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An exchange-traded fund's ability to add easy, accessible diversification to a portfolio may be its strongest source of appeal to investors, but these products must typically still meet two key requirements in order to achieve significant inflows. First, an ETF must offer compelling performance—typically via strong returns, but occasionally also through dividend payments or other benefits. Second, a fund should be able to achieve those gains at a cost that is attractive to investors.

ETFs that are both low in cost and with outsized performance can be difficult to find, but three such funds stand out for investor consideration heading into the final months of 2025. All of the funds below have generated at least 67% in returns year-to-date (YTD) while requiring a compelling annual fee below 0.60%.

Global Access to the Volatile But Surging Rare Earth Metals Industry
VanEck Rare Earth and Strategic Metals ETF Today

REMX

VanEck Rare Earth and Strategic Metals ETF

$73.35 +4.00 (+5.77%)

As of 10/3/2025 04:10 PM Eastern

52-Week Range$32.36▼

$74.00Dividend Yield1.35%

Assets Under Management$1.07 billion

The VanEck Rare Earth and Strategic Metals ETF NYSEARCA: REMX tracks an index of companies that produce, refine, and recycle rare earth and strategic metals like titanium and molybdenum. These metals are vital to tech products ranging from magnets and batteries, to solar power systems and smartphones, making them an essential part of many companies' supply chains.

The rare metals space is prone to volatility because of the significant role the Chinese market plays (and the resulting uncertainty given trade issues with the United States) and because of government defense demand. While this makes a pure-play global rare metals fund like REMX a higher-risk venture, it also makes it possible for the fund to return 73% YTD in 2025. The rare metals industry is not exceptionally large, and REMX captures a lot of it with its two dozen holdings, but this portfolio is nonetheless narrower than those of many other ETFs. However, investors willing to take on the risk will find a great bargain, as REMX has an expense ratio of only 0.58%, quite reasonable for a specialized strategy like this.

VanEck’s NLR ETF Taps Global Growth Ahead of 2040 Boom
VanEck Uranium and Nuclear ETF Today

NLR

VanEck Uranium and Nuclear ETF

$141.39 -0.50 (-0.35%)

As of 10/3/2025 04:10 PM Eastern

52-Week Range$64.26▼

$143.99Dividend Yield0.43%

Assets Under Management$3.41 billion

The nuclear power energy industry is predicted to grow to 12% of the global energy mix by 2040, and the VanEck Uranium and Nuclear Energy ETF NYSEARCA: NLR is poised to benefit from this increase. NLR's portfolio provides holistic exposure to the industry, including companies that produce input materials through those that operate power plants and more.

NLR's 26 holdings come from across developed markets, ensuring that the fund offers access to a breadth of regions and regulatory environments as nuclear power adoption grows. Like REMX above, NLR is operating in a space that is not particularly large, but it provides solid diversification within that fairly narrow industry. With an expense ratio of 0.56%, NLR comes in at a lower fee than some of its prominent competitors; others that are cheaper suffer from low trading volume which may offset any potential expense ratio benefits and making investing more difficult for investors.

Low-Cost Indirect Exposure to Crypto, With a Worldwide, Multi-Cap Focus
Schwab Crypto Thematic ETF Today

STCE

Schwab Crypto Thematic ETF

$85.95 +1.84 (+2.19%)

As of 10/3/2025 04:10 PM Eastern

52-Week Range$28.07▼

$88.72Dividend Yield0.34%

Assets Under Management$295.56 million

The Schwab Crypto Thematic ETF NYSEARCA: STCE aims to capitalize on the broad growth of the cryptocurrency space without offering direct exposure to tokens themselves. There are a range of spot crypto ETFs aiming to replicate the price movements of popular cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin, but STCE is instead focused on many of the companies that could benefit from the utilization of crypto as well as blockchain and distributed ledger tech.

This means that STCE's global, multi-cap portfolio includes mining firms, companies providing cryptocurrency exchange services, producers of mining hardware, and similar companies. With three dozen holdings in the portfolio, STCE provides a fairly balanced basket of these companies, although its focus is predominantly on the United States—nearly 81% of the portfolio is U.S.-based companies, with Canadian firms making up the bulk of the remainder. STCE is diversified across market caps, ensuring that it doesn't focus exclusively on the largest companies involved in crypto.

STCE's niche focus means it doesn't have the highest trading volume—its one-month average volume hovers below 100,000—but its low cost will likely attract investors interested in the space. Its annual fee of 0.30% is significantly lower than, for example, the benchmark Grayscale Bitcoin Trust ETF NYSEARCA: GBTC. This popular spot Bitcoin ETF has an annual fee five times that of STCE. STCE has also returned 76% YTD amid crypto price surges, adding to its appeal.

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A Wall Street analyst has cautioned Nvidia (NASDAQ: NVDA) investors that the chipmaker’s explosive growth may not be entirely organic.

To this end, Goldman Sachs’ James Schneider warned that part of Nvidia’s booming sales could stem from “circular revenue,” a cycle in which Nvidia’s own investments end up fueling demand for its products.

Schneider explained that Nvidia’s financial ties with companies like OpenAI create a situation where the tech giant acts as both supplier and investor. 

When Nvidia backs AI startups that, in turn, spend heavily on its GPUs, it can inflate revenue figures that may appear to reflect independent customer demand.

While this boosts short-term sales, Schneider cautioned that it could make Nvidia’s long-term growth less certain, as some of that demand relies on Nvidia’s own capital rather than external funding.

This caution comes against the backdrop of Nvidia’s $100 billion investment in OpenAI, a partnership set to deploy at least 10 gigawatts of Nvidia systems, including millions of GPUs, to power OpenAI’s next-generation AI models.

Goldman Sach new NVDA stock target
Despite the warning, Schneider remained positive on Nvidia’s broader position in the AI ecosystem. He raised his price target for the stock to $210 from $200, maintaining a Buy rating.

At the close of the last session, NVDA shares were trading at $187, down 0.7%, though the stock has rallied over 35% year-to-date.

NVDA one-week stock price chart. Source: Finbold
Schneider highlighted that Nvidia’s growing network of AI partners, including OpenAI and Oracle, could continue driving substantial demand for its cutting-edge chips as the AI infrastructure race accelerates. 

He added that OpenAI alone may require up to $75 billion in equity and debt by 2026 to fund its infrastructure, underscoring the scale of future AI hardware demand.

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Alphabet Inc.'s Google has spent the past week in Virginia federal court seeking to persuade a judge that selling off its advertising exchange is too risky, technologically difficult and would disrupt the market.

Over the past five days, witnesses testifying on Google's behalf said that a forced sale would upset a business worth $15.9 billion in revenue, according to U.S. estimates for 2025 by research firm Emarketer, create ripples of uncertainty across the market, degrade service for the smallest online publishers and scare away potential buyers.

The trial is focused on how to restore competition to the technology that underpins the display advertising business controlled by Google after Judge Leonie Brinkema ruled in April that the company had an illegal monopoly in two markets—the advertising exchange and publisher-side technology, known as an ad server.

Google also offers ad-buying tools for advertisers in addition to ad-selling ones for website publishers and a trading exchange where both sides complete transactions in lightning-fast auctions.

To remedy the illegal conduct, the Justice Department has proposed that Google be forced to sell off the exchange, AdX, and make public the logic behind how the ad server decides which advertisement to show. If those changes don't resolve competition issues in the market, the Justice Department has requested that Google also be forced to sell off its ad server over time.

Google has countered with a proposal to integrate its technology with a popular alternative, known as Prebid, as well as with rival ad servers. It's also pledged not to re-enable certain auction mechanics the court found gave it illegal advantages, known as "first look" and "last look."

But the company has spent most of its time defending against the Justice Department's proposal that it be forced to sell off AdX—which, according to the agency's estimates, controls about 56% of the market for the display ads that power much of the open web.

Here are Google's main arguments:

Divestiture is technologically hard
Several Google engineers and outside technical experts hired by the company have testified that untangling AdX from the rest of the company's technology would be difficult.

The ad exchange, AdX, and the publisher ad server have been integrated into one product called Google Ad Manager. That allows them to share processing capabilities and reduce the amount of time it takes to select and load an ad on a web page, said Glenn Berntson, the engineering director for Google Ad Manager.

About 300 engineers work on the product and it has about 35 million lines of code, he said. While it would be possible to isolate and copy the software code that makes up AdX, Berntson said, the exchange "can't run without Google's infrastructure."

Heather Adkins, Google's vice president of security engineering, likened the relationship of AdX and Google's core infrastructure to knitting.

"It's tightly coupled," she said, adding that the product is "interdependent once it gets compiled and is running on the infrastructure."

The Justice Department argues that the links between Google's AdX product and its core infrastructure could be replaced by tools offered by cloud providers, including the company's own Google Cloud Platform. While Adkins acknowledged that some of the services within Google's core have analogs on Google's cloud, they might not function in the same way.

Jason Nieh, a computer science expert from Columbia University, said Google's core was custom built for the company's products and has special features to ensure they work quickly and at scale.

He likened the core to legendary basketball player Michael Jordan, saying its high-performance characteristics mean that any commercially available alternatives likely can't offer the same level of quality. Nieh said that he wasn't sure it's feasible to divest AdX. If so, it could take a minimum of five years.

Still, Google's Adkins acknowledged that Alphabet is currently decoupling its life sciences division Verily and transferring it to the Google Cloud Platform.

The life sciences platform would operate independently from Alphabet, and be either sold or spun off, Adkins said. The government has pointed to her testimony to show that splitting off a technically complex unit is doable.

Sale introduces many unknowns
Shane Goodwin, a business professor at Southern Methodist University, testified that many of the ambiguities around a potential sale are likely to deter buyers.

The court has yet to determine the extent of the assets for sale, and could leave that up to a divestiture trustee, he said. The Justice Department is also maintaining veto rights over the buyer. Because AdX is a global business, a transaction might require competition approval in Europe or elsewhere, adding to the time it would take for a transition, he said.

Goodwin testified that other large tech players, such as Amazon.com Inc. or Meta Platforms Inc., may be ineligible to bid because of antitrust risk, while smaller businesses are unlikely to have the financial capital for a purchase. The operational complexities and time a transition would take are likely to deter financial buyers, like private equity, he said.

Those same "unknowns" plague a potential sale of the ad server, he said, with the added uncertainty potentially leaving the market in limbo for nearly a decade.

In response, the Justice Department pointed to a 2020 presentation by the investment banking firm Lazard Inc. that highlighted several potential buyers including Oracle Corp., Adobe Inc., SAP SE and Salesforce Inc., as well as buyout firms including Centerbridge Partners and GTCR.

Customers would face disruptions
Google witnesses also testified that a sale of AdX would hurt publishers, especially the smallest ones.

Elizabeth Douglas, the chief executive officer of wikiHow, which offers how-to articles, said that firms like hers rely heavily on Google's advertising products for their revenue and could suffer from the sale.

WikiHow uses Google's Ad Manager to monetize the content, and Douglas said she worries whether a new AdX owner would offer less support and fewer safeguards against bad ads. About 30% of wikiHow's revenue comes through AdX, Douglas said, and another 10–15% from a content licensing agreement with Google.

"Having our ads work the way they do is the stable part of my business right now," Douglas said, noting the company has declining revenues because of what she called the "AI apocalypse" leading to less traffic for the site. "I want to spend my time saving our business from the problems we are having with AI."

The smallest businesses today can use Google's ad server for free. If the ad server were sold, that might no longer be the case, several Google witnesses said.

Justice Department lawyers questioned Douglas about the AI threat, noting that the firm's licensing deal lets Google use wikiHow's content to train its own AI, which in turn cannibalizes Douglas' business.

That's been the case for the whole online publishing industry. Google's AI-generated answers—and the way it has changed its search algorithm to support them—have caused traffic to independent websites to plummet, Bloomberg previously reported.

