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Ripple (XRP) climbed to $3.10 last week, but a wave of profit-taking erased the gains and pushed it back to $2.80. But the crypto asset is showing powerful breakout signals, with key Fibonacci supports holding firm. Crypto analyst CasiTrades believes XRP may be on the verge of a major breakout, citing strong technical signals and a completed consolidation pattern that could set the stage for an impulsive upward move. XRP Breakout Brewing According to her analysis on X, XRP’s recent price action shows strength, as all local lows have held above the macro 0.5 Fibonacci retracement level at $2.79, a…

Luisa Crawford Oct 09, 2025 22:49 Explore how AI-enabled developer tools are creating new security risks. Learn about the potential for exploits and how to mitigate them. As developers increasingly embrace AI-enabled tools such as Cursor, OpenAI Codex, Claude Code, and GitHub Copilot for coding, these technologies are introducing new security vulnerabilities, according to a recent blog by Becca Lynch on the NVIDIA Developer Blog. These tools, which leverage large language models (LLMs) to automate coding tasks, can inadvertently become vectors for cyberattacks if not properly secured. Understanding Agentic AI Tools Agentic AI…

Iris Coleman Oct 10, 2025 01:10 Bitfinex leverages Bitcoin’s resilience to empower traders with a robust platform, focusing on liquidity, precision, and financial independence. Explore the exchange’s commitment to decentralization and autonomy. Bitfinex has long positioned itself as a leader in the cryptocurrency exchange space, focusing on providing a robust and technologically resilient platform for institutional and professional traders. Since its inception in 2012, Bitfinex has prioritized creating a high-performance trading environment capable of operating effectively in all market conditions, according to their official blog. A Commitment to Resilience and Financial Freedom Central…

Early Bitcoin BTC$121,831.16 investor and BCH$584.38 advocate Roger Ver is close to settling tax fraud charges with the U.S. Department of Justice, the New York Times reported Thursday.Often known as “Bitcoin Jesus” due to his early evangelization for the crypto, Ver was indicted last April and arrested in Spain on allegations he failed to file tax returns on capital gains he made after selling “tens of thousands” of bitcoins and giving up U.S. citizenship, the DOJ charged at the time. Ver fought his extradition to the U.S., filing a lawsuit earlier this summer.According to the Times, the proposed settlement is…

Bitdeer Technologies Group (BTDR), a Bitcoin mining and infrastructure company, is ramping up its self-mining operations amid weakening demand for mining rigs — highlighting how some hardware makers are shifting strategies to stay competitive during the current Bitcoin bull market.According to an Oct. 9 Bloomberg report, Bitdeer is accelerating its pivot toward mining Bitcoin (BTC) on its own equipment, effectively competing with the same clients that purchase its rigs. The report cited Bitdeer’s latest filings showing a major year-over-year expansion of its mining capacity in August and its stated goal of becoming one of the world’s top five Bitcoin miners.Bitdeer…

Crypto exchange Coinbase and payments giant Mastercard have each held advanced acquisition talks to buy BVNK, a London-based fintech that builds stablecoin payment infrastructure, according to six people familiar with the matter who spoke with Fortune.The discussions have not been finalized, but several of the sources told Fortune that the potential sale price is between $1.5 billion and $2.5 billion. The talks may still fall apart, yet Coinbase appears to be ahead of Mastercard at this stage, three of the sources told Fortune.If completed, the acquisition would be the largest stablecoin-related deal yet, signaling how mainstream financial and crypto firms…

Shares of Strategy (MSTR) are down about 3.6% today, weighed by a slide in Bitcoin. The broader crypto market is under pressure. Bitcoin slipped roughly 2% over the past 24 hours, retreating from recent highs. That drop is rippling into crypto-linked equities — Strategy is one of the most exposed. Strategy (MSTR) is currently trading at $319.84 Strategy, co-founded by Michael Saylor, reported $3.9 billion in fair value gains for the third quarter of this year. The company holds roughly 640,000 Bitcoin, with an average purchase price of $73,983 per coin. Investors see Strategy now as nearly a pure Bitcoin…

PANews reported on October 10th that according to Yu Jin, Huang Licheng, a “big brother” of Maji, closed his positions in XPL, ASTER, and PUMP seven hours ago, resulting in a total loss of approximately $21.53 million, reversing approximately $40 million in profits over the past 20 days. The primary losses came from XPL: he opened a long position at $1.4, and the continued decline resulted in a loss of approximately $18 million. He still holds the largest long positions in ETH and HYPE on Hyperliquid: a long position of 29,600 ETH (opening price $4,397, liquidation price $4,058) and a…

The crypto industry is recoiling from a document reportedly outlining a U.S. Senate Democratic pitch on handling decentralized finance (DeFi) as a component of the wider effort toward regulating crypto in the U.S.The proposal — a detailed outline describing an approach to DeFi, first reported by Politico — suggests that a firm or individuals that handle customer needs on the front end of a DeFi operation should have to register with the Securities and Exchange Commission or the Commodity Futures Trading Commission and be regulated as a broker.The language defining who would be roped into regulation as an intermediary would…

The new initiative will unite Ethereum’s top cryptographers and engineers under a single privacy framework. The Ethereum Foundation (EF) has announced the formation of a new group of 47 researchers, engineers, and cryptographers who will work together to make Ethereum’s Layer 1 infrastructure safer and more private. According to analysts, this change in structure is a show of the institution’s seriousness about adding privacy features directly to the Ethereum ecosystem, moving it from a side project to a main development priority. Expanding Ethereum’s Privacy Framework In an October 8 blog post, EF noted that the “Privacy Cluster” integrates multiple…