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Crypto markets kept the momentum rolling into the evening, with Bitcoin (BTC) kicking off Uptober in style above 120,000 and up more than 10 percent on the week. Macro chatter added fuel as Arthur Hayes argued that European money printing, spurred by France’s fiscal strains, could steer more capital toward Bitcoin. Stateside, the U.S. Treasury and IRS eased the Corporate Alternative Minimum Tax burden on companies holding Bitcoin by excluding unrealized gains, a tailwind for corporate treasurers considering on balance sheet crypto exposure. Altcoins grabbed their share of the spotlight. Binance Coin (BNB) ripped to fresh all time highs north of 1,100, helped by Kazakhstan’s plan to hold crypto reserves and a broad risk on tone that made BNB one of the month’s standout performers. XRP (XRP) punched through 3 on rising institutional volumes and growing traction in Japan, with some analysts eyeing 3.60 if momentum clears nearby resistance. Ripple also put real money behind research, dona...

Crypto markets kept the momentum rolling into the evening, with Bitcoin (BTC) kicking off Uptober in style above 120,000 and up more than 10 percent on the week. Macro chatter added fuel as Arthur Hayes argued that European money printing, spurred by France’s fiscal strains, could steer more capital toward Bitcoin. Stateside, the U.S. Treasury and IRS eased the Corporate Alternative Minimum Tax burden on companies holding Bitcoin by excluding unrealized gains, a tailwind for corporate treasurers considering on balance sheet crypto exposure. Altcoins grabbed their share of the spotlight. Binance Coin (BNB) ripped to fresh all time highs north of 1,100, helped by Kazakhstan’s plan to hold crypto reserves and a broad risk on tone that made BNB one of the month’s standout performers. XRP (XRP) punched through 3 on rising institutional volumes and growing traction in Japan, with some analysts eyeing 3.60 if momentum clears nearby resistance. Ripple also put real money behind research, dona...

Crypto markets kept the momentum rolling into the evening, with Bitcoin (BTC) kicking off Uptober in style above 120,000 and up more than 10 percent on the week. Macro chatter added fuel as Arthur Hayes argued that European money printing, spurred by France’s fiscal strains, could steer more capital toward Bitcoin. Stateside, the U.S. Treasury and IRS eased the Corporate Alternative Minimum Tax burden on companies holding Bitcoin by excluding unrealized gains, a tailwind for corporate treasurers considering on balance sheet crypto exposure. Altcoins grabbed their share of the spotlight. Binance Coin (BNB) ripped to fresh all time highs north of 1,100, helped by Kazakhstan’s plan to hold crypto reserves and a broad risk on tone that made BNB one of the month’s standout performers. XRP (XRP) punched through 3 on rising institutional volumes and growing traction in Japan, with some analysts eyeing 3.60 if momentum clears nearby resistance. Ripple also put real money behind research, dona...

Uptober is putting on a show. Bitcoin (BTC) notched a rare green September with a 5.16 percent gain and extended the momentum today as weak U.S. payrolls revived rate cut bets. The bid for easier policy pushed Bitcoin to a two week high, with prices punching past 117,000 and briefly flirting with 119,000 as investors leaned into risk. The shift was not just about one coin either. Total crypto market value climbed toward 4 trillion alongside rising precious metals, signaling a broader rotation as the U.S. government shutdown narrative nudged some traders out of traditional havens and into digital assets. Under the hood, the rally had plenty of breadth. Ethereum (ETH) broke through key levels around 4,300 and 4,400 amid a supply squeeze as coins flowed off exchanges, and even Wall Street chatter tilted its way with Citigroup nudging its 2025 outlook in favor of ETH while trimming expectations for BTC. Solana (SOL) held firm after a flash crash, grinding between 209 and 226 as institutio...

TradFi kept inching closer to crypto by dinner time. Binance rolled out Crypto as a Service, a plug and play offering that lets banks and brokerages stand up crypto trading using Binance’s infrastructure without rebuilding their tech stacks. Over in the plumbing of global finance, Swift teamed with Chainlink (LINK) to let institutions route blockchain transactions through Swift’s familiar messaging rails, a move that could make tokenized asset transfers feel a lot more like standard banking. And in the policy backdrop, the Bank of England signaled it is ready to embrace stablecoins if they are regulated like banks, framing them as a catalyst for payments innovation rather than a threat. Asset managers and treasurers were busy too. Swiss digital asset bank Sygnum launched the BTC Alpha Fund, targeting eight to ten percent annual yield in Bitcoin (BTC) via arbitrage while compounding returns directly in BTC. In corporate balance sheets, Japan’s Metaplanet bought another 5,268 BTC, lifti...

Crypto Talkies: Rails get built, ETFs heat up, and crypto inches further into the mainstream Tonight’s tape tells a familiar story with fresh twists: TradFi keeps wiring into crypto’s plumbing, regulators send mixed but increasingly pragmatic signals, and the majors hold their ground while altcoins jockey for attention. Payments and stablecoins grabbed center stage. OKX Singapore switched on stablecoin spending via GrabPay, letting users pay citywide in USDT and USDC for everyday purchases. Visa is piloting stablecoins for cross-border settlement so businesses can move money without parking cash in local accounts, a quiet but meaningful upgrade to treasury efficiency. In Europe, Societe Generale’s SG-FORGE launched EURCV and USDCV on Ethereum (ETH) DeFi venues like Morpho and Uniswap, and Circle is teaming up with Deutsche Börse to weave USDC into German market infrastructure. Stripe added fuel with a new issuance platform that lets businesses spin up compliant stablecoins with reser...

As markets wound down, crypto spent the evening toggling between froth and fundamentals. On the froth side, Hyperliquid (HYPE) lit up timelines with the debut of its Hypurr NFT collection, a community gambit that airdropped high-value pieces to early users, spurred about 45 million dollars in trading volume, and nudged HYPE up roughly 5 percent to 47.23. The buzz rippled across the ecosystem as Cathie Wood likened Hyperliquid’s trajectory to Solana’s early sprint, even as she reiterated Bitcoin’s primacy in her broader thesis. Solana (SOL) itself caught a tailwind, jumping about 8 percent to 203 as onchain competition intensified and Aster’s fast rise grabbed attention. That Aster (ASTER) rise is not just narrative. The DEX posted more than 25 million dollars in protocol fees and 14.33 million dollars in trading fees in 24 hours, even surpassing Tether (USDT) in daily revenue, with a claimed 185 billion dollars in weekly trading volume. MrBeast added fuel with a 1.28 million dollar bu...