Crypto

Whales still move prices, but ETF flows, exchange liquidity, and macro shifts now decide Bitcoin’s daily color. Since 2024, spot ETF inflows and outflows have been the strongest driver of Bitcoin’s green and red days. With exchange balances near multi-year lows, any sizable order travels farther through the book. Large holders often split trades or use OTC desks, muting visible “wallet-moved” shocks. Read more

Thailand’s SEC raids World’s iris scanning site over unlicensed WLD token operations, raising legal concerns about the digital identity project. World, formerly known as Worldcoin, is facing new issues in Thailand, with local authorities raiding an iris scanning location allegedly connected to the platform. Thailand’s Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) conducted a joint operation with the Cyber Crime Investigation Bureau (CCIB) to raid an iris scanning location related to “WLD exchange services,” the SEC announced Friday. World’s WLD (WLD) token is the project’s native cryptocurrency, distributed to eligible World ID users in exchange for verification through iris scanning at World’s orb locations. The digital identity project is co-founded by OpenAI CEO Sam Altman. Read more

Corporate crypto treasuries have attracted about $800 billion from retail investors, mainly at the expense of altcoins, according to 10x Research. Despite growing expectations of an imminent altcoin season, industry insiders are pointing to capital flowing back into Bitcoin and corporate cryptocurrency treasuries, raising doubts about the traditional crypto market cycle. Corporate digital assets treasuries (DATs) have drained about $800 billion worth of retail investor capital from the altcoin market, according to crypto market intelligence company 10x Research. “Liquidity, momentum, and conviction have all migrated elsewhere, leaving the altcoin market eerily quiet,” 10x Research wrote in a Friday blog post. “Our models show a decisive rotation back into Bitcoin, even as Korean retail traders, once the heart of altcoin speculation, shift their focus to U.S. crypto stocks.”  Read more

The bank’s new framework could let institutional clients post crypto as loan collateral under a third-party custody model.

Whales and insiders are aggressively longing for Ethereum. This could mean that a massive bullish reversal may already be underway.

Your day-ahead look for Oct. 24, 2025

$260 million in fiat and crypto was flagged as part of Operation Catalyst, of which some $600,000 has been seized to date.

The tokens pledged under the global program will be safeguarded by a third-party custodian.

Dogecoin must break above the $0.20 resistance level to signal a reduction in selling pressure, potentially sending the DOGE price beyond $0.25. Key takeaways: Dogecoin must break through the $0.20 resistance to trigger a breakout from consolidation. DOGE price must confirm a symmetrical triangle pattern to secure gains to $0.25. Read more

This Friday, we examine Ethereum, Ripple, Cardano, Binance Coin, and Hyperliquid in greater detail. Ethereum (ETH) After a turbulent period since the October 10th crash, Ethereum managed to find its balance around the $4,000 level, which is currently acting as a key resistance. If buyers can break above this level, optimism can return. ETH also […]

We audit popular gold tokens against five trust tests, then compare them with BTC ETFs and native BTC settlement. Binance founder Changpeng Zhao recently claimed tokenized gold is not on-chain in response to Peter Schiff arguing tokenized gold can outcompete Bitcoin. Saying the obvious. Most people “in crypto” know this, most people “not in crypto” […] The post If tokenized gold is just a “trust-me-bro” IOU, what’s really on-chain? appeared first on CryptoSlate.

Here's everything most interesting surrounding XRP, ZEC, and ETH.

Through a system that tokenizes hardware, USDai channels crypto liquidity into AI infrastructure while tapping in to demand for crypto credit

A single anonymous trader saw the crash coming and capitalized on it, earning $192 million in just a few hours. An anonymous wallet (0xb317) on the Hyperliquid derivatives exchange reportedly earned a $192-million profit within just a few hours during a period of sharp market volatility. As Bitcoin (BTC) and Ether (ETH) prices fell sharply, many traders were hit with liquidations that erased more than $1 billion in leveraged positions. During the sell-off, one trader managed to time a short that paid off in a big way. Whether it was luck, timing or experience isn’t clear. Read more

On October 21 (SGT), JustLend DAO—the flagship DeFi protocol of the TRON ecosystem—reached a major milestone with the successful completion of its first large-scale JST burn. This marks JST’s evolution from a fully circulating token into a continuously deflationary asset. As announced, JustLend DAO has allocated over 59 million USDT from its accumulated protocol revenue. […] The post JustLend DAO Completes First JST Buyback and Burn, Ushering In a Revenue-Driven Deflation Cycle appeared first on CryptoSlate.

The banking giant first dabbled with the idea earlier this year.

14-year-old wallet moves $16.6M in BTC as analyst weigh security concerns and shifting on-chain behavior.

Solana is making an institutional case built on real world asset inflows, changes in validator infrastructure, and zero downtime during the Oct. 20 AWS outage. The chain’s RWA footprint sits near the top of its range, blue-chip issuers have gone live natively on Solana rails, and validators are skewing toward bare-metal and diverse data centers, […] The post Is Solana ready for institutions? $700M real world assets and no downtime appeared first on CryptoSlate.

BTC has stabilized at $111,000 as of press time, but more volatility is expected later today.

A massive Oracle-led AI infrastructure financing ignites a sharp rally in AI and HPC mining stocks.