Month: October 2025
‘I’m suddenly so angry!’ My strange, unnerving week with an AI ‘friend’
The ad campaign for the wearable AI chatbot Friend has been raising hackles for months…
Prediction Markets Say Government Shutdown Will be Record-Setting: Asia Morning Briefing
Kalshi and Polymarket are pricing in a shutdown that lasts over 40 days.
Crypto’s ‘Decentralized’ Illusion Shattered Again by Another AWS Meltdown
The October AWS outage took down some of crypto’s most prominent companies and networks. Many…
Aave Rebounds Above $230 Confirming Double-Bottom Reversal
On the news front, Aave said it would expand its collateral assets with Maple Finance’s…
XRP Spikes 3% as Gold Slips and Bitcoin Extends Gains
Ripple’s ongoing $1 billion capital raise continued to support sentiment among professional traders seeking exposure…
Filecoin Jumps More Than 4% After Retaking $1.60 Resistance Level
The token has support at the $1.52 level and resistance at $1.65.
BitcoinOS Raises $10M to Expand Institutional BTCFi Capabilities
Greenfield Capital led the round with backing from FalconX, Bitcoin Frontier Fund and DNA Fund…
Strategy Gets Buy Rating From Citi on Bullish Bitcoin Outlook
The Wall Street bank initiated coverage of Strategy with a buy/high risk rating and a…
Bitcoin Catches Bid, Jumping Above $112K as Gold and Silver Plunge
Watching from the sidelines for weeks as precious metals scored record highs on a regular…
CoinDesk 20 Performance Update: Index Drops 2% as All Constituents Trade Lower
Chainlink (LINK) fell 3.5% and Ripple (XRP) dropped 3.2%.