Articles for category: Crypto

October 21, 2025

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U.S. Crypto Coalition Urges CFPB to Protect Open Banking Amid Bank Fee Push

A coalition representing U.S. cryptocurrency, fintech, and retail sectors has raised alarms over proposed fees by major banks for accessing consumer financial data. In a recent letter to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), the group emphasized that such charges could hinder critical connections between traditional banking systems and digital finance services like stablecoins and crypto wallets. The coalition includes prominent organizations such as the Blockchain Association, the Crypto Council for Innovation, the National Association of Convenience Stores, and the National Retail Federation. Together, they called on the CFPB to preserve essential consumer protections outlined in its upcoming Rule 1033.

October 21, 2025

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Harnessing Grok 4 for Effective Crypto Coin Research Before Investing

Investors in the cryptocurrency space often face a formidable challenge: an overwhelming flood of information from news outlets, social media, and on-chain data streams. Distinguishing valuable insights from mere noise is critical for making informed investment decisions. Enter Grok 4, an advanced research tool developed by XAI, engineered to streamline and enhance the crypto research process with real-time data analysis and intelligent filtering. What Makes Grok 4 Stand Out? Grok 4 integrates live conversations from the social media platform X (formerly Twitter) with comprehensive web DeepSearch capabilities and advanced reasoning functions known as “Grok Think.” This combination allows investors to

October 21, 2025

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Meteora Trades at $1 Billion Pre-Market Valuation Ahead of TGE – “The Defiant”

Meteora, a prominent decentralized exchange (DEX) on the Solana blockchain, is attracting significant attention ahead of its upcoming token generation event (TGE) scheduled for this Thursday. The exchange’s native token, MET, is currently valued at approximately $1 billion fully diluted valuation (FDV) based on pre-market perpetual derivatives trading. The pre-market trading for MET began on October 10 via Hyperliquid, where it initially opened with a valuation of $1.8 billion. Despite facing a downturn in the broader cryptocurrency market shortly thereafter, MET has maintained substantial value and is presently trading around $1 per token, reflecting the $1 billion FDV. In a

October 21, 2025

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Bitcoin Stabilizes Post-Leverage Flush as Asia Markets Open; Ethereum Gains Amid Cautious Reset

Bitcoin (BTC) steadied near $110,300 Tuesday morning in Hong Kong as Asian markets began trading. Ethereum (ETH) also maintained momentum, trading around $3,970 according to CoinDesk data, reflecting a relatively calm market environment after last week’s significant volatility. Last week, Bitcoin experienced a swift correction, dropping as low as $104,000. Market analysts, including Glassnode, have characterized this movement not as a market collapse but as a necessary “flush” that unwound excessive leverage. This process helped clean up positions, reduce risk, and bring stability back to the crypto ecosystem. Glassnode’s recent report highlighted several indicators supporting this view: futures open interest

October 21, 2025

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Analyst Willy Woo Highlights Business Cycle as Key Factor in Next Crypto Downturn

The upcoming cryptocurrency bear market may be markedly severe, with its roots tied to a business cycle downturn unlike any previously experienced within the crypto space, according to blockchain analyst Willy Woo. On Monday, Woo emphasized that the impending market decline “will be defined by another cycle people forget about.” Historically, Bitcoin’s price movements have aligned with two overlapping cycles: the four-year halving events and fluctuations in the global M2 money supply. “Central banks inject M2 debasement in four-year cycles and both superimpose,” Woo explained. This mechanism, he notes, has helped shape previous crypto market trends. However, he warned that

October 20, 2025

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HumidiFi Surpasses Leading Solana DEXs in Monthly Volume, Hints at Token Launch

HumidiFi, a relatively new player in the Solana decentralized exchange (DEX) landscape, has rapidly climbed to become the top DEX by monthly trading volume, outpacing established platforms such as Raydium, Meteora, and PumpSwap. Launched in June 2023, HumidiFi operates as a proprietary automated market maker (AMM), leveraging a design that reduces slippage by minimizing adverse flow. This mechanism fosters increased market maker liquidity and higher trading volumes, ultimately providing traders with more favorable price execution. According to data tracked over the past month, HumidiFi executed approximately $34 billion in DEX volume. Comparatively, Meteora accounted for around $31.5 billion, while Raydium

October 20, 2025

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XRP and Zcash Outperform as Bitcoin Gains Falter; Arca Sees Crypto Recovery as Genuine

Cryptocurrency markets experienced a mixed start to the week, with Bitcoin’s recent upward momentum losing steam during Monday’s U.S. trading hours amid lingering investor caution. While Bitcoin (BTC) hovered just above $111,000 — marking a near 2% increase over 24 hours but falling short of earlier peaks — other assets painted a different picture. Ether (ETH) slipped slightly, dipping just below the $4,000 threshold and registering a modest 0.2% decline on the day. In contrast, XRP and Chainlink (LINK) emerged as notable performers within the CoinDesk 20 Index, with XRP reaching $2.4675 and LINK trading at $18.78. Privacy-oriented token Zcash

October 20, 2025

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Ethereum’s Joseph Lubin Stresses Vital Role of VCs Amid Paradigm Influence Debate

Joseph Lubin, co-founder of Ethereum and founder of ConsenSys, has underscored the crucial role of venture capital (VC) in the continued growth and development of Ethereum, the largest smart contract platform by market value. His remarks come amid increasing industry scrutiny regarding the growing influence of investment firms like Paradigm within the Ethereum ecosystem. In a recent post on X (formerly Twitter), Lubin acknowledged that the primary objective of VCs such as Paradigm is to maximize value extraction from Ethereum and the broader blockchain ecosystem. However, he also emphasized that a key secondary goal of these investors is to drive

October 20, 2025

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Turtle Secures $5.5M to Advance Programmable Liquidity in DeFi

Turtle, a protocol focused on optimizing liquidity movement within decentralized finance (DeFi), has completed a $5.5 million funding round, pushing its total capital raised to $11.7 million. The injection of new funds aims to accelerate the development of Turtle’s yield-earning infrastructure, expand its engineering team, and strengthen its cross-chain integrations. The latest financing round attracted participation from prominent institutional investors such as GSR, FalconX, and Anchorage VC. In addition, key figures from influential crypto projects including Polygon, 1inch, and Gnosis joined the round as angel investors. Turtle functions as an on-chain liquidity distribution hub, connecting capital providers with DeFi protocols

October 20, 2025

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Nic Carter Highlights Quantum Computing as Bitcoin’s Critical Cryptographic Challenge

Nic Carter, co-founder of Coin Metrics, has underscored the significant long-term threat that quantum computing poses to Bitcoin’s fundamental cryptographic security. In a recent essay published on Monday, Carter elaborated on how Bitcoin’s key system functions and why advances in quantum technology demand serious attention from developers and the broader cryptocurrency community. At the heart of Bitcoin’s security lies its use of elliptic-curve cryptography, specifically the secp256k1 curve employed in ECDSA and Schnorr signature schemes. Carter explains that users generate a private key—a secret number—from which a corresponding public key is derived through elliptic-curve mathematics. This process is intentionally one-directional: