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Cointelegraph.com - 18:00 Oct 10, 2025
An $11 billion Bitcoin whale returned to crypto markets this week, likely seeking trading opportunities tied to October’s historic crypto rallies and uncertainty in the US. Cryptocurrency markets showed signs of consolidation in the second week of October, even as investors continued to bet on another “Uptober” rally to new highs. Also in the news this week was the $11 billion Bitcoin (BTC) whale who returned after a two-month hiatus to transfer another $360 million in BTC, signaling a potential rotation into the world’s second-largest cryptocurrency, with an additional $5 billion left in their wallet. In another potential Uptober catalyst, the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) received 31 crypto exchange-traded fund (ETF) applications, with 21 of them filed during the first eight days of October. Read more -
Cointelegraph.com - 17:58 Oct 10, 2025
The Venezuelan opposition leader has championed Bitcoin as a lifeline for individuals trying to protect their wealth or attempting to flee the country. María Corina Machado, a human rights activist and political opposition leader in Venezuela who has called Bitcoin a “lifeline” for Venezuelans, received the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize for promoting democracy in the South American country. Machado praised Bitcoin (BTC) as a pro-freedom technology in a 2024 interview with Alex Gladstein, chief strategy officer at the nonprofit Human Rights Foundation. She said: The only way to help Venezuela’s poorest is by ensuring property rights, low inflation, equal access to opportunity, and government,” she said. Read more -
Cointelegraph.com - 17:30 Oct 10, 2025
A Hyperliquid trader lost $21 million in a private key exploit, raising new concerns about DeFi security and user vigilance amid growing DEX activity. On Thursday, a single user on the decentralized trading platform Hyperliquid lost about $21 million after a private key leak led to an exploit involving the platform’s Hyperdrive lending protocol. According to blockchain security company PeckShield, the attacker targeted 17.75 million DAI (DAI) and 3.11 million SyrupUSDC, a synthetic version of the USDC stablecoin used within Hyperdrive, and subsequently bridged the stolen funds to Ethereum. PeckShield has not confirmed how the private key was compromised. Read more -
Cointelegraph.com - 16:43 Oct 10, 2025
The group of banks said the stablecoin initiative would explore the “benefits of digital assets” in bringing new products to the market. A group of banks is in the process of exploring the launch of stablecoins focused on some of the world’s biggest fiat currencies, including the US dollar, euro and Japanese yen. According to a Friday statement from BNP Paribas, banks including Bank of America, Goldman Sachs, Deutsche Bank and Citi said that they had launched a project to explore the “issuance of a 1:1 reserve-backed form of digital money that provides a stable payment asset available on public blockchains” linked to currencies from the Group of Seven (G7) countries: the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Italy and Japan. “The objective of the initiative is to explore whether a new industry-wide offering could bring the benefits of digital assets and enhance competition across the market, while ensuring full compliance with regulatory requirements and best practice risk management,” ... -
Cointelegraph.com - 15:00 Oct 10, 2025
Discover seven simple, proven habits — strong 2FA, safe signing, hot/cold wallet separation and recovery plans — to block phishing, toxic approvals, fake support and more. Over $2.4 billion was stolen in the first half of 2025, already surpassing 2024’s total. Everyday traps such as phishing, toxic approvals and fake “support” cause more damage than exotic exploits. Strong 2FA, careful signing, hot/cold wallet separation and clean devices dramatically reduce risk. Read more -
Cointelegraph.com - 14:37 Oct 10, 2025
Circular AI investments among Nvidia, OpenAI and AMD have shown similarities to the dot-com bubble, which could spill over to harm the crypto market. Key takeaways: Bitcoin’s correlation with Nvidia has surged to 0.75, its highest in a year. Analysts fear such a correlation may result in BTC price dropping by up to 80%. Read more -
Cointelegraph.com - 14:11 Oct 10, 2025
The move marks the debut of Nasdaq’s first Tether Gold-backed corporate treasury, which will be established via a $150 million financing round. Nasdaq-listed wealth and asset management services provider Prestige Wealth is rebranding to Aurelion Treasury to launch the Nasdaq’s first Tether Gold-backed corporate treasury as more Wall Street companies explore digital asset offerings. To launch Nasdaq’s first Tether Gold (XAUT) treasury, the company announced the closure of a $100 million Private Investment in Public Equity (PIPE) financing round from anchor investor Antalpha Platform Holding Company and other accredited investors, including TG Commodities S.A. de C.V. (Tether), the company said Friday. The company also secured a three-year, $50 million senior debt facility from Antalpha Management, bringing its total funding to $150 million, according to a filing with the US Securities and Exchange Commission. Read more -
Cointelegraph.com - 13:56 Oct 10, 2025
Crypto betting platform Shuffle suffered a data breach via its CRM provider Fast Track, exposing most users’ data, founder Noa Dummett said. Shuffle, a leading crypto betting platform, suffered a data breach after its third-party customer service provider was compromised, exposing the data of most of its users. According to a Friday X post from Shuffle founder Noa Dummett, the company’s customer relationship management (CRM) service provider, Fast Track, suffered a data breach that exposed its users’ data. Shuffle used the service in question for “programmatic email sending and various communications with users,” suggesting that those messages and email addresses were likely among the exposed data. “Unfortunately, it seems that their breach has impacted the majority of our users,” Dummett wrote. He said that the company was investigating how the breach took place and “where this data ended up.” Read more -
