Jim Cramer says investors are punishing bank stocks even when earnings beat estimates. Morgan Stanley (MS) fell nearly 3% on Wednesday after its revenue grew 12% and topped forecasts.
Cramer attributes the sell-off to worries about sticky inflation and climbing rates, not weak results. Goldman Sachs also beat estimates, yet it lost another 1.5% on Wednesday, CNBC reported.
Why Did a 12% Revenue Beat Fail to Lift Morgan Stanley?Morgan Stanley’s third-quarter revenue rose to $20.3 billion from $18.2 billion a year earlier, according to its filing.
Morgan Stanley’s stocks failed to climb. Source: Trading ViewInstitutional Securities, the unit combining investment banking with sales and trading, grew 18% to $10 billion.
Cramer noted that fixed income fell short of expectations, and the filing shows a 7% decline.
In contrast, wealth management revenue rose 10%, and client assets across wealth and investment management reached a record $10.5 trillion.
Still, Chief Executive Ted Pick told CNBC he is cautiously optimistic about the fourth quarter, Cramer said.
“it’s not easy to own these bank stocks right now.”
Jim Cramer, host of CNBC’s Mad Money, via CNBC
Morgan Stanley is also a lead underwriter on Anthropic’s IPO, which Cramer said is due in November.
Bloomberg Intelligence analyst Herman Chan says Anthropic IPO deal flow could lift Morgan Stanley and Goldman Sachs.
Does Cramer See an Iran Resolution Reviving Bank Stocks?Cramer said a resolution to the war in Iran, even an imperfect one, could cool inflation.
In his view, that would give the Federal Reserve room to back off rate hikes.
He expects capital markets to bounce back if that happens.
Meanwhile, his Charitable Trust portfolio upgraded Wells Fargo and Goldman Sachs to buy-equivalent ratings, CNBC reported.
Cramer says the group no longer trades as one, because each bank now has different characteristics.
Momei Qu, head of venture at PSP Growth, says Goldman Sachs and JPMorgan are becoming AI stocks. Their earnings do not show that link yet, she told Bloomberg.
Therefore, bank shares may keep trading on inflation and rate signals rather than on quarterly beats.
Macro analyst Jim Willie believes XRP is headed for a far bigger role than most investors imagine, possibly inside the International Monetary Fund’s own reserve system. In a new interview, he built his case on derivatives, de-dollarisation and the neutrality of settlement assets, and set $200 as the minimum price XRP would need to do the job.
A seat in the IMF basket?
Willie said he believes the IMF is “farther along than they admit” in considering XRP as part of its Special Drawing Rights, the reserve asset backed by a basket of major currencies.
He pointed to a recent IMF document on tokenization that mentions Ripple’s settlement use case. In his view, if the IMF grants a loan to a country such as Bangladesh, XRP could serve as both the delivery and the repayment unit. “If you’re talking about de-dollarisation, you have to include the IMF,” he said.
He also repeated his belief that XRP “had its origins under the BlackRock roof.”
The $200 maths
Willie’s price case rests on the derivatives market, which he put at about $4 quadrillion a year. He argued that the DTCC’s recent tokenization plans covered stocks and bonds but left out derivatives, the largest market of all.
If Ripple settled just 1% of that volume, he said, XRP would need to move roughly $3 trillion to $4 trillion a month. “You think $100 get the job done? I don’t think so,” he said. “$200 minimum.”
The show’s host went further, saying $10,000 per XRP is possible and that even $100,000 to $200,000 “is not crazy” once quadrillions in value need instant settlement.
Why stablecoins won’t win, in his view
Willie rejected the idea that stablecoins will handle global settlement instead of XRP. His reason is neutrality. Most stablecoins are backed by government debt such as US Treasuries, euro bonds or Japanese bonds, so he argued they cannot act as a neutral bridge between countries in conflict.
He also claimed that BlackRock, JPMorgan, Bank of America, Citigroup and Goldman Sachs are quietly holding “billions” of XRP, and that expiring non-disclosure agreements will soon reveal more. He added that the CLARITY Act would bar any company from owning more than 20% of its own token, forcing Ripple to cut its escrow from 34 to 37 billion XRP down to 14 to 17 billion.
What is not confirmed
Willie’s claims go well beyond the public record. The IMF has not announced any plan to add XRP to the SDR basket, which currently holds the US dollar, euro, Chinese yuan, Japanese yen and British pound. No bank has disclosed holding billions of XRP, and BlackRock has never said XRP began inside the firm. The CLARITY Act, which he cited on Ripple’s escrow, failed to pass the Senate in September.
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Starknet's bridge still relies on elliptic-curve cryptography, creating a potential failure point if Ethereum upgrades more slowly.
Starknet is considering becoming a standalone Layer 1 blockchain, with its builders targeting quantum-resistant security by 2027 as concerns grow about whether artificial intelligence could accelerate attacks on existing cryptography.
The move would give the network more control over its security upgrades rather than leaving parts of its migration dependent on Ethereum.
Starknet Wants Control Over Its Quantum-Security Timeline
In a post on X, Starknet announced that it was “actively considering becoming an L1,” describing the change as a route toward becoming “the first fully quantum-resistant network,” with 2027 as its target.
Starknet already uses zero-knowledge STARK proofs based on hash-based cryptography and has an active roadmap for post-quantum security. But as a Layer 2 on Ethereum, the network still relies on its parent chain for some of its security.
Two areas are still outside the direct control of its builders, including bridge messaging, which uses elliptic-curve cryptography to communicate between Starknet and Ethereum. If that dependency is removed before an Ethereum upgrade, the bridge could break.
The second concerns data availability. Starknet publishes state data to Ethereum through blobs secured by KZG commitments, which rely on cryptography vulnerable to sufficiently powerful quantum computers. A failure in KZG would affect data availability, although Starknet’s STARK proofs would continue to protect the validity of its state.
Ethereum is targeting full Layer 1 quantum resistance by the end of 2029. Starknet’s proposed 2027 timeline would therefore put it ahead of its parent network, provided it can complete the remaining work and settle the architectural questions involved in becoming an independent chain.
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The proposal follows growing concerns about advances in AI-assisted mathematics. On October 7, Ethereum researcher Justin Drake urged the blockchain industry to begin preparing for what he called “bunker mode,” recommending a controlled migration of assets to addresses whose public keys remain hidden. However, Vitalik Buterin warned against rushing the process.
Starknet co-founder Eli Ben-Sasson raised similar concerns in posts on October 8, arguing that AI could bring cryptographic threats closer than expected. He identified cryptographic choice and the ability to upgrade security systems as the two foundations of post-quantum readiness.
An Independent Starknet Would Still Face Design Choices
Starknet has already developed infrastructure that could help it operate independently, including STRK staking and multiple sequencers. However, it would still need to resolve data availability, final settlement, and changes to its official bridge.
Still, the bridge question carries particular weight, especially considering that today, Ethereum verifies Starknet withdrawal proofs before bridged funds can be released. If Starknet becomes an L1, it could continue posting STARK proofs to Ethereum, preserving a connection between the networks, or sever that dependency entirely. But those approaches would create different security assumptions for users.
Higher-than-expected US CPI sparks ETH long liquidation cascade, Binance records over $106 million in liquidations within one hour.
Crypto market analyst Darkfost wrote that the latest U.S. CPI data came in higher than market expectations, reigniting inflationary pressures and triggering sharp volatility in the crypto derivatives market. Following the release of the inflation data, Ethereum (ETH) saw massive long liquidations. Darkfost noted that over $106 million in long positions were liquidated in Binance’s ETH contracts within an hour, marking the largest single-hour liquidation event in nearly six months. ETH subsequently dropped from around $2,500 to near $2,350, a decline of roughly 7%. Darkfost pointed out that crypto futures trading volume is currently about nine times that of spot trading, making the market more sensitive to macroeconomic data. As inflation heats up, the market’s probability of pricing in a Federal Reserve interest rate hike has risen from 17% to nearly 30% in a week, with investors quickly adjusting their positions via derivatives markets.
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BitMEX co-founder Arthur Hayes has published an article showcasing Flop Labs’ KOL leaderboard and onboarding process. The mechanism will display weekly FLOP token reward distributions and participants’ rankings on the leaderboard. According to Hayes, anyone can apply to become a KOL: after providing an email, creating a wallet, and optionally linking social media accounts, they will receive a unique invitation link. Users who create a wallet via this link will be linked to the inviter; the platform will track their on-chain activities to distribute rewards to KOLs accordingly. Additionally, wallet users created through the invitation link will automatically participate in weekly FLOP token lotteries.
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According to HTX market data, Bitcoin has rebounded to break through the $81,000 level, with its 24-hour decline narrowing to 2.89%.
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Cyberleek, the pseudonymous GTA 6 leaker, says the game’s ending will surface if they are caught, a threat that arrives as the token behind their leaks tumbles.
The token fell 41% on Wednesday, and the GTA 6 release is now about five weeks away.
Cyberleek says the GTA 6 leaks are stopping “for now.”
He claims he has the game’s ending but decided not to publish it, says the 200+GB build will not be released after the $30M milestone wasn’t reached, and claims a “dead man’s switch” containing story spoilers is still… pic.twitter.com/cJYHh0omTW
— GTA 6 Info (@GTASixInfo) October 14, 2026 Could the Threat Spoil GTA 6 After All?Cyberleek posted the latest message this morning, saying the full build will stay private. The account says it already has the ending.
As evidence, the account showed out-of-context clips from the final story missions. Rather than release it, the leaker proposes a dead man’s switch that would spoil the ending if they are caught.
The leaker argues that Take-Two, parent company of Rockstar Games, has suffered enough, and that spoilers would damage the experience.
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— Complex (@Complex) September 5, 2026 Some X users speculate that the fired employees may include Cyberleek, though nothing confirms the idea. The clips, however, are shown without context, which makes their authenticity hard to verify.
The Market Value Behind CyberLeek’s SagaThe leaker releases unreleased GTA 6 material and ties each new drop to the market value of the CYBERLEEK token. In effect, its price decides how much of the game reaches fans.
CYBERLEEK fell 41% in 24 hours and trades near $0.00155, according to CoinGecko data. That price sits roughly 96% below its all-time high.
Valuation milestones have shaped every release since the start. The first leaks pushed the token to a $40 million market cap.
CyberLeek (CYBERLEEK) Price Performance. Source: CoinGeckoThe token then climbed 200% in two days, yet it still fell short of that earlier peak. Cyberleek responded by withholding the full build. Its market cap sits a little above $1 million, far below the $30 million target.
The roadmap ties future drops to milestones of several million dollars in market cap. Regular releases will stop, the leaker says, because the token is performing poorly.
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Trader Loracle turns multiple US stock short positions from losses to profits, logging around $3.76 million in daily gains.
According to TradingBeats, after the release of the U.S. September CPI data, the Loracle address (starting with 0xefe4) posted a single-day profit and loss (PnL) of approximately $4.72 million, an increase of about $3.76 million compared to the nearest snapshot taken before the CPI announcement. Meanwhile, all six U.S. stock contract short positions held by this address—SNDK, NVDA, ORCL, CRWV, MU, and PLTR—are in profit, with a total position value of roughly $48.28 million and an unrealized gain of around $4.55 million. In September, the total unrealized loss on the three U.S. stock short positions (SNDK, MU, and NVDA) held by the address stood at approximately $7.23 million. Currently, both the SNDK and NVDA short positions have turned to unrealized profit, while the loss on the MU short position has narrowed significantly. The address currently holds the following U.S. stock perpetual contract short positions: - SNDK: ~15,800 shares, position value ~$21.28 million - NVDA: ~88,500 shares, position value ~$19.41 million - MU: ~10,400 shares, position value ~$9.13 million - ORCL: ~41,900 shares, position value ~$5.39 million - PLTR: ~23,000 shares, position value ~$4.56 million - CRWV: ~34,300 shares, position value ~$2.19 million
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A crypto whale opened a 25x leveraged long position on Ethereum (ETH) worth $7.05 million.
According to TradingBeats monitoring, a whale address starting with 0x007d opened a 3,000 ETH long position 4 hours ago, using 25x full leverage. Its average entry price is approximately $2,400, with the current position value at around $7.05 million, an unrealized loss of about $150,000, and a position return of roughly -53%. ETH on Hyperliquid is currently trading at approximately $2,349, down roughly 2.1% from the address's average entry price.
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Policy uncertainty under the Trump administration has driven central banks to reallocate gold reserves, as gold holdings in London vaults approach 10,000 tons.
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According to HTX market data, Bitcoin has rebounded to break through the $81,000 level, with its 24-hour decline narrowing to 2.89%.
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Elon Musk: Experienced roughly 6 "AI psychotic episodes" over the past year, stunned by AI’s demonstrated aesthetic capabilities.
Dongcha Beating AI News Flash: Elon Musk recently stated at an X Takeover event that he has experienced roughly six instances of so-called "AI psychosis" over the past year, adding that his immersion in AI may be "quite severe." What most shocked him was that AI began showing an understanding of aesthetics and taste. Musk said he found it hard to believe when he noticed AI seemed capable of judging what is beautiful and what constitutes good taste. This reaction stems more from the cognitive shock of AI capabilities exceeding expectations rather than a formal medical diagnosis. "AI psychosis" is not a medical term with a unified clinical definition. On one hand, it is used to describe the risk that AI interactions may reinforce users’ unrealistic perceptions; on the other, it has gradually become a popular meme in Silicon Valley’s tech circle, used to tease practitioners’ extreme optimistic expectations driven by the rapid advancement of AI capabilities.
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BlackRock CEO Warns: U.S. Economy Will Fall Into Recession If Data Center Construction Is Halted, National Debt Reaches $40 Trillion
BlackRock CEO Larry Fink said in an interview with CNBC on Wednesday that the U.S. would enter a recession if it imposes some form of moratorium on data center construction. He pointed out that current U.S. economic growth is highly dependent on capital expenditure related to data centers, and restricting such construction would not only hit the stock market, but also impact multiple industrial sectors including construction workers, energy infrastructure, and AI computing hardware. Fink argued that some concerns over data centers' environmental impact and energy costs are rooted in "misinformation", stressing that "data centers are not the problem". According to Moody's estimates, U.S. data center capital expenditure planned for this year is around $700 billion, with cumulative spending projected to reach $2.4 trillion to $2.48 trillion by 2030, while global related spending could hit $7 trillion at that time. Fink also warned that U.S. national debt has surged from $8 trillion in 2000 to $40 trillion in 2026, and the government's expanding borrowing needs are exerting significant pressure on credit markets, with Treasury auction sizes also growing. He called for unlocking more private capital to help the U.S. economy achieve 3% growth.
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Trader Loracle turns multiple US stock short positions from losses to profits, logging around $3.76 million in daily gains.
