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If you are looking for reliable dividend stocks, this trio has you covered with yields of up to 5.8%.

If there's one big pitfall that plagues dividend investors, it is probably being blinded by a huge dividend yield. A huge income stream often leads investors to overlook troubling facts about a business. But a big yield doesn't always mean trouble. This is why the large yields on offer from reliable dividend stocks like Enbridge (ENB 0.77%), Realty Income (O +0.62%), and PepsiCo (PEP 0.99%) could all be worth looking at right now.

1. Enbridge is a toll taker
Enbridge operates in the energy sector, which is known for being highly volatile. However, it happens to operate in the midstream segment of the industry, which is known for being pretty boring. Essentially, Enbridge owns energy infrastructure assets, like pipelines, that move oil and natural gas around the world.

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This is a toll-taker business, as the company largely charges fees for the use of its assets. Also in the mix are regulated natural gas utilities and a small renewable power division, which are also reliable cash flow generators.

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Reliable cash flows have allowed Enbridge to increase its dividend annually for three decades, in Canadian dollars. Meanwhile, the yield is a lofty 5.8%, which is well above the market's skinny 1.2% yield and the 3.2% average for the energy sector as a whole. Enbridge is never going to excite you, since it is built from the ground up to be boring. But if you are looking for low-risk dividend stocks, that's actually a selling point.

2. Realty Income is huge and slow moving
Another dividend stock that is built so you can sleep well at night while owning it is Realty Income. This real estate investment trust (REIT) is the industry giant in the net lease niche. A net lease requires the tenant to pay for most property-level operating costs, and reduces the risk Realty Income faces from its portfolio.

Risk is further reduced by the fact that Realty Income owns over 15,600 properties with assets spread across the United States and Europe. Even the REIT's focus on retail properties (about 75% of rents) isn't a huge risk because the single tenant properties it owns tend to be easy to buy, sell, and release, if needed.

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Realty Income's dividend track record is impressive. It has increased its dividend annually for three decades. But within that, this monthly pay dividend stock has increased the dividend for 111 consecutive quarters. The dividend yield is an attractive 5.3% right now, which is clearly better than the market and also notably above the 3.9% yield of the average REIT.

3. PepsiCo is an acquired taste
Enbridge and Realty Income are pretty easy sells when it comes to minimally risky dividend stocks. PepsiCo will be a bit harder, but only if you think short term instead of focusing on the long term.

PepsiCo is one of the largest consumer staples companies on the planet. It has a portfolio diversified across beverages (Pepsi), salty snacks (Frito-Lay), and packaged foods (Quaker Oats). It can stand toe to toe with any competitor with regard to distribution, marketing, and innovation. It is also large enough to use acquisitions to jump start its brand portfolio when consumer preferences change.

And that's exactly what it has been doing lately, with the recent addition of Poppi and Siete. But the need for those acquisitions highlights the problem that some investors might have here, PepsiCo's business isn't actually performing as well as its peers right now. That happens from time to time and good companies adjust to get back on track, which is what PepsiCo is working to do right now.

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PepsiCo has proven over time that it has a strong playbook to follow, a fact highlighted by its status as a Dividend King. A company doesn't increase a dividend for 50+ years by accident. If you can handle a very low-risk turnaround situation, PepsiCo's 3.7% yield could be of interest to you. While lower than the two yields above, PepsiCo's yield is attractive because it is well above the average consumer staples yield of just 2.7%.

Maybe buy all three
If you are trying to find reliable dividend stocks, Enbridge, Realty Income, and PepsiCo will all fit the bill given their long histories of regular dividend increases. You can pick the ones that best suit your investment preferences. But the best call might be buying all three, if you don't already own them.

WASHINGTON, DC - OCTOBER 14: Gina Mastantuono, President and Chief Financial Officer of ServiceNow, speaks onstage during the Fortune Most Powerful Women Summit 2025 at Salamander Hotel on October 14, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Leigh Vogel/Getty Images for Fortune Media)

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ServiceNow stock has fallen 12.8% so far in 2025 while the Nasdaq rose 22%.

After the business software company beat expectations and raised guidance Wednesday, the stock perked up. However, by the end of October, much of that gain had evaporated.

Does this represent a buying opportunity for investors? Although the stock fell throughout much of the year on fears of macroeconomic damage from the current administration’s economic policies and a high stock valuation, there are compelling reasons the shares could rise:

Strong third quarter performance and prospects.Compelling growth in government contracts and artificial intelligence infused services.Pending stock split. ServiceNow is pleased with its performance. “We are very, very excited about the results," ServiceNow President and Chief Financial Officer Gina Mastantuono told me in an October 29 interview.

"ServiceNow is a durable, consistent, overperforming software company. With rule of 50 performance. We have achieved more than 20% revenue growth every fiscal year for the past decade,” she added.

Strong Third Quarter Performance And ProspectsThe AI boom helped ServiceNow top third-quarter estimates and lift its guidance as it benefits from the AI boom. With an extra boost from the company’s announcement of a 5-for-1 stock split, shares rose 4% after Wednesday’s market close, according to CNBC.

Here are the key results:

Third quarter 2025 revenue: $3.41 billion – 22% more than the previous year and $60 million more than the London Stock Exchange Group estimate, noted CNBC.Q3 subscription revenues: $3.3 billion – $40 million above the estimate from StreetAccount, wrote CNBC. Q3 adjusted earnings per share: $4.82 adjusted – 5 cents more than the LSEG consensus, reported CNBCQ3 net income: $502 million – a 16% increase from the previous year, CNBC noted.Q3 current remaining performance obligations: $11.35 billion – up 20.5% from the year before and $260 million above analyst forecasts, according to MarketWatch. Q4 subscription revenue guidance: $3.425 billion at the range midpoint, wrote CNBC.2025 full year revenue guidance: $12.845 billion at the range midpoint – a $60 million increase from the previous quarter’s guidance, according to CNBC.2025 and 2026 AI platform revenue: expected to exceed 2025 target of $500 million and is “on track to meet our 2026 goal of $1 billion,” Mastantuono told me.ServiceNow is helping enterprises use AI. “Every enterprise in every industry is focused on AI as the innovation opportunity of our generation,” CEO Bill McDermott wrote in a release. The results are the “clearest demonstration” that businesses rely on ServiceNow for these capabilities, he added.

ServiceNow said its third quarter results and guidance beat expectations."Revenue beat by 100 basis points, operating income beat by 300 basis points, and our free cash flow margin increased 50 basis points, Mastantuono told me. "If you execute with discipline, results follow,” she added.

"I am excited about raising our top line guidance and increasing our free cash flow margin guidance from 32% to 34%. We are achieving this because we are drinking our own champagne. Our business model is resiliency, scalability, and industry leading,” she concluded.

Growth In Government Contracts And AI-Powered ServicesServiceNow’s government contract revenue growth defied investor pessimism about the headwind of government uncertainty. In addition, ServiceNow provided evidence of customers getting value from the company’s AI-infused services.

For instance, in Q3 the company’s U.S. federal business grew more than 30%. “Whenever the government reopens, the administration’s continued focus on cost efficiency and modernization aligns directly with our strengths,” said Mastantuono, according to CNBC. "There was uncertainty due to DOGE and other factors, but the business continues to rock,” she said in our interview.

While many companies are not earning a return on their investment, according to an MIT NANDA study, some of the ones that are earning such a payback are ServiceNow customers. “We are helping companies achieve a return on AI," Mastantuono added.

This return is coming from ServiceNow’s AI Control Tower – software to onboard, monitor, and manage AI agents -- which is driving an increase in net new artificial intelligence ACV. ”We are offering large companies trust, governance, security, and real ROI built into the platform," she said.

