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Key takeaways: Since 2024, spot ETF inflows and outflows have been the strongest driver of Bitcoin’s green and red days.With exchange balances near multi-year lows, any sizable order travels farther through the book.Large holders often split trades or use OTC desks, muting visible “wallet-moved” shocks.Funding rates, open interest, the dollar and yields often shape the day’s direction more than any single wallet.Everyone “knows” whales move Bitcoin (BTC), and they can still jolt prices.Since spot exchange-traded funds (ETFs) arrived, Bitcoin’s direction often hinges on ETF inflows and outflows. It also depends on how much tradable supply actually sits on exchanges, not on…

Ethereum price is still above its fair-value zone, holding a strong long-term structure while cooling off from previous highs.  Summary Ethereum holds above $3,900 despite slowing volume. On-chain data signals healthy consolidation phase. Exchange inflows suggest mild short-term selling pressure. At press time Ethereum was trading at $3,976, up 2.3% in the last 24 hours. In the past week, the asset has fluctuated between $3,709 and $4,080, up 4% but remaining roughly 5% down in the last month. ETH is currently 19% below its all-time high of $4,956, recorded on Aug. 24. At $33.68 billion, Ethereum’s (ETH) 24-hour trading volume is…

Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Key Takeaways AI-generated transcriptions pose significant security and legal risks. They can compromise confidentiality, create discoverable legal evidence and are often inaccurate. Financial institutions and publicly traded companies face unique challenges, as AI transcriptions can leak sensitive customer data or produce misleading information that can cause market disruptions. While AI transcription can be useful for casual meetings, podcasts or brainstorming, human transcription remains the most secure and reliable option. No one can argue that artificial intelligence plays, or will continue to play, a significant role in nearly every aspect of business. Historically,…

How an anonymous wallet profited from the crypto chaos An anonymous wallet (0xb317) on the Hyperliquid derivatives exchange reportedly earned a $192-million profit within just a few hours during a period of sharp market volatility.As Bitcoin (BTC) and Ether (ETH) prices fell sharply, many traders were hit with liquidations that erased more than $1 billion in leveraged positions. During the sell-off, one trader managed to time a short that paid off in a big way. Whether it was luck, timing or experience isn’t clear.The wallet’s timing, just minutes before a US tariff announcement that triggered the market drop, has fueled…

A16zcrypto says active crypto users are now around 70 million, up 10 million from last year, showing more people are actually using crypto. And adoption is picking up everywhere, with wallets booming in emerging markets more than anywhere else. Summary Andreessen Horowitz’s crypto arm estimates that active crypto users have grown to 40-70 million, up 10 million from last year, signaling a shift from passive ownership to regular on-chain activity. Adoption is rising globally, with mobile wallets booming in emerging markets and trading activity leading in developed nations, while Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Solana see renewed engagement from users and developers.…

A family-run German firm stepped into the media spotlight this week thanks to a marketing campaign featuring the now world-famous furniture lift used in the Louvre jewel heist.   “When you need to move fast” is the brazen or brilliant—depending on your sense of propriety—new advertising tagline for the company Böcker, based in the German town of Werne, that debuted across Facebook and Instagram on Monday. The ad depicts the Agilo furniture elevator that the thieves used to enter a window at the Louvre, where they ransacked its Apollo Gallery for some $102 million worth of Napoleonic jewelry. The thieves…

A “Satoshi-era” Bitcoin wallet with $442 million worth of Bitcoin (BTC) has become the latest sleeping Bitcoin giant to wake, shifting some of its funds for the first time in 14 years.The unknown owner of the wallet made most of its stash mining 4,000 Bitcoin between April and June 2009, only a few months after the first blockchain network went live, Whale Alert said in an X post on Thursday. Data from the onchain analytics platform Nansen shows the whale sent 150 Bitcoin, worth over $16 million, in a single transaction on Thursday. Onchain data from the Bitcoin blockchain explorer and analytics…

On-chain perpetual-focused decentralized exchanges have hit a new milestone, surpassing $1 trillion in total trading volume this month – a sharp rise from $739 billion in September. This surge marks the highest monthly trading activity ever recorded for these platforms, according to data source DefiLlama. The record volume comes amid increased market turbulence, particularly on Oct. 10, when major cryptocurrencies crashed, triggering a staggering $20 billion in forced liquidations across both centralized and decentralized exchanges. Hyperliquid, the leading on-chain perpetual DEX, alone liquidated 1,000 wallets, with 205 losing over $1 million each. Notably, Oct. 10 also saw on-chain perpetual markets…

The US Secretary of Energy has urged the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to write new rules that will make it faster for large electricity consumers, such as AI data centers and Bitcoin mining operations, to directly connect to the power grid.In a letter released on Thursday, US Energy Secretary Chris Wright asked the FERC, the independent agency that regulates the interstate electricity grid, to grant expedited reviews and create standardized procedures for large electricity users to hook directly into the high-voltage transmission system, not just local power lines.The high-voltage transmission system has a higher voltage capacity than local lines…

Ethereum (ETH), the second-largest cryptocurrency by market cap, continues to trade slightly below the psychologically important $4,000 price level, following the brutal drawdown on October 9, which saw the digital currency test the support at around $3,435. Ethereum Stays Above Realized Price – Bullish Momentum Soon? According to a CryptoQuant Quicktake post by contributor TeddyVision, Ethereum is trading above its Realized Price at approximately $2,300. Dubbing the price level a “fundamental support zone,” the analyst said that historically, any dips below this level have marked a capitulation phase. Related Reading For the uninitiated, Realized Price represents the average cost basis…