Bitcoin Liquidations Hit 1-Year Record, Altcoins Follow

Key points: Bitcoin witnessed the biggest long liquidation of the year, indicating that bulls are losing their grip over the market. Several altcoins are striving to hold on to their support levels but may face solid selling on rallies. Bitcoin (BTC) fell to $111,800 on Monday but has since then recovered above the $112,700 level….

New Regulations Expose Blockchain’s Privacy and Compliance Gaps

Opinion by: Eran Barak, CEO at Shielded Technologies For more than a decade, crypto in the US has existed in a legal gray zone. Regulators have wavered between silence and sudden crackdowns, leaving developers, investors and institutions paralysed with doubt.  In 2025, this started to change. The SEC dropped its case against Binance, citing the…

Crypto ETPs See $1.9B Inflows As AUM Climbs Past $40B

Cryptocurrency funds recorded a second consecutive week of inflows last week, extending the $3.3 billion in gains recorded the week before. Crypto exchange-traded products (ETPs) logged $1.9 billion in inflows last week, data from CoinShares showed Monday. Bitcoin (BTC) and Ether (ETH) led the way with inflows of $977 million and $772 million, respectively, while…

UAE Signs OECD Crypto Tax Data-Sharing Agreement

The United Arab Emirates took a step toward aligning its digital asset policies with international tax standards by signing the Multilateral Competent Authority Agreement on the Automatic Exchange of Information under the Crypto-Asset Reporting Framework (CARF).  The UAE’s Ministry of Finance (MOF) announced the agreement on Saturday, formalizing the UAE’s commitment to implementing the Organisation…

Bitcoin Analysts See ‘Cycle Exhaustion’ as BTC Price Plunges to $112K

Key takeaways: Bitcoin dropped 4% to $112,000 in a marketwide correction, liquidating $1.6 billion in longs. Analysts say the BTC bull market may have run its course, based on several bearish onchain signals. Bitcoin bears extended sell-side activity into the weekly open on Monday as a drop to $112,000  resulted in a large liquidation of…

Gold Rallies an Hour After BTC Drops, Suggesting a Profit Rotation Into Metals

Gold, often seen as an analog for sound money, rose 1% on Monday to set another record high and bring its 2025 gain to 43%. The metal, now trading at $3,721, advanced about an hour after bitcoin BTC$112,920.50, seen by some proponents as a digital form of sound money, posted a 24-hour drop of 3%…

Crypto ETPs See $1.9B Inflows As AUM Climbs Past $40B

Cryptocurrency funds recorded a second consecutive week of inflows last week, extending the $3.3 billion in gains recorded the week before. Crypto exchange-traded products (ETPs) logged $1.9 billion in inflows last week, data from CoinShares showed Monday. Bitcoin (BTC) and Ether (ETH) led the way with inflows of $977 million and $772 million, respectively, while…

How to Day Trade Crypto Using ChatGPT and Grok

Key takeaways Grok detects real-time sentiment spikes from X that often precede short-term price movements, but not all spikes are reliable. ChatGPT turns those signals into trade plans, helping structure entries, exits and risk parameters based on technical and fundamental context. AI tools don’t replace judgment. You’ll learn how to add volume filters, whale flow…

OKX Built a Perps DEX But Paused Launch Citing CFTC Crackdown

Crypto exchange OKX built a decentralized perpetuals trading platform akin to Hyperliquid and Aster but held off launching it over regulatory concerns, its founder says. The Web3 arm of OKX developed the unnamed platform in 2023, OKX founder and CEO Star Xu said in an X post on Sunday. “Hyperliquid proved that massive success in…

Bitcoin ‘Uptober’ Rally Prospects Remain Despite Crypto Market Dip

Crypto pundits are debating whether there will be a crypto rally in October — just 10 days away — after the markets went in an opposite direction on Monday.  Historically, October has been one of the most reliably positive months for Bitcoin (BTC), shooting into the green 10 out of 12 times since 2013, according…