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The XRP price edged down a fraction of a percent in the past 24 hours to trade at $2.81 as of 3:30 a.m. EST even as trading volume surged 17% to $5.1 billion. Prominent commodity trader Peter Brandt says worse may be ahead for the Ripple token, which he’s picked as a top candidate to short, conditional upon it completing an ongoing descending triangle pattern. This is on my list of short candidates $XRP but it is conditional upon completing the descending triangle pic.twitter.com/uai84VHLxa — Peter Brandt (@PeterLBrandt) October 9, 2025 If that bearish pattern is realized, Brandt suggest XRP may plunge almost 21% to $2.22 Meanwhile, J.A. Maartunn on X says that whale investors have offloaded roughly $50 million XRP per day on average over the past 30 days. JUST IN: $XRP whales are offloading 🐋 Whale Flow (30DMA): -$50M/day. Sell pressure persists. pic.twitter.com/Hcnys9vCCV — Maartunn (@JA_Maartun) October 10, 2025 With the XRP price up 433% in th...

Trump Coin (Official Trump/TRUMP) launched just a few days before Donald Trump was sworn in as the 47th President of the United States. The Solana-based cryptocurrency saw a massive rally soon after its launch, hitting an all-time high of $73.43 on Jan. 19, the day of President Trump’s inauguration. Since its January peak, TRUMP’s price has fallen by nearly 90%. According to CoinGecko, the asset is currently down by 1.7% in the last week and 13% over the previous month. Despite the correction, the coin has made slight gains in the daily and 14-day charts, rallying 0.8% and 0.7%, respectively. In this price prediction article, let’s discuss if Trump coin can recover its losses anytime soon. Source: CoinGecko Trump Coin Price Prediction: Is A Recovery Possible Anytime Soon? Source: Bitcoinist TRUMP’s price dip comes amid a decrease in popularity for President Trump’s trade policies. Many have blamed President Trump’s economic policies for the dwindling ...

Bitcoin’s (BTC) explosive rally, which saw the asset hit a record high above $125,000, appears to be losing steam after reaching its final resistance level.  As per an outlook by prominent online cryptocurrency analyst TradingShot , Bitcoin’s current state signals a potential short-term correction before the next major breakout. This projection is based on the technical formation where Bitcoin was rejected at the higher highs trendline around $126,000 that has guided price action since July 14.  This same trendline has repeatedly acted as resistance, marking the peaks of previous rallies within Bitcoin’s ongoing three-month consolidation phase. Bitcoin price analysis. Source: TradingView In a TradingView post on October 7, the analyst noted that the current rejection mirrors earlier patterns seen in mid-July and mid-August, both of which triggered sharp retracements. At the same time, the four-hour Relative Strength Index (RSI) once again shows a bearis...

Grayscale Investments says it’s adding staking Features to several of its cryptocurrency exchange-traded funds (ETFs), marking the first time US-listed spot crypto exchange-traded products (ETPs) will offer staking rewards. The firm says its Grayscale Ethereum Trust ETF (ETHE) and the Grayscale Ethereum Mini Trust ETF (ETH) will both now allow staking. The company also activated staking for the Grayscale Solana Trust (GSOL). Grayscale said it plans to seek regulatory approval to uplist the Solana fund as an exchange-traded product, which would make it one of the first Solana spot ETPs to include staking. Says Peter Mintzberg, Grayscale CEO, “Staking in our spot Ethereum and Solana funds is exactly the kind of first mover innovation Grayscale was built to deliver. As the #1 digital asset-focused ETF issuer in the world by AUM, we believe our trusted and scaled platform uniquely positions us to turn new opportunities like staking into tangible value potenti...

The approval of 11 spot Bitcoin ETFs in 2024 was a historic decision by the US SEC. Today, BlackRock’s IBIT Bitcoin ETF is the firm’s most profitable ETF product by quite a margin. The world’s largest asset manager has earned $245 million in fees from its BTC ETF, $25 million more than the second most profitable ETF. Bloomberg ETF analyst Eric Balchunas took to X and highlighted that BlackRock’s IBIT ETF is just moments away from hitting $100 billion. $IBIT a hair away from $100 billion, is now the most profitable ETF for BlackRock by a good amount now based on current aum. Check out the ages of the rest of the Top 10. Absurd. pic.twitter.com/E8ZMI2wynx — Eric Balchunas (@EricBalchunas) October 6, 2025 BlackRock’s Bitcoin ETF Bet Paying Off Source: Coinsturn The table shared by Balchunas also shows that the IBIT ETF became BlackRock’s most profitable ETF within just one year, while other products are more than 12 years old, and in many cases, mo...

