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Crypto trader sentiment on social media is currently split right down the middle, with one side predicting a Bitcoin drop below $70,000 and the other expecting a rally to $130,000. Bitcoin (BTC) dipped below $87,000 on Thursday for the first time since April; however,  “Social volume still shows a mixed bag of dip buy optimism and doom & gloom, with very little in between,” market intelligence platform Santiment said in an X post. Data from Santiment’s research platform, Sanbase, found that social media mentions on Thursday were roughly evenly split between predictions of Bitcoin dropping to between $20,000 and $70,000 and more…

Numerai — the San Francisco hedge fund that looks more like a sci-fi lab than a Wall Street operation — has raised $30 million in Series C funding, the company announced. Summary Numerai scored backing from university endowments and existing investors like Union Square Ventures and Paul Tudor Jones. The AI-driven hedge fund now marches toward nearly $1 billion in AUM. Numerai plans to expand AI engineering, grow its global data science tournament, and scale institutional products. The round, led by university endowments, values Numerai at $500 million. That’s a fivefold leap from 2023, suggesting the company’s AI models were…

The US Securities and Exchange Commission’s Crypto Task Force has scheduled a roundtable discussion centered on privacy and financial surveillance for December, as a renewed focus on privacy grips the cryptocurrency industry.The privacy roundtable is slated for Dec. 15. Like other SEC roundtables, crypto industry executives and SEC officials will discuss common pain points and solutions, but no hard policy proposals will be submitted. Privacy has become a hot-button topic following several developments, including the partial guilty verdict in Tornado Cash developer Roman Storm’s trial in June, the Samourai Wallet developer sentencing in November and the privacy token price rally over…

Trusted Editorial content, reviewed by leading industry experts and seasoned editors. Ad Disclosure Despite the ongoing bearish action of the market, Ethereum is showing signs of strength in some areas. In a significant landmark, the leading altcoin has surpassed Bitcoin, the largest digital asset, in a key metric that has defined industry strength. Ethereum Is Dominating An Important Metric A recent report from Leon Waidmann, a market expert and head of On-Chain Foundation, reveals that Ethereum is dominating a crucial metric over Bitcoin. The recent flip highlights ETH’s growing momentum, probably fueled by its maturing ecosystem, rising institutional attention, and…

Bitcoin whale activity could experience its highest spike in weekly transactions this year with Bitcoin falling under $90,000, according to the market intelligence platform Santiment.The increase in whale activity has grown in step with the slump in crypto prices, Santiment said in an X post on Wednesday. Bitcoin (BTC) dropped below $90,000 this week for the first time in seven months. Santiment said it has already tracked over 102,000 whale transactions exceeding $100,000, and a further 29,000 transactions over $1 million. “This week has a good chance of ending up as the most active whale week of 2025, with the context of…

The Trump family-backed crypto project World Liberty Financial has reignited concerns about its ability to freeze and reassign user funds, despite promoting itself as “community governed.”The platform said Wednesday that it will reallocate assets affected in a pre-launch phishing attack that exposed the seed phrases of what it described as a “relatively small subset” of user wallets. WLFI said the compromised wallets were targeted through “third-party security lapses,” not issues with the platform or its smart contracts.“This was not a WLFI platform or smart contract issue. Attackers gained access to user wallets through third-party security lapses,” wrote WLFI in the…

Ethereum price rebounds, support holds, upside possible per analysts Summary Ethereum price rebounded after filling a Fair Value Gap near $2,880 and now holds above key support areas identified by technical and on-chain analysts. Market observers note increasing whale accumulation, decreasing retail exposure, and that high leverage may trigger sharp moves; a neckline break in a bullish formation could set significant upside. Upcoming U.S. labor data could cause volatility, while Ethereum is seen entering a liquidity-accumulation phase with potential for upward continuation. Ethereum price has rebounded after reaching $2,880, a level marked by earlier price inefficiencies, according to technical analysts…

Singapore’s retail crypto market is entering a new phase of maturity, as traders are increasingly prioritizing trustworthy platforms over those with lower fees, according to a new survey.On Thursday, a joint survey by finance platform MoneyHero and crypto exchange Coinbase revealed that 61% of “finance-savvy” investors in Singapore now hold crypto, with trust emerging as their primary deciding factor for selecting exchanges, outranking fees.The data suggests that the city-state’s crypto ecosystem is evolving beyond chasing the cheapest exchange to placing value on regulated frameworks, security and long-term conviction.The study, which surveyed 3,513 retail investors and crypto-curious Singaporeans, also found that…

Trusted Editorial content, reviewed by leading industry experts and seasoned editors. Ad Disclosure An Asian Ethereum DAT project that was on the way has been cancelled after the bearish price trajectory, as reported by Wu Blockchain. Ethereum DAT Project By Leading Asian Whales Has Been Canned Last month, Bloomberg reported that some influential investors in Asia were gearing up to launch an Ethereum trust. The group involved the likes of Li Lin, founder of Huobi cryptocurrency exchange, Shen Bo, co-founder of Fenbushi Capital, and Xiao Feng, chairman and CEO of HashKey Group. At the time, the investors were in talks…

Bitwise Asset Management has confirmed that its new spot exchange-traded fund (ETF) tracking XRP is set to launch on Thursday, under the ticker “XRP.”The new fund will go live on the New York Stock Exchange, the asset manager announced, which X users were quick to applaud, and also pointed out the possible confusion it could cause with the token. Typically, crypto ETFs feature a version of the asset manager’s name and the underlying crypto asset in the ticker, such as Fidelity’s FBTC and ARK Invest’s ARKB, which track Bitcoin, or Bitwise’s Solana ETF BSOL and BlackRock’s Ether Trust ETHA tracking Solana…