Selling off AdX raises security concerns
The data security risks are also an argument Google witnesses focused on. Adkins said that the company's ad products have extra levels of security because of their relationship with Google's core infrastructure.

Divesting AdX could make it "a target" for bad actors, she said. "It could be of interest to an intelligence agency or a nation state." Would a new buyer "be able to defend billions of people whose data ends up in the databases?"

A third-party would have to build the equivalent security in a new system because of AdX's reliance of Google's core, she said. "It's a question of time."

Nirmal Jayaram, a senior director of engineering at Google, said that a divestiture would lead to more spam and ad fraud in the market. Google's integrated system has signals to detect spam and fraud, which advertisers and publishers both benefit from, he said.

If AdX is sold, "that is lost," he said.

The Justice Department argued that Google had been hacked before despite the alleged security, pointing at events in 2009 and 2018 that exposed user data.

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When a stock falls behind the herd for no good reason, it tends to draw attention. That’s where Schroders PLC (LSE:SDR)finds itself.

Citi has upgraded the fund manager from 'neutral' to 'buy', arguing that its recent de-rating has gone too far and that the pieces are now in place for a recovery.

The shares have lagged global markets in recent months, even as many of the company’s peers have re-rated higher.

Citi’s analysts think that’s surprising given Schroders’ sensitivity to rising markets. In simple terms, when equities rally, so do its earnings.

The broker also points to improving momentum in fund flows and the prospect of a pick-up in demand for active management, investors once again paying for stockpickers rather than simply tracking indices.

Even fixed-income inflows, typically lower margin, are helping sentiment.

Private markets could be another tailwind. Schroders earns fees on invested rather than committed capital, meaning that as activity in private assets revives, revenues should follow. Citi reckons that the group is “positively geared” to any such recovery.

The downgrade brigade had three main complaints: that Schroders’ valuation looked too rich, that growth had stalled, and that costs had eaten into profits.

None of those arguments holds much water now, says Citi. The shares trade roughly in line with peers, management fee income is forecast to grow briskly over 2025–27, and profits should follow as the cost base is trimmed.

The analysts see about 10% upside to consensus 2026 earnings and have lifted their price target to £4.35.

Citi has been confident for some time that Schroders’ 2027 targets (a cost-income ratio below 70%, £20 billion of new private-market inflows and 5–7% annual net inflows in wealth) were achievable.

First-half results showed progress on its internal overhaul and on the profitability of Schroders Personal Wealth. Third-quarter markets have helped, too.

For the upcoming third-quarter update, Citi expects assets under management of £703 billion, about 3% ahead of consensus, helped by stronger markets and better-than-expected inflows.

Those inflows, at £6.1 billion, are ahead of the £2.6 billion the market was looking for, though the mix has tilted towards lower-margin fixed income rather than equities.

All told, the broker has nudged up its earnings forecasts for 2025–30 by an average of 3% and sees scope for further upgrades if sentiment towards active management continues to improve.

After a period of underperformance, Schroders may finally be poised to rejoin the pack.

The shares were down 1.7% at 387p.

Fifth Third said combined company will operate in some of the fastest-growing areas of the country such as Texas.

October 06, 2025 07:45 ET

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NorthWest Copper Corp.

TORONTO, Oct. 06, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- NorthWest Copper (“NorthWest” or the “Company”) (TSX-V: NWST) is pleased to announce assay results from the first hole of its 2025 Kwanika diamond drilling program, including the Kwanika Central and Western Zones. This first hole intersected higher-grade mineralization over significant widths, consistent with expectations. The 2025 program at Kwanika has been planned to complete drill holes to confirm and expand the higher-grade target model announced on April 10, 20251. Highlights from the first drill hole at Kwanika include:

   Central Zone Highlights:

K-25-269: 44.0 metres of 0.66 % Cu, 2.81 g/t Au from 198.0 metres downhole, including: 31.8 metres of 0.66 % Cu, 3.14 g/t Au from 200.0 metres downhole; and5.7 metres of 0.99 % Cu, 3.66 g/t Au from 234.8 metres downhole K-25-269: 12.0 metres of 1.01 % Cu, 0.41 g/t Au from 246.0 metres downhole Paul Olmsted, CEO of NorthWest, stated: “This is the first result from our 2025 Kwanika drill program, which includes a planned 5,135 metres across 17 drill holes. Based on results from our first hole, we are excited that the higher-grade mineralization over significant widths was intersected where predicted by our target model and speaks to the quality of this system. This quality, when combined with our efforts to improve metallurgical recoveries, particularly for gold, have the potential to enhance Kwanika project economics versus those presented in the 2023 PEA2. We are very encouraged by these results and look forward to reporting additional drill results from the remainder of our 2025 program.”

Geoff Chinn, VP Business Development and Exploration of NorthWest, stated: “We are very pleased to announce initial results are strongly aligned with our conceptual higher-grade target model. The model is beginning to show the merits of using gold grades to identify internal structural geological controls on higher-grade zones to potentially enhance the quality of the mineral resource. Results from this first hole indicate an exciting combined true width of 32.1 m within the Central Zone. The Central Zone grades and widths are significant and support our optimism for eventual economic extraction using a more selective bulk underground mining method than the block cave presented in the 2023 PEA.”

Mr. Chinn, further stated that, “Within the Western Zone, we successfully intersected two mineralized structures as predicted, and while they were thinner due to the late dykes encountered, we are confident additional drilling will determine their orientation so that we can better define the mineralized zone.”

Kwanika Deposit

Kwanika and the adjacent Stardust project are the flagship assets at NorthWest. The main goal of the current Kwanika diamond drill program is to inform an updated mineral resource estimate and support a revised mine design based on a surface pit and an underground bulk mining method.

The conceptual higher-grade target model divides the Kwanika Deposit into three zones, which are believed to be connected. These zones typically host two wider mineralized intervals separated by dykes. The three zones are summarized below:

Pit Zone: A broad low-grade mineralized volume containing higher grade zones trending east-west and steeply dipping. One higher grade zone is characterized by in-situ quartz breccia and stockwork hosted in potassium feldspar alteration (logged as “monzonite”) while the other higher-grade zones is typically sheared “monzonite” overprinted by sericite-pyrite alteration. Between higher grade zones low-grade mineralization is associated with finely disseminated sulphides.
Central Zone: Represents two north-south trending, moderately steep east dipping zones. One is characterized by in-situ quartz stockwork hosted in “monzonite” and the other being a variably faulted and sheared zone of tectonically dismembered quartz stockwork hosted in “monzonite” overprinted by moderate to strong sericite-pyrite alteration. Commonly the two mineralized zones are separated by variably altered late dykes.
Western Zone: A deeper east-west trending, moderately north dipping zone characterized by in-situ quartz stockwork hosted in “monzonite” overprinted by weaker overprinting sericite-pyrite alteration. Often a second mineralized zone occurs separated from the first by variably altered late dykes.
Kwanika Nearby Targets

In addition to the Central Deposit area, the current diamond drill program is planning to test nearby targets with the goal of exploring for new discoveries, including:

Transfer Target: Located approximately 300 metres south of the Kwanika Deposit. This target represents a near surface IP chargeability proximal to favourable alteration and discontinuous anomalous gold values identified from previous drilling.
Andesite Breccia: Located 600 metres north of the Kwanika Deposit with 350 metres in one hole. The 2025 program is to follow-up a historic drill intercept of 87.0 metres at 0.38% Cu & 0.06 g/t Au from 102.4 metres hosted in an andesitic tectonic breccia3.
Drill Results Discussion

Drill holes from the 2025 diamond drill program are designed to intersect both the east dipping Central Zone and the north dipping Western Zone beneath it to validate, infill and expand our knowledge of the higher-grade zones. A significant amount of historical drilling was oriented at low angles to the dip of the interpreted higher-grade mineralized structures, making it difficult to model location and widths accurately.

The collar location and continuous mineralized intercepts are presented in Table 1 and Table 2 below. Locations of the planned 2025 holes can also be reviewed in the news release dated September 2, 2025.

Drill hole K-25-269 was designed as a higher-angle intercept infill hole. Drilling first into the Central Zone and then into the Western Zone beneath it, its purpose was to clarify the location and true widths in an area poorly defined by low-angle intercepts. As predicted by the target model, the drill hole intersected multiple potassic feldspar altered “monzonite” crosscut by quartz stockwork or sheared/dismembered stockwork hosting mineralized intervals separated by late dykes. Grades of each intercept are reported in Table 1 and include an estimate of true width to account for drilling and zone geometries. A cut-off grade of approximately 0.7g/t Au at minimum true width of 5 m was used to guide intercept reporting. In addition to the Central and Western Zones, the drill hole also intersected a hematized native copper bearing zone just under the Cretaceous sediments with gold grades between 1 g/t and 2 g/t that will be further defined as part of the program.

Table 1: Drill Results From This News Release4 5

HoleFromToLengthZoneCuAuAgCuEqTrue WidthDescription (m)(m)(m) (%)(g/t)(g/t)(%)Est. (m)            K-25-269103.8120.016.3Native Cu0.321.365.141.589.3Angular sedimentary breccia with hematite alteration and native copperIncluding103.8112.08.3Native Cu0.391.844.962.084.7 And116.0120.04.0Native Cu0.171.305.601.382.3 K-25-269136.0144.08.0Central0.661.7915.582.414.6Potassic feldspar altered "monzonite" with overprinting sericite alteration with grey-black thin vein/facture fillings with chalcopyrite and possibly chalcociteK-25-26917718710.0Central0.860.262.501.115.7Pervasive potassic feldspar alteration "monzonite" crosscut by quartz stockwork with chalcopyrite and bornite, overprinted by sericite alterationK-25-269198.0242.044.0Central0.662.812.523.1825.2Pervasive potassic feldspar alteration "monzonite", locally feldspar phyric, crosscut by quartz stockwork with chalcopyriteIncluding200.0231.731.8Central0.663.142.433.4818.2 And234.8240.55.7Central0.993.664.144.283.3 K-25-269246.025812.0Central1.010.413.571.416.9Medium grained porphyritic monzonite with moderate hematite, weak potassic and sericite alteration crosscut by quartz stockwork and dismembered zone of early quartz veins (internally brecciated) includes pyrite and chalcopyriteK-25-2693603688.0Western0.470.622.231.055.5Medium grained monzonite with strong chlorite, weak-moderate potassic, weak sericite and weak fracture filled hematite alteration crosscut by quartz stockwork, locally brecciated sulfides and quartz veinsK-25-2694484546.0Western0.140.580.630.654.1Chaotic potassic-sericite-hematite altered tectonic breccia containing dismembered quartz vein/stockwork with chalcopyrite            Table 2: Drill Collar Information From This Release6

HoleCollar XCollar YCollar ZCollar AzimuthCollar DipFinal LengthK-25-26935157261565239850-90501        Quality Assurance / Quality Control

Drilling at Kwanika in 2025 was designed and supervised by NorthWest, implemented by InData Geoscience with assay QA/QC checks by ExploreGeosolutions. Samples were collected, tracked and an external QA/QC program was implemented using blanks and standards to monitor analytical accuracy and precision. The samples were sealed on site and shipped to Activation Laboratories Ltd. (“Actlabs”) in Kamloops BC. The laboratory’s internal quality control system complies with global certifications for quality ISO 17025. Drill core samples were analyzed using a combination of Actlabs multi-element 1F2 analysis for low level concentrations (4-Acid Digestion, ICP-OES) and the 8-4 Acid ICP-OES analysis for higher level concentrations (4-Acid Digestion, ICP-OES with automatic over limits for base metals and silver). Gold, platinum and palladium assaying was completed with 1C-OES method, using a 30-gram fire assay with ICP finish analysis. In addition, about 5% of the sample pulps are re-assayed at a secondary laboratory to confirm reproducibility and check for bias.

Technical aspects of this news release have been reviewed, verified, and approved by Geoff Chinn, P.Geo., VP Business Development and Exploration for NorthWest, who is a qualified person as defined by National Instrument 43-101 – Standards of Disclosure for Minerals Projects.

