๐ Zcash (ZEC) has officially surpassed Monero (XMR) by market capitalization!
ZEC hit $381, exceeding its 2021 high (~$370) and bringing its market cap to $6.25B, compared to $5.9B for XMR. ๐ง
The key difference lies in regulation: Zcash offers optional privacy, allowing it to remain listed on major exchanges, while Moneroโs default privacy settings have led to delistings and lower liquidity. ๐
After trading near $25 at the start of the year, ZEC has surged nearly 900% since September โ one of the strongest performances among top cryptocurrencies in 2025. ๐
ZEC hit $381, exceeding its 2021 high (~$370) and bringing its market cap to $6.25B, compared to $5.9B for XMR. ๐ง
The key difference lies in regulation: Zcash offers optional privacy, allowing it to remain listed on major exchanges, while Moneroโs default privacy settings have led to delistings and lower liquidity. ๐
After trading near $25 at the start of the year, ZEC has surged nearly 900% since September โ one of the strongest performances among top cryptocurrencies in 2025. ๐
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๐ Happy 17th Birthday, Bitcoin Whitepaper!
On October 31, 2008, Satoshi Nakamoto published the now-legendary paper describing a peer-to-peer electronic cash system โ the blueprint that changed global finance forever. ๐๐ป
17 years later, Bitcoin remains the symbol of decentralization and digital freedom. From a simple PDF to a $2T market โ not bad for a Halloween drop. ๐๐ฐ
On October 31, 2008, Satoshi Nakamoto published the now-legendary paper describing a peer-to-peer electronic cash system โ the blueprint that changed global finance forever. ๐๐ป
17 years later, Bitcoin remains the symbol of decentralization and digital freedom. From a simple PDF to a $2T market โ not bad for a Halloween drop. ๐๐ฐ
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โ ๏ธ Glassnode warns of a possible Bitcoin correction to $88,000
๐ BTC failed to hold above the key $113,000 level โ the average cost basis for short-term holders. Without reclaiming it, selling pressure may continue to grow.
Long-term investors sold ~104,000 BTC ($11.1B) this month โ the largest outflow since July โ while short-term holders are locking in losses. ๐คท
Analysts say if recovery doesnโt happen soon, $88,000 could be the next major support zone. ๐
๐ BTC failed to hold above the key $113,000 level โ the average cost basis for short-term holders. Without reclaiming it, selling pressure may continue to grow.
Long-term investors sold ~104,000 BTC ($11.1B) this month โ the largest outflow since July โ while short-term holders are locking in losses. ๐คท
Analysts say if recovery doesnโt happen soon, $88,000 could be the next major support zone. ๐
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๐ PlanB is back with bold predictions!
The creator of the famous (and now struggling) Stock-to-Flow model believes Bitcoinโs market cap could one day match goldโs โ around $30 trillion. ๐ต
His reasoning: BTCโs increasing scarcity and growing recognition as a global store of value.
In his view, digital gold will soon stand shoulder to shoulder with the real one. ๐ฐโก๏ธ
The creator of the famous (and now struggling) Stock-to-Flow model believes Bitcoinโs market cap could one day match goldโs โ around $30 trillion. ๐ต
His reasoning: BTCโs increasing scarcity and growing recognition as a global store of value.
In his view, digital gold will soon stand shoulder to shoulder with the real one. ๐ฐโก๏ธ
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๐ฒ Tether outperforms most global banks ๐
๐According to its new report for the first three quarters of 2025, the USDT issuer continues to break records:
โข Profit: over $10B since the start of the year
โข Circulating supply: $183B USDT
โข U.S. Treasuries: $135B, making Tether the 17th largest holder of U.S. debt โ ahead of South Korea
โข Users: more than 500M worldwide
โข Reserves: $12.9B in gold and $9.9B in BTC (โ13% of total reserves)
Tetherโs rapid growth cements its role as a key player at the intersection of crypto and traditional finance.๐ต
๐According to its new report for the first three quarters of 2025, the USDT issuer continues to break records:
โข Profit: over $10B since the start of the year
โข Circulating supply: $183B USDT
โข U.S. Treasuries: $135B, making Tether the 17th largest holder of U.S. debt โ ahead of South Korea
โข Users: more than 500M worldwide
โข Reserves: $12.9B in gold and $9.9B in BTC (โ13% of total reserves)
Tetherโs rapid growth cements its role as a key player at the intersection of crypto and traditional finance.๐ต
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๐ Whenโs the peak already?! ๐
The S&P 500 rally is starting to look like the dot-com bubble 2.0 โ the index is flying high mainly thanks to Nvidia and other big tech giants. Proof? It recently rose even on a day when 80% of its companies were in the red ๐คฏ
If market cycles stay aligned, a major correction could hit in fall 2026, right around the U.S. midterms โ and a full-blown AI bubble crash might come in fall 2027 ๐ฌ
๐ฃ Thatโs bad news for crypto too: Bitcoin keeps following the S&P instead of its 4-year rhythm, while altcoins mostly bleed (except a lucky few).