According to TradingBeats, after the release of the U.S. September CPI data, the Loracle address (starting with 0xefe4) posted a single-day profit and loss (PnL) of approximately $4.72 million, an increase of about $3.76 million compared to the nearest snapshot taken before the CPI announcement. Meanwhile, all six U.S. stock contract short positions held by this address—SNDK, NVDA, ORCL, CRWV, MU, and PLTR—are in profit, with a total position value of roughly $48.28 million and an unrealized gain of around $4.55 million. In September, the total unrealized loss on the three U.S. stock short positions (SNDK, MU, and NVDA) held by the address stood at approximately $7.23 million. Currently, both the SNDK and NVDA short positions have turned to unrealized profit, while the loss on the MU short position has narrowed significantly. The address currently holds the following U.S. stock perpetual contract short positions: - SNDK: ~15,800 shares, position value ~$21.28 million - NVDA: ~88,500 shares, position value ~$19.41 million - MU: ~10,400 shares, position value ~$9.13 million - ORCL: ~41,900 shares, position value ~$5.39 million - PLTR: ~23,000 shares, position value ~$4.56 million - CRWV: ~34,300 shares, position value ~$2.19 million
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The Financial Times reported that U.S. policy uncertainty, tariff risks, and the precedent of frozen overseas sovereign assets are prompting some central banks to re-evaluate the locations of their gold reserves, with London emerging as one of the beneficiaries. New York still dominates gold futures and derivatives trading, but London’s advantages in physical gold storage, over-the-counter (OTC) trading, and central bank reserve management have become more prominent. The Netherlands’ central bank moved around 86 tons of gold from the U.S. and Canada to London between March and August this year, lifting London’s share in its total gold reserves of 612.4 tons from 18.1% to 32.1%. The Dutch central bank said the move aims to improve the tradability and accessibility of its gold in the event of severe crises. Data from the London Bullion Market Association (LBMA) shows that as of the end of September 2026, commercial vaults in London and the Bank of England’s vaults held a total of 9,821 tons of gold, up 1.96% month-on-month, worth about $1.3 trillion. London’s mature OTC system allows gold lending, swaps, and trading without physically moving bullion, boosting the liquidity of physical gold. The freezing of Russia’s overseas sovereign assets after the Russia-Ukraine conflict has also made countries pay more attention to the jurisdiction of reserve assets and their availability in extreme cases. However, there are currently no signs that central banks are fully withdrawing from the U.S. gold custody system. Asian financial hubs such as Singapore and Hong Kong are also accelerating the construction of gold storage and trading infrastructure, and the global gold market is taking shape with New York leading derivatives, London focusing on physical gold, and Asia accelerating its development.
According to HTX market data, Bitcoin has rebounded to break through the $81,000 level, with its 24-hour decline narrowing to 2.89%.
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BlackRock CEO Warns: U.S. Economy Will Fall Into Recession If Data Center Construction Is Halted, National Debt Reaches $40 Trillion
BlackRock CEO Larry Fink said in an interview with CNBC on Wednesday that the U.S. would enter a recession if it imposes some form of moratorium on data center construction. He pointed out that current U.S. economic growth is highly dependent on capital expenditure related to data centers, and restricting such construction would not only hit the stock market, but also impact multiple industrial sectors including construction workers, energy infrastructure, and AI computing hardware. Fink argued that some concerns over data centers' environmental impact and energy costs are rooted in "misinformation", stressing that "data centers are not the problem". According to Moody's estimates, U.S. data center capital expenditure planned for this year is around $700 billion, with cumulative spending projected to reach $2.4 trillion to $2.48 trillion by 2030, while global related spending could hit $7 trillion at that time. Fink also warned that U.S. national debt has surged from $8 trillion in 2000 to $40 trillion in 2026, and the government's expanding borrowing needs are exerting significant pressure on credit markets, with Treasury auction sizes also growing. He called for unlocking more private capital to help the U.S. economy achieve 3% growth.
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Trader Loracle turns multiple US stock short positions from losses to profits, logging around $3.76 million in daily gains.
According to TradingBeats, after the release of the U.S. September CPI data, the Loracle address (starting with 0xefe4) posted a single-day profit and loss (PnL) of approximately $4.72 million, an increase of about $3.76 million compared to the nearest snapshot taken before the CPI announcement. Meanwhile, all six U.S. stock contract short positions held by this address—SNDK, NVDA, ORCL, CRWV, MU, and PLTR—are in profit, with a total position value of roughly $48.28 million and an unrealized gain of around $4.55 million. In September, the total unrealized loss on the three U.S. stock short positions (SNDK, MU, and NVDA) held by the address stood at approximately $7.23 million. Currently, both the SNDK and NVDA short positions have turned to unrealized profit, while the loss on the MU short position has narrowed significantly. The address currently holds the following U.S. stock perpetual contract short positions:
- SNDK: ~15,800 shares, position value ~$21.28 million
- NVDA: ~88,500 shares, position value ~$19.41 million
- MU: ~10,400 shares, position value ~$9.13 million
- ORCL: ~41,900 shares, position value ~$5.39 million
- PLTR: ~23,000 shares, position value ~$4.56 million
- CRWV: ~34,300 shares, position value ~$2.19 million
1 seconds ago
A crypto whale opened a 25x leveraged long position on Ethereum (ETH) worth $7.05 million.
According to TradingBeats monitoring, a whale address starting with 0x007d opened a 3,000 ETH long position 4 hours ago, using 25x full leverage. Its average entry price is approximately $2,400, with the current position value at around $7.05 million, an unrealized loss of about $150,000, and a position return of roughly -53%. ETH on Hyperliquid is currently trading at approximately $2,349, down roughly 2.1% from the address's average entry price.
1 seconds ago
Policy uncertainty under the Trump administration has driven central banks to reallocate gold reserves, as gold holdings in London vaults approach 10,000 tons.
The Financial Times reported that U.S. policy uncertainty, tariff risks, and the precedent of frozen overseas sovereign assets are prompting some central banks to re-evaluate the locations of their gold reserves, with London emerging as one of the beneficiaries. New York still dominates gold futures and derivatives trading, but London’s advantages in physical gold storage, over-the-counter (OTC) trading, and central bank reserve management have become more prominent. The Netherlands’ central bank moved around 86 tons of gold from the U.S. and Canada to London between March and August this year, lifting London’s share in its total gold reserves of 612.4 tons from 18.1% to 32.1%. The Dutch central bank said the move aims to improve the tradability and accessibility of its gold in the event of severe crises. Data from the London Bullion Market Association (LBMA) shows that as of the end of September 2026, commercial vaults in London and the Bank of England’s vaults held a total of 9,821 tons of gold, up 1.96% month-on-month, worth about $1.3 trillion. London’s mature OTC system allows gold lending, swaps, and trading without physically moving bullion, boosting the liquidity of physical gold. The freezing of Russia’s overseas sovereign assets after the Russia-Ukraine conflict has also made countries pay more attention to the jurisdiction of reserve assets and their availability in extreme cases. However, there are currently no signs that central banks are fully withdrawing from the U.S. gold custody system. Asian financial hubs such as Singapore and Hong Kong are also accelerating the construction of gold storage and trading infrastructure, and the global gold market is taking shape with New York leading derivatives, London focusing on physical gold, and Asia accelerating its development.
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According to HTX market data, Bitcoin has rebounded to break through the $81,000 level, with its 24-hour decline narrowing to 2.89%.
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Elon Musk: Experienced roughly 6 "AI psychotic episodes" over the past year, stunned by AI’s demonstrated aesthetic capabilities.
Dongcha Beating AI News Flash: Elon Musk recently stated at an X Takeover event that he has experienced roughly six instances of so-called "AI psychosis" over the past year, adding that his immersion in AI may be "quite severe." What most shocked him was that AI began showing an understanding of aesthetics and taste. Musk said he found it hard to believe when he noticed AI seemed capable of judging what is beautiful and what constitutes good taste. This reaction stems more from the cognitive shock of AI capabilities exceeding expectations rather than a formal medical diagnosis. "AI psychosis" is not a medical term with a unified clinical definition. On one hand, it is used to describe the risk that AI interactions may reinforce users’ unrealistic perceptions; on the other, it has gradually become a popular meme in Silicon Valley’s tech circle, used to tease practitioners’ extreme optimistic expectations driven by the rapid advancement of AI capabilities.
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BlackRock CEO Warns: U.S. Economy Will Fall Into Recession If Data Center Construction Is Halted, National Debt Reaches $40 Trillion
BlackRock CEO Larry Fink said in an interview with CNBC on Wednesday that the U.S. would enter a recession if it imposes some form of moratorium on data center construction. He pointed out that current U.S. economic growth is highly dependent on capital expenditure related to data centers, and restricting such construction would not only hit the stock market, but also impact multiple industrial sectors including construction workers, energy infrastructure, and AI computing hardware. Fink argued that some concerns over data centers' environmental impact and energy costs are rooted in "misinformation", stressing that "data centers are not the problem". According to Moody's estimates, U.S. data center capital expenditure planned for this year is around $700 billion, with cumulative spending projected to reach $2.4 trillion to $2.48 trillion by 2030, while global related spending could hit $7 trillion at that time. Fink also warned that U.S. national debt has surged from $8 trillion in 2000 to $40 trillion in 2026, and the government's expanding borrowing needs are exerting significant pressure on credit markets, with Treasury auction sizes also growing. He called for unlocking more private capital to help the U.S. economy achieve 3% growth.
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Trader Loracle turns multiple US stock short positions from losses to profits, logging around $3.76 million in daily gains.
According to TradingBeats, after the release of the U.S. September CPI data, the Loracle address (starting with 0xefe4) posted a single-day profit and loss (PnL) of approximately $4.72 million, an increase of about $3.76 million compared to the nearest snapshot taken before the CPI announcement. Meanwhile, all six U.S. stock contract short positions held by this address—SNDK, NVDA, ORCL, CRWV, MU, and PLTR—are in profit, with a total position value of roughly $48.28 million and an unrealized gain of around $4.55 million. In September, the total unrealized loss on the three U.S. stock short positions (SNDK, MU, and NVDA) held by the address stood at approximately $7.23 million. Currently, both the SNDK and NVDA short positions have turned to unrealized profit, while the loss on the MU short position has narrowed significantly. The address currently holds the following U.S. stock perpetual contract short positions:
- SNDK: ~15,800 shares, position value ~$21.28 million
- NVDA: ~88,500 shares, position value ~$19.41 million
- MU: ~10,400 shares, position value ~$9.13 million
- ORCL: ~41,900 shares, position value ~$5.39 million
- PLTR: ~23,000 shares, position value ~$4.56 million
- CRWV: ~34,300 shares, position value ~$2.19 million
1 seconds ago
A crypto whale opened a 25x leveraged long position on Ethereum (ETH) worth $7.05 million.
According to TradingBeats monitoring, a whale address starting with 0x007d opened a 3,000 ETH long position 4 hours ago, using 25x full leverage. Its average entry price is approximately $2,400, with the current position value at around $7.05 million, an unrealized loss of about $150,000, and a position return of roughly -53%. ETH on Hyperliquid is currently trading at approximately $2,349, down roughly 2.1% from the address's average entry price.
1 seconds ago
Policy uncertainty under the Trump administration has driven central banks to reallocate gold reserves, as gold holdings in London vaults approach 10,000 tons.
The Financial Times reported that U.S. policy uncertainty, tariff risks, and the precedent of frozen overseas sovereign assets are prompting some central banks to re-evaluate the locations of their gold reserves, with London emerging as one of the beneficiaries. New York still dominates gold futures and derivatives trading, but London’s advantages in physical gold storage, over-the-counter (OTC) trading, and central bank reserve management have become more prominent. The Netherlands’ central bank moved around 86 tons of gold from the U.S. and Canada to London between March and August this year, lifting London’s share in its total gold reserves of 612.4 tons from 18.1% to 32.1%. The Dutch central bank said the move aims to improve the tradability and accessibility of its gold in the event of severe crises. Data from the London Bullion Market Association (LBMA) shows that as of the end of September 2026, commercial vaults in London and the Bank of England’s vaults held a total of 9,821 tons of gold, up 1.96% month-on-month, worth about $1.3 trillion. London’s mature OTC system allows gold lending, swaps, and trading without physically moving bullion, boosting the liquidity of physical gold. The freezing of Russia’s overseas sovereign assets after the Russia-Ukraine conflict has also made countries pay more attention to the jurisdiction of reserve assets and their availability in extreme cases. However, there are currently no signs that central banks are fully withdrawing from the U.S. gold custody system. Asian financial hubs such as Singapore and Hong Kong are also accelerating the construction of gold storage and trading infrastructure, and the global gold market is taking shape with New York leading derivatives, London focusing on physical gold, and Asia accelerating its development.
According to HTX market data, Bitcoin has rebounded to break through the $81,000 level, with its 24-hour decline narrowing to 2.89%.
1 seconds ago
Elon Musk: Experienced roughly 6 "AI psychotic episodes" over the past year, stunned by AI’s demonstrated aesthetic capabilities.
Dongcha Beating AI News Flash: Elon Musk recently stated at an X Takeover event that he has experienced roughly six instances of so-called "AI psychosis" over the past year, adding that his immersion in AI may be "quite severe." What most shocked him was that AI began showing an understanding of aesthetics and taste. Musk said he found it hard to believe when he noticed AI seemed capable of judging what is beautiful and what constitutes good taste. This reaction stems more from the cognitive shock of AI capabilities exceeding expectations rather than a formal medical diagnosis. "AI psychosis" is not a medical term with a unified clinical definition. On one hand, it is used to describe the risk that AI interactions may reinforce users’ unrealistic perceptions; on the other, it has gradually become a popular meme in Silicon Valley’s tech circle, used to tease practitioners’ extreme optimistic expectations driven by the rapid advancement of AI capabilities.
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BlackRock CEO Warns: U.S. Economy Will Fall Into Recession If Data Center Construction Is Halted, National Debt Reaches $40 Trillion
BlackRock CEO Larry Fink said in an interview with CNBC on Wednesday that the U.S. would enter a recession if it imposes some form of moratorium on data center construction. He pointed out that current U.S. economic growth is highly dependent on capital expenditure related to data centers, and restricting such construction would not only hit the stock market, but also impact multiple industrial sectors including construction workers, energy infrastructure, and AI computing hardware. Fink argued that some concerns over data centers' environmental impact and energy costs are rooted in "misinformation", stressing that "data centers are not the problem". According to Moody's estimates, U.S. data center capital expenditure planned for this year is around $700 billion, with cumulative spending projected to reach $2.4 trillion to $2.48 trillion by 2030, while global related spending could hit $7 trillion at that time. Fink also warned that U.S. national debt has surged from $8 trillion in 2000 to $40 trillion in 2026, and the government's expanding borrowing needs are exerting significant pressure on credit markets, with Treasury auction sizes also growing. He called for unlocking more private capital to help the U.S. economy achieve 3% growth.
1 seconds ago
Trader Loracle turns multiple US stock short positions from losses to profits, logging around $3.76 million in daily gains.
