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Core DAO announced the winners of its Core Connect Global Buildathon on October 8, 2025, highlighting four projects that advance Bitcoin DeFi on its Layer 1 blockchain. The event, which drew over 200 submissions, culminated in four projects sharing the top honors after a selection process that included 13 semifinalists and a grand finale featuring five main finalists, along with two wildcard entries. Each winning team received $10,000 in CORE tokens, $10,000 in AWS Activate credits, eligibility for the Core Starter Program, six months of gas rebates on the Core mainnet, and technical support from Core DAO’s developer relations and…

Financial research and analysis firm Fundstrat has tipped Ether to likely “bottom out” over the next two days before heading back higher, with an eventual rally to $5,500. “I do not make much of crypto weakness in recent days, and expect ETH likely bottoms out over the next 1-2 days before heading back higher,” said Fundstrat Global Advisors Managing Director Mark Newton. His commentary was shared by Bitmine chairman and Fundstrat adviser Tom Lee on Thursday. Newton also noted that there has been a “minor three-wave pullback,” which he said was expected to end over the weekend. Newton said that…

Michael Saylor’s Strategy has seen its MSTR stock price tumble recently after booming over the past year. In a recent tweet, community analyst at on-chain platform CryptoQuant, Maartunn, highlighted MSTR’s recent drop to $300, its lowest level in six months, describing it as a “painful move for the biggest corporate Bitcoin holder.” MicroStrategy is bleeding 📉$MSTR just hit $300—its lowest level in 6 months.Painful move for the biggest corporate Bitcoin holder. pic.twitter.com/nChvWmBFbL — Maartunn (@JA_Maartun) September 29, 2025 MSTR stock has largely consolidated since April, causing a decline in the multiple of its Bitcoin-to-market capitalization, known as mNAV. According to…

The Provisional Measure that terminated tax exemptions for small crypto holders was defeated in Congress, being withdrawn from the discussion agenda with 251 votes. President Lula labeled this development as an “imposed defeat to the Brazilian people,” while local crypto groups applauded the outcome. Brazil Defeats Crypto Tax Measure in Congress The crypto industry in Brazil has breathed a sigh of relief with the latest developments regarding the implementation of a new income tax for crypto traders. Provisional Measure 1,303, enacted by President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva in June, terminated the income tax exemptions for small cryptocurrency traders moving…

The decentralized application (DApp) industry ended the third quarter of 2025 with mixed results, as decentralized finance (DeFi) liquidity surged to a record high while user activity fell sharply, according to new data from DappRadar. In a report sent to Cointelegraph, DappRadar said that daily unique active wallets averaged 18.7 million in Q3, down 22.4% compared to the second quarter. Meanwhile, DeFi protocols collectively locked in $237 billion, the highest total value locked (TVL) ever recorded in the space. The report highlights an ongoing divergence between institutional capital flowing into blockchain-based financial platforms and the engagement of retail users with…

Ethereum’s bullish structure has started to show early signs of exhaustion as the price retraces from the $4,400 resistance zone. Despite maintaining a strong mid-term uptrend, short-term momentum has weakened after a local bearish divergence and a recent market structure shift. The next few days will be key to determining whether this is just a healthy correction or the start of a deeper pullback. Technical Analysis By Shayan The Daily Chart On the daily timeframe, ETH remains inside a long-term ascending channel but has once again failed to break through the $4,800 resistance area. The asset is now dropping toward…

Following the sharp declines experienced in Bitcoin (BTC), Ethereum (ETH) and altcoins last week, critical data is expected this week. This week, with the start of October, while ETF decisions for altcoins such as XRP and Solana (SOL) are awaited, CoinShares published its weekly cryptocurrency report and stated that there was an outflow of $812 million last week. “Cryptocurrency investment products saw outflows of $812 million last week, but year-to-date inflows remain strong at $39.6 billion, close to last year’s record.” Bitcoin Saw the Biggest Uptrend! When looking at individual crypto funds, it was seen that the majority of inflows…

The Ethereum Foundation and Keyring Network have launched a new initiative to pioneer a market-aligned funding mechanism. Fees from zkVerified DeFi vaults will go to support privacy-focused open-source developers. For the first two months, fees will go to the legal defense funds of the developers of Tornado Cash. Institutional DeFi Funds Privacy Defense The Ethereum Foundation and Keyring Network have devised a funding mechanism for privacy development. Keyring is a company focused on creating tools that help large financial institutions access compliant decentralized finance (DeFi) products. They specialize in using advanced zero-knowledge proofs to allow users to prove they are…

The non-custodial, high-risk “degen” narrative is undergoing a major shift. The crypto landscape is being reshaped by spot ETFs, the growing dominance of stablecoins, real-world asset tokenization, and even government holdings of Bitcoin through seizures and reserves. Wallet services now face the challenge of balancing DeFi-first principles with the need to integrate traditional financial rails. BeInCrypto sat with Marcel Harmann, the founding CEO of THORWallet, at Token2049 in Singapore to discuss the future of non-custodial crypto wallet services. Leading non-custodial wallet pioneering native cross-chain swaps, Harmann was keen to see what the industry thinks about current and future businesses. THORWallet…

Ethereum price started a fresh decline below $4,600 and $4,500. ETH is now moving lower and might extend losses below $4,250 in the short term. Ethereum started a downside correction below $4,550 and $4,500. The price is trading below $4,450 and the 100-hourly Simple Moving Average. There is a key bearish trend line forming with resistance at $4,385 on the hourly chart of ETH/USD (data feed via Kraken). The pair could continue to move down if it trades below $4,250. Ethereum Price Dips Further Ethereum price failed to stay above $4,550 and started a fresh decline, like Bitcoin. ETH price…