Mt. Gox repayments due Oct. 31: Will a supply wave hit BTC?
Mt. Gox trustees face a deadline on Oct. 31 to complete Base, Early lump-sum, and Intermediate repayments for Bitcoin creditors (BTC), with roughly 34,689 BTC still sitting in Mt. Gox-linked wallets as the clock ticks down. The Tokyo court extended the
Why Bitcoin price just plummeted under $104k to lowest level since June
Bitcoin extended its week-long decline, sliding to its lowest level since July as renewed US–China trade tensions and heavy fund outflows forced another wave of liquidations across crypto markets. According to CryptoSlate data, Bitcoin fell over 5% in the past 24
Bitcoin miners just moved $5.6B to exchanges under AI escape plan
Bitcoin miners are running out of room to breathe. In the wake of a $19 billion market rout, operators have begun moving massive volumes of Bitcoin onto exchanges, a classic signal that sell pressure is building. Data from CryptoQuant shows that between
How Ripple’s new $1 billion XRP treasury plans to reshape the token’s future
Ripple appears to be preparing one of its most ambitious experiments through a $1 billion digital-asset treasury (DAT) designed to accumulate and manage XRP as a long-term reserve. According to a Bloomberg report, the initiative would be financed through a Special
The day $300 trillion appeared and then vanished on Ethereum
For a few surreal moments on Oct. 15, the Ethereum blockchain seemed to host the financial equivalent of a dream. Paxos, the issuer behind PayPal’s stablecoin PYUSD, accidentally minted $300 trillion worth of tokens, which is roughly 300 times the global
TRX Staking Now Available on Ledger Live through Yield.xyz
New York City, New York, October 16, 2025 – Yield.xyz, a pioneering DeFi infrastructure firm, today announced that TRX, the native utility token of the TRON network, can now be staked directly on Ledger Live. This strategic integration, powered by
Can Bitcoin hold the line as $1.8B in realized profits hits the market?
Bitcoin is showing the kind of fatigue that typically precedes larger directional moves. On Oct. 15, traders locked in $1.8 billion in profit, one of the heaviest cash-out days since the beginning of the summer. Another $430 million in realized losses hit
Bitcoin risks falling under $100,000 as Trump confirms US-China tradewar
The trade war that once rattled global markets has returned, and Bitcoin is part of the battlefield this time. On Oct. 15, President Donald Trump declared that the United States was now in a trade war with China, saying: “We’re in a
Elon Musk: ‘You can’t fake energy.’ Has Bitcoin finally gone green enough for Tesla?
Elon Musk recently revived the “51 % renewables” benchmark, stating that the energy backing Bitcoin “can’t be faked.” The reference is to his earlier promise that Tesla would resume accepting Bitcoin payments once at least half of mining energy came from
Time is up: The case for why Bitcoin bear market cycle started at $126k
No one has a crystal ball, but if Bitcoin continues to behave according to its past cycles, then we’ve most likely already reached the peak. Bitcoin printed an all-time high on Oct. 6, but it failed to extend the move as
The Big Bitcoin Short (Part 2): Rumor mill suspects link to US government insiders
Previously on The Big Bitcoin Short: a trader shorted Bitcoin minutes before President Trump’s tariff post and booked about $160 – $200 million. Eye, a crypto investigator who helped frame the story by tracing wallets and proposing that Garrett Jin could
Ethereum to onboard 1.4B new users as Chinese AliPay megacorp launches own L2
Ant Group is betting that the next leap in digital finance will not happen in a bank but on Ethereum. On Oct. 14, the Chinese fintech giant behind Alipay’s 1.4 billion-user payment network launched Jovay, a new Layer-2 (L2) blockchain built
Bitcoin mining pool’s ‘missing’ $2B BTC may soon form American 340k BTC reserve
The United States could still claim another $2 billion worth of Bitcoin linked to the defunct LuBian mining pool, despite already announcing the largest crypto seizure in its history. On October 15, blockchain investigator Sani reported that nearly 16,237 BTC, worth
Why Bitcoin ETF trading volume exploded to $9.7B as trade war fears hit
Bitcoin ETFs saw a surge in trading activity on Friday and Monday, with combined volumes reaching $9.7 billion and $6.7 billion as tariff headlines rattled risk markets. BlackRock’s IBIT alone handled over $6.9 billion on Oct. 10 (its second-highest day ever),
Is the Korean Kimchi Premium still front-running Bitcoin price?
For almost as long as Bitcoin has been trading, Korea’s “kimchi premium” has been one of the market’s favorite ghost signals. When spot prices in South Korea climb faster than those in the US, traders interpret this as a sign of
US to add $14 billion BTC to Strategic Bitcoin Reserve seized from Chinese scammer
The US government is moving to seize 127,271 Bitcoin worth about $14.2 billion, which investigators say was generated through a cross-border “pig butchering” scam operated by Chinese national Chen Zhi. If completed, the Bitcoin should be added to the U.S.’s Strategic
Is BlackRock’s IBIT flows keeping Bitcoin above $100k?
Bitcoin’s weekend was a classic macro hit-and-run. On Friday, tariff threats toward China knifed through risk assets and shoved BTC through $110,000, with roughly $7 billion in crypto positions liquidated as leverage unwound into a thin tape. By Sunday night and
Can Ethereum secure a nation’s identity? Bhutan is betting on it
Bhutan is rebuilding the core of its digital identity framework on Ethereum. The initiative, confirmed by Ethereum Foundation’s Aya Miyaguchi, is part of the Himalayan kingdom’s wider experiment with emerging technologies. It signals that blockchain, once confined to trading and tokens,