Bitcoin (BTC) enthusiasts and investors are carefully monitoring the ever-fluctuating cryptocurrency market as it approaches the highly anticipated halving event in April 2024.
Benjamin Cowen, a well-known crypto analyst with a significant following, has expressed concerns about the potential for a significant price drop in Bitcoin ahead of the upcoming halving.
In a recent interview with Scott Melker, Cowen examined historical patterns surrounding the price movements of the alpha cryptocurrency ahead of halving events.

After the cryptocurrency market went crazy following rumors that the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) had approved BlackRock's spot Bitcoin exchange-traded fund (ETF) application, one analyst has now suggested that the BTC dollar could rise to $1 million and above $21. market capitalization trillion.
As CryptoGlobe reported these rumors quickly spread from social media to Bloomberg Terminal, BTC was seen topping $30,000 and quickly falling after BlackRock stated that the ETF was still under review, leading to liquidations of over $100 million in a single hour. .

Ryan Gentry, director of business development at Lightning Labs, says Taproot Assets is "how we Bitcoinize the dollar and the world's financial assets."
Bitcoin layer-2 infrastructure company Lightning Labs has released the mainnet alpha of Taproot Assets, a protocol that aims to enable stablecoins and real-world assets to be published on Bitcoin and the Lightning Network.
According to Ryan Gentry, head of business development at Lightning Labs, the current release, Taproot Assets v0.3, will provide a “full-featured developer experience” for issuing, managing and discovering stablecoins and other assets on the Bitcoin blockchain .

Memeinator will return 132% in 29 pre-sale phasesThe project has benefits in AI, staking, Web 3.0 games and NFTsMemeinator can multiply meme gains with a nearly 1000% increase in potential
What is the future of meme cryptocurrencies? Undeniably, the meme coin industry has grown exponentially in 2020, with a market cap of $0. In August 2023, cumulative trading of meme tokens reached $36 billion. But the meme industry was not without controversy. Parody and fake projects caused trouble for investors. Memeinator promises to clean up the industry using cutting-edge AI technology. The project's token was made available for pre-sale, and investors purchased over $748,130 in less than 3 weeks.

Fidelity Investments has resubmitted its Bitcoin ETF application to the SEC for its “Wise Origin Bitcoin Trust.” Fidelity CEO Abigail Johnson advocates for the merger of cryptocurrencies and traditional finance. SEC's warning on Bitcoin ETFs stems from market manipulation and investor safety concerns stems from.
Fidelity Investments has resubmitted its application to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for its anticipated Bitcoin spot ETF, the “Wise Origin Bitcoin Trust.” This revised proposal comes in response to the regulator's earlier concerns.

Robert Kiyosaki argues that inflation makes the poor and middle class poorer but benefits the rich. He argues that it erodes the cash savings of low-income groups but increases alternative assets held by the rich. Kiyosaki thinks inflation increases the wealth gap due to Fed policies.
Robert Kiyosaki, author of Rich Dad, Poor Dad, claimed in a recent tweet that inflation benefits the rich while impoverishing low-income groups.

In a letter sent to the White House on Tuesday, a bipartisan group of lawmakers warned that Hamas is funding its attack on Israel through crypto and that the Biden administration must act quickly to reduce the effectiveness of that attack.
More than 100 lawmakers, led by Senators Elizabeth Warren, Roger Marshall, and Representative Sean Caster, signed a document condemning Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad's use of crypto to finance terrorist acts and evade US sanctions. The letter sent to the US Treasury Department and the White House expressed "serious concerns" about Hamas' operations and requested the Biden administration to share figures on the extent of its dependence on crypto.

While Elon Musk once again managed to trigger enthusiastic reactions from the XRP and Shiba Inu communities, XRP received a big blow from the Roblox giant
Tech billionaire Elon Musk, the boss of world-famous innovative companies such as Tesla, SpaceX, X and others, published a new X post on his personal account, which received a lively reaction from the X community. Among them, the SHIB and XRP armies were quick to show their excitement. Someone in the comment thread noted that this was another "cryptic" X post from the world's richest entrepreneur. XRP and SHIB armies responded to Musk's tweet What Elon Musk tweeted this time was a preposition and two letters: "X is in S." As always, XRP fans compared the letter "X" to the XRP logo. This time, the reaction of the Shiba Inu army, which compared the letter "S" to SHIB, was also intense.

