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Perplexity AI Predicts scenarios for XRP, Dogecoin, and Pepe after Bitcoin has reached a record and the market has swung on tariff headlines. Veteran traders have viewed the pullback as a reset as onchain and macro drivers have shaped year-end expectations. The post Perplexity AI Predicts the Price of XRP, Dogecoin, PEPE by the End of 2025 appeared first on Cryptonews.

Market participants are using the Pepe crash as a buy-the-dip opportunity – PEPE price prediction sets sights on $1 with fresh demand. The post Pepe Price Prediction: Selling Pressure Drops as Retail and Whales Step In – $1 PEPE Rally Starting Now? appeared first on Cryptonews.

Asked by reporters whether the US is preparing for a trade war with China, US President Donald Trump responded: “Well, we’re in one now.” Update Oct 15, 10:55pm: This article has been updated to include comments from US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and the impact of tariffs on the Bitcoin mining industry. US President Donald Trump has confirmed the US is in an active trade war with China after threatening a 100% tariff on all Chinese imports last week. “Well, we’re in one now,” Trump said after being asked by White House reporters whether the US is preparing for a “sustained trade war with China.” ”If we didn’t have tariffs, we would be exposed as being a nothing, we would have no defense,” Trump explained, calling the tariffs an important measure for America’s national security. Read more

Researchers say hundreds of booby-trapped code packages on a major programming platform were part of a state-backed campaign to steal crypto and infiltrate tech firms.

The company accepted Bitcoin and SolvBTC from investors in a private share deal, adding crypto assets to its corporate treasury. Zeta Network Group said on Wednesday that it raised about $230.8 million through a private share sale, with investors paying in Bitcoin (BTC) or SolvBTC — a wrapped Bitcoin-backed token issued by Solv Protocol. Under the deal, investors will receive newly issued Class A ordinary shares and warrants allowing them to buy additional shares later at $2.55 each. Each share and warrant pair was sold at a combined price of $1.70. According to Zeta, the arrangement will strengthen its balance sheet with Bitcoin-based assets as part of a broader treasury strategy. “By integrating SolvBTC into our treasury, we’re enhancing financial resilience with an instrument that combines Bitcoin’s scarcity with sustainable yield,” said Patrick Ngan, Zeta Network’s chief investment officer. Read more

Manhattan court has opened the trial of two brothers accused of a $25M ethereum exploit; prosecutors have alleged fraud completed in 12 seconds, while the defense has argued the exploit was legal. The defense has sought to exclude Google search-history evidence; each faces up to 20 years per count. The post MIT-Educated Brothers Could Spend Decades in Prison for $25 Million Ethereum Scheme appeared first on Cryptonews.

The debate continues over what to do with the seized $7 billion worth of Bitcoin: Should the U.K. keep it or give it back to the victims?

James Wynn, famous for his leveraged crypto bets, said he was "back with a vengeance," but was liquidated just one day after opening new positions. James Wynn, a pseudonymous high-leverage crypto trader, was liquidated for about $4.8 million on Wednesday, according to blockchain analytics company Lookonchain. Wynn opened up $4.8 million in leveraged positions with $197,000 in stablecoins on Tuesday, Lookonchain reported. “Back with a vengeance, coming to get what’s rightly mine,” Wynn said on Tuesday as he placed his bets. Wynn opened a 40x long position on 34 Bitcoin (BTC), valued at $3.85M, a 10x long on 122,000,000 KingPepe (kPEPE) meme tokens, valued at $917,000, and a 10x position on 712 Hyperliquid (HYPE), valued at $28,000, before losing nearly all of it by Wednesday. Read more

The crypto market has seen a policy jolt and an enforcement sweep: tariff threats have rattled risk, record liquidations have cleared leverage, and a US–UK seizure of BTC has intensified on-chain tracking. Watch spot ETF creations, stablecoin issuance, and order-book depth for repair signs. The post Crypto Market Prospect: After the Washout, the Soil Looks Richer appeared first on Cryptonews.

Bitcoin price traded near $110,000 today as ETF flow streaks and the $107,000 support take focus. Spot ETF demand remains the pivot. BlackRock’s IBIT is approaching $100 billion in assets, roughly 799,000 BTC, as the largest U.S. fund complex continues to concentrate supply. U.S. spot products printed fresh net inflows of $102 million yesterday and […] The post 5 things that need to happen for Bitcoin to stay above $100k appeared first on CryptoSlate.

Ripple's global custody network now spans multiple continents, with Absa becoming its first major institutional partner in Africa.

Brad Garlinghouse has asked that Ripple be “held to the same regulatory standards as a bank” as the company awaits a decision on a national charter from the OCC. Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse said at a recent conference that crypto companies should receive the same benefits as traditional financial institutions when following the same laws and regulations. Speaking at DC Fintech Week on Wednesday, Garlinghouse said it was unlikely for regulators such as the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to roll back their policies after the potential departure of Chair Paul Atkins or US President Donald Trump, who nominated the head of the agency. However, he also criticized the disparity between the treatment of crypto companies and traditional financial institutions, like banks. Read more

Coinbase has placed BNB on its listing roadmap, indicating intent while trading has remained contingent on market-making support and technical readiness. The move has followed public criticism, as Blue Carpet has offered direct access to listings teams and Coinbase has reiterated that listings are free. The post Coinbase Bends to Pressure – Finally Lists Rival Binance’s BNB Amid Listing Drama appeared first on Cryptonews.

Crypto users were left scrambling on Wednesday after Paxos minted 300 trillion of PayPal's PYUSD stablecoin, then sent it all to a burn address. Blockchain data showed stablecoin issuer Paxos both minted and burned 300 trillion tokens of the PayPal USD stablecoin within 30 minutes, leaving many crypto users scratching their heads. In a Wednesday X post following the mint and burn, Chaos Labs founder Omer Goldberg said Aave would be temporarily freezing trades for PayPal USD (PYUSD) after an “unexpected high-magnitude transaction” of minting and burning the stablecoin. Ethereum blockchain data showed Paxos minting 300 trillion of the US dollar-pegged stablecoin at 7:12 pm UTC and then burning the entire amount 22 minutes later by sending it to an inaccessible wallet. PYUSD, pegged 1:1 to the US dollar, makes the supply of the burned coins worth about $300 trillion. The stablecoin has a market capitalization of more than $2.3 billion at this writing, making it the sixth-largest coin behind Tether’s USDt (USDT),...

The real winner of last week’s crypto flash crash is the CME. Cointelegraph explains how the exchange is increasing its crypto market share. Key takeaways: CME’s futures open interest in the top four cryptocurrencies reached $28.3 billion, surpassing Binance’s $23 billion and Bybit’s $12.2 billion. Despite CME’s lead in open interest, unregulated exchanges still dominate trading volumes, especially in altcoin and perpetual futures. Read more

Publicly traded Dogecoin and Bitcoin treasury firm Thumzup is now considering adding DOGE reward payments to its mobile app.

Friday’s flash crash was largely influenced by a cascade of leveraged liquidations. Will large moves like this be the new norm?

DeepMind’s 27-billion-parameter “Cell2Sentence-Scale” model spotted a drug combination that made tumors more visible to the immune system, a breakthrough Google calls “a milestone for AI in science.”

Despite a comparably muted October, bitcoin’s steady performance near $110,000 and signs of Fed easing have analysts calling for a breakout.

Shares in Ethereum treasury firm ETHZilla fell more than 5% after the company announced a 1-for-10 reverse stock split.