Bitcoin Price Bounces as Nasdaq Soars, KOSPI Rebounds, and FOMC Hike Fears Persist
Bitcoin price rebounds toward $81,000 as Nasdaq and KOSPI rally, while FOMC hike fears and rate expectations shape crypto's next move.
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Bitcoin ETF inflows climb to $176M as BTC rebounds above $80K
US spot Bitcoin ETFs drew $286 million over two days, narrowing October’s net outflows to $26 million as the Crypto Fear & Greed Index remained neutral. US-listed spot Bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs) attracted about $176 million in net inflows on Tuesday, extending their recovery to a second consecutive trading day. The inflows rose from $110 million on Monday, bringing the two-day total to $286 million, according to SoSoValue data. The rebound followed nearly $774 million in withdrawals on Thursday and Friday. October net outflows narrowed to about $26 million through Tuesday, while year-to-date net inflows stood at roughly $850 million.
Justin Sun Holds $51M in PEPE: What Other Memecoins Could End Up in His Portfolio?
Justin Sun PEPE holdings reach $51.25 million, making him PEPE’s largest identified individual holder. What could he buy next?
Coinbase denies systems breach, says vendor exposed customer data
Coinbase said that an incident at analytics vendor Amplitude exposed some customers’ contact data, but it found no evidence of unauthorized access to its own systems. Some Coinbase customers’ contact information was exposed in a security incident at analytics vendor Amplitude, the exchange said Wednesday. The incident impacted a “small subset” of Coinbase customers, along with other Amplitude clients, Coinbase Support said on X. Coinbase denied that its own systems had been breached and said customer funds were not affected.
Ripple Price Analysis: XRP Must Reclaim This Key Level to Restart the Rally
XRP is rebounding toward $1.32 after defending the $1.26 support for the second time in October. The asset now pushes toward a short-term descending channel’s upper boundary and the 0.5 Fibonacci retracement. A breakout from this area could shift the short-term structure, while another rejection would keep sellers in control. Ripple Price Analysis: The USDT …
Ripple’s RLUSD Wins Moody’s Rating as XRP Faces a Bigger Question: Who Captures the Value?
RLUSD earns Moody’s A2 rating as Ripple secures OCC trust-bank approval. Can XRP benefit from stablecoin growth like BNB did?
Bithumb Users Face Phishing Risks After Reported Data Leak
CZ's advice after four leaks in a single day: give every exchange its own email alias so one breach cannot be tied to your other accounts.
Binance Alerts Users: Ethereum Deposits Paused and Major Delistings Ahead
The company will delist 10 margin trading and 12 spot trading pairs on October 30.
Bitcoin apps risk massive fee drain, and 2 library bugs are blamed
Applications importing PSBTs can miscalculate miner fees and miss an excessive-fee warning if they rely on the vulnerable library's accounting. Read the full story on CryptoSlate Understand the crypto stories that matter and what to watch next. Get The Catalyst in your inbox
Bitcoin treasury Datavault AI plunges 50% after firm says it can’t access its BTC
The company said the accounting correction will cut reported assets by $92.2 million at the end of 2025 after bitcoin held on Biconomy could not be withdrawn.
Bithumb hacked through employee system as South Korean financial firms face cyberattacks
The breach hit an internal employee system that Bithumb says is separate from its trading platform, while the exchange is still determining whether customer information was exposed.
XRP Whales Now Control 68.5% of Supply, Highest Level Since 2022
XRP remains under pressure near $1.3, but whales are not backing away yet.
Bitcoin nears $81,000 ahead of Fed decision as ZEC jumps 8%
Majors outpaced bitcoin across the board as tech stocks extended a climb.
Robinhood’s Tenev warns US tokenization uncertainty deters ‘serious assets’
Robinhood CEO Vlad Tenev says tokenized equities need more than a temporary SEC exemption to flourish in the US. Robinhood CEO Vlad Tenev says uncertainty over the longevity of US tokenization rules could prevent investors from committing substantial assets to tokenized markets, despite the securities regulator opening a temporary path for onchain stock trading this year. Speaking during Robinhood’s third-quarter earnings call Tuesday, Tenev welcomed the SEC’s innovation exemption but said further rulemaking or legislation would be needed to provide longer-term regulatory certainty. “As far as the innovation exemption goes, I think it’s a really positive step... I do think more needs to be done to give people a little bit of certainty because as we talk to customers, I think the uncertai…
BNY offers XRP custody, but only 1 rollout type exists
Eligible clients can now hold XRP through BNY, while transfers of existing tokens would not establish additional purchases. Read the full story on CryptoSlate Understand the crypto stories that matter and what to watch next. Get The Catalyst in your inbox
Coinbase says user funds are safe after third-party vendor exposes customer contact info
The crypto exchange says an incident at analytics firm Amplitude exposed some customer contact information, but insists its own systems were not breached.
Bithumb discloses data leak after internal system breach: Report
The breach impacted its in-house mobile system, used by employees for work and information sharing. South Korea’s crypto exchange Bithumb is investigating the extent of a data leak caused by a hack of its internal mobile system earlier this week, Yonhap News Agency reported Wednesday. Bithumb discovered the breach of its in-house mobile system — the platform used by employees to communicate internally — on Tuesday and notified the Korea Internet & Security Agency and the Personal Information Protection Commission that day, according to Yonhap, which cited industry sources. The exchange is investigating the scope of the attack, including whether member data was leaked.
X100 governance flaws trigger $6M loss due to a flash loan
X100’s attacker repaid a flash loan from theft proceeds while its stake stayed locked, and Arkadiko’s ballot accepted late token purchases. Read the full story on CryptoSlate Understand the crypto stories that matter and what to watch next. Get The Catalyst in your inbox
Discord is making public chats searchable on Google: How to opt out
Discord conversations on large public servers will soon reach audiences far beyond their communities, raising privacy concerns. Discord is making a policy change that will make conversations from its largest public servers discoverable in search engines, including Google, raising privacy concerns among users whose conversations were previously confined to the platform. The change applies to Discoverable Servers — communities with at least 1,000 members listed in Discord’s public directory that do not require an invitation to join. From Nov. 16, every Discoverable Server will have a web page that may include summaries of public channel discussions. From mid-December, individual messages posted in eligible channels may appear in web search, Discord said Tuesday. Messages posted before the…
Polymarket reforms Bitcoin contracts and Binance trading spikes immediately drop
A newer study finds the earlier Binance trading pattern subsided after averaging, but historical wallet gains cannot quantify current losses. Read the full story on CryptoSlate Understand the crypto stories that matter and what to watch next. Get The Catalyst in your inbox