For example, Alta Beauty uses AI Control Tower free associates in 1,400 stores from manual tasks so they can focus on the customer experience. Astra Zeneca uses the product to help them achieve their goal of introducing 20 new medicines by 2030. "Our product reduces the time to do material requests from 30 minutes to seconds,” she concluded.

ServiceNow’s Pending Stock SplitAnother potential positive for the stock is ServiceNow’s pending stock split. The reason? The much lower per share price – which would be about $184 a share at the October 31 price will “make our shares affordable for retail investors,” Mastantuono told me.

ServiceNow sees demand for its stock because these investors want a piece of the software company’s AI momentum. “We know that there are consumer investors, not just large institutional investors, that want a piece of our company, and we want to make it easy for them to be involved,” McDermott told MarketWatch.

Is ServiceNow Stock Overvalued?Analysts say ServiceNow stock may be overvalued. Indeed, the stock trades at a forward price/earnings ratio of 54.69 -- roughly 2.2 times the sector median premium of 25.22x. This represents a “significant premium to sector peers which may limit near-term upside,” according to SeekingAlpha.

What’s more ServiceNow faces competition – such as Microsoft, Oracle, and Salesforce – and sells its services at a high price. Should buyers become more price-sensitive, ServiceNow might lose customers or choose to lower prices.

How so? ServiceNow is “considerably more expensive than many competitors due to its complex features, opaque pricing, and high implementation costs,” according to SmartSuite, which found prices from public sources “ranging between $50,000 and $500,000 annually.”

ServiceNow says customers are paying more because they like the company’s hybrid pricing model which combines a “traditional subscription-based component with a consumption-based one for AI-powered services,” noted MarketWatch.

ServiceNow is bullish about its stock. “I think a lot of people are looking at the headlines today saying ‘wow, I’m seeing layoffs, I’m hearing CEOs saying they’re not getting their money out of their proof of concepts, and then ServiceNow is hiring,’ ” McDermott told MarketWatch. “ ‘They’re beating and raising. They’re splitting their stock.’ ”

Analysts see considerable upside in the stock. Wall Street’s average price target is $1,124.82 – implying ServiceNow stock could rise 22%, TipRanks noted.

Shiba Inu saw a notable resurgence in its on-chain activity as the leading meme coin joins institutional trends with Bitcoin and Ethereum in terms of exchange-traded products.

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Amid shifting sentiments, the Shiba Inu burn rate has increased by 208% in the last 24 hours, according to data from the SHIB on-chain tracking platform Shibburn.

Over the last day, a total of 7,943,107 SHIB has been permanently removed from circulation, contributing to an increase in daily and weekly burns.

While millions of SHIB has been erased in the last 24 hours, SHIB's total supply is now 585,226,974,342,957 out of an initial supply of 1 quadrillion tokens.

Shiba Inu sees first-ever spot ETF filingAfter multiple series of severe consolidations that have weakened investors' interest and the hype surrounding the popular dog-themed meme token, Shiba Inu appears to be back in the spotlight.

Shiba Inu has again become the buzz of the crypto community as the surge in its burn metric, which saw nearly 8 million tokens being burned in the past 24 hours, has coincided with the first-ever spot Shiba Inu ETF filings.

After multiple days of staying in the red territory, SHIB has finally seen an increase in its burn activity, signaling increased demand amid growing optimism across the SHIB ecosystem.

This shift in sentiment has come after a major U.S. investment firm managing over $1.7 trillion in assets filed for a spot Shiba Inu ETF.

While this marks the first time an ETF will be filed for Shiba Inu, the move interestingly positions SHIB alongside top crypto assets like Bitcoin, Ethereum, XRP and Solana in SEC filings.

This move has not only returned SHIB to the spotlight, it has also positioned it for a big rally ahead amid rising optimism among retail and institutional investors.

While momentum is finally returning to the Shiba Inu ecosystem, its price has seen a decent resurgence, jumping 2.49% over the last day, trading at around $0.00001014 as of writing time.

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Cardano founder Charles Hoskinson reacts as Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent celebrates Bitcoin white paper, praising Bitcoin's resilience in a tweet.

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Bitcoin white paper marked its 17th anniversary on Friday. Seventeen years ago, on Oct. 31, Satoshi Nakamoto published the Bitcoin white paper on the cryptography mailing list in 2008.

The milestone was celebrated across the crypto community, with Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent participating in the moment.

Bessent praised Bitcoin's resilience in a tweet, which also highlighted the 17th anniversary of the Bitcoin white paper: "17 years after the white paper, the Bitcoin network is still operational and more resilient than ever. Bitcoin never shuts down."

The Treasury Secretary's tweet caught the attention of top crypto personalities, including Cardano founder Charles Hoskinson, who referred to it as something profoundly magical.

Something is profoundly magical about the sitting Treasury secretary of the United States tweeting about Bitcoin and its reliability https://t.co/YOQux6U3oW

— Charles Hoskinson (@IOHK_Charles) November 1, 2025 "Something is profoundly magical about the sitting Treasury secretary of the United States tweeting about Bitcoin and its reliability," Hoskinson wrote.

Cardano newsIn recent news, cbADA borrow markets are now live on Base. CbADA is Coinbase's wrapped version of Cardano (ADA) on Base, 1:1 backed by real ADA. The recent move is expected to open up more cross-chain DeFi possibilities.

In big news for Cardano, Input Output has revealed Ouroboros Phalanx, a new upgrade that will make network attacks way harder and more expensive while enabling up to 30% faster transactions.

Ouroboros Phalanx raises Cardano’s security bar with powerful protection against stake-based attacks — ensuring faster transactions and stronger network integrity.

At the time of writing, ADA was trading at $0.61 as it closed October down 24.55%.

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Key Takeaways
What is driving DASH’s recent 30% surge and yearly high? 
Strong derivatives inflows, rising Open Interest, and bullish technical patterns are fueling the rally.

Could DASH’s momentum face a short-term slowdown? 
 Yes, increased profit-taking may trigger a correction if selling pressure outweighs bullish demand.

Dash [DASH], the Layer-1 blockchain token designed to improve Bitcoin’s model, has been attracting increased investor interest and funds.

In the past 24 hours, the privacy-focused asset surged 30%, despite a relatively weak community sentiment—only 78% of investors currently hold bullish positions.

What’s driving the market
Capital inflows in the derivatives market have been a key driver of DASH’s recent performance.

Open Interest (OI), which measures the total amount of capital circulating in this segment, rose by 55%, at press time, reaching $45.65 million within this period.

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This increase corresponds with a surge in long positions being opened.

CoinGlass data shows that the Long-to-Short ratio rose above 1, implying there are more long volumes than short volumes in the market.

A continued increase in long trading volume to the upside would imply that investors’ expectations for the asset remain bullish, suggesting it could continue trending upward.

The OI-Weighted Funding Rate also turned positive at 0.0087%, its first positive reading since the previous day, indicating renewed market strength.

Rally gathers strength
The recent move from DASH has now pushed it to a new yearly high of $62 in the market.

A technical chart pattern known as the “Cup and Handle” has developed, which often precedes a major price rally.

In the short term, analysis conducted by AMBCrypto indicates there’s a high chance DASH will make another upswing toward $67, which would mark its highest level since 2023.

Source: TradingView

At the time of writing, the Moving Average Convergence and Divergence (MACD) indicator has also formed a bullish pattern known as the Golden Cross.

This occurs when the blue MACD line crosses over the orange signal line, implying that the ongoing bullish momentum holds depth and increases the likelihood of a new high forming.

Profit-taking could slow momentum
The recent surge in derivatives liquidity has seen some spot investors begin selling their assets.

In the past day, about $4.32 million worth of DASH was sold on the market—likely a profit-taking move from investors securing recent gains.

While such sell-offs are common, if the selling continues over the next few days, there’s a possibility that market sentiment could shift and DASH could face a short-term correction.

