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A headline linking a tariff warning to a drop in Bitcoin under $119,000 shifted market mood and risk appetite. Investors holding spot coins and leveraged derivatives were directly hit, as funding dynamics and positioning came under pressure. An automated call to an extra data source timed out, so no live metrics arrived to corroborate or size the move.

Kalshi closed a $300 million Series D round that lifts its valuation to $5 billion, a deal announced on 10 October 2025 and signed in August. The company will use the funds to open trading in more than 140 countries, touching event derivative markets and crypto platforms that plan to list its contracts.. The raise signals that large investors now treat prediction markets as a regulated asset class and forces regulators and users to decide how far the contracts can reach.

Goldman Sachs besides Banco Santander appear on a list of banks that study money recorded on a blockchain. The short statement shows that large banks test whether a digital balance that lives on a shared ledger can serve treasury, settlement and liquidity brokers.

Zcash spearheaded the latest altcoin rally with rapid intraday swings and sharp gains that spilled over to Monero. DoubleZero’s jump followed a clear regulatory signal from the SEC, pairing fast price action with a legal cue that shifted risk appetite for traders, builders, and regulators.

Bitdeer now mines Bitcoin with machines it designs and assembles, operating large data centers alongside its former hardware sales. The move reorders the supply chain and affects clients, rivals, and the hashrate market, as the company pairs custom chips with new power sites to protect margins after the halving. Investors, mining operators, and host governments are tracking how this strategy plays out.

Block CEO Jack Dorsey and Senator Cynthia Lummis have renewed their support for key bipartisan legislation. This proposal aims to exempt small cryptocurrency transactions from taxes. The regulatory measure could remove barriers to the mass adoption of the digital asset, as Block expands its payment services. The legislative initiative is formally known as the Financial Innovation and Technology for the 21st Century Act.

The government of Japan has signaled a strong commitment to revitalizing its technology sector, with a special emphasis on reforming crypto regulations in Japan. The administration of Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi is preparing to introduce a more open stance toward innovation, aiming to turn the country into a global hub for the digital asset industry. This move is fundamental to the country’s digital transformation.

Lighter, an innovative decentralized perpetuals exchange (PerpDEX), has made an impressive debut in the crypto ecosystem. This project, built as an app-chain on Ethereum, has surpassed one billion dollars in total value locked (TVL). Its launch marks a key milestone for decentralized finance. According to Ryan Adams, founder of Bankless, Lighter’s debut has been truly impressive for the sector.

Digital asset exchange-traded products (ETPs) have reached a historic milestone in 2025, already surpassing the total capital inflows recorded in the entire previous year. According to data published by James Butterfill, Head of Research at CoinShares, crypto ETPs have attracted an impressive $48.67 billion year-to-date. This figure slightly exceeds the $48.557 billion that was invested during the twelve months of 2024.

BNB held its price while most cryptocurrencies pulled back. This stability to three sources: its presence across the Binance ecosystem, supply reduction through burns, and a chain with high transaction volume. Additionally, treasuries and even DeFi protocols prefer assets that pay for real work, not just price bets.