Month: October 2025

Technology

‘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…

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Cryptocurrency, Memecoins

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.

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Cryptocurrency, Memecoins

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…

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Cryptocurrency, Memecoins

Aave Rebounds Above $230 Confirming Double-Bottom Reversal

On the news front, Aave said it would expand its collateral assets with Maple Finance’s…

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Cryptocurrency, Memecoins

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…

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Cryptocurrency, Memecoins

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.

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Cryptocurrency, Memecoins

BitcoinOS Raises $10M to Expand Institutional BTCFi Capabilities

Greenfield Capital led the round with backing from FalconX, Bitcoin Frontier Fund and DNA Fund…

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Cryptocurrency, Memecoins

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…

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Cryptocurrency, Memecoins

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…

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Cryptocurrency, Memecoins

CoinDesk 20 Performance Update: Index Drops 2% as All Constituents Trade Lower

Chainlink (LINK) fell 3.5% and Ripple (XRP) dropped 3.2%.

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