The cryptocurrency market experienced a significant sell-off this week, with Bitcoin losing 9%, Ethereum losing 6%, and XRP losing 15%. Some altcoins saw even steeper declines. Analysts state that this sharp pullback may be due to both geopolitical developments and investors’ expectations of the classic “four-year cycle.” Last Friday, following US President Donald Trump’s threat
The US government has seized nearly 130,000 BTC — worth almost $15 billion — marking the largest forfeiture action in history and spurring discussions of what this could mean for the newly-created strategic bitcoin reserves. Experts warn that the road ahead is lengthy. The actual seizure of the assets is only the first step, though.
According to Reuters, Bank of Japan (BOJ) Deputy Governor Shinichi Uchida announced that interest rate hikes will continue if the country’s economy and inflation remain in line with expectations. Speaking at Japan’s credit portfolio meeting, Uchida maintained that the central bank would make its decisions without bias, carefully evaluating domestic and international economic indicators, price
Crypto adoption in European countries like the United Kingdom and Germany is lagging behind Russia, according to the latest report from US blockchain analytics firm Chainalysis. Russia emerged as the leading crypto market in Chainalysis’ latest European Crypto Adoption report, receiving $376.3 billion in crypto between July 2024 and June 2025. Published Thursday, the report
Ondo Finance urged the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to delay or reject Nasdaq’s proposal to trade tokenized securities, saying it lacks transparency and could give established market players an unfair edge. In a Wednesday letter to the regulator, Ondo — a blockchain company that issues tokenized versions of traditional assets — said regulators
Cryptocurrency analyst Colin Talks Crypto said that the market has reached a critical threshold following the recent drop in the Bitcoin price. According to the analyst, although BTC is still in the bull market, the momentum is weakening and maintaining current levels is of great importance. Colin, in a chart shared on Twitter, assessed the
Chinese on-chain analyst Murphy drew attention to the behavior of Bitcoin (BTC) whales in this cycle in the latest data he published. According to the analysis, whale wallets holding at least 100 BTC currently hold a total of 12.17 million BTC, or 61% of the circulating supply. This is similar to levels at the peak
AI-focused Web3 entertainment and infrastructure firm Astra Nova has raised $48.3 million to grow its suite of tokenized content tools and creator platforms. The funding includes $41.6 million from a recent strategic round and builds on earlier investments led by Outlier Ventures as well as family offices and institutional investors in Saudi Arabia, the United
BlackRock’s iShares Bitcoin Trust (IBIT), the largest U.S. spot Bitcoin ETF, recorded two consecutive days of redemptions this week as Bitcoin tumbled below $105,000. According to ETF flow tracker data shared by HeyApollo co-founder Thomas Fahrer, IBIT sold 272 BTC on October 15 and another 272 BTC on October 16, bringing its two-day outflow to