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The market has rebounded bullishly today, boosting the crypto price prediction for these three altcoins. The post Crypto Price Prediction Today 1 October – XRP, PUMP, Plasma appeared first on Cryptonews.

Swedish MPs want Bitcoin treated like gold in Sweden’s reserves—paid for with seized crypto, not taxes—as Finance Minister Elisabeth Svantesson sends the proposal to committee amid a wave of state-level BTC stockpiling led by President Trump’s U.S. The post Sweden Eyes First-Ever National Bitcoin Reserve Amid Geopolitical Tensions appeared first on Cryptonews.

President Donald Trump has nominated Travis Hill to lead the FDIC, confirming his move from acting to permanent chair. Lawmakers and crypto groups have responded to his record on bank involvement in digital assets, and the nomination has arrived as a U.S. government shutdown has begun. The post Crypto Community Reacts To Travis Hill’s Nomination As FDIC Chair appeared first on Cryptonews.

The US government shutdown delayed the approval of exchange-traded fund (ETF) filings by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), which puts the “altcoin ETF floodgates” on hold. 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,” will […] The post US Government shutdown freezes SEC reviews, altcoin ETF floodgates remain shut appeared first on CryptoSlate.

Societe Generale, one of Europe’s most influential banks, just launched an ambitious new DeFi initiative – strengthening the case for a bullish Ethereum price prediction.Through its digital assets arm SG-Forge, the bank announced the rollout of two stablecoins – USDCV and EURCV – pegged to the U.S. dollar and euro. Both will operate on the […] The post Ethereum Price Prediction: One of Europe’s Biggest Banks Just Went All-In on ETH – Institutions are Buying Big appeared first on Cryptonews.

Sen. Ron Wyden (D-OR) has gone public with allegations that Pantera Capital founder Dan Morehead is refusing to cooperate with a months-long tax evasion inquiry.

Travis Hill has served as acting FDIC chair since Donald Trump took office on Jan. 20, later issuing guidance on crypto-related activities and criticizing allegations of debanking. US President Donald Trump sent the nomination of acting chair of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), Travis Hill, to the Senate for consideration to assume the government role for a five-year term. According to congressional records, Trump’s nomination of Hill as FDIC chair was sent to the Senate Banking Committee on Tuesday. Before assuming his role at the FDIC, Hill issued a statement that the department should offer additional guidance on digital assets and tokenization and spoke out against allegations of US authorities debanking companies due to their ties to crypto. He followed with a letter aimed at financial institutions in March, clarifying that banks could engage with digital assets as a ”permissible activity.”  Read more

The tape shows a relay between gold and bitcoin: when the metal runs, BTC rests; and when gold stalls, BTC tends to go.

Prediction market users on Myriad are split on the path forward for Ethereum and Solana. The charts tell an interesting story.

Bitwise’s Hunter Horsley says Solana’s shorter unstaking period gives it an advantage over Ethereum in the race for staking ETFs, as US regulators prepare key decisions in October. Bitwise CEO Hunter Horsley says Solana may gain an edge over Ethereum in the staking exchange-traded fund (ETF) market, pointing to its design as more favorable for investors. Speaking with Cointelegraph editor Andrew Fenton at Token2049 in Singapore, Horsley argued that Solana’s quicker unstaking period gives it an advantage over Ethereum. For instance, Ethereum’s withdrawal queue recently reached new highs, while Solana’s typically clears faster. Horsley said that difference matters for issuers who must be able to return assets to investors quickly. “It’s a huge problem,” Horsley said. “The ETFs need to be able to return assets on a very short time frame. So this is a huge challenge.” Read more

The United States Securities and Exchange Commission has taken another step toward easing the path for the digital asset industry.

Doodles collaborated with Kellogg's Froot Loops to put its popular pastel characters on a cereal box, with NFTs tied in.

Injective launches onchain pre-IPO perpetuals for companies like OpenAI, offering leveraged exposure and a decentralized alternative to Robinhood’s tokens. Injective Protocol, a layer-1 blockchain focused on decentralized finance, is launching onchain pre-IPO perpetual markets, giving global investors access to trade synthetic versions of major private companies such as OpenAI. The new offering allows users to take up to five times leveraged positions on private company valuations directly through Injective, a move the protocol says distinguishes it from centralized pre-IPO products offered by platforms like Robinhood. According to Injective’s announcement on Wednesday, the Pre-IPO perpetuals are powered by onchain data sourced from Seda Protocol, which provides decentralized oracle infrastructure to bring price data onto blockchains, and Caplight, which aggregates private market pricing data for venture-backed companies. Read more

Bitcoin may be positioned for a steep rally in the final quarter of 2025, with prices potentially climbing as high as $200,000 if demand momentum continues, according to onchain analytics firm CryptoQuant. The firm stated that spot demand has been rising sharply since midsummer, averaging more than 62,000 BTC in net inflows per month. It […] The post Bitcoin rally looms with projections hinting at $200,000 surge appeared first on CryptoSlate.

The Blockchain Association has called on Congress to continue bipartisan work on crypto policy as the U.S. government has entered a shutdown. The group has pointed to recent SEC–CFTC coordination and said maintaining momentum is needed to support regulatory clarity while lawmakers negotiate funding. The post Blockchain Association Urges Congress To Work Together Amid Government Shutdown appeared first on Cryptonews.

The U.K. government may have legal precedent on its side when it comes to retaining most of the Bitcoin it seized in 2018.

BTC has advanced above $117K as U.S. signals from the labor market have increased expectations for a Fed cut. On-chain strength and larger holder accumulation have supported Q4 momentum, while $108K support and $120K resistance frame Bitcoin. The post U.S. Labor Market Declined in September, Fueling Rate Cut Odds – Bullish for Bitcoin’s Q4 Run? appeared first on Cryptonews.

An emerging class of AI systems that rewrite their own code and workflows may erode their own safeguards, researchers say.

ChatGPT's XRP Analysis has reported XRP at $2.9543 (+3.78%), trading above the 20/50/100/200-day EMAs with neutral RSI and improving MACD. Volume has increased during Japan’s SBI lending update and leadership changes, while October ETF decisions have created a near-term catalyst window. The post ChatGPT’s XRP Analysis Reveals $2.95 Surge as Bank of Japan Launches XRP Lending Program – Is $4 Possible? appeared first on Cryptonews.

Senate lawmakers debated whether cryptocurrencies should have special tax exemptions to encourage everyday use and the industry's growth. US lawmakers debated crypto tax policy at Wednesday’s Senate Committee on Finance hearing, including possible tax exemptions for crypto transactions below a certain threshold and how income from staking services should be classified. Lawrence Zlatkin, the vice president of tax at crypto exchange Coinbase, urged the Senate committee to consider a de minimis tax exemption for cryptocurrency transactions under $300 to encourage commercial use in payments and ensure innovation occurs inside the US. Zlatkin said: Lawmakers also grappled with how to close the annual tax gap of about $700 billion through enforcing tighter reporting requirements for cryptocurrency transactions, minimizing tax exemptions, and potentially classifying revenue from staking services as earned income subject to taxation under the tiered income tax system. Read more