Source: CoinGlass

For now, however, the bullish momentum appears to outweigh the selling pressure, suggesting that DASH could still record a significant new high if market conditions remain favorable.

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Zcash disrupts the established order. In the midst of a crypto storm, the privacy token climbed 130% in one year. It even surpasses Monero. According to some analysts, a technical strategy is forming behind the hype. More details in the paragraphs below!

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Zcash surpasses Monero thanks to a 130% increase, becoming the leading privacy crypto.
The breaking of an 8-year downtrend fuels euphoria and attracts crypto investors.

Zcash surpasses Monero and challenges the crypto market
Zcash (ZEC) now establishes itself as the most valued privacy crypto asset. It reached a market capitalization of 6.2 billion dollars. Added to this is a 45% increase over the week, with a peak at $388.

This surge occurs in a generally bearish environment. This is especially marked by disappointment linked to the failure of the trade deal between the United States and China.

The catalyst for the crypto rally? A statement from Arthur Hayes. The BitMEX co-founder indeed sets a target of $10,000 for ZEC. The prediction triggered a speculative rush. Within hours, Zcash’s value rose from $272 to $355.

At the same time, the number of holders of this crypto asset exploded by 63%. However, some major holders unloaded their bags with $702,000 of net sales observed.

A disruptive token: technical development and chart signal
Beyond the announcement effect, Zcash sends a strong technical signal. For the first time since 2017, ZEC breaks a long-term downtrend against bitcoin on a monthly logarithmic chart. This breakout could mark the beginning of a new bullish phase for the crypto.

Technically, the Zcash protocol is also progressing. The removal of the trusted setup thanks to the Orchard pool indeed strengthens the credibility of this crypto asset in terms of privacy. The shielding mechanism allows users to make funds untraceable when they remain within the private ecosystem.

Moreover, the renewed interest is also illustrated on Google Trends. The term “privacy coins” reaches a record level of searches. A trend that some crypto analysts interpret as a response to increased surveillance and growing regulatory requirements.

Zcash therefore not only makes a comeback. It also redefines the codes of a crypto segment in search of identity. The story may just be beginning!

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Former central banker and regulator Marius Jurgilas explains how XRP Ledger is providing a foundation for trillions in institutional opportunity.

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In a recent episode of Ripple's On-Chain Economy, Marius Jurgilas, an ex central banker and co-founder and CEO of Axiology, explains how regulated blockchain infrastructure is reshaping capital markets with XRP Ledger (XRPL) at the core of this transformation.

According to Jurgilas, the future of finance depends not on speculative hype but on regulated scale, compliance and trust, highlighting trillions in institutional opportunity.

Jurgilas explains this further in the light of Axiology, which is building an institutional-grade digital asset infrastructure on XRP Ledger intended to compress the current complex capital market plumbing — broker-dealers, custodians, intermediaries — into a single efficient, compliant layer. Axiology allows platforms, institutions, and innovators in capital markets to issue, settle and trade tokenized bonds and is licensed under the EU DLT Pilot regime.

"Imagine yourself trying to get to buy your government bonds ultimately maybe directly from the government because right now the way we interact with financial market is through broker dealers multiple intermediaries. Imagine we can compress all of that into one very efficient infrastructure. That is what XRP Ledger allows us to do if we do it in a compliant way," the Axiology CEO stated.

Despite the potential presented, Jurgilas pointed out a setback, which is an information gap. "In our conversations with partners and potential customers, we see that there's still this gap of understanding," Jurgilas noted.

XRP newsThe countdown to an XRP spot ETF begins as Bitwise and VanEck have updated their S-1 applications. According to Bloomberg analyst James Seyffart, this move puts the two issuers on track to potentially launch their XRP ETFs this month.

Seyffart noted that a number of issuers have recently amended and updated documents, adding that Bitwise XRP ETF's shorter language might allow it to launch in the next 20 days.

This week as well, Canary filed an updated S-1 for its XRP spot ETF, with a potential launch date of Nov. 13, assuming the Nasdaq green-lights its 8-A filing.

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Key NotesCanary’s LTCC ETF recorded $1.64 million in net assets by October 31.Litecoin trails Solana and Hedera ETFs in investor inflows.Stake.com now accounts for roughly 16% of Litecoin’s daily on-chain transactions.
Litecoin price closed October at $99, gaining 3% as the U.S. welcomed its first Litecoin ETF. Canary’s LTCC fund began trading on October 28, joining Solana and Hedera ETFs as the latest cryptocurrency derivatives assets listed for regulated trading in the US.

According to data from SoSoValue, LTCC’s cumulative total net inflow reached $719,970, with $802,260 in total traded value and $1.64 million in total net assets as of October 31.

Litecoin ETF market performance as of Nov 1, 2025 | Source: Sosovalue

Comparatively, Litecoin’s ETF performance trails behind the newly-launched funds. Solana’s fund amassed $199 million in inflows and $502 million in net assets, while Hedera’s ETF recorded $44 million in inflows and $45.93 million in assets. Litecoin’s correlation to Bitcoin (BTC) appears to have limited demand for LTC ETF this week. Net outflows of $191 million on Friday saw Bitcoin ETFs’ total withdrawals cross $1 billion in the last three days of trading.

Stake Now Accounts for 16% of Litecoin Transactions
Amid laggard ETF adoption, Litecoin continues to attract demand in online payment ecosystems. A report shared by community analyst bogdanoffig on X (formerly Twitter) revealed that Stake.com, a major crypto gaming platform, handles nearly 16% of daily Litecoin on-chain transactions.

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Litecoin accounts for a large percentage of crypto use at https://t.co/qOyan78IFs. In fact, Litecoin has been the number one crypto used there for at least two consecutive years!

Interestingly, @Stake accounts for about 16% of the daily Litecoin on-chain… https://t.co/sBQSJqvOgl pic.twitter.com/hZJEo7aarq

— boglee Ⓜ️🕸 (@bogdanoffig) October 30, 2025

Litecoin’ official X account reposted the statement, which further showed that Litecoin records average daily on-chain transactions around 200,000, boosted by the Stake.com payments integration.

The median Litecoin transaction fee remains below $0.0005, positioning LTC as one of the cheapest and fastest networks for high-volume microtransactions. This real-world usage aligns with the broader trend of altcoins regaining ground in payment utility markets, particularly in regions adopting low-fee payment rails. On Friday, Square, a payments platform affiliated with X founder Jack Dorsey, earmarked $50 rewards for 20,000 users to enable Bitcoin conversations in-app.

Litecoin Price Prediction: Can LTC Sustain Momentum Above $100?
Litecoin’s latest rally toward $99.00 reflects improving sentiment after weeks of turbulence. On the daily chart, LTC/USD trades just below the upper Bollinger Band (at $101.28) while the middle band sits at $95.39, marking this zone as a key short-term support base.

The Parabolic SAR dots above the price at $109.97 indicate a lingering bearish sentiment. The Relative Strength Index (RSI), trending upwards to 49.5, shows sellers ceding control as market momentum approaches neutral territory.

Litecoin (LTC) price prediction | TradingView

The MACD line has crossed above the signal line (-2.30 vs -3.17), signaling a potential bullish reversal. With the histogram now turning positive, LTC price appears poised for an attempt to reclaim the $100 psychological mark, followed by resistance at $109.97.

Conversely, failure to hold the $95 support level could trigger a mild retracement toward $89.50, aligning with the lower Bollinger Band.

Disclaimer: Coinspeaker is committed to providing unbiased and transparent reporting. This article aims to deliver accurate and timely information but should not be taken as financial or investment advice. Since market conditions can change rapidly, we encourage you to verify information on your own and consult with a professional before making any decisions based on this content.

