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Cointelegraph.com - 13:30 Oct 27, 2025
Corporate scale has become an innovation liability as bureaucracy stalls retail payment evolution. Fintech partnerships offer the only escape from irrelevance. Opinion by: Vitaliy Shtyrkin, chief product officer at B2BINPAY For years, large retailers invested heavily in their own fintech divisions, convinced they could develop payment solutions internally, overlook smaller players and innovate independently — and, for a while, they succeeded. Today, however, despite boasting vast resources and a global reach, corporations are realizing that money no longer guarantees innovation. Read more -
Cointelegraph.com - 13:14 Oct 27, 2025
As investors exit gold for digital assets, Bitcoin could be the next big winner — possibly crossing the $200,000 barrier. After a significant rally that pushed gold prices above $4,300 per ounce, the metal reached a historic milestone driven by strong safe-haven demand. By October 2025, the market began experiencing profit-taking. Gold prices fell by more than 2% on Oct. 17, 2025, immediately after reaching the milestone. At the time of writing, spot gold was trading at around $4,023 per ounce: an 8.1% decline from the all-time high of $4,378.69. Read more -
Cointelegraph.com - 12:43 Oct 27, 2025
ClearBank and Circle’s partnership involves scaling USDC and EURC operations through Circle Mint, which enables the minting and redemption of the tokens. ClearBank, a cloud-based clearing bank based in the United Kingdom, has formed a strategic partnership with Circle, the issuer of USDC, the second-largest stablecoin by market capitalization. ClearBank signed a strategic framework agreement with a subsidiary of Circle Internet Group to cooperate on several stablecoin-related initiatives in the European market, the company announced on Monday. The collaboration aims to scale access to Circle’s USDC (USDC) and EURC (EURC) stablecoins through Circle Mint, a service that allows authorized financial institutions and partners to create and redeem tokens directly on the blockchain. Read more -
Cointelegraph.com - 12:19 Oct 27, 2025
Growing optimism surrounding a potential trade deal is the main catalyst for a recovery in investor sentiment ahead of Thursday’s tariff meeting, industry watchers told Cointelegraph. Cryptocurrency markets staged a recovery after a record $19 billion liquidation event, buoyed by signs of a temporary ceasefire in the US-China trade war. Bitcoin (BTC) briefly recovered above a two-week high of $116,400 on Monday, driven by investor expectations of two significant macroeconomic catalysts this week: the incoming Federal Open Market Committee’s (FOMC) interest rate decision on Wednesday and a potential trade deal between the US and China, which could come as soon as Thursday. Crypto investor sentiment recovered on Monday from “fear” to “neutral” territory after reports emerged that the US and China had reached a “preliminary” framework for an import tariff deal. Read more -
Cointelegraph.com - 10:35 Oct 27, 2025
Bitcoin rebounded to $116,000, but traders were nervous about the bull market even while stocks soared on news of a likely US-China trade deal. Bitcoin (BTC) started the last week of October with a welcome rebound; can BTC price action cancel its dip from all-time highs? Bitcoin reached $114,500 for the weekly close as bulls staged a much-needed comeback, but many traders remained unconvinced. FOMC week began with stocks breathing a sigh of relief on reduced US-China tariff odds. Read more -
Cointelegraph.com - 10:27 Oct 27, 2025
Bitcoin, which had been the main driver of crypto ETP outflows a week earlier, almost fully recovered its losses with $931 million in inflows last week. Cryptocurrency investment products regained momentum last week as investor confidence improved following lower-than-expected US inflation data. Crypto exchange-traded products (ETPs) saw $921 million of inflows last week, more than offsetting the $513 million in outflows from the week before, CoinShares reported Monday. The main driver behind the bullish trend in the crypto fund market was renewed confidence in further US rate cuts, bolstered by lower-than-expected CPI data released on Friday, according to CoinShares’ head of research, James Butterfill. Read more -
Cointelegraph.com - 10:17 Oct 27, 2025
Defunct crypto exchange Mt. Gox postponed some long-awaited customer repayments by another year to Oct. 31, 2026, citing incomplete creditor procedures. One of the world’s first crypto exchanges, the now-defunct Bitcoin exchange Mt. Gox, has again postponed repayments to creditors, this time until October 2026. According to a Monday announcement, Mt. Gox postponed customer repayments to Oct. 31, 2026. The notice came just four days before its Oct. 31, 2025, deadline. According to the announcement, the trustee said that while most base, early lump-sum, and intermediate repayments had been completed for creditors who filed the necessary paperwork, many others have yet to receive funds. Read more -
Cointelegraph.com - 06:37 Oct 27, 2025