According to TradingBeats, after the release of the U.S. September CPI data, the Loracle address (starting with 0xefe4) posted a single-day profit and loss (PnL) of approximately $4.72 million, an increase of about $3.76 million compared to the nearest snapshot taken before the CPI announcement. Meanwhile, all six U.S. stock contract short positions held by this address—SNDK, NVDA, ORCL, CRWV, MU, and PLTR—are in profit, with a total position value of roughly $48.28 million and an unrealized gain of around $4.55 million. In September, the total unrealized loss on the three U.S. stock short positions (SNDK, MU, and NVDA) held by the address stood at approximately $7.23 million. Currently, both the SNDK and NVDA short positions have turned to unrealized profit, while the loss on the MU short position has narrowed significantly. The address currently holds the following U.S. stock perpetual contract short positions: - SNDK: ~15,800 shares, position value ~$21.28 million - NVDA: ~88,500 shares, position value ~$19.41 million - MU: ~10,400 shares, position value ~$9.13 million - ORCL: ~41,900 shares, position value ~$5.39 million - PLTR: ~23,000 shares, position value ~$4.56 million - CRWV: ~34,300 shares, position value ~$2.19 million
1 seconds ago
A crypto whale opened a 25x leveraged long position on Ethereum (ETH) worth $7.05 million.
According to TradingBeats monitoring, a whale address starting with 0x007d opened a 3,000 ETH long position 4 hours ago, using 25x full leverage. Its average entry price is approximately $2,400, with the current position value at around $7.05 million, an unrealized loss of about $150,000, and a position return of roughly -53%. ETH on Hyperliquid is currently trading at approximately $2,349, down roughly 2.1% from the address's average entry price.
1 seconds ago
Policy uncertainty under the Trump administration has driven central banks to reallocate gold reserves, as gold holdings in London vaults approach 10,000 tons.
The Financial Times reported that U.S. policy uncertainty, tariff risks, and the precedent of frozen overseas sovereign assets are prompting some central banks to re-evaluate the locations of their gold reserves, with London emerging as one of the beneficiaries. New York still dominates gold futures and derivatives trading, but London’s advantages in physical gold storage, over-the-counter (OTC) trading, and central bank reserve management have become more prominent. The Netherlands’ central bank moved around 86 tons of gold from the U.S. and Canada to London between March and August this year, lifting London’s share in its total gold reserves of 612.4 tons from 18.1% to 32.1%. The Dutch central bank said the move aims to improve the tradability and accessibility of its gold in the event of severe crises. Data from the London Bullion Market Association (LBMA) shows that as of the end of September 2026, commercial vaults in London and the Bank of England’s vaults held a total of 9,821 tons of gold, up 1.96% month-on-month, worth about $1.3 trillion. London’s mature OTC system allows gold lending, swaps, and trading without physically moving bullion, boosting the liquidity of physical gold. The freezing of Russia’s overseas sovereign assets after the Russia-Ukraine conflict has also made countries pay more attention to the jurisdiction of reserve assets and their availability in extreme cases. However, there are currently no signs that central banks are fully withdrawing from the U.S. gold custody system. Asian financial hubs such as Singapore and Hong Kong are also accelerating the construction of gold storage and trading infrastructure, and the global gold market is taking shape with New York leading derivatives, London focusing on physical gold, and Asia accelerating its development.
According to HTX market data, Bitcoin has rebounded to break through the $81,000 level, with its 24-hour decline narrowing to 2.89%.
1 seconds ago
Elon Musk: Experienced roughly 6 "AI psychotic episodes" over the past year, stunned by AI’s demonstrated aesthetic capabilities.
Dongcha Beating AI News Flash: Elon Musk recently stated at an X Takeover event that he has experienced roughly six instances of so-called "AI psychosis" over the past year, adding that his immersion in AI may be "quite severe." What most shocked him was that AI began showing an understanding of aesthetics and taste. Musk said he found it hard to believe when he noticed AI seemed capable of judging what is beautiful and what constitutes good taste. This reaction stems more from the cognitive shock of AI capabilities exceeding expectations rather than a formal medical diagnosis. "AI psychosis" is not a medical term with a unified clinical definition. On one hand, it is used to describe the risk that AI interactions may reinforce users’ unrealistic perceptions; on the other, it has gradually become a popular meme in Silicon Valley’s tech circle, used to tease practitioners’ extreme optimistic expectations driven by the rapid advancement of AI capabilities.
1 seconds ago
BlackRock CEO Warns: U.S. Economy Will Fall Into Recession If Data Center Construction Is Halted, National Debt Reaches $40 Trillion
BlackRock CEO Larry Fink said in an interview with CNBC on Wednesday that the U.S. would enter a recession if it imposes some form of moratorium on data center construction. He pointed out that current U.S. economic growth is highly dependent on capital expenditure related to data centers, and restricting such construction would not only hit the stock market, but also impact multiple industrial sectors including construction workers, energy infrastructure, and AI computing hardware. Fink argued that some concerns over data centers' environmental impact and energy costs are rooted in "misinformation", stressing that "data centers are not the problem". According to Moody's estimates, U.S. data center capital expenditure planned for this year is around $700 billion, with cumulative spending projected to reach $2.4 trillion to $2.48 trillion by 2030, while global related spending could hit $7 trillion at that time. Fink also warned that U.S. national debt has surged from $8 trillion in 2000 to $40 trillion in 2026, and the government's expanding borrowing needs are exerting significant pressure on credit markets, with Treasury auction sizes also growing. He called for unlocking more private capital to help the U.S. economy achieve 3% growth.
1 seconds ago
Trader Loracle turns multiple US stock short positions from losses to profits, logging around $3.76 million in daily gains.
According to TradingBeats, after the release of the U.S. September CPI data, the Loracle address (starting with 0xefe4) posted a single-day profit and loss (PnL) of approximately $4.72 million, an increase of about $3.76 million compared to the nearest snapshot taken before the CPI announcement. Meanwhile, all six U.S. stock contract short positions held by this address—SNDK, NVDA, ORCL, CRWV, MU, and PLTR—are in profit, with a total position value of roughly $48.28 million and an unrealized gain of around $4.55 million. In September, the total unrealized loss on the three U.S. stock short positions (SNDK, MU, and NVDA) held by the address stood at approximately $7.23 million. Currently, both the SNDK and NVDA short positions have turned to unrealized profit, while the loss on the MU short position has narrowed significantly. The address currently holds the following U.S. stock perpetual contract short positions:
- SNDK: ~15,800 shares, position value ~$21.28 million
- NVDA: ~88,500 shares, position value ~$19.41 million
- MU: ~10,400 shares, position value ~$9.13 million
- ORCL: ~41,900 shares, position value ~$5.39 million
- PLTR: ~23,000 shares, position value ~$4.56 million
- CRWV: ~34,300 shares, position value ~$2.19 million
1 seconds ago
A crypto whale opened a 25x leveraged long position on Ethereum (ETH) worth $7.05 million.
According to TradingBeats monitoring, a whale address starting with 0x007d opened a 3,000 ETH long position 4 hours ago, using 25x full leverage. Its average entry price is approximately $2,400, with the current position value at around $7.05 million, an unrealized loss of about $150,000, and a position return of roughly -53%. ETH on Hyperliquid is currently trading at approximately $2,349, down roughly 2.1% from the address's average entry price.
1 seconds ago
Policy uncertainty under the Trump administration has driven central banks to reallocate gold reserves, as gold holdings in London vaults approach 10,000 tons.
The Financial Times reported that U.S. policy uncertainty, tariff risks, and the precedent of frozen overseas sovereign assets are prompting some central banks to re-evaluate the locations of their gold reserves, with London emerging as one of the beneficiaries. New York still dominates gold futures and derivatives trading, but London’s advantages in physical gold storage, over-the-counter (OTC) trading, and central bank reserve management have become more prominent. The Netherlands’ central bank moved around 86 tons of gold from the U.S. and Canada to London between March and August this year, lifting London’s share in its total gold reserves of 612.4 tons from 18.1% to 32.1%. The Dutch central bank said the move aims to improve the tradability and accessibility of its gold in the event of severe crises. Data from the London Bullion Market Association (LBMA) shows that as of the end of September 2026, commercial vaults in London and the Bank of England’s vaults held a total of 9,821 tons of gold, up 1.96% month-on-month, worth about $1.3 trillion. London’s mature OTC system allows gold lending, swaps, and trading without physically moving bullion, boosting the liquidity of physical gold. The freezing of Russia’s overseas sovereign assets after the Russia-Ukraine conflict has also made countries pay more attention to the jurisdiction of reserve assets and their availability in extreme cases. However, there are currently no signs that central banks are fully withdrawing from the U.S. gold custody system. Asian financial hubs such as Singapore and Hong Kong are also accelerating the construction of gold storage and trading infrastructure, and the global gold market is taking shape with New York leading derivatives, London focusing on physical gold, and Asia accelerating its development.
According to TradingBeats monitoring, a whale address starting with 0x007d opened a 3,000 ETH long position 4 hours ago, using 25x full leverage. Its average entry price is approximately $2,400, with the current position value at around $7.05 million, an unrealized loss of about $150,000, and a position return of roughly -53%. ETH on Hyperliquid is currently trading at approximately $2,349, down roughly 2.1% from the address's average entry price.
Trader Loracle turns multiple US stock short positions from losses to profits, logging around $3.76 million in daily gains.
According to TradingBeats, after the release of the U.S. September CPI data, the Loracle address (starting with 0xefe4) posted a single-day profit and loss (PnL) of approximately $4.72 million, an increase of about $3.76 million compared to the nearest snapshot taken before the CPI announcement. Meanwhile, all six U.S. stock contract short positions held by this address—SNDK, NVDA, ORCL, CRWV, MU, and PLTR—are in profit, with a total position value of roughly $48.28 million and an unrealized gain of around $4.55 million. In September, the total unrealized loss on the three U.S. stock short positions (SNDK, MU, and NVDA) held by the address stood at approximately $7.23 million. Currently, both the SNDK and NVDA short positions have turned to unrealized profit, while the loss on the MU short position has narrowed significantly. The address currently holds the following U.S. stock perpetual contract short positions: - SNDK: ~15,800 shares, position value ~$21.28 million - NVDA: ~88,500 shares, position value ~$19.41 million - MU: ~10,400 shares, position value ~$9.13 million - ORCL: ~41,900 shares, position value ~$5.39 million - PLTR: ~23,000 shares, position value ~$4.56 million - CRWV: ~34,300 shares, position value ~$2.19 million
4 minutes ago
A crypto whale opened a 25x leveraged long position on Ethereum (ETH) worth $7.05 million.
According to TradingBeats monitoring, a whale address starting with 0x007d opened a 3,000 ETH long position 4 hours ago, using 25x full leverage. Its average entry price is approximately $2,400, with the current position value at around $7.05 million, an unrealized loss of about $150,000, and a position return of roughly -53%. ETH on Hyperliquid is currently trading at approximately $2,349, down roughly 2.1% from the address's average entry price.
4 minutes ago
Policy uncertainty under the Trump administration has driven central banks to reallocate gold reserves, as gold holdings in London vaults approach 10,000 tons.
The Financial Times reported that U.S. policy uncertainty, tariff risks, and the precedent of frozen overseas sovereign assets are prompting some central banks to re-evaluate the locations of their gold reserves, with London emerging as one of the beneficiaries. New York still dominates gold futures and derivatives trading, but London’s advantages in physical gold storage, over-the-counter (OTC) trading, and central bank reserve management have become more prominent. The Netherlands’ central bank moved around 86 tons of gold from the U.S. and Canada to London between March and August this year, lifting London’s share in its total gold reserves of 612.4 tons from 18.1% to 32.1%. The Dutch central bank said the move aims to improve the tradability and accessibility of its gold in the event of severe crises. Data from the London Bullion Market Association (LBMA) shows that as of the end of September 2026, commercial vaults in London and the Bank of England’s vaults held a total of 9,821 tons of gold, up 1.96% month-on-month, worth about $1.3 trillion. London’s mature OTC system allows gold lending, swaps, and trading without physically moving bullion, boosting the liquidity of physical gold. The freezing of Russia’s overseas sovereign assets after the Russia-Ukraine conflict has also made countries pay more attention to the jurisdiction of reserve assets and their availability in extreme cases. However, there are currently no signs that central banks are fully withdrawing from the U.S. gold custody system. Asian financial hubs such as Singapore and Hong Kong are also accelerating the construction of gold storage and trading infrastructure, and the global gold market is taking shape with New York leading derivatives, London focusing on physical gold, and Asia accelerating its development.
4 minutes ago
StandX Co-founder: In addition to airdrops, he will use personal funds to give back to the community.
StandX co-founder AG announced in a post that the protocol has decided to scrap its planned Token Generation Event (TGE). He noted that despite hitting a peak Total Value Locked (TVL) of $200 million without external VC funding, the team ultimately failed to achieve its goal of becoming one of the top three perpetual contract decentralized exchanges (DEXs). AG added that while the project’s current fundamentals would still support a token launch, relying primarily on short-term speculation to drive the token’s listing without delivering sustainable long-term value would ultimately shift costs to users and the community—something he called both irresponsible and against his personal values. Most of the protocol’s prior revenue has already been returned to users via SIP-2 and SIP-3 subsidies; for this airdrop, in addition to using remaining project treasury funds, he will also contribute personally to give back to the community as much as possible. AG also emphasized that all user funds are safe, and DUSD is fully collateralized. StandX will wind down operations in an orderly manner and will release specific arrangements for fund withdrawals, the airdrop, and service termination.
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Japanese and South Korean stock markets both slumped and closed lower, as South Korea's financial regulatory authorities convened an emergency meeting.
According to Bitget market data, the Nikkei 225 index closed 3,318.34 points lower on Thursday, October 15, down 4.90% to 64,425.95 points. South Korea’s KOSPI index fell 454.54 points on the same day, a 7.56% drop, ending at 5,554.27 points. The benchmark index once plunged more than 9% intraday, triggering a circuit breaker for the 10th time this year. South Korea’s financial regulators convened an emergency meeting on the stock market in the afternoon, after which the market’s decline narrowed. SK Hynix closed down 11.06%, while Samsung Electronics fell 9.48%.
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South Korean regulators will take firm action against market-disrupting activities.
South Korea’s regulatory authority has stated it will take stern measures to respond to market-disrupting acts, and will stand ready to activate emergency plans if necessary.
Bitcoin fell below $81,000 after hotter-than-expected U.S. inflation data revived concerns that the Federal Reserve could raise interest rates in October.Markets pared the odds of an October rate increase to about 26% to 30% after initially pricing in a nearly 50% chance following the inflation report.Fragile institutional demand, including $150.5 million in U.S. spot bitcoin ETF outflows on Oct. 14, and broader economic uncertainty are weighing on liquidity and risk appetite.Bitcoin BTC$81,211.60 and global stocks are under pressure as Wednesday’s U.S. inflation data revived concerns that the Federal Reserve could raise interest rates this month.