About NorthWest:

NorthWest is a copper-gold exploration and development company with a pipeline of advanced and early-stage projects in British Columbia, including Kwanika-Stardust, Lorraine-Top Cat and East Niv. With a robust portfolio in a tier one jurisdiction, NorthWest is well positioned to participate fully in a strengthening global copper market. We are committed to responsible mineral exploration which involves working collaboratively with First Nations to ensure future development incorporates stewardship best practices and traditional land use. Additional information can be found on the Company’s website at www.northwestcopper.ca.

On Behalf of NorthWest
“Paul Olmsted”
CEO, NorthWest Copper

For further information, please contact: 
416-457-3333
[email protected]  

Neither the TSXV nor its Regulation Services Provider (as that term is defined in the policies of the TSX Venture Exchange) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release.

Cautionary Statement Regarding Forward-Looking Information 

This news release contains “forward-looking information” within the meaning of applicable securities laws. All statements, other than statements of historical fact, are forward-looking statements and are based on expectations, estimates and projections as at the date of this news release. Any statement that involves discussion with respect to predictions, expectations, beliefs, plans, projections, objectives, assumptions, future events or performance (often, but not always using phrases such as “plans”, “expects”, “is expected”, “budget”, “scheduled”, “estimates”, “forecasts”, “intends”, “anticipates”, or “believes” or variations (including negative variations) of such words and phrases, or state that certain actions, events or results “may”, “could”, “would”, “might” or “will” be taken, occur or be achieved) are not statements of historical fact and may be forward-looking statements. In this news release, forward-looking statements relate, among other things, to statements with respect to; plans and intentions of the Company; proposed exploration and development of NorthWest’s exploration property interests; the Company’s ability to finance future operations; mine plans; magnitude or quality of mineral deposits; the development, operational and economic results of current and future potential economic studies; adding the Lorraine resource to the Kwanika-Stardust Project; the Company’s goals for 2025; geological interpretations; the estimation of Mineral Resources; anticipated advancement of mineral properties or programs; future exploration prospects; the completion and timing of technical reports; future growth potential of NorthWest; and future development plans

All statements, other than statements of historical fact, included herein, constitutes forward-looking information. Although NorthWest believes that the expectations reflected in such forward-looking information and/or information are reasonable, undue reliance should not be placed on forward-looking information since NorthWest can give no assurance that such expectations will prove to be correct. Forward-looking information involves known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause actual results or events to differ materially from those anticipated in such forward-looking information, including the risks, uncertainties and other factors identified in NorthWest’s periodic filings with Canadian securities regulators. Forward-looking information are subject to business and economic risks and uncertainties and other factors that could cause actual results of operations to differ materially from those contained in the forward-looking information. Important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from NorthWest’s expectations include risks associated with the business of NorthWest; risks related to reliance on technical information provided by NorthWest; risks related to exploration and potential development of the Company’s mineral properties; business and economic conditions in the mining industry generally; fluctuations in commodity prices and currency exchange rates; uncertainties relating to interpretation of drill results and the geology, continuity and grade of mineral deposits; the need for cooperation of government agencies and First Nation groups in the exploration and development of properties and the issuance of required permits; the need to obtain additional financing to develop properties and uncertainty as to the availability and terms of future financing; the possibility of delay in exploration or development programs and uncertainty of meeting anticipated program milestones; uncertainty as to timely availability of permits and other governmental approvals; and other risk factors as detailed from time to time and additional risks identified in NorthWest’s filings with Canadian securities regulators on SEDAR+ in Canada (available at www.sedarplus.com). 

Forward-looking information is based on estimates and opinions of management at the date the information is made. NorthWest does not undertake any obligation to update forward-looking information except as required by applicable securities laws. Investors should not place undue reliance on forward-looking information.

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1 See news release dated April 10, 2025, entitled “NorthWest Announces Target Model at Kwanika with Higher-Grade Zones over Significant Thicknesses to Support New Strategic Approach”
2 See NI 43-101 technical report titled “Kwanika-Stardust Project NI 43-101 Technical Report on Preliminary Economic Assessment” dated February 17, 2023, with an effective date of January 4, 2023, filed under the Company’s SEDAR+ profile at www.sedarplus.com.
3 News Release, NorthWest Copper Provides Update on Exploration Plans, November 7, 2023
4 Estimated true widths based on collar azimuth and dip and the average dip of the mineralized zone
5 CuEq assumes consensus metal prices of $2646/oz gold, $4.34/lbs copper, $29.73/oz silver calculated as follows [Cu+100*((Au/31.1035*Au Price)/(Cu Price*2204.62)+(Ag/31.1035*Ag Price)/(Cu Price*2204.62))]
6 Collar coordinates reference UTM Zone 10N NAD83

New York, Oct. 06, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Chijet Motor Company, Inc. (NASDAQ: CJET) (“Chijet” or the “Company”) today announced the closing of its previously announced private placement offering of units consisting of ordinary shares and warrants for gross proceeds of $20.0 million.

The offering was conducted with certain non-U.S. institutional investors. Each unit consists of one ordinary share (par value $0.003) at the offering price of $0.15 per share and three warrants, with each warrant exercisable to purchase one ordinary share at an exercise price of $0.18 per share. The warrants are exercisable for a period of three years from the date of issuance and may be exercised on a cashless basis under certain circumstances.

The offering was made pursuant to exemptions from the registration requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, including Section 4(a)(2) and Regulation S thereunder.

This press release does not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy these securities, nor shall there be any sale of these securities in any state or other jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation, or sale would be unlawful prior to the registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such state or other jurisdiction.

About Chijet Motor Company, Inc.
The primary business of Chijet is the development, manufacture, sales, and service of traditional fuel vehicles and NEVs. State-of-the-art manufacturing systems and stable supply chain management enable the Company to provide consumers with products of high performance at reasonable prices. In addition to its large modern vehicle production base in Jilin, China, a factory in Yantai, China will be dedicated to NEV production upon completion of its construction. Chijet has a management team of industry veterans with decades of experience in engineering and design, management, financing, industrial production, and financial management. For additional information about Chijet, please visit www.chijetmotors.com.

Forward-Looking Statements
This press release contains forward-looking statements as defined under Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, formulated in accordance with the 'safe harbor' provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These statements, reflecting the Company's projections about its future financial and operational performance, employ terms like 'believes,' 'estimates,' 'anticipates,' 'expects,' 'plans,' 'projects,' 'intends,' 'potential,' 'target,' 'aim,' 'predict,' 'outlook,' 'seek,' 'goal,' 'objective,' 'assume,' 'contemplate,' 'continue,' 'positioned,' 'forecast,' 'likely,' 'may,' 'could,' 'might,' 'will,' 'should,' 'approximately,' and similar expressions to convey the uncertainty of future events or outcomes. These forward-looking statements are based on the Company's current expectations, assumptions, and projections, involving judgments about future economic conditions, competitive landscapes, market dynamics, and business decisions, many of which are inherently challenging to predict accurately and are largely beyond the Company's control. Additionally, these statements are subject to a multitude of known and unknown risks, uncertainties, and other variables that could significantly diverge the Company's actual results from those depicted in any forward-looking statement. These factors include, but are not limited to, varying economic conditions, competitive pressures, and regulatory changes. Because of these and other risks, uncertainties and assumptions, undue reliance should not be placed on these forward-looking statements. In addition, these statements speak only as of the date of this press release and, except as may be required by law, the Company undertakes no obligation to revise or update publicly any forward-looking statements for any reason.

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TORONTO, Oct. 06, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- White Gold Corp. (TSX.V: WGO, OTCQX: WHGOF, FRA: 29W) (the “Company”) is pleased to announce the filing of an updated National Instrument 43-101 (“NI 43-101”) technical report for its White Gold Project, located in Yukon, Canada. The updated Mineral Resource Estimate (MRE) includes the Golden Saddle, Arc, Ryan’s Surprise, and VG deposits, and has an effective date of August 19, 2025. The report titled “2025 Technical Report for the White Gold Project, Dawson Range, Yukon, Canada” was prepared by Dr. Gilles Arseneau, P.Geo., of Arsenau Consulting Services Inc., an independent Qualified Person under NI 43-101. The technical report is available on SEDAR+ (https://www.sedarplus.ca/).

The updated Mineral Resource Estimate continues to demonstrate the size, quality, and growth potential of the Company’s flagship project. The new modelling of the Golden Saddle and Arc deposits showcase improved geological continuity, stronger grade distribution, and optimized pit designs that collectively enhance overall project economic potential. This significant advancement further positions the project as a large gold resource in both size and grade in an top ranked global mining jurisdiction, with substantial opportunity for additional growth.

The gold resources at the White Gold Project are near surface, almost entirely captured within open pits, and remain open for expansion in multiple directions with further opportunities to increase total resources also existing via additional targets within close proximity (Figure 4). The 2025 exploration program (Figure 5 & 6) has been designed to deliver continued increases to the size of the resource and to advance technical understanding in support of a Preliminary Economic Assessment (“PEA”). These results form part of the Company’s work program supported by strategic partners including Agnico Eagle Mines Limited (TSX: AEM, NYSE: AEM).

"The updated MRE on our flagship White Gold Project represents another key development for the continued growth and advancement of our resources, which now ranks as one of the highest-grade undeveloped open pittable gold deposits in Canada. Significant opportunities exist to continue to expand the resource size through further drilling on the resource itself, nearby targets, continued optimization of the resource block model and the Target for Further Exploration area which has seen limited exploration to date. We look forward to continuing to demonstrate the gold and critical mineral endowment of our prospective district scale land package in a top jurisdiction which has such a rich history and geological prospectivity," stated David D'Onofrio, Chief Executive Officer.

“This updated Mineral Resource Estimate represents the first step in a staircase of opportunity to continue unlocking value across our flagship deposits,” stated Dylan Langille, Vice President of Exploration. “We’re extremely encouraged by the results of this update and the momentum it brings as we execute an exciting 2025 exploration season. With a significantly expanded exploration program ahead of us, we look forward to building on this foundation by further advancing and growing our existing deposits while continuing to test new high-potential targets across our district-scale land package, on our plethora of gold and critical mineral opportunities,” said Dylan Langille, Vice President of Exploration.

The White Gold Project is located approximately 95 km south of Dawson City in west-central Yukon, Canada (Figure 1) and is located 33 km north from the advanced Coffee project owned by Newmont Corporation (NYSE: NEM, TSX: NGT), which Newmont has entered into an agreement to sell to Fuerte Metals Corporation  (TSXV: FMT, OTCQB: FUEMF) with Indicated Resources of 2.96 Moz within 80Mt at 1.15 g/t Au, and Inferred Resources of 0.8 Moz within 21Mt at 1.17 g/t Au(2)(3) and 58 km northwest of Western Copper and Gold Corporation’s (TSX: WRN, NYSE: WRN), Casino project which has Measured and Indicated Resources of 2,490.7 Mt grading 0.18 g/t Au, 0.14% Cu for 14.8 million ounces of gold and 7.6 billion pounds of copper, and Inferred Resources of 1.4 Mt grading 0.14 g/t Au, 0.14% Cu for 6.3 million ounces of gold and 3.1 billion pounds of copper(4)(3).

