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Opinion by: Evin McMullen, co-founder and CEO of Billions Network and co-founder of Privado IDPopulation 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 surveillance, now is the time to seize the opportunity to shape this…

Metaplanet (MTPLF) has announced it will suspend the exercise of its 20th to 22nd series of stock acquisition rights, also known as Moving Strike Warrants, from Oct. 20 to Nov. 17. The suspension, which applies to warrants issued through a third-party allotment to Evo Fund, will pause the exercise of all remaining rights for a 20-day trading period.What it meansMetaplanet is essentially halting, for now, the sale of common stock to fund additional bitcoin purchases. The company is doing this after a months-long collapse in its stock has left the share valuation at just barely above the value of the…

Trusted Editorial content, reviewed by leading industry experts and seasoned editors. Ad Disclosure The Bitcoin price and the entire crypto market suffered one of the biggest crashes in history again in 2025. The premier cryptocurrency, which had been struggling all day on Friday, October 10, eventually succumbed to bearish pressure after United States President Donald Trump announced 100% tariffs on Chinese imports. The rest of the cryptocurrency market also faced significant downward pressure, with the prices of other large-cap assets nosediving following the US tariff news. According to data from CoinGlass, nearly $10 billion worth of open interest was erased…

CoinDesk Indices presents its daily market update, highlighting the performance of leaders and laggards in the CoinDesk 20 Index.The CoinDesk 20 is currently trading at 4183.36, up 1.1% (+45.17) since 4 p.m. ET on Thursday.All 20 assets are trading higher.Leaders: LTC (+11.9%) and NEAR (+10.9%). Laggards: APT (+0.0%) and ETH (+0.4%). The CoinDesk 20 is a broad-based index traded on multiple platforms in several regions globally.

Amid the recent market volatility, Solana (SOL) has lost a crucial area for the first time in over a week, leading some analysts to forecast a potential drop toward the $200 support and below in the coming days. Related Reading Solana Pullback Eyes $200 Retest Solana fell from the $225 area and recorded a 6.6% intraday retrace below the $210 level for the first time in two weeks. Notably, the cryptocurrency has been trading within the $210-$245 levels over the past month, briefly losing this range during the late September pullback. As “Uptober” arrived and the overall crypto market recovered,…

Dogecoin collapsed 50% late Friday in a rare flash crash that saw price plunge from $0.22 to $0.11 within minutes before rebounding to the $0.19–$0.20 zone. What to Know• DOGE dropped from $0.22 to $0.11 at 21:00 UTC on Oct 10 — a 50% flash crash followed by recovery to $0.19–$0.20.• Total intraday range = $0.14 (≈57% volatility), with 4.6 billion tokens traded versus 1.5 billion daily average.• Trump administration’s 100% tariff announcement on Chinese imports triggered broader crypto risk-off.• Late-session trading showed whales re-accumulating; exchange outflows topped $23 million and 2 billion DOGE were added to corporate wallets.• 21Shares…

There may be no crying in the casino. But on days like these, you’d be forgiven for shedding a tear. With $9.4 billion liquidated in a single day in the crypto market, the flash crash comes just in time to punch the late-coming retail crowd in the face.In a single 24-hour span, crypto traders witnessed one of the biggest liquidation cascades since the heydays of 2021; a moment that rechristened “risk” for an entire generation.The crypto market gets nukedOf the $9.4 billion in liquidations over the last 24 hours, more than $6 billion in leveraged positions were wiped out in…

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 without owning it. UK regulators say the crypto market is mature…

While bitcoin BTC$112,459.53, ether ETH$3,823.74 and other major cryptocurrencies tumbled in a $19 billion liquidation event on Friday, major gold-backed digital assets bucked the trend amid the precious metal’s rally.Tokens tied to physical gold, including Paxos’ PAXG and Tether’s XAUT, were among the few to hold their ground, and even edge higher, as broader markets sank.Bitcoin lost 8.5% of its value in the last 24-hour period, while the broader crypto market plunged 12.75% as measured by the CoinDesk 20 (CD20 ) index. PAXG has meanwhile dropped just 0.23% to $3,998, while XAUt is up 0.2% to $4,010. A troy ounce…

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 down to a halt, effectively not allowing people to trade? Were all…