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Bitcoin’s ‘Red October’: What Happened to the Widely Anticipated Uptober Crypto Rally?A mid-October sell-off knocked majors off early highs and left bitcoin down for the month while BNB and a few altcoins finished higher.Updated Nov 1, 2025, 4:28 p.m. Published Nov 1, 2025, 4:24 p.m.

Bitcoin closed October lower, snapping its six-year “Uptober” streak while BNB eked out a gain as a mid-month jolt left most majors stuck below early highs.

The shock landed Oct. 10, when President Donald Trump threatened steep new tariffs on China amid rare-earth tensions, touching off a broad risk-off move.

Bitcoin slid from roughly the low $120,000s toward about $105,000 in fast trade, and altcoins fell harder as thin liquidity met heavy leverage. Over Oct. 10–11, derivatives venues auto-liquidated an estimated tens of billions of dollars in positions and more than half a trillion dollars in market value evaporated before a shaky rebound set a floor. It was a macro headline colliding with crowded positioning, not a crypto-specific catalyst.

By month’s end, CoinDesk Data showed bitcoin finishing October in the red, the outcome that breaks what traders call “Uptober.”

On CoinGlass’s Bitcoin Monthly Returns heat-map, October 2025 is the first red October since 2018 and ends a green run that stretched from 2019 through 2024. That lore matters because the pattern persisted across very different regimes — late-cycle surges and post-sell-off recoveries alike — so a miss in 2025 resets expectations and reminds traders that seasonality is a tendency, not a promise.

The month’s shape was remarkably consistent across one-month TradingView charts.

Bitcoin started firm, suffered the synchronized Oct. 10–11 air pocket, then spent the back half of the month climbing without retaking its early peak. Ether traced the same flush-base-fade arc and stalled beneath the round-number band it tested in the first week. Solana and XRP echoed that rhythm with a sequence of lower highs into the final sessions. In practical terms, late rebounds did not flip resistance into support, which is why the monthly candles printed red for those four.

BNB broke ranks. It absorbed the mid-month downdraft, carved higher lows through the final third, and closed October higher — about 4.2% — leaving a green print while peers slipped. Outside the top 10, several names also finished October up on the screens monitored here, including ZEC, XMR, and WBTC, underscoring that pockets of strength persisted beneath the surface even as leaders cooled.

Why the “Uptober” brand stuck is straightforward. It is a community nickname born from bitcoin’s tendency to post gains in October over the past decade, reinforced by that CoinGlass grid showing every October from 2019 through 2024 in the green. Flipping the cell to red this year does not erase the historical tilt, but it does nudge risk management back to tape confirmation rather than calendar confidence.

The numbers that different dashboards show can diverge for mundane reasons. CoinGlass presents calendar-month, close-to-close results that isolate October. Rolling 30-day readings on major trackers update continuously and often include early-October highs, so they can show a steeper decline into Nov. 1 even when the strict calendar month looks milder. The direction is the same; the measurement window drives the magnitude.

Structurally, October leaves a clear checklist for November.

For bitcoin, reclaiming the late-October lower high would reopen the early-month zone and put prior peaks back in play. For ether, a clean break and hold above the overhead band would convert a failed retest into support.

For SOL and XRP, cracking the string of lower highs would confirm momentum rather than another short-lived bounce. And for BNB, the question is whether relative strength persists if majors remain range-bound, or whether leadership rotates back to the largest caps on any broad rebound.

AI Disclaimer: Parts of this article were generated with the assistance from AI tools and reviewed by our editorial team to ensure accuracy and adherence to our standards. For more information, see CoinDesk's full AI Policy.

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Ripio, a Latin American crypto exchange, has launched a new stablecoin called wARS, pegged to the Argentine peso.The peso-backed token enables users to send and receive funds globally without banks or converting to US dollars, and could facilitate cross-border payments in local currencies across Latin America.The launch follows Ripio's previous release of a tokenized sovereign bond and is part of a broader push to bring real-world assets onto blockchain rails.Read full story

Pi Network price was one of the best-performing cryptocurrencies this week as it jumped to a high of $0.2817, its highest level since Sept. 1, and 68% above its lowest point this year. 

Summary

Pi Network price has rebounded by over 68% from its lowest point this year.
The token jumped as the developers made its first investment.
Technicals suggest that the value of Pi will continue rising.

Pi Coin (PI) token was trading at $0.25 on Saturday, Nov. 1, as the recent rally lost steam. Still, technical analysis suggests that it has more upside to go in November despite the 125 million token unlocks.

Why Pi Network price jumped
The value of Pi jumped this week, driven by at least three key catalysts. First, there is hope that Pi will evolve from a mere ghost chain into a utility network. 

This happened after the Pi Core Team invested in OpenMind, a company that merges concepts of artificial intelligence and robotics. It was the first investment in the $100 million ecosystem fund that was launched in May this year. 

Pi Network and OpenMind have completed a proof-of-concept project where volunteer Pi Node operators ran AI models for OpenMind, proving it’s possible for Pi Node operators to run computations for third-party organizations. Learn more https://t.co/8nVMiFUzqT

— Pi Network (@PiCoreTeam) October 30, 2025

Second, Pi Network jumped as its new Know Your Customer (KYC) verification showed promising returns. It unlocked about 3 million new pioneer cases that can be verified easily this week. This announcement came a week after the platform verified another 3.6 million pioneers. 

Over 3.36 million additional Pioneers have fully passed KYC after a recently released system process made 4.76 million Tentatively KYC’d Pioneers eligible for full KYC completion through conducting additional checks! https://t.co/0BTZSNdxBy

Around 3 million more Tentative…

— Pi Network (@PiCoreTeam) October 23, 2025

Additionally, there were rumors Pi Network had joined Stellar and Ripple in applying for ISO certification. Such a move would make its technology compatible with banks and other financial services companies. It would also raise the possibility of exchange listings.

Pi Coin price technical analysis 
Pi Network price chart | Source: crypto.news
The daily chart shows that the value of Pi has rebounded in the past few days, moving from a low of $0.1535 to $0.2515. On the positive side, this rebound happened after it formed a falling wedge pattern, which is made up of two falling and converging trendlines.

It has now dropped and retested the upper side of the wedge pattern. This is a sign of a break-and-retest pattern, a common continuation sign. 

Pi Coin price’s Relative Strength Index and the True Strength Index have all pointed upwards. Therefore, the most likely scenario is where the value continues rising, potentially to the psychological point at $0.50.

Think before you leap, and your portfolio will thank you.

The market loves a good story, and when that story shows up as a meme about a meme stock or meme coin on your feed, it feels like you're being invited to a party that everyone else is already enjoying. The trouble is that the music has been playing for hours, and the pricey tab is heading your way.

So if you're eyeing meme coins like Dogecoin (DOGE +1.71%) or Shiba Inu or meme stocks like AMC Entertainment (AMC +1.97%) or GameStop (NYSE: GME), this is your nudge to slow down and think clearly. To help with that, let's discuss three reminders to keep your capital focused on long-term wealth-building rather than dopamine hits.

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1. The easy upside may already be gone
Memes spread because an asset is already popular and enjoys higher-than-normal sentiment.

Popularity pulls forward future demand for the stock or coin, and when there is no sturdy cash flow or real utility behind the asset, there is less to anchor a higher valuation over time. You tend to hear about these assets precisely when the price is near its apex, as the latter phases of the hype curve ultimately pull in the most people -- and the greater fools who'll be holding the bag when the music stops. This process sets the stage for wild run-ups which soon become sharp crashes followed by endless bleeding of your investment.

Consider the fundamentals behind the most famous meme coin. Dogecoin has no hard cap on its supply and issues roughly 5 billion new coins each year, which means long-run dilution unless demand rises faster than supply; with no actual drivers of its fundamental value, it's thus a losing proposition to invest.

