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Crypto
If spot XRP ETFs arrive, who will buy and how much will liquidity shift?
Six XRP ETF filings are due Oct. 18–25; we trace the paperwork and model flows, liquidity, and price impact.
Hacks
Can a Unity Android bug drain your wallet? Here’s how to check
The bug forces Unity's runtime to accept specific pre-initialization arguments that influence where it searches for native libraries.
Crypto
Bitcoin touches previous all-time high amid US government shutdown, macro uncertainties
The move follows a steady October grind that accelerated as macro and flow tailwinds aligned.
Analysis
Will a Europe-US BTC reserve race actually happen?
Sweden’s opposition and a US lawmaker floated national Bitcoin reserves: here’s what would need to pass, and how it could reprice BTC.
Analysis
Why is Bitcoin near all-time highs? Everything that happened in crypto today
Softer US labor signals and a live government shutdown have traders leaning heavily toward another Fed cut this month.
Crypto
Avalanche treasuries line up $1 billion to make AVAX part of the multi-chain finance
Treasury plans can reshape AVAX’s role in the multi-chain finance, as it did with Ethereum and Solana.
Analysis
Why did the crypto market pump today? Everything that helped the leg-up
Shutdown jitters meet weak jobs data as Bitcoin vaults past $114,000 amid a short squeeze.
Memecoins
New degen trenches? Prediction markets double volume to $4.3B as Solana memecoin trading slumps
Monthly trading volume for prediction markets jumped 126.3% from August’s $1.89 billion, with the baton of dominance passed decisively to Kalshi.
ETF
US Government shutdown freezes SEC reviews, altcoin ETF floodgates remain shut
Under its “Operations Plan Under a Lapse in Appropriations & Government Shutdown” published in August, the SEC says it “will not review and approve new financial products.”
ETF
Will a US data blackout shove more money into Bitcoin?
With the shutdown delaying NFP and clouding rate odds, here’s how the macro feed that drives ETF flows could wobble BTC liquidity.
Regulation
Ripple and Coinbase to qualify as crypto custodians under new SEC staff guidance
The staff guidance clarifies the definition of "bank" under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 and the Investment Company Act of 1940.
ETF
Will institutions follow Bitcoin onto other chains?
Structural changes, such as the approval of altcoin ETFs, might change how Wall Street sees Bitcoin.
