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Brazilian Banking Giant Itaú Formalizes Crypto Role as Brazil Closes Its Licensing Window

Itaú Unibanco, the largest private bank in Brazil, has formalized its role as a cryptocurrency service provider before the Central Bank of Brazil. The filing covers intermediation and custody of crypto assets, the same activities the regulator assigns to brokerage firms, according to local reports. The news arrives as the country’s crypto sector faces a compressed timeline to obtain licenses.

Itaú’s move places the bank inside a licensing framework that did not exist a year ago. Brazil’s central bank requires every company that holds, moves, or trades crypto for customers to register as a regulated provider. By filing, Itaú tells the market that it intends to be one of them.

For Brazilian users, the change matters most for custody. A provider that holds crypto for clients must keep those assets separate from the firm’s own money, meet minimum capital requirements, and follow the same governance and anti-money laundering standards that apply to securities brokers. 

Clients of an authorized bank gain a clearer legal footing than clients of an unregulated app or an offshore exchange. For the bank, the filing is a commitment. A regulated crypto operation carries compliance costs, audit obligations, and reporting duties that smaller competitors may struggle to meet. 

The move also signals that Brazil’s biggest lenders plan to keep crypto inside the domestic financial system rather than leave it to foreign platforms.

Itau’s embrace of bitcoin and crypto

Itaú’s crypto story started before the new rules. The bank announced plans for crypto custody in 2022, when it was building a tokenization platform. In late 2025, it began letting retail clients buy and sell bitcoin through its investment app, íon. The crypto assets traded on íon are held in custody by Itaú itself, which made the bank’s position an operational one long before it became a regulatory one.

The regulatory backdrop came in 2025 and early 2026, when the central bank published Resolutions 519, 520, and 521. They created a new license category called Sociedades Prestadoras de Serviços de Ativos Virtuais, or SPSAVs, and the rules took effect February 2, 2026. 

The framework sorts providers into three categories: intermediaries, custodians, and brokers. It requires formal segregation of client and company assets, sets minimum capital levels, and extends the customer protection, governance, internal control, security, and anti-money laundering rules that already govern banks and brokers. 

Resolution 521 brought crypto transactions into the foreign-exchange regime. Transfers with unauthorized counterparties face a $100,000 cap, which limits how crypto moves across borders outside regulated channels.

Companies already operating when the regime took effect had to file for authorization within a transition period. 

That timing is why Itaú’s filing reads as a response to a pressure point, not a routine update.

Stricter standards follow. On July 1, 2026, the central bank approved tighter rules. Beginning in 2027, providers must meet financial security requirements similar to those for securities brokers and distributors. 

The regulator also barred institutions in Segment 5, the simplified-rules category for smaller banks, from offering virtual asset services. That decision pushes crypto activity toward larger, better-capitalized players, the group Itaú belongs to.

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Luxor Announces $16M Funding Round to Scale AI Compute, Derivatives

AI hardware is sold out, and the companies that cut their teeth in Bitcoin mining are moving in. Luxor just raised $16 million in a round led by CMT Digital to scale its cloud platform, GPU hardware business and compute trading. Ethan Vera of Luxor and Sam Hallene of CMT Digital join BMTV to explain why Bitcoin mining expertise translates so well into AI compute.

Chapters:
00:00 Luxor Raises $16M to Take Bitcoin Mining Expertise Into AI
01:17 Why CMT Digital Backed the Luxor Team
02:54 What Bitcoin Mining Teaches AI Infrastructure
03:48 Luxor Cloud: Runners, Sandboxes and Code Review
04:51 Sandboxes for AI Agents
05:43 GPU Demand: Nvidia Sold Out for the Year
07:12 Compute Derivatives and Liquidity for AI Markets
08:12 Luxor’s Full-Stack Compute Ecosystem
10:24 Why Luxor Chose Strategic Investors
12:08 Bitcoin Mining Is Still a Core Pillar

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DISCLAIMER: The views and opinions expressed in this show are those of the participants and do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of BTC Inc., Bitcoin Magazine, or any affiliated entities. This content is provided for informational and educational purposes only and should not be construed as investment, legal, tax, or accounting advice. Nothing contained in this show constitutes a solicitation, recommendation, endorsement, or offer to buy or sell any securities or financial instruments. Viewers should consult their own advisors before making financial or business decisions.

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Galaxy Asset Management: “Now Is The Time” to Buy Bitcoin

“We believe the bottom is in.” That’s the call from Galaxy’s head of firmwide research, Alex Thorn. Bitcoin closed back above its 50-week moving average the week of September 20 and has kept that trend, and Galaxy notes that the four prior reclaims after 20-plus weeks below never closed more than 8.4% under the reclaim level in the following year. Here’s why the whole call comes down to the 50-week moving average.

DISCLAIMER: The views and opinions expressed in this show are those of the participants and do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of BTC Inc., Bitcoin Magazine, or any affiliated entities. This content is provided for informational and educational purposes only and should not be construed as investment, legal, tax, or accounting advice. Nothing contained in this show constitutes a solicitation, recommendation, endorsement, or offer to buy or sell any securities or financial instruments. Viewers should consult their own advisors before making financial or business decisions.

