Bitcoin (BTC) Price Dips Below $61K, Ether (ETH) Slips 3% as PlusToken Coins Moved to Exchanges

Earlier today, U.S. federal prosecutors charged crypto trading firms Gotbit, ZM Quant, CLS Global and MyTrade and their employees with market manipulation and fraud. Notably, a CoinDesk report in 2019 detailed how Alexey Andryunin, the co-founder of Gotbit and one of the individuals charged by prosecutors, built a business out of faking exchange volumes for tiny crypto tokens using trading bots to get listed on price aggregators like CoinMarketCap. Source

Solana’s SOL Is ‘Richly Valued’ Versus Ether Price, But Could Still Outperform If Trump Gets Elected: Standard Chartered

SOL’s ratio of market capitalization versus network fee revenues is 250, more than double than ETH’s 121. Solana’s supply grows around 5.5% annually, while ETH’s token inflation rate stands around 0.5% a year, they added. Higher inflation means that SOL’s real staking yield is 1%, compared to ETH’s 2.3%. Meanwhile, 38% of all established developers in the blockchain industry work on the Ethereum ecosystem, with Solana claiming a 9% share. Source

Bitcoin Price (BTC) Gains 0.2% While Ether Price (ETH) Drops 1.4%, XRP Plunges 9.2%

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Bitcoin Price (BTC) Declines 1.4% While Ether Price (ETH) Falls 1.9%

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Bitcoin Price Rose 0.4% While Ether Price Gained 1.3%

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Bitcoin ETFs see eighth straight day of inflows with $61.3m, Ether ETFs face modest outflows

Spot Bitcoin exchange-traded funds saw their eighth straight day of inflows on Sept. 30, whereas spot Ether ETFs experienced outflows following a day of positive flows. According to data from SoSoValue, the 12-spot Bitcoin ETFs recorded $61.3 million in net inflows extending their positive flow streak for the eighth consecutive day, drawing around $1.42 billion into the funds. BlackRock’s IBIT led the lot with inflows of $72.15 million continuing its inflow streak for the sixth consecutive day. The ETF has seen over 24.14 billion in total net inflows since its…

Bitcoin Price (BTC) Dropped 2.9% While Ether Price (ETH) Declined 2.6%

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