BTC, ETH, XRP Recover From a Flash Crash as More Volatility Looms: Weekend Watch
Calls for a “Black Monday” are going viral online, so is this the calm before the major storm? The typical weekend sluggishness was briefly disrupted over the past several hours, with BTC dipping by a grand before rebounding just…
Bitcoin’s Old Guard Stirs as 13-Year-Old Wallets Move Millions – Bitcoin News
Key Takeaways Two wallets from 2013 moved 416.69 BTC on Oct. 17, ending more than 13 years of dormancy. October’s dormant BTC activity reached 774.17 BTC, slowing from August and September. Onchain patterns suggest coordinated transfers, but no evidence indicates…
Onchain data shows hackers moving stolen funds to Zcash
On-chain investigators have identified additional suspected stolen cryptocurrency moving into Zcash (ZEC), with funds reportedly linked to three separate security incidents involving Bitget, Cryptobills Ledger and Triple-A. Summary On-chain investigator Specter linked alleged stolen funds from three security incidents to…
Institutional Wins, Nasdaq Debut, and Price Struggles
The past week delivered a striking contrast for Ripple and its native cryptocurrency. It was a packed week for Ripple and XRP, with Evernorth making its long-anticipated Nasdaq debut after a major merger, Standard Chartered and Cross River expanding…
China Built a Battery Out of Iron That Could Last 16 Years, and Iron Costs 80 Times Less Than Lithium
Key Takeaways Researchers at the Chinese Academy of Sciences’ Institute of Metal Research redesigned the electrolyte in an alkaline all-iron flow battery, which then ran more than 6,000 charge-discharge cycles with no measurable capacity loss. That works out to roughly…
Bitcoin falls below $80k, Ledger changes sales, MSCI rules
In this week’s edition of the weekly recap, Bitcoin has briefly fallen below $80,000, Ledger has tightened reseller rules after a hardware implant attack, and MSCI has adopted index eligibility changes affecting digital asset treasury companies. Summary Bitcoin recovered above…
2 Banking Giants Make Major Crypto Moves as Schwab and Deutsche Bank Expand Into Digital Assets
Two of the world’s largest traditional financial institutions are stepping deeper into crypto, but from opposite ends of the market. Less than two months after indicating that it will add SOL, LINK, and AVAX to its Schwab Crypto platform,…
OKXICE Faces 9 Formal Objections to Tokenized Share Trading
Key Takeaways Nine U.S.-listed companies, including Broadcom and Verizon, formally objected to OKXICE tokenized shares. OKXICE’s Oct. 15 notice identifies nine issuers opposing the venue’s third-party tokenization model. OKXICE’s planned 24/7 stock market faces issuer objections despite temporary SEC regulatory…
DATA draws $30m as Fission lands $10m Series A
Crypto and blockchain projects have announced at least $51.4 million across six disclosed financings during Oct. 10–16, led by Sui Foundation’s $30 million strategic investment in DATA Network. Summary Six disclosed financings totaled $51.4 million during the Oct. 10–16 reporting…
Wall Street Stays Bullish on Strategy Despite MSCI Threat, CryptoQuant CEO Says
Saylor also spoke about the potential removal. The world’s largest corporate holder of bitcoin faces the prospect of being removed from major MSCI indexes under newly finalized eligibility rules, potentially triggering billions of dollars in passive outflows. However, CryptoQuant…