Meanwhile, Warren Buffett keeps waiting patiently โ his cash pile has reached a record $382B. When the Oracle of Omaha hoards cash, you know something bigโs coming ๐ต๐ค
The S&P 500 rally is starting to look like the dot-com bubble 2.0 โ the index is flying high mainly thanks to Nvidia and other big tech giants. Proof? It recently rose even on a day when 80% of its companies were in the red ๐คฏ
If market cycles stay aligned, a major correction could hit in fall 2026, right around the U.S. midterms โ and a full-blown AI bubble crash might come in fall 2027 ๐ฌ
๐ฃ Thatโs bad news for crypto too: Bitcoin keeps following the S&P instead of its 4-year rhythm, while altcoins mostly bleed (except a lucky few).
Meanwhile, Warren Buffett keeps waiting patiently โ his cash pile has reached a record $382B. When the Oracle of Omaha hoards cash, you know something bigโs coming ๐ต๐ค
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โ ๏ธ Balancer reportedly hacked!
Crypto X is buzzing with reports of a major exploit targeting the Balancer protocol.
๐ซฃ According to on-chain data from Nansen, over $70M worth of wrapped ETH and other assets were drained from Balancerโs treasury wallet.
Markets are down, hacks are up โ just another perfect Monday in crypto ๐
Crypto X is buzzing with reports of a major exploit targeting the Balancer protocol.
๐ซฃ According to on-chain data from Nansen, over $70M worth of wrapped ETH and other assets were drained from Balancerโs treasury wallet.
Markets are down, hacks are up โ just another perfect Monday in crypto ๐
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๐น๐ท Ex-crypto CEO found dead in Turkish prison
Faruk Fatih รzer, founder and former CEO of the Thodex exchange, was found hanged in his cell in a high-security prison in Tekirdaฤ, according to Bloomberg and TRT. Preliminary reports point to suicide, with an investigation underway.
๐งฉ Who was he? The man behind Thodex, the exchange that collapsed in 2021, locking users out of their funds and triggering an Interpol red notice.
โ๏ธ In 2023, he was sentenced to a staggering 11,196 years in prison (!!! ๐คฏ) for fraud, money laundering, and running a criminal organization.
Todayโs news closes one of Turkeyโs most infamous crypto scandals โ and raises new questions about what really happened behind bars ๐
Faruk Fatih รzer, founder and former CEO of the Thodex exchange, was found hanged in his cell in a high-security prison in Tekirdaฤ, according to Bloomberg and TRT. Preliminary reports point to suicide, with an investigation underway.
๐งฉ Who was he? The man behind Thodex, the exchange that collapsed in 2021, locking users out of their funds and triggering an Interpol red notice.
โ๏ธ In 2023, he was sentenced to a staggering 11,196 years in prison (!!! ๐คฏ) for fraud, money laundering, and running a criminal organization.
Todayโs news closes one of Turkeyโs most infamous crypto scandals โ and raises new questions about what really happened behind bars ๐
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Crypto soothsayer
๐ Steak 'n Shake Accepts Bitcoin! Starting today, 482 locations of the iconic American burger chain Steak 'n Shake now accept Bitcoin payments via the Lightning Network โก๏ธ To celebrate, theyโre serving up โฟ-branded burgers with a special stamp featuringโฆ
๐ Steak โn Shake goes full Bitcoin!
The fast-food chain has announced the creation of a strategic Bitcoin reserve โ all BTC payments will now go straight into it ๐
๐ฐ On top of that, for the next 12 months, the company will donate 210 satoshis from every BTC-paid meal to the Open Sats Initiative โ supporting open-source Bitcoin development.
