An Anthropic AI model has cracked one of cryptography’s longest-running whodunits, tracing numbers the NSA handed to the U.S. government in the late 1990s, which were long suspected of hiding a backdoor, to an ordinary random-number program fed with timestamps from 1997 and 1998.

It took the model just about half an hour to come up with a solution — one that cryptographers had been chasing to answer for 25 years.

Venice Token [$VVV] continues to advance after a successful bounce off from the $21 support zone, which was previously the resistance level that acted as a barrier against bears. At the time of writing, $VVV surged by 10% in the past 24 hours.

The rise follows the addition of new products with AI technology, namely Hy4 Preview, Muse Spark, and Muse Wonder by Venice. At the same time, $VVV’s revenue growth has been aided by increased adoption of its AI solutions, with October generating the most revenue on the platform.

Nine Blockchain Organizations Unite as Quantum Threat Looms


Nearly one-third of Bitcoin’s supply could eventually become vulnerable to quantum computers, and a new industry coalition wants to get ahead of the threat. The Quantum Alliance, launched Oct. 15 in Lisbon, brings together nine blockchain organizations to establish common standards for protecting cryptocurrency networks, wallets, and infrastructure.

Its founding contributors estimate that roughly 6.4 million $BTC, including coins associated with Bitcoin creator Satoshi Nakamoto, have already exposed the public keys that sufficiently powerful quantum machines could exploit. There’s one important catch. Nobody has built a quantum computer capable of pulling off such an attack.

The mass retail investor has temporarily cooled toward $XRP, shifting into a deep wait-and-see mode. According to Google Trends, by mid-October 2026 global search interest in the coin had corrected by more than 90% on an annual scale compared with the historical peak of July 2025, when the price was storming the $3.65 mark.

The global popularity index for the query slid to 13 points out of 100, marking the sharpest shift in market sentiment.

​​One thing I like about Monero is that it doesn’t always need noise to get my attention.

Today, while most of the market was struggling to find direction, $XMR was moving in the opposite direction and finished as the top gainer among the top 100 on CoinMarketCap.

The Amount of Bitcoin Held by Whales Is at Its Highest Level Since April – This Might Mean Something

Cryptocurrency analytics company Santiment has shared new data on the remarkable accumulation of Bitcoin ($BTC) by large investors. According to the company, the total assets of Bitcoin whales have reached their highest level since April.

According to data shared by Santiment, wallets holding between 10 and 10,000 $BTC have accumulated approximately 88,987 $BTC since September 19th. These purchases over the past month have pushed the total Bitcoin holdings of this investor group to over 13.69 million $BTC, reaching their highest level in six months.

The analysis firm noted that this group of investors has shown a strong correlation with significant Bitcoin price movements in the past. Therefore, it was stated that the accumulation and selling behavior of large investors could provide important clues about the future direction of the market.

$XRP price is attracting bullish attention after transaction volume on the $XRP Ledger skyrocketed to nearly $50 billion. The XRPL transaction volume marked a dramatic increase from the levels recorded over the preceding days. Ali Martinez, an analyst, says that the market may be nearing a bottom and be ready to rally to $2 as on-chain activity surged alongside $XRP hitting the $1.25 support level.

U.S. spot bitcoin exchange-traded funds attracted $526.6 million on Monday, the largest daily net inflow in nearly a month, driven entirely by BlackRock’s iShares Bitcoin Trust (IBIT).

IBIT pulled in $665.2 million, its biggest daily inflow since Oct. 7 last year, according to SoSoValue data. Combined, the bitcoin funds last drew more on Sept. 22, when they added $714.7 million.

Fidelity’s FBTC lost $83.6 million, while Grayscale’s GBTC shed $54.9 million in Monday’s trading session, while the remaining funds recorded no net flows, underscoring how concentrated buying was.

The inflow more than erased last week’s $228.5 million of withdrawals, though the funds remain about $90.5 million in the red for October, according to CoinDesk calculations using SoSoValue’s figures.

Ether funds moved in the opposite direction, losing $103.3 million in their fourth consecutive session of outflows. BlackRock’s ETHA accounted for $95.4 million of the withdrawals, according to SoSoValue.

