📊 Binance stated that the October 10, 2025 crypto market flash crash was a market-wide, macro-driven event caused by elevated leverage, liquidity contraction during extreme volatility, and network congestion. The exchange confirmed that its core trading, risk management, and clearing systems remained fully operational throughout the turmoil, acknowledging two isolated platform incidents that occurred after most deleveraging had taken place, which did not drive the market dislocation, and that affected users have since been compensated. #macro link
📈 #RWA holders have grown ~10x over the past year, now nearing 800K
Public equities (294K) and commodities (206K) make up most holders, even though their combined $ value represents only 25% of the total RWA market.
At this pace, RWA holders could surpass 1 million within months.
Public equities (294K) and commodities (206K) make up most holders, even though their combined $ value represents only 25% of the total RWA market.
At this pace, RWA holders could surpass 1 million within months.
🚀 CZ stated during a Binance Square AMA that Binance is prioritizing compliance, stability, and long-term sustainability over rapid expansion. He emphasized that in the current regulatory environment, surviving longer is more crucial than growing bigger.
He also mentioned that stricter regulation is a structural trend in the crypto industry, not a temporary phase. Binance plans to adapt to regulations rather than resist them and will implement different compliance strategies across jurisdictions. #regulation link
He also mentioned that stricter regulation is a structural trend in the crypto industry, not a temporary phase. Binance plans to adapt to regulations rather than resist them and will implement different compliance strategies across jurisdictions. #regulation link
📉🤔 #BTC Glassnode: There is a sizable $1.25B short gamma pocket around 80K. A clean break into this zone increases the risk of revisiting lower levels in the 70s, as dealer hedging can intensify downside momentum.
📊 According to Bloomberg, precious metals plunged on Jan. 30 as gold fell more than 12% below $5,000 an ounce and silver slid as much as 36%. The selloff was triggered by a stronger dollar after the Trump administration confirmed Kevin Warsh as its pick for Fed chair, amplified by month-end rebalancing and options-related gamma effects. #macro link
📊👀 #BTC Over the last 7 days, taker flow was dominated by put buying, closely followed by put selling.
Much of this activity was structured as spreads and concentrated in puts, with very limited interest in upside exposure. link
Much of this activity was structured as spreads and concentrated in puts, with very limited interest in upside exposure. link
📊 OKX CEO Star Xu criticized Binance, claiming the core reason for the October 11th market crash was Binance's encouragement for users to convert USDT and USDC into USDe. He stated that this was done without sufficient risk warnings and restrictions, allowing repeated leveraging as collateral, which created a high-risk cycle. link
🕵️ A victim (0xd674) lost 4,556 $ETH ($12.4M) due to a copy-paste address mistake.
The attacker generated a poison address with the same first and last four characters as Galaxy Digital's deposit address and sent dust transactions.
11 hours ago, the victim copied an address directly from transaction history to deposit into Galaxy Digital but mistakenly copied the poison address instead.
As a result, 4,556 $ETH ($12.4M) was sent to the attacker.
Always double-check the address before making a transfer.
Don't copy addresses from your transaction history for convenience.
Victim address: 0xd674 link
The attacker generated a poison address with the same first and last four characters as Galaxy Digital's deposit address and sent dust transactions.
11 hours ago, the victim copied an address directly from transaction history to deposit into Galaxy Digital but mistakenly copied the poison address instead.
As a result, 4,556 $ETH ($12.4M) was sent to the attacker.
Always double-check the address before making a transfer.
Don't copy addresses from your transaction history for convenience.
Victim address: 0xd674 link
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💰 Kraken Acquisition Corp, backed by Kraken, has completed an enhanced initial public offering of $345 million. link
💰 #USDT Tether announced that in 2025 the company's net profit exceeded $10 billion, according to the latest annual report by the independent auditing firm BDO.
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💰 Digital bank SoFi Technologies reported a record revenue of $1 billion in Q4 after resuming the issuance of consumer products based on cryptocurrencies. link
🚀 MegaETH stated it has not, and will not, provide MEGA tokens to any centralized or decentralized exchange as listing fees or airdrops.
The project emphasized that any exchange choosing to list MEGA would do so based on its own assessment of the project’s fundamentals and long-term value, rather than token incentives. This statement comes amid ongoing market debate over paid listings and token distribution practices, with some projects opting to distance themselves from incentive-based exchange listings to signal confidence in their technology and ecosystem. link
The project emphasized that any exchange choosing to list MEGA would do so based on its own assessment of the project’s fundamentals and long-term value, rather than token incentives. This statement comes amid ongoing market debate over paid listings and token distribution practices, with some projects opting to distance themselves from incentive-based exchange listings to signal confidence in their technology and ecosystem. link
🤔 Coinbase, cryptocurrency and banking institutions are planning to discuss rewards in stablecoins at the White House summit on Monday.
theblock #stablecoin link
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