Highlights

Updated White Gold Project MRE includes four gold deposits – Golden Saddle, Arc, Ryan’s Surprise and VG all located within close proximity:

Updated MRE follows recent remodelling at the Golden Saddle and Arc deposits, which involved a reinterpretation of the zones allowing for greater continuity of mineralization to be identified (Figure 2 & 3).1,732,300 ounces of gold in Indicated Resources within 35.2 million tonnes grading 1.53 g/t Au, representing 57.8% of total resources.1,265,900 ounces of gold in Inferred Resources within 32.2 million tonnes grading 1.22 g/t Au, representing 42.2% of total resources.Golden Saddle Main Zone hosts a consistent high-grade core containing 1,100,000 oz Indicated (12.3 Mt @ 2.84 g/t Au) and 93,000 oz Inferred (1.4 Mt @ 2.03 g/t Au) at a 1.0 g/t cut-off. At a 3.0 g/t cut-off, this core contains 695,000 oz Indicated (4.4 Mt @ 4.88 g/t Au) and 35,000 oz Inferred (269 kt @ 4.07 g/t Au), underscoring the robust grade profile of the deposit.Indicated and Inferred Resources have increased by 44% and 13.43% respectively, compared to the previous 2024 MRE(1).99% of the resources are near surface and contained within open pit mine designs.Mineralization at the Golden Saddle, Arc, Ryan’s Surprise and VG deposits remain open along strike and down dip to further expand the deposits, in addition to multiple underexplored targets in close proximity.Exploration results from the Company’s exploration program on its district scale portfolio focused on its gold and critical mineral projects to be released in due course. Maps and images accompanying this news release can be found at http://whitegoldcorp.ca/investors/exploration-highlights/.

The updated mineral resource includes a significant increase in total gold ounces, highlighted by a 44% increase in Indicated resources and a 13% increase in Inferred resources compared to the Company’s previous estimate (see Company News Release dated January 6, 2025). The White Gold Project now comprises 1,732,300 ounces of gold in the Indicated category (35.2 million tonnes averaging 1.53 g/t Au) and 1,265,900 ounces in the Inferred category (32.3 million tonnes averaging 1.22 g/t Au), based on open pit and underground resource estimates. The gold resources are near-surface and almost entirely captured within open pit shells, with underground resources representing high-grade zones at depth. All deposits remain open along strike and at depth, with multiple targets in close proximity offering additional potential for resource growth. Furthermore, the Company continues to evaluate opportunities for additional ounces within the Target for Further Exploration (TFFE) area, which is estimated to host between 10 to 12 million tonnes grading 1 to 2 g/t Au.

Mineral Resource Estimate Details

Table 1. White Gold Project, Yukon Territory, Mineral Resource Statement, ACS August 19, 2025.

AreaTypeClassificationCut-off
(g/t)Tonnes
(000)Grade
(g/t)Contained
Gold (oz)Golden Saddle
Open Pit
Indicated0.3
31,0301.621,614,400Inferred7,8411.07268,700UndergroundIndicated2.3
232.892,100Inferred1053.1910,800Arc
Open PitIndicated0.3
41130.88115,800Inferred12,2461.01397,000Ryan
Open PitInferred0.35,6931.53280,300UndergroundInferred2.31273.1913,100QVOpen PitInferred0.36,2851.46296,000       All DepositsOpen PitIndicated0.3
35,1431.531,730,200All DepositsOpen PitInferred32,0651.201,242,000All DepositsUndergroundIndicated2.3
232.842,100All DepositsUndergroundInferred2323.2023,900All DepositsTotalIndicated 35,1661.531,732,300All DepositsTotalInferred 32,2971.221,265,900 Mineral Resources which are not Mineral Reserves have not demonstrated economic viability.The estimate of Mineral Resources may be materially affected by environmental, permitting, legal, title, taxation, socio-political, marketing, or other relevant issues.The Inferred Mineral Resource in this estimate has a lower level of confidence than that applied to an Indicated Mineral Resource and must not be converted to a Mineral Reserve. It is reasonably expected that the majority of the Inferred Mineral Resource could be upgraded to an Indicated Mineral Resource with continued exploration.The Mineral Resources in this report were estimated using the Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy and Petroleum (CIM), CIM Standards on Mineral Resources and Reserves, Definitions and Guidelines prepared by the CIM Standing Committee on Reserve Definitions and adopted by the CIM Council.Open pittable resources are constrained by GEOVIA Whittle optimized pit shells using a 0.3 g/t Au cut-of grade and are considered to have reasonable prospects for eventual economic extraction, assuming a gold price of US$2,250 per ounce, a C$:US$ exchange rate of 0.70, an open pit mining cost of CDN$3.25 per tonne, a processing and G&A cost of CDN$27.50 per tonne milled, and gold recoveries of 92% for Golden Saddle, and VG, along with 85% for Arc and Ryan’s Surprise. Underground resources assume a mining cost of CDN$120/tonne.The following bulk density values for mineralized material were used: Golden Saddle (2.62 – 2.65 t/m3), Arc (2.55 t/m3), Ryan’s Surprise (2.63 t/m3) and VG (2.65 t/m3).High-grade gold assay values have been capped as follows: Golden Saddle and Arc (8 – 18 g/t Au), Ryan’s Surprise (9 g/t Au) and VG (3 – 10 g/t Au).The Statement of Estimates of Mineral Resources has been compiled by Mr. Gilles Arseneau, Ph.D., P.Geo, of ARSENEAU Consulting Services (“ACS”). Mr. Arseneau has sufficient experience that is relevant to the style of mineralization and type of deposit under consideration and to the activity that he has undertaken to qualify as a Qualified Person as defined in the CIM Standards of Disclosure. All numbers are rounded. Overall numbers may not be exact due to rounding.
The current MRE for the White Gold project was carried out by Arseneau Consulting Services (“ACS”) of Vancouver, B.C. and is reported in accordance with the guidelines of the Canadian Securities Administrators National Instrument 43-101 (“NI 43-101”) and has been estimated in conformity with generally accepted Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy and Petroleum (“CIM”) “Estimation and Mineral Resource and Mineral Reserve Best Practices” guidelines. Mineral resources are not mineral reserves and do not have demonstrated economic viability.

The MRE presents updated estimates for the Golden Saddle, Arc, Ryan’s Surprise and VG deposits.

The basis for the updated MRE at the Golden Saddle and Arc deposits was a re-interpretation which allowed wireframes to enclose mineralized zones with composited assays greater than 0.20 grams per tonne gold. Historical modeling encompassed gold intersections with assays greater than 0.4 g/t gold. The wireframes are therefore grade shells guided by the geology. Wireframes were constructed by White Gold using Leapfrog Geo. All wireframes were verified, validated and accepted by the QP.

The updated MRE was prepared using a block model approach using ordinary kriging interpolation for the Golden Saddle, Arc and VG deposits and inverse distance squared (“ID2”) interpolation for the Ryan’s Surprise deposit. Block model sizes varied between deposits as follows: Golden Saddle and Arc (10 m); Ryan’s Surprise (5 – 10 m); and VG (10 – 20 m). GEMS 6.8.4 software was used for generating gold mineralization solids, a topography surface, and resource estimation. Statistical analysis and resource validations were performed using non-commercial software and with Sage2001. Near surface resources were constrained using GEOVIA Whittle pit optimization software. Pit slopes in rock were assumed at 50° and the MRE assumes a long-term gold price of US$2,250 per ounce. Gold recoveries used were 92% for the Golden Saddle and VG deposits, and 85% for the Arc and Ryan’s Surprise deposits. Gold recoveries are based on metallurgical test work results for the Golden Saddle and Arc deposits and are assumed for the Ryan’s Surprise and VG deposits based on their close similarities to the Arc and Golden Saddle deposits, respectively.

2025 Exploration Programs and Growth Potential

Further significant expansion potential has been identified and is being advanced through the Company’s 2025 Exploration Program (see Company press release dated August 6, 2025). This program is specifically designed to build on the positive momentum of the updated resource estimate by targeting areas of untested or underexplored mineralization and advancing technical studies in support of a future PEA.

Golden Saddle
2025 diamond drilling at Golden Saddle will target a high-grade footwall breccia zone first intersected in historic drilling. While previous drilling confirmed the presence of this mineralization, it has not been systematically explored. Planned drilling will also test the hanging wall, where historic drill holes encountered mineralization that remains unsampled, offering an additional cost-effective opportunity to add near-surface ounces.

Arc
At Arc, drilling will focus on testing the down-dip extension of mineralized zones with the dual purpose of expanding the current resource and providing fresh material for metallurgical test work programs. This work will help refine recovery assumptions and contribute to the economic studies required for a PEA.

Relogging & Resampling Program
In parallel, a systematic relogging and assaying program is underway on historical drill core. This initiative is targeting previously unsampled quartz-carbonate vein–bearing intervals in both the footwall and hanging wall host rocks adjacent to known mineralized domains. These efforts are intended to cost-effectively capture additional mineralization that was not included in prior models, further strengthening the resource base.

White Gold Project Resource Details

Golden Saddle Deposit

The Golden Saddle deposit is located 95 km south of Dawson City on the Company’s White Gold property, which is supported by the fully operational Thistle exploration camp with airstrip and barge access, and up to 100-person capacity. The deposit consists of the GS Main, GS Footwall and GS West zones and together the zones define mineralization over a 1,500 m strike length and up to 725 m down dip. Currently, the GS Main is the most significant zone in terms of estimated ounces and overall grade; containing approximately 95% of the Indicated ounces within the overall Golden Saddle deposit. GS Main Zone which contains a consistent high-grade core of 12.3 million tonnes grading 2.84 g/t representing 1,100,000 ounces in the Indicated category and 1.4 million tonnes grading 2.03 g/t for 93,000 ounces in the inferred category at a 1.0 g/t cut-off. At a 3.0 g/t cut-off, the high-grade core contains 4.4 million tonnes grading 4.88 g/t for 695,000 ounces in the indicated category and 269,000 tonnes grading 4.07 g/t for 35,000 ounces in the inferred category. Gold mineralization at the Golden Saddle deposit is hosted in a meta-volcanic and meta-intrusive assemblage broadly consisting of felsic orthogneiss, amphibolite, and ultramafic units. Gold generally occurs as micron-scale blebs along fractures or encapsulated by pyrite, and as visible gold (less than 5 mm in size) located as free grains in quartz. Mineralization is present in quartz veins and stockwork or breccia with disseminated pyrite. Drill hole intersected gold mineralization is spatially co-incident with structures, and structures or faults which are interpreted to be the primary conduits for hydrothermal fluids responsible for gold deposition. The thicknesses of the mineralization and breccia zones are variable from 5 m to over 50 m, and they pinch and swell along strike. A consistent higher-grade core (> 3 g/t Au) occurs within the main zone at Golden Saddle. Gold mineralization at the Golden Saddle deposit remains open in all directions and is known to extend beyond the limits of the current resource estimate, however, the mineralization in these areas does not currently meet the criteria to be classified as Mineral Resources.

Arc Deposit
The Arc deposit is located approximately 400 m south of the Golden Saddle and consists of two zones, the Arc Main and Arc Footwall zones, both trending E-NE and dipping to the north at approximately 50 degrees. Mineralization at the Arc has been defined over 1,200 m in strike length and up to 450 m down dip with mineralization open along strike and down dip. Gold mineralization at the Arc deposit is less well understood than the Golden Saddle, which is partially a function of drilling at the Arc deposit being more widely spaced. Gold mineralization is hosted within a meta-sedimentary sequence dominated by banded (graphitic) quartzite and interbedded pelitic biotite schist that is cross-cut by numerous felsic to intermediate dikes and sills.

Gold mineralization appears to be focused within breccia and shear zones that have been affected by hydrothermal alteration and sulphide mineralization. Drilling has defined an upper main zone as well as a lower footwall zone of anomalous gold but of lesser tenure than the main upper zone. Mineralization remains open to the east, west and at depth. The occurrence of gold at Arc is not well understood but appears to be associated with disseminated and veined pyrite, arsenopyrite and graphite.

Ryan’s Surprise Deposit
Ryan’s Surprise is located 1.5 km west of the Golden Saddle deposit, along a 6.5 km long x 1 km wide north-northwest trend of anomalous gold and arsenic in soils (“Ryan’s Trend”), which also hosts several other prospective early-stage targets in close proximity with significant surface gold mineralization and represent further potential for expansion of this project. Gold mineralization at the Ryan’s Surprise deposit is primarily hosted within a meta-sedimentary sequence dominated by banded (graphitic) quartzite and interbedded pelitic biotite schist cross-cut by numerous felsic – intermediate dikes and sills.

