Why is crypto down today? Did tariffs crush Uptober’s rally, or is this the perfect setup before the next breakout? Are traders panicking too early while smart money quietly loads up? As Bitcoin hovers around $ 113,000 (down 2% in 24 hours) and altcoins like Ethereum and Solana slip...

A discounted $50M Solana buy just collided with fresh tariff jitters, testing whether corporate demand can steady SOL in a risk-off week. Abu Dhabi–based Solmate Infrastructure (Nasdaq: SLMT) said on Oct. 14 that it purchased $50M worth of SOL directly from the Solana Foundation at a 15% discount.  We...

BNB’s price upside momentum is waning further after Binance faces $21.75 billion outflows and margin system exploit accusations....

Sam Bankman-Fried, the disgraced founder of FTX, reignited controversy by claiming his 2022 arrest was orchestrated by the Biden administration as retaliation for secretly donating millions to Republicans.  Bankman-Fried Alleges Biden Administration Tried to Silence Him In a post published Wednesday on GETTR, Bankman-Fried said he shifted from being...

Crypto’s Oct. 10 plunge looks more like a stress test than a regime change, Bitwise Chief Investment Officer Matt Hougan wrote in his Oct. 14 memo . Hougan links the sell-off to a late-Friday post from President Trump threatening 100% tariffs on Chinese goods; with equities shut, he wrote,...

Stablecoins are poised to reshape the global financial system, with investment banking firm William Blair calling them a “major technology upgrade” over the traditional rails that have long underpinned cross-border money movement. The Chicago, Illinois-based banking firm argued that stablecoins will not only replace legacy infrastructure for business-to-business transactions,...

The ongoing U.S. government shutdown has deprived traders of the latest economic data releases, injecting a sense of directional uncertainty into the markets. In such situations, it’s useful to look back at how markets have reacted to previous shutdowns. Interestingly, the previous U.S. government shutdown, which lasted from late...

Artificial intelligence and high performance computing (AI/HPC) miners continue to surge pre-market. IREN (IREN) is up 6% pre-market above $73 per share, after closing a $1 billion private offering of 0.00% convertible senior notes due 2031. The deal was oversubscribed and included a fully exercised $125 million greenshoe. The...

By Omkar Godbole (All times ET unless indicated otherwise) Bitcoin’s (BTC) bounce from late Tuesday lows near $110,000 has stalled just above $113,000 as the lack of fresh U.S. economic data leaves both crypto and forex traders in limbo. The CoinDesk 20 (CD20) Index steadied above 3,800 points, representing...

Bitcoin is trading near $112,000 on Thursday morning as rising inflows into spot BTC and ETH ETFs lifted the broader crypto market by 2.3%. Spot Bitcoin ETFs attracted $102.6 million, while Ethereum ETFs saw outflows of $236.2 million. In the past 24 hours, roughly 134,427 traders were liquidated, totaling...