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The creators of Cryptopunks and Autoglyphs just wrapped up Art Blocks’ curated series with a new release, Quine.Generative art NFT platform Art Blocks launched its final curated collection today, with an auction for a new collection by Larva Labs, the creators of Cryptopunks, Autoglyphs, and Meebits.The collection, named Quine, features 477 pieces up for public purchase via an auction mechanism, where the lowest winning bid is the price paid by all bidders. The low bid sat at just 0.3 ETH, or $1,250, late last night, and serious participants flooded the auction over the closing hour, with the sale closing at…

Bitcoin mining has shifted dramatically over the past decade. In its early years, anyone with a computer could mine coins at home. Today, the industry is dominated by specialized hardware, large data centers, and enormous energy consumption, making it difficult for everyday Americans to participate.But cloud mining has changed the equation. With just a smartphone or laptop, U.S. residents can now rent hash power from global mining farms, skip the complicated setup, and start generating passive Bitcoin income with only a few clicks.In 2025, a handful of platforms stand out for providing cheap, reliable, and beginner-friendly cloud mining services. Below…

[PRESS RELEASE – Kingstown, St Vincent and the Grenadines, October 9th, 2025] Fanable by Ethernal Labs, a Web3 marketplace for Pokémon, comic books, and digital collectibles, has successfully achieved $11.5 million in backing to accelerate growth and expand its ecosystem. Fanable – developed by Ethernal Labs – is backed by Michael Rubin (founder of Fanatics), Ripple, Steel Perlot, Polygon, Borderless, Morningstar, and others. Alongside this milestone, Fanable is partnering with the Collect Foundation to launch a point farming campaign for the upcoming $COLLECT token, bringing new utility and community engagement to the collectibles economy. Fanable has quickly become a hub…

Norwegian officials are investigating a potential leak after large bets were placed on the Nobel Peace Prize outcome on Polymarket just hours before it became public.Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado, who won the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize for her role in the fight for democracy, saw a spike in bets on her victory on the prediction markets hours before the official announcement, Bloomberg reported. The spike was so notable that Polymarket’s official account posted on social media about it.A trader using the handle “dirtycup” placed a near $70,000 bet on Machado and walked away with about $30,000 in profit,…

ARK Invest says bitcoin’s fundamentals, adoption trends and macro environment are aligning to support continued strength into the final months of 2025, even as cycle dynamics signal the need for caution.On-chain signals point to structural strengthIn its latest “Bitcoin Quarterly “report for the three months ended Sept. 30, Cathie Wood’s ARK Invest argues that bitcoin’s core fundamentals remain firmly intact. The firm notes that network activity, profitability levels and supply distribution all continue to reflect strong underlying demand, with long-term holders showing few signs of capitulation.ARK points to what it calls “bullish” on-chain positioning, with the majority of coins remaining…

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,…

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…

Hargreaves Lansdown, one of the UK’s largest retail investment platforms, has warned that bitcoin should not be treated as a core part of investment portfolios — even as it prepares to offer crypto products to clients for the first time.In a statement published on its website, the Bristol-based firm said bitcoin, despite its long-term price gains, “is not an asset class” and lacks the intrinsic characteristics that would justify including it in a portfolio for growth or income. Hargreaves Lansdown argued that the cryptocurrency’s price history shows periods of “extreme losses,” adding that performance assumptions are impossible to analyze and…

More than 1.6 million traders have been wrecked daily. There’s no way to sugarcoat what happened in the cryptocurrency markets since Friday evening. Bitcoin’s price, for example, took one of its most painful nosedives in recent history, dumping from over $122,000 to $105,000 on some exchanges and even to as low as $101,000 on others. The altcoins were obliterated as well, with massive double-digit price drops from the majority of them. Here’s what we know so far. Valuermarket’s report classified the event as the “largest single-day liquidation in the history of digital assets.” The initial numbers of $250 million…

XRP’s price experienced a massive crash, leaving over $700 million liquidated. But why? The broader cryptocurrency market saw its worst deleveraging events in history throughout the past 24 hours. Ripple’s XRP didn’t go unscathed. In fact, it was one of the altcoins that painted massive red wicks, dropping to as low as $1.2 on the Binance perpetual contracts charts. That’s a 60% drawdown, which, not surprisingly, had a lot of traders liquidated. So much so that, in fact, almost $1 billion worth of leveraged positions were wiped out in the past 24 hours. Why is the XRP Price Going…