Ethereum

Bitcoin recovered above $83,000 after briefly slipping below $81,000, diverging from a sharp selloff in Korean chip stocks and softer Nasdaq futures. Traders are watching Thursday’s U.S. CPI report as oil strength and inflation concerns keep risk appetite fragile.

Blur will shut its NFT marketplace website on Nov. 12 and stop arranging new loans through Blend, while its Ethereum smart contracts remain operational. The move follows a more than 99.5% collapse in monthly trading volume from its March 2023 peak and comes days after sister project Blast announced its own shutdown.

Crypto exchanges saw about $803 million in leveraged positions liquidated over 24 hours, with bullish bets making up most of the damage as bitcoin briefly slipped below $81,000. SanDisk perpetual futures posted more forced closures than XRP, underscoring the growing role of tokenized stock contracts on crypto venues.

Tom Lee says a projected wave of inherited wealth from 2026 through 2028 could strengthen demand for digital assets among younger investors. Bitmine added 12,532 ETH last week and is approaching its target of holding 5% of ether’s total supply.

Ledger has confirmed that at least one hardware wallet tied to recent crypto losses contained an unauthorized physical implant. The company says all confirmed cases so far involve devices sold through Southeast Asian reseller CryptoBilis, while its internal systems and direct sales channels remain unaffected.

Ethereum has bounced from the former $2.4K resistance area, but fading volume and persistent ETF outflows suggest the recovery may need another liquidity reset. Technical traders are watching the $2,300 to $2,370 zone as a potential demand area before any renewed advance toward $2,800.

Bitcoin and ether order books are now deeper than they were during the historic Oct. 10, 2025 crash, signaling renewed market maker capital in the largest crypto assets. Altcoins and spot trading activity remain weaker, showing a widening liquidity divide across digital assets.

Robinhood Chain activity has weakened sharply since mid-September, with daily transactions and active addresses both moving lower. Deposits remain above $1 billion, however, suggesting users have not broadly pulled funds from the network even as trading activity slows.

Robinhood Chain is considering a transaction-ordering model from Arbitrum that would let users pay higher fees to prioritize individual trades. The evaluation comes as the network expands its role in tokenized real-world assets while currently using a first-come, first-served ordering policy.

Ledger is investigating reports that more than $86 million in cryptocurrency may have been stolen from wallets tied to devices sold by CryptoBilis, a Southeast Asian reseller. The company has asked the reseller to pause sales and shipments while warning recent buyers not to set up affected devices.

Bitcoin recovered after touching its 50-day moving average, helping steady crypto sentiment after a sharp intraday decline. Ethereum remains a concern for traders after slipping below its own 50-day average, while spot ETF outflows continue to cloud the recovery.

Bitcoin recovered toward $82,500 after President Donald Trump said the U.S. would not attack Iran before the Nov. 3 midterm elections. The rebound has not fully repaired a difficult week for major crypto assets, with BTC still lower and ether under heavier pressure.

Bitcoin recovered from a three-week low after President Donald Trump said the U.S. would not strike Iran before the midterm elections. The move steadied crypto sentiment, while ether, SOL and the broader CoinDesk 20 index remained under pressure.

Zcash developers are aiming to add quantum-resistant, hash-based signature support in January, with the first phase focused on transparent transactions. The move follows heightened concern over AI-assisted cryptographic risks, though no practical wallet-key attack has been demonstrated.

Raheim Hamilton, a co-creator of the dark web drug platform Empire Market, received a 40-year federal prison sentence in Chicago and agreed to forfeit 1,230 bitcoin. Prosecutors said the marketplace facilitated more than 4 million drug transactions from 2018 to 2020, with drug sales accounting for nearly $375 million of more than $430 million in activity.

Ether positions saw about $356 million in liquidations over 24 hours, exceeding bitcoin’s $298 million despite ether’s far smaller market value. The broader crypto market recorded $1.19 billion in forced exits as rate fears, geopolitical tension and AI security concerns shook leveraged trades.

Bitcoin recovered to $82,000 after President Donald Trump said the United States would not attack Iran before the Nov. 3 midterm elections. Traders are now watching whether BTC can hold key support near $81,000 and reclaim higher resistance levels as concerns over geopolitics and cryptography risks continue to shape sentiment.

Citrini Research says the shift of stocks, bonds and loans onto blockchains could create new markets for trading, lending and payments. The firm sees potentially stronger tokenization exposure in fee-generating public companies and crypto protocols than in bitcoin or ether alone.

Bitcoin dropped 4% over the past 24 hours to trade near a one month low just above $80,000, extending a fast pullback from levels near $87,000 earlier in the week. The broader crypto market suffered sharper losses as traders weighed rising oil prices, higher interest rates, regulatory uncertainty, and memories of the October 10, 2025 flash crash.

Institutional crypto custodians are preparing for a future in which AI and quantum advances could pressure blockchains to change security standards. Project Eleven and Quantus plan custody support in the first quarter of 2027 to help institutions preserve controls across evolving cryptographic systems.

Ethereum researcher Justin Drake is urging the crypto industry to prepare for a possible “bunker mode” scenario in which AI weakens the signature systems protecting bitcoin and ether wallets. No practical attack has been demonstrated, while Vitalik Buterin has cautioned that rushed migrations can create losses of their own.

Bitcoin fell under $83,000 as rising oil prices and Treasury yields weighed on risk assets. XRP led major-token losses while leveraged crypto liquidations added to selling pressure.

Ethereum’s Glamsterdam upgrade has lifted Sepolia’s processing allowance from about 60 million gas to nearly 200 million gas as developers test higher-capacity block design. Early sampled blocks used only 26% to 46% of the available allowance, while a short finality period showed strong testnet participation.

Bitmine Chairman Tom Lee said the company will stop accumulating ether once it reaches 5% of the token’s circulating supply. The update puts a defined endpoint on a buying campaign that began in June 2025 and turned Bitmine into the world’s largest Ethereum treasury.