Crypto

Bitcoin’s drop to $118,000 is a possibility, but traders might see futures’ open interest drop by $4.1 billion as a potential dip-buying opportunity. Key takeaways: BTC price may drop to the $118,000-$120,000 range before resuming its uptrend, analysts say. Bitcoin futures open interest fell by $4.1 billion from its peak, potentially indicating a “healthy” reset. Read more

The dollar’s rise toward 101 is squeezing liquidity around the world, pressuring risk assets like Bitcoin.

Bitcoin’s rebound from overnight lows has reignited bullish sentiment across crypto markets, with institutional inflows and leveraged positioning pointing to potential upside.

Privacy coins have posted triple-digit weekly gains as investors seek protection from surveillance and capital freezes.

Gold has hit its highest share of central bank reserves in decades, potentially shaping Bitcoin’s path as a future reserve asset, according to Deutsche Bank. Global central banks have been increasing their gold reserves over the past few years in a trend that may have major implications for Bitcoin, according to a recent report from Deutsche Bank. Gold’s share of central bank reserves reached 24% in the second quarter of the year, its highest share since the 1990s, Deutsche Bank strategists reported Thursday. With official demand for gold running at twice the pace of the 2011–2021 average, some Deutsche Bank analysts see growing parallels between gold and Bitcoin (BTC), which has seen a record-breaking performance in 2025. Read more

The recent surge in BNB's price appears to be driven by Binance's scale and user reach, with $14.8 billion in inflows last quarter.

A new integration allows South Africans to spend Bitcoin, stablecoins and other crypto directly at more than 650,000 merchants nationwide. South Africans can now pay with cryptocurrency at thousands of retail stores nationwide, following a new partnership between QR payments provider Scan to Pay and Bitcoin payments company MoneyBadger. According to a Tech Central report, the integration allows users of major exchanges, including Binance, Luno, Blink and VALR, to pay using Bitcoin (BTC), stablecoins and other crypto assets at over 650,000 Scan to Pay-enabled merchants. Crypto holders can pay for their purchases through QR codes at checkout counters, while the merchants will receive their settlements in rand. The system works through the MoneyBadger platform, linking payments to users’ exchanges or Bitcoin Lightning accounts.  Read more

In one of their first moves in two months, the Bitcoin whale returned to short Bitcoin and Ether for hundreds of millions of dollars, betting on their short-term price decline. A large cryptocurrency investor who surfaced two months ago with about $11 billion worth of Bitcoin has opened almost $900 million in short positions against Bitcoin and Ether, signaling expectations of a market correction despite widespread optimism for October. The whale returned to trading on Thursday with a $360 million Bitcoin (BTC) transfer that piqued the interest of cryptocurrency investors, Cointelegraph reported. On Friday, the whale opened a $600 million 8x leveraged short position on Bitcoin and a leveraged short worth over $300 million on Ether (ETH), according to blockchain data platform Onchain Lens. Read more

The crypto market experienced a correction in the past few days, but analysts believe XRP, ETH, and SOL still have chances to chart new ATHs.

Your day-ahead look for Oct. 10, 2025

Discover how Bitcoin mining runs in 2025: From halving rewards and ASIC rigs to mining pools, hashprice shifts and power use. Bitcoin mining is the process that keeps the BTC network secure and operational. Bitcoin (BTC) miners collect pending transactions, bundle them into blocks and repeatedly perform hashing attempts (trial and error) until they produce a hash that meets the network’s difficulty target. Read more

XRP whale selling has averaged about $50 million a day over 30 days, signaling sustained large-holder exits.

With the SEC running on skeleton staff during the prolonged U.S. government shutdown, crypto ETF reviews are effectively frozen. A weeks-long pause could push Cardano’s long-awaited ETF decision past its 2025 deadline and into the new year.

Cardano forms a key triangle pattern as analysts mark $0.69 as a potential buy zone before a possible breakout toward $2.

Industry groups argued that any cap would be difficult to enforce, and would slow the development of the UK’s burgeoning crypto sector.

AI and high-performance computing demand fuel fresh gains, with miners eyeing a potential $100 billion market cap by year-end

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This move could disrupt global supply chains, drive up prices, and have ripple effects across financial markets.

The livestreaming feature lets creators broadcast trades, accept token donations, and reward viewers via its Hypercore protocol

[PRESS RELEASE – Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands, October 10th, 2025] Following a $140 million private token sale and its Mainnet launch earlier this year, WAL provides the financial framework to support Walrus through staking, governance nodes, and payment for data management.  Walrus, the developer platform that enables users to control, verify, and monetize their data, […]