Cointelegraph.com - 13:53 Oct 10, 2025
From the FTX fallout to Metaplanet-inspired expansion, Solana’s corporate story is coming full circle through its SOL treasury companies. Solana (SOL) treasury companies are following the trend set by Bitcoin (BTC) and Ether (ETH), whose adoption by public companies has boosted stock prices and graced media headlines. Digital asset treasuries (DATs) list on public markets, buy crypto, then work to grow tokens per share. The pitch is simple for traders who want to gain crypto exposure through a brokerage account, offering upside that can outpace spot prices. Exchange-traded funds (ETFs) also provide crypto exposure for investors nowadays, but DATs can hit the market faster. Additionally, premiums and discounts to net asset value (NAV) create embedded leverage without liquidation concerns, which allows these vehicles to trade away from the value of the tokens they hold. Read more -
Cointelegraph.com - 13:30 Oct 10, 2025
Polymarket’s rival prediction marketplace Kalshi told Cointelegraph that its platform will be restricted in 38 jurisdictions, including France and the UK. United States-based prediction marketplace Kalshi closed another major funding round to bring its platform to more than 100 countries worldwide. Kalshi completed a Series D funding round of over $300 million led by Sequoia Capital and Andreessen Horowitz (a16z), with participation by Paradigm, the company announced on Friday. The platform is immediately available in over 140 countries, Kalshi said in a statement shared with Cointelegraph, adding that it has now emerged as the “world’s only unified global prediction market and instantly added billions of new potential customers.” Read more -
Cointelegraph.com - 13:30 Oct 10, 2025
Real-world asset tokenization needs compliance frameworks and verified ownership checks built into the infrastructure to prevent fraud and build institutional trust. Opinion by: Vincent Kadar, CEO of Polymath When a company sold tokenized shares in dozens of homes in Detroit that it did not actually own, it was more than a real estate scandal. It served as a warning to the entire real-world asset (RWA) sector. The deal seemed modern, including blockchain tokens, fractional ownership and the promise of rental income. Read more -
Cointelegraph.com - 13:00 Oct 10, 2025
Can SWIFT’s blockchain match Ripple’s technological edge? Explore the key challenges it faces and its potential impact on global payments. SWIFT powers most of the world’s bank transfers through its messaging network, while Ripple uses XRP to make cross-border payments faster and cheaper. Beyond payments, XRP is also used for remittances and is being explored for tokenized loyalty and DeFi applications, with institutions like SBI Holdings testing integrations. SWIFT is developing a blockchain-based ledger for real-time payments, interoperable with major networks and supporting tokenized assets. Read more -
Cointelegraph.com - 12:28 Oct 10, 2025
Changpeng Zhao’s warning highlights a resurgence of threats from state-backed hacking groups, such as the North Korean Lazarus Group. Hackers attempted to infiltrate the account of Binance co-founder Changpeng “CZ” Zhao, signaling potential attacks from state-backed hacker groups, such as the North Korean Lazarus Group. “Government-backed attackers” were attempting to steal Zhao’s Google password, according to a Google warning shared by CZ, who suggested that it may be another attempt by North Korea’s Lazarus Group. “I get this warning from Google once in a while. Does anyone know what this is? North Korea Lazarus? Not that I have anything important on my account,” said Zhao in a Friday X post. Read more -
Cointelegraph.com - 12:27 Oct 10, 2025
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 -
Cointelegraph.com - 11:56 Oct 10, 2025
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 -
Cointelegraph.com - 11:36 Oct 10, 2025
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 -
Cointelegraph.com - 11:31 Oct 10, 2025
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 -
Cointelegraph.com - 11:00 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 -
Cointelegraph.com - 00:02 Oct 10, 2025
Democratic senators have been criticized for pitching a counter-proposal to the market structure bill that could effectively “kill DeFi.” Despite previously supporting a crypto market structure bill, several Democratic US senators have reportedly introduced a counter-proposal that could see decentralized finance protocols placed on a “restricted list” if deemed too risky. This move, among others they proposed, could “kill DeFi” or move it offshore from the US, according to critics. The Senate Banking Committee Democrats sent a proposal to the committee’s Republicans on Thursday seeking to impose Know Your Customer rules on the frontends of crypto apps — including non-custodial wallets — and to strip protections from crypto developers, Punchbowl News reported on Thursday. Read more -
Cointelegraph.com - 21:42 Oct 09, 2025
Alibaba founder’s company backs another Ethereum-based project, South Korean whales account for 91% of the market: Asia Express. Anthea Holding Limited, a Bermuda-based crypto insurance firm, has raised $22 million in Series A financing led by Yunfeng Financial Group, a Hong Kong-listed fintech company co-founded by Alibaba founder Jack Ma. Anthea said the new capital will fund the launch of its first Ethereum-based life insurance product, alongside expansion into the Asian market. The investment comes just over a month after Yunfeng Financial purchased 10,000 ETH (about $44 million), which serves as a strategic reserve for real-world asset tokenization and DeFi-linked insurance applications. Read more
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