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With fresh capital from Bain Capital Crypto, Haun Ventures and others, Meanwhile eyes global growth in BTC life insurance market.

Amid growing demand for safe-haven assets due to a US government shutdown, stimulus checks may bring an “additional liquidity catalyst,” market analysts told Cointelegraph. United States President Donald Trump has floated the idea of using import tariff revenue for another stimulus package, signaling a potential tailwind for crypto markets, alongside the ongoing government shutdown. Trump said he is considering giving Americans up to $2,000 in stimulus checks funded by revenue generated from import tariffs, according to an interview on the One America News Network published on Thursday. While the revenue from tariffs is just “starting to kick in,” they will ultimately generate “over a trillion dollars a year,” said Trump during the interview, adding that another part of the revenue will be used to pay the nation’s $37 trillion federal debt. Read more

The deal aims to expand Naka's bitcoin treasury and strengthen long-term balance sheet flexibility.

Traditional markets offer mixed signals as BTC holds key trendline support.

Ethereum continues to show strength, currently trading around $4,670 as it edges closer to the midline of its ascending channel. The market has maintained a steady recovery since late September, but signs of local exhaustion are beginning to appear, suggesting a potential short-term pullback before another push higher. Technical Analysis By Shayan The Daily Chart […]

The effort aims to enable near-instant settlement and potentially reduce transaction costs, with tokenized deposits moving over a blockchain.

Treasury companies and ETFs now hold over 10% of ETH’s supply, with SharpLink and BitMine leading corporate accumulation. SharpLink Gaming’s Ether holdings surged in value as the cryptocurrency climbed nearly 4.5% in the past 24 hours, pushing the company’s unrealized gains close to $1 billion. On Tuesday, the company said its unrealized profit from its Ether (ETH) purchases has surpassed $900 million since it initiated its accumulation strategy on June 2.  Strategic ETH Reserve data showed that SharpLink held 838,730 ETH on its balance sheet, worth around $3.93 billion at current prices. This makes the company one of the largest holders of ETH, with 0.69% of the asset’s total supply.  Read more

NYSE parent company, Intercontinental Exchange, has invested $2 billion in the crypto prediction market Polymarket at a $9 billion valuation. Intercontinental Exchange (ICE), the parent company of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), invested $2 billion in cryptocurrency-based prediction market Polymarket. According to a Tuesday Polymarket X post, the ICE invested $2 billion in the prediction market. The deal values Polymarket at a $9 billion post-money valuation. ICE’s NYSE is the world’s largest stock exchange by market capitalization, exceeding $25 trillion as of July 2024. Its interest is the latest move that fuses the United States’ traditional financial landscape with the cryptocurrency industry. Read more

The partnership will bring Decrypt’s news coverage to Opera’s hundreds of millions of users through its Opera News platform.

The company, the result of a merger earlier this year with David Bailey's Nakamoto Holdings, holds about $726 million in its Bitcoin treasury.

North Korea’s crypto theft spree has already hit a record $2 billion in 2025, nearly triple last year’s total.

India doesn’t “encourage or discourage” crypto, it “only taxes it,” Minister Piyush Goyal said, while unveiling a new RBI-backed digital currency project. The Indian government expressed renewed skepticism toward cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin as it prepared to launch new digital currency initiatives backed by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI). India will soon launch an RBI-backed digital currency, India’s Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal said in a roundtable during his visit to Qatar, local news agency The Hindu reported on Tuesday. In a separate development, the RBI plans to launch a pilot on deposit tokenization on Wednesday, RBI’s chief general manager of the fintech department, Suvendu Pati, reportedly said. Read more

The only two cryptocurrencies bigger than BNB are BTC and ETH.

Bitcoin ETFs will be a "clear leader" over traditional funds as IBIT nears the $100B milestone, analysts told Decrypt.

The stablecoin giant will submit its list at the club's annual shareholder meeting in November

Your day-ahead look for Oct. 7, 2025

With retail fear spiking and XRP trading around $3, analysts predict a breakout phase could ignite sooner than expected.

Bitcoin and gold have outperformed every other major asset class this year, reflecting how US macroeconomic uncertainty is reshaping investor behavior. Gold has surged 48% year to date, reaching an all-time high near $4000. In comparison, Bitcoin has gained over 30% this year and has reached a new high above $126,000. Notably, this marks the […] The post “Bitcoin should reach half of gold’s market cap” – VanEck projects $644k BTC appeared first on CryptoSlate.

Streamex shares surged over 20% as the company announced a pre-sale for GLDY, a gold-backed stablecoin offering 4% yield and targeting institutional investors. Streamex Corp. saw its stock surge over 20% on Monday after announcing a pre-sale for its upcoming gold-backed stablecoin, GLDY. The digital asset, designed to generate an annualized yield of up to 4.0%, will open for qualified investors on or before Nov. 10. The GLDY token offers exposure to physical gold bullion with yield paid in ounces of gold, targeting institutional investors, the company announced on Monday. The stablecoin is part of Streamex’s broader mission to tokenize real-world commodities through digital instruments. “The launch of GLDY represents a major evolution in how investors can access and benefit from physical gold,” said Henry McPhie, co-founder and CEO of Streamex. “Now, instead of paying to hold gold, investors can get paid to hold gold.” Read more

The investment could help Polymarket return to the U.S. market, after it was shut off to U.S. users in 2022 following a settlement with the CFTC.