Bitcoin surged 26% to nearly $79,500 in just five days due to a massive $3.1 billion short squeeze, triggering strong retail investor FOMO. Experts note that retail traders now have more market influence, especially through zero DTE options, with some forecasts suggesting Bitcoin could reach $126,000 by year-end. However, some traders warn the rally may be overextended and expect a pullback as the short squeeze effect fades, advising caution against buying driven by fear of missing out.
In a three-hour span ending Oct. 30, $515.2 million in cryptocurrency was moved in five large transfers, with $370.8 million flowing into exchanges and $144.4 million moving out. The largest single transfer was $261.9 million USDC sent to Coinbase fr...
On October 30, XRP experienced the largest decline in open interest among five major crypto perpetual futures, dropping 12.31% to $329.1 million. Bitcoin maintained the highest positive funding rate at 0.0100% every eight hours, equivalent to 10.9% a...
Aave froze its v3 and v4 markets after a Binance Ethereum hot wallet sent large amounts of ETH and ERC-20 tokens to an exploiter address, halting new supply and borrow positions to contain damage. This incident triggered a bearish reaction across the...
Ledger CTO Charles Guillemet highlighted two recent cryptographic breakthroughs that could pose future risks to Bitcoin's security. One involves a new subexponential algorithm that might theoretically solve elliptic-curve cryptography problems more e...
Bitcoin is on track for its second consecutive negative October, down about 8.4% as of late October 2026, trading near $76,000. This breaks a long-standing seasonal trend where October usually sees gains, with an average 19% rise since 2013. The pric...
