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Despite bearish price action, what potential does Tom Lee see in Ethereum that it continues to buy and hold the altcoin?
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ONDO's falling-wedge rally has stalled near descending-channel resistance, raising the risk of a 20% correction toward the $0.30–$0.31 area.
Lido starts consolidating over 8 million ETH, valued at 16.5 billion dollars, into a much smaller number of validators. This migration could reduce the total number of active validators on Ethereum by one third.
The delay in legislative action and strategic corporate acquisitions highlight evolving dynamics and potential shifts in the crypto landscape. Senate delays Clarity Act; Circle acquires IBM blockchain patents.
PayPal's strong earnings and PYUSD expansion highlight its growing influence in global finance, but regulatory shifts could impact future strategies. PayPal Q2 earnings beat estimates with $1.38 EPS and $8.68B revenue as PYUSD expansion accelerates.
BTC shed 2% as South Korea's Kospi plunged 11% and the U.S. Senate shelved the Clarity Act, leaving the market facing a pivotal Fed decision on Wednesday.
Bitcoin's price yet again failed to secure the resistance above $65,000 as the market conditions turn bearish. The token struggled below the range, despite a strong recovery from the lows around $57,650. Currently, the price is trading around $63,450 after experiencing a drop of nearly 2.76%, while trading volume increased by 23.85%.
Aqua's expansion enhances DeFi capital efficiency and security, potentially reshaping liquidity management and attracting broader developer interest. 1inch rolls out Aqua across 13 EVM blockchain networks.
BTC went down by $4,000 from the local peak at $67,000 charted a week ago.
Liquidity providers can keep assets in their own wallets, using one balance to back multiple positions without splitting capital across different pools.
Decentralized exchange aggregator 1Inch announced the launch of its Aqua protocol allowing users to provide liquidity to many protocols at once.
BitMine's Ethereum has reached 5.79 million, putting it close to its goal of owning 5% of the circulating supply as the price consolidates.
As XRP price retests a monthly support level, pseudonymous cryptocurrency analyst Egrag Crypto has set his first major target for the next bull market.
RippleX software developer Mayukha Vadari clarifies a common misconception about XRP Ledger feature usage, with some assuming transaction volume is a way to measure the utility of an XRPL amendment.
Arthur Hayes built a 7,213 ETH position via OTC desks as Fed de-risking - not his $6.39M buy - triggered ETH's drop from $1,960 to $1,872.
Lido has introduced a major upgrade to its Ethereum staking infrastructure that supports higher validator balances and projects a one-third reduction in validator count through its new Curated Module v2.
The stablecoin issuer acquired more than 680 patent families from IBM for an undisclosed sum, strengthening its IP position across USDC, Arc, and AI-agent payments.
The largest corporate bitcoin holder funneled $544.5 million from stock sales into its cash reserve instead of coins, lifting the reserve to $3.75 billion.
A 10% plunge in South Korea's Kospi index rippled into crypto, pulling bitcoin lower just as the Federal Reserve prepares to decide rates.
Momentum is building ahead of XRP Ledger's October 24–25 Hackathon, with daily active addresses rising 2.3% to 14.3K as AI payments & tokenized assets tick.
