Polymarket founder and CEO Shane Coplan has pledged "strict non-partisanship" for the decentralized prediction platform ahead of the upcoming US presidential election.

"Given the recent New York Times article on Polymarket, now is the time to be clear: Polymarket is strictly nonpartisan. We are told that we are agents of the Democrats and MAGA, depending on the day. Unfortunately, the story is less juicy; we are simply market nerds who believe that prediction markets provide the public with a much-needed alternative data source," he wrote.

Altcoin seasons are likely to continue to please speculators, but the intensity of returns will decline as the crypto market matures, according to analyst Willy Woo.
“This cycle is markedly different from the others. This is the third cycle since retail began to scale with altcoins that burst into the mainstream in 2017. 2020-2021 were the ‘innovations’ of DeFi and NFTs […] and this third cycle is all about meme coins that make fun of the crypto industry. No pretense that they’re trying to be revolutionary, world-changing technology, just honest casino,” he wrote.

A trader earned $871,600 in two days on BAN, increasing his deposit by 490 times. It turned out to be an insider who issued a meme token, Lookonchain analysts noted.

According to experts, he purchased 36.27 million BAN for 10.2 SOL ($1795).

During the first rise in the meme token price, a user sold 12 million BAN for $56,900, after which the coin collapsed by almost 90%. However, the trader did not sell the rest in a panic.

Following the release of the HBO documentary Money Electric: The Bitcoin Mystery, Canadian programmer Peter Todd was forced into hiding.

In the film, he was named as a possible creator of Bitcoin, although the developer himself denies this. Todd claims that director Cullen Hoback used this theory to attract attention to the film.

A wallet that had been inactive for over 14 years moved 50 BTC worth almost $3.4 million to a new address, Whale Alert analysts noted.

The wallet received its first cryptocurrency for $2 in 2010. Thus, in 14.3 years the amount has grown by about 1.7 million times.

In early March, an unknown person sold 1,000 BTC mined in 2010, earning approximately $68 million.

On the night of Saturday, October 26, the quotes of the first cryptocurrency temporarily fell below the level of $66,000.

At the time of writing, Bitcoin is trading above $67,100. According to CoinGecko, the digital gold has lost 0.7% in 24 hours. The asset’s capitalization is more than $1.3 trillion.

The probable reason for the temporary correction in the cryptocurrency market was Israel's attack on Iran.

An experienced trader made $140,000 in less than 20 minutes by tracking new listings on the Binance cryptocurrency exchange, according to Lookonchain experts.

At the time of the announcement of the listing of the MOODENG meme token perpetual contract on Binance, a user bought 2.77 million of these coins for 1,300 SOL. 20 minutes later, he sold them for 2,109 SOL, earning 809 SOL ($140,000).

Etherscan developers have released beta version v2 with a unified API for retrieving data from over 50 EVM blockchains.

Supported networks include Ethereum, BNB Smart Chain, Polygon, Arbitrum, including related testnets such as Sepolia, Goerli and others.

The initiative aims to simplify the creation of multi-chain dapps by providing a single point of control over blockchain data. The transition will reduce developer overhead and improve application efficiency.

An exploit in uncertified L2 Base network landing contracts resulted in the theft of more than $1 million. The incident was reported by security firm Cyvers Alerts.

The attacker exploited a vulnerability in WETH-related smart contracts. After successfully manipulating the price oracle, he withdrew $993,000.

American crypto exchange Kraken will launch its own blockchain, Ink, in the first quarter of 2025. Its founder Andrew Koller told Bloomberg about this in an interview.

Access will be made open to retail and institutional users.

The launch of the latter's test network is expected before the new year.

By around 2030, the first cryptocurrency will likely be used as global money, according to the vision of its creator Satoshi Nakamoto, according to the forecast by CryptoQuant founder and CEO Ki Yoon Ju.

In support of his position, the expert pointed to the increase in mining complexity — +378% over the past three years. This leads to higher entry barriers for Bitcoin mining and the dominance of large institutional players in the industry.

The digital asset industry is set for a reboot regardless of the outcome of the November U.S. elections, according to Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse.

“There is progress ahead of us, and I’m certainly looking forward to it,” he told CNBC’s Tanya Machin on stage at DC Fintech Week 2024.

The entrepreneur called the current administration of President Joe Biden "hostile" to cryptocurrencies.

Commercial banks will need investments of between 120 million and more than 200 million rubles to connect to the national digital currency platform. This was stated by experts interviewed by Kommersant.

This includes “costs for infrastructure, information security, application software and integration work with existing intra-bank systems, and as the number of connected clients and the number of transactions increases, additional investments will be required in infrastructure development and the purchase of licenses.”

The Nigerian government has dropped all charges against Binance cryptocurrency exchange top manager Tigran Gambaryan, local media reported.

The decision was announced by the prosecution counsel representing the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) during a closed hearing at the Federal High Court in Abuja on October 23.

Bernstein analysts have repeated their forecast of the first cryptocurrency reaching $200,000 by the end of next year and called it “conservative,” The Block writes.

“Bitcoin will be $200,000 this cycle (late 2025). […] We are conservative,” Bernstein’s head of digital assets Gautam Chhugani said in a note to clients.

Nicolas Cage has called on young actors to resist pressure from employers and to fight the use of AI and EBDR to change or manipulate their performances. He made this statement on stage at the 25th Newport Beach Film Festival, Deadline writes.

EBDRs allow a digital copy of an actor to be created with his participation. For example, a “rejuvenated” Indiana Jones played by Harrison Ford in the 2023 film Indiana Jones and the Wheel of Destiny.

Cloud mining service provider BitFuFu has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire a controlling stake in an 80 MW Bitcoin mining facility in Ethiopia.

According to the press release, the deal marks the company's transition from a strategy of managing small assets to building its own mining infrastructure.

Over the past year through October 9, Binance accounted for $22.5 trillion of the $54 trillion in spot and derivatives trading volume across 22 platforms, according to data from 0xScope.

Analysts have noted increased competition among CEXs, which has resulted in the weakening of the position of the largest crypto exchange Binance.

On October 18, the clicker game X Empire airdropped the X token on Telegram and announced the date of its listing on major cryptocurrency exchanges. Most users were unable to participate in the airdrop due to “not meeting the criteria.”

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Miller Value Partners founder Bill Miller bought Bitcoin “at the very beginning” at $200, and its average entry price from 2012 to 2024 is about $700. The businessman told this in an interview with Forbes.

According to him, the first cryptocurrency is the only economic unit where supply does not depend on demand or price, unlike traditional assets and precious metals.