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Samara Asset Group CEO: Bitcoin Treasury Companies a “Disservice to Shareholders”

A CEO whose company holds Bitcoin as its primary treasury reserve says he hates the term “Bitcoin treasury company,” and that the market is rejecting every pure treasury play except Strategy. Patrick Lowry of Samara Asset Group joins Grace Remington and Sean Hagan to explain why “digital gold” was “stupid marketing” that turned Bitcoin into an investment instead of money, and why that framing is exactly why Bitcoin dips every time the Fed talks about hiking. He lays out how Samara uses Bitcoin as working capital instead, parking venture fund commitments in it and liquidating on capital calls regardless of price.

Chapters:
0:00 “I Hate the Term Bitcoin Treasury Company”: The Market Is Rejecting Pure Plays
1:05 Why “Digital Gold” Was Stupid Marketing That Made Bitcoin an Investment
2:13 Hold vs. Use: How Samara Runs Bitcoin as Working Capital for 20+ Funds
3:59 Capital Calls Explained: Parking VC Commitments in Bitcoin Across Halving Cycles
7:17 The Hurdle Rate Problem: Why Holding Bitcoin Can Be a Disservice to Shareholders
11:46 MSCI’s Non-Operating Company Decision and the 1940 Act Loophole
13:37 Bitcoin, Ethereum and XRP: What Happens If Altcoin Treasuries Trigger a Backlash
15:21 Europe Went Backwards: BaFin, the First Bitcoin ETP and Post-Merkel Overregulation
20:20 France’s Bond Crisis and Why Germany Won’t Bail Out the French
23:30 What Rising Sovereign Yields Mean for Bitcoin and Why It Dips on Fed Hikes

DISCLAIMER: The views and opinions expressed in this show are those of the participants and do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of BTC Inc., Bitcoin Magazine, or any affiliated entities. This content is provided for informational and educational purposes only and should not be construed as investment, legal, tax, or accounting advice. Nothing contained in this show constitutes a solicitation, recommendation, endorsement, or offer to buy or sell any securities or financial instruments. Viewers should consult their own advisors before making financial or business decisions.

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Bitcoin Price “Climbing the Wall of Worry” – Early Signs of Bull Market | Michael Sullivan

Bitcoin is holding near $80K, yet the crowd has never seemed less excited and that might be the most bullish signal of all. Michael Sullivan, software engineer and author of Bitcoin Sentiment Weekly, breaks down what language-based sentiment data says about this market. He explains why excitement, conviction and desire are washed out to levels he compares to 2015, and why that looks like the early stages of a disbelief rally.

Chapters:
00:00 Michael Sullivan on Bitcoin and Currency Decay
00:58 Bitcoin’s Pullback From $86K: Is This a Disbelief Rally?
02:10 Bitcoin Sentiment Compared to 2015 and 2022
03:50 How to Tell When the Bitcoin Market Is Overheated
05:05 Measuring Excitement, Conviction and Desire in Bitcoin
06:42 The Next Bitcoin Bull Run Narrative: Bitcoin and AI
08:12 Investor Psychology: Buying Near All-Time Highs vs. DCA
09:42 Bitcoin and Traditional Finance Growing Together
10:54 Why Short-Term Bitcoin Holders Are So Frustrated
12:52 How AI’s Deflation Strengthens the Case for Bitcoin

DISCLAIMER: The views and opinions expressed in this show are those of the participants and do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of BTC Inc., Bitcoin Magazine, or any affiliated entities. This content is provided for informational and educational purposes only and should not be construed as investment, legal, tax, or accounting advice. Nothing contained in this show constitutes a solicitation, recommendation, endorsement, or offer to buy or sell any securities or financial instruments. Viewers should consult their own advisors before making financial or business decisions.

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The US central bank announces its rate decision this evening at 7 pm Central European Time. The key rate stands at 3.75 to 4 percent, and it did not arrive there in September through a cut but through a hike. Anyone holding Bitcoin therefore has a different question to answer today than in the months before. It is how much further tightening their own portfolio can take.

Bitcoin is trading at $81,352 this morning, up 1.7 percent within 24 hours (CoinGecko). That leaves a loss of around 2.7 percent for October. The decision itself takes a second, the reasoning half an hour longer. Both land in a market that works with leverage.

Fed rate decision at 7 pm: the key rate stands at 3.75 to 4 percent

The Federal Open Market Committee, or FOMC, is the body of the US central bank that decides the key rate. According to the Federal Reserve's meeting calendar it meets on October 27 and 28, 2026, so the decision comes on the second day, today.

The key rate, called the federal funds rate in the United States, is the rate at which banks lend each other money overnight; it indirectly determines what credit costs everywhere else. The central bank sets a target range for it, currently 3.75 to 4 percent.

The decision is published at 2 pm local time in Washington. Because the United States is still on summer time and Germany has not been since October 25, that is 7 pm in Central Europe. The chair's press conference begins half an hour later. Kevin Warsh chairs the Board of Governors.

