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Market data shows that Ethereum, the king altcoin, has dramatically closed in on Bitcoin’s annual performance following Q3 gains. Ethereum has nearly matched Bitcoin’s annual performance over the last quarter, according to a chart shared by CryptoQuant analyst Axel Adler Jr. This comes as both assets hit all-time highs this year. Ethereum Price Performance Matching Bitcoin Over the Past Year The data shows Ethereum’s price growth aligning closely with Bitcoin, pushing their correlation up as of early October 2025. This marks one of the strongest synchronized movements between the two largest cryptocurrencies in recent months. Ethereum vs Bitcoin 1Y Performance…

Ethereum briefly climbed to a two-week high of $4,500 on Thursday, extending a strong quarterly performance even as traditional markets navigated significant volatility. The world’s second-largest cryptocurrency by market capitalization is up 1.6% over the last 24 hours, per CoinGecko data. Despite it being considered one of the most bearish quarters, Ethereum closed Q3 with an outsized return of 74%, according to CoinGlass data, while posting a 34% gain for the year. Unlike U.S. equities & gold, the broader crypto market is experiencing a sharp uptick in buying pressure amid the U.S. government shutdown, resulting in nearly 6% and 8%…

Cryptocurrency market maker GSR has signed an agreement to acquire Equilibrium Capital Services, a Portland-based broker-dealer registered with the SEC and a member of FINRA. The deal, which is still pending regulatory approval, marks a step toward expanding GSR’s regulated presence in the United States. GSR did not disclose the terms of the Equilibrium Capital deal in its press release. Equilibrium Capital’s registration allows it to provide brokerage services under U.S. securities laws. By bringing it under its umbrella, GSR expects to offer institutional clients a more direct route into digital assets while operating within established compliance frameworks. GSR executives…

Ethereum is trading close to $4,500 after a strong weekly gain of more than 13%. Analysts are tracking several bullish chart setups, with projections ranging from $5,500 to almost $7,000 if momentum continues. Consequently, the focus now is whether ETH can break resistance near its all-time high and move into price discovery. Bull Flag Pattern Points Toward $6,900 Titan of Crypto shared a weekly chart showing ETH forming a bull flag. The pattern has developed after a sharp rally from about $2,500 to above $4,500. A bull flag is known as a continuation setup, where the price consolidates downward before…

Lisk has launched a $15 million venture initiative, the Lisk EMpower Fund, aimed at accelerating Web3 startups in Africa, Latin America (LATAM), and Southeast Asia. The fund positions itself as a counterweight to the oversaturated Western venture scene, where valuations are at record highs and returns are increasingly muted. Lisk’s $15 Million EMpower Fund Targets the Gaps Global VCs Miss Lisk is betting that the world’s most transformative Web3 companies will emerge from frontier economies often dismissed by Silicon Valley. The Lisk EMpower Fund will distribute up to $250,000 in capital per startup, while providing hands-on advisory covering regulatory compliance,…

Ethereum has rebounded strongly from late September lows and is now pressing back toward key resistance levels. The recent move has shifted momentum, but overbought conditions and supply zones could bring short-term challenges. Technical Analysis By Shayan The Daily Chart On the daily chart, ETH is trading above $4,500 inside its broader ascending channel. The asset reclaimed the $4,000 support area and pushed higher, but it’s now approaching the $4,800 resistance zone that capped previous rallies. The RSI stands around 57, still in neutral territory, showing there’s room for continuation if momentum persists. Holding above $4,000 maintains the broader bullish…

Artificial intelligence company OpenAI has become the world’s largest startup after reaching a $500 billion valuation in a secondary share sale. Citing anonymous sources, Bloomberg reported on Thursday that current and former OpenAI employees sold $6.6 billion in stock to investors including Thrive Capital, SoftBank Group Corp., Dragoneer Investment Group, Abu Dhabi’s MGX and T.Rowe Price. The investment round boosted OpenAI’s valuation to $500 billion, leapfrogging Elon Musk’s startup SpaceX, which has a market capitalization of about $400 billion. The company also dwarfed startups ByteDance and Anthropic, which are valued at $220 billion and $183 billion, respectively. The deal not…

Ethereum’s next major network upgrade, Fusaka, could reshape how users experience the blockchain by lowering costs and boosting efficiency, according to asset manager VanEck. In its September crypto market recap, VanEck’s research team said Fusaka, expected to go live in December, is designed to tackle one of Ethereum’s biggest hurdles: data availability for rollups, the scaling solutions that bundle many transactions together before settling them on Ethereum. Why Fusaka matters The centerpiece of the upgrade is a technique called Peer Data Availability Sampling (PeerDAS). Instead of requiring every Ethereum validator to download all transaction data, PeerDAS allows them to verify…

Tether’s USDt and Circle’s USDC, the two largest stablecoins by market capitalization, have slowly lost market share in the past year, suggesting a major shift in the stablecoin landscape. Despite Tether’s USDt (USDT) and Circle’s USDC (USDC) steadily increasing their market caps, the stablecoins have lost more than 5% of their combined market share since Oct. 2, 2024, according to data from DefiLlama and CoinGecko. Nic Carter, industry analyst and Castle Island Ventures partner, took to X on Wednesday to address the decline of USDT and USDC dominance in a post titled “The stablecoin duopoly is ending.” According to Carter,…

BlackRock and Fidelity have made a bold move into the crypto world. Shared by That Martini Guy, a well known crypto commentator, the two asset managers have together placed $212.3 million into Ethereum. The news caught the attention of traders, long-term investors and the financial community too. It is another sign that Ethereum is becoming a more serious part of the global investment market. BLACKROCK AND FIDELITY PUMPED $212.3M INTO #ETHEREUM!Are you buying? 🤔 pic.twitter.com/ppFGA0RtaT — That Martini Guy ₿ (@MartiniGuyYT) October 4, 2025 Big Finance Steps Into Crypto For years, big financial firms stayed away from crypto. Many worried…