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- Solana's $206 breakout forms a bullish ascending triangle pattern, with technical indicators like SMA/EMA and MACD suggesting potential for a $215–$300 rally. - On-chain data shows $505M whale staking and $164M ETF inflows, signaling institutional confidence in Solana's high-speed blockchain and DeFi ecosystem growth. - Risks include $57M liquidations and Bitcoin's 60.66% dominance, though robust TVL ($17.4B) and restaking protocols reinforce Solana's macro-capacity positioning. - A clean $215 breakout w
- Strategy Inc. (formerly MicroStrategy) has spent $25B+ buying 632,457 BTC (3% of supply) via equity issuance, eroding Bitcoin per Share and NAV by 40% since 2023. - The strategy relies on perpetual stock issuance below intrinsic value, risking forced BTC sales if prices drop 40% to $70,000 by 2026. - Bitcoin ETFs like IBIT/GBTC ($21.2B in assets) now offer regulated alternatives, reducing demand for Strategy's dilutive model. - Investors face a binary choice: tolerate dilution for potential BTC growth or
- Tron (TRX) slashed network fees by 60% on August 29, 2025, reducing energy unit prices from 210 to 100 sun to prioritize user adoption over short-term profits. - The move, endorsed by founder Justin Sun, targets stablecoin dominance and emerging markets, despite immediate TRX price drops and inflation risks from reduced token burns. - Analysts highlight potential long-term gains through increased USDT transaction volumes ($82B annually) and ecosystem growth, though critics warn of revenue erosion and val
- Digital Shovel partners with IREN to deliver 493 MW of infrastructure, powering 26 renewable-energy data centers for AI and Bitcoin mining. - The company's vertical integration, modular designs, and Smart PDU technology address rising demand for sustainable, high-performance data center solutions. - With the global data center market projected to reach $527.46B by 2025, Digital Shovel's energy-efficient infrastructure positions it as a key player in the AI and crypto mining boom. - Risks include reliance
- Toncoin (TON) accelerates institutional adoption via TSC's $558M PIPE, staking 4.86% yields and leveraging Telegram's 1.8B-user ecosystem for tokenized revenue streams. - Robinhood listing boosts TON liquidity by 60% while U.S./EU regulatory shifts (SEC ETF approval, MiCA) lower barriers for institutional crypto participation. - Staking partnerships with Copper/Kiln expand TON's utility but face risks from 68% whale-controlled supply, contrasting with Ethereum/Solana's institutional inflows in Q3 2025. -
- DMD Diamond Blockchain, a Layer 1 infrastructure, leverages blockchain to address systemic inefficiencies in scientific research via decentralized funding and open-access NFT-based publishing. - Its 20x higher throughput than Ethereum, instant finality, and low fees enable scalable scientific workflows, disrupting the $100B academic publishing industry. - With a $800M+ DeSci market target and FDV of BTC79.5309, DMD’s hybrid HBBFT consensus and 12-year blockchain history position it as a sustainable infra
- SWIFT tests Ripple's XRP Ledger for cross-border payments, aiming to integrate blockchain with ISO 20022 standards by 2025. - XRP offers near-instant settlements (<4s), $0.0002 fees, and 1,500 TPS—far outpacing SWIFT's $26–$50 fees and 3–5 day delays. - Institutional adoption grows as XRP bridges forex liquidity gaps, with Ripple's RLUSD stablecoin enabling real-time fiat-crypto conversions. - Analysts estimate a 1% shift in SWIFT's $150T annual volume to XRP could generate $1.5B in transactional demand
- Siton Mining introduces XRP cloud mining using green energy and AI to help holders hedge volatility while generating income via dual-revenue streams. - Platform offers low-barrier entry ($100 minimum), USD-stable returns, and XRP price appreciation benefits, addressing liquidity risks in volatile markets. - Post-2025 SEC reclassification of XRP as a commodity strengthens regulatory clarity, while 175% YoY user growth highlights demand for transparent, ESG-aligned crypto income tools. - Critics caution hi
- 02:51A major contract whale has been shorting BTC for nearly three months, with an unrealized profit of $7.08 million and earning $5.02 million in funding fees.According to Jinse Finance, on-chain analyst Ai Aunt (@ai_9684xtpa) has monitored that a whale who has shorted BTC four consecutive times since March 2025, after holding a short position for nearly three months, has turned a floating loss of $12.81 million into a floating profit of $7.08 million, and earned $5.02 million in funding fees. Currently, this address has set take-profit and stop-loss limit orders. If the price of bitcoin drops to the range of [$102,610 - $107,694], it will take profit on 1,843 BTC in batches.
- 02:51Former CEO and CFO of crypto lending firm Cred LLC sentenced to imprisonment and fined for conspiracy to commit wire fraudAccording to ChainCatcher, a federal district court judge, William Alsup, has sentenced former Cred LLC CEO Daniel Schatt and CFO Joseph Podulka to 52 months and 36 months of federal imprisonment, respectively, for conspiracy to commit wire fraud. In addition to imprisonment, Judge Alsup also sentenced Schatt and Podulka to three years of supervised release each and ordered them to pay a $25,000 fine. The defendants are scheduled to begin serving their sentences on October 28, 2025. Judge Alsup has scheduled a restitution hearing for October 7, 2025. According to the plea agreement, Schatt and Podulka conspired to provide incomplete and unreasonably positive descriptions of Cred's business, resulting in misleading information, while failing to disclose significant negative information about the challenges and risks facing Cred's business, which would harm Cred's customers. On November 7, 2020, Cred filed for bankruptcy. In the Cred bankruptcy proceedings, customers and investors of Cred submitted more than 6,000 claims, totaling over $140 millions. According to the government's sentencing memorandum, based on the valuation of various cryptocurrencies lost by customers as of August 2025, the total amount of these claims exceeds $1.1 billions.
- 02:37ETH price drop causes significant unrealized losses for several well-known traders and whale addresses; one whale's long position is at an unrealized loss of $14.77 millionChainCatcher news, according to monitoring data from HyperInsight, due to the decline in ETH price, several well-known traders and whale addresses are currently experiencing significant unrealized losses. Among them, whale address 0xa523...75aa opened a 15x ETH long position at a price of $4,534, and has added to the position multiple times to lower the liquidation price. Currently, this address holds a position size of $247 million, with an unrealized loss of $14.77 million, and a liquidation price of $4,181. In addition, "Brother Machi" Huang Licheng's address still holds ETH and HYPE long positions. His ETH position size is $121 million, with an entry price of $4,512, a liquidation price of $3,244.44, and a current unrealized loss of $6.42 million; the HYPE position size is $17.82 million, with an unrealized loss of $797,800. Among other closely watched traders, James Wynn, who was previously liquidated for $100 million, "insider trader" @qwatio, AguilaTrades, and others have all lost their principal and exited the market during this downturn. Currently, only the whale known for "rolling over ETH longs" is still conducting small-scale trades, with this address holding a $993,600 25x ETH long position, an unrealized loss of $17,600, and a liquidation price of $4,247.39.