The September hike: 3.75 to 4 percent against high inflation

On September 16 the committee raised the target range by a quarter point, unanimously at twelve votes to zero. The Federal Reserve's decision gives as its reasoning that inflation remains elevated; the measure is meant to support a more timely return to the two percent goal.

That is the situation today's decision lands in. A central bank that has just raised and still describes inflation as elevated has two routes: another step up, or a pause that holds the range. Which of them appears in the text decides the price of the coming days more than any analyst estimate.

In the same decision the committee calls economic output solid, productivity strong and investment robust, with an unemployment rate that has barely moved. A central bank describing its economy that way has little reason to loosen quickly.

No new projections: the October meeting brings a statement and a press conference

Four times a year the central bank publishes a Summary of Economic Projections alongside the meeting, a collection of every participant's expectations for growth, unemployment, inflation and the rate path. The meeting calendar marks those dates with an asterisk. The October meeting has none.

That has a practical consequence. There is no new dot plot today from which the expected rate path can be read. Everything the market gets in the way of direction sits in the wording of the decision and in the answers at the press conference. Anyone waiting for a number describing the path for 2027 waits in vain today; the next round of projections comes with the meeting on December 8 and 9.

For the price reaction that means it arises from language, not from tables. That is exactly why the first move after a rate decision often runs one way and the second the other, once the reasoning has been read.

Bitcoin at $81,352: October stands at minus 2.7 percent

On October 1 Bitcoin stood at $83,576; it is now at $81,352 (CoinGecko, read on October 28). That gives a loss of around 2.7 percent for the month. October counts as a strong month in the industry; this year it is not playing that role.

cryptoticker.io compiled this analysis itself on October 28, 2026, on the basis of CoinGecko's daily data for October 1 and the same provider's current price.

A monthly loss of 2.7 percent is not a crisis. It does shift the calculation for anyone working with borrowed money. There, what counts is the distance between entry price and liquidation threshold, and that shrinks with every percent to the downside.

The distance to liquidation: what a rate step does to leveraged positions

A leveraged position borrows capital to move a larger sum than sits in the account. The liquidation price is the level at which the exchange force-closes the position because the posted collateral is used up. It appears in every trading screen, and it is the only number that really counts on an evening like this.

Liquidation price and funding rate, two different things

The funding rate is the balancing payment that flows regularly between the buy and sell sides on perpetual futures so that the contract price sticks to the spot price. It costs money for as long as a position is open, and it says nothing about when that position is closed. The two numbers are confused all the same.

Before a rate decision, price ranges sometimes narrow for minutes because order books thin out. A position whose liquidation threshold sits only a few percent away can break in that phase, even though half an hour later the price is back where it was. The loss stays all the same.

Anyone trading such contracts should lay the terms of the brokers and trading venues side by side before the evening starts; the differences in collateral requirements and fees are considerable.

Holding period and the tax office: one year separates tax-free from taxable

In Germany, crypto assets count as other economic goods. The gain from a sale is free of income tax after a holding period of more than one year; anyone selling earlier pays tax on the gain at their personal rate, provided the total of private disposal gains in the year exceeds the allowance.

That turns a market question into a calendar question. A position turning one year old in November has a different value from the same position at eleven months, and a hurried sale on the evening of a rate decision can cost that difference. If you do not have your entry dates in your head, they are in the exchange's transaction history or in a portfolio tracker with a tax function that carries the deadlines per purchase.

With several purchases of the same coin, each tranche counts separately. Which of them counts as sold depends on the method applied to the calculation; the order of purchase is the usual one.

Spot ETF, ETN or direct purchase: where the rate risk lands in the portfolio

A spot ETF is a fund that holds the cryptocurrency itself and trades on an exchange. In the EU the comparable products are mostly ETNs, exchange-traded debt securities of an issuer, where that issuer's solvency is also at risk. The difference sounds legal and becomes practical on a day with a rate decision.

An exchange-traded product follows the trading hours of its exchange. If the decision falls at 7 pm and the crypto market reacts at once, the price runs on while trading in the wrapper is closed. Anyone investing through a securities account therefore gets the move into their portfolio with a delay. Which routes exist in Germany also differs from one custodian bank to the next.

Buying directly on an exchange removes that lag, but then custody is your own responsibility. Both routes have different weak points on the same evening.

MiCA and the purchase route: which exchanges trade with a licence in Germany

MiCA is the EU regulation on markets in crypto-assets. It requires trading venues and custodians to hold an authorisation, granted in one member state and then valid across Europe. Behind it sits the question of which supervisory regime your balance falls under if a provider runs into trouble.

A rate decision changes nothing about that. It does regularly lead to volume spikes, and volume spikes are the moments when withdrawals take longer and order books jump. Anyone wanting to switch provider on such an evening switches at the worst possible time.

The authorisation is publicly verifiable, and it differs from advertising claims such as regulated or safe, which are not defined legal terms.

Ethereum and the second tier: what a rate step means for altcoins

Ethereum is trading at $2,363, up 1.9 percent in 24 hours (CoinGecko). The move sits close to Bitcoin's, and that is typical for rate dates: correlation between the large crypto assets rises when a shared macro trigger is in the calendar.