Looks like burgers just got a little more decentralized ๐๐งก
The fast-food chain has announced the creation of a strategic Bitcoin reserve โ all BTC payments will now go straight into it ๐
๐ฐ On top of that, for the next 12 months, the company will donate 210 satoshis from every BTC-paid meal to the Open Sats Initiative โ supporting open-source Bitcoin development.
Looks like burgers just got a little more decentralized ๐๐งก
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๐ Bitcoin has โdiedโ 446 times โ and still keeps rising from the grave
According to media and financial โexperts,โ BTC has been declared dead 446 times ๐
But hereโs the twist: if you had invested just $100 every time they buried Bitcoin, your portfolio would now be worth around $115 million ๐ฐ
And whatโs the conclusion? โ The more obituaries, the stronger the resurrection โก๏ธ
According to media and financial โexperts,โ BTC has been declared dead 446 times ๐
But hereโs the twist: if you had invested just $100 every time they buried Bitcoin, your portfolio would now be worth around $115 million ๐ฐ
And whatโs the conclusion? โ The more obituaries, the stronger the resurrection โก๏ธ
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๐ Bitcoin flash crash below $105K!
BTC plunged under $105,000, triggering a wave of liquidations as many altcoins hit new lows since October 11.
๐ฃ In the past 24 hours, over $1.19B in long positions were liquidated โ including a $48M BTC/USDT long from a whale on HTX wiped out in a single order ๐ฌ
๐ฑ The Fear & Greed Index has dropped to 21 โ Extreme Fear.
BTC plunged under $105,000, triggering a wave of liquidations as many altcoins hit new lows since October 11.
๐ฃ In the past 24 hours, over $1.19B in long positions were liquidated โ including a $48M BTC/USDT long from a whale on HTX wiped out in a single order ๐ฌ
๐ฑ The Fear & Greed Index has dropped to 21 โ Extreme Fear.
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Crypto soothsayer
๐ค AI models are now trading crypto with real money! ๐ต Lab nof1 launched the Alpha Arena experiment to test how well language models can invest. ๐ฐ Six AIs โ Claude 4.5, DeepSeek V3.1, Gemini 2.5, GPT-5, Grok 4, and Qwen 3 Max โ each received $10,000 and tradeโฆ
๐ณ AI traders got wrecked!
The AI Trading Showdown has ended โ six neural networks competed, each starting with $10,000 to trade crypto. The results areโฆ brutal ๐ธ
๐ธ Qwen โ $12,231
๐ธ DeepSeek โ $10,489
๐ธ Claude โ $6,912
๐ธ Grok โ $5,469
๐ธ Gemini โ $4,329
๐ธ ChatGPT โ $3,733
DeepSeek lost half its capital in a week after leading early on, while Qwen took the crown. ๐
The rest? Letโs just say AI still hasnโt figured out how to beat the market ๐
The AI Trading Showdown has ended โ six neural networks competed, each starting with $10,000 to trade crypto. The results areโฆ brutal ๐ธ
๐ธ Qwen โ $12,231
๐ธ DeepSeek โ $10,489
๐ธ Claude โ $6,912
๐ธ Grok โ $5,469
๐ธ Gemini โ $4,329
๐ธ ChatGPT โ $3,733
DeepSeek lost half its capital in a week after leading early on, while Qwen took the crown. ๐
The rest? Letโs just say AI still hasnโt figured out how to beat the market ๐
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Point of view: Why does crypto never build anything lasting? ๐ง
The industry lives in an endless 18-month loop:
Narrative โ Capital โ Death. โ ๏ธ
NFTs in 2021, DeFi in 2022, AI agents in 2023โ24, and now prediction markets โ projects keep pivoting just to survive. Real infrastructure takes 3โ5 years, but attention and funding vanish in months.
๐ธ VCs chase hype, not completion. They fund hot ideas, not finished products โ because an unfinished one still has โinfinite potential.โ Pivoting has become a business model.
๐จโ๐ป Only Bitcoin and Ethereum were built outside this hype machine.
Today, whoever markets faster wins โ even if the code is worse.
Crypto doesnโt reward builders. It rewards storytellers ๐
The industry lives in an endless 18-month loop:
Narrative โ Capital โ Death. โ ๏ธ
NFTs in 2021, DeFi in 2022, AI agents in 2023โ24, and now prediction markets โ projects keep pivoting just to survive. Real infrastructure takes 3โ5 years, but attention and funding vanish in months.
