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Bitcoin’s horizontal resistance level is around $86,984. The previous intraday wicks tend to go up to around the $87,200-$87,300 level. Bitcoin is trading at $85,468 at the moment, according to CoinGecko. Notably, this test of the resistance level comes just days after Bitcoin broke above the $87,000 level after some surprisingly poor U.S. employment figures. U.S. jobs only grew by 29,000 for the month of September. The unemployment rate also climbed to 4.2%. Bitcoin managed to hold on to the gains just under the $87,000 level after the news. The importance of the level The bulls have failed several times…
Citrini recently identified Pendle as a significant second-order RWA trade in response to Wall Street’s increasing focus on onchain transactions. This recognition could enhance Pendle’s profile in the rapidly evolving financial landscape. The implications of this could lead to greater institutional engagement and a shift in how tokenized assets are viewed in the market. For further details, see Citrini’s tweet here. The Key Development The broader crypto market is currently experiencing mixed signals, with various assets showing differing momentum. Pendle’s recent designation by Citrini as a ‘second-order RWA trade’ marks a pivotal moment as it aligns with Wall Street’s shift…
Inside the New Headquarters and Event Highlights The venue’s scale is hard to overstate. JPMorgan’s new headquarters spans over 12 million square feet, and its modern design reportedly gave the symposium an “inspiring backdrop” for the conversations happening inside. That detail matters beyond aesthetics — it signals that the bank is willing to put its most visible physical asset behind a crypto-related gathering, rather than hosting it somewhere lower-profile. Attendees included influential figures drawn from both the crypto world and traditional finance, a pairing that itself reflects how much those two worlds have started to overlap. For a bank the…
The investor used 20x leverage, giving the position a notional value of $21.40 million. The trade came as $XRP began its August recovery after facing steady selling pressure from late July through mid-August. For context, on Aug. 19, $XRP rose from a low of $0.9937 and closed at $1.1051. The whale entered after the price had already started moving higher, opening the position when $XRP traded at $1.0685. The $21.40 million position represented 20.03 million $XRP. Additional 15M $XRP Notably, the whale added to the trade the following day, putting in another $556.9K at 20x leverage. This gave the new…
“The withdrawals actually stabilized a lot today,” Chen said. “Those hundreds of millions [in bitcoin withdrawals] actually most of them happen on the first hour of the withdrawal restart.” In a Monday X post, Chen said that 9,585 orders of 4,098 bitcoins were processed. The exchange is allowing customers to withdraw funds in phases. Bitget froze withdrawals after blockchain experts flagged that money was leaving the exchange. Bitget later said the attack method in the incident was “highly consistent with known patterns of North Korean hacker organizations.” Chen said that no cold storage funds were touched but rather attackers had…
Market Snapshot Currently, Solana’s market dynamics are influenced by the introduction of swSOL, which could lead to increased wallet activity and accumulation among larger investors. The move to enhance staking yields may also draw more users into the Solana ecosystem, potentially impacting overall network activity positively. While current trading volumes remain low, the sentiment surrounding swSOL suggests a growing interest among investors. Solana is a high-performance blockchain platform designed for decentralized applications and crypto projects. The regulatory landscape for such innovations is crucial, as it can impact the adoption and integration of new technologies like swSOL, which aims to enhance…
The momentum isn’t a one-week story. Nvidia’s shares have gained more than 30% over the past six months alone, and the one-year change now stands at 25.98%, according to data reported by Investing.com. That kind of sustained Nvidia stock performance reflects not just a single catalyst but a stacking of positive developments — from target=”_blank” rel=”noopener noreferrer external”>advanced cooling technology designed to handle the intense thermal loads of next-generation AI chips. Shipments like these are a concrete signal that Nvidia’s newest architecture is moving from announcement to deployment, which matters for investors trying to gauge how quickly the company’s product…
ARKHAM FOUND 1,000 KELSIER VENTURES ADDRESSESIn February 2025 we identified over 1,000 addresses belonging to Kelsier Ventures (Hayden Davis). We were the first to publish the full set.Those addresses held almost $300M at the time, mostly LIBRA coin. They now hold only $2M. pic.twitter.com/dq3eRSeVs2 — Arkham (@arkham) October 5, 2026 The change in wallet value does not by itself show where the difference went. Token prices, transfers between addresses, sales, liquidity movements and changes in Arkham’s tracked holdings can all affect an entity balance. Arkham’s Oct. 5 post did not provide a transaction-by-transaction breakdown explaining the decline. Kelsier’s LIBRA wallets…
ai.com’s message to users regarding the status of their AI agent. Source: ai.com Speaking to Cointelegraph, a spokesperson for Crypto.com confirmed the AI agent platform is still being worked on. “ai.com continues building in stealth mode; we are happy to provide more details when we fully launch to the public,” they said. The prolonged wait comes as rival exchanges have already begun offering AI assistants focused on narrower tasks, such as trading and portfolio management. On Tuesday, Robinhood announced new in-app AI agents that can perform automated trading. In July, Kraken added AI-powered financial tools to help users identify investment…
Bitcoin treasury firm Metaplanet (3350) added a net 1,000 bitcoin in the third quarter, bringing its holdings to 44,000 $BTC ($3.8 billion) as of Sept. 30, following a sale and repurchase designed to demonstrate liquidity and strengthen its credit profile. The Japanese company sold 10,000 $BTC for approximately $789.2 million, averaging $78,925 per coin, before purchasing 11,000 $BTC for $948.7 million at an average of $86,246. Metaplanet temporarily held the proceeds in cash to demonstrate that it could cover outstanding interest-bearing debt, although those obligations were not repaid. It subsequently repurchased bitcoin at higher prices. Its total holdings have a…