Smaller assets usually move more in both directions in these phases, because their order books are thinner. That says nothing about their quality, but it does say something about the swings to expect. Holding a position whose daily turnover is small against your own position size can mean getting a price on sale well below the one on the screen.

Analysts will name price targets after the decision; that much is certain. Which of them hold depends on the wording of the decision, not on the number in the headline of a forecast.

Fed rate decision: before 7 pm only the distance to liquidation counts

The decision has been in the calendar for months. Three things can still be sorted out calmly beforehand:

1. Read off leverage and liquidation threshold. Note the liquidation price for every open position and the distance to the current price in percent. If it is in single digits, position size is the decision, not price direction. Which venues demand which collateral is shown in the overview of regulated crypto exchanges.
2. Check the holding period per purchase. Sort your tranches by purchase date and mark the ones turning one year old in the coming weeks. A sale shortly before costs tax that falls away four weeks later. A tax tool with a deadline overview carries those dates.
3. Settle custody before things get hectic. Decide in advance which part of your holdings stays on the exchange and which moves into your own custody. The differences between the devices are in the hardware wallet comparison.

After 7 pm, none of these three can be settled calmly any more.

(As of October 28, 2026. This article is not investment advice. Prices and fee structures change; check the terms with the provider before you buy.)

Start with what is established: XRP costs $1.33 on Wednesday midday, 2.07 percent more than 24 hours earlier, and stands around 10 percent below its level of a month ago. In four days, on November 1, the next escrow contract expires, one of those with which Ripple has kept part of its XRP holdings locked since 2017. Our assessment follows below: by our own measurements the release is no price driver, and the level that really counts this week sits lower. Where the price can go over a horizon of months is set out in our XRP price prediction.

Where things stand on Wednesday midday

The price has been moving in a narrow range since the weekend. The daily low is $1.30, the daily high $1.34, and over the past 24 hours XRP worth $1.64 billion changed hands. With a market capitalisation of $84.2 billion, XRP ranks fifth among the largest cryptocurrencies.

Over a week the figure is down 1.31 percent, over a month down 10.24 percent. The all-time high of $3.65, reached on July 17, 2025, is 63.6 percent away. The distance on the downside is smaller than the monthly balance suggests: the low of the past 30 days dates from October 18 and sits at $1.2927, barely three percent below the current level.

Escrow at Ripple: one contract a month, automated on the blockchain

Escrow is a function of the XRP blockchain itself, not a contract with a bank. An escrow is an object in the ledger that holds an amount of XRP and only releases it at a set point in time. Whoever creates the object cannot dissolve it before expiry, and the date sits in the ledger data for anyone to read. The technical description is in the XRP Ledger documentation.

Ripple has used this function since December 2017 to break its own XRP holdings into monthly tranches. One of them expires each month. What the company does not use goes back into new contracts with later expiry, by its own account, so that only a fraction of the amount freed up each time reaches the market at all. Ripple publishes the exact split per month in its quarterly reports, not day by day.

For the market that means the first of a month is a known date, not a surprise. Any participant can look the expiry up in the ledger weeks in advance. That is precisely why the question is interesting: does the date still move the price at all?

Twelve releases tested: in six cases the price stood higher three days later

For this article we analysed the daily XRP closing prices of the past twelve months and, for every first of a month from November 1, 2025 to October 1, 2026, calculated how the price developed three and seven days later. The price series comes from CoinGecko, the calculation is our own.

The result: three days after the release, XRP stood lower in six of twelve cases and higher in six. The median value is plus 0.55 percent. After seven days the ratio is again six to six, with a median of minus 1.59 percent. The spread is wide: the worst case was June 1, 2026 at minus 9.89 percent after three days, the best January 1, 2026 at plus 9.62 percent.

The comparison with the normal case is what matters. Take all three-day windows of the past year, including those without a release, and 60 percent of them ended in the red, at a median of minus 0.75 percent. For seven-day windows it was 64 percent in the red and minus 1.95 percent. After an escrow release, XRP therefore ran slightly better on average than in any randomly chosen period, not worse.

Twelve data points are not a large sample, and the number carries no forecast for any single month. What the number does refute is the expectation that the first of a month regularly drags XRP down. Reading the date as a reason to sell means reading something into the data that is not there.

36.6 billion XRP outside circulation: what the number means

Of the 99.99 billion XRP that exist in total, 63.35 billion are in circulation. The difference of 36.63 billion units sits outside the tradable supply, for the most part in Ripple's escrow contracts. That is 36.6 percent of the total amount.

This number is the real background to the debate. Unlike Bitcoin, where new units arise only through mining and the rate halves every four years, at XRP all units already exist. Supply does not grow, it is reallocated. Whether a tranche goes into circulation or moves back into a new contract is decided by a single company, and that is a structural difference that cannot be argued away.

At the same time, this situation has been unchanged since December 2017 and is priced in. It would only be new if Ripple changed the rhythm or released substantially more than usual into the market. There is no evidence of that before November 1.

