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A confidential draft bill circulating among Senate Democrats proposes sweeping new oversight of DeFi, extending Know-Your-Customer (KYC) and Anti-Money-Laundering (AML) duties to DeFi interfaces, validators, and even node operators.According to reports, the leaked bill was intended as the Democrats’ counterweight to the House-backed market-structure bill. However, internal backlash has reportedly stalled those broader discussions inside the Senate Banking Committee.Under the leaked framework, all DeFi applications enabling financial transactions must implement front-end KYC controls, potentially including browser-based wallets and liquidity interfaces.The leaked language also places new responsibility on oracle operators, potentially exposing them to enforcement if price feeds are linked to…

What is Bitcoin mining? Bitcoin mining is the process that keeps the BTC network secure and operational.Bitcoin (BTC) miners collect pending transactions, bundle them into blocks and repeatedly perform hashing attempts (trial and error) until they produce a hash that meets the network’s difficulty target.The first miner to find a valid solution broadcasts their block. Once the rest of the network verifies it, that miner earns a reward.If another miner solves the block before you, your result becomes invalid, known as a “stale block,” and you must start over with a new set of transactions for the next block.As of…

The SEC finally cleared the road to fast-track altcoin ETFs, but a government shutdown may keep applications for a ADA$0.8186 ETF stuck in limbo until 2026 – and bettors on Polymarket are undervaluing that.After scrapping 19b-4 filings and approving “generic listing standards” to fast-track altcoin ETFs, traders are betting 90% odds that ADA’s ETF approval would arrive by year-end 2025. But with a 36% chance of a month-long government shutdown, that 10% “No” side may prove the smarter play as even “absurdly fast” approvals can’t happen when the lights are out.According to the SEC’s contingency plan, only about 390 of…

What to Know: Arthur Hayes predicts Bitcoin’s traditional four-year cycle is officially over Fed rate cuts and global liquidity expansion create unprecedented bullish conditions Bitcoin Hyper presale surges past $22.9M as investors position for new market paradigm Arthur Hayes, the crypto billionaire pardoned by President Trump, just dropped a manifesto declaring Bitcoin’s sacred four-year cycle officially deceased. RIP to the most reliable pattern in crypto, apparently. In his latest Substack post, dramatically titled Long Live the King, the former BitMEX boss argues that everything we thought we knew about Bitcoin’s cyclical behavior is misguided. The macroeconomic tea he’s spilling actually…

ASTER price risks sliding to $0.70 as bearish sentiment intensifies. Here’s what’s driving the sell-off. Summary ASTER price is retesting the $1.50 neckline of a potential double-top; a break could target $0.70. Delisting from DeFiLlama and $12M ASTER transfer to Binance by Galaxy Digital likely fueled selling pressure and market uncertainty. Phase 2 released 320M ASTER tokens (~4% of total supply) with no lock-up, adding to bearish sentiment. Aster (ASTER) price has dropped nearly 30% from its recent peak around $2.30, currently trading near $1.60. The token is now sitting at a critical inflection point, as it retests the neckline…

Trusted Editorial content, reviewed by leading industry experts and seasoned editors. Ad Disclosure Quick Facts:1️⃣ An OG whale rattled the market after offloading over $393M in $BTC and opening a massive $419M short on Hyperliquid.2️⃣ But institutional demand still remains strong. Strategy’s $80B Bitcoin treasury now ranks #5 among all US corporate treasuries, surpassing giants like NVIDIA, Apple, and Meta.3️⃣After $BTC’s $126K ATH, a crypto analyst views a pullback to $108K–$118K as strong support before the crypto leader potentially breaks $150K this year.4️⃣ As $BTC’s demand possibly accelerates, the Bitcoin Hyper Layer 2 prepares to make the Bitcoin network faster,…

Bitcoin BTC$121 431,56 miners are extending gains in pre-market trading as the artificial intelligence and high-performance computing (AI/HPC) boom accelerates, particularly benefiting those pivoting their operations toward AI infrastructure. IREN (IREN) is up 4% at $66 after a 6% rise on Thursday, now up more than 520% year-to-date. TerraWulf (WULF) is 5% higher pre-market after a 10% surge on Thursday, bringing its YTD gain to 150%. Other notable movers include Cipher Mining (CIFR) CleanSpark (CLSK) and Bitfarms (BITF), which all trade 2%-4% higher in pre-market.The total market capitalization of the miners is nearing $90 billion, according to Farside data, and on…

Monad, the fast new Layer-1 blockchain, has set the date for its highly anticipated token airdrop, confirming the airdrop portal is scheduled to open on October 14. This news ends long waiting for the project’s community. However, the team is keeping the exact rules for token allocation and eligibility criteria strictly confidential.Monad Airdrop Claim Portal opens on Tuesday, October 14th— Monad (mainnet arc) (@monad) October 9, 2025The Most Important Details Are MissingEven with the date now firm, Monad has not given out the most critical information. The public is still waiting for answers on several key points:First, the project has…

Cardano (ADA) is trading near $0.81 at press time, with a daily volume of $1.4 billion. It has slipped slightly in the past 24 hours and is down about 5% over the past week. Consequently, traders are watching a chart pattern that may set up a larger move. If the price pulls back, $0.69 is being marked as a possible buy zone. Triangle Pattern Signals Potential Move Crypto analyst Ali Martinez shared a 12-hour chart showing ADA compressing inside a symmetrical triangle. The formation began in late 2024 and is approaching a point where a clear move is likely. Martinez…

Crypto markets have been weakening over the past few days, casting a shadow on the ‘Uptober’ narrative.  The total crypto market capitalization has declined by 4.5%, with $200 billion exiting the space since its all-time high of $4.4 trillion on October 7. Altseason hasn’t arrived, and Bitcoin and Ether are down 4% and 12% from their respective all-time highs. But it’s supposed to be ‘Uptober’! Markets are dumping to “liquidate all the bulls and mainly the retail,” because leveraged longs always get flushed before the markets pump, said analyst Ash Crypto on Thursday. They predicted that the rally will resume again…