How to Spot Early Crypto Gems in 2025

Key takeaways:  Builders: Look for active repositories, steady commits and external validation to confirm real progress. Usage: Fees and retained revenue matter more than hype — use clean, consistent definitions. Liquidity: Depth and spread across venues show true tradability, not inflated volumes. Token design: Check float, fully diluted valuation and unlock cliffs to spot supply…

How to Spot Early Crypto Gems in 2025

Key takeaways:  Builders: Look for active repositories, steady commits and external validation to confirm real progress. Usage: Fees and retained revenue matter more than hype — use clean, consistent definitions. Liquidity: Depth and spread across venues show true tradability, not inflated volumes. Token design: Check float, fully diluted valuation and unlock cliffs to spot supply…

Spend Your Bitcoin, Don’t Just Hoard It

Opinion by: Carel van Wyk, CEO of MoneyBadger  “Hodl” is the rallying cry for many in the typical Bitcoin community because they believe they should spend “bad money” (fiat) and hoard “good money” (Bitcoin) as it may appreciate in value. But they misunderstand Gresham’s Law, which says, “Bad money drives out good,” because today, there…

What Wealth Managers Should Know About the Resurgence of the Institutional Loan Market

Happy Uptoper! In today’s “Crypto for Advisors” newsletter, Gregory Mall, chief investment officer at Lionsoul Global, explains the evolution of bitcoin-backed lending in both decentralized and centralized financial systems. Then, Lynn Nguyen, CEO of Saros, answers questions about tokenized stocks in “Ask an Expert.” Thank you to our sponsor of this week’s newsletter, Grayscale. For…

Can BNB, Solana, and Dogecoin Prices Continue Climbing in October?

Key takeaways: BNB, SOL, and DOGE show strong “Uptober” momentum, with upside targets at $1,480, $250, and $0.31, respectively. Failure to hold key trendlines could result in a pullback for BNB to $835. BNB (BNB), Solana (SOL), and Dogecoin (DOGE) opened October in the green, echoing broader crypto market gains as “Uptober” euphoria builds. Can…

Melania Trump Touts Memecoin, Silent On $10M Team Sales

US First Lady Melania Trump has resumed promoting her Solana-based memecoin, MelaniaMeme (MELANIA), after months of silence, even as the project faces ongoing questions about millions of dollars in unexplained token sales. In a Thursday X post, Trump returned with an artificial intelligence-generated video promoting the Official MelaniaMeme token as the path “into the future,”…

How Shows Like South Park Influence Crypto

“South Park” extended its running gag on cryptocurrency in a recent episode, taking aim at prediction markets, trading apps, US regulators and politicians tied to the industry. Now in its 27th season, the animated series has built its reputation on unhinged satire of global events. Crypto has repeatedly taken some hits. Not everyone enjoys being…

Bitcoin To $120K To Trigger ‘Quick’ Breakout To $150K: Charles Edwards

Bitcoin may surge to a new all-time high of $150,000 before the end of 2025 as investors pile into safe-haven assets alongside gold, according to Capriole Investments founder Charles Edwards. Bitcoin’s (BTC) recovery above the $120,000 psychological mark may lead to a “very quick” breakout to a $150,000 all-time high, Edwards told Cointelegraph during an…

Altcoin Season Unlikely as No Catalyst for Gains: Bitget COO

The crypto markets are unlikely to see an altcoin season where “everything will go up,” as many traders are now focused on narrower trends or are just focusing solely on Bitcoin, according to the operating chief of Bitget, one of the world’s biggest crypto exchanges. “I don’t think there will be an altseason,” Vugar Usi…

Swedish Lawmakers Push for Strategic Bitcoin Reserve

Two members of Sweden’s parliament, the Riksdag, have proposed that the country investigate establishing a strategic Bitcoin reserve to tackle inflation and diversify its holdings. They also want the government to promise it won’t change the legislation governing the monetary policy of Sweden’s central bank, to show it doesn’t intend to introduce a digital central…