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Key takeaways:Strong ETF inflows and accumulation across all BTC investor groups suggest the rally is just getting started.Spot Bitcoin ETFs saw $2.2 billion in net inflows over one week — the second-largest ever.A rare “cylinder” chart pattern suggests $450,000-$500,000 is in play this cycle.Bitcoin (BTC) traded with high volatility on Thursday as uncertainty gripped the market ahead of US Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell’s speech at the 2025 Community Banking Research Conference in Kansas City.Macro triggers aside, however, onchain and technical metrics suggest that Bitcoin’s “supercycle” is just beginning, according to analysts.Spot Bitcoin ETF inflows provide “durable tailwinds”Bitcoin has displayed…

Binance Japan has teamed up with PayPay to make it easier for people in the country to use crypto for everyday cashless payments. The partnership was announced on 9 October 2025 and aims to build new services that connect digital assets with PayPay’s payment network, offering users a smoother payment experience. “By integrating cashless payments and cryptocurrency, we will deliver a seamless financial experience to everyone in Japan.” For those who don’t know, PayPay is a joint venture between SoftBank Group and Yahoo Japan. It offers QR code and barcode-based payment services through a smartphone app, allowing users to link…

The growth is being driven by rising liquidity on DeFi protocols like Suilend and Momentum.Sui, a layer 1 (L1) blockchain, reached a new all-time high in total value locked (TVL) of $2.6 billion on Thursday, according to data from DeFiLlama. The figure marks a 37% increase from one month ago and a 160% jump from a year earlier, when TVL stood at around $1 billion. Sui recently surpassed $156 billion in decentralized exchange (DEX) volume, and is the sixth-largest chain by 24-hour trading volume, per CoinGecko Meanwhile, the blockchain’s native token is changing hands at $3.39 with a market capitalization…

Securing a job in the crypto industry could be challenging for less-experienced candidates this year, with only one in 10 crypto roles at the entry level, according to a new survey from venture capital firm Dragonfly Capital.Crypto recruitment executives say the trend may be linked to a surge in failed crypto projects in recent times.“Crypto was hard to break into; less than 10% of roles were entry-level,” Dragonfly Capital said in a report published on Thursday, citing data collected from 85 crypto companies in late 2024 and Q1 2025, along with approximately 3,400 employee and candidate data points. Meanwhile, senior and…

Privacy blockchain Monero has rolled out a new client update to provide users with greater security against “spy nodes” on the network. The “Fluorine Fermi” software update was announced via X on Thursday, with the team stating it is “a highly recommended release.”Fluorine Fermi is the name given to v0.18.4.3 of the Monero software: Monero The term “spy nodes” is part of the vernacular used in the Monero community. It refers to malicious nodes, groups of nodes, or botnets that have the potential to calculate and match IP addresses to transactions conducted on the network. The changes focus on using an…

Hong Kong is scaling up its digital yuan infrastructure, adding more merchants accepting e-CNY payments. Authorities are also exploring raising transaction caps and expanding wallet functionality, which are part of broader efforts to deepen cross-border payment integration with mainland China.Sponsored SponsoredCurrent Limits Under ReviewHong Kong’s government is working to expand China’s digital currency reach within the territory. Since the pilot program’s expansion in May 2024, the number of local retail merchants accepting e-CNY payments has gradually increased.Secretary for Financial Services and the Treasury Christopher Hui emphasized the initiative’s strategic importance, stating that the digital renminbi “provides residents of both regions with an…

Luisa Crawford Oct 10, 2025 02:52 NVIDIA’s Blackwell architecture demonstrates significant performance and efficiency gains in SemiAnalysis’s InferenceMAX™ v1 benchmarks, setting new standards for AI hardware. SemiAnalysis has introduced InferenceMAX™ v1, an open source initiative aimed at evaluating inference hardware performance comprehensively. The results, published recently, reveal that NVIDIA’s latest GPUs, particularly the Blackwell series, lead in inference performance across various workloads, according to NVIDIA. Performance Breakthroughs with NVIDIA Blackwell NVIDIA Blackwell showcases a remarkable 15-fold performance improvement over its predecessor, the Hopper generation, translating into a significant revenue opportunity. This advancement is…

Luxembourg’s sovereign wealth fund has become the first in the Eurozone to invest in Bitcoin, allocating 1% of its $730 million portfolio to Bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs). Finance Minister Gilles Roth announced the decision on Thursday, marking a turning point in how state capital interacts with digital assets.The move highlights the cryptocurrency’s growing legitimacy among institutional allocators. Once treated as a speculative outlier, Bitcoin is now being evaluated alongside traditional stores of value and inflation-hedging instruments.Luxembourg’s Bold Step: Investing in Bitcoin ETFsThe Intergenerational Sovereign Wealth Fund (FSIL) made the investment under a revised mandate that allows up to 15% of…

Trusted Editorial content, reviewed by leading industry experts and seasoned editors. Ad Disclosure MIT research scientist and Zcash co-founder Madars Virza has set off a fresh round of privacy-coin debate after arguing that Zcash’s shielded pool delivers materially stronger anonymity than Monero’s ring-signature model—and that Zcash’s design choices also give it an edge over Bitcoin in a post-quantum world. Virza framed the discussion with a pointed update to the “conservative advice” that circulated in Bitcoin’s early years. “Conservative advice back then: ‘allocate 1% of your NW to Bitcoin,’” he wrote on October 7. “Conservative advice today: ‘encrypt at least 1%…

Early Bitcoin BTC$121,396.37 investor and BCH$588.20 advocate Roger Ver is close to settling tax fraud charges with the U.S. Department of Justice, the New York Times reported Thursday.Often known as “Bitcoin Jesus” due to his early evangelization for the crypto, Ver was indicted last April and arrested in Spain on allegations he failed to file tax returns on capital gains he made after selling “tens of thousands” of bitcoins and giving up U.S. citizenship, the DOJ charged at the time. Ver fought his extradition to the U.S., filing a lawsuit earlier this summer.According to the Times, the proposed settlement is…