The largest cryptocurrency by market value is trading 1% lower since midnight UTC. Prices dipped close to $80,000 in early Asian trading before briefly rebounding to about $81,500, but that recovery has since stalled near $81,000, CoinDesk data show. Prices are down more than 2% in the past 24 hours.
Tokens such as ether ETH$2,364.06, XRP (XRP), solana (SOL) are down 3.5% to 4%. PYTH is the only top-100 cryptocurrency still up more than 7%.
Traditional markets have also turned risk-averse. Nasdaq futures were down 1% at press time, extending Wednesday’s 2% decline, while South Korea’s KOSPI plunged 8% and triggered circuit breakers.
Data released Wednesday showed consumer prices rose 3.7% in the 12 months through September, up from 3.4% in August and above economists’ expectations. Core CPI, which excludes food and energy, climbed 2.6%, accelerating from 2.4% the previous month.
Markets have quickly repriced the odds of a Fed move. On prediction platform Polymarket, the probability of an October rate hike briefly spiked to nearly 50% after the CPI release before easing to about 30%. CME’s FedWatch tool showed a similar pattern: odds initially jumped to almost 47% from roughly 22%, before retreating to 26% as of writing.
“Stronger U.S. inflation data has renewed concerns that interest rates will stay higher for longer,” said Vikram Subburaj, CEO of India-based exchange Giottus. “September inflation rose to 3.7% annually, increasing uncertainty over the Federal Reserve’s next move. Institutional demand also remains fragile. U.S. spot Bitcoin ETFs recorded $150.5 million in outflows on October 14, reversing the previous day’s $175.7 million inflow.”
Market-making firm STS Digital said the uncertainty could weigh on liquidity across markets.
“With the next FOMC a coin flip, this uncertainty is damaging liquidity and dampening risk appetite across all asset classes,” the firm’s Anderson told CoinDesk in an email.
Still, Anderson thinks the Fed will hold interest rates steady this month, which is consistent with the over 70% probability of a status quo decision priced by the CME Fed funds futures as of this writing.
“Despite recent optimism in digital assets, tokens now look increasingly sensitive to macro factors, with energy shocks, fixed-income volatility and AI valuations weighing on sentiment,” he added.
Government Bitcoin [BTC] holdings have declined in 2026, falling from 647,231 BTC at the beginning of the year to 645,596 BTC – a reduction of 1,635 BTC. In this, Bhutan recorded the sharpest decline, with its tracked holdings dropping 91% from 5,984 BTC to 518 BTC.
Meanwhile, Kazakhstan and El Salvador are the only governments to have increased their holdings, with Kazakhstan holding an estimated 3,544 BTC and El Salvador adding 287 BTC.
Despite the overall decline, the U.S. remains the largest government Bitcoin holder with 328,372 BTC, followed by China with 190,000 BTC and the U.K. with 61,245 BTC.
Whereas, Ukraine’s officials reportedly hold 46,351 BTC, placing it fourth, while El Salvador ranks fifth with 7,803 BTC. However, the decline in tracked holdings does not necessarily mean all the missing Bitcoin was sold, as some assets may have been transferred to wallets that are not tracked.
Just like a recent report from AMBCrypto, which highlighted that the U.S. government transferred 833.6 BTC worth $71.6 million to Coinbase Prime on the 7th of October.
The Bitcoin imbalance This comes as the U.S. institutional investors also appear to be facing stronger selling pressure. The Coinbase Premium Index, which remained deeply negative, indicated that Bitcoin is trading at a lower price on Coinbase than on Binance.
In layman’s language, such a drop signals weaker demand among U.S.-based investors compared with Binance participants, although they do not directly confirm institutional selling.
Source: CryptoQuant All this comes amidst a concerning broader economic environment, which is also weighing on the bearish sentiment. For instance, rising bond yields make fixed-income investments more attractive, while persistent inflation and geopolitical conflicts add uncertainty.
Meanwhile, a stronger U.S. dollar can tighten financial conditions and reduce investors’ appetite for riskier assets such as Bitcoin. For Bitcoin, this creates a challenging near-term outlook.
Therefore, if institutional selling continues while liquidity remains tight, BTC could struggle to recover or face further downside pressure.
On-chain metrics tell a different story This comes as the price of Bitcoin was trading at $83,168.42 at press time after a modest drop. Meanwhile, the RSI indicator moving below the neutral level suggests that the bears have overtaken the bulls.
Moreover, the narrowing and parallel running Bollinger Bands suggest that the current momentum might continue to stay.
Source: Tarding View On the other hand, the Bitcoin spot ETF has also seen $278.37 million in net outflows so far in October, following strong inflows of $2.65 billion in September.
But not everything is bleak, yet. As Bitcoin’s Net Unrealized Profit/Loss (NUPL) has recovered significantly in October 2026, rising to approximately 0.351.
Source: CryptoQuant This indicates that Bitcoin holders are sitting on substantial unrealized profits, suggesting improved market sentiment compared with the June–July period, when NUPL fell close to 0.10.
Final Summary While the Bhutan government has seen a drop in its Bitcoin holdings, Kazakhstan and El Salvador are the only governments to have increased their holdings. Bitcoin spot ETFs have seen $278.37 million in net outflows so far in October, following strong inflows of $2.65 billion in September.
Binance will close its bitcoin mining pool and related services on Nov. 10, giving miners about four weeks to move their computing power elsewhere.Binance Pool’s computing power has fallen about 65% since December, to roughly 9.2 exahashes per second, or less than 1% of Bitcoin’s network.The closure follows other industry exits and could further concentrate block production among Foundry USA, AntPool and F2Pool, which together control about 64% of the network’s computing power.Crypto exchange Binance is shutting the bitcoin mining pool it launched in April 2020, with the computing power directed at the service down nearly two-thirds from the end of last year.
Binance Pool had an estimated 26 exahashes per second, or 2.3% of Bitcoin’s network, in December, according to Hashrate Index. Its latest table puts the pool at about 9.2 EH/s, under 1% and ranking 11th. That works out to a decline of roughly 65%.
One exahash per second is a quintillion guesses every second at the puzzle that earns a bitcoin block. A mining pool combines work from many machines so their owners receive regular payments instead of waiting to find a block alone.
Binance used a payout model known as full pay-per-share, or FPPS, paying miners for their work and taking on the risk that the pool found fewer blocks than expected.
The exchange said earlier this week that Binance Pool, Pool Savings, Cloud Mining, its transaction accelerator and related services will close at 7 a.m. UTC on Nov. 10, citing an ongoing review of its products and services. It gave no financial explanation for the decision.
Miners have about four weeks to direct their machines elsewhere. After the cutoff, Binance will stop crediting mining shares, the records of work used to calculate payouts. Pool Savings users must redeem their positions, while anyone awaiting a final payout should complete required identity checks by 11:59 p.m. UTC that day.
Pool pages will disappear permanently on Nov. 24, giving customers another two weeks to download records and check payout status.
Four years ago, Binance was offering to finance miners’ expansion. In October 2022, it announced a $500 million lending program through the pool, offering secured loans for 18 to 24 months at interest rates of 5% to 10%. The closure notice does not address that program or disclose any outstanding loan balance.
Fewer pools to choose fromBinance follows SBI Crypto, which shut its pool on July 31 after accounting for roughly 2% of Bitcoin’s computing power. Crypto exchange OKX ended its mining pool services in February 2024.
Hashrate Index’s December report described Binance Pool as the last surviving pool from the period when exchanges expanded into mining.
Read More: SBI Crypto to shut down mining pool that holds roughly 2% of Bitcoin’s hashrate
Poolin, once the largest pool with nearly a fifth of global hashrate, also filed for bankruptcy in July owing about $173 million. Its troubles involved frozen wallet funds and stalled Texas mining sites, and its pool share had already been near zero for years.
The largest pools now account for a greater share of block production. Foundry USA, AntPool and F2Pool together represented about 64.2% in Hashrate Index’s latest table. December’s three largest held 61.4%, with ViaBTC occupying third place instead of F2Pool.
Traditional pool operators choose which transactions their participating machines work to confirm. Closing pools therefore narrow miners’ choice of providers in a business that influences which bitcoin payments get included in blocks. Miners can redirect their machines to smaller providers, however, and pool shares do not establish ownership of the hardware.
If all of Binance’s remaining computing power moves to the three largest pools, their combined share would reach roughly 65%, assuming the rest of the network stays unchanged. Binance has not identified where its remaining miners will go.
US stock markets experienced their steepest decline since July on Wednesday as inflation data surpassed expectations, hitting technology and artificial intelligence infrastructure companies particularly hard. Bitcoin mining firms also faced significant drops alongside the broader tech sector.
Major tech and AI infrastructure stocks slideThe S&P 500 index fell 1.1%, recording its largest single-day loss since July 29. The Nasdaq Composite lost 1.9%, marking its most significant decrease since July 23. Meanwhile, the Dow Jones Industrial Average slipped 0.1% over the same period.
Among tech firms, data center operator CoreWeave suffered a 16% loss, while Nebius, an AI infrastructure provider, dropped by 11%. Oracle also saw its shares fall by 9% during the session.
Analysis from PRISM’s AI Data Center and Infrastructure Index, a benchmark tracking 23 prominent companies in the sector, showed that 21 of these stocks declined on Wednesday. The average drop across this group reached 7.46%.
Mini dictionary: PRISM’s AI Data Center and Infrastructure Index, a market index tracking the performance of leading technology companies involved in the development and operation of AI-focused data centers and supporting infrastructure.
The downturn in tech equities also impacted several companies that straddle cryptocurrency mining and AI services. TeraWulf fell by 12.64%, while Core Scientific lost 12.44%, Cipher Mining dropped 12.35%, and IREN decreased by 12.2%. Riot Platforms, Bitdeer Technologies, Marathon Digital Holdings (MARA), and CleanSpark reported declines as well.
CompanyDaily Change (%)CoreWeave-16.0Nebius-11.0Oracle-9.0TeraWulf-12.64Core Scientific-12.44Cipher Mining-12.35IREN-12.2Higher rates pressure tech and crypto mining firmsRising interest rates are posing additional challenges for AI infrastructure companies, many of which depend on substantial borrowing to fund their expansion and data center development.
US consumer prices rose 3.7% year-on-year in September, outpacing economists’ forecasts of 3.6% and remaining above the Federal Reserve’s 2% inflation target. Analysts attributed part of the surge to elevated gasoline prices, which have been linked to unrest in the Middle East.
In response to the higher-than-expected inflation print, market participants briefly saw the implied probability of an October interest rate hike from the Federal Reserve rise above 50% before it later declined.
Fed signals caution despite inflation spikeMary Daly, President of the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco, indicated that although further rate increases could be necessary to manage inflation, policymakers should not rush their decisions.
“I don’t feel urgent that we have to decide with a limited set of information. I think we have the time that we need,” Daly stated.
Despite mounting expectations, Daly emphasized that the central bank is prepared to take more time to assess incoming data before committing to additional policy tightening.
Bitcoin Bitcoin BTC-2.70% remained under selling pressure during Asian trading hours on Thursday, dropping below $81,000 alongside a broad decline in regional equities.
The world's largest cryptocurrency fell 3.6% over the past 24 hours to $80,764 as of 11:50 p.m. ET Wednesday, while ether Ethereum ETH-5.41% dropped 6.5% to $2,353, according to The Block's crypto price page.
Zcash saw the biggest loss among the top 10 cryptocurrencies, trading down 12.8% at $1,101. Solana lost 4.8%, while XRP slid 4.7%.
Asian equities also tumbled on Thursday. South Korea's Kospi slid 8% in the morning session, leading regional losses as chipmakers Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix both fell over 9%. Japan's Nikkei 225 declined 5.2%.
The sell-off across crypto and equity markets followed overnight losses on Wall Street after the latest U.S. inflation data showed core CPI rising more than expected, fueling concerns over the Fed's interest rate outlook.
Price Performance (The Block)Dominick John, analyst at Zeus Research, told The Block that the declines in Asian equities and crypto likely reflected a broader risk-off move, "with weakness in U.S. tech stocks spilling into both markets rather than one directly causing the other."
"U.S. inflation rising to 3.7%, above expectations, reignited fears that interest rates will stay higher for longer, putting pressure on risk assets," said John.
Meanwhile, crypto liquidations reached $951.4 million over the past 24 hours, including $876.3 million in long positions, according to CoinGlass data.
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The US government owns a lot of Bitcoin. Before it buys any more, it wants to make sure it knows exactly where all of it is.
On October 14, 2026, Patrick Witt, executive director of the President’s Council of Advisers on Digital Assets, said the White House is focused first on safeguarding and accounting for its existing Bitcoin. Adding to the Strategic Bitcoin Reserve comes later, if at all.
Anyone hoping Washington was about to start buying will have to keep waiting. Witt said no specific purchase strategies have been set. He also pointed to no imminent policy changes and no announced timelines.
Counting the coins before adding more As of early October 2026, the government’s Bitcoin holdings were estimated at between 319,000 and 328,000 BTC.
At market prices of $82,000 to $83,000 per Bitcoin, that stash is worth approximately $26 to $28 billion.
The coins have also been on the move recently. More than $1 billion worth of Bitcoin was reportedly transferred in early October, with significant amounts landing in Coinbase Prime addresses.
The movements point to consolidated custody rather than liquidation. The coins are being gathered into institutional-grade storage, not lined up at the exit.
Most of the government’s Bitcoin came from forfeitures tied to the Silk Road and Bitfinex hack cases.
How the reserve got here The Strategic Bitcoin Reserve was created by executive order on March 6, 2025. It is capitalized exclusively with forfeited Bitcoin, meaning the government has not spent money to fill it.
That order marked a real break from past practice. For years, the government auctioned off seized Bitcoin. The current policy replaces that with strategic holding, and the deposited Bitcoin is not supposed to be sold.
There is also a fiscal constraint baked into the plan. Any acquisition strategy must remain budget-neutral, and no new costs to taxpayers are allowed.
So far, no budget-neutral acquisition approach has moved past the discussion stage. No purchases have occurred, and none have been spelled out in detail.
What this means for the market For traders, the near-term read is fairly simple. The government is neither buying nor selling right now, which removes a potential source of sudden supply or demand shocks.
A holder sitting on an estimated 319,000 to 328,000 BTC that commits to not selling takes one large overhang off the table.
The flip side is that the buy-side narrative stays on ice. Some market participants had framed the reserve as a future source of steady government demand. Witt’s comments push that scenario further into the undefined future.
The key things to watch now are concrete. First, whether the administration publishes a formal accounting of its holdings, which would replace estimates with official figures.
Second, further on-chain movements from government addresses. Consolidation into custody fits the current story; anything that looks like transfers to sale venues would contradict it.
Third, any progress on a budget-neutral acquisition plan. Until one advances beyond discussion, the Strategic Bitcoin Reserve remains a holding operation for seized coins rather than an active buyer.
Disclosure: This article was edited by Estefano Gomez. For more information on how we create and review content, see our Editorial Policy.