Despite this high-profile transaction, the price of Ethereum's native currency, Ether, has remained relatively stable, falling only 0.68% over the past four hours, according to CoinGecko price data.
The Ethereum Foundation shed light on the recent $15 million Coin transaction involving Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin, which attracted the attention of various blockchain tracking platforms.
On October 16, Buterin's wallet known as "vitalik.eth" was said to have transferred $14.93 million to the Gemini crypto exchange, blockchain analysis firm PeckShield reported on October 17.

While the majority of assets in the cryptocurrency sector returned to their previous positions ahead of the rally triggered by fake news regarding spot Bitcoin (BTC) exchange-traded fund (ETF) approval, Ethereum (ETH) whales also took the cue and turned on accumulation mode.
Specifically, billionaire-level Ethereum whale addresses, i.e. cryptocurrency wallets with at least 1 million ETH, are now 32.27% of the available ETH supply for the first time in seven years, according to information available from cryptocurrency market analysis platform Santiment in October. He is holding his in his hand. 17.

Shiba Inu token SHIB saw an unusual surge in large transactions totaling $40 million over two days, driven by these two abnormal factors.
The Shiba Inu token SHIB saw abnormally high volumes of large transactions for the second day in a row. Thus, according to IntoTheBlock's data, the transaction volume, which was at least $100,000 yesterday, reached just under $40 million in the last 24 hours. The day before, this figure was even higher at $42.36 million.

One of the established social media's first crypto experiments ended in major controversy when Reddit suddenly announced that it was discontinuing crypto tokens for its hashing program known as community points.
"Part of the reason we're ending Community Points is so we can scale a variety of products that accomplish what the Community Points program is trying to accomplish," said Tim Rathschmidt, Reddit's director of consumer and product communications.
“One example of this is the new Contributor Program that is actively rolling out and will allow eligible users to earn cash based on the karma and gold they earn from qualifying contributions.”

'The Haunting event in Call of Duty: Warzone and DMZ introduces the special 'Bloody Mess Mastery SMG blueprint with challenging missions on the Al Mazrah map. Players must complete five of six unique Haunting Operation missions, battle supernatural beings and undertake dangerous missions. Beyond weapons, the event is about strategy, With an emphasis on skill and thematic content, it offers players an immersive gaming experience that blends combat with Halloween horror.
As October brings the spooky mood of Halloween, 'Call of Duty: Warzone and DMZ' intensifies the gaming atmosphere with the seasonal Haunting event. Special rewards awaiting players include the highly coveted 'Bloody Mess' Mastery SMG blueprint. To claim this reward, participants must go through a series of chilling challenges set on the Al Mazrah map in the dark of night. Success requires completing five of six unique Operation Cursed missions, each offering their own blend of terror and gameplay.

Uniswap, the world's largest so-called decentralized exchange, has imposed a 0.15% fee on its most popular trading pairs; This is a move that will not benefit UNI token holders. Incredibly, Uniswap Labs founder Hayden Adams claims that this new fee is separate from the fee switching functionality of the Uniswap Protocol governed by UNI token holders.
Frustrating UNI holders with this decision, it continues a long history of ignoring Uniswap's intriguing coin offering.

Whales holding millions of ETH make up almost a third of the total supply; this is the highest level in more than seven years.
According to the latest data from on-chain analytics provider Santiment, Ethereum is concentrated in the hands of whales.
On October 18, Santiment reported that billionaire Ethereum investors with more than 1 million ETH held 32.2% of the available supply for the first time since 2016.
Additionally, Ethereum transactions exceeding $1 million reached the second highest day in a month. Ethereum Sale Continues

Platypus Finance suffered its third flash loan attack this year but managed to recover 90% of the stolen assets. The protocol's transparent approach and commitment to user security sets a positive example for the DeFi industry.
In the ever-evolving world of decentralized finance ( DeFi ), security breaches and flash loan attacks are unfortunately becoming a recurring theme. Platypus Finance, a notable DeFi protocol, recently found itself at the center of another such incident. This is the third major breach the protocol has faced this year. However, in an encouraging turn of events, the project managed to recover a staggering 90% of the stolen assets.

An agreement has been reached between FTX creditors and debtors, with the potential to return more than 90% of assets to customers by the second quarter of 2024. FTX and FTX.US, both on the verge of bankruptcy, have taken a significant step towards resolving customer asset disputes.
An agreement has been reached between FTX creditors and debtors with the potential for more than 90% of assets to be returned to customers by the second quarter of 2024.