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Industry watchers welcomed the idea of “skinny” master accounts as another sign of the end of crypto’s banking troubles, in what insiders describe as “Operation Chokepoint 2.0.” The US Federal Reserve is considering the introduction of a new type of payment account that would make it easier for smaller companies to participate in the central bank’s payment system, signaling the end of the crypto industry’s banking access challenges. The newly floated “payment accounts” would seek to grant full access to fintech companies seeking to utilize the Fed's payment services, which are currently reserved for large banks and financial institutions through the Fed's “master accounts." “I believe we can and should do more to support those actively transforming the payment system,” said Fed Governor Christopher J. Waller during his speech at the Payments Innovation Conference on Tuesday, adding: Read more

The leverage era in Bitcoin trading has faded into something more deliberate. What once resembled a perpetual motion casino now behaves more like a bond desk. Options activity has overtaken perpetuals, realized volatility has narrowed, and the largest Bitcoin fund in the world, BlackRock’s iShares Bitcoin Trust (IBIT), has become a vehicle for income strategies […] The post BlackRock’s $40B IBIT options: Is Bitcoin’s volatility now the market’s favorite income play? appeared first on CryptoSlate.

Ethereum ETFs lost $145 million on Monday as investors awaited delayed inflation data amid the longest-ever government shutdown fears.

Greenfield Capital led the round with backing from FalconX, Bitcoin Frontier Fund and DNA Fund to advance zero-knowledge-powered Bitcoin infrastructure

Snorter has opened a week-long window at list price and has set Oct 27, 2 p.m. UTC for claims. The team has detailed a roadmap for multichain expansion beyond Solana, Telegram portfolio tools, and AI-assisted trading, while positioning its bot in competition with Banana Gun, Maestro, and Trojan. The post Presale Ends: Only 6 Days Left to Buy Snorter Bot Token at List Price After $5.3M Raise appeared first on Cryptonews.

The figure reflects an 80,000 Bitcoin sale.

The Wall Street bank initiated coverage of Strategy with a buy/high risk rating and a $485 price target.

PI's price remains in red territory.

Watching from the sidelines for weeks as precious metals scored record highs on a regular basis, bitcoin on Tuesday was gaining as gold and silver posted their steepest declines in years.

As the New York mayor’s race draws to a culmination, Andrew Cuomo has developed a crypto and AI strategy for the city. Former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo lags far behind Democratic frontrunner Zohran Mamdani despite unveiling his proposal to make the city a crypto hub. Cuomo’s plan, announced on Sunday, would create a new office that would be responsible for attracting emerging tech companies, including cryptocurrencies and blockchain. The move follows similar initiatives from outgoing Mayor Eric Adams, which have yielded mixed results so far. The mayor’s office reported that many crypto startups have appeared in New York, while existing crypto businesses have not seen much change. Some have noted that the mayor’s office generally has little influence over how or whether the crypto industry develops. Read more

California’s SB 822 ends forced crypto sell-offs and requires holders to send in-kind transfers of unclaimed crypto to the state, promoting stronger consumer rights. California’s Senate Bill 822 (SB 822), signed into law by Governor Gavin Newsom in October 2025, makes California the first US state to protect unclaimed crypto assets from forced liquidation. Treating digital assets similarly to bank accounts and securities, SB 822 requires unclaimed cryptocurrencies to be transferred in their native form rather than immediately liquidated. This helps prevent forced liquidation of assets like Bitcoin (BTC) or Ether (ETH), which could otherwise trigger taxable events for holders without their consent. Read more

Galaxy COO Chris Ferraro touted disciplined execution and Galaxy One’s appeal to high-net-worth clients; execs say funding efficiency will drive long-term profitability.

At its first event on payment innovations, the Federal Reserve's Christopher Waller suggested a compromise over the crypto world's "master account" aims.

Bitcoin returned to $110,000 after bouncing at the weekend's CME futures gap, contrasting with 5.5% daily losses and a potential double top for gold. Key points: Bitcoin stays volatile into the Wall Street open with $110,000 making a reappearance. Liquidity conditions thicken around price as the 21-week moving average now important to reclaim. Read more

BTE offers epochless, constant-size decryption shares (as small as 48 bytes) that can help layer-2 rollups to achieve pending transaction privacy. Batched Threshold Encryption (BTE) builds on foundational concepts such as threshold cryptography, which enable secure collaboration among multiple parties without exposing sensitive data to any single participant. BTE is an evolution of the earliest TE-encrypted mempool schemes, such as Shutter, which we have covered previously. For now, all existing work on BTE remains at the prototype or research stage, but it could shape the future of decentralized ledgers if successful. This creates a clear opportunity for more research and potential adoption, which we will explore in this article.  On most modern blockchains, transaction data is publicly viewable in the mempool before it is sequenced, executed and confirmed in a block. This transparency creates avenues for sophisticated parties to engage in extractive practices known as Maximal Extractable Value (MEV). MEV ex...

Binance Bitcoin outflow metric shows traders preferring to hold rather than sell with 30-day moving average strongly negative signaling accumulation, as MVRV ratio slips below 365-day average marking cyclical bottom formation with path to $130,000 requiring break above $120,000 resistance. The post Binance Outflows Surge as Traders Choose to Hold Instead of Sell — $130K BTC Next? appeared first on Cryptonews.

Following a critical minerals deal with Australia, the Trump China tariff threat has intensified, with the U.S. president announcing potential 155% duties on goods from Beijing starting November 1. The post Trump Puts China on Notice With 155% Tariff Threat Amid Australia Deal — Market Crash by November? appeared first on Cryptonews.

Ethereum continues to consolidate between institutional zones, with clear boundaries defined by $3.4K support and $4.6K resistance. The current symmetrical triangle formation signals a period of compression, with breakout potential in either direction. Technical Analysis By Shayan The Daily Chart On the daily timeframe, ETH remains trapped in a mid-range structure between the $3.4K institutional […]

The listed exchange expects a rebalance from Asia's dominance towards U.S. and Europe-based, non-market maker institutions.

New York, United States, 21st October 2025, Chainwire