Bitcoin is holding onto part of its +40% gains in the summer, and Strategy founder Michael Saylor is confident the bull market run is still on.
In an interview with Bloomberg, Saylor noted that prior bearish catalysts might now be turning into tailwinds.
We’re at the beginning of the bull market. The headwinds were restrictive trade, foreign, and monetary policies. Now, we’re rotating to some tailwinds. We’ve got a favorable regulatory environment, banking adoption, tokenized securities, and digital credit networks are accelerating.
Bitcoin’s price surged by 51% from July’s lows of $57.8K to over $87K. However, it has remained sideways between $80K and $87K in the first half of October. In the past four days, for instance, it has remained below $84K ahead of key macro events.
When asked if the AI trade will starve Bitcoin of capital, Saylor claimed that it will do the opposite. According to him, when the AI trade is over, capital will rotate to scarce assets such as real estate, gold, and Bitcoin.
Strategy holdings hit a record 848.25K BTC After a recent $21M purchase, Strategy increased its holdings to 848,250 BTC (worth $70B), just above its previous all-time high of 847.36K BTC.
While the buying spree may be back after the firm sold part of its holdings in the summer, the pace has been way lower compared to its expenditure on STRC buybacks. In fact, research firm Ecoinometrics best described it as a “slowdown.”
In the same week, it spent about $192M buying back its preferred shares, almost 9x what it spent on Bitcoin. A sign of regime change, but not much of a bid. If the biggest corporate buyer is slowing down, who picks up the slack?
So far, Bitcoin’s overall demand has gone from deep negatives in late September to neutral in mid-October. If the Spot U.S BTC ETF complex and Strategy bids more, the asset could defend $80K and attempt to eye $87K again.
Source: CryptoQuant However, whether the demand flips positive and helps BTC depends on how the market will digest Wednesday’s inflation (CPI) data and reprice the late October Fed rate decision.
As it stands, Saylor plans to issue more preferred stocks or so-called digital credit (including STRC) during the bull run. He believes that BTC could hit six figures again above $100K. Whether the proceeds will be used for more BTC buys remains to be seen.
Final Summary Michael Saylor claimed that the market is in an “early bull market” and could hit over $100K. Strategy’s stash hit a record high of 848.25K BTC, but the buying spree may be slowing down.
Peter Schiff, CEO of Euro Pacific Capital, issued a new warning to Bitcoin (BTC) investors. Schiff argued that a sharp decline in financial markets is possible and advised investors to sell Bitcoin and invest in gold.
Speaking on social media platform X, Schiff stated that he did not understand why the price of Bitcoin had not fallen further despite the current economic and political conditions.
Schiff stated in his post, “I really don’t understand why the Bitcoin price hasn’t fallen. The likelihood of Democrats gaining control of Congress is increasing. With inflation and bond yields rising, there are signs that the asset bubble is about to burst. The Bitcoin price should have been much lower by now.”
According to Schiff, political developments in the US, rising inflation, and bond yields are among the factors that could put pressure on risky assets. The renowned investor believes these conditions could lead to a broader correction in financial markets.
Schiff, in particular, highlighted the potential impact of rising bond yields on asset prices and expressed doubts about the sustainability of the current market outlook.
Schiff, known for his criticisms of Bitcoin, considers gold a long-term store of value. In his latest statement, he reiterated his view that people should invest in gold instead of Bitcoin.
Schiff’s assessments are based on the belief that Bitcoin’s current price levels do not adequately reflect economic risks. However, these statements reflect the investor’s personal market expectations.
Bitcoin’s future price movements will depend on global economic conditions, investor demand, and developments in financial markets. Whether the sharp decline predicted by Schiff will materialize remains uncertain.
*This is not investment advice.
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15 October 2026 | 09:21 Crypto losses deepened on Thursday morning, with Bitcoin trading around $80,500 as uncertainty over the Federal Reserve’s next interest-rate decision weighed on markets.
The decline follows US inflation rising to a higher-than-expected 3.7%. Stronger inflation can make the Fed more reluctant to lower rates, weakening expectations for cheaper borrowing and easier financial conditions. That can reduce appetite for speculative assets, including crypto.
Bitcoin’s chart has deteriorated alongside that backdrop. Price has moved below its ascending channel, the 50-day simple moving average and a Fibonacci level that had provided a nearby support reference. A rebound now faces those lost levels before it can rebuild the previous rising structure.
Bitcoin daily BTC/USD chart for October 15 Bitcoin loses the support area above $81,000 BTC traded near $80,488, down approximately 1.37% on the open October 15 daily candle. Its intraday low near $80,220 brought it within roughly $220 of $80,000, although the round-number level had not yet been reached.
The decline took price beneath the 50-day SMA near $81,196 and the 23.6% Fibonacci retracement near $81,422. Those two references are only about $226 apart, making $81,200-$81,400 the first recovery area to watch.
The break below the rising channel adds a separate concern. Within an ascending channel, pullbacks can remain consistent with an uptrend when they find support along the lower boundary. Bitcoin is now trading beneath that boundary, weakening the pattern that had framed its recent advance.
These losses do not establish that every rebound will fail. They do mean that a move back above $81,000 alone would leave work unfinished: Bitcoin would still need to recover the moving average, the Fibonacci level and the channel boundary. The boundary rises over time, so its position must be assessed separately from the fixed $81,422 retracement.
$80,000 is close, but $77,740 is the next Fibonacci reference The immediate focus is whether buyers respond as Bitcoin approaches $80,000. Round numbers can attract attention and trading activity, but the figure alone does not establish a strong support floor. A brief move beneath it followed by a recovery would also carry a different message from sustained trading below it.
The Fibonacci grid measures the advance from $62,150 to $87,370. Below the current price, its next retracement is the 38.2% level near $77,740 – approximately 3.4% beneath $80,488.
A daily close below $80,000, followed by an unsuccessful attempt to recover it, would strengthen the case for a deeper pullback toward that level. It would not guarantee an immediate move there; the response to the break would show whether selling was continuing or buyers were absorbing it.
Momentum currently favours the weaker side of that setup. Daily relative strength index, or RSI, is near 43.2, below its neutral midpoint of 50 and its smoothing line near 54.9. That is consistent with fading upward momentum, although it does not measure how far the decline could extend.
A deeper correction would reach several distinct levels Below $77,740, the 50% retracement sits near $74,765. The 100-day SMA is lower, around $73,630, followed by the 200-day SMA near $72,277 and the 61.8% retracement near $71,790.
These references span almost $3,000. They should not be treated as one confirmed demand zone or described as a pool of liquidity without order-book or trading evidence. Their value is in separating the stages of a deeper correction: first the midpoint of the measured rally, then the longer-term moving averages and the lower retracement.
The moving averages also change with each session. If Bitcoin reaches them later, their readings may differ from the current figures.
A recovery needs to hold above $81,400 For buyers, the first task is to regain the $81,200-$81,400 area. A daily close above $81,420 would recover both the Fibonacci level and the current 50-day average, improving the short-term setup.
The next pullback would then matter. If the recovered area holds as support and price returns inside the ascending channel, the breakdown would look less convincing. A brief rebound above the level followed by another reversal would leave the weakness unresolved.
A sustained recovery could bring $84,000 back into view, with the $87,370 swing high further above. Regaining $81,422 alone would not establish a bear trap or guarantee a return to the peak; buyers would need to maintain the recovery through the intervening levels.
The inflation backdrop could complicate that effort. If traders continue to scale back expectations for rate cuts, Bitcoin may face pressure even after an initial bounce. For now, price is below its former support area and approaching $80,000, leaving buyers to establish a floor before the chart can show a durable recovery.
This article is provided for informational purposes only and does not constitute financial or investment advice. Technical levels and indicators are interpretive tools, not guarantees of future price movement.
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DriveWealth will integrate Ripple's RLUSD stablecoin on the XRP Ledger for brokerage settlement, starting in Europe, with Ripple Payments, custody and Ripple Prime also in scope.
DriveWealth, the brokerage infrastructure provider behind investing apps for more than 100 partners, is integrating Ripple's $RLUSD stablecoin on the XRP Ledger for settlement. The rollout starts in Europe, with the US planned next.
@DriveWealth is also adding @Ripple's cross-border payments product and custody services, and is exploring equity financing through Ripple Prime. Ripple's press release describes the package as covering stablecoin settlement, payments, custody and equity financing.
What the integration coversAccording to Ripple's announcement, the settlement integration will use $RLUSD on the XRP Ledger (XRPL) alongside Ripple's mint and burn capabilities. DriveWealth is also integrating Ripple Payments to support cross-border acceptance of funds from its global partners.
On custody, DriveWealth is working with Ripple to support its digital asset needs in Europe, with plans to expand to additional markets over time. Separately, DriveWealth and Ripple Prime are exploring equity financing opportunities through Ripple Prime's Delta One business, which Ripple says covers US equities and equity derivatives.
The exploratory equity financing element is less settled than the other components. DeFi Prime noted that the release does not tie custody expansion to the US settlement plan, so partners cannot assume both products will reach each market at the same time.
Why it matters for 24/5 tradingThe aim is to narrow the gap between extended-hours trading and slower bank funding. FinanceFeeds reported that the integration is designed to let clients fund collateral accounts outside conventional banking hours. DriveWealth supplies brokerage infrastructure to fintechs, digital wallets and financial institutions that offer access to US markets, and its European affiliate is MiFID II licensed to provide securities trading and custody services across the European Economic Area, according to the same report.
"We've already enabled 24/5 trading; now we need the funding to match, so clients can move with the markets instead of waiting for them," said DriveWealth CEO Naureen Hassan in the announcement.
The companies intend for clients to fund and manage collateral accounts with stablecoins that can be converted to cash in near real time, which could reduce the capital held idle while awaiting traditional bank transfers, CryptoSlate reported.
No timeline has been given for the US phase of the settlement rollout.
SourcesRipple: DriveWealth and Ripple Partner to Bring Institutional Digital Asset Infrastructure to Global Investing
FinanceFeeds: DriveWealth Taps RLUSD to Fund Accounts Outside Bank Hours
CryptoSlate: Ripple targets trillion-dollar securities markets with new US brokerage and South Korean deals
Ripple surveyed 160 finance leaders, spanning banks, fintechs, corporates, and asset managers, across Mexico and Brazil on how their businesses are using digital assets and how they feel about them. Here's what stood out.
Stablecoins lead the way. 69% are using or plan to use stablecoins for payments within two years, compared with 54% globally.Fintechs are all in. Not a single Latin American fintech reports having no intent to use digital assets.Many want to build, few can. 28% of fintechs say they don't have the technical skills to build digital asset products in-house, four times the rate in North America (7%).The friction is regulatory. 39% cite compliance complexity as the top barrier, and 48% of financial institutions name regulatory clarity their number one concern, the highest rate for any segment in any region.So they’d rather partner. 65% would rather partner than build, and 61% prefer a single provider over a stack of specialists.Latin America shows the strongest intent to adopt of any region we surveyed. It also has the widest gap between wanting to move and being able to.
Read on to dive deeper into our key takeaways.
Why stablecoins and why nowPicture a mid-sized importer in Mexico City paying a supplier in Asia. Sent through correspondent banks, that payment can take two to five business days. It passes through several intermediaries that each take a cut, and the importer can’t track it until it lands. To guarantee payouts arrive on time, businesses and their payment providers often keep large balances parked in accounts abroad, tying up cash that could be put to work elsewhere.
Dollar-backed stablecoins change that math. Payments settle in minutes, 24/7, usually at a lower and more transparent cost than correspondent banking. In Mexico, fintechs are turning to stablecoin rails for international payroll, remittances and supplier payments. In Brazil, the focus is cross-border business payments and treasury. Some are going further, offering customers rewards on stablecoin balances or exploring credit for import and export businesses. For most of them, moving dollars to and from the US is already solved. The next frontier is reliable local access across Latin America and into Asia.
The region generated roughly $1.5 trillion in crypto transaction volume from 2022 to 2025, most of it in dollar-backed stablecoins. In Mexico and Brazil, stablecoins are already doing what legacy rails cannot.
Stablecoins are becoming the main rail, not the alternativeCounting institutions already using digital assets and those planning to within one to two years, Latin America outpaces the global average on every use case we tested, and stablecoins top the list.
Use CaseLATAMGlobalThird-party stablecoin payments69%54%Stablecoin treasury management69%52%Stablecoin issuance66%62%Regulated digital asset custody63%53%Expectations run just as far ahead. 65% of Latin American financial institutions expect stablecoins to become the default for cross-border payments, against 47% globally, and 75% of respondents say stablecoin use cases are expanding beyond B2B payments, the highest of any region.
The reasons are practical:
50% want to cut operating costs43% want dollar access through stablecoins as a hedge against inflation38% want payments that settle in real time, around the clockFintechs are leading the charge: 82% say digital asset solutions will become a must-have for financial institutions. The institutions themselves aren’t far behind, with 67% saying they'll need them to stay competitive.
So the question is no longer whether to adopt stablecoins but which ones. The right stablecoins are backed 1:1 by high-quality dollar reserves, issued under regulatory oversight and liquid enough to move real value across the corridors that matter.
The friction is in the rules, not the appetiteDemand isn't the problem in Latin America. Getting live is.
48% of financial institutions cite regulatory clarity as their top concern40% of financial institutions are concerned about security and safekeeping39% of all respondents name compliance complexity as the top barrier28% of fintechs lack the technical skills to build, compared with 7% in North AmericaPart of the challenge is that the rules are still being written. In late 2025, Brazil's central bank introduced the region's first comprehensive framework for virtual asset providers, limiting stablecoins to fiat-backed assets. Mexico is still updating its 2018 Fintech Law to widen permitted digital asset activity and open a path for tokenization.
Building against rules that are still taking shape is harder than building against rules that are simply strict. That’s why, for institutions here, choosing a partner is less about features and more about who can get them live safely.
Why the right partner mattersLatin American institutions want breadth from their partners. 81% say it's important for a partner to cover a broad range of infrastructure and services, and 61% prefer a single provider over multiple specialists, rising to 80% among corporates.
The reason is compliance, not convenience. Every additional vendor adds another integration to govern, another audit trail to reconcile and another counterparty to diligence, in a market where compliance complexity is already the number one barrier.
However, needs change with scale. In our conversations with Latin American fintechs, many started with a single all-in-one provider to get live quickly, then added partners as they grew, for redundancy, local expertise, and better pricing.
Ripple is built for both stages. Start with what you need most, like stablecoin payouts, and add more as you grow. Ripple Payments lets businesses accept, hold, convert and pay out in fiat and stablecoins, with custody, treasury and liquidity ready when you are. Teams can choose a fully managed solution or integrate directly through APIs, depending on where they are in their adoption. With 75+ regulatory licenses and more than $130B+ in total processed volume across 60+ markets, Ripple gives you a compliance-first foundation you can build on at every stage.