Bitwise Research Head Ryan Rasmussen said that if the price of Bitcoin ($BTC) recovers, corporate cryptocurrency purchases could accelerate again from the end of the year. Rasmussen noted that there was a significant slowdown in Bitcoin purchases for corporate balance sheets in the third quarter.

According to data shared by Rasmussen, Strategy’s net Bitcoin holdings decreased from 83,901 $BTC in the second quarter to 1,666 $BTC in the third quarter.

Net Bitcoin purchases by other publicly traded companies also fell from 45,725 $BTC to 5,617 $BTC during the same period. The data indicated a significant slowdown in corporate Bitcoin accumulation activity compared to the previous quarter.

Leveraged positions in the futures market of the privacy-focused altcoin Monero have once again approached dangerous levels. According to market data, the total open interest in $XMR futures has exceeded $300 million, nearing the record high of approximately $320 million seen in January.

Open interest represents the total amount of futures contracts that investors have opened but not yet closed. An increase in this value indicates that more leveraged capital is entering the market. The amount of open interest in Monero, in token terms, has also reached a five-week high of approximately 515,730 $XMR. This figure was around 400,000 $XMR just a week ago.

It is noteworthy that a similar pattern was observed in January. At that time, Monero fell from approximately $790 to below $300, losing about 66% of its value. The forced closing of long positions during the decline was one of the factors that amplified the selling pressure.

​​I’ve been watching $PI , and honestly, I think this is a moment that requires patience rather than excitement.

As of October 22 (Today), PI is trading around $0.0788, down roughly 1% over the last 24 hours.

China aims to establish a national blockchain network by 2030, with plans to expand its central backbone, connect regional hubs and strengthen distributed digital identity services under its 15th Five-Year Plan for informatization.

Released by the Central Cyberspace Affairs Commission on October 23, the plan envisions a network infrastructure system covering land, sea, air and space, the timely launch of commercial 6G services and faster development of the intelligent internet.

The strategy also prioritizes advances in cyberspace technology, breakthroughs in key technologies and the development of the domestic industry ecosystem.

Starknet got an overwhelming vote approval to become an independent layer 1 (L1) chain, but suffered a massive DeFi activity blow. The Ethereum L2 saw its total value locked (TVL) drop by 3.7x (73%) from $158M to $42M on 22nd October.

The crash was triggered by Extended, a decentralized perpetual futures exchange, which migrated from Starknet to Circle-backed Arc blockchain. The platform had a strategic partnership with Circle and sought higher performance.

Extended migrated $120M in TVL, suggesting that it was the sole driver of Starknet’s DeFi activity.

Despite Cardano’s recent price pullback, famous market analyst Crypto Captain remains confident that $ADA could go parabolic before the end of 2026.

Crypto Captain made the bold prediction yesterday, even as Cardano traded below $0.22. Undeterred by the token’s recent weakness, he projected a potential parabolic rally to $4, significantly above its previous all-time high.

The analyst accompanied his prediction with a weekly chart illustrating Cardano’s historical price movements and a possible long-term recovery trajectory.

Pi Network (PI) is down 2% today, October 24, to trade at $0.078 at the time of writing. This dip mirrors the downtrend across the broader crypto market, where the total market cap has fallen by 1.37% to $2.7 trillion.

With the leading cryptocurrency Bitcoin continuing to trade near $80,000, viewers are closely watching to see if a sharp drop will occur.

While there are many different opinions on this matter, the final assessment comes from Galaxy Research.

According to The Block, Galaxy Research argues that the Bitcoin market has bottomed out and $BTC has entered a new accumulation phase. Research head Alex Thorn stated that decreasing selling pressure and recovering technical indicators are giving positive signals for long-term investors.

Bitmine Immersion Technologies BMNR$21.50 resumed share repurchases after a roughly 10-week pause, while adding ether $ETH$2,490.55 as Chairman Tom Lee said he sees an opportunity in the recent crypto selloff.

The Ethereum treasury firm bought 2.04 million shares last week at an average price of $22.48, spending about $45.9 million. It was Bitmine's first buyback since Aug. 17, when the company wrapped up a five-week stretch of repurchases totaling roughly 21 million shares for $350 million.

The latest purchases bring Bitmine's total buybacks this year to 22.9 million shares, worth nearly $400 million. The company said it plans to keep buying back stock when management believes its shares are undervalued.