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In practice, sustainable compounding of value tends to occur in assets with real earning power. If the only fuel for an asset's price is more social attention, the crowd eventually wanders off. So, be mindful that you're more likely to hear about the party right before it ends rather than right when it's starting.

2. Even a decent company can be a bad investment at the wrong price
Sometimes a solid business becomes a meme. That does not guarantee a good outcome for investors if the price gets detached from business reality, as it tends to with meme stocks.

Look at the case of AMC. Since becoming a massive meme stock in 2021 and issuing a lot of new shares at higher price points to generate fresh capital, management has worked to refinance the company's debt and stabilize its operations, though shareholder dilution and leverage have been persistent headwinds. The stock is still far below its meme-era peaks -- it has lost 81% of its value in the last five years -- and even if it now has a new lease on life, it's hard to see how investors who bought it at the very top will ever see their investment become profitable.

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The same caution applies to other high-profile meme stock names like GameStop, which also still trades well under its mania levels despite occasional bursts of attention since then. Its shares are down by 16% in the last three years, underperforming the market's gain of 84%.

Turnarounds are possible. But paying a meme premium lowers your future returns and raises the odds of a long, patience-testing round-trip. Be wary of pulling the trigger without considering how an investment arrived at the price sellers are asking for.

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3. There is a simpler, lower-stress path to compounding your wealth
Bandwagon bets masquerade as low-effort, brainless purchases made by those with poor impulse control.

In reality, such investments demand constant monitoring of social sentiment, and they almost always create anxiety when prices swing, not to mention depression when the prices inevitably fall. Thankfully, there is a calmer way to pursue upside, and it's actually even easier to implement despite being much smarter overall.

A rules-based plan like dollar-cost averaging into proven assets like Bitcoin or a broad, low-cost index fund such as SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust lowers the need to try to time your entries and turns volatility into a feature.

If you aren't familiar, dollar-cost averaging spreads purchases out over time, and mandates investing with the same amount of money at each point, thereby curbing the risk of buying at price peaks and helping investors to stick with the plan when prices are low. You won't need to rely on hype or market sentiment for these assets to work in your favor, and you won't need to spend time sweating while checking the price.

Dollar-cost averaging into such assets doesn't reduce the risk of holding them whatsoever; it only reduces some of the risks associated with your psychology and your investing habits. But a patient, automated plan into assets with durable adoption or broad earnings power has a much higher probability of getting you where you want to go than chasing what is trending this week, so be sure to make use of one of the most powerful investing tools that's available to you.

Ripple-backed digital asset firm Evernorth Holdings acquired a large stack of XRP. The large purchases swung market sentiments upward amid new whale inflows to the asset. This year, corporate crypto treasuries have increased their holdings as more firms seek to diversify their balance sheets.

Institutional Investors Raise XRP Holdings 
On-chain data shows Evernorth Holdings accumulated more than 388.7 million XRP worth over $1 billion after flagging up its crypto treasury. This marks a significant milestone for the company, which launched on Oct 20. Evernorth is considering listing the publicly traded XRP company on Nasdaq, much to the delight of the community. 

Asheesh Birla, Evernorth CEO, has pledged more collaborations with the asset, including deals with Rippleworks and the SBI Group. Birla stepped down from Ripple to take charge of Evernorth, thereby strengthening the connection between the two entities. Plans are also underway to finalize a merger with Armada Acquisition Corp. II. The company is also set to raise about $1 billion for crypto purchases.

“We’re backed by a world-class group of investors and leaders, including SBI, Ripple, Arrington Capital, Pantera Capital, and Kraken firms that share our conviction in XRP’s future. For the first time, XRP has clear regulatory standing in the United States, opening the door for large-scale adoption,” Birla added.

He described the company as a trusted and transparent bridge to public markets at a time when institutional demand for cryptocurrency is surging. Previously, XRP faced negative pressure following the lawsuits filed by the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) alleging the sale of unregistered securities. 

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President Trump’s second term altered the entire dynamic with a pro-crypto approach. This signaled the bulls to ramp up investment as authorities ushered in clear rules. Top assets, such as Bitcoin (BTC), Ethereum (ETH), and XRP, recorded significant growth within a matter of months. Notably, XRP temporarily surpassed USDT as the third-largest cryptocurrency by market capitalization.

At the time of writing, XRP is trading at $2.63, up 10% within the week. The wider market remained sideways, with traders more cautious after the flash dip, which wiped out previous gains. Evernorth’s investment fueled short-term traders, who were also influenced by previous analysts’ expectations of a price gain. XRP-based treasury firms are also building momentum for the asset through the influx of traditional capital. Last week, institutional investments in XRP funds topped $84 million.

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Key Takeaways
Why is Bitcoin’s whitepaper significant?
It introduced blockchain and proof-of-work technology in 2008, laying the foundation for decentralized digital currency.

What does Bitcoin dominance at 60% mean?
It shows most crypto value is concentrated in Bitcoin, suggesting investors prefer BTC to altcoins during uncertain times.

Seventeen years ago, on a quiet Halloween night in 2008, a nine-page document appeared on a cryptography mailing list.

Titled ‘Bitcoin: A Peer-to-Peer Electronic Cash System’ and signed by the still-unknown Satoshi Nakamoto, the paper introduced an idea that felt experimental at the time.

It arrived at a pivotal moment, just as the global financial system was beginning to collapse under its own weight.

What started as a radical alternative to traditional banking has since transformed into a powerful financial ecosystem, now valued in the trillions.

Bitcoin whitepaper turns 17
Yet, as Bitcoin [BTC] marks the 17th anniversary of its whitepaper, the market isn’t celebrating.

Source: Mark Jeffrey/X

The asset is coming off its first “red October” in seven years, dipping more than 7% in the past month amid a $19 billion market correction.

Still, even in a cooling market, Bitcoin holds its place among the world’s top eight assets, underscoring just how far a nine-page idea has come.

Remarking on the same, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent also noted, 

“17 years after the whitepaper, the Bitcoin network is still operational and more resilient than ever. Bitcoin never shuts down. @SenateDems could learn something from that.”

Bitcoin price action and other trends
In fact, at press time, Bitcoin traded around $110,141, registering a modest 0.44% increase over the last 24 hours, according to CoinMarketCap.

However, market momentum appears restrained.

The Relative Strength Index (RSI) was hovering near the 42 mark, indicating that bearish pressure still outweighs bullish attempts to regain control.

This cautious tone is also reflected in broader market positioning.

Source: Santiment

Bitcoin’s dominance sat at 59.93%, meaning nearly 60% of the entire cryptocurrency market’s value is concentrated in BTC alone.

Such high dominance typically signals a flight to stability, with investors rotating out of altcoins and back into Bitcoin, particularly during periods of uncertainty.

Yet, despite short-term market turbulence, institutional appetite has not disappeared.

Spot Bitcoin ETFs recorded $191.6 million in net inflows, according to data from Farside Investors, suggesting that larger market participants continue to accumulate during the pullback.

What’s more?
This steady inflow of capital supports the idea that the recent market correction may not signal a prolonged downturn.

Instead, it could lay the groundwork for the next accumulation phase, as investor confidence begins to rebuild.

This coincided with Bitcoin’s current stability, masking a market running low on conviction.

While retail traders continue to drive activity, shrinking trade sizes and muted whale participation suggest a lack of strategic accumulation.

Technical signals reinforce this slowdown, with fading momentum and weakening scarcity cues pointing to cautious sentiment.

Therefore, unless institutional players step back in with confidence, BTC is likely to remain range-bound, waiting for a clear catalyst to define its next major move.