Methodology
Primary quantitative study conducted January–February 2026 among 1,080 finance decision makers worldwide across banking (18%), asset management (18%), corporates (32%) and fintech (32%). This piece isolates the Latin American sample: 160 respondents headquartered in Mexico and Brazil
As the global cryptocurrency market cap gradually recovers to $2.91 trillion at press time following the recent drop, Ethereum [ETH] is quietly stealing the spotlight.
According to the latest data from Santiment, Ethereum is attracting strong bullish interest, while Bitcoin [BTC] and Ripple [XRP] traders are becoming increasingly cautious.
Source: Santiment
Ethereum outshines Bitcoin and XRP
The bullish-to-bearish comment chart, which measures how many positive comments an asset receives in comparison to negative ones, shows that Ethereum is currently at 2.05. This means that there are approximately two bullish comments for every bearish comment across X, Reddit, and Telegram for ETH.
At the same time, this also showed growing FOMO (fear of missing out), as traders became optimistic about ETH’s recovery above key support levels, staking demand, and upcoming network improvements.
This further coincided with AMBCrypot’s recent report, wherein Ethereum-led stablecoin market capitalization grew over the past week, adding $243.4 million.
Why are Bitcoin and XRP losing steam against Ethereum?
Bitcoin, meanwhile, has a bullish-to-bearish comment ratio of 0.82, meaning bearish comments outnumbered bullish ones. This might have happened because of repeated failures to break above $87,000, a subsequent decline toward $81,000, liquidations of leveraged long positions, and macroeconomic uncertainty that may have weakened market confidence.
Following a similar pattern to BTC, XRP too was sitting at a ratio of 0.92, indicating slightly more bearish than a bullish outlook. And this might be because of its decline of more than 9% over the past week and difficulty reclaiming the $1.40 level that might have added to the negative sentiment.
Is this a sign of an incoming altcoin season?
On the other hand, Spot Bitcoin and Ethereum are recording net outflows, while XRP continues to attract capital. According to SoSo value data, Bitcoin spot ETFs have seen $278.37 million in net outflows so far in October, following strong inflows of $2.65 billion in September.
Meanwhile, Ethereum spot ETFs have recorded even larger outflows of $695.35 million this month, reversing September’s $832.43 million in net inflows. In contrast, XRP spot ETFs have attracted $12.09 million in net inflows in October, following $121.40 million in September.
Source: SoSo Value
This somewhat gives a hint that the altcoin season might be incoming, which was further supported by the CoinGlass Altcoin Season Index, which stood at 64 as of writing.
Source: Coinglass
In other words, the market is leaning toward altcoin season but has not yet entered the official altcoin season threshold, typically set at 75. However, with Bitcoin’s market dominance standing at 60.39%, up 0.04% over the past 24 hours, Bitcoin still has the upper hand.
Source: Trading View
Final Summary
The bullish-to-bearish comment of Ethereum was at 2.05, meaning two bullish comments for every bearish ones.
Meanwhile, Bitcoin was sitting at a ratio of 0.82, and XRP was sitting at a ratio of 0.92.
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Trader Loracle turns multiple US stock short positions from losses to profits, logging around $3.76 million in daily gains.
According to TradingBeats, after the release of the U.S. September CPI data, the Loracle address (starting with 0xefe4) posted a single-day profit and loss (PnL) of approximately $4.72 million, an increase of about $3.76 million compared to the nearest snapshot taken before the CPI announcement. Meanwhile, all six U.S. stock contract short positions held by this address—SNDK, NVDA, ORCL, CRWV, MU, and PLTR—are in profit, with a total position value of roughly $48.28 million and an unrealized gain of around $4.55 million. In September, the total unrealized loss on the three U.S. stock short positions (SNDK, MU, and NVDA) held by the address stood at approximately $7.23 million. Currently, both the SNDK and NVDA short positions have turned to unrealized profit, while the loss on the MU short position has narrowed significantly. The address currently holds the following U.S. stock perpetual contract short positions:
- SNDK: ~15,800 shares, position value ~$21.28 million
- NVDA: ~88,500 shares, position value ~$19.41 million
- MU: ~10,400 shares, position value ~$9.13 million
- ORCL: ~41,900 shares, position value ~$5.39 million
- PLTR: ~23,000 shares, position value ~$4.56 million
- CRWV: ~34,300 shares, position value ~$2.19 million
3 minutes ago
A crypto whale opened a 25x leveraged long position on Ethereum (ETH) worth $7.05 million.
According to TradingBeats monitoring, a whale address starting with 0x007d opened a 3,000 ETH long position 4 hours ago, using 25x full leverage. Its average entry price is approximately $2,400, with the current position value at around $7.05 million, an unrealized loss of about $150,000, and a position return of roughly -53%. ETH on Hyperliquid is currently trading at approximately $2,349, down roughly 2.1% from the address's average entry price.
3 minutes ago
Policy uncertainty under the Trump administration has driven central banks to reallocate gold reserves, as gold holdings in London vaults approach 10,000 tons.
The Financial Times reported that U.S. policy uncertainty, tariff risks, and the precedent of frozen overseas sovereign assets are prompting some central banks to re-evaluate the locations of their gold reserves, with London emerging as one of the beneficiaries. New York still dominates gold futures and derivatives trading, but London’s advantages in physical gold storage, over-the-counter (OTC) trading, and central bank reserve management have become more prominent. The Netherlands’ central bank moved around 86 tons of gold from the U.S. and Canada to London between March and August this year, lifting London’s share in its total gold reserves of 612.4 tons from 18.1% to 32.1%. The Dutch central bank said the move aims to improve the tradability and accessibility of its gold in the event of severe crises. Data from the London Bullion Market Association (LBMA) shows that as of the end of September 2026, commercial vaults in London and the Bank of England’s vaults held a total of 9,821 tons of gold, up 1.96% month-on-month, worth about $1.3 trillion. London’s mature OTC system allows gold lending, swaps, and trading without physically moving bullion, boosting the liquidity of physical gold. The freezing of Russia’s overseas sovereign assets after the Russia-Ukraine conflict has also made countries pay more attention to the jurisdiction of reserve assets and their availability in extreme cases. However, there are currently no signs that central banks are fully withdrawing from the U.S. gold custody system. Asian financial hubs such as Singapore and Hong Kong are also accelerating the construction of gold storage and trading infrastructure, and the global gold market is taking shape with New York leading derivatives, London focusing on physical gold, and Asia accelerating its development.
3 minutes ago
StandX Co-founder: In addition to airdrops, he will use personal funds to give back to the community.
StandX co-founder AG announced in a post that the protocol has decided to scrap its planned Token Generation Event (TGE). He noted that despite hitting a peak Total Value Locked (TVL) of $200 million without external VC funding, the team ultimately failed to achieve its goal of becoming one of the top three perpetual contract decentralized exchanges (DEXs).
AG added that while the project’s current fundamentals would still support a token launch, relying primarily on short-term speculation to drive the token’s listing without delivering sustainable long-term value would ultimately shift costs to users and the community—something he called both irresponsible and against his personal values.
Most of the protocol’s prior revenue has already been returned to users via SIP-2 and SIP-3 subsidies; for this airdrop, in addition to using remaining project treasury funds, he will also contribute personally to give back to the community as much as possible. AG also emphasized that all user funds are safe, and DUSD is fully collateralized. StandX will wind down operations in an orderly manner and will release specific arrangements for fund withdrawals, the airdrop, and service termination.
3 minutes ago
Japanese and South Korean stock markets both slumped and closed lower, as South Korea's financial regulatory authorities convened an emergency meeting.
According to Bitget market data, the Nikkei 225 index closed 3,318.34 points lower on Thursday, October 15, down 4.90% to 64,425.95 points. South Korea’s KOSPI index fell 454.54 points on the same day, a 7.56% drop, ending at 5,554.27 points. The benchmark index once plunged more than 9% intraday, triggering a circuit breaker for the 10th time this year. South Korea’s financial regulators convened an emergency meeting on the stock market in the afternoon, after which the market’s decline narrowed. SK Hynix closed down 11.06%, while Samsung Electronics fell 9.48%.
3 minutes ago
South Korean regulators will take firm action against market-disrupting activities.
South Korea’s regulatory authority has stated it will take stern measures to respond to market-disrupting acts, and will stand ready to activate emergency plans if necessary.
Trader Loracle turns multiple US stock short positions from losses to profits, logging around $3.76 million in daily gains.
According to TradingBeats, after the release of the U.S. September CPI data, the Loracle address (starting with 0xefe4) posted a single-day profit and loss (PnL) of approximately $4.72 million, an increase of about $3.76 million compared to the nearest snapshot taken before the CPI announcement. Meanwhile, all six U.S. stock contract short positions held by this address—SNDK, NVDA, ORCL, CRWV, MU, and PLTR—are in profit, with a total position value of roughly $48.28 million and an unrealized gain of around $4.55 million. In September, the total unrealized loss on the three U.S. stock short positions (SNDK, MU, and NVDA) held by the address stood at approximately $7.23 million. Currently, both the SNDK and NVDA short positions have turned to unrealized profit, while the loss on the MU short position has narrowed significantly. The address currently holds the following U.S. stock perpetual contract short positions:
- SNDK: ~15,800 shares, position value ~$21.28 million
- NVDA: ~88,500 shares, position value ~$19.41 million
- MU: ~10,400 shares, position value ~$9.13 million
- ORCL: ~41,900 shares, position value ~$5.39 million
- PLTR: ~23,000 shares, position value ~$4.56 million
- CRWV: ~34,300 shares, position value ~$2.19 million
3 minutes ago
A crypto whale opened a 25x leveraged long position on Ethereum (ETH) worth $7.05 million.
According to TradingBeats monitoring, a whale address starting with 0x007d opened a 3,000 ETH long position 4 hours ago, using 25x full leverage. Its average entry price is approximately $2,400, with the current position value at around $7.05 million, an unrealized loss of about $150,000, and a position return of roughly -53%. ETH on Hyperliquid is currently trading at approximately $2,349, down roughly 2.1% from the address's average entry price.
3 minutes ago
Policy uncertainty under the Trump administration has driven central banks to reallocate gold reserves, as gold holdings in London vaults approach 10,000 tons.
The Financial Times reported that U.S. policy uncertainty, tariff risks, and the precedent of frozen overseas sovereign assets are prompting some central banks to re-evaluate the locations of their gold reserves, with London emerging as one of the beneficiaries. New York still dominates gold futures and derivatives trading, but London’s advantages in physical gold storage, over-the-counter (OTC) trading, and central bank reserve management have become more prominent. The Netherlands’ central bank moved around 86 tons of gold from the U.S. and Canada to London between March and August this year, lifting London’s share in its total gold reserves of 612.4 tons from 18.1% to 32.1%. The Dutch central bank said the move aims to improve the tradability and accessibility of its gold in the event of severe crises. Data from the London Bullion Market Association (LBMA) shows that as of the end of September 2026, commercial vaults in London and the Bank of England’s vaults held a total of 9,821 tons of gold, up 1.96% month-on-month, worth about $1.3 trillion. London’s mature OTC system allows gold lending, swaps, and trading without physically moving bullion, boosting the liquidity of physical gold. The freezing of Russia’s overseas sovereign assets after the Russia-Ukraine conflict has also made countries pay more attention to the jurisdiction of reserve assets and their availability in extreme cases. However, there are currently no signs that central banks are fully withdrawing from the U.S. gold custody system. Asian financial hubs such as Singapore and Hong Kong are also accelerating the construction of gold storage and trading infrastructure, and the global gold market is taking shape with New York leading derivatives, London focusing on physical gold, and Asia accelerating its development.
3 minutes ago
StandX Co-founder: In addition to airdrops, he will use personal funds to give back to the community.
StandX co-founder AG announced in a post that the protocol has decided to scrap its planned Token Generation Event (TGE). He noted that despite hitting a peak Total Value Locked (TVL) of $200 million without external VC funding, the team ultimately failed to achieve its goal of becoming one of the top three perpetual contract decentralized exchanges (DEXs).
AG added that while the project’s current fundamentals would still support a token launch, relying primarily on short-term speculation to drive the token’s listing without delivering sustainable long-term value would ultimately shift costs to users and the community—something he called both irresponsible and against his personal values.
Most of the protocol’s prior revenue has already been returned to users via SIP-2 and SIP-3 subsidies; for this airdrop, in addition to using remaining project treasury funds, he will also contribute personally to give back to the community as much as possible. AG also emphasized that all user funds are safe, and DUSD is fully collateralized. StandX will wind down operations in an orderly manner and will release specific arrangements for fund withdrawals, the airdrop, and service termination.
3 minutes ago
Japanese and South Korean stock markets both slumped and closed lower, as South Korea's financial regulatory authorities convened an emergency meeting.
According to Bitget market data, the Nikkei 225 index closed 3,318.34 points lower on Thursday, October 15, down 4.90% to 64,425.95 points. South Korea’s KOSPI index fell 454.54 points on the same day, a 7.56% drop, ending at 5,554.27 points. The benchmark index once plunged more than 9% intraday, triggering a circuit breaker for the 10th time this year. South Korea’s financial regulators convened an emergency meeting on the stock market in the afternoon, after which the market’s decline narrowed. SK Hynix closed down 11.06%, while Samsung Electronics fell 9.48%.
3 minutes ago
South Korean regulators will take firm action against market-disrupting activities.
South Korea’s regulatory authority has stated it will take stern measures to respond to market-disrupting acts, and will stand ready to activate emergency plans if necessary.
Trader Loracle turns multiple US stock short positions from losses to profits, logging around $3.76 million in daily gains.
According to TradingBeats, after the release of the U.S. September CPI data, the Loracle address (starting with 0xefe4) posted a single-day profit and loss (PnL) of approximately $4.72 million, an increase of about $3.76 million compared to the nearest snapshot taken before the CPI announcement. Meanwhile, all six U.S. stock contract short positions held by this address—SNDK, NVDA, ORCL, CRWV, MU, and PLTR—are in profit, with a total position value of roughly $48.28 million and an unrealized gain of around $4.55 million. In September, the total unrealized loss on the three U.S. stock short positions (SNDK, MU, and NVDA) held by the address stood at approximately $7.23 million. Currently, both the SNDK and NVDA short positions have turned to unrealized profit, while the loss on the MU short position has narrowed significantly. The address currently holds the following U.S. stock perpetual contract short positions:
- SNDK: ~15,800 shares, position value ~$21.28 million
- NVDA: ~88,500 shares, position value ~$19.41 million
- MU: ~10,400 shares, position value ~$9.13 million
- ORCL: ~41,900 shares, position value ~$5.39 million
- PLTR: ~23,000 shares, position value ~$4.56 million
- CRWV: ~34,300 shares, position value ~$2.19 million
3 minutes ago
A crypto whale opened a 25x leveraged long position on Ethereum (ETH) worth $7.05 million.
According to TradingBeats monitoring, a whale address starting with 0x007d opened a 3,000 ETH long position 4 hours ago, using 25x full leverage. Its average entry price is approximately $2,400, with the current position value at around $7.05 million, an unrealized loss of about $150,000, and a position return of roughly -53%. ETH on Hyperliquid is currently trading at approximately $2,349, down roughly 2.1% from the address's average entry price.