One billion XRP against $1.64 billion in daily turnover

The scale can be placed with two figures, both public. One billion XRP is worth roughly $1.33 billion at the current price. XRP turnover over the past 24 hours was $1.64 billion. The entire tranche would therefore amount to about 81 percent of a single trading day, and it never reaches the market in one block.

Here is how the mechanism works on the price: supply that is sold only pushes the price down when it meets too little demand. An amount that spreads over weeks and stays below a single day's turnover disappears into the noise of normal trading. That is why the date barely shows up in the price data, even though the absolute quantity sounds large.

The second place to look, besides the chart, is the behaviour of exchange balances. If fresh supply is actually being sold, XRP balances on the venues rise before the sale. That movement can be traced on the public addresses in the days after the 1st, and it is the more honest indicator than the sheer size of the tranche.

The range: $1.2927 as the floor, the 50-day line as the hurdle

Three levels can be justified for the coming days, and none of them hangs on the first of the month.

On the downside, the low of October 18 at $1.2927 counts first. Directly below it run two moving averages close together: the 100-day line at $1.2963 and the 200-day line at $1.2786. That cluster makes the area between $1.28 and $1.30 the most important zone on the downside. A daily close below it and XRP loses all of its support from the summer.

On the upside the next hurdle is the 50-day line, currently at $1.4012. Above that comes the monthly high of October 5 at $1.5197. Around 5.4 percent lies between the current level and the 50-day line, and as long as that line holds, the recovery since October 18 remains a counter-move within a downtrend.

The gap between the 100-day and 200-day lines is currently only 1.8 cents. Two moving averages sitting that close together show a market without clear direction. Only when the lines move apart again does a trend emerge that a longer-term view can be pinned to.

Since October 26: what has changed

On October 26 we asked in this space whether the $1.27 level would hold while Ripple's Swell conference opened in New York. That is in our XRP read of October 26. The answer after two days: the level held, and with room to spare.

The price stood at $1.2944 on October 26 and is at $1.33 today. That is a gain of 2.7 percent in two days. The lowest level since then was $1.2944, so the $1.27 mark was not even tested. What has been added since is the return above the 100-day line, which on October 26 still ran just above the price.

What was open on October 26 stays open: volume is not carrying the recovery. At $1.64 billion in 24 hours, turnover sits within the range of the past week, without the push a durable change of direction needs.

The Wednesday evening rate decision overshadows the date

What can move the price far more this week than the release comes on Wednesday evening. The US central bank announces the result of its meeting on October 28; the dates are listed in the official calendar of the Federal Open Market Committee. For European investors the announcement falls in the early evening.

The link to crypto runs through risk appetite. Falling rates make borrowed capital cheaper and assets without a running yield more attractive; rising rates, or rates held high for longer, work the other way. XRP follows that movement like the rest of the market, with no leverage of its own. Any price move in the coming days should therefore first be held against the broader market before it is attributed to the first of the month.

In practice: a decline on November 2 or 3 that Bitcoin and Ether join on a similar scale has nothing to do with the release. Only a move in which XRP runs markedly worse than the market would point to supply pressure of its own.

Holding period and allowance: November 1 changes nothing for German investors

For investors in Germany the date carries no tax significance, and a concrete action follows from that. What counts under Section 23 of the German Income Tax Act is your own holding period: anyone holding XRP for more than a year sells tax-free, whatever the size of the gain. Within the year, an allowance of 1,000 euros applies to all private disposal transactions together. Exceed it and the entire gain is taxable, not only the part above it. We have summarised the current state of the reform debate under crypto holding period.

The sensible first step is therefore a look at your own purchase history. Anyone who bought in November or December 2025 reaches the one-year mark in the coming weeks, and that date decides the tax burden. The order of sales follows the principle that the units bought first count as sold first, separately per exchange. A tax tool or portfolio tracker makes that allocation automatically and delivers the statement for the tax return.

On custody the usual applies: holdings on an exchange are a claim against the company, holdings in your own wallet belong to you. Which devices come into question is shown in our hardware wallet comparison. Anyone intending to hold XRP past the one-year mark has no reason to leave it sitting on a trading venue in the meantime. The XRP blockchain's minimum reserve for your own address is locked permanently and belongs in the calculation.

Our assessment: the date is priced in, the range is not

In the editorial team's view, the escrow release of November 1 carries no price statement of its own. Three pieces of evidence support that: the six-to-six ratio in our twelve-month analysis, the comparison with the base rate of 60 percent negative three-day windows in the same year, and the scale of 81 percent of one day's turnover for an amount that is never sold in one block.

Against it stands the fact that twelve observations are few, and that an unusually large release could behave differently from the twelve measured. The analysis also covers a year in which XRP fell overall; in a rising market, fresh supply can work differently.

The more likely path for the coming days is this: direction is settled by the rate decision and by the zone between $1.28 and $1.30, not by the calendar. That is explicitly not a recommendation to buy or sell, and a total loss remains possible with any cryptocurrency.

