Why Is Ripple’s Price Up Today if Whales Are Selling XRP En Masse?

XRP is the top performer from the larger-cap alts today. Ripple’s native token has defied the overall market-wide sluggishness with an impressive 5% increase to an 11-day high of over $2.56. This particular surge comes in a rather unexpected moment since whales have continued to sell off significant portions of their XRP holdings, disposing of another 70 million tokens in just two days, according to data from Ali Martinez. 70 million $XRP sold by whales in 48 hours! pic.twitter.com/ZxdyEJJHvp — Ali (@ali_charts) October 25, 2025 Perhaps the most evident…

Ripple Closes $1.25 Billion Hidden Road Acquisition

Ripple has closed its acquisition of non-bank prime broker Hidden Road and rebranded it as Ripple Prime, marking one of the company’s most significant deals to date and substantially expanding its operations beyond the digital assets sector. Ripple said it is now the first crypto company to own and run a multi-asset prime broker, covering everything from clearing, financing, and brokerage across digital assets, derivatives, swaps, foreign exchange, and fixed-income products for institutional clients. Ripple Prime’s business activity has already grown threefold since the $1.25 billion acquisition was announced in…

The Answers Will Shock You

“Realistically, expect sideways trading or modest gains to $0.30 – $0.40 if catalysts align, or dips to $0.15 – $0.18 on continued selling,” Grok stated. Pi Network’s PI is among the worst-performing cryptocurrencies over the past several months, and even its devoted community has begun to lose hope of a substantial rebound anytime soon. However, we decided to add a bit of positivism and asked four of the most popular AI-powered chatbots whether a rally to $1 is possible this quarter. ‘A Big Stretch’ PI currently trades at around…

LinkedIn co-founder Reid Hoffman acquires CryptoPunk PFP

Key Takeaways LinkedIn co-founder Reid Hoffman acquired and displayed a CryptoPunk NFT as his profile picture. Hoffman’s move signifies growing interest and participation in crypto among leading tech figures. Share this article LinkedIn co-founder Reid Hoffman recently acquired a CryptoPunk NFT and updated his profile picture to showcase the digital collectible from one of crypto’s most recognized collections. Hoffman, a tech investor and entrepreneur, has been actively experimenting with crypto projects and communities. His adoption of a CryptoPunk profile picture signals his growing engagement with blockchain culture alongside other prominent…

Bank of England Probes Data Mining Lending Fueling AI Bets

The Bank of England is investigating the rise of financiers lending to data centers as a way to speculate on the future of AI, Bloomberg said. The UK’s top bank has already been examining market risks that could arise if AI companies fail to meet lofty valuations, warning that many could come crashing down in a correction reminiscent of the dot-com bubble in the early 2000s. Now, it is exploring the relationship between AI companies and financiers that are looking to place bets in the AI market, Bloomberg reported on…

ETH at Risk of Further Pullback If This Key Support Cracks

Ethereum has been consolidating after a sharp rejection near the $4,500 resistance zone. Price action remains choppy and indecisive, with the bulls trying to hold the key support levels while the broader market sentiment leans defensive. Macro support zones remain intact for now, but the recent drop in bullish momentum is clearly visible in both price structure and RSI behaviour. Technical Analysis By Shayan The Daily Chart The daily structure shows that ETH has broken below its ascending parallel channel and recently lost the momentum that carried it above $4,400.…

Rumble to Roll Out BTC Tips to Streaming Platform’s 51M Users

Video-sharing platform Rumble is preparing to roll out Bitcoin tipping for its more than 51 million monthly active users, the company’s CEO Chris Pavlovski announced on Friday. Rumble has teamed up with stablecoin issuer Tether to enable Bitcoin (BTC) tipping, Pavlovski said onstage at the Plan ₿ Forum in Lugano, Switzerland. “Right now, we’re in the testing phase [but] we’re going to start rolling that out alongside Tether here in the coming weeks.” Also onstage was Tether CEO Paolo Ardoino, who expects a full rollout by early to mid-December once…

Key News on the Verification Front

Meanwhile, the PI token has defended the $0.20 level. Ever since its inception over half a decade ago, the Pi Network project has attracted millions of users, even before it officially launched, but also a fair share of controversy and criticism. One of those has been the verification process, with countless users complaining online about having to wait weeks or even months only to be denied at the end. Now, though, the team behind the project has issued a new update, providing more detailed information on the KYC procedures,…