Michael Saylor is urging popular YouTuber Jimmy Donaldson, also known as MrBeast, to buy Bitcoin even as Strategy hits the brakes on its own BTC accumulation. Saylor’s message to the YouTube megastar came after MrBeast posted about the rapid progress of AI on X, w hich he says poses a potential threat to YouTubers’ income.  “When AI videos are just as good as normal videos, I wonder what that will do to YouTube and how it will impact the millions of creators currently making content for a living,” MrBeast said. ”Scary times.” Saylor, a long-time advocate for Bitcoin, replied by saying, “Buy Bitcoin MrBeast.” Buy Bitcoin MrBeast. — Michael Saylor (@saylor) October 5, 2025 Strategy Pauses Its Bitcoin Accumulation As BTC Trades Near ATH Strategy is the largest corporate holder of Bitcoin, and is well-known for pioneering the crypto treasury trend when it started accumulating BTC back in 2022. Since then, 344 entities have ...

Latin American countries, commonly known as South America, would be ready to accept the BRICS cross-border payment initiative, says Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov. Ryabkov revealed that the work on the cross-border payment initiative is being advanced. The formation of the payment system was discussed during the BRICS summit in July, and South America could adopt the services, he said at the “Interest in BRICS is expanding in the (South America) region,” Ryabkov added. He stressed that the cross-border payment initiative could be ready by 2030. The move could ruffle a lot of feathers in the financial market and challenge the West. “Work is underway in all BRICS dimensions under Brazil’s chairmanship. The agreement on the BRICS economic partnership strategy through 2030 is being finalized. The cross-border payment initiative is being advanced,” he said, signalling that countries in South America would come under the services. Ryabkov spoke about ...

The US Treasury reportedly plans to mint new $1 coins with US President Donald Trump’s face, according to a Fox Business report. The coins would celebrate Trump and commemorate the 250th anniversary of America’s founding. “Under the historic leadership of President Donald J. Trump, our nation is entering its 250th anniversary stronger, more prosperous, and better than ever,” a Treasury spokesperson told FOX Business. JUST IN: US Treasury plans to mint $1 coins with President Trump's face. — Watcher.Guru (@WatcherGuru) October 3, 2025 “While a final $1 dollar coin design has not yet been selected to commemorate the United States’ semiquincentennial, this first draft reflects well the enduring spirit of our country and democracy, even in the face of immense obstacles. We look forward to sharing more soon,” the statement added. A draft image of the coin is making its rounds on social media, depicting Trump in front of an American flag with h...

As Shiba Inu’s price stagnates in the charts, 23 cryptocurrency experts provided their trading strategy on whether to buy, sell, or hold the token. The insights would help traders make informed decisions about their investments and adjust their strategies accordingly. In this article, we will highlight the conclusions of 23 cryptocurrency experts from Finder’s panel, who provided their insights on whether investors should buy, sell, or hold Shiba Inu. Also Read: Analysts Debate: Will Shiba Inu Come Back After Massive Price Decline? What Should You Do Now? Buy, Sell, or Hold Shiba Inu? Source: Pixabay The majority of cryptocurrency experts from the Finder’s panel gave a ‘hold’ call for Shiba Inu. Around 57% of the strategists advised traders to hold on to their tokens for as long as it takes. “I am unsure of where Shiba Inu price action is headed over the long term. I expect the token to follow the broader memecoin market through 2025, which I am bulli...

A popular economist believes that one altcoin project supported by the BNB Chain ecosystem is setting the stage for a massive breakout. In a new X post to his 215,200 followers, Alex Krüger says that Plasma (XPL) is likely to have an explosive move to the upside once the token forms a local bottom. Plasma is a proof-of-stake (PoS) layer-1 project optimized for large-scale stablecoin payments and compatible with Ethereum (ETH). “Seeing widespread FUD (fear, uncertainty and doubt) around Plasma following its two-day ~40% price correction. Dump is driven by profit taking from unlocked ICO (initial coin offering) participants (non-US participants were unlocked) who are/were up about 20x-30x in under four months, in size. Abnormally high funding can be indicative of spot selling. Expect a strong move up as soon as indiscriminate spot selling subsides, whenever that may be.” Source: Alex Krüger/X Popular analyst Altcoin Sherpa is also predicting an XPL bo...

SBI Crypto, a mining pool division of the $14 billion Japanese conglomerate SBI Holdings, has allegedly failed to disclose the loss of $21 million worth of digital assets to its members. This is according to investigative researcher ZachXBT. The company allegedly lost bitcoin (BTC), ether (ETH), Dogecoin (DOGE), Bitcoin Cash (BCH), and Litecoin (LTC) over a week ago.  Neither ZachXBT nor Protos could find evidence that the company disclosed any such loss to its members. Protos reached out to SBI Crypto for comment but didn’t receive a response prior to publication time. Tracing the movement of funds across the five blockchains into coin mixer Tornado Cash and instant exchanges, ZachXBT claimed the incident shares similarities to state-sponsored attacks by North Korea . SBI Crypto is a significant contributor to the security of the Bitcoin ledger, mining at least 692 blocks and ranking sixth among pool operators by hashrate over the last 12 months. Bitcoin...