Escrow on November 1: twelve data points show no price break

Three steps that can be worked through before the weekend:

1. Clarify your own holding period. The date counts for each purchase, and the one-year mark follows from it. If you would rather not keep the statement by hand, it is in a tax tool or portfolio tracker.
2. Mark the zone between $1.28 and $1.30. That is where the monthly low and the 100-day and 200-day lines sit. A daily close below it is the signal that counts, not the first of the month.
3. Work out the cost of your own trading venue. With a four-cent span between the daily high and low, fees and spread decide whether a move brings in anything at all. A crypto exchange comparison shows where XRP is tradable and on what terms.

(As of October 28, 2026. This article is not investment advice. Prices and fee structures change; check the terms with the provider before you buy.)

Hardware wallet maker Keystone is destroying 18,835 finished devices from its own warehouse and has halted shipping. Behind that stands a cryptographic key. During the break-in on the company website on October 20, 2026, the so-called WebAuth key leaked, the key Keystone owners use to check online whether their device is genuine. That key is written permanently into the chip during manufacturing and cannot be swapped afterwards. The only option left to the maker is to destroy the affected batch.

For owners the picture is narrower than the number suggests. The recovery phrase is not affected, according to the company, and anyone who received their device before October 20 has nothing to return and no balance to move. The delivery date is what counts. This piece sets out what leaked, what the key can do technically, which devices are affected, and how to spot the scam wave that reliably follows reports like this.

The October 20 break-in: a gap in a third-party tool on the website

The web shop was attacked, not an individual device. According to the company, an attacker reached the official website on October 20, 2026 through a weakness in a bought-in tool for data monitoring. Such services sit inside a company's own page as third-party code and see everything that happens there. That exact design has become the entry point several times in recent weeks, at competitors too.

Two very different things leaked, by the company's account. First, customer data: 25,964 purchase records from 2024 to 2026 with names, contact details, delivery addresses and order details, plus 12,873 abandoned checkouts. Keystone had already acknowledged that part on October 25, and we described it in our report on the confirmed data breach. Second, and this is the new part of the story, the WebAuth key.

Untouched, according to the maker, are recovery phrases, private keys, other wallet credentials, bank payment data and identity document numbers. That line matters, because it marks the difference between an annoying data leak and a loss of funds.

The WebAuth key sits in the device from the factory and cannot be replaced

WebAuth key is Keystone's name for the secret with which a device proves to the maker's verification page that it came out of genuine production. The process behind it is standard in the industry and explained in two sentences: the device gets a secret burned in during manufacturing, the maker holds the counterpart to that secret, and during the check the device solves a task that only the right secret can solve. Pass the task, and it counts as genuine.

The catch lies in the word "burned in". The secret is written into the chip once and afterwards can be neither erased nor overwritten. You can change a password; a key in this form you cannot. Finished devices with the old secret therefore stay devices with the old secret permanently. Keystone has switched current production to a replacement key. For the stock already manufactured and sitting in the warehouse, that route did not exist.

18,835 warehouse devices go for destruction, shipping is paused

The consequence is unusually clear. 18,835 unsold devices with the old key are being destroyed; they will not go on sale and will not be delivered. Shipping through the website is paused, sales continue on pre-order. Anyone who wanted to order a hardware wallet from this maker in the coming days gets a delivery date instead of a parcel.

That decision costs the maker a complete batch and is the better news from a reader's point of view, because the alternative would have been shipping devices whose proof of authenticity is public. If you were facing a new purchase anyway, the criteria are in our hardware wallet comparison; since this year's incidents, the delivery route is a criterion of its own there.

Verification: a counterfeit could pass the online check

Why is a verification key worth protecting at all? Because verification is the last instance before someone types a recovery phrase into a device. A tampered hardware wallet is hard to spot from the outside and shows itself above all when the maker's check fails. Whoever holds the key could, according to the company and the specialist outlets reporting on it, build replicas that pass that check.

What is established is a possibility, not an incident. So far there is no report of counterfeits actually surfacing with the stolen key, and no report of funds lost through one. That is why the maker says explicitly that nobody has to move funds on account of this incident alone. The risk sits with future stock from unclear sources, hardly with the devices already in customers' hands.

How real that pattern is was shown by the Ledger case this year: devices carrying an extra chip circulated through resellers in Southeast Asia, and the damage ran to more than $86 million by analyst estimates we reported on October 9, 2026. The difference from today's case: at Ledger the distribution route was attackable, at Keystone the proof itself.

Recovery phrase and private keys remain untouched, according to the company

A recovery phrase, usually called a seed phrase, is the list of twelve or twenty-four words from which all of a wallet's keys can be derived again. That list is created on the device and never leaves it in normal use. That is precisely why a break-in at a web shop does not touch it: what sits there are orders, not keys.

This separation is the real value of self-custody, and in this case it holds. If you store your recovery phrase properly, you have nothing to do after this incident. If you are unsure whether your own storage holds up, the common mistakes are in our guide to storing a seed phrase safely.

The delivery date separates affected devices from unaffected ones

The maker draws the line at the day of the break-in. Devices delivered before October 20, 2026 remain safe to use, according to the company, provided they pass verification. That covers the large majority of devices in circulation, because the key only became known with the break-in.