3 minutes ago
Policy uncertainty under the Trump administration has driven central banks to reallocate gold reserves, as gold holdings in London vaults approach 10,000 tons.
The Financial Times reported that U.S. policy uncertainty, tariff risks, and the precedent of frozen overseas sovereign assets are prompting some central banks to re-evaluate the locations of their gold reserves, with London emerging as one of the beneficiaries. New York still dominates gold futures and derivatives trading, but London’s advantages in physical gold storage, over-the-counter (OTC) trading, and central bank reserve management have become more prominent. The Netherlands’ central bank moved around 86 tons of gold from the U.S. and Canada to London between March and August this year, lifting London’s share in its total gold reserves of 612.4 tons from 18.1% to 32.1%. The Dutch central bank said the move aims to improve the tradability and accessibility of its gold in the event of severe crises. Data from the London Bullion Market Association (LBMA) shows that as of the end of September 2026, commercial vaults in London and the Bank of England’s vaults held a total of 9,821 tons of gold, up 1.96% month-on-month, worth about $1.3 trillion. London’s mature OTC system allows gold lending, swaps, and trading without physically moving bullion, boosting the liquidity of physical gold. The freezing of Russia’s overseas sovereign assets after the Russia-Ukraine conflict has also made countries pay more attention to the jurisdiction of reserve assets and their availability in extreme cases. However, there are currently no signs that central banks are fully withdrawing from the U.S. gold custody system. Asian financial hubs such as Singapore and Hong Kong are also accelerating the construction of gold storage and trading infrastructure, and the global gold market is taking shape with New York leading derivatives, London focusing on physical gold, and Asia accelerating its development.
3 minutes ago
StandX Co-founder: In addition to airdrops, he will use personal funds to give back to the community.
StandX co-founder AG announced in a post that the protocol has decided to scrap its planned Token Generation Event (TGE). He noted that despite hitting a peak Total Value Locked (TVL) of $200 million without external VC funding, the team ultimately failed to achieve its goal of becoming one of the top three perpetual contract decentralized exchanges (DEXs).
AG added that while the project’s current fundamentals would still support a token launch, relying primarily on short-term speculation to drive the token’s listing without delivering sustainable long-term value would ultimately shift costs to users and the community—something he called both irresponsible and against his personal values.
Most of the protocol’s prior revenue has already been returned to users via SIP-2 and SIP-3 subsidies; for this airdrop, in addition to using remaining project treasury funds, he will also contribute personally to give back to the community as much as possible. AG also emphasized that all user funds are safe, and DUSD is fully collateralized. StandX will wind down operations in an orderly manner and will release specific arrangements for fund withdrawals, the airdrop, and service termination.
3 minutes ago
Japanese and South Korean stock markets both slumped and closed lower, as South Korea's financial regulatory authorities convened an emergency meeting.
According to Bitget market data, the Nikkei 225 index closed 3,318.34 points lower on Thursday, October 15, down 4.90% to 64,425.95 points. South Korea’s KOSPI index fell 454.54 points on the same day, a 7.56% drop, ending at 5,554.27 points. The benchmark index once plunged more than 9% intraday, triggering a circuit breaker for the 10th time this year. South Korea’s financial regulators convened an emergency meeting on the stock market in the afternoon, after which the market’s decline narrowed. SK Hynix closed down 11.06%, while Samsung Electronics fell 9.48%.
3 minutes ago
South Korean regulators will take firm action against market-disrupting activities.
South Korea’s regulatory authority has stated it will take stern measures to respond to market-disrupting acts, and will stand ready to activate emergency plans if necessary.
Evernorth has named Ripple, Kraken, Coinbase, and BitGo as partners to help deploy its 473 million XRP treasury starting in Q4 2026.
Evernorth has announced its first institutional execution partners as the XRP-focused treasury company prepares to put its holdings to work. The company has teamed up with Ripple, Kraken, Coinbase, and BitGo.
Together, they will help Evernorth deploy its 473 million XRP treasury into institutional strategies starting in the fourth quarter of 2026.
Institutional Investment Push
The announcement comes shortly after Evernorth debuted as a publicly traded company on Nasdaq under the ticker symbol XRPN. It is also the first step in a broader plan to generate returns from its XRP holdings instead of simply holding the tokens.
In its official press release, Evernorth said it selected the four partners for their institutional infrastructure, licensing, financial strength, and experience working with public companies and asset managers. The partnerships are expected to provide the support needed to manage XRP investments with proper risk controls, reporting, and counterparty oversight.
The longer-term plan also includes DeFi. As the XRP Ledger develops its native lending and on-chain credit features, Evernorth intends to explore opportunities directly on the network.
Commenting on the development, Evernorth’s founder and chief executive Asheesh Birla said,
“We’re putting our treasury to work. We are beginning with some of the strongest institutional counterparties in the industry, and as the XRP Ledger’s own credit markets come online, we intend to be there with capital on day one. That is how we grow XRP per share over time, and that is how we help the ecosystem grow with us.”
Hugo Jeandesboz, who became the company’s chief investment officer on September 28, has been tasked with leading the deployment program. He previously worked at Coinbase Asset Management as co-CIO, where he led its investment strategies for Solutions.
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No Reaction From XRPN or XRP
XRPN had a rough Tuesday. The stock closed at $16.48, which is around 2.54% down from the day before.
The latest news had no effect on the price of XRP either. The crypto asset remained unchanged over the past 24 hours. It was trading below $1.4 at the time of writing.
PANews reported on October 15 that, according to SoSoValue data, yesterday (October 14, US Eastern Time), US XRP and ZEC spot ETFs recorded single-day total net inflows of $740,400 and $3,683,400 respectively, for a combined net inflow of $4,423,800.
For XRP, only the Bitwise XRP ETF (XRP) recorded a net inflow that day, amounting to $740,400, bringing the fund's cumulative net inflow to $688 million. As of press time, the total net asset value of XRP spot ETFs was $1.509 billion, with a net asset ratio of 1.80% and a cumulative net inflow of $1.803 billion.
For ZEC, only the Zcash ETF (ZCSH) recorded a net inflow that day, amounting to $3,683,400, with a cumulative net inflow of $179 million. As of press time, the total net asset value of ZEC spot ETFs was $645 million, with a net asset ratio of 3.33% and a cumulative net inflow of $179 million.
Nearly $483 million in bitcoin and ether futures positions were liquidated over 24 hours as uncertainty about the Federal Reserve’s next interest-rate decision weighed on cryptocurrency markets.Ether traders bore the brunt of the sell-off, with about $286 million in liquidations as ether fell more than 6 percent to roughly $2,350.Bitcoin declined about 3 percent to around $81,000, while losses spread to smaller tokens including Solana, dogecoin and Zcash.Nearly $483 million in bitcoin and ether futures positions were closed over the past 24 hours as cryptocurrency prices fell Thursday, with ether traders taking the largest hit.
Crypto losses worsened on Thursday morning as uncertainty over the Federal Reserve’s next interest-rate decision weighed on markets. Bitcoin traded around $81,000, down roughly 3% over 24 hours, while ether lost more than 6% to about $2,350. XRP and Solana’s SOL fell around 5%, and dogecoin dropped roughly 6%.
Ether contracts accounted for about $286 million of liquidations, compared with $197 million for bitcoin, according to CoinGlass data checked during Asian morning hours. Ether fell about 6.4% to $2,356, while bitcoin lost roughly 3.2% to trade around $81,000.
Liquidations happen when traders use borrowed money and a price move leaves them without enough collateral to keep their bets open. The exchange closes the position automatically. Someone using $1,000 to control a $10,000 position, for example, can lose their backing on a move of less than 10% against them.
Those closures can add pressure to a falling market, forcing traders out regardless of whether they wanted to sell at that price.
Ether’s damage was larger even though its futures market is considerably smaller.
Outstanding ether contracts totaled about $30 billion, against $52 billion for bitcoin. The liquidation figures measure the value of positions closed, rather than the cash traders personally lost.
The selling reached smaller tokens too. Solana futures recorded about $31 million in liquidations as SOL fell roughly 5.5%. Zcash contracts added nearly $19 million, with ZEC dropping about 13%.
Read More: Bitcoin is back below $81,000 as Fed rate uncertainty weighs
Bitcoin fiyatı, ABD enflasyon verilerinin ardından Federal Rezerv’in (Fed) faiz artırabileceğine yönelik endişelerle baskı altında kaldı. Asya piyasalarında 80.000 dolara yaklaşan Bitcoin, kısa süreli toparlanmanın ardından 81.000 dolar civarında işlem görürken kripto para piyasasında satış baskısı arttı. Küresel piyasalardaki riskten kaçış eğilimi ve faiz belirsizliği, Bitcoin yatırımcılarının odağını yeniden makroekonomik gelişmelere çevirdi.
Bitcoin, son 24 saatte yüzde 2’den fazla değer kaybederken gün içinde 80.000 dolar seviyesine yaklaştı. Ardından yaklaşık 81.500 dolara kadar toparlanan BTC, bu yükselişi sürdüremeyerek 81.000 dolar çevresinde baskıyla karşılaştı. Satış baskısının arkasındaki temel etkenlerden biri, ABD’de enflasyonun yeniden hızlanması oldu. Faizlerin uzun süre yüksek kalabileceği beklentisi, yatırımcıların Bitcoin gibi riskli varlıklara yönelik iştahını azaltıyor. Bu ortamda piyasa katılımcıları, Fed’in gelecek adımlarını ve Bitcoin fiyatının kritik destek seviyelerinde nasıl hareket edeceğini yakından takip ediyor.
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Açıklanan verilere göre ABD’de tüketici fiyatları eylül ayında yıllık yüzde 3,7 arttı. Ağustos ayında yüzde 3,4 olan enflasyonun beklentilerin üzerine çıkması, Fed’in para politikasına ilişkin belirsizliği artırdı. Gıda ve enerji fiyatlarını dışarıda bırakan çekirdek enflasyon ise yüzde 2,6’ya yükseldi. Polymarket verilerinde ekim ayında faiz artırımı ihtimali, enflasyon açıklamasının ardından kısa süreliğine yüzde 50’ye yaklaşırken daha sonra yaklaşık yüzde 30’a geriledi. CME FedWatch verilerinde de benzer bir hareket görüldü. Bu gelişmeler, Bitcoin fiyatının yalnızca kripto para piyasasındaki dinamiklere değil, ABD ekonomisinden gelen verilere de duyarlı olduğunu ortaya koyuyor.
Bitcoin ve Küresel Piyasalarda Risk İştahı Azalıyor Bitcoin’deki düşüş, diğer finansal piyasalardaki satışlarla aynı döneme denk geldi. Nasdaq vadeli işlemleri gerilerken Güney Kore’nin KOSPI endeksi yüzde 8 düşerek devre kesicilerin devreye girmesine neden oldu. Ether, XRP ve Solana gibi büyük kripto varlıklar da yüzde 3,5 ila yüzde 4 arasında değer kaybetti.
Hindistan merkezli Giottus borsasının CEO’su Vikram Subburaj, güçlü ABD enflasyon verilerinin faizlerin daha uzun süre yüksek kalacağı endişesini yeniden gündeme getirdiğini belirtti. Ayrıca ABD spot Bitcoin ETF’lerinden 14 Ekim’de 150,5 milyon dolarlık net çıkış yaşandığını, bunun önceki günkü 175,7 milyon dolarlık girişin ardından geldiğini ifade etti.
STS Digital’den Anderson da Fed kararına ilişkin belirsizliğin likiditeyi zayıflattığını ve risk iştahını düşürdüğünü söyledi. Bununla birlikte piyasa verileri, ekim ayında faizlerin sabit tutulması ihtimalinin hâlâ daha güçlü olduğuna işaret ediyor.
Yatırımcılar Neyi İzlemeli? Bitcoin fiyatının kısa vadeli yönü, Fed’in faiz politikası, ABD enflasyon verileri ve kurumsal yatırımcıların talebiyle yakından ilişkili olmaya devam ediyor. 80.000 dolar seviyesi, son fiyat hareketleri nedeniyle yatırımcıların takip ettiği önemli bölgelerden biri olarak öne çıkıyor. Ancak mevcut veriler, bu seviyenin kesin olarak korunacağını veya kırılacağını göstermiyor. Önümüzdeki dönemde enflasyonun seyri, faiz beklentileri ve spot Bitcoin ETF’lerinin fon hareketleri piyasanın yönünü belirleyebilir. Faiz indirimi beklentilerinin zayıflaması Bitcoin üzerinde baskı yaratabilirken para politikasına ilişkin belirsizliğin azalması risk iştahını destekleyebilir. Bu nedenle yatırımcıların yalnızca fiyat hareketlerini değil, makroekonomik gelişmeleri de birlikte değerlendirmesi önem taşıyor.
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PANews, October 15 – According to HTX's latest Merkle Tree Proof of Reserves (PoR) data, as of October 1, 2026 (UTC+8), the platform's reserve ratios for all major assets remained above 100%, continuing to safeguard user asset security with sufficient reserves and committing to 100% redemption to ensure users can trade and withdraw at any time. As one of the platforms in the industry that began disclosing Merkle Tree Proof of Reserves relatively early, HTX has publicly disclosed PoR data to the market for 48 consecutive months, enhancing platform transparency in a long-term, verifiable manner.
The reserve ratios updated this time are: BTC (104%), ETH (102%), TRX (108%), USDs (104%), HTX (103%), XRP (105%), DOGE (102%), and SOL (109%). Users can view them on the "Assets – Proof of Reserves Report" page of HTX's official website.
Starting in April this year, to further improve the intuitive presentation of USD asset reserve data, HTX has consolidated USD stablecoins such as USDT and USDC into "USDs" for display, while each asset's data remains independently recorded and independently verified, ensuring that reserve information is authentic, clear, and traceable.
Trader Loracle turns multiple US stock short positions from losses to profits, logging around $3.76 million in daily gains.
According to TradingBeats, after the release of the U.S. September CPI data, the Loracle address (starting with 0xefe4) posted a single-day profit and loss (PnL) of approximately $4.72 million, an increase of about $3.76 million compared to the nearest snapshot taken before the CPI announcement. Meanwhile, all six U.S. stock contract short positions held by this address—SNDK, NVDA, ORCL, CRWV, MU, and PLTR—are in profit, with a total position value of roughly $48.28 million and an unrealized gain of around $4.55 million. In September, the total unrealized loss on the three U.S. stock short positions (SNDK, MU, and NVDA) held by the address stood at approximately $7.23 million. Currently, both the SNDK and NVDA short positions have turned to unrealized profit, while the loss on the MU short position has narrowed significantly. The address currently holds the following U.S. stock perpetual contract short positions:
- SNDK: ~15,800 shares, position value ~$21.28 million
- NVDA: ~88,500 shares, position value ~$19.41 million
- MU: ~10,400 shares, position value ~$9.13 million
- ORCL: ~41,900 shares, position value ~$5.39 million
- PLTR: ~23,000 shares, position value ~$4.56 million
- CRWV: ~34,300 shares, position value ~$2.19 million
3 minutes ago
A crypto whale opened a 25x leveraged long position on Ethereum (ETH) worth $7.05 million.