For the first time, a sitting U.S. Treasury Secretary has described Bitcoin as more than just a speculative frenzy. Scott Bessent’s post didn’t just set Crypto Twitter on fire; it marked a monumental shift in how policymakers view the number-one crypto. It’s a far cry from the days when Bitcoin lurked in the margins, constantly under attack from regulators as a nefarious actor’s favorite tool. Bessent posted:

“17 years after the white paper, the Bitcoin network is still operational and more resilient than ever. Bitcoin never shuts down. @SenateDems could learn something from that.”

A turning point for Bitcoin in WashingtonUntil recently, the prevailing D.C. narrative pegged Bitcoin and the broader crypto market as a regulatory headache. It was a threat to financial stability, or, at best, a shiny casino for retail maniacs and anarchists. “Operation Chokepoint 2.0” was, as any crypto OG will tell you, less of a conspiracy and more of a coordinated campaign.

Banks quietly cut ties with exchanges. Startups struggled for basic compliance services. For a while, the message from the top was clear: digital assets weren’t welcome at America’s money table.

So, seeing the Treasury Secretary frame Bitcoin as a system the government should learn from rather than suppress is a headline that would have sounded like satire just last year. More than that, it’s a public recognition that Bitcoin isn’t just a financial play; it’s a piece of critical, always-on American infrastructure.

Why the Treasury Secretary endorsement is a big dealBy calling attention to Bitcoin’s uptime and resilience, Bessent is rewriting the official script. This isn’t talk about wild price swings or ransomware headlines; far from it. Instead, it’s a subtle admission: Bitcoin is something the U.S. can learn from, not just regulate into submission.

Tagging the Senate Democrats was no accident, either. The legislative gridlock over policy has been relentless. The U.S. government has been shut down for a whole month; something Bitcoin never does. The network has powered on, processed transactions, bridged borders, survived bear markets, and proven itself, block by block, despite the political storms.

Of course, the Bitcoin community was proportionally euphoric about Bessent’s post. Hunter Horsley, CEO of Bitwise, commented:

“You’re bearish? Please see below. 2025, Bitcoin is going mainstream.”

Bitcoin advocate and investor Mark Moss responded:

“This is how the US leads the way! Let’s go!”

What’s wild is the context of this post, however. The vibe on Crypto Twitter has arguably never been more bearish. Bitcoin’s price may be hovering around $110,000, but “Uptober” hardly brought the rally investors were waiting for.

Analyst Will Clemente commented:

“The vibes in the crypto groupchats that I’m in are just sad honestly, people completely giving up and pivoting to other asset classes if they haven’t already. Everyone seems jaded, depressed, and defeated, & how can you blame them given how BTC has traded this year.”

Social sentiment, alt-mania, memecoins, BTC, RWAs, none of it is pumping. And yet, here is the Treasury Secretary singing Bitcoin’s praises.

Regulatory roadblocks are falling. The big money is finally showing up with mandates. Market structure is maturing by the week, and blue-chip institutions are quietly stacking sats.

The market is changing. Retail and Bitcoin OGs are giving way to institutional investors. Bitcoin is maturing as an asset class and is no longer subject to the wild price swings of the past, when a post like this from a U.S. Treasury Secretary would have sent the BTC price into orbit.

From Chokepoint to infrastructureDespite the prevailing gloom, the significance of Bessent’s statement and this odd era of Bitcoin can’t be overstated. For most of its history, Bitcoin’s very existence was chalked up as a threat by officials. It was something to monitor, curtail, smother, or at least tax into submission. Now, for a Treasury official to champion its resilience and call out the system for its transparency and uptime is more than just a bull signal. It’s an invitation.

Washington may still bicker, and the narratives will keep whiplashing. But one thing is clear: after years of shadowboxing, the U.S. is finally pulling Bitcoin off the blacklist and putting it squarely in the infrastructure conversation. As policymakers scramble for answers, maybe it’s time they really, truly learned something from the network that “never shuts down.”

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The US Federal Reserve, also known as the Fed, is concluding its FOMC meeting, and according to market commentators, the probability of a rate cut is now close to 100%. Based on the latest estimates, the American central bank is expected to unveil a 0.25% decrease in the interest rate to the current range of 4-4.25%. Bitcoin is likely to benefit from this move and could head towards a new All-Time High (ATH) in the process, analysts say.

Fed Under Pressure to Bring Down Interest Rates
Fed Chairman Jerome Powell has given several indications regarding the upcoming reduction in the federal policy rate himself. He has stated that the banking regulator needs to stop the Quantitative Tightening (QT) process that it started a couple of years ago.

QT refers to a gradual increase in interest rates to reduce inflation and eliminate excess market supply. QT is the opposite of Quantitative Easing, which aims to inject additional supply into the market to provide the spark needed for a stagnant or slow economy.

September’s rate cut of 0.25% is expected to be the first of multiple policy rate revisions in the coming months. Powell has been under considerable pressure from President Donald Trump regarding these rate cuts, and it looks like he has finally decided in favor of them. 

However, this time, efforts to make an effective policy rate decision have been hit by a data blackout caused by the ongoing US government shutdown. The almost month-long governing crisis has been prolonged due to a prevailing lack of agreement between the White House and Congress. Without accurate data, the Department of Labor may not be able to provide a precise inflation figure in the form of the CPI, and without that, an informed rate cut could be challenging as well.

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Bitcoin to a New ATH?
These rate cuts are likely to boost markets, including the digital currency sector, but the positive development tends to fade quickly.

However, the actual development could be a lot different based on recent experiences. In September, the first 25-basis-point rate cut occurred, and Bitcoin rose to new highs due to anticipation. However, the bulls were unable to maintain their momentum, and the index suffered a 6% price correction in the immediate aftermath.

So, while a new ATH is very much on the cards right now, the bulls have had an October to forget, and they need to start posting consistent gains if they want to save the bullish case for the foreseeable future.

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Long-term investors should focus on companies with robust financials and exposure to evolving technologies.

International Business Machines (IBM 0.93%) reported impressive third-quarter fiscal 2025 results (ended Sept. 30), with revenue and earnings surpassing consensus estimates. Sales were up 7% year over year (at constant currency) to $16.3 billion, the fastest growth in several years. The company's non-GAAP operating margin also improved by two percentage points to 18.6%. An improving revenue base and revenue mix, as well as higher productivity, is helping drive profitability.

Management now expects IBM's revenue to rise at 5% year over year on a constant currency basis. Free cash flow is expected to be $14 billion in fiscal 2025, up from the prior estimate of $13.5 billion. Improving guidance highlights management's confidence in the company's growth trajectory and cash generation capabilities.

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Quantum deal
Although IBM's recent earnings numbers have been stellar, an even more crucial long-term catalyst is now unfolding in front of our eyes. The company has partnered with Advanced Micro Devices (AMD +0.68%) to develop quantum-centric supercomputing architectures by combining quantum computers with high-performance computing. This system will enable IBM's quantum stack to run on AMD's central processing units (CPUs), graphics processing units (GPUs), and other chip technologies, creating a bridge between traditional and quantum computing.

According to MarketsandMarkets, the global quantum computing market is estimated to grow from $3.5 billion in 2025 to $20.2 billion in 2030. The combination of quantum computing, high-performance computing, and artificial intelligence (AI) can help solve complex problems across molecular modeling, drug discovery, materials discovery, financial risk simulation, and logistics. These workloads are complex to solve for classical computing systems.

The deal with AMD can accelerate the commercialization of IBM's quantum computing technologies without requiring heavy investment in new hardware. If IBM can integrate quantum capabilities into existing data centers using AMD chips, it can dramatically improve enterprise adoption of these technologies to solve real-world problems. Coupled with IBM's plans to build a fault-tolerant quantum computer (which can operate correctly despite errors ) by 2029, the company could start unlocking new revenue streams from this emerging business.

