Bitcoin rose past $123,000 and held a seven day climb as traders grew optimistic for Q4. Data show the move matters because fresh institutional money may enter plus the price shift touches traders, asset managers and exchanges. Elevated turnover underscores the momentum while participants watch if the trend can sustain.
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Samsung adds Coinbase to Samsung Wallet, placing buy, sell and stake buttons directly inside the app for U.S. owners. The goal is faster adoption through fewer steps, bringing payments and crypto tools together in one place. The wallet now surfaces Samsung Pay, Coinbase One perks and Samsung Knox defenses on a single screen, a change that touches every Galaxy device and Coinbase’s order book.
The Bitcoin derivatives market is experiencing strong buying activity. Large investors, known as whales, are taking “aggressively long” positions in Bitcoin futures. This shift was highlighted in a new analysis this Friday by J.A. Maartunn. The contributor to the on-chain data platform CryptoQuant noted a remarkable transformation in the market during October.
BNB, the native asset of BNB Chain, has recorded a new all-time high, breaking the $1,114 barrier this Friday, October 3. This milestone comes amid a combination of technical and fundamental factors, including significant network upgrades and a notable increase in buying pressure. The cryptocurrency thus solidifies its market position, as confirmed by analysts from CEX.IO.
State regulators say a draft federal crypto bill could strip them of tools to charge fraudsters, with prosecutors warning that new definitions of “investment” and shifted jurisdiction will open loopholes. Victims of cryptocurrency ATM fraud feel the tension as the FBI logged almost 11,000 kiosk-scam complaints in 2024, with older users disproportionately affected. Courts are drowning in civil fraud suits and freezing assets to stop losses.
India has issued formal warnings to 25 offshore cryptocurrency exchanges for ignoring anti-money-laundering rules, with authorities planning to cut off their access to Indian users. FIU-IND says the action tightens oversight of digital transfers and limits financial crime, narrowing trading choices for millions of investors while pushing foreign platforms to register under local law.
DoubleZero opened its mainnet beta on 2 October 2025, bringing a network that runs on private fiber lines and moves data only between blockchain nodes. The design aims to cut delay and drop fewer packets than the public internet, positioning the project for performance-sensitive use cases. Infrastructure crews and buyers of infrastructure tokens are watching the rollout because their revenue depends on stable links.
Wallet, the cryptocurrency wallet integrated into Telegram, announced the launch of a new service that allows its users to buy and sell tokenized stocks. This significant step is made possible by a strategic alliance with the exchange Kraken and the Swiss firm Backed Finance. The initiative aims to democratize access to global financial markets for millions of people.
HBAR climbed 4% on Oct. 1, 2025, as it closed above $0.221 and flipped that level into support, lifting the spot price from $0.21 to $0.22. Volume exceeded 125 million tokens on the breakout, while the session range measured $0.012 and volatility printed 5.7 %. The move followed news of Hedera’s links to SWIFT, Citigroup, Germany’s Bundesbank and the Frontier Stablecoin program in Wyoming, which the outlet says has lifted institutional confidence.
Aave released Horizon, a permissioned platform that brings Real World Assets into DeFi. It lets regulated companies borrow GHO alongside USDC against tokenized Treasuries and AAA CLOs.