Skipping crypto taxes can trigger hefty fines and legal issues. Find out what really happens if you fail to report or pay taxes on your holdings. Tax authorities like the IRS, HMRC and ATO classify crypto as a capital asset, meaning that sales, trades and even swaps are considered taxable events. Tax authorities worldwide are coordinating through frameworks like the FATF and the OECD’s CARF to track transactions, even across borders and privacy coins. Authorities use blockchain analytics firms like Chainalysis to link wallet addresses with real identities, tracking even complex DeFi and cross-chain transactions. Read more -
Cointelegraph.com - 06:03 Oct 27, 2025
JPYC President Noriyoshi Okabe said that the stablecoin has already garnered interest from seven companies that are looking to incorporate it into their services. Tokyo-based fintech firm JPYC has launched Japan’s first yen-backed stablecoin along with a platform to issue the new coin, amid a growing global race to corner the growing market. The Japanese yen stablecoin JPYC went live on Monday and is backed one-to-one by bank deposits and government bonds, and also has a 1:1 exchange rate with the yen, the company said on Friday. At a press conference in Tokyo, JPYC President Noriyoshi Okabe said the stablecoin from his company is a “major milestone in the history of Japanese currency,” and has also attracted interest from seven companies planning to incorporate it, according to a report from Business Insider Japan. Read more -
Cointelegraph.com - 05:52 Oct 27, 2025
Australia’s crypto exchanges have been largely positive about the government’s proposed crypto laws, but have told the Treasury that further clarity is needed. Australia’s crypto industry has largely backed the government’s draft crypto legislation released last month, but has still responded to a Treasury consultation with demands for further clarity. “The draft legislation, as it stands, leaves some critical questions unanswered,” Caroline Bowler, the former CEO of crypto exchange BTC Markets, said in a statement. On Friday, the Treasury concluded a consultation that began in late September on draft rules extending finance sector laws to crypto exchanges. Read more -
Cointelegraph.com - 05:37 Oct 27, 2025
The Crypto Fear & Greed Index has flipped to neutral, leaving “fear” behind for the first time since the mid-October market crash sparked by Trump’s China tariffs. The Crypto Fear & Greed Index finally clawed its way out of the “fear” zone on Sunday, resolving to neutral for the first time in more than two weeks as the price of Bitcoin surged back to around $115,000 over the weekend. The Crypto Fear & Greed Index, which measures overall market sentiment, is currently sitting in the “neutral” zone with a score of 51 out of 100. It’s up 11 points from the fearful score of 40 on Saturday, and also up over 20 points since last week, marking a sharp change in tune over the past few days. Read more -
Cointelegraph.com - 01:31 Oct 27, 2025
Zcash rallied 490% in the last 30 days and also crossed the $5 billion market capitalization threshold for the first time on Sunday. Privacy-focused cryptocurrency Zcash has surged 30% in the last 24 hours after crypto entrepreneur Arthur Hayes predicted the token would eventually reach $10,000. Zcash rallied from $272 to a peak of $355 in the hours after Hayes’s “vibe check” post on X on Sunday with the bullish prediction, outperforming all other top 50 tokens by market capitalization over the same time frame. This isn’t the first time Hayes’ predictions have been linked to a token’s rise. At the August WebX 2025 conference in Tokyo, he stated that Hyperliquid’s HYPE token could increase 126 times over the next three years, which resulted in a 4% spike for HYPE. Read more -
Cointelegraph.com - 00:10 Oct 27, 2025
Western Union CEO said there are “significant opportunities” to utilize stablecoins for sending and receiving money across borders. Financial services company Western Union is set to pilot a stablecoin-based settlement system to modernize its remittance operations for its more than 150 million customers. During Western Union’s third-quarter earnings call on Thursday, CEO Devin McGranahan said the pilot is “focused on leveraging onchain settlement rails to reduce dependency on legacy correspondent banking systems, shorten settlement windows, and improve capital efficiency.” Western Union processes around 70 million transfers each quarter. Blockchain technology could offer significant advantages over traditional remittance rails and could benefit its customers located in more than 200 countries. Read more -
Cointelegraph.com - 22:10 Oct 26, 2025
