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ARK Invest is standing by its five-year Bitcoin outlook despite a flat-to-down year. Lorenzo Valente discussed the firm’s 2030 thesis, Bitcoin as digital gold and permissionless money, stablecoins, tokenization and the factors keeping some institutions cautious.
Robinhood Chain’s daily transactions fell 42% to 6.2 million in early October, while spot trading volume dropped 21%. Deposits stayed above $1 billion, and Robinhood extended fee coverage for qualifying swaps through Dec. 31 as it seeks to revive network activity.
Bitcoin rebounded to $82,837 after briefly falling below $80,500, while the wider crypto market recovered to $2.89 trillion. However, heavy Bitcoin ETF outflows, elevated Treasury yields and prediction-market odds pointing to further declines kept traders cautious.
UTXO Management’s Loren Asmus says Bitcoin should be considered a structural portfolio allocation, not a trade. He points to institutional retention, education challenges and the bond market as important factors in Bitcoin’s next stage of adoption.
Bitcoin is declining in October despite the month’s historically strong reputation, as U.S. spot Bitcoin ETF outflows and weak spot demand pressure prices. Analysts are watching support near $77,000, $74,000 and $72,000 while cautioning that “Uptober” is not guaranteed.
Solana is set to reduce its target block time to 200 milliseconds at epoch 1053, completing a series of upgrades begun in August. The change should create five block opportunities per second, while increasing validator demands and shortening transaction timing windows.
Abstract plans to shut its Ethereum layer-2 network on Dec. 15, 2026, but users may face earlier route-specific deadlines. Wallet recovery alone will not guarantee a completed exit, as transfers also depend on supported bridges, destination control and continued network processing.
Cantor Fitzgerald is facing Senate questions over its relationship with Tether, including compliance with sanctions rules, the value of its stake and payments involving Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick’s family. The inquiry follows allegations that USDT has been used in Iran’s shadow banking network.
Bitcoin fell toward $80,000 as $1.16 billion in crypto derivatives positions were liquidated, mostly bullish bets. Ethereum recorded heavier liquidation losses than Bitcoin, while traders watched a major buy-order zone near $81,000 and a deeper liquidation cluster around $75,000.
SALT Lending CEO Shawn Owen says banks, credit unions and advisers are increasingly engaging with Bitcoin-backed lending, marking what he describes as the cryptocurrency’s first institutional cycle. The interview covered collateral, volatility, regulation, ETFs and the changing profile of borrowers.
Greece’s draft crypto tax bill proposes a 10% capital gains levy, below the 15% rate officials floated in June. Annual gains up to €500 would be exempt, and the proposal is scheduled to go before parliament in November.
Deus X Capital has ceased operations and will formally unwind on Jan. 31, 2027, as Morton family backers divide their activities between AI-focused Darius and markets-and-fintech platform 95. CEO Tim Grant will lead Darius-owned TensorX.
Hunter Biden says the $LAPTOP memecoin was designed to mock crypto projects he viewed as exploitative, not to carry out a rug pull. He cited blockchain data on founder wallets and accused two market makers of profiting after the token’s launch peak.
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Bitcoin Magazine has published an analysis of Bitcoin’s potential quantum exposure at block 950,000. The report examines supply vulnerability and the logistical challenges of changing the network, while the available material provides no specific at-risk total or proposed upgrade.
Bitcoin dropped below $83,000 as Brent crude moved above $102, mortgage rates reached a nearly three-year high and markets reassessed the prospect of further Federal Reserve rate hikes. Nearly $178 million in leveraged bitcoin long positions were closed during the selloff.
Armada Acquisition Corp. II, the SPAC merging with XRP treasury company Evernorth, fell 50.3% to $19.20 on Oct. 6. Evernorth delayed its expected Nasdaq debut to around Oct. 12, while investors await final redemption figures and the combined company’s share structure.
Daniel Rhyne, a former infrastructure engineer at a New Jersey industrial company, was sentenced to 32 months after pleading guilty to attacking the firm’s network and demanding 20 Bitcoin. Investigators linked the operation to a hidden virtual machine accessed through his company laptop.