Gold mineralization appears to be focused within breccia and shear zones that have been affected by hydrothermal alteration and sulphide mineralization. Recent drilling has defined multiple subparallel zones that are host to gold-bearing sulphide mineralization including arsenopyrite and pyrite, and range in true width from < 1 m to in some instances, > 10 m. The mineralization footprint at the Ryan’s Surprise deposit measures approximately 550 m north-south by 500 m east-west to a vertical depth of 650 m remains open along strike and at depth. Metallurgical work, gold characterization and deportment studies are required to further determine accurate gold recoveries. However, host rocks, alteration and sulphide mineralization at Ryan’s Surprise display many similarities to the Arc Deposit.

VG Deposit
The VG deposit is located approximately 85km south of Dawson City and 11km north of the Golden Saddle deposit. Gold mineralization at the VG deposit is hosted in quartz ± carbonate veins, stockwork and breccia zones, and pyrite veinlets, including cubic pyrite and visible gold, associated with intense-quartz-carbonate-sericite alteration, pervasive K-spar and hematite emplaced along en-echelon faults or shear zones. Visually, the style of gold mineralization and alteration appears identical to the Golden Saddle deposit, along with similar dominant host rocks of biotite-feldspar (± augen)-quartz gneisses. To date, no metallurgical testwork has been performed on the VG mineralization, however given its close similarities to Golden Saddle, gold recoveries are assumed to be similar.  Opportunities exist at the VG deposit to quickly upgrade a significant portion of Inferred Resources to Indicated, as well as for expansion of gold mineralization at depth and along strike. There are also several other prospective targets on the property which have received limited exploration work and offer potential for additional discoveries.

Qualified Persons, Technical Information and Quality Control

The MRE for the White Gold Project was prepared by Dr. Gilles Arseneau of Arseneau Consulting Services (ACS), an Independent Qualified Person (“QP”) as defined under NI 43-101, who has reviewed and approved the contents of this news release. The technical content of this news release has also been reviewed and approved by Steven Walsh, P.Geo. and Senior Exploration Geologist for the Company who is also a QP as defined under NI 43-101 – Standards of Disclosure of Mineral Projects.

QA/QC

White Gold’s drill core sampling consisted of collecting samples over 0.50 m to 2.50 m intervals (depending on lithology and style of mineralization) over the entire hole length. RC samples were collected at continuous 1.5 m intervals. All drill core was cut in half using a diamond saw, with half of the core placed in sample bags and the other half returned to the core box. Standard, blank, and duplicate samples were inserted into both the drill core and RC sample streams at regular intervals to meet a designated QA/QC sample insertion rate. All samples were organized into batches, flown via fixed-wing aircraft from camp, and transported via courier to an ISO-certified laboratory for analysis.

About White Gold Corp.
The Company owns a portfolio of 15,364 quartz claims across 21 properties covering 305,102 hectares (3,051 km2) representing approximately 40% of the Yukon’s emerging White Gold District. The Company’s flagship White Gold project hosts four near-surface gold deposits which collectively contain an estimated 1,732,300 ounces of gold in Indicated Resources and 1,265,900 ounces of gold in Inferred Resources (this news release). Regional exploration work has also produced several other new discoveries and prospective targets on the Company’s claim packages which border sizable gold discoveries including the Coffee project owned by Newmont Corporation with Measured and Indicated Resources of 50.2 Mt grading 1.28 g/t Au for 2.17 million ounces of gold, and Inferred Resources of 6.7 Mt grading 1.14 g/t Au for 0.23 million ounces gold(2)(3), and Western Copper and Gold Corporation’s Casino project which has Measured and Indicated Resources of 2,490.7 Mt grading 0.18 g/t Au, 0.14% Cu for 14.8 million ounces of gold and 7.6 billion pounds of copper, and Inferred Resources of 1.4 Mt grading 0.14 g/t Au, 0.14% Cu for 6.3 million ounces of gold and 3.1 billion pounds of copper(4)(3). For more information visit www.whitegoldcorp.ca.

(1) A technical report to support the MRE for the White Gold project, prepared in accordance with NI 43-101, has been filed on SEDAR+ (https://www.sedarplus.ca/) and the Company’s website (https://www.whitegoldcorp.ca/).
(2) See Fuerte metals press release titled “Fuerte Announces Transformational Acquisition of the Coffee Project from Newmont Corporation” dated September 15, 2025.
(3) The QP has been unable to verify the information. The information is not necessarily indicative to the mineralization on the properties that are subject of the disclosure.
(4) See Western Copper and Gold Corporation technical report titled “Casino project, Form 43-101F1 Technical Report Feasibility Study, Yukon Canada”, Effective Date June 13, 2022, Issue Date August 8, 2022, NI 43-101 Compliant Technical Report prepared by Daniel Roth, PE, P.Eng., Mike Hester, F Aus IMM, John M. Marek, P.E., Laurie M. Tahija, MMSA-QP, Carl Schulze, P.Geo., Daniel Friedman, P.Eng., Scott Weston, P.Geo., available on SEDAR+.
(5) All numbers are rounded. Overall numbers may not be exact due to rounding

Cautionary Note Regarding Forward Looking Information
This news release contains “forward-looking information” and “forward-looking statements” (collectively, “forward-looking statements”) within the meaning of the applicable Canadian securities legislation. All statements, other than statements of historical fact, are forward-looking statements and are based on expectations, estimates and projections as at the date of this news release. Any statement that involves discussions with respect to predictions, expectations, beliefs, plans, projections, objectives, assumptions, future events or performance (often but not always using phrases such as “expects”, or “does not expect”, “is expected”, “anticipates” or “does not anticipate”, “plans”, “proposed”, “budget”, “scheduled”, “forecasts”, “estimates”, “believes” or “intends” or variations of such words and phrases or stating that certain actions, events or results “may” or “could”, “would”, “might” or “will” be taken to occur or be achieved) are not statements of historical fact and may be forward-looking statements. In this news release, forward-looking statements relate, among other things, the Company’s objectives, goals and exploration activities conducted and proposed to be conducted at the Company’s properties; future growth potential of the Company, including whether any proposed exploration programs at any of the Company’s properties will be successful; exploration results; and future exploration plans and costs and financing availability.

These forward-looking statements are based on reasonable assumptions and estimates of management of the Company at the time such statements were made. Actual future results may differ materially as forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors which may cause the actual results, performance or achievements of the Company to materially differ from any future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. Such factors, among other things, include:
The expected benefits to the Company relating to the exploration conducted and proposed to be conducted at the White Gold properties; the receipt of all applicable regulatory approvals for the Offering; failure to identify any additional mineral resources or significant mineralization; the preliminary nature of metallurgical test results; uncertainties relating to the availability and costs of financing needed in the future, including to fund any exploration programs on the Company’s properties; business integration risks; fluctuations in general macroeconomic conditions; fluctuations in securities markets; fluctuations in spot and forward prices of gold, silver, base metals or certain other commodities; fluctuations in currency markets (such as the Canadian dollar to United States dollar exchange rate); change in national and local government, legislation, taxation, controls, regulations and political or economic developments; risks and hazards associated with the business of mineral exploration, development and mining (including environmental hazards, industrial accidents, unusual or unexpected formations pressures, cave-ins and flooding); inability to obtain adequate insurance to cover risks and hazards; the presence of laws and regulations that may impose restrictions on mining and mineral exploration; employee relations; relationships with and claims by local communities and indigenous populations; availability of increasing costs associated with mining inputs and labour; the speculative nature of mineral exploration and development (including the risks of obtaining necessary licenses, permits and approvals from government authorities); the unlikelihood that properties that are explored are ultimately developed into producing mines; geological factors; actual results of current and future exploration; changes in project parameters as plans continue to be evaluated; soil sampling results being preliminary in nature and are not conclusive evidence of the likelihood of a mineral deposit; title to properties; ongoing uncertainties relating to the COVID-19 pandemic; and those factors described under the heading “Risks Factors” in the Company’s annual information form dated July 29, 2020 available on SEDAR+. Although the forward-looking statements contained in this news release are based upon what management of the Company believes, or believed at the time, to be reasonable assumptions, the Company cannot assure shareholders that actual results will be consistent with such forward-looking statements, as there may be other factors that cause results not to be as anticipated, estimated or intended. Accordingly, readers should not place undue reliance on forward-looking statements and information. There can be no assurance that forward-looking information, or the material factors or assumptions used to develop such forward-looking information, will prove to be accurate. The Company does not undertake to release publicly any revisions for updating any voluntary forward-looking statements, except as required by applicable securities law.

Neither the TSXV nor its Regulation Services Provider (as that term is defined in the policies of the TSXV) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this news release.

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Contact Information:
David D’Onofrio
Chief Executive Officer
White Gold Corp.
(647) 930-1880
[email protected]

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, /PRNewswire/ -- TransDigm Group Incorporated ("TransDigm Group") (NYSE: TDG) today announced that it has successfully completed its acquisition of the Simmonds Precision Products, Inc. Business ("Simmonds" or "the Company") of Goodrich Corporation from RTX Corporation (NYSE: RTX) for approximately $765 million in cash, including certain tax benefits. TransDigm financed the acquisition through cash on hand. The acquisition of Simmonds was previously announced on June 30, 2025.

Simmonds, headquartered in Vergennes, Vermont, is a leading global designer and manufacturer of fuel & proximity sensing and structural health monitoring solutions for the aerospace and defense end markets. The Company's products are highly engineered, proprietary components with significant aftermarket content and a strong presence across major aerospace and defense platforms.  Approximately 40% of Simmonds' revenue is derived from the aftermarket and nearly all of its revenue is generated from proprietary products. Simmonds is expected to generate approximately $350 million in revenue for the calendar year ending December 31, 2025. The Company employs approximately 900 people.

About TransDigm Group

TransDigm Group, through its wholly-owned subsidiaries, is a leading global designer, producer and supplier of highly engineered aircraft components for use on nearly all commercial and military aircraft in service today. Major product offerings, substantially all of which are ultimately provided to end-users in the aerospace industry, include mechanical/electro-mechanical actuators and controls, ignition systems and engine technology, specialized pumps and valves, power conditioning devices, specialized AC/DC electric motors and generators, batteries and chargers, engineered latching and locking devices, engineered rods, engineered connectors and elastomer sealing solutions, databus and power controls, cockpit security components and systems, specialized and advanced cockpit displays, engineered audio, radio and antenna systems, specialized lavatory components, seat belts and safety restraints, engineered and customized interior surfaces and related components, advanced sensor products, switches and relay panels, thermal protection and insulation, lighting and control technology, parachutes, high performance hoists, winches and lifting devices, cargo loading, handling and delivery systems, specialized flight, wind tunnel and jet engine testing services and equipment, electronic components used in the generation, amplification, transmission and reception of microwave signals, and complex testing and instrumentation solutions.

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Key Takeaways 
Why is Aster accused of wash trading?
DeFiLlama’s founder alleged its trading data is unverifiable, as Aster’s dark pools obscure who makes or fills orders.

Are whales unbothered by the FUD?
Yes. On-chain data showed large buyers accumulating ASTER, while overall selling pressure has steadily eased since September.

Aster [ASTER] DEX (decentralized exchange) has faced accusations of market manipulation and exaggeration of trading volumes. 

In an X post, Oxngmi, pseudonymous founder of data aggregator DeFiLlama, flagged the DEX’s volumes as mirroring Binance [BNB] perpetuals volume.  

He added that Ripple [XRP], Ethereum [ETH], and other perp volumes on Aster DEX had a close correlation with Binance but suspiciously diverged from Hyperliquid [HYPE] for similar pairs. 

“Aster doesn’t make it possible to get lower-level data such as who is making and filling orders, so until we can get that data to verify if there’s washtrading, Aster perp volumes will be delisted.”

