Day: October 11, 2025

Leveraged trading or gambling? A $20 billion crypto wipeout blurs the line.

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I’m not your mother, your priest, or Gary Gensler. I’m not going to tell you that you shouldn’t use 50x leverage gambling on lower-liquidity altcoins on a centralized crypto exchange, because you are a human adult in the year 2025, and you can gamble whatever the hell you care to gamble. But I do have one word of advice, and you can take it or leave it. (I hope you take it.) Gamble with your money. Don’t gamble with your future. If you love to speculate on crypto, speculate with…

Zcash Recovers to Pre-Crash High Following Crypto’s ‘Black Monday’

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The price of Zcash (ZEC), a supply-capped, shielded, layer-1 coin dedicated to user privacy, fully recovered following Friday’s market crash, forming a new recent high of about $291 on Saturday before retracing to about $273 at the time of this writing. Zcash plummeted by 45% on Friday, falling from a high of about $273 to $150, following a social media post from United States President Donald Trump announcing 100% tariffs on China, which sent the crypto markets into a meltdown. ZEC is only down about 5.5% from its recent high,…

XRP Ledger in September 2025: The Good, the Bad, the Ugly

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The XRP Ledger (XRPL) ecosystem experienced steady growth and innovation in September 2025. This was marked by major product updates, compliance milestones, and community-driven developments. New Features and Compliance Developments The monthly highlights were shared by Dan Fisher, Community Relations Manager at XRPL, via X. One of the month’s developments was Joey Wallet’s simplified onboarding guide, which streamlined access to XRPL for new users through integrations with MoonPay, First Ledger, and XRPCafe. XRPScan also introduced an amendment voting timeline to improve transparency in validator operations, such as the Token Escrow…

Is XRP’s Bull Run Officially Over?

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XRP has lost its momentum as of late, but will the struggles continue? Ripple’s cross-border token had a spectacular run in the past year, which culminated in the summer of 2025 with a surge to a new all-time high of $3.65. Thus, it managed to break the 2017 peak after more than eight years of sitting below $3.4. However, its rally has hit a massive roadblock that has crippled it from pushing to and beyond those levels. What’s particularly painful for the XRP Army is that Bitcoin managed to…

Bitcoin’s (BTC) Double-Digit Post-Halving Surge Hasn’t Hit Overbought Yet

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536 days after halving, Bitcoin’s $126K rally is just warming up, and analysts say the true breakout may be next. Bitcoin (BTC) scored a new all-time high of $126,100 on Monday. However, profit-taking overpowered the market, and the crypto asset retreated by 4%. by Friday. Then came the Trump-induced fear, and BTC plunged to $101,000 on some exchanges before it recovered to $112,000 as of press time. Despite this, new data suggest that the real bull market phase could still be ahead. Bitcoin’s “Warm Zone” Momentum Binance market data…

AI-Powered Wearables Will Force Our Privacy Expectations To Change

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Opinion by: Evin McMullen, co-founder and CEO of Billions Network and co-founder of Privado ID Population monitoring has evolved over the years. First, it was from other people; later, it was data harvesting. In 2025, wearable technology is the new frontier for broader public surveillance.  This isn’t necessarily some dystopia, nor is it comfortable — it is a new paradigm in how we engage with each other and our data. While it’s inevitable that people will need to redefine their expectations around privacy as we enter this new era of…

Six Policy Changes Affected Crypto This Week

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As crypto adoption increases globally, governments are grappling with the potential impacts on their financial systems and economic stability. This week, several major policy changes have impacted the crypto industry — some that hinder innovation and others that bolster it. In the US, a government shutdown has halted any consideration of crypto-focused exchange-traded funds (ETFs). Federal agencies are operating with minimal staff until Congress reaches a budget agreement. In the UK, the government has lifted a ban on crypto-based exchange-traded notes (ETNs) — debt instruments that give investors exposure to…

Crypto Markets Bled $900 Billion as Bitcoin Dumped to 3-Month Low: Weekend Watch

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The metric fell to $3.3 trillion on TradingView. Bitcoin’s price went through a sudden and painful crash on Friday evening and Saturday morning, dropping to its lowest position since early July. As this became the single-largest daily liquidation event with more than $19 billion wrecked, the total market cap plunged by $900 billion at one point. BTC’s Crash What a week it has been for the primary cryptocurrency. It all started on the right foot, with a surge past $124,000 last Sunday and up to $126,000 on Monday, which…

Crypto.com CEO Urges Probe After $20B Liquidations

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Crypto.com CEO Kris Marszalek has called for a regulatory investigation into exchanges that suffered the largest losses following a record $20 billion in crypto liquidations over the past 24 hours. In a Saturday post on X, Marszalek urged regulators to “conduct a thorough review of fairness of practices,” asking whether trading platforms had slowed down, mispriced assets, or failed to maintain proper anti-manipulation and compliance controls during the crash. “Regulators should look into the exchanges that had most liquidations in the last 24 hours,” he wrote. “Any of them slowing…

Crypto investor Konstantin Galish found dead in Lamborghini amid market crash

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Key Takeaways Konstantin Galish (Kostya Kudo), a prominent Ukrainian crypto investor and influencer, was found dead in a Lamborghini during a severe crypto market crash. His death highlights rising concerns about the mental health of crypto traders and influencers, especially during periods of intense market volatility. Share this article Konstantin Galish, a Ukrainian crypto blogger and trader known online as Kostya Kudo, was found dead in a Lamborghini today amid a severe cryptocurrency market downturn. The incident occurred as digital assets experienced extreme volatility, intensifying ongoing discussions about mental health…