The case is different for devices shipped after October 20 with the old key. Those customers should contact support and have an additional check carried out before using the device, the maker says. A second look at the shipping confirmation in your inbox therefore settles which of the two groups you are in.

Regardless of that, the handling of a new device stays the same: never set up a second-hand device or one from an unfamiliar dealer with an enclosed recovery phrase, and a device that wants to confirm a payment without a clear display deserves suspicion.

Keystone asks for no device back, and any return request is a scam

Here lies the bigger everyday risk of this incident, and it has nothing to do with technology. A report about destroyed devices is the perfect template for a scam: a letter in the maker's name, a supposed recall, an exchange programme, a "security migration". The leaked delivery addresses fit that neatly, because a message carrying your name and address sounds credible.

Keystone makes two things clear on this. The company asks nobody to send in a device, and anyone requesting that is a fraudster, in the maker's words. In its statement of October 26, 2026, titled "Statement Regarding the Security Incident on Our Official Website and Customer Guidance", the company also admits a failing on customer data through its @KeystoneWallet account: it did not keep its commitment to delete customer data on time and takes responsibility for that. An automatic deletion tool had failed without anyone noticing; the retention period now drops from 180 to 90 days.

Remember the simple rule: nobody who means well needs your hardware device or your twelve words. Any message demanding either can be deleted without further checking.

25,964 order records, and the home address as a risk of its own

The data side of the incident lasts longer than the key side. A delivery address is not changed like a password, and the combination of name, address and the information "owns a hardware wallet" is valuable to criminals. That ranges from targeted phishing emails to the rare but documented case of physical coercion.

In practice: expect post and emails in the coming months that spell your name correctly. That correctness proves nothing; it is a consequence of the leak. If you order again, choose a delivery route that keeps your home address out of the next database.

Is verification reliable again after the key swap?

Partly, and that honest answer is more useful than a reassuring formula. For new devices from the switched production line, what applied before applies again: a key known only to the maker and the device. For devices with the old key already in customers' hands, the online check can still confirm a genuine device, but it can no longer reliably rule out a replica built with the stolen key.

That weakness only runs out once the old batch has disappeared from the market, and that takes years. Until then the purchase route carries more weight than the verification tick: a device straight from the maker or an authorised dealer, sealed, with no words enclosed.

Four hardware wallet incidents this year, four different weak points

The Keystone case does not stand alone, but it repeats none of the earlier ones either. Set this year's incidents side by side and each hit a different point between manufacturing and user, and that is where the real lesson lies:

• Ledger, October 2026: tampered devices with an extra chip through resellers in Southeast Asia. Weak point: the distribution route.
• Coldcard, 2026: a fault in generating the recovery phrase that made private keys reconstructable. Weak point: randomness generation inside the device.
• Foundation, October 25, 2026: a separate incident in which phishing emails were sent from the maker's official domains; more than 23,000 attempts, according to the company, plus around 5,600 postal addresses and 5,200 phone numbers from older database copies. There were no indications of compromised devices or private keys. Weak point: the communication channels.
• Keystone, October 20 to 26, 2026: the proof of authenticity itself. Weak point: a non-replaceable secret inside an attackable website.

Two makers within two days, and in both cases an automatic deletion of old customer data failed. That connects the cases more strongly than the technology does: the weak point was not the device but the company around it. The hardware wallet itself delivered what it promises in all four cases, because the private keys stayed inside the device. Anyone drawing a conclusion from that draws it at the data trail of the purchase and at the delivery route, not at the choice of chip.

Keystone devices: the delivery date of October 20 decides

1. Dig out the shipping confirmation. If delivery was before October 20, 2026, there is nothing to do according to the company, as long as the maker's verification confirms the device. Delivered after that: contact support and have an additional check run. If a new purchase is due anyway, compare the delivery routes first in the hardware wallet comparison.
2. Ignore every recall message. Keystone asks for no devices back. Anyone urging you to send one in, to join an "exchange programme" or to enter your words is defrauding you, correct name and address included. To bridge the gap without a device of your own, the options are in the software wallet comparison.
3. Move funds only on genuine suspicion. A move of funds is not necessary on account of this incident alone. It becomes necessary if your device fails verification or comes from an unclear source: then a new device, a new recovery phrase, funds moved across. If you would rather not self-custody the coins in the meantime, the licensed places to go are among the regulated crypto exchanges.

The number 18,835 describes a batch in the warehouse, not the devices in customers' drawers. The maker drew that distinction itself, and it is the core of the report. Further detail is in the coverage by The Hacker News.

(As of October 28, 2026. This article is not investment advice. Prices and fee structures change; check the terms with the provider before you buy.)

Solana is trading at $101.91 on Wednesday morning, almost exactly where the price closed on Tuesday evening. The number that matters more is not on the chart but in the blockchain's revenue data: decentralised exchanges on Solana handled $11.94 billion over the past seven days, a quarter less than in the week before. The fees the network earns from that trade fell by just under a fifth over the same period. Where the price can go over a horizon of months is set out in our Solana price prediction. For the days ahead, one thing holds: a price that stays put while revenue drains away rests on a narrower base than the ticker suggests.

