Quick Take Spout raised a $2 million strategic round with participation from Draper Dragon, Anchorage Digital and Flow Traders, alongside strategic backing from Solana Labs. The protocol funds lender yield through covered-call premiums on pledged equities rather than borrower interest; it remains on Solana Devnet. Spout, a Solana-based lending protocol for tokenized US equities, announced
Global onshore oil inventories fell by an estimated 113 million barrels in September, according to the International Energy Agency’s October 14 report. A buildup at sea offset most of that draw, leaving the prospects for energy-led inflation relief uncertain for Bitcoin investors. Global observed inventories fell just 10 million barrels because oil on water increased
Two hot inflation reports in two days resulted in Bitcoin falling below $80,000 on Oct. 15. September CPI accelerated to 3.7% from 3.4%, and producer prices jumped 1.3% on the month, the largest rise since March 2022 and more than double the forecast in most surveys. Can-Luca Köymen, investment strategist at Sygnum, said in a
Bitcoin ($BTC) traded near $82,000 around Friday’s Wall Street open as crypto markets stabilized alongside a rebound in South Korean stocks. Key points: Bitcoin price volatility eased as South Korean stocks rebounded 2% on Friday, offering relief after a steep sell-off. Federal Reserve Chair Kevin Warsh gave no indication of further interest-rate hikes during a
Bitcoin ($BTC) price briefly dropped below $80,000 on October 15 after US PPI inflation came in hot at 6.3%. The rising inflation has now triggered hawkish remarks from Fed officials as the odds of one more Fed rate hike in 2026 soar. Know when your coins moveAlerts, real-time prices, and market news — all in
Crypto analyst Matthew Hyland expects Bitcoin to exceed $250,000 this cycle and says a later 70% bear market would need a peak of $350,000 or more, even though $BTC trades near $82,000 today. The case rests on a theory that this cycle runs eight years instead of four, which would put the top in 2028
Bitcoin continued to be in a negative sentiment on October 16 as $1.47 billion in Bitcoin options were up for renewal and worries over possible U.S military strikes against Iran lingered. The expiration coincided with a wider pullback in financial markets, which further deterred Bitcoin’s recovery path and its next big move. Know when your
Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin has shared an experimental “paranoid mode” wrapper for his AI agent harness that layers Tor, zkAPI payments, cover traffic, and local prompt rewriting to limit identity and data exposure when using remote language models. Know when your coins moveAlerts, real-time prices, and market news — all in one app Point your
Michael Saylor’s Strategy, the largest corporate Bitcoin holder, declared daily dividends on its STRC preferred stock for November, subject to shareholder approval and related amendments taking effect. The company’s board declared cash dividends for each calendar day from Nov. 1 to Nov. 30, with payments beginning Nov. 2. Each dividend will be payable on the