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Strategy Inc., the largest corporate holder of bitcoin, reported a $3.9 billion fair value gain on its BTC holdings for Q3 2025. The result shows the company’s massive exposure to bitcoin has paid off handsomely. The company’s bitcoin position, now over $80 billion, is the foundation of Strategy’s business. As BTC rose to above $125,000 this week, Strategy’s 640,031 BTC was worth around $80.3 billion or $31 billion in unrealized gains. According to the company’s quarterly filing, Strategy’s average cost basis for its bitcoin is $73,983 per coin, built up over years of consistent buying. But for the first time…

Gold pushed through $4,000 per ounce for the first time this week, validating a macro narrative that is spilling into Bitcoin demand and positioning spot ETFs for record fourth-quarter flows.The “debasement trade” involves investors shifting their holdings from fiat-denominated cash and bonds into assets that retain purchasing power when government debt is high or currency credibility is in question.Investors purchase scarce assets, such as gold, Bitcoin, and real commodities, to hedge against currency erosion when monetary policy loosens or fiscal slippage accelerates.The logic applied is that if the currency’s real value is eroding, the answer is owning things that cannot…

News of Intercontinental Exchange’s potential $2 billion investment in Polymarket is reverberating through the financial and gambling communities, with execs proclaiming the deal as revolutionary for the crypto space and analysts describing it as the most important validation of prediction markets so far.The investment is one of the largest ever in a crypto company.While prediction markets’ encroachment of the sports betting industry is occupying plenty of mindshare around gambling circles, ICE CEO Jeffrey Sprecher trumpets tokenization as a core competency of Polymarket and believes the partnership will continue to push change in transactional flow.“What I see the tokenization doing is…

SharpLink Gaming, a publicly traded firm that has aggressively embraced a Digital Asset Treasury (DAT) strategy, has announced that its unrealized profits have surged past the $900 million mark. The huge profit comes from buying up a massive amount of ETH since the company started its crypto strategy in early June, thereby making SharpLink an institutional whale of Ethereum.The ETH Accumulation PlaySharpLink’s corporate treasury strategy is defined by discipline and capital efficiency. The firm currently maintains an approximate holding of 839,000 ETH on its balance sheet. Management highlighted that the firm achieved the substantial profitability without incurring corporate debt. This…

“Never visit unknown websites promoted through unsolicited tokens,” the warning reads. Shiba Inu (SHIB) is one of the crypto projects with the largest and most active communities. Unfortunately, this popularity also makes its users a frequent target for scammers. In the following lines, we’ll highlight the latest scheme and explain how to stay protected. What’s Happening? Shibarium Trustwatch – an X account which warns the SHIB Army about potential threats – recently revealed that real Shiba Inu tokens have been airdropped to wallets, but fraudsters have attached a deceptive message urging people to visit a dubious website “to claim…

Market observer says despite the recent pullback, Bitcoin’s next cycle could hit $400,000, citing a recurring 3-month chart pattern. Bitcoin’s recent retreat from a record-breaking $126,200, per CoinMarketCap, hasn’t shaken bullish analysts, with one predicting the next peak could go as high as $400,000. The flagship cryptocurrency briefly hit a new all-time high on October 6 before dipping below $124,000, but market sentiment remains upbeat as traders brace for what could be another explosive cycle. The Case for a Historic Breakout According to market watcher EGRAG CRYPTO, Bitcoin is forming a clear channel on its three-month chart, a pattern that…

Darius Baruo Oct 08, 2025 19:44 Gala Games introduces its first cross-world event in Townstar, offering unique NFT rewards and GALA tokens. The event runs from October 14 to 17, 2025. The spirits of the Gala universe are awakening as Gala Games announces an unprecedented cross-world event starting with Townstar. This event marks a significant milestone for the gaming platform, inviting players to engage in a multi-game adventure with enticing rewards, according to Gala News. Event Details and Rewards Players are challenged to demonstrate their prowess in lemonade production during the haunted Townstar…

Key takeaways:Bitcoin’s net taker volume has rebounded from extremely bearish to neutral levels.Onchain and market data indicate controlled profit-taking, not panic selling.Binance data shows Bitcoin’s strongest buying momentum since July.Bitcoin (BTC) price stabilized above $120,000 after sharply correcting from its all-time high on Tuesday. As buyers step back in, spot and derivatives markets appear to be converging toward a more balanced state, providing a stronger foundation for the next move higher.Bitcoin four-hour chart. Source: Cointelegraph/TradingViewAccording to CryptoQuant, the medium-term trend in derivatives markets has shifted notably. The net taker volume, which compares sell and buy orders, has recovered from an…

Investor appetite for XRP is widening as traders seek new ways to increase exposure beyond spot holdings.The rise of XRP-focused leveraged exchange-traded funds (ETFs) illustrates this trend, revealing how participants supplement traditional accumulation with higher-risk, higher-reward strategies.Leveraged XRP ETFsOn Oct. 7, GraniteShares, a leading ETP issuer, filed to launch two XRP-based leveraged funds, including the GraniteShares 3x Long XRP Daily ETF and the GraniteShares 3x Short XRP Daily ETF. The firm also filed for leveraged products focused on Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Solana.These funds aim to triple XRP’s daily gains or losses, providing traders with a regulated and liquid means of…

A Tel Aviv man allegedly beat and stabbed a crypto holder to steal – $650,000 in Bitcoin and other assets.The loot was laundered through centralised crypto exchanges HTX and Kyrrex, prosecutors say.It is one of Israel’s most violent crypto heists yet.An Israeli man has been charged on Wednesday with carrying out a violent crypto robbery in the Israeli city of Herzliya.Prosecutors in Tel Aviv have filed an indictment against Murad Mahajneh, 46, alleging that he and two unidentified accomplices broke into an apartment last month and assaulted its resident.The group stole roughly $650,000 worth of Bitcoin and Tether, along with…