๐ธ VCs chase hype, not completion. They fund hot ideas, not finished products โ because an unfinished one still has โinfinite potential.โ Pivoting has become a business model.
๐จโ๐ป Only Bitcoin and Ethereum were built outside this hype machine.
Today, whoever markets faster wins โ even if the code is worse.
Crypto doesnโt reward builders. It rewards storytellers ๐
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Short-term BTC holders are capitulating
Over 28,600 BTC (โ $2.98B) were recently sent to exchanges at a loss by short-term holders. ๐ต
This signals classic capitulation behavior โ investors panic-selling after buying higher. Historically, such waves often mark the late stage of a correction ๐
Over 28,600 BTC (โ $2.98B) were recently sent to exchanges at a loss by short-term holders. ๐ต
This signals classic capitulation behavior โ investors panic-selling after buying higher. Historically, such waves often mark the late stage of a correction ๐
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Crypto soothsayer
๐ธ FTX May Not Refund Users from 49 Jurisdictions FTX may block refunds to users from 49 regions, including Russia, Iran, and even North Korea (wait, there were legal users there, not just โLazarus?โ ๐ค). ๐ A staggering 82% of affected claims come from Chineseโฆ
โ๏ธ FTX backs off from plan to block payouts to โrestrictedโ countries
The exchange has withdrawn its motion that wouldโve denied withdrawals to users from China, Russia, Syria, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, and other โproblematicโ jurisdictions. ๐ง
๐ Under the proposed rule, these countries would be labeled restricted, and creditors would have 45 days to object โ otherwise, their claims would be erased and funds redistributed.
๐ฅ After strong backlash from creditors โ including 300 Chinese users who filed a lawsuit โ FTX decided to drop the plan.
For once, it looks like the community pressure actually worked ๐
The exchange has withdrawn its motion that wouldโve denied withdrawals to users from China, Russia, Syria, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, and other โproblematicโ jurisdictions. ๐ง
๐ Under the proposed rule, these countries would be labeled restricted, and creditors would have 45 days to object โ otherwise, their claims would be erased and funds redistributed.
๐ฅ After strong backlash from creditors โ including 300 Chinese users who filed a lawsuit โ FTX decided to drop the plan.
For once, it looks like the community pressure actually worked ๐
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๐ฉธ Bitcoin drops below $100K for the first time in 4 months!
BTC has broken a key psychological level, falling under $100,000 amid growing market pressure. ๐
The move triggered panic across the market, with traders bracing for further volatility.
Looks like the bulls just lost another major line of defense ๐ฌ
BTC has broken a key psychological level, falling under $100,000 amid growing market pressure. ๐
The move triggered panic across the market, with traders bracing for further volatility.
Looks like the bulls just lost another major line of defense ๐ฌ
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Bitcoin is oversold again ๐
According to Santiment, BTC has entered another oversold zone amid its latest drop.
๐ Analysts note a growing divergence between Bitcoin and the S&P 500 โ while the S&P fell only 1.6%, BTCโs decline was much sharper.
Historically, such decoupling often preceded crypto rebounds as traditional markets recoveredโฆ
But for now, with BTC below $100K, thereโs still no sign of a bounce ๐ข
According to Santiment, BTC has entered another oversold zone amid its latest drop.
๐ Analysts note a growing divergence between Bitcoin and the S&P 500 โ while the S&P fell only 1.6%, BTCโs decline was much sharper.
Historically, such decoupling often preceded crypto rebounds as traditional markets recoveredโฆ
But for now, with BTC below $100K, thereโs still no sign of a bounce ๐ข
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๐ Bitcoin just had its second-worst day of 2025
BTC plunged from $107K to $99K, marking one of the sharpest daily drops this year.
Now weโre seeing a small rebound to around $102K, but price action has stalled โ suggesting it might just be a dead cat bounce ๐โโฌ
Volatilityโs back, and the bears donโt look done yet ๐ฌ
BTC plunged from $107K to $99K, marking one of the sharpest daily drops this year.
Now weโre seeing a small rebound to around $102K, but price action has stalled โ suggesting it might just be a dead cat bounce ๐โโฌ
Volatilityโs back, and the bears donโt look done yet ๐ฌ
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