According to TradingBeats monitoring, a whale address starting with 0x007d opened a 3,000 ETH long position 4 hours ago, using 25x full leverage. Its average entry price is approximately $2,400, with the current position value at around $7.05 million, an unrealized loss of about $150,000, and a position return of roughly -53%. ETH on Hyperliquid is currently trading at approximately $2,349, down roughly 2.1% from the address's average entry price.
3 minutes ago
Policy uncertainty under the Trump administration has driven central banks to reallocate gold reserves, as gold holdings in London vaults approach 10,000 tons.
The Financial Times reported that U.S. policy uncertainty, tariff risks, and the precedent of frozen overseas sovereign assets are prompting some central banks to re-evaluate the locations of their gold reserves, with London emerging as one of the beneficiaries. New York still dominates gold futures and derivatives trading, but London’s advantages in physical gold storage, over-the-counter (OTC) trading, and central bank reserve management have become more prominent. The Netherlands’ central bank moved around 86 tons of gold from the U.S. and Canada to London between March and August this year, lifting London’s share in its total gold reserves of 612.4 tons from 18.1% to 32.1%. The Dutch central bank said the move aims to improve the tradability and accessibility of its gold in the event of severe crises. Data from the London Bullion Market Association (LBMA) shows that as of the end of September 2026, commercial vaults in London and the Bank of England’s vaults held a total of 9,821 tons of gold, up 1.96% month-on-month, worth about $1.3 trillion. London’s mature OTC system allows gold lending, swaps, and trading without physically moving bullion, boosting the liquidity of physical gold. The freezing of Russia’s overseas sovereign assets after the Russia-Ukraine conflict has also made countries pay more attention to the jurisdiction of reserve assets and their availability in extreme cases. However, there are currently no signs that central banks are fully withdrawing from the U.S. gold custody system. Asian financial hubs such as Singapore and Hong Kong are also accelerating the construction of gold storage and trading infrastructure, and the global gold market is taking shape with New York leading derivatives, London focusing on physical gold, and Asia accelerating its development.
3 minutes ago
StandX Co-founder: In addition to airdrops, he will use personal funds to give back to the community.
StandX co-founder AG announced in a post that the protocol has decided to scrap its planned Token Generation Event (TGE). He noted that despite hitting a peak Total Value Locked (TVL) of $200 million without external VC funding, the team ultimately failed to achieve its goal of becoming one of the top three perpetual contract decentralized exchanges (DEXs).
AG added that while the project’s current fundamentals would still support a token launch, relying primarily on short-term speculation to drive the token’s listing without delivering sustainable long-term value would ultimately shift costs to users and the community—something he called both irresponsible and against his personal values.
Most of the protocol’s prior revenue has already been returned to users via SIP-2 and SIP-3 subsidies; for this airdrop, in addition to using remaining project treasury funds, he will also contribute personally to give back to the community as much as possible. AG also emphasized that all user funds are safe, and DUSD is fully collateralized. StandX will wind down operations in an orderly manner and will release specific arrangements for fund withdrawals, the airdrop, and service termination.
3 minutes ago
Japanese and South Korean stock markets both slumped and closed lower, as South Korea's financial regulatory authorities convened an emergency meeting.
According to Bitget market data, the Nikkei 225 index closed 3,318.34 points lower on Thursday, October 15, down 4.90% to 64,425.95 points. South Korea’s KOSPI index fell 454.54 points on the same day, a 7.56% drop, ending at 5,554.27 points. The benchmark index once plunged more than 9% intraday, triggering a circuit breaker for the 10th time this year. South Korea’s financial regulators convened an emergency meeting on the stock market in the afternoon, after which the market’s decline narrowed. SK Hynix closed down 11.06%, while Samsung Electronics fell 9.48%.
3 minutes ago
South Korean regulators will take firm action against market-disrupting activities.
South Korea’s regulatory authority has stated it will take stern measures to respond to market-disrupting acts, and will stand ready to activate emergency plans if necessary.
Trader Loracle turns multiple US stock short positions from losses to profits, logging around $3.76 million in daily gains.
According to TradingBeats, after the release of the U.S. September CPI data, the Loracle address (starting with 0xefe4) posted a single-day profit and loss (PnL) of approximately $4.72 million, an increase of about $3.76 million compared to the nearest snapshot taken before the CPI announcement. Meanwhile, all six U.S. stock contract short positions held by this address—SNDK, NVDA, ORCL, CRWV, MU, and PLTR—are in profit, with a total position value of roughly $48.28 million and an unrealized gain of around $4.55 million. In September, the total unrealized loss on the three U.S. stock short positions (SNDK, MU, and NVDA) held by the address stood at approximately $7.23 million. Currently, both the SNDK and NVDA short positions have turned to unrealized profit, while the loss on the MU short position has narrowed significantly. The address currently holds the following U.S. stock perpetual contract short positions:
- SNDK: ~15,800 shares, position value ~$21.28 million
- NVDA: ~88,500 shares, position value ~$19.41 million
- MU: ~10,400 shares, position value ~$9.13 million
- ORCL: ~41,900 shares, position value ~$5.39 million
- PLTR: ~23,000 shares, position value ~$4.56 million
- CRWV: ~34,300 shares, position value ~$2.19 million
3 minutes ago
A crypto whale opened a 25x leveraged long position on Ethereum (ETH) worth $7.05 million.
According to TradingBeats monitoring, a whale address starting with 0x007d opened a 3,000 ETH long position 4 hours ago, using 25x full leverage. Its average entry price is approximately $2,400, with the current position value at around $7.05 million, an unrealized loss of about $150,000, and a position return of roughly -53%. ETH on Hyperliquid is currently trading at approximately $2,349, down roughly 2.1% from the address's average entry price.
3 minutes ago
Policy uncertainty under the Trump administration has driven central banks to reallocate gold reserves, as gold holdings in London vaults approach 10,000 tons.
The Financial Times reported that U.S. policy uncertainty, tariff risks, and the precedent of frozen overseas sovereign assets are prompting some central banks to re-evaluate the locations of their gold reserves, with London emerging as one of the beneficiaries. New York still dominates gold futures and derivatives trading, but London’s advantages in physical gold storage, over-the-counter (OTC) trading, and central bank reserve management have become more prominent. The Netherlands’ central bank moved around 86 tons of gold from the U.S. and Canada to London between March and August this year, lifting London’s share in its total gold reserves of 612.4 tons from 18.1% to 32.1%. The Dutch central bank said the move aims to improve the tradability and accessibility of its gold in the event of severe crises. Data from the London Bullion Market Association (LBMA) shows that as of the end of September 2026, commercial vaults in London and the Bank of England’s vaults held a total of 9,821 tons of gold, up 1.96% month-on-month, worth about $1.3 trillion. London’s mature OTC system allows gold lending, swaps, and trading without physically moving bullion, boosting the liquidity of physical gold. The freezing of Russia’s overseas sovereign assets after the Russia-Ukraine conflict has also made countries pay more attention to the jurisdiction of reserve assets and their availability in extreme cases. However, there are currently no signs that central banks are fully withdrawing from the U.S. gold custody system. Asian financial hubs such as Singapore and Hong Kong are also accelerating the construction of gold storage and trading infrastructure, and the global gold market is taking shape with New York leading derivatives, London focusing on physical gold, and Asia accelerating its development.
3 minutes ago
StandX Co-founder: In addition to airdrops, he will use personal funds to give back to the community.
StandX co-founder AG announced in a post that the protocol has decided to scrap its planned Token Generation Event (TGE). He noted that despite hitting a peak Total Value Locked (TVL) of $200 million without external VC funding, the team ultimately failed to achieve its goal of becoming one of the top three perpetual contract decentralized exchanges (DEXs).
AG added that while the project’s current fundamentals would still support a token launch, relying primarily on short-term speculation to drive the token’s listing without delivering sustainable long-term value would ultimately shift costs to users and the community—something he called both irresponsible and against his personal values.
Most of the protocol’s prior revenue has already been returned to users via SIP-2 and SIP-3 subsidies; for this airdrop, in addition to using remaining project treasury funds, he will also contribute personally to give back to the community as much as possible. AG also emphasized that all user funds are safe, and DUSD is fully collateralized. StandX will wind down operations in an orderly manner and will release specific arrangements for fund withdrawals, the airdrop, and service termination.
3 minutes ago
Japanese and South Korean stock markets both slumped and closed lower, as South Korea's financial regulatory authorities convened an emergency meeting.
According to Bitget market data, the Nikkei 225 index closed 3,318.34 points lower on Thursday, October 15, down 4.90% to 64,425.95 points. South Korea’s KOSPI index fell 454.54 points on the same day, a 7.56% drop, ending at 5,554.27 points. The benchmark index once plunged more than 9% intraday, triggering a circuit breaker for the 10th time this year. South Korea’s financial regulators convened an emergency meeting on the stock market in the afternoon, after which the market’s decline narrowed. SK Hynix closed down 11.06%, while Samsung Electronics fell 9.48%.
3 minutes ago
South Korean regulators will take firm action against market-disrupting activities.
South Korea’s regulatory authority has stated it will take stern measures to respond to market-disrupting acts, and will stand ready to activate emergency plans if necessary.
According to Coinglass data, the global crypto market saw $486 million in liquidations over the past hour, including $465 million from long positions and $20.7 million from short positions. Liquidations related to Ethereum trading hit $201 million, while Bitcoin trading liquidations totaled $117 million.
Trader Loracle turns multiple US stock short positions from losses to profits, logging around $3.76 million in daily gains.
According to TradingBeats, after the release of the U.S. September CPI data, the Loracle address (starting with 0xefe4) posted a single-day profit and loss (PnL) of approximately $4.72 million, an increase of about $3.76 million compared to the nearest snapshot taken before the CPI announcement. Meanwhile, all six U.S. stock contract short positions held by this address—SNDK, NVDA, ORCL, CRWV, MU, and PLTR—are in profit, with a total position value of roughly $48.28 million and an unrealized gain of around $4.55 million. In September, the total unrealized loss on the three U.S. stock short positions (SNDK, MU, and NVDA) held by the address stood at approximately $7.23 million. Currently, both the SNDK and NVDA short positions have turned to unrealized profit, while the loss on the MU short position has narrowed significantly. The address currently holds the following U.S. stock perpetual contract short positions: - SNDK: ~15,800 shares, position value ~$21.28 million - NVDA: ~88,500 shares, position value ~$19.41 million - MU: ~10,400 shares, position value ~$9.13 million - ORCL: ~41,900 shares, position value ~$5.39 million - PLTR: ~23,000 shares, position value ~$4.56 million - CRWV: ~34,300 shares, position value ~$2.19 million
3 minutes ago
A crypto whale opened a 25x leveraged long position on Ethereum (ETH) worth $7.05 million.
According to TradingBeats monitoring, a whale address starting with 0x007d opened a 3,000 ETH long position 4 hours ago, using 25x full leverage. Its average entry price is approximately $2,400, with the current position value at around $7.05 million, an unrealized loss of about $150,000, and a position return of roughly -53%. ETH on Hyperliquid is currently trading at approximately $2,349, down roughly 2.1% from the address's average entry price.
3 minutes ago
Policy uncertainty under the Trump administration has driven central banks to reallocate gold reserves, as gold holdings in London vaults approach 10,000 tons.
The Financial Times reported that U.S. policy uncertainty, tariff risks, and the precedent of frozen overseas sovereign assets are prompting some central banks to re-evaluate the locations of their gold reserves, with London emerging as one of the beneficiaries. New York still dominates gold futures and derivatives trading, but London’s advantages in physical gold storage, over-the-counter (OTC) trading, and central bank reserve management have become more prominent. The Netherlands’ central bank moved around 86 tons of gold from the U.S. and Canada to London between March and August this year, lifting London’s share in its total gold reserves of 612.4 tons from 18.1% to 32.1%. The Dutch central bank said the move aims to improve the tradability and accessibility of its gold in the event of severe crises. Data from the London Bullion Market Association (LBMA) shows that as of the end of September 2026, commercial vaults in London and the Bank of England’s vaults held a total of 9,821 tons of gold, up 1.96% month-on-month, worth about $1.3 trillion. London’s mature OTC system allows gold lending, swaps, and trading without physically moving bullion, boosting the liquidity of physical gold. The freezing of Russia’s overseas sovereign assets after the Russia-Ukraine conflict has also made countries pay more attention to the jurisdiction of reserve assets and their availability in extreme cases. However, there are currently no signs that central banks are fully withdrawing from the U.S. gold custody system. Asian financial hubs such as Singapore and Hong Kong are also accelerating the construction of gold storage and trading infrastructure, and the global gold market is taking shape with New York leading derivatives, London focusing on physical gold, and Asia accelerating its development.
3 minutes ago
StandX Co-founder: In addition to airdrops, he will use personal funds to give back to the community.
StandX co-founder AG announced in a post that the protocol has decided to scrap its planned Token Generation Event (TGE). He noted that despite hitting a peak Total Value Locked (TVL) of $200 million without external VC funding, the team ultimately failed to achieve its goal of becoming one of the top three perpetual contract decentralized exchanges (DEXs). AG added that while the project’s current fundamentals would still support a token launch, relying primarily on short-term speculation to drive the token’s listing without delivering sustainable long-term value would ultimately shift costs to users and the community—something he called both irresponsible and against his personal values. Most of the protocol’s prior revenue has already been returned to users via SIP-2 and SIP-3 subsidies; for this airdrop, in addition to using remaining project treasury funds, he will also contribute personally to give back to the community as much as possible. AG also emphasized that all user funds are safe, and DUSD is fully collateralized. StandX will wind down operations in an orderly manner and will release specific arrangements for fund withdrawals, the airdrop, and service termination.
3 minutes ago
Japanese and South Korean stock markets both slumped and closed lower, as South Korea's financial regulatory authorities convened an emergency meeting.
According to Bitget market data, the Nikkei 225 index closed 3,318.34 points lower on Thursday, October 15, down 4.90% to 64,425.95 points. South Korea’s KOSPI index fell 454.54 points on the same day, a 7.56% drop, ending at 5,554.27 points. The benchmark index once plunged more than 9% intraday, triggering a circuit breaker for the 10th time this year. South Korea’s financial regulators convened an emergency meeting on the stock market in the afternoon, after which the market’s decline narrowed. SK Hynix closed down 11.06%, while Samsung Electronics fell 9.48%.
3 minutes ago
South Korean regulators will take firm action against market-disrupting activities.
South Korea’s regulatory authority has stated it will take stern measures to respond to market-disrupting acts, and will stand ready to activate emergency plans if necessary.
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