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ETH-based DeFi is characterized by large liquidity pools, lending markets and the vast majority of global TVL is reported to be concentrated on Ethereum and its rollups. The TVL of Solana is stated to be comparatively lower in comparison to Ethereum, capital concentration in a small group of DEXs and liquid staking derivatives is seen. Liquidity of institutional quality and deep order books are allegedly simpler to locate on Ethereum, particularly on significant DEX aggregators and L2 rollups. Protocol Breadth & Composability Ethereum offers a larger protocol stack and enormous composability and allows permissionless interoperability between lending, synthetics, AMMs, derivatives,…
The non-fungible token (NFT) market has lost nearly half its value in the past 30 days, even as trading activity picked up in October. CoinGecko data shows that the global NFT market capitalization plunged from about $6.6 billion on Oct. 5 to $3.5 billion on Wednesday, a 45% drop in just 30 days. The slump comes despite a sales count increase in October that briefly lifted blue-chip floor prices. CryptoSlam data shows NFTs recorded a sales count of around $631 million in October, a 13% increase from September’s $556 million. Bitcoin and Base NFTs demonstrated resilience over the last 30…
Crypto analyst Crypto Rover said he would go to the max long on $ETH at a level of approximately 3.4K. His X posting dated October 25, 2025, 08.42 UTC. An inverse perpetual futures contract chart of the ETH/USD was added in the update of Phenix Exchange. The Ethereum is trading at around 3,919 as shown in the chart. I’ll go max long on $ETH if we drop to levels around $3.4K… pic.twitter.com/t2e9yy20qN — Crypto Rover (@cryptorover) October 25, 2025 Ethereum is Following 15% Rally at $3,400 The price of Ethereum has recently increased by 15 percent, going above 3,400 to…
The US Federal Reserve (Fed) will announce its critical October interest rate decision tomorrow. As the world awaits the Fed’s decision, markets are pricing in a 25 basis point rate cut at 97.8%. Ahead of the Fed meeting, which is eagerly awaited by global markets, including crypto markets, Morgan Stanley announced that it expects the Fed to lower its policy rate by 25 basis points to the 3.75-4.00 percent range this week, in line with general market expectations. A report prepared by Morgan Stanley economists stated that the failure to release key US economic data due to the government shutdown…
Founder and former CEO of Binance, Changpeng Zhao, has for the past week been locked in a war of words and threats with Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren. The back and forth has the senator referring to the cryptocurrency entrepreneur as a “money launderer” and suggesting, “If Congress does not stop this kind of corruption (the pardoning of financial criminals), it owns it.” Meanwhile, a lawyer for Zhao told the New York Post, “Mr. Zhao respectfully immediately requests the retraction of these false statements, both within the resolution and on X,” adding, “Mr. Zhao reserves his right to pursue all legal…
Binance announced that it will support the network upgrade and hard fork process on the Shentu (CTK) network. Binance to Support Shentu (CTK) Network Upgrade and Hard Fork The company announced that it will temporarily suspend token deposits and withdrawals on the CTK network at 20:00 on October 24, 2025, to ensure users’ asset security. According to Binance’s statement, the network upgrade and hard fork will occur at block height 26,267,300. The upgrade is expected to be completed around 9:00 PM on October 24, 2025. Operations will be reactivated once the network’s stability is verified, and users will not need…
The following is a guest post and opinion from Shane Neagle, Editor In Chief from The Tokenist. It is no secret that large language models (LLMs) crossed the capability threshold by harvesting vast amounts of public and private data. Combined with breakthroughs in transformer architectures and compute power, this data scraping led to concerns about intellectual property (IP) rights. Intellectual property frameworks exist to incentivize innovation and creative spark, protecting creators and businesses. In turn, the entire society benefits from that incentive structure. Eventually, IP protections typically expire, at which point IP becomes integrated into the public domain. The global…
DeFi lending protocol Suilend has taken precautionary measures in response to a major loss reported by Stream Finance, which is having ripple effects in the Sui ecosystem. One of the worst hit was Elixir, a protocol that appears to have borrowed against assets linked to Stream Finance’s xUSD, a dollar-pegged stablecoin-like asset. Suilend takes action against Elixir A few hours after Stream Finance announced that it had taken a huge loss, Suilend posted an update on X, assuring users that the team was keeping a close eye on the developing issue affecting Elixir’s deUSD. The post also stated that deposits…
Ether ETH$3,935.00 hovered near $3,946 at 13:57 UTC on Oct. 25 after a high-volume rejection around $4,000 left price coiling below resistance, while analysts outlined five-digit scenarios and on-chain data pointed to larger wallets adding. Analyst view Analyst Ali Martinez projected a long-term path to $10,000, cautioning it may take longer than some expect; his weekly sketch implies a pullback into 2026 followed by a climb toward five digits around 2027–2028. Separately, The Long Investor set a $13,500 target by 2029, framing a multiyear trajectory rather than a near-term call. On the flows side, Santiment said “whales and sharks” holding…
Stablecoins can be issued in Russia, the head of its monetary authority indicated, as a Russian senator issued a call for adopting Russian regulations for the fiat-pegged digital currencies. While stablecoins are good for international settlements, the governor noted that the financial regulator remains opposed to their use for payments inside Russia, just like with cryptocurrencies. Central bank gives the nod to stablecoin issuing in Russia Stablecoins can already be issued in the Russian Federation, the Governor of the Central Bank of Russia (CBR), Elvira Nabiullina, told lawmakers on Thursday. During a plenary session of the State Duma, the lower…