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BitMine Immersion Technologies (BMNR), the Ethereum-focused digital asset treasury (DAT) firm led by Wall Street strategist Thomas Lee, kept buying ether ETH$3,541.63 through last week, adding 110,288 tokens worth nearly $400 million at current prices to its treasury, the company said Monday. The purchases raised the company’s ETH holdings to over 3.5 million tokens, roughly 2.9% of the total ETH supply. The firm also increased its unencumbered cash balance to $398 million, up $9 million from the previous week. BitMine chairman Lee, who is also the head of research firm Fundstrat, said the firm saw the dip in ETH prices…

Morning Minute is a daily newsletter written by Tyler Warner. The analysis and opinions expressed are his own and do not necessarily reflect those of Decrypt. Subscribe to the Morning Minute on Substack. GM! Today’s top news: Crypto majors very red as Bitcoin hits 4-month low at $105,700 ETFs see biggest outflows since August with $530.9M Charles Schwab plans to launch crypto custody in H1 2026 MegaETH partners with Chainlink for real-time data stream oracles Meteora introduced its tokenomics and airdrop checker, trades at $1.08B premarket 📉 Crypto Selloff – “The Natives Did It” It’s been a long-standing joke: “Are the sellers…

The Brazilian government proposed a law to allow the sale of bitcoin BTC$101,516.94 and other cryptocurrencies seized during criminal investigations at a time when the nation appears to be cracking down on organized crime. Bill 5.582/2025, sent to Congress by President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, would authorize financial institutions to liquidate cryptocurrencies even before trial outcomes, just as foreign currencies, checks and securities are treated. What happens if suspects are later acquitted isn’t clear. Officials said the measure is intended to hit gangs where it hurts: their wallets, and is part of a broader “anti-faction bill” that amends legislation…

Welcome to the US Crypto News Morning Briefing—your essential rundown of the most important developments in crypto for the day ahead. Grab a coffee as Ethereum takes back the headlines with big predictions flying. Some say the next surge is just around the corner, while others caution that hidden assumptions and long timelines could make the hype more complicated than it seems. Crypto News of the Day: Analyst Pushes Back on Tom Lee’s $60,000 Ethereum Prediction Fundstrat’s Tom Lee recently made headlines with a bold forecast that Ethereum (ETH) could reach $60,000 in the near future. The crypto executive cited…

With very little in the way of government economic statistics, comments from Fed speakers have taken on greater import, and Bank of America found little in recent talk that would suggest the central bank won’t continue with rate cuts at its last two meetings of 2025. New York Fed President John Williams, a key voice on monetary policy and often aligned with Chair Jerome Powell, has shifted tone a bit, the report found. In a recent interview with The New York Times, Williams expressed heightened concern about labor market deterioration and said he supports bringing interest rates back to a…

Taiwan’s central bank has called for tighter oversight of stablecoin licensing, recommending that issuers keep part of their reserves at the central bank. The central bank is no longer a passive observer. As Taiwan’s legislature debates stablecoin governance, the central bank has called for a licensing role in the Financial Service Commission’s (FSC) draft Virtual Asset Services Act (VASA) in order to determine risks to foreign exchange and payment system rules. The draft act, led by the FSC, is Taiwan’s first dedicated effort to supervise digital assets businesses. The legislation will cover Taiwan dollar (TWD) and USD pegged stablecoin issuance.…

Key takeaways Ether is trading above $3,600 after adding 6% to its value over the weekend. The coin could rally towards $3,900 as technical indicators flash bullish signals. Strong derivatives markets signal a bullish trend The cryptocurrency market is having a strong start to the week, and this has shown in the futures and options markets. The futures and options markets for Ethereum are very positive, with the total Open Interest (OI) in futures surging to about $40.11 billion across all exchanges, which is almost 11.5 million ETH in total exposure. Data obtained from Coinglass revealed that Binance, the leading…

Gold-backed tokens hit a major milestone this week, topping $1 billion in daily trading volume for the first time on the back of the yellow metal’s record-breaking rally. Since the start of the shutdown on October 1, tokenized gold products’ trading volume topped $10 billion, surpassing BlackRock’s iShares Gold Trust (IAU), the world’s second-largest gold ETF, according to a fresh report by CEX.IO. Daily trading volume of tokenized gold products (CEX.IO/CoinGecko) In that same window, the price of gold surged over 10% in October topping $4,300 per ounces as escalating U.S.-China trade spat, the U.S. government shutdown and emerging signs…

Dubai’s Virtual Assets Regulatory Authority (VARA) has issued a formal warning to several Virtual Asset Service Providers (VASPs). The warning follows supervisory reviews in 2024 and 2025 that found “major weaknesses” in their Anti-Money Laundering (AML) and Countering the Financing of Terrorism (CFT) Business Risk Assessments (BRA). Related: VARA Penalizes 19 Crypto Firms for Operating Without Licenses in Dubai Firms Failed to Address AI, Proliferation Financing Risks VARA stated that multiple VASPs failed to maintain proper documentation and data-driven methodologies for their risk assessments. Several entities were found using unrealistic residual risk ratings. Crucially, the regulator noted that firms were…

Ethereum price reclaims the $3,425 failed auction level, signaling strong demand. Bulls aim to confirm a reversal with a potential rally toward the $3,900–$4,000 resistance zone. Summary Failed Auction: $3,425 level reclaimed, confirming strong demand. Bullish Setup: Holding support favors rotation toward $3,900–$4,000. Downside Risk: Losing $3,425 reopens bearish continuation potential. Ethereum (ETH) price has shown renewed strength after reclaiming a key technical level at $3,425, a zone previously lost during the latest correction. The swift recovery above this level suggests that buyers have stepped back in, defending the market from deeper downside continuation. This price behavior now raises the…