Cathie Wood sees Bitcoin gaining ground against gold. Its relative strength depends on more than the metal’s recent decline.
Raoul Pal sees room for Bitcoin to recover, but says dollar weakness would give him more confidence that financial conditions can support a longer crypto advance.
A U.S. community bank group has sued the OCC over crypto trust charters, arguing that the agency is allowing businesses beyond the limits Congress authorized under banking law.
Pudgy Penguins’ PENGU was the largest decliner in the 24-hour market ranking at the time of writing, falling 10.61%. PEPE also appeared in the bottom five, alongside Lighter’s LIT and Artificial Superintelligence Alliance’s FET.
Raoul Pal sees Ethereum’s larger financial balances as a reason to question Solana’s user-growth advantage. His comparison also reveals how easily blockchain adoption figures can mislead.
The SEC has cleared listings for 3x Bitcoin and Ether products, whose daily return targets can produce unexpected results for investors holding them over several sessions.
Kraken’s parent, Payward, is reportedly discussing a crypto infrastructure deal with BNY that could expand the services available to the bank’s institutional clients.
Lloyds and Visa settled payment obligations with stablecoins over the weekend, testing whether institutions can move money more flexibly while customers keep using familiar payment methods.
SAND surged roughly 52% on October 2 after Korean exchanges lifted trading warnings, but its retreat from the high leaves buyers facing an early test.
Binance’s continued service to EU customers is drawing regulatory scrutiny, with officials examining whether a narrow licensing exception covers the relationships behind the exchange’s European accounts.
Arbitrum is roughly 20% below September’s peak, with buyers defending the $0.19–$0.20 area as the rally slows after a strong recovery from its summer lows.
The Ethereum Foundation and Open Anonymity Project have launched a system designed to let people pay for AI services without tying requests to a permanent billing identity.



