U.S.- China AI race heats up as Chinese rivals secure billions ahead of IPOs
DeepSeek and Moonshot attract fresh capital ahead of planned listings, while OpenAI courts major investors.
Two Enjin Chain Upgrades Await Governance Approval: Will They Pass?
The Enjin official changelog schedules the Fort Canning Relaychain runtime 1.8.0 for November 9, 2026, and Matrixchain runtime 1.4.1 for November 16, pending governance referenda. The official Enjin Blockchain changelog, dated October 5, 2026, contains a detailed entry for the proposed upgrade, including its schedule and technical changes. This upgrade for Enjin comes as its…
Pi Network’s PI Token Remains Below Key Resistance, Bitcoin (BTC) Returns to $86K: Market Watch
Bitcoin’s price volatility continues in a relatively tight range after the asset was rejected at $87,000 yesterday but managed to bounce off the $85,000 support. Most larger-cap alts have remained untypically sluggish on a 24-hour scale, aside from BTW, which is up by 5%, and RAIN, which has dropped by 7%. BTC Eyes to Reclaim…
Why bitcoin is down ‘just’ 32% a year after its record high of $126,000
This shallower decline isn’t limited to the one-year anniversary. The bear market itself has been milder with past downturns seeing prices plummet 77% to 85%.
FinCEN Withdraws Rules Targeting Crypto Wallets and Mixers
On Monday, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) rescinded two proposed rules, one on self-custody wallets and another on crypto mixers. In the decision, the Treasury bureau cited the Trump administration’s “deregulatory agenda” in ending the wallet proposal that had been pending since December 2020. What the Withdrawn Rules Would Have Required One withdrawn rule,…
Bitcoin Price Could Reverse Following Tech Stocks, Peter Schiff Says
Strategy bought 334 BTC for about $28.7 million and repurchased $176 million of STRC in its latest disclosure, even as Peter Schiff warned that the Bitcoin price could reverse if technology stocks pull back. The competing signals leave a sharper question than whether Strategy is still accumulating: can its current funding mix sustain larger purchases…
TOKEN2049 Singapore Schedule Puts Institutional DeFi on the 2026 Agenda
TOKEN2049 Singapore is scheduled for October 7–8, 2026, with confirmed speakers from Nasdaq, BlackRock, and Franklin Templeton appearing alongside executives from Hyperliquid, Solana, Polygon, Base, and Ethereum-related projects. The agenda points to institutional DeFi and on-chain market infrastructure as central themes. The official speaker roster names Adena Friedman, Nasdaq Chair and CEO; Nikhil Sharma, BlackRock…
Ethereum Price Prediction: Last-Minute Glamsterdam Fix Sets Stage for 200M Gas Jump
Ethereum trades at just under $2,700 as validators prepare for Glamsterdam’s Sepolia activation, which could lift its price prediction target. The test’s 200 million gas limit could show whether larger blocks are technically viable. Prysm released version 7.2.1 late yesterday to address a configuration issue ahead of the test. The update lets validators participate in…
XRP, QNT, INJ: These 3 Altcoins Are Ready to Break Out This Week (Analyst)
Popular analyst Ali Martinez outlined the altcoins poised for a breakout as early as this week: Ripple’s XRP, Quant (QNT), and Injective (INJ). His comments came shortly after BTC and most alts were rejected from their Monday peaks and before their correction deepened. Three Alts Going Wild This Week? Martinez began with Ripple’s cross-border token,…
Cheap crypto capital hits wall as Bitfinex fee rule binds
Paolo Ardoino’s ambition to cut companies’ capital-raising costs by 80% faces a practical test at Bitfinex Securities: the platform’s example of a $5 million, one-year bond carries a $100,000 issuer fee, equal to 2% of the raise. Bitfinex Securities is a platform for raising capital through tokenized securities. An Oct. 5 Bitfinex account set out…