Bitcoin surged to $118,500, fueled by $204 million in liquidations (mostly shorts). Market cap climbed to $2.33 trillion with daily active addresses reaching 869,000.
Ethereum rallied 5.5% to $4,337, with $57.4 billion futures OI and bullish options positioning.
Spot ETF inflows supported majors: BTC +$270 million, ETH +$55 million on October 1.
The U.S. shutdown commenced while ADP private payrolls fell by 32,000, marking the worst decline since March 2023.
Altcoin sentiment is strengthening as Google search interest for “altcoins” spikes.
Two cloud giants just shipped real products that let autonomous software pay for services using crypto. What this week's launches from AWS, Google Cloud, and Coinbase mean for the next phase of stablecoin adoption.
CoinEx's Jeff Ko joins the Licensed to Shill panel to discuss the current state of crypto, institutional adoption, cybersecurity, and infrastructural challenges.
The Finance Ministry has given its clearest public confirmation yet that the framework will proceed — ending a political back-and-forth that has pushed the start date back twice since 2020.
The acquisition adds card issuance and cross-border stablecoin payments infrastructure to Payward's B2B platform, and values the parent company at $20 billion.
