at least one more leg up coming.

Ethereum extends rally amid $84B TVL surge – Ethereum price prediction suggests breakout potential toward $4,300 next. The post Ethereum Price Prediction: Examining Onchain Metrics After ETH Posts Solid 24h and 7d Gains appeared first on Cryptonews.

Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey previously gave $21 million to support OpenSats, which backs Bitcoin developers. Tether gave $250,000 to the nonprofit this week.

Andrew Tate’s $26K call sparks panic, but Bitcoin price prediction suggests bulls may be preparing their next big move. The post Bitcoin Price Prediction: Andrew Tate’s Deep Crash Forecast Tests BTC Traders After Liquidity Sweep appeared first on Cryptonews.

XRP has rebounded in the past 24 hours after another violent Friday.

JPMorgan attributes the recent Bitcoin (BTC) and Ethereum (ETH) sell-off to crypto-native leverage rather than institutional exits, noting that spot ETFs and CME futures absorbed minimal forced selling while perpetual futures markets faced sharp deleveraging across both assets. Bitcoin fell 13.1% from $122,316 on Oct. 3 to $106,329 by Oct. 17, while perpetual open interest […] The post How crypto-native leverage drove Bitcoin sell-off while ETFs barely flinched appeared first on CryptoSlate.

[PRESS RELEASE – Singapore, Singapore, October 18th, 2025] Singapore, Singapore, 17 October 2025 — Ryder, the company behind the easiest to use crypto hardware wallet, Ryder One, that gives users crypto security in 60 seconds or less, announces the close of a $3.2M seed funding round, led by Tim Draper, Founder of Draper Associates. Other […]

The restriction on paying interest to stablecoin users looks easy to circumvent, argues EY’s Paul Brody. So why not just let stablecoin providers pay interest the same as any bank would?

OpenSea CEO Devin Finzer says the platform isn’t abandoning NFTs but expanding into a universal onchain trading hub. OpenSea CEO Devin Finzer has rejected claims that the company is pivoting away from non-fungible tokens (NFTs), saying instead that the marketplace is “evolving” into a universal platform to trade every type of onchain asset. In a Friday post on X, Finzer announced that OpenSea's October trading volume exceeded $2.6 billion, with over 90% of that amount coming from token trading, calling it the beginning of the platform’s transformation to “trade everything.” “We’re building the universal interface for the entire onchain economy — tokens, collectibles, culture, digital and physical,” Finzer told Cointelegraph. “The goal is simple: if it exists onchain, you should be able to trade it on OpenSea, seamlessly across any chain, while maintaining complete control of your assets,” he added. Read more

Holding above $2 increases XRP's potential to retest $3 in the coming weeks, while also maintaining a record high target of around $7.75. Key takeaways: XRP price dropped 8.75% on Friday despite Ripple’s $1 billion acquisition plans. A drop toward the $2 support level is possible in the coming days, as bulls pin their hopes on a rebound. Read more

Huobi founder Li Lin and prominent Asian crypto investors have raised $1 billion to launch an Ether-focused digital asset trust. The post Huobi Founder Li Lin Raises $1B With Partners to Accumulate Ethereum appeared first on Cryptonews.

Retail investors chasing Bitcoin exposure through public companies like Metaplanet and Strategy have lost an estimated $17 billion. The post Retail Investors Lose $17B as Bitcoin Treasury Stocks Collapse, 10x Research Says appeared first on Cryptonews.

BTC slumped below $104,000 on Friday.

HMRC sent nearly 65,000 warning letters to crypto investors last year, more than double the previous year, as the UK steps up efforts to trace undeclared capital gains. The UK tax authority has ramped up its scrutiny of crypto investors, doubling the number of warning letters sent to those suspected of underreporting or evading taxes on digital asset gains. HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) issued nearly 65,000 letters in the 2024–25 tax year, up from 27,700 the year before, the Financial Times reported on Friday, citing data obtained under the Freedom of Information Act. The letters, known as “nudge letters,” are designed to prompt investors to voluntarily correct their tax filings before formal investigations are launched. Read more