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Digital Asset Haven
Another exciting development for IBM is the launch of its new platform called Digital Asset Haven . This helps financial institutions, organizations, governments, banks, and central banks manage their digital assets, including real-asset tokens, stablecoins, and digital currency. The platform also offers authorization, transaction management, and compliance services across more than 40 public and private blockchains. With its Digital Asset Haven, IBM is now competing with other major cloud service providers, such as Amazon, Microsoft, and Oracle, which also offer blockchain-based services.

According to a report by Boston Consulting Group and ADDX, the market for tokenization of global illiquid assets will grow from 3.1 trillion in 2025 to 16.1 trillion in 2030. While tokenized illiquid assets are estimated to be 2.5% of global GDP in 2025, they will account for nearly 10% of global GDP in 2030.

Given the massive addressable market and IBM's existing relationships with over 90 global banks, Digital Asset Haven can meaningfully add to IBM's revenue in the coming quarters.

AI momentum
IBM's AI business is rapidly gaining traction. The company's generative AI business had a contracted backlog of $9.5 billion at the end of the third quarter. Of this, nearly $1.5 billion was for new AI-related consulting work. The company has also deployed AI agents to handle 200 consulting projects. This highlights the deepening adoption of IBM's AI capabilities by enterprises.

Its core software and hybrid infrastructure business is also performing impressively. The company's automation revenue was up 22% year over year, while IBM Z (mainframe) revenue was up 59% in Q3. The flagship z17 mainframe has been purpose-built for AI and hybrid cloud workloads, and is becoming a significant growth driver for IBM.

AI is also helping drive productivity and cost efficiencies. The company expects to achieve $4.5 billion in annual savings in 2025, driven by AI and automation technologies. These savings can be reinvested in growth initiatives and used to generate even more free cash flow.

Valuation
IBM shares are currently trading at 25.8 times forward earnings, which seems justified by reaccelerating revenue growth, improving margins, strong free cash flows, and multiple long-term growth catalysts.

Analysts expect the company's adjusted earnings per share (EPS) to grow from a projected $11.36 in fiscal 2025 to $12.08 in fiscal 2026. With IBM transforming from a legacy IT infrastructure and services provider to an AI- and hybrid-cloud-focused company, its forward price-to-earnings (P/E) multiple may expand toward its historical five-year average of 42.3.

We assume IBM's forward P/E will settle in the range of 28 to 30 by the end of 2026, bringing it more in line with that of technology giants such as Nvidia at 29.6, Microsoft at 29, and Amazon at 29.8. Hence, IBM's share price may fall between $338 and $362, implying an upside potential of roughly 8% to 15.7%. While the returns may not be explosive, IBM shows that it can steadily appreciate in the coming year.

Hence, this may be a good time to pick a small stake in this tech stock, which is backed by robust financials, an improving revenue mix, and strong AI and quantum computing tailwinds.

Google Cloud backlog reached 155 billion dollars in Q3-FY25, up 46% QoQ and 82% YoY, signaling sustained AI demand. Over 70% of Google Cloud customers now use AI products, with more billion-dollar contracts signed than the previous two years combined. Cloud revenue rose 34% YoY to 15.2 billion dollars, while operating income increased 85% to 3.6 billion dollars and margins hit 23.7%.

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Pinnacle Silver & Gold Corp (TSX-V:PINN, OTCQB:NRGOF) CEO Robert Archer talked with Proactive about the encouraging metallurgical test results from the company’s El Potrero project in Mexico.

Archer explained that metallurgical testing is vital to any mining project as it directly influences the project's economics. He emphasized that conducting these tests early on can help avoid costly surprises later. “For a very first test, you know, to get numbers in the mid 90s, recovery for gold. That's extremely encouraging.”

The initial results for gold showed recoveries in the mid-90% range, which Archer noted likely won’t require much optimization. Even with further refinement, the company believes recoveries could improve further.

On the silver side, Archer acknowledged the initial results were lower, which is expected given the complex nature of silver leaching. He noted the company would carry out more detailed studies to improve those recoveries.

The company collected three samples from the Pinos Cuates mine, the central of three gold mines on the property. These samples showed some variability, highlighting the need for broader sampling across the remaining two mines. All this work is feeding into larger-scale metallurgical testing planned before plant reconstruction.

Archer also confirmed other ongoing site activities including mapping, sampling, and infrastructure discussions, such as extending a power line to the property.

Dollar-cost averaging into exchange-traded funds can be one of the smartest investing moves you make.

While there may be a lot of chatter about market bubbles and stocks trading at high valuations, my best advice for the average investor is to tune it out. Trying to time the market can result in you missing out on big gains. Bull markets tend to have strong staying power, often lasting many years.

Moreover, even if you were able to accurately predict when a market downturn was coming and move your money to the sidelines ahead of time, you'd also need to be able to predict the right time to get back in. And you'd need to do that with a degree of precision that's unreasonable to expect: A study by J.P. Morgan revealed that the best days in the market often closely follow some of the worst, and if you missed out on the 10 best days in the market over the past 20 years, your total returns over that period would be cut nearly in half.

In short, you'd need some pretty impeccable timing to make a habit of selling out of stocks and then buying them back without hurting your returns. The better strategy for most retail investors would be to dollar-cost average your way into positions in exchange-traded funds (ETFs), and to avoid letting the market's chatter impact your investing. Index ETFs are great because they are typically low cost and give you instant diversification into a portfolio of stocks.

You could start using that strategy with as little as $1,000, but the key is to keep investing a similar amount each month. If you did that steadily and achieved a 15% annualized return, you'd have a portfolio worth more than $5.6 million at the end of 30 years. Let's look at three low-cost ETFs you can use this strategy with now.

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Sometimes the simplest investment can be one of the smartest. Vanguard created a whole industry around investing in index funds, and its flagship Vanguard S&P 500 ETF (VOO +0.34%) is the largest ETF in the world today. Its investment strategy is simple: have a portfolio that tracks the performance of the benchmark S&P 500 index, which consists of the 500 largest U.S. companies.

The S&P 500 is a market-cap-weighted index, which means that the larger a company is by market capitalization (the total value of its shares outstanding), the greater the percentage of the index it accounts for. As such, the stocks that outperform the market eventually become the stocks that drive the market itself.

This has led to stellar returns for the fund over the years. Over the past decade, the ETF has generated an average annualized return of 15.3%, as of the end of September.

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Growth stocks have been the driving force in the market for the past decade, and the Invesco QQQ Trust (QQQ +0.48%) has been one of the best-performing ETFs over that time. The ETF mirrors the performance of the Nasdaq-100 index, which is made up of 100 of the largest non-financial stocks that trade on the Nasdaq Exchange. Like the S&P 500, it's market-cap weighted.

The Nasdaq has long been the exchange that tech and growth companies were more likely to list on, and that pattern continues to this day. Technology sector stocks account for more than 60% of its holdings, and that doesn't even include tech-adjacent heavyweights like Amazon and Tesla that get formally categorized into other sectors. (Both of those are, strictly speaking, consumer discretionary companies.)

The ETF has been a huge performer over the past decade, with an average annualized return of 20.3% over that stretch. Even more impressive is that it has outperformed the S&P 500 on a 12-month rolling basis nearly 80% of the time.

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Finally, the Schwab U.S. Dividend Equity ETF (SCHD +0.26%) hasn't quite kept pace with the S&P 500 or Nasdaq-100 over the past decade, but this value-oriented ETF should not be ignored. While growth stocks are clearly in favor right now, value stocks have also had long stretches of outperforming the broad market in the past.

The ETF tracks the Dow Jones U.S. Dividend 100 index, which vets dividend-paying stocks based on criteria like free-cash-flow-to-debt ratios and return on equity, so you're getting an assortment of companies that are set up well to continue growing their payouts. It also reconstitutes its portfolio annually, so investors are at less risk of owning value traps.

