Crypto

Visa’s growing stablecoin network positions it as the key infrastructure player in blockchain payments, while individual tokens risk becoming commoditized assets.

Bitcoin swing traders took profits, and bears opened fresh shorts after BTC failed to recapture levels above $118,000. Will today’s FOMC presser kickstart a trend reversal in BTC and altcoins? Key points: Bitcoin’s failure to rise above $118,000 may have attracted profit-booking by short-term traders, resulting in a drop toward $107,000. Several major altcoins turned down from their overhead resistance levels, signaling that the bears remain sellers on rallies. Read more

Hedera faces selling pressure at $0.2055 resistance as trading volume explodes 137% above average, marking institutional distribution amid choppy price action.

The fund offers exposure to collateralized loan obligations, with onchain capital allocator Grove planning a $100 million anchor investment.

The new project, dubbed Cocoon, aims to give users access to AI tools without surrendering their data to centralized providers. Pavel Durov, co-founder of the messaging application Telegram, has disclosed a new decentralized AI network to be built atop The Open Network (TON), an independent layer-1 blockchain associated with Telegram. Durov took the stage at the Blockchain Life 2025 forum in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, to announce the Confidential Compute Open Network, or Cocoon, created to give users access to AI-driven features without sacrificing data privacy to centralized AI providers. According to Durov, users can make the processing power from their graphics processing units (GPUs) available to the network, in exchange for receiving Toncoin (TON), the native token of TON. Durov also touched on why decentralized AI is needed for human freedom: Read more

At least two Massachusetts individuals fell victim to a Bitcoin ATM scam that lured them to transfer funds claiming they missed jury duty.

Check out which cryptocurrencies will be removed from Binance's platform on November 12.

ZachXBT flags BlockDAG's $370M presale of a hidden founder allegedly linked to scams amid further fraud concerns surrounding the project, prolonged sale, unverified funds & lack of mainnet. The post BlockDAG’s $433M Presale in Crisis After ZachXBT Links Founder to Past Scams appeared first on Cryptonews.

In the latest Cointelegraph interview, James Lavish explains why the “debasement trade” is going mainstream, and what that could mean for Bitcoin. For years, investors have argued that money printing would weaken fiat currencies and push scarce assets, such as Bitcoin (BTC), dramatically higher. That view, once dismissed as niche, has now entered the mainstream in a big way. In a new interview with Cointelegraph, hedge fund manager and macro expert James Lavish broke down the growing acceptance of that thesis. His message is simple: If you don’t own hard assets, you’re falling behind. “Prices of goods are inflating. And so if you don’t own them, then you’re going to be left behind.” Read more

US-traded spot Ethereum exchange-traded funds (ETFs) recorded persistent outflows during late September and mid-October, periods that coincided with relative weakness in the ETH/BTC ratio. Yet, non-US inflows and continued staking growth blunted the price impact, suggesting the headwind is episodic rather than structural. The question of whether ETF redemptions drive Ether’s underperformance against Bitcoin requires […] The post Are Ethereum ETFs a price headwind? appeared first on CryptoSlate.

Read this week’s Crypto Long & Short Newsletter for Andy Baehr's “Vibe Check,” a story of two markets. Then, learn how the true internet generation set the stage for digital currencies with Sam Ewen.

Brett Harrison’s new startup brings perpetual futures — crypto’s signature high-leverage contracts — to stocks, currencies and commodities. Former FTX US President Brett Harrison is launching a new venture that brings one of crypto’s most popular — and controversial — trading instruments into traditional finance. His startup, Architect Financial Technologies, has received approval in Bermuda to offer perpetual futures contracts tied to traditional assets such as stocks, indexes, commodities, foreign currencies and interest rates, Bloomberg reported Wednesday. Perpetual futures, or “perps,” let traders take leveraged long or short positions without contract expiry. To keep prices aligned with spot markets, exchanges use a funding rate mechanism, a periodic payment between long and short positions that balances demand. Read more

The high-speed Ethereum layer-2 drew nearly nine times its target as over 14,000 investors rushed in.

The decline was part of a broader crypto market drop, with traders focusing on technical cues and selling dominating

Strong retail optimism marks the wrong time to buy as fear, not FOMO, fuels true rebounds.

MetaMask, Phantom, and Telegram mini-app Blum now offer perpetual futures trading natively within their crypto apps. What are the risks?

The company is expected to report another quarterly profit on Thursday, possibly reviving expectations for S&P 500 inclusion, 10x Research's Markus Thielen argued.

The Ethereum Foundation has unveiled “Ethereum for Institutions,” a new online portal designed to guide enterprises, financial institutions, and developers looking to build on Ethereum’s infrastructure.  The post Ethereum Foundation Launches Portal Showcasing ZK Privacy Tech to RWAs and Restaking appeared first on Cryptonews.

BTC: 112.9k (-1%) | BTC.D: 60% (+0.3%). ETH: 4000 (-3%) | BNB: 1116 (-1%) | SOL: 194 (-4%). Top Gainers: PI, TRUMP, M, PAXG, ZEC. BTC ETFs: +$202m | ETH ETFs: +$246m. Crypto falls ahead of Fed decision, stocks strong. France considers accumulating 2% of BTC supply. Huge volumes on day 1 of SOL ETF. ICO participant moves $6m ETH after 8 years. Hype and BNB dominate weekly L1 fees. Sharplink to stake $200m ETH on Linea. ETH Fusaka upgrade now on final testnet. Evernorth has accumulated $1b XRP. Western Union stablecoin planned on SOL. Securitize to go public via $1.25b SPAC deal. Circle starts testing Arc Blockchain. Visa adds support for four stablecoins.

Bitcoin trades near $113K ahead of the FOMC decision. Key levels at $112K support and $120K resistance could shape the next major move.