Ostium Research’s latest weekly note opened with Bitcoin under pressure after a swift selloff into the new week, describing “a mass liquidation event” that pushed price as low as $111,761, after rejection near resistance in the mid-$117,000s. The team frames the drawdown as part of a previously flagged “window of weakness… into early October,” while
European record for ARK Invest: the assets managed in Europe with UCITS vehicles have surpassed one billion dollars, demonstrating a rare acceleration in thematic asset management. The announcement, recently made in London and confirmed by ARK Invest Europe, follows the jump from 446 million dollars recorded at the beginning of the year and has been
Pinkfong, the creator of the global hit ‘Baby Shark,’ is taking its iconic IP to Web3, as Story Protocol announces its tokenization on ip.world. Summary “Baby Shark” and other Pinkfong content are now tokenized on Story Protocol’s ip.world. The initiative allows fans and creators to “remix and expand the Pinkfong IP”, according to the official
Washington is finally paying attention to the full spectrum of crypto issues; earlier this week, it was the Bitcoin reserve, and soon it’s privacy. On October 17, the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) will hold a public roundtable on financial surveillance and privacy. This is a rare chance to change how privacy is
Co-Founder and Chief Cryptographer of Mysten Labs, Kostas Kryptos Chalkias, Mohamed Abdou, CEO and Founder of MENA-based Pravica, Gregorios Siourounis, Co-Founder and CEO of Xmoney Global, and A. Tony Amer, CEO of EMURGO Labs, met in Egypt to integrate blockchain into the economies and societies of Egypt and MENA. The global and regional blockchain leaders
The Bitcoin Core v30 update has split the Bitcoin community apart. There are now pro- and anti-Core v30s in the Bitcoin space. The latest debate is fueled by Luke Dashjr, a prominent developer renowned for his work on Bitcoin Knots. Dashjr, in a post on X, maintains that running Core v30 is an endorsement of
Key Takeaways Gold hit a new record high of $3,800 per ounce in 2025 amid economic uncertainty. Year-to-date, gold prices are up over 40%, consistently posting new highs. Gold reached a record high of $3,800 per ounce today, marking another milestone for the precious metal amid continued economic uncertainties and investor demand for safe-haven assets.
London-based blockchain payments company Fnality secured $136 million in a Series C funding round backed by some of the world’s largest financial institutions. Bank of America, Citi, KBC Group, Temasek, Tradeweb and WisdomTree led the round, joined by returning investors including Goldman Sachs, Santander, Barclays and UBS, according to a Tuesday announcement by the company.
New York-based venture capital firm Archetype has raised $100 million for its third fund aimed at backing early-stage blockchain startups, the firm said. The fund, called Archetype III, is supported by a mix of existing and new institutional investors, including pensions, academic endowments, sovereign wealth funds, and funds of funds. Archetype has a track record
Wall Street bank Morgan Stanley (MS) is moving deeper into digital assets, announcing a partnership with crypto infrastructure provider Zerohash to allow E*Trade clients to trade bitcoin BTC$112,795.83, ether (ETH) and solana SOL$218.34 starting in the first half of 2026, Bloomberg reported on Tuesday. Jed Finn, Morgan Stanley’s head of wealth management, told Bloomberg that