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%.

US spot Bitcoin ETFs reversed two days of inflows with $90 million in withdrawals on Monday as Bitcoin slipped below $86,000.

The product abstracts underlying blockchain rails, offering up to 10% APY on USDG holdings alongside virtual and physical payment cards with zero foreign-exchange markup

Solana Foundation introduced Solana DvP, an open-source program designed to settle institutional trades in seconds, with input from JPMorgan.

DeepSeek and Moonshot attract fresh capital ahead of planned listings, while OpenAI courts major investors.

Ondo Finance introduces tokenized notes tied to private companies, starting with an unnamed pre-IPO AI firm and plans for 24/7 secondary trading.

Binance BTC withdrawals set their highest weekly tally since mid-2023 as analysis sees the trend echoing the recovery from Bitcoin’s last bear market.

Leading the gains is BTW, the native token of Bitway, a bitcoin-compatible layer-1, which jumped 25% in the past 24 hours and is up 170% over the past 30 days.

The Hong Kong government reaffirmed plans to release its crypto licensing regime before the end of 2026, spanning four digital asset categories.

FxPro says a slide below $84,000 would hand control to sellers and put $80,000 in play. Minutes from the Fed's last meeting come out Wednesday.

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Adam Iza’s sentence runs concurrently with a 15-year term imposed last month for his role in an attempted bitcoin robbery.

Former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo argues Congress must pass durable, bipartisan crypto legislation before political change upends the rules.

Paxos’ USDG stablecoin has launched on Arbitrum, with the network offering 100 million ARB in incentives to boost adoption and liquidity.

Polymarket has started testing its new smart contract system on live markets, with a broader rollout planned for November and future multichain support in view.

The Ethereum layer-2 is backing Paxos-issued USDG to earn a share of reserve income as new stablecoin alliances compete for distribution, users and reserve economics.

OKX raised fresh capital at a $25 billion valuation from existing partners and investors such as Standard Chartered, Ripple, Circle and Qube.

Real Vision founder Raoul Pal says a weaker dollar and pauses in the AI trade could support crypto gains, and predicts Ethereum and Solana stand to benefit the most from AI agents.

Ethereum’s Glamsterdam upgrade launched on the Sepolia testnet, as developers prepare for the mainnet implementation of the consequential upgrade.