As Bitcoin consolidates near its previous all-time high, more than 320,000 active addresses are interacting within this price range.

Notably, 220,000 of these addresses have an average acquisition price around $68.5K, indicating strong interest and potential support at this key level.

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General
➖ Galaxy: Ethereum All Core Developers Consensus Call #144 Writeup
➖ Galaxy: Weekly Top Stories - 10/18

Market
➖ Coinbase: Weekly: Applications and Apotheosis
➖ Galaxy: Election Speculation Drives Bitcoin Toward $68K

DeFi
➖ CoinMarketCap: Why Traders Are Flocking to Hyperliquid

Blockchains & networks
➖ Crypto.com: Intent-Based Protocols
➖ Galaxy: Upcoming Ethereum Upgrades & Catalysts

Tokens & currencies
➖ 4pillars: The Verge of Crypto Dollar War and Strategy of Ethena (Feat. UStb, Network)

The list of top projects in the AI and big data sector by developer activity is led by NEAR.

Other projects in the top 10 include:

— Oasis Network
— The Graph
— Bittensor
— Oraichain
— Worldcoin
— Golem
— Ocean Protocol
— iExec
— Streamr

NEAR is now live on Dune, so you can track its accurate real time data.

There are some great insights in there, you can check my thread to have a quick summary

The total BTC balance of long-term holders is going parabolic.

Seems smart money knows something.

Ethereum's average fees have dropped to an affordable $1.63, a level that typically boosts traders' transfer activity.

Over the years, ETH network fees have fluctuated significantly, but this 4-tier guide shows how current costs are shaping transfer behavior.

For Mantle, late October will be huge, with the launch of COOK and cmETH.

Here’s my speculation on what to expect once these two are live.

The number of ONDO holders keeps growing.

The era of tokenized assets has come?

Polymarket has reached new heights recently:

▪️ $1.3B in monthly betting volume
▪️ 85% of prediction markets' TVL
▪️ $3.5B in total trading volume
▪️ 17.7M bets placed
▪️ $221M in TVL

Read more about the Polymarket's milestones in the article.

Crypto markets have corrected alongside equities, strengthening the speculation that the bull rally has ended.

As crowd optimism turns to doubt, the following projects with $500M+ market capitalization show the best growth potential amid the fear:

$LINK
$BTC
$GOAT
$DOGE
$XRP
$PEPE
$FIL
$SHIB
$EIGEN
$BEAM

Following the flow of venture capital can reveal the narratives that smart money is betting on.

For this weekend, I’ve compiled an overview of the largest funding rounds this fall, along with early-bird opportunity briefs ↓

Staking activity on Polygon is accelerating at a pace that outstrips Ethereum’s growth.

Over the past year, the number of Polygon stakers surged from 74k to over 102k, growing more than twice as fast as Ethereum’s staking base.

Since the launch of secondary markets, activity on Zora has seen notable shifts.

Weekly active users have increased by 70-80k, and trading volume has doubled, though the number of NFT collections minted on the platform dropped by 30% in October.

Net capital inflows into Bitcoin have surged by $21.8B (+3.3%) in the past 30 days.

It resulted in the Realized Cap reaching a new ATH of over $646B, indicating increasing liquidity within the asset and substantial capital support for the price growth.

Over the past year, development activity has surged across the top 10 crypto ecosystems.

Leading the growth are Optimism at +45.6%, followed by Avalanche (+20.3%) and Arbitrum (+16.6%), while all others also posted gains, reflecting the sector's strong development momentum.

All you need to know about low float & high FDV.

The state of token unlocks for L1 and L2 chains, % of supply in circulation ↓

• Ethereum: 100%
• NEAR Protocol: 93%
• Cardano: 85%
• ImmutabIe: 82%
• Solana: 80%
• Metis: 75%
• Avalanche: 65%
• Oasis: 61%
• Celo: 55%
• Mantle: 51%
• Aptos: 46%
• Manta Network: 37%
• Arbitrum: 35%
• Ronin: 35%
• Optimism: 31%
• Sui: 28%
• Altlayer: 23%
• Zeta: 22%
• Worldcoin: 21%
• Blast: 18%
• Dymension: 18%
• ZKsync: 18%
• Starknet: 12%
• Saga: 10%

Whales now hold a record 670,000 BTC, signaling a positive long-term outlook.

Historically, when whale holdings are high, Bitcoin's price tends to stabilize or dip slightly; the real price surge typically follows as whales begin reducing their positions.

By leveraging DePIN, GEODNET has managed to reduce GPS location correction costs by more than 90%, establishing the world's largest RTK network with over 10,000 nodes in just three years.

With an annualized ARR of $1.2 million, it aims to penetrate a $4.6 billion market by 2030, as detailed in Messari's analysis and valuation.