Source: X

Since Aster uses dark pools, its perp DEX matches orders offline, making it difficult to verify the data, unlike Hyperliquid. 

Market reactions post-DeFiLlama delisting
The delisting quickly triggered a sell-off for the Aster token.

It slumped about 10% on the 5th of October trading session, dropping from $2.1 to $1.7 before stabilizing above $1.8 as of press time. 

Source: Aster/USDT, TradingView

The last dump in late September slowed at $1.5-$1.65 price zone and could act as a rebound if it’s defended. In fact, some high-ticket traders jumped on the discounted window and grabbed the dip.

Whales buy the dip amid exchange outflows
According to Lookonchain, a large player scooped 1.69 million Aster tokens (worth over $3.1 million) during the Sunday decline. 

Source: Arkham

A closer look at the overall on-chain exchange flow showed mixed results, though. Since the DEX debuted last month, Exchange Netflow surged to 77 million Aster tokens.

This suggested increased profit-taking (green bars) as more tokens were sent to on-chain exchanges to be offloaded. 

Source: Arkham (Aster on-chain exchange flow)

However, the inflow has tapered (flat line), which could be read as the selling pressure has subsided. This could allow for a potential rebound at $1.8 or the support zone above $1.5, especially if more whales jump on the altcoin. 

That said, the Aster team had not addressed the accusations by the time of going to press.

Volume dominance raises further scrutiny
In September, the DEX hit a trading volume of $420 billion, nearly double Hyperliquid’s $282 billion over the same period. At the same time, this was about half of the overall $1 trillion perp DEX volume.  

Source: The Block

Only a week into October, Aster has already hit $441 billion in DEX volume, out of the total $546 billion (over 90% dominance). 

In terms of revenue, the DEX now ranks second only to Tether [USDT], raking in over $210 million in fees in the past 30 days. 

Bitcoin (BTC) starts its first full week of “Uptober” fresh from a new all-time high. What lies in store for BTC price action next?

Bitcoin snags a new record over the weekend, but traders expect some consolidation before heading toward $150,000.

BTC price support retest targets focus on $118,000 and above.

Classic bull-market gains may take longer to become reality, says an AI-based BTC price prediction tool.

Macroeconomic cues are expected to come from Federal Reserve officials this week amid the ongoing US government shutdown.

Crypto market sentiment just avoids “extreme greed” with Bitcoin’s move to all-time highs.

$150,000 becomes new BTC price goalAfter an unusual weekend all-time high, Bitcoin is consolidating near the top of its historical trading range to start the week.

Data from Cointelegraph Markets Pro and TradingView shows that BTC/USD is trading around $124,000.

BTC/USD one-hour chart. Source: Cointelegraph/TradingViewThe start of futures trading produced a “gap” that barely appeared before being filled — something trader Daan Crypto Trades described as a “classic weekend squeeze and retrace.”

“Bitcoin did end up making a relatively small gap on the CME futures chart but nothing noteworthy,” he wrote in an X post. 

“There's still the larger gap at $110K from last weekend but I wouldn't value that until price gets within a few % from it. Especially if this trend keeps going into price discovery, you often see big gaps left behind on both the CME chart & Liquidity levels.”BTC/USDT 15-minute chart. Source: Daan Crypto Trades/XFor fellow trader Crypto Tony, BTC price upside targets hinge on its treatment of $123,000.

— Crypto Tony (@CryptoTony__) October 6, 2025
“$BTC has now reached a crucial resistance level,” crypto analyst and entrepreneur Ted Pillows continued. 

“Yesterday, Bitcoin pushed above this level, but the move was entirely perps driven. If institutions bid again like last week, a reclaim is possible.”BTC/USDT one-day chart. Source: Ted Pillows/XZooming out, appetites for higher levels are strong, with Cointelegraph reporting on expectations of $150,000 or more next.

— Jelle (@CryptoJelleNL) October 6, 2025
Crypto trader, analyst and entrepreneur Michaël van de Poppe argued that the $150,000 mark should come after a consolidation phase.

“I don’t think #Bitcoin will blast through the ATH in one-go. It needs a little bit of patience, before it should continue moving,” he told X followers on Monday. 

“In that aspect, I expect to see a correction and anything beneath $121.5K is a good area to enter before we'll head to $150K.”BTC/USDT six-hour chart with RSI data, trading volume. Source: Michaël van de Poppe/XBitcoin traders eye as much as 4% dipAs Cointelegraph reported, market participants still expect some form of BTC price retracement to occur from record levels.

No bull run goes up in a straight line, and key targets for a support retest are now materializing.

Among them is the 50-period exponential moving average (EMA) on four-hour time frames at the time of writing, which was at $119,250 and rising quickly.

“For the week ahead, I think we could see a 4h50EMA retest - it’s overextended and you can see the retests in previous similar Price Action,” trader CrypNuevo wrote in an X thread on Sunday. 

“After that, we should see a new move up higher. Therefore, I'm still favoring longs over shorts from the 4h50EMA.”BTC/USD one-day chart with four-hour 50EMA. Source: CrypNuevo/XAn accompanying chart highlighted the results of interaction with the EMA since the start of May.

Trader and analyst Rekt Capital, meanwhile, argued that it was unreasonable to expect the price to launch into unknown territory without first establishing support at the top of its range.

“There’s should be no surprise that Bitcoin has rejected from ~$124k on the first time of asking in this uptrend. After all, the last time Bitcoin rejected from $124k, the rejection preceded a -13% pullback,” he told X followers over the weekend.

“Bitcoin needs to prove this $124k resistance is a weakening point of rejection. And any shallower dip or pullback from here would do just that.”BTC/USD one-week chart. Source: Rekt Capital/XRekt Capital suggested that a 4% dip to meet a rising trend line at around $118,000 would mean that Bitcoin would “still be positioned for additional upside later on.”

“I would not want to see price lose that $117K-$118K again. This was roughly the mid range and a very high volume area,” Daan Crypto Trades, said in his X update on Monday.

“Overall structure looks good, just needs to maintain higher highs and higher lows from here on out. If this starts ranging again between $112K-$124K that would not be great for the larger view I think.”BTC/USD one-day chart with trading volume. Source: Daan Crypto Trades/XAI says no more Bitcoin “Uptober”Amid increasing excitement over the crypto bull run’s next innings, a new style of prediction tool may disappoint those hoping for swift gains.

In one of its “Quicktake” blog posts on Monday, onchain analytics platform CryptoQuant raised questions over how “Uptober” may shape up.

“After a significant uptrend, the price has entered a consolidation phase between the key support at 108,000 and the resistance at 123,000,” contributor CryptoOnchain summarized. 

“This price action on the technical chart shows signs of a ‘re-accumulation’ period, during which large market players may be accumulating their positions for the next major move.”BTC/USD surprised with a new all-time high over the weekend, but despite this, the rest of the month risks not meeting expectations. 

The proof, CryptoQuant says, comes from AI. Its proprietary forecasting tool, NBeats Ensemble, which gathers data from nearly 400 “onchain features,” now says that the odds of an October BTC price breakout are “low.”

“The model’s prediction is for continued fluctuations within the current range. However, there is a subtle yet important nuance in this forecast: the model expects these fluctuations to occur primarily in the upper half of the range,” the post said. 

BTC/USD forecast (screenshot). Source: CryptoQuantBitcoin should thus spend multiple weeks preparing a resistance breakout, which will flip $123,000 from resistance to support. Hodlers, meanwhile, need patience.

“By combining technical analysis with the AI model’s forecast, the most probable scenario for October 2025 is the continuation of Bitcoin’s neutral, range-bound movement,” CryptoQuant concluded. 

“Traders should closely monitor the support level at 108,000 and the resistance at 123,000, as a decisive break of either level could define the next mid-term directional move.”Fed officials to speak as shutdown halts dataThe ongoing US government shutdown adds to the list of delayed macroeconomic data this week.

That makes for an interesting round of appearances by senior Federal Reserve officials, several of whom are due to take to the stage over the coming days.

They include SEC Chair Jerome Powell, who will deliver prerecorded welcoming remarks at the Community Bank Conference in Washington. Vice Chair for Supervision Michelle Bowman will make two appearances at the event.

Powell has long been under pressure from US President Donald Trump to quicken interest-rate cuts, something the Fed only voted to commence last month after holding rates steady throughout 2025.

The absence of data, notably pertaining to the weakening labor market, creates friction. The Fed’s next rate decision is about three weeks away.

Fed target rate probabilities for October meeting (screenshot). Source: CME Group FedWatch Tool“The markets are looking ahead to the October and December Fed meetings amid the shutdown,” trading resource The Kobeissi Letter summarized in an X thread.

For crypto and risk-asset bulls, tailwinds remain. The shutdown, sources argue, is likely to remain a “non-event” for the markets, and with six months of straight gains for US stocks, there is increasingly little reason to doubt the uptrend.

“The stock market continues climbing the ‘wall of worry,’ trading resource Mosaic Asset Company wrote in the latest edition of its regular newsletter, “The Market Mosaic.” 

“Despite concerns over the health of the labor market and economic impact of the government shutdown, the S&P 500 is hovering near record highs and has spent 108 consecutive days trading above its 50-day moving average.”US Dollar Index (DXY) one-day chart. Source: Cointelegraph/TradingView
Among the risks to the strength of the risk-on rally, Mosaic highlighted a possible rebound in US dollar strength, as indicated by the US Dollar Index (DXY).

The index has struggled with a rebound after hitting 96.22 in mid-September — its lowest level since February 2022.

Greedy, but not too greedy?In just 10 days, crypto market sentiment has flipped on its head — but traders have kept their cool at all-time highs.

The latest readings from the Crypto Fear & Greed Index show that while “greed” now dominates, excessive emotions have not yet entered the market.

On Sunday, the Index hit local highs of 74/100, stopping short of its “extreme greed” zone to drop back to 71/100 to start the week.

Those levels still represent a threefold increase versus lows of 26/100 seen on Sept. 26.

Crypto Fear & Greed Index (screenshot). Source: Alternative.meBitcoin’s previous all-time high in mid-August, for reference, delivered peak Fear & Greed Index readings of 75/100, with the trip to $125,700 thus narrowly forming a divergence with price.

Elsewhere, another sentiment measure, this time from crypto analytics platform Alphractal, closely tracked the late September lows and subsequent rebound.

This is the most accurate sentiment analysis metric in the crypto market that I know.
The Fear and Greed Index generates some noise, but this one is the pure alpha of the sentiment from analysts who set the tops and bottoms of Bitcoin😆

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— Joao Wedson (@joao_wedson) October 3, 2025
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Bitcoin, gold, silver, and stocks are soaring together in 2025, defying typical market behavior as both risk and safe-haven assets rally.Analysts say this synchronized surge reflects waning confidence in the US dollar, now facing its worst annual drop since 1973.Experts warn the boom signals “monetary panic,” not prosperity — a shift from real growth to wealth preservation amid fiat erosion.Markets are witnessing extraordinary rallies across both risk and safe-haven assets. The S&P 500, gold, silver, and Bitcoin (BTC) are all trending higher.

Experts argue that the economy appears to be doing well, but this prosperity is deceptive. It’s not driven by productivity or innovation but by a loss of confidence in fiat currencies, especially the US dollar.

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The Everything Rally: What’s Really Behind The Market Euphoria?In a detailed thread on X (formerly Twitter), The Kobeissi Letter, highlighted a notable financial moment — where everything is going up at once, from risky assets like stocks to traditional safe havens like gold and Bitcoin. 

BeInCrypto reported yesterday that Bitcoin broke $125,000 amid its Uptober rally. The coin has appreciated 10.6% over the past week, marking a strong start to Q4. At the same time, silver and gold have also gained strongly. The former’s value has increased by more than 60% in 2025.

“Gold has hit 40 record highs in 2025 and is now worth a whopping $26.3 trillion. That’s more than 10 times the value of Bitcoin. Gold, Silver, and Bitcoin are now all in the top 10 largest assets in the world,” the post read.

