Stephen Katte

Chido Munyati, head of Africa at the World Economic Forum, said in a statement that outdated payments and documents are a significant obstacle for African trade, one that he hopes digitization can solve.

Bitwise’s Matt Hougan said a price bottom is coming soon and will present a “generational opportunity” and a “gift for long-term investors.”

Cody Carbone, CEO of The Digital Chamber, said in a statement that through collaboration with nonprofit Future Caucus, the initiative hopes to develop leaders ready to introduce and support crypto legislation.

With just under 2 million Bitcoin that will ever be mined from here on out, Bitcoin’s “real story” is about to unfold.

Galaxy’s head of research, Alex Thorn, said a recent poll with 25 institutional Bitcoin investors aligns with what he has been hearing over the last few months.

Crypto analysts shared a few ideas on what may have caused the crypto markets to bleed this weekend, but assured that it’s a regular part of the crypto cycle.

Acting FDIC Chair Travis Hill said the agency is also working on a regime for stablecoin issuance and expects to issue a proposal for an application process by the end of year.

Analysts at Glassnode argue that the recent wave of Bitcoin whale sales is a typical part of a late-stage crypto cycle when older hands take profits.

Cloud miner BitFuFu says third-quarter sales hit $180.7 million as more users rented hashrate and snapped up rigs to ride Bitcoin’s post-halving price surge.

Crypto market sentiment remains fearful as the broader market continues to slump, but that could be a good thing, as weak hands sell off, Santiment argued.

The United Arab Emirates' central bank digital currency pilot has made its first transaction, reportedly completed in under two minutes.

SoFi CEO Anthony Noto says the bank also plans to introduce a stablecoin called SoFi USD and views blockchain and crypto as a “super cycle technology.”

Some critics argue the threat posed by quantum computers is overblown, including Strategy chairman Michael Saylor, who has once called it a marketing ploy to pump quantum-branded tokens.

TeraWulf reported the average price of Bitcoin during Q3 was $114,390, compared to only $61,023 for the same period last year.

X users have already reported using the new Bitcoin payment feature at coffee shops across the United States.

Many long-term Bitcoiners are selling up, such as early arbitrage trader Owen Gunden, who shifted the last of his 11,000 Bitcoin to an exchange.

Trump Media’s first earnings report after starting its Bitcoin buys shows it scooped up $1.3 billion, with the company saying it plans to buy more.

The Blockchain Payments Consortium, made up of several major crypto firms, was formed to create a “common framework that enhances blockchain transactions.”

Santiment says online Ether chatter turned bullish, but the Crypto Fear & Greed Index tracking wider market sentiment remains at “Extreme Fear.”

Bloomberg ETF analyst Eric Balchunas said it was “shocking” to see Schwab’s findings that crypto ETF investments could be on par with those in bond ETFs.

Jan3 founder Samson Mow also argued that fears of Bitcoin OGs selling are overblown and traders should focus on the next bull run, rather than “self-owning themselves.”

Investors are better off buying ETFs than buying shares in a firm that’s simply putting a crypto asset on its balance sheet, argues Bitwise’s Matt Hougan.

Columbia Business School adjunct professor Omid Malekan claimed there are a few crypto buying companies that tried to “create sustainable value. But I can count them on one hand.”

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt says Donald Trump’s pardon of Binance founder went through a “thorough review process” before the president signed it off.

Stablecoins, tokenized money market funds and tokenized treasuries could become a common treasury asset in the future, Fireblocks’ John Hallahan told Cointelegraph.

Fellow miner IREN also signed a multi-year GPU cloud services contract with Microsoft worth $9.7 billion on Monday.

Kyrgyzstan President Sadyr Japarov claims that Changpeng “CZ” Zhao proposed establishing a private bank that also deals in cryptocurrency.

Privacy-concerned citizens are celebrating as Denmark withdraws its proposal for the mandatory scanning of messages on platforms like Telegram, Signal and WhatsApp.

Aster pumped after Binance co-founder Changpeng Zhao shared a screenshot showing that he holds over 2 million Aster tokens.

Bitcoin might be moving sideways, but Jordi Visser says there is still faith in the underlying asset, as shown through ETF approvals and the Bitcoin network hashrate hitting new highs.