The ETF has a nearly 4% yield, and it has produced a 12.2% annualized return over the past 10 years, which outpaced the gains of most other value ETFs. In a world where some growth stocks are looking a little frothy, investing in the Schwab U.S. Dividend Equity ETF can add some nice balance to your portfolio.

SAN DIEGO , Nov. 01, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The law firm of Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd LLP is investigating potential violations of U.S. federal securities laws involving F5, Inc. (NASDAQ: FFIV) focused on whether F5 and certain of its top executives made false and/or misleading statements and/or failed to disclose material information to investors.

If you have any information that could assist in the F5 investigation or if you are an F5 investor who suffered a loss and would like to learn more, you can provide your information here:

https://www.rgrdlaw.com/cases-f5-inc-investigation-ffiv.html

You can also contact attorneys J.C. Sanchez or Jennifer N. Caringal of Robbins Geller by calling 800/449-4900 or via e-mail at [email protected].

THE COMPANY: F5 provides multi-cloud application security and delivery solutions.

THE REVELATION: On October 15, 2025, F5 disclosed that the company learned on August 9, 2025 “that a highly sophisticated nation-state threat actor had gained unauthorized access to certain [F5] systems.” F5 further revealed that “[d]uring the course of its investigation, [F5] determined that the threat actor maintained long-term, persistent access to certain F5 systems, including the BIG-IP product development environment and engineering knowledge management platform” and that “[t]hrough this access, certain files were exfiltrated, some of which contained certain portions of the Company’s BIG-IP source code and information about undisclosed vulnerabilities that it was working on in BIG-IP.” After this news, the price of F5 shares fell.

ABOUT ROBBINS GELLER: Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd LLP is one of the world’s leading firms representing investors in securities fraud and shareholder litigation. Our Firm has been ranked #1 in the ISS Securities Class Action Services rankings for four out of the last five years for securing the most monetary relief for investors. In 2024, we recovered over $2.5 billion for investors in securities-related class action cases – more than the next five firms combined, according to ISS. With 200 attorneys in 10 offices, Robbins Geller is one of the largest plaintiffs’ firms in the world, and the Firm’s attorneys have obtained many of the largest securities class action recoveries in history, including the largest ever – $7.2 billion – in In re Enron Corp. Sec. Litig. Please visit the following page for more information:

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Why: Rosen Law Firm, a global investor rights law firm, reminds purchasers of securities of KBR, Inc. (NYSE: KBR) between May 6, 2025 and June 19, 2025, both dates inclusive (the "Class Period"), of the important November 18, 2025 lead plaintiff deadline in the securities class action first filed by the Firm.

So what: If you purchased KBR securities during the Class Period you may be entitled to compensation without payment of any out of pocket fees or costs through a contingency fee arrangement.

What to do next: To join the KBR class action, go to https://rosenlegal.com/submit-form/?case_id=42136  mailto:or call Phillip Kim, Esq. toll-free at 866-767-3653 or email [email protected] for information on the class action. A class action lawsuit has already been filed. If you wish to serve as lead plaintiff, you must move the Court no later than November 18, 2025. A lead plaintiff is a representative party acting on behalf of other class members in directing the litigation.

Why Rosen Law: We encourage investors to select qualified counsel with a track record of success in leadership roles. Often, firms issuing notices do not have comparable experience, resources, or any meaningful peer recognition. Many of these firms do not actually litigate securities class actions, but are merely middlemen that refer clients or partner with law firms that actually litigate the cases. Be wise in selecting counsel. The Rosen Law Firm represents investors throughout the globe, concentrating its practice in securities class actions and shareholder derivative litigation. Rosen Law Firm achieved the largest ever securities class action settlement against a Chinese Company at the time. Rosen Law Firm was Ranked No. 1 by ISS Securities Class Action Services for number of securities class action settlements in 2017. The firm has been ranked in the top 4 each year since 2013 and has recovered hundreds of millions of dollars for investors. In 2019 alone the firm secured over $438 million for investors. In 2020, founding partner Laurence Rosen was named by law360 as a Titan of Plaintiffs' Bar. Many of the firm's attorneys have been recognized by Lawdragon and Super Lawyers.

Details of the case: According to the lawsuit, defendants throughout the Class Period made materially false and/or misleading statements and/or failed to disclose that: (1) despite the knowledge that the U.S. Department of Defense's Transportation Command (TRANSCOM) had, for months, had material concerns with HomeSafe's ability to fulfill the Global Household Goods Contract, defendants claimed that the partnership was without issue, and would ramp up in future quarters; and (2) as a result, defendants' statements about KBR's business, operations, and prospects were materially false and misleading and/or lacked a reasonable basis at all relevant times. When the true details entered the market, the lawsuit claims that investors suffered damages. 

To join the KBR class action, go to https://rosenlegal.com/submit-form/?case_id=42136  or mailto:call Phillip Kim, Esq. toll-free at 866-767-3653 or email [email protected] for information on the class action.

No Class Has Been Certified. Until a class is certified, you are not represented by counsel unless you retain one. You may select counsel of your choice. You may also remain an absent class member and do nothing at this point. An investor's ability to share in any potential future recovery is not dependent upon serving as lead plaintiff.

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Bragar Eagel & Squire, P.C. Litigation Partner Brandon Walker Encourages Investors Who Suffered Losses In Avantor (AVTR) To Contact Him Directly To Discuss Their Options

If you purchased or acquired Avantor common stock between March 5, 2024, and October 28, 2025 and would like to discuss your legal rights, call Bragar Eagel & Squire partner Brandon Walker or Marion Passmore directly at (212) 355-4648.

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NEW YORK, Nov. 01, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) --

What’s Happening:

Bragar Eagel & Squire, P.C., a nationally recognized stockholder rights law firm, announces that a class action lawsuit has been filed against Avantor, Inc. (“Avantor” or the “Company”) (NYSE:AVTR) in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania on behalf of all persons and entities who purchased or otherwise acquired Avantor common stock between March 5, 2024, and October 28, 2025, both dates inclusive (the “Class Period”). Investors have until December 29, 2025 to apply to the Court to be appointed as lead plaintiff in the lawsuit.
Allegation Details:

According to the complaint, defendants failed to disclose that: (1) Avantor's competitive positioning was weaker than defendants had publicly represented; (2) Avantor was experiencing negative effects from increased competition; and (3) as a result, defendants' representations about the Company's business, operations, and prospects were materially false and misleading and/or lacked a reasonable basis.Plaintiff alleges that on October 29, 2025, the Company reported weak third quarter 2025 financial results, including -5% organic revenue growth (below defendants' August guidance), and a net loss of $712 million, which defendants primarily attributed to a non-cash goodwill impairment charge of $785 million. Defendants revealed that the impairment charge was necessary due in part to "competitive pressures" that had "meaningfully impacted" the Company's margins and further admitted that the Company had lost several large accounts. On this news, the price of Avantor common stock declined $3.50 per share, or more than 23%, from a close of $15.08 per share on October 28, 2025, to close at $11.58 per share on October 29, 2025.
Next Steps:

If you purchased or otherwise acquired Avantor shares and suffered a loss, are a long-term stockholder, have information, would like to learn more about these claims, or have any questions concerning this announcement or your rights or interests with respect to these matters, please contact Brandon Walker or Marion Passmore by email at [email protected], telephone at (212) 355-4648, or by filling out this contact form. There is no cost or obligation to you.
About Bragar Eagel & Squire, P.C.:

Bragar Eagel & Squire, P.C. is a nationally recognized law firm with offices in New York, California, and South Carolina. The firm represents individual and institutional investors in commercial, securities, derivative, and other complex litigation in state and federal courts across the country. For more information about the firm, please visit www.bespc.com. Attorney advertising. Prior results do not guarantee similar outcomes.

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