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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, making it a standout in this market crash. Many cryptos are still…

Chiliz turns up the heat: PepperFest’s first birthday brings rewards, contests, and a major community burn as CHZ price trades near weekly lows. Chiliz, the sports blockchain behind CHZ and Socios.com, launched PepperFest on Friday, October 10, marking the first digital anniversary of its community token, PEPPER.  The two-week campaign runs through October 24 across the project’s social and community platforms. It features a surprise airdrop for stakers, a “raid-to-earn” event, creator bounties paid in CHZ, and a community-driven burn that could remove up to one trillion PEPPER from circulation. The launch comes as CHZ trades between $0.039 and $0.042,…

AMINA Bank has made history by launching the world’s first regulated POL staking service for institutional clients. The Swiss FINMA-regulated bank now lets institutions stake POL under full compliance. Institutions can get into safe POL staking, earn rewards, and help secure the Polygon network. A Big Step for Institutional Blockchain Adoption AMINA Bank’s new service gives clients a compliant and easy way to engage with Polygon’s ecosystem. The bank also offers boosted staking rewards of up to 15%, thanks to the partnership with the Polygon Foundation. It includes the bank’s regular 4–5% reward plus an extra boost directly from Polygon.…

Roger Ver’s reported settlement marks the latest Trump-era rollback of crypto enforcement.The early Bitcoin investor had nudged Trump allies to lobby for his cause, New York Times reports.Trump has already pardoned Ross Ulbricht.Roger Ver, the crypto investor once called “Bitcoin Jesus,” has struck a tentative deal with the US Justice Department to settle a criminal tax fraud case in the latest sign of Washington’s pivot. That’s according to a New York Times report that cited sources with knowledge of the matter that said that Ver will pay about $48 million to resolve the charges.If he complies with the terms of…

Bitcoin Crash is an Opportunity – Not Danger, Says Ex-Goldman Sachs Exec

Norwegian officials launched an investigation on Oct. 10 into a suspected leak of confidential information after online wagers on this year’s Nobel Peace Prize winner surged just hours before the official announcement.Authorities said the spike in betting activity on Polymarket appeared to indicate insider knowledge of the Nobel Committee’s decision.Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado was awarded the 2025 Peace Prize for her pro-democracy efforts, a result that sparked a sudden surge in bets in her favor overnight.According to reports first published by Bloomberg and local Norwegian media, multiple large wagers were placed on Machado shortly after midnight Norwegian time.Data reviewed…

XRP price saw one of its sharpest drops of the year. It plunged from $2.83 to as low as $1.77 in a matter of hours before bouncing to around $2.44.Even after that rebound, the token is still down about 14% in 24 hours and nearly 20% weekly. But the data shows this wasn’t a normal sell-off — it was a panic-led, derivatives-driven flush, not real token selling. And now that the XRP price rebound is shaping up, a key group is seen adding to the token stash. Sponsored SponsoredPanic-Led Derivatives Crash, Not Spot SellingOn-chain data confirms that this was not…

Trusted Editorial content, reviewed by leading industry experts and seasoned editors. Ad Disclosure Japanese investment company Metaplanet today announced that it is temporarily pausing its stock acquisition rights. According to data from Coingecko, the firm currently holds 30,823 BTC on its balance sheet. Metaplanet Pauses Stock Sale, Committed To Buying Bitcoin According to an announcement made earlier today, one of the major Bitcoin treasury firms, Metaplanet, is poised to suspend the exercise of its 20th to 22nd series of stock acquisition rights. These rights, also known as Moving Strike Warrants, will be in suspension from October 20th to November 17th.…

Bitcoin’s latest correction rattled traders. BTC price dropped from above $120,800 to nearly $102,000 before bouncing back almost 9% to over $111,000. While altcoins like Ethereum and XRP fell over 13%, Bitcoin’s decline of 7% at press time shows it held up much better — hinting at underlying strength even amid heavy liquidations.Still, the big question remains: Can Bitcoin stay above $100,000, or will the price drop extend lower than this key psychological level soon? Three charts hold the answer.Sponsored Holders Rise and Veterans Stay Calm Amid The CrashThe first sign of support comes from on-chain holder behavior.Despite the crash,…

Ethereum’s new privacy initiative boosted Railgun’s RAIL token to an all-time high, following comments from Vitalik Buterin emphasizing privacy as a core focus.Privacy is back in focus for the Ethereum ecosystem, with the Ethereum Foundation introducing a new toolkit designed to give wallets stronger protection and more autonomy.In a Thursday post on X, the foundation wrote that the ‘Kohaku’ toolkit is a set of primitives that enables wallets to be “secure and to process private transactions while minimizing dependencies on trusted third parties.”In a separate X post, Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin also mentioned Kohaku, adding that full-stack privacy and security…