Binance co-founder Changpeng Zhao responded to Peter Schiff’s prediction of a brutal Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) bear market on Thursday, highlighting the leading cryptocurrency’s historical outperformance against gold. Zhao Throws Jibe At Schiff Zhao sarcastically admitted that Bitcoiners “should have listened” to Schiff’s forecast now that BTC has plunged 32%...

Aster price is trading near $1.28 as traders brace for volatility ahead of its OKX listing today. Aster was trading at $1.28 at press time, down about 3.5% in the past 24 hours and nearly 20% lower on the week.…...

Bitfarms has increased its convertible senior notes offering from $300 million to $500 million, citing strong market demand and growth plans in AI and computing. Bitfarms is expanding its latest funding round as investor interest grows, marking another major step…...

Ripple has just bought GTreasury, a long-established treasury management firm, in a deal worth $1 billion. This is Ripple’s third major acquisition in 2025, and it sends a clear signal that the company wants to move deeper into the world of corporate finance. The move is aimed at giving...

Lawmakers in Florida are looking to give the state a new kind of financial tool. A new proposal would allow pension funds and other public investment pools to put money into bitcoin and crypto exchange-traded funds. If passed, the state’s Chief Financial Officer and the State Board of Administration...

Major cryptocurrencies slipped on Oct. 17 as trade war fears and ETF outflows triggered a market-wide pullback, pushing sentiment to “extreme fear.” In the last 24 hours, the total cryptocurrency market capitalization has fallen by 2.7% to $3.7 trillion. Liquidations…...

Standard Chartered and OKX have announced a partnership expansion into Europe, bringing bank-backed crypto custody to institutions in the bloc. Standard Chartered & OKX Expand Crypto Partnership To EEA As revealed in a press release, OKX is expanding its partnership with Standard Chartered. The two first came together in...

Around 44,000 Bitcoin options contracts will expire on Friday, Oct. 17, and they have a notional value of roughly $4.8 billion. This expiry event is a little larger than last week’s, but there is unlikely to be any impact on spot markets, which have been mostly in decline this...

Vitalik Buterin has waded into Bitcoin’s long-running dispute over “spam” policy and node software philosophy, amplifying a blistering post by Bitcoin developer Gregory Maxwell that frames the controversy as a clash between open, market-driven neutrality and what he calls populist calls for censorship. “Greg Maxwell defends a principled commitment...

Even though the global crypto market recently hit a valuation of more than $4 trillion, online searches for “buy Bitcoin” are still near multi-year lows. Analysts now suggest that the contrast could mean that while markets are expanding rapidly, mainstream participation may still be in its infancy. Social Media...