Historically, safe-haven assets tend to perform best when investors are seeking protection from falling stock markets or economic instability. However, this cycle is defying that pattern. Risk assets and safe havens are now rising together, suggesting a deeper shift in global investor behavior.

The S&P 500 has jumped over 39% in six months, adding trillions in market value. Meanwhile, the Nasdaq 100 has gained for six consecutive months — a rare streak seen only six times since 1986.

“And, the Magnificent 7 companies are investing a record $100B+ per quarter in CapEx to fuel the AI Revolution,” The Kobeissi Letter mentioned.

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The post pointed out that the correlation between gold and the S&P 500 reached a record 0.91 in 2024.

“This means that Gold and the S&P 500 were moving in TANDEM 91% of the time,” the analysis revealed.

This raises a critical question: Are markets genuinely strong, or is something else behind the broader rally?

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How a Falling US Dollar Is Creating a False BoomMarket analysts argue this does not reflect real economic expansion but rather a weakening trust in the US dollar.  Notably, this year has been quite harsh for the greenback. According to The Kobeissi Letter, the US dollar is heading toward its worst annual performance since 1973. 

For historical context, in 1973, the dollar experienced a sharp decline, one of the most dramatic in modern history, due to the collapse of the Bretton Woods system and the end of the gold standard. 

So far, this year, the dollar has dipped 10%. Moreover, since 2020, the dollar has also lost roughly 40% of its purchasing power.

Furthermore, things could turn for the worse for the currency. According to the CME FedWatch Tool, markets are pricing in a 95.7% probability that the Fed will cut rates again at its October meeting, following a recent reduction in September. Such easing could accelerate the dollar’s downtrend.

“The Fed is cutting rates into 4.0% annualized inflation since 2020. And, the Fed is cutting rates into 2.9%+ Core PCE inflation for the first time since the 1990s. What’s really happening here is assets are pricing in a new era of monetary policy. When safe haven assets, risky assets, real estate, and inflation are all rising together, it’s a macro-based shift. The Fed has zero control of long-term yields,” The Kobeissi Letter noted.

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Market commentator Shanaka Anslem Perera described the phenomenon as an ‘illusion of prosperity,’ with rising asset prices driven by investors moving away from fiat currencies.

“The Fed is cutting rates into inflation, printing credibility while calling it policy. When gold, Bitcoin, equities, and real estate all rise together, it’s not a bull market … it’s monetary panic in slow motion,” Perera explained.

He stressed that the simultaneous surge across asset classes suggests that wealth is not being created, but the dollar’s purchasing power is collapsing. In this view, the denominator — the currency itself — is dying.

“This is not a boom. It’s the endgame of a system priced in paper and powered by illusion,” Perera remarked.

Thus, as markets surge and the dollar weakens, the rally reflects more than optimism. Rather than signaling economic strength, it underlines a shift in what investors trust. Markets aren’t celebrating growth — they’re bracing for change.

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DeFiLlama removed perpetual futures volume data for Aster, a decentralized exchange backed by figures linked to former Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao, after detecting trading volumes that mirrored Binance's nearly 1:1 across multiple trading pairs with co-founder 0xngmi announcing the delisting on October 5, 2025 citing concerns over data integrity as correlation patterns appeared even more extreme for assets like ETH.

XRP price today has once again fallen below the $3 mark, slipping over 2% in the past 24 hours amid renewed whale speculation. The drop came shortly after reports surfaced of a massive $55 million XRP transfer to a wallet linked with Ripple. However, on-chain data has now clarified that the movement was part of an internal transaction, not a market sell-off as traders initially feared.

$55 Million XRP Transfer Sparks Whale PanicOn October 6, blockchain tracker Whale Alert reported a transfer of 18.7 million XRP (worth about $55.8 million) from an unknown wallet to one tied to Ripple. The alert caused panic across the community, with many assuming a large holder had sold off tokens – potentially contributing to the XRP price decline.

But on-chain data revealed the truth: it wasn’t a whale offload. The transfer was an internal Ripple wallet transaction from Ripple (31) to Ripple (1) – the first such move from Ripple (31) in over two years.

Linked to Midnight Glacier Airdrop, Not Whale DumpingFurther blockchain analysis by XRPScan connected this transaction to the Midnight Glacier Drop, a large-scale airdrop initiative by the Midnight Foundation. The move was part of a planned XRP token distribution and not an exchange-related sell order.

Ripple’s on-chain activity has shown similar internal movements recently, including a 300 million XRP transfer from Ripple (26) last week. Following this latest move, Ripple (1) now holds over 668 million XRP, including funds tied to exchanges like Bitstamp and GateHub, suggesting Ripple’s continued asset management rather than selling activity.

XRP Price Analysis: Weak Support Despite ClarityEven after the clarification, XRP price remains under pressure, struggling to reclaim the $3 mark. According to CryptoQuant data, whale flow metrics remain negative, signaling continued distribution among large holders.

However, trading activity has stayed strong. XRP futures open interest reached $8.95 billion, with Binance seeing a 2.66% increase, even as CME futures dipped slightly. The derivatives market reflects mixed sentiment, with traders showing cautious optimism ahead of major developments.

XRP ETF News: October Could Be a Game-ChangerAnalysts suggest October could be a turning point for XRP price momentum. Technical charts show a falling wedge pattern, indicating a potential breakout toward $3.33 or higher if bullish momentum strengthens. Support levels are currently seen around $2.80.

Adding fuel to investor optimism, the U.S. SEC is set to begin reviewing XRP ETF applications on October 18. Industry giants reportedly managing over $1.5 trillion in assets are among the applicants. Experts say that even one XRP ETF approval could trigger major institutional inflows, potentially pushing XRP price toward new highs after weeks of sideways trading.

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Aptos price has surged 27% over the past week amid ecosystem partnerships that uplifted investor sentiment. However, with over $60 million in token unlocks looming, does the token risk a reversal?

Summary

Aptos price is down 3.5% over the past 24 hours.
Around $60.5 million worth of APT tokens are set to be unlocked on Oct. 11.
Any downside from the token unlock will likely be contained, supported by ongoing bullish developments within the Aptos ecosystem.

According to data from crypto.news Aptos (APT) has dropped 3.5% over the past day to $5.34 after a nearly 43% rally from $3.91 on Sep. 26 to $5.57 on Oct. 5.

The drop comes as traders turned cautious ahead of an impending token unlock. According to data from Tokenomist, the event scheduled for Oct. 11 will release over 11.31 million APT tokens, worth roughly $60.5 million, into circulation. The unlocked figure represents about 2.15% of the circulating supply.

For the uninitiated, large-scale token unlocks, as in the Aptos case, often increase selling pressure on the token with investors anticipating potential sell-offs in the open market. Moreover, if the project cannot attract enough new demand to offset the increased supply after the unlock, it can heighten market concerns and trigger further downside risk.

CoinGlass data shows that open interest in the Aptos futures market has dropped 1.45% over the past 24 hours, while the weighted funding rate has turned deeply negative, a sign that short traders are paying longs to keep their positions open. These metrics reflect that sentiment is starting to turn bearish among traders ahead of the upcoming token unlock.

Despite this, Aptos could abate much of the selling pressure if it manages to drive demand for its token through fresh project developments or ecosystem growth.

As such, just a couple of days ago, Bitwise filed an application for an APT ETF. As anticipation surrounding the potential approval grows, it could help counteract some of the selling pressure from the upcoming unlock. Increased visibility and legitimacy through an ETF could also drive fresh inflows into the Aptos ecosystem, supporting price stability in the short term.

Recent reports show that September was a strong month for the Aptos ecosystem, with monthly app revenue reaching an all-time high of $4.43 million. If such bullish figures carry into October, which historically tends to be a bullish period for major cryptocurrencies, Aptos could likely offset much of the anticipated selling pressure from the upcoming token unlock.

Another potential factor that could support Aptos is the growth of stablecoin liquidity on the network. Notably, the total stablecoin market cap on Aptos has surged by nearly 17% over the past seven days, signaling a renewed influx of capital into the ecosystem.

This growth reflects deeper network engagement rather than passive asset parking. Users appear to be increasingly utilizing Aptos-based lending protocols, liquidity pools, and decentralized exchanges, highlighting a gradual strengthening of the ecosystem’s fundamental activity.

Aptos price analysis
On the daily chart, Aptos price action shows that it has confirmed a breakout from a descending triangle pattern, a technical signal often associated with a reversal from a bearish to a bullish trend.

Aptos price has confirmed a bullish reversal on the daily chart — Oct. 6 | Source: crypto.news
The token is also trading above all major simple moving averages, indicating that bullish momentum remains intact and that buyers continue to hold control over the market.

On top of that, the MACD line has crossed above the signal line, with both trending upward and green histogram bars expanding, another indicator confirming the growing bullish sentiment among traders.

Taken together, these technical signals suggest that, as of press time, the key support level for APT lies at $4.84 (its 200-day SMA), while the immediate resistance level stands at $5.67, corresponding to its recent high on Oct. 5.

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MNT price jumps over 7% to a record high as World Liberty Financial’s $3 billion USD1 stablecoin boosts Mantle Network liquidity. Mantle’s stablecoin market cap climbs to $738 million, with deeper on-chain liquidity signaling rising user confidence and activity. Positive 94.47% DAA divergence confirms genuine network demand, supporting MNT’s bullish trend within an ascending channel.MNT, the native token that powers the modular Layer-2 (L2) network Mantle, has emerged as today’s top-performing altcoin. Its value has soared over 7% today, even as the new trading week kicks off on a lackluster note across the broader crypto market. 

Fueled by the recent deployment of World Liberty Financial’s USD1 stablecoin on the Mantle network, the rally has pushed MNT to a new all-time high. Now, the altcoin is ready to extend its gains. 

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Trump-Linked Stablecoin Sparks Mantle Liquidity Boom Last week, Donald Trump-backed World Liberty Financial announced the deployment of the protocol’s $3 billion USD1 stablecoin on the Mantle network. 

This integration has increased Mantle’s stablecoin market capitalization by 1% over the past week, deepening on-chain liquidity. According to data from DefiLlama, this stands at $738 million at press time. 

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Mantle Network Stablecoin Market Cap. Source: DefiLlamaStablecoins provide blockchain networks with a stable medium of exchange for transactions. Therefore, when their supply grows, it signals increasing confidence from users. This, in turn, drives up the price of the network’s native token, as higher liquidity allows users to transact more frequently and use the token to facilitate those transactions.

As on-chain activity deepens, demand for MNT will likely strengthen, supporting the potential for a continued price rally in the short term.

Furthermore, the positive readings from MNT’s price daily active address (DAA) divergence confirm the uptick in the altcoin’s demand, adding to this bullish outlook. This metric, which compares an asset’s price movements with the changes in its number of daily active addresses, is at 94.47%.

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MNT Price DAA Divergence. Source: SantimentA price rally accompanied by a positive DAA divergence is a bullish signal, suggesting growing interest and potential for further price appreciation.

The trend suggests that MNT’s currency rally is not speculative noise but backed by genuine user demand and network activity.

MNT Trades in Bullish FormationOn the daily chart, MNT has traded within an ascending parallel channel since September 6, highlighting the steady rise in buy-side pressure in the market. 

This pattern is formed when an asset’s price moves consistently between two upward-sloping trendlines — one acting as support and the other as resistance. 

The formation of this channel indicates that MNT has been climbing in a well-defined uptrend, with each pullback attracting renewed demand over the past few sessions. If demand remains, the token could break above this pattern and stretch to fresh highs in the coming sessions.

MNT Price Analysis. Source: TradingViewHowever, MNT’s price could slip under $2 to reach $1.84 if profit-taking commences. 