Need to know what happened in crypto today? Here is the latest news on daily trends and events impacting Bitcoin price, blockchain, DeFi, NFTs, Web3 and crypto regulation. Today in crypto, US Treasury Scott Bessent signals trade framework deal reached, CZ’s pardon by Trump followed a lobbying push that included $450,000 to Trump-linked lobbyists, and Kyrgyzstan launches a stablecoin and confirms CBDC rollout with the help of Changpeng Zhao. Scott Bessent, the Treasury secretary of the United States, said on Sunday that the US and China have made “substantial” headway on a trade deal framework between the two countries, stoking investor hopes that markets will resume their upward trajectory. The prospective framework means the 100% additional tariffs on China, announced in October, will likely not be implemented, and he said the two countries would also collaborate on security agreements. Bessent added: Read more -
Cointelegraph.com - 21:52 Oct 26, 2025
Ethereum layer-2 networks have glaring security and centralization issues, according to Anatoly Yakovenko, co-founder of the Solana blockchain. Solana co-founder Anatoly Yakovenko cast doubt on the decentralization and security of Ethereum’s layer-2 (L2) scaling networks during a heated debate on Sunday. Layer-2 scaling networks feature a huge attack surface and code bases so large that they cannot be properly audited for software bugs. User funds can also be shifted from L2s, which rely on multi-signature custody, without the users' consent, Yakovenko added. ‘The claim that layer-2s inherit ETH security is erroneous,’ Yakovenko said during the debate. He argued: The conversation surrounding Ethereum’s layer-2 scaling networks continues, as developers, investors, and industry executives debate whether the layer-2 networks benefit the Ethereum layer-1 blockchain or hurt it. Read more -
Cointelegraph.com - 20:16 Oct 26, 2025
The stock-to-flow model may not be the best framework to forecast Bitcoin prices, Bitwise investment analyst André Dragosch said. Bitcoin’s (BTC) Stock-to-Flow (S2F) model, one of the most widely cited BTC valuation frameworks, forecasts a peak price of $222,000 during this market cycle, but investors should exercise caution when using the model, according to André Dragosch, the European head of research at investment firm Bitwise. The Stock-to-Flow model does not take into account demand-side factors, and instead, centers its price modeling on Bitcoin’s halvings, which reduce the amount of newly issued BTC by half every four years, Dragosch said. He added: Exchange-traded funds, ETPs, and other Bitcoin investment vehicles have created a price floor for BTC, supporting prices above the $100,000 level. Read more -
Cointelegraph.com - 17:28 Oct 26, 2025
Secretary Scott Bessent said the negotiations alleviate the need for the 100% additional tariffs announced by US president Trump in October. United States Treasury secretary Scott Bessent said on Sunday that the US and China have made “substantial” progress on a trade deal framework, sparking investor hopes of reigniting the bull market. The proposed trade framework will likely remove the need for the 100% additional tariffs announced by US President Donald Trump on October 10, Bessent said. He added: Bessent’s comments follow weeks of easing trade tensions between the two countries, culminating in president Trump confirming the meeting with China’s President Xi Jinping at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit on October 31. Read more -
Cointelegraph.com - 14:30 Oct 26, 2025
DeFi trading volumes hit record ratios against CEXs as matured infrastructure and regulatory clarity shift power to transparent, code-driven platforms. Opinion by: Rachel Lin, co-founder and CEO at SynFutures DeFi has come a long way since the boom-and-bust cycle of 2020’s DeFi Summer. Much of the surge in the early days was fueled by experimentation, hype and unsustainably high incentives. Five years on, DeFi’s foundations look very different. The past year’s experimentation is a quiet consolidation phase, setting the stage. 2025 may be remembered as the year when DeFi surpassed centralized exchanges (CEXs). Read more -
Cointelegraph.com - 11:53 Oct 26, 2025
The 15-hour Amazon Web Services outage that halted Coinbase, Robinhood and MetaMask revealed how much of Web3 still relies on centralized servers. The recent Amazon Web Services (AWS) outage that knocked out major crypto and fintech platforms, including Coinbase, Robinhood, MetaMask and Venmo, has reignited debate over how decentralized Web3 really is. While blockchains continued producing blocks uninterrupted, millions of users were unable to access wallets, exchanges and decentralized applications (DApps) because their interfaces and application programming interfaces (APIs) were hosted on centralized servers. “Decentralization has succeeded at the ledger layer but not yet at the infrastructure layer,” Jamie Elkaleh, chief marketing officer at Bitget Wallet, told Cointelegraph. “Real resilience depends on diversifying beyond hyperscalers into community-driven and distributed networks.” Read more -
Cointelegraph.com - 09:38 Oct 26, 2025
Bitcoin price action favored bulls as the weekly close neared, with BTC nearing $113,000 ahead of a key week for the Federal Reserve. Key points: Bitcoin brings upside volatility into the weekly close with a charge through $112,000 resistance. Traders hope for new local highs next as the BTC price recovery continues. Read more
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