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Crypto Shares Slammed, BTC Heads Back to $100K Thursday Alongside Stock Market Selloff

Call it some air slipping out what might be an AI bubble, or the Fed engineering a tightening in liquidity into a growing economic slowdown, or some combination of the two, but markets are pulling back again on Thursday. Just before the noon hour on the east coast, the Nasdaq is lower by 2% and the S&P 500 down 1.2%. Crypto prices — in the unfortunate position these past weeks of being uncorrelated with stocks when they were rising every single day, but perfectly correlated when stocks sell off —…

How perp DEXs quietly took over 26% of the futures market

Perpetual DEXs are reshaping decentralized trading with faster execution, deeper liquidity and crosschain integration. In 2025, perpetual decentralized exchanges (DEXs) entered a phase of rapid growth, marked by expansion in trading volume and other key metrics. The rise of hybrid central limit order book (CLOB) models greatly improved performance and user experience, narrowing the gap with centralized exchanges (CEXs). In this report, HTX Research examines the landscape of perpetual DEXs, their evolution, current trends and the new exchanges emerging as key players. Decentralized…

Ethereum Is Like a Shark. If It Stops Moving, It Will Die

The Fusaka upgrade to Ethereum, expected to go live in early December, promises to bring the world’s second-most valuable blockchain into an era of institutional-grade adoption. For far too long, Ethereum has been too slow and too costly to attract meaningful Wall Street business. That could change as Fusaka implements major improvements to how the network verifies and compresses data, increasing its speed and its capacity by 10-fold. Yet it won’t be easy for Ethereum to maintain its lead among developers as the preferred chain to build on; continued evolution…

Bitcoin Holds $103K as Altcoins Lag and Traders Hedge Downside

Bitcoin BTC$103,296.47 is holding around $103,000 having rebounded from Wednesday’s sub-$100,000 level. The CoinDesk 20 Index (CD20) is up 1.8% in 24 hours. Still, the largest cryptocurrency remains in a technical downtrend from the Oct. 6 record high of $126,000, having formed a lower high at $116,000 as well as consecutive lower lows. The altcoin market has fared even worse, demonstrated by bitcoin dominance ticking back up to 60% after dropping to 57% in September. Several tokens remain well below critical levels of support including ENA$0.3205 and APT$2.6492, both of…

The final frontier in asset tokenization

Disclosure: The views and opinions expressed here belong solely to the author and do not represent the views and opinions of crypto.news’ editorial. Despite ostensibly being very different assets, Bitcoin (BTC) and oil share a lot in common. They’re both commodities, for one thing, and are famously hard to extract. Significant work is required to obtain them through mining and drilling, respectively. They also lie at the bedrock of global industries: oil as the basis for manufacturing and energy production; Bitcoin as the backbone of digital asset creation and onchain…

Jefferies Sees Solid Quarter but Limited Upside for Bitcoin Miner MARA

Investment bank Jefferies maintained a hold rating on MARA Holdings (MARA) shares after the bitcoin BTC$103,064.19 miner reported third-quarter results largely in line with Wall Street expectations. The firm cited steady operations, promising developments in power integration, and cautious steps into artificial intelligence, while trimming its price target to $16 from $19. The shares were 7% higher in early trading, around $17.80. MARA posted $252 million in revenue, compared with Jefferies’ and consensus estimates of $245 million and $251 million, respectively. The company mined 2,144 bitcoin, up 4% from a…

Balancer Breach Tied to Batch Swap Rounding Bug; Investigation Ongoing

The decentralized finance platform Balancer has acknowledged a significant security breach affecting its V2 protocol and its forks on other chains. Balancer Confirms ‘Significant’ V2 Exploit The decentralized finance (DeFi) platform Balancer has acknowledged that a recent security breach targeting its V2 protocol and forks on other chains “was significant.” In its latest update, Balancer […] Source CryptoX Portal

DeFi players launch alliance to champion Ethereum to policymakers

Major DeFi protocols on Ethereum have banded together to counter the so-called “outsized influence” of centralized crypto firms on US policymaking. Major Ethereum stakeholders have banded together to launch the Ethereum Protocol Advocacy Alliance, focused on coordinating “policy efforts” and educating lawmakers on the ecosystem. The Ethereum Protocol Advocacy Alliance was announced on Tuesday, with the EPAA emphasizing the importance of establishing the group to counter the apparent “outsized influence” that centralized crypto entities had in policymaking. “This imbalance has often left the…

Ripple Doubles Down on XRP as It Bets Big on Crypto’s Future

Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse is championing a breakthrough year marked by record growth, a $500 million strategic investment, and surging XRP momentum, underscoring crypto’s rapid ascent as a driving force in global finance. Ripple Builds Its Future on XRP as the Next Crypto Epoch Takes Form Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse has voiced a strongly bullish […] Source CryptoX Portal

Countdown Begins: XRP ETF May Hit US Markets Next Week

XRP is on the brink of a historic milestone as the first U.S. spot XRP ETF could debut next week, igniting massive institutional excitement, signaling accelerating mainstream adoption, and positioning Ripple’s ecosystem at the forefront of digital finance. XRP ETF Could Go Live in the US Next Week, Fueling Massive Market Anticipation XRP is gaining […] Source CryptoX Portal