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In an interview with Bitcoin Archive’s Archie, early Bitcoiner and Bank to the Future co-founder Simon Dixon characterized the current moment as nothing less than “the Wall Street attack phase,” arguing that institutional finance is assembling the plumbing and incentives to pull customer coins into custodial wrappers—and, in crisis, separate investors from their bitcoin. “People underestimate what Wall Street is willing to do to take your Bitcoin,” he said. The essential defense, in his view, is unambiguous: “Bitcoin is money you can own, money you can spend, and money that has a fixed supply with a monetary policy that nobody can change.”

How BlackRock Is Allegedly Trying To Control Bitcoin
Dixon framed the last 14 years of Bitcoin’s history as a series of counter-attacks, from exchange failures to regulatory squeezes, culminating now in what he described as a two-tier system: bitcoin held in Wall Street custody—via ETFs, pensions, corporate treasuries and bitcoin-backed loans—and bitcoin held in self-custody. The danger, he argued, is not price manipulation forever, but engineered liquidity events designed to vacuum up coins from leveraged or custodial holders. “They can’t change the long-term price. The fixed supply is the fixed supply,” he said. “But they can do elaborate schemes to steal your Bitcoin.”

At the core of his thesis is the scale and reach of the modern asset-management complex. Dixon pointed to BlackRock’s centrality—its index weight across “20,000 companies,” its Aladdin risk platform used by large asset managers, and its proximity to policymaking—as symptomatic of a broader “financial-industrial complex.”

In Dixon’s telling, that complex has already rebuilt the crypto industry in its own image: first by presiding over (or benefiting from) a parade of high-profile implosions and banking disruptions like FTX and Celsius, then by shepherding a pro-ETF, pro-tokenization framework that channels retirement savings, insurance float and corporate balance sheets into custodial bitcoin exposure. “Through this tax efficiency plus individuals thinking about inheritance, we have essentially given the asset managers full control,” he claimed. The net effect, he warned, is the consolidation of coins into a few systemically important pools.

Archie challenged the causal chain between the 2022–2023 enforcement wave and spot ETF approvals, noting that Grayscale had to sue to win its conversion. Dixon acknowledged that “you have to take a few leaps” when reconstructing opaque policy sequences, but insisted the net result is plain: the industry was discredited and de-banked, only for a tightly regulated, Wall-Street-led version to emerge. He cited his inside view as a major creditor in the Celsius Chapter 11 as formative, saying that bankruptcy taught him how quickly “Bitcoin IOUs” become indistinguishable from the legacy system’s risks. “Anybody that’s left Bitcoin on an exchange and received a Bitcoin IOU… realizes the importance of the ability to self-custody,” he said.

The conversation repeatedly returned to leverage. Archie drew a distinction between the margin chains and rehypothecation that blew up in 2021–2022 and the long-duration, corporate-finance tools used by publicly listed “bitcoin operating companies,” arguing these are “night and day” in terms of systemic fragility. Dixon’s reply was that the real risk emerges when individually sensible structures are linked into a pipeline—ETFs and index funds directing flows, corporate debt and dividend commitments denominated in fiat, stablecoin credit interlacing with bitcoin-backed loans, distressed buyouts rolling assets into the largest public vehicles, and mining equities sitting inside the same index-fund complex.

“When you combine all of these different products together… you can then do this margin process,” he said. He sketched a scenario in which a severe drawdown triggers margin cascades and bankruptcy proceedings that deliver even more coins into a few custodial honeypots. “All you need to do to protect yourself when that event happens is own bitcoin in self-custody,” he said.

Beyond market structure, Dixon placed Bitcoin in a wider macro and geopolitical frame. He argued the United States is pursuing “fiscal dominance”—debt-financed spending that inflates away obligations—while a multipolar currency order accelerates. In that transition, he expects both gold and bitcoin to be instrumentalized. “Bitcoin is going to be placed at the very, very center of a future and upcoming currency war,” he said, asserting that the same financial-industrial network that shapes rates and credit will not hesitate to “engineer some kind of pump and dump cycle that resets the chessboard.” Whether or not readers accept that framing, his prescription does not waver: self-custody first.

Dixon also laid out a personal rule set forged across cycles: buy on a fixed cadence, hold coins in self-custody, and think in multi-year horizons. “Most people come in for number-go-ups,” he said, “but until they go through a disaster, then they realize that the money you can own and money you can spend is the real utility.” He urged viewers to build the operational competence of self-custody now—keys, inheritance planning, and disciplined accumulation—rather than outsourcing it to product wrappers that trade convenience for counterparty risk. “Everybody has to do it,” he said. “The skill of self-custody is something everyone has to do.”

Archie added two caveats for balance: allocate only capital you can leave untouched for at least four years, and remember to upgrade quality of life rather than “bask in the warmth of your UTXOs” indefinitely. Dixon agreed, stressing that the point of reducing financial anxiety is to live better, not to hoard at all costs. Still, he closed with urgency: “There will never be another five years like the five years ahead… In the next five years, you need to accumulate as much bitcoin as is humanly possible,” he said, adding his standard disclaimer—“not financial advice.”

At press time, BTC traded at $123,896.

BTC hovers below $124,000, 1-day chart | Source: BTCUSDT on TradingView.com
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Gold and Bitcoin both hit new all-time highs, rekindling discussion about whether the two assets are more intertwined than previously believed. Bitcoin is a decentralized scarce asset that has historically been framed as digital gold–a hedge against inflation and the volatility of fiat currencies.

Simultaneous ATHsAt this point, the analogy is being tested in real time as both assets break records almost simultaneously. With the help of 100- and 200-day moving averages, Bitcoin’s price surge to about $124,000 technically represents a strong uptrend after a clean breakout from consolidation.

BTC/USDT Chart by TradingViewIn a similar vein, gold has continued to rise above $3,900, reflecting a strong demand in a macro environment characterized by optimism on the market and ongoing monetary uncertainty. Although both assets are showing significant momentum, their routes to new highs could not be more dissimilar given the relative stability of gold and the volatility of Bitcoin.

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But at their core, the forces driving both rallies are similar: investors are moving away from traditional stocks in greater numbers due to worries about inflation, government debt, and geopolitical unrest. The historical dependability of gold is being rediscovered by institutional players who are also adopting Bitcoin due to its transparency and limited supply, which appeal to the same risk-averse but return-seeking approach.

Bitcoin's liquidity cyclesThough the relationship is not constant, correlation data from recent months indicates that gold and Bitcoin have occasionally moved in tandem during macro shocks. While Bitcoin frequently responds to liquidity cycles and sentiment in the tech sector, gold continues to be the preferred safe haven during times of global unrest.

Despite the stark differences in their audiences and risk profiles, the simultaneous ATHs indicate that both assets are being treated as hedges against systemic risk. If this trend holds, Bitcoin may become more of a contemporary alternative to gold rather than merely a speculative asset, though traders should anticipate much more dramatic fluctuations along the way.

$Bitcoin printed a new ATH last week, reigniting risk appetite across majors. Analysts expect rotation into $ETH as the market looks for the next leader.$Ethereum Price is trading in a classic bull-trend posture.Can ETH reach $5,000, or do we first revisit lower supports?ETH Chart Check: What Happened to Ethereum Price?Structure: Higher lows since late September (green arrow) with a clean reclaim of the 50-Day MA. Price is consolidating under local highs from August–September.

ETH/USD 1-day chart - TradingView

Immediate Levels

Resistance: $4,700–$4,750, then $5,000 (major psychological and historical supply zone).Support: $4,356–$4,400 (horizontal + 50-Day MA area), $3,840, $3,500.Trend Anchors: 50-Day MA rising; 200-Day MA trending up and well below price—bulls in control unless $3,500 breaks.Ethereum Price Prediction: Path to $5,000Hold Above the 50-Day MA: As long as ETH closes above ~$4,393–$4,400, buyers keep control.Break and Base Above $4,700: A daily close through $4,700–$4,750 unlocks $4,850–$4,900 liquidity.With BTC at ATH drawing new inflows, a rotation tailwind could deliver a $4,900 → $5,000 extension. Expect heavier supply on first touch.

Reaching $4,850–$5,000 in October is realistic if BTC remains firm and ETH avoids losing the 50-Day MA. A brief wick beyond $5,000 is possible, but sustained closes above $5,000 likely require rising volumes and catalysts (L2 demand, staking flows, or macro tailwinds).

Ethereum Price Prediction: The Pullback Script if a ETH crash HappensFirst Checkpoint – $4,356–$4,400: A daily close below this area suggests momentum fade; dips can probe $4,000–$4,050 intraday.Deeper Mean Reversion – $3,840: Prior range support; a common spot for dip-buyers in uptrends.Trend Invalidation – $3,500: Losing $3,500 converts the structure to neutral/fragile and reopens $3,200; below that, the 200-Day MA (~$3,051) becomes the last major trend line in play.How to Trade ETH Coin Today: Strategy IdeasMomentum Traders: Look for a $4,700 break-and-retest for a push toward $4,900–$5,000. Avoid chasing long wicks into $5K without confirmation.Dip Buyers: Scale bids near $4,400 and $3,840, with hard invalidation below $3,500 to respect trend risk.Profit Taking: Expect first-touch supply at $5,000. Stagger exits from $4,850 → $4,950 → $5,000 if momentum stalls.October Outlook: Balanced but ConstructiveMacro Wind: $BTC at ATH keeps crypto in risk-on mode. If BTC consolidates rather than reverses, ETH outperformance is a reasonable October theme.Base Case: $ETH ranges $4,350–$4,950, attempting $5,000 late in the month if supports hold.Upside Trigger: Strong daily close above $4,750 with volume = momentum continuation.Downside Trigger: Daily close below $4,350 = revisit $3,840; loss of $3,500 postpones any $5K attempt.Bottom LineIs $5,000 realistic in October? Yes—but not guaranteed. It likely requires BTC stability, a clean break above $4,700–$4,750, and sustained buy volume.What could go wrong? A sharp BTC pullback or loss of the $4,350–$4,400 shelf would delay the $5K test and pivot focus to $3,840 / $3,500.

Bitcoin just hit $125,000 on October 5th during Asian trading hours, pushing its total market value to roughly $2.5 trillion.

XRP is struggling to break above the $3 target on Monday, October 6, following a short rally late last week. 

However, its market capitalization is still up over 4% over the past seven days, sitting at approximately $179.15 billion at the time of writing, according to CoinMarketCap.

While the asset is nowhere near the top weekly gainers like Zcash (ZEC), which is up 140% , the weekend uptick was enough to help XRP briefly overtake BlackRock (NYSE: BLK) in terms of value on Sunday, October 5.

Indeed, the world’s largest crypto fund had a market cap approaching $180 billion, while the cryptocurrency managed to climb near the $183.4 billion mark before dropping again on Monday.

XRP market value. Source: CoinMarketCap
Is another XRP rally coming?
While XRP may have cooled down at the start of the week, some technical indicators suggest another breakout might be on the way. 

The crypto continues to consolidate inside a symmetrical triangle, with resistance overhead at $3.20. A decisive move above that level could open the path toward $3.50.

The moving averages and the moving average/convergence divergence (MACD) are the most bullish signals. 

Namely, the crypto is still trading above the 20-day simple moving average (SMA) of $2.92 and the 50-day SMA of at $2.93, as the MACD (12,16) sits at 0.00739.

Ripple’s fundamentals are strengthening, further supporting the bullish outlook. In June this year, the company applied for a National Trust Bank charter in order to operate stablecoins under federal oversight.

As the October deadline for the application is fast approaching, investors view it as a long-term driver that could trigger a swift advance.

🚨BREAKING: Documents signed by Stuart Alderoty and Timothy Keaney on June 30, 2025.

Deadline: 120 days after signature. October 2025!

💥RIPPLE NATIONAL TRUST BANK💥 #XRP pic.twitter.com/WjaQ6oYfn2

— JackTheRippler ©️ (@RippleXrpie) October 6, 2025

If Ripple manages to meet the deadline and fulfill all necessary requirements, upward price swings will certainly be likely. Naturally, delays could have an inverse effect, raising concerns about the integration of XRP into banking services and thus setting the price back.

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