Bitcoin Price Rebounds as Fed Chair Warsh Explains Rate-Hike Pause
There was no rate change but the decision was not unanimous.
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Sam Altman’s ChatGPT AI Predicts PEPE to Spark a Meme Coin Supercycle
What if the meme coin supercycle isn’t dead, but is instead waiting for its most outrageous comeback yet? According to OpenAI’s chatbot, ChatGPT AI predicts this is the potential outlook for the meme sector, especially Pepe coin (PEPE).Imagine a final-quarter crypto rally so explosive that traders momentarily shift their focus away from utility, revenue, and …
More Americans Have Tried Crypto, But Few Are Sticking With It: Survey
A survey conducted by Ipsos for the DeFi Education Fund found that 22% of Americans have ever owned or used crypto, up from 18%, while past-year use held flat at 13%.
Coinbase says it wasn’t breached, but hackers don’t need to steal crypto to hurt users
Coinbase says funds were unaffected by the Amplitude incident, while disclosures in South Korea reveal different data exposures and unresolved customer risks. Read the full story on CryptoSlate Understand the crypto stories that matter and what to watch next. Get The Catalyst in your inbox
OpenAI Plans to Buy Google's AI Chips as It Looks Beyond Nvidia: Report
OpenAI, one of Nvidia's biggest customers, reportedly plans to buy Google's TPU chips. Neither company has confirmed the report, and the price and size of the order were not disclosed.
Sam Bankman-Fried wrote to actor portraying him in Netflix series
The former FTX CEO remains incarcerated as Irish actor Anthony Boyle portrays him in a series about the downfall of the crypto exchange and his relationship with Caroline Ellison. In about three weeks, Netflix is set to release one of the first dramatizations of the saga of cryptocurrency exchange FTX since its CEO, Sam “SBF” Bankman-Fried, was found guilty and sentenced to prison. According to a Wednesday Vanity Fair report, Anthony Boyle, the Irish actor portraying SBF on screen for the Netflix series ‘The Altruists,’ contacted the former CEO in prison via email as he prepared for the role. Although Boyle said he “promised him that I wouldn’t divulge anything,” Bankman-Fried reportedly answered the bulk of the actor’s questions ahead of the series’ release. “I was interested in what poss…
CFTC chief poses questions about policing AI but calls it a road to 'autonomous trading'
The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission held a forum in which the chairman, Mike Selig, suggested AI agents may usher in a financial revolution.
Polymarket built a $14 billion US trading business almost entirely on sports bets
The 30-day face-value tally compares with $3.4 billion paid for contracts, while Reuters reports renewed offshore-access scrutiny and separate US customer-protection checks. Read the full story on CryptoSlate Understand the crypto stories that matter and what to watch next. Get The Catalyst in your inbox
Fed Stands Pat, Bitcoin Holds Steady—But a December Rate Hike Is in Play
The Federal Reserve left rates unchanged Wednesday in a 10-2 vote, with Governor Lisa Cook and Cleveland Fed President Beth Hammack favoring a hike.
Crypto isn’t a partisan fight, proven by data
Treating crypto as a political battleground only makes it harder to build the secure, transparent, American-made financial system that most Americans say they want, argues DeFi Education Fund’s Jennifer Rosenthal.
Strategy shareholders approve daily dividends for four preferred stocks
The largest Bitcoin treasury company will begin daily dividend payments on STRC in November, with three other preferred securities following in January 2027. Bitcoin treasury company Strategy said Wednesday that shareholders approved amendments allowing its four preferred stocks to pay daily dividends, with 99.3% of votes cast in favor, according to preliminary results. The amendments cover Strategy’s four preferred securities — STRF, STRC, STRK and STRD — shifting dividend payments from semi-monthly or quarterly schedules to every business day. Dividends will accrue daily, including weekends and holidays, without changing their annual dividend rates. Strategy expects daily payments on STRC to begin Nov. 2, with STRF, STRK and STRD following on Jan. 4, 2027. Strategy said the changes are d…
Fed leaves interest rates unchanged, as expected
A rate hike in December remains likely as the U.S. central bank continues to focus on inflation, which remains well above its 2% target.
Bitcoin (BTC) Shows a ‘Major Sign of Strength:’ Price Rally Incoming?
One whale has placed a huge BTC bet ahead of the FOMC meeting, but does that guarantee a price increase?
Galaxy’s AI data centers bring $79 million in lease revenue and a small net loss
The first full Helios lease quarter left Data Centers with a $435,000 loss, while Treasury & Corporate drove Galaxy’s recovery. Read the full story on CryptoSlate Understand the crypto stories that matter and what to watch next. Get The Catalyst in your inbox
AI Can Quietly Influence Experts’ Decisions, Anthropic Study Finds
Professional analysts went along with their AI agent’s hidden opinion 86% of the time, and few credited it.
Ethereum Price Analysis: Can ETH Finally Break the $2,400 Resistance?
Ethereum has rebounded toward $2.37K after finding demand near $2.3K, but the recovery remains below its broken ascending channel. Buyers are showing an initial response, while the broader sequence of lower highs keeps the outlook cautious. Ethereum Price Analysis: The Daily Chart On the daily timeframe, Ethereum’s correction extended into the highlighted $2.22K–$2.31K demand zone …
Crypto PAC spending before midterms possibly obscured after reported FEC hack
The FEC reported an “electronic filing system outage” on Tuesday as groups are expected to ramp up spending before the US midterm elections. The US Federal Election Commission (FEC) filing system is offline after reports of a hack, potentially obscuring expenditures by super political action committees (PACs) and other groups in the final days before the 2026 midterm elections. As of Tuesday at 7:48 pm UTC, the FEC said it was continuing to experience an “electronic filing system outage,” but was working to resolve the issue. Campaign finance data by PACs and other entities were still available for the public to view, but the system outage suggested that last-minute spending could go unreported. For example, with just six days until Election Day, FEC filings showed no expenditures from the…
Strategy Shareholders Approve Daily Dividends on Preferred Stock, With 99.3% in Favor
STRC will begin paying dividends for every calendar day from November, with STRF, STRK and STRD following in January.
Coinbase earnings: Wall Street divided on trading rebound after Robinhood crypto revenue sinks 55%
Coinbase faces a key earnings test as analysts debate the strength of its trading rebound following a sharp drop in Robinhood's crypto revenue.
Bitcoin price bounce rejected at 50-day trend line ahead of FOMC, earnings
Bitcoin failed to move past its 50-day simple moving average as market participants awaited the outcome of the FOMC meeting and key tech earnings. Bitcoin (BTC) gave back early gains around Wednesday’s Wall Street open as markets prepared for the US Federal Reserve’s interest-rate decision.
