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Another Friday is upon us, and that means more Bitcoin and Ether options contracts are expiring as spot markets start to consolidate. Around 39,000 Bitcoin options contracts will expire on Friday, October 10, and they have a notional value of roughly $4.3 billion. This expiry event is a little larger than last week’s, but there is unlikely to be any impact on spot markets, which have been mostly sideways for the past few days. The US government remains in shutdown mode, and the greenback continues to weaken, but crypto markets have largely shrugged this off. Bitcoin Options Expiry This…

Traders are flocking to the ZK-powered perpetuals trading platform amid the ongoing airdrop craze, and its OTC points market is going parabolic.As traders flock to tokenless perpetuals exchanges in pursuit of “the next Hyperliquid airdrop,” trading volumes hit a record $1 trillion in September, and as the sector heats up, the Lighter exchange’s activity-based points have hit an all-time high on over-the-counter (OTC) markets.The Lighter points system has been live since its closed beta launched in February, but valuations have skyrocketed over the last month.The leading Lighter OTC market, SOTC, cleared its first seven-figure transaction on Oct. 7, which also…

If you’re looking for an extensive Bybit review to start trading digital assets, look no further. Established in 2018, Bybit has gained immense popularity among crypto communities, especially for trading derivatives and its competitive fee structure. It also offers multiple trading features, catering to both beginners and advanced traders alike. In this article, we’ll walk you through various aspects of Bybit, including its key features, staking options, and fees. We’ll also guide you on how to create a Bybit account, execute trades, and make deposits or withdrawals.Bybit Exchange Review: Quick SummaryCrypto exchangeBybitLaunch year2018FounderBen ZhouKey features and trading optionsSpot trading, margin trading,…

Join Our Telegram channel to stay up to date on breaking news coverage The BNB price dropped 2% in the past 24 hours to trade at $1,292 as of 4:36 a.m. on trading volume that plunged 40% to $6.2 billion. This comes even as Binance Japan formed a capital and business alliance with PayPay, a Softbank group company. Softbank & PayPay invests 40% in Binance Japanhttps://t.co/To6pnzeTfm — CZ 🔶 BNB (@cz_binance) October 9, 2025 PayPay and Binance aim to deliver a seamless financial experience for users in Japan by connecting cashless payments and digital assets. “This strategic alliance represents a…

Bitcoin holders may want to rethink their price targets for 2025, with one Bitcoin analyst arguing that $110,000 has been firmly established as Bitcoin’s new bottom.“You can kind of start lifting some of your targets and saying, “Well, because we’ve proven 110, that’s the floor, where do we go from here?” James Check said in an interview published on YouTube on Thursday.“We’ve built an enormous base up here at $2 trillion,” he said, referring to Bitcoin’s (BTC) market capitalization, which is currently sitting at around $2.42 trillion. “We proved a trillion [in 2024], we’ve proved $2 trillion in [2025], so…

Telegram founder and CEO Pavel Durov has issued a stark warning about the risk to “free internet” and privacy as governments around the world push forward with sweeping measures that, he says, are quietly stripping away fundamental freedoms under the guise of regulation and safety. Summary Telegram CEO Pavel Durov marked his 41st birthday with a call to defend the “free internet.” Durov criticised laws in the EU, UK, and Australia that have raised concerns about individual privacy. “Our generation is running out of time to save the free internet built for us by our fathers,” Durov wrote in an…

Financial institutions are quickly waking up to the “debasement trade,” according to commentators, which could be a boon for assets such as gold and Bitcoin. Institutions have a new concept to cling to called the “debasement trade,” which will be the thing that protects them, said entrepreneur Anthony Pompliano in a podcast on Thursday.  It’s the same thing that goldbugs and Bitcoiners have been talking about for years, and now institutions have just realized that “no one is ever going to stop printing money,” he added.“This now feels like there is no longer a debate about this. People realize the dollar and…

BTC reversed the Wednesday bounce with a drop to $121,500 early Thursday alongside flat-to-negative action in the European equity markets and persistemt strength in the U.S. dollar. Jamie Dimon, chief executive of JP Morgan, warned of a major stock market correction in the coming months. Meanwhile, Arhur Hayes, chief investment officer at Maelstrom Fund said that bitcoin’s four-year halving cycles are dead and the impending fiat liquidity deluge across the advanced world will continue to grease the crypto bull market. “The global liquidity cycle is clearly turning. Central banks are quietly transitioning from tightening to easing, with rate markets now…

Bitcoin BTC$121,578.60 traders remain optimistic about steadier price ascents in the coming weeks, even as profit-taking dented a recent rally that set fresh records.The premier cryptocurrency by market value briefly fell to $120,000 during the overnight trade, dragging the broader market lower. Ether ETH$4,366.66 dropped 2.4% in the past 24 hours to reverse all gains from the past 7 days, Solana’s SOL, XRP$2.8301, DOGE$0.2519 and Cardano’s ADA fell up to 3%, CoinDesk data show.The weak tone in BTC contradicts the continued demand for the U.S.-listed spot ETFs. This week, ETFs have pulled in $2.72 billion in inflows, which traders said…

On-chain analytics firm CryptoQuant has explained how there aren’t any signs of a Bitcoin price peak yet, based on this indicator. Bitcoin Net Realized Profit/Loss Is Still At Moderate Levels In a new post on X, CryptoQuant has shared the latest trend in the Bitcoin Net Realized Profit/Loss. This indicator tells us about whether the Bitcoin investors are selling their coins at a net profit or loss. The metric works by going through the transaction history of each token being spent to see what price it was moved at before this. If this previous selling price for any coin was…