Solana DEX volume falls 24 percent in seven days

Trading volume on Solana's decentralised exchanges came to $1.85 billion over the past 24 hours, 10.7 percent less than the day before. Across seven days the trade adds up to $11.94 billion, a drop of 24.2 percent against the previous week. The figures come from the open DefiLlama database, as of the early morning of October 28.

For the wider picture: over 30 days, DEX volume stands at $60.84 billion. Averaged down to a single week, that works out at a good $14.2 billion. The current week therefore also lags the monthly average, not only the week directly before it. Trading on Solana is not a one-day slump; it is a downward move that has now been running for two weeks.

A decentralised exchange, or DEX, is a venue that settles directly through contracts on the blockchain, with no middleman. Solana hosts the largest of these venues, and their volume is the best public gauge of how much real demand is moving through the network. When it falls, the blockchain earns less, and finding a counterparty for any large buy or sell also gets more expensive.

Network fees: $4.2 million in seven days

Fees follow trade at a short lag. Solana took in $4.20 million in network fees over the past seven days. In the week before that the figure was $5.17 million. That is a decline of 18.8 percent.

The daily path shows how steep the curve ran. On October 19 daily revenue stood at $781,529, on October 20 at $799,593. After that it fell without a break: $732,119, $631,016, $560,392, $477,322 and, on October 25, just $434,092. That is the lowest daily reading of the month. On October 26 revenue recovered to $568,346, but stayed well below the previous week's level.

For investors these numbers are not an end in themselves. They are the revenue side of a blockchain in which SOL is the means of payment for every transaction. Holding SOL means holding a share in a network whose business is currently shrinking. That need not move the price in the short term, as this week shows. Over a horizon of quarters, though, the link between network revenue and valuation has been tight at Solana.

REV: the revenue measure analysts use to value a blockchain

Analyses of Solana often use the abbreviation REV, short for Real Economic Value. It covers the sum of network fees and the payments users add voluntarily to secure an early place in a block. REV is the metric that lets a blockchain be looked at like a company, because it captures what users actually pay to use the network.

The logic behind it is simple. A blockchain without revenue is infrastructure without customers. At Solana, revenue over the past two years hung largely on trading in small, newly launched tokens. That trade has dried up in recent weeks, and it explains most of the drop in fees. At $5.73 billion, the capital locked in Solana applications is also below its level at the start of the week.

That leads to a sober read for the coming weeks. If DEX volume climbs back above $2.5 billion a day, fees return quickly to the $700,000 range. If it stays just under $2 billion, the revenue side stays weak. The direction of the price will be settled by that question rather than by a round number on the chart.

Solana since Monday evening: rising lows at $100.90

On Monday evening this column looked at why every second transaction dropped out of the count. Since then little has changed in the price and something has changed in the structure. On Tuesday SOL fell to $99.02 during the session and closed at $101.22. On Wednesday the low so far is $100.90 and the high $102.27.

The low has therefore moved up by almost two dollars while the high added only a good half dollar. The range is tightening and the price is running into a squeeze. Phases like this usually resolve quickly once a trigger arrives from outside. That trigger is in the calendar for this evening.

The Fed rate decision on the evening of October 28

The US central bank meets on October 27 and 28. That comes from the official meeting calendar of the Federal Reserve, which carries no linked decision for this date yet. The decision is announced on Wednesday evening European time, with the press conference half an hour later.

For Solana, the rate itself matters less than the market the decision lands in. A market with thin trade reacts more strongly to the same news than a liquid one, because less capital stands ready to absorb a move. DEX volume of $1.85 billion a day is exactly that kind of thin market. Anyone planning a larger order today should price that in.

Bitcoin is at $80,770 on Wednesday morning, practically unchanged from the day before, and Ethereum at $2,350, up 0.1 percent. Solana is 0.7 percent higher and is holding up slightly better than the broader market. This calm before a central bank date is normal and says nothing about the direction afterwards. All prices in this section refer to trading on the Kraken exchange on Wednesday morning.

Levels: $98.51 below, $103.01 above

The relevant levels of the current week both sit close to the price. On the downside, $98.51 is the lowest print since October 24. A price falling below it would resolve the squeeze to the downside and take Tuesday's low at $99.02 with it. On the upside stands $103.01, the high of October 24. Above that, the current month offers supply from earlier sessions only around $108.

The reasoning behind these two levels is deliberately plain. Both mark the edges of the range the price has moved in for five trading days, and neither comes from an indicator. In a market with falling volume, visible range edges carry more weight than any moving average, because that is where the orders of active traders sit.

One more note on scale: the span between $98.51 and $103.01 is around 4.6 percent. Anyone working with ten times leverage is already liquidated inside that ordinary weekly range. At three times leverage there is room down to the lower edge.

Futures market: thin trade widens the liquidation gap

Anyone trading SOL with leverage should run two calculations today. First, the distance between entry and liquidation price, measured against the 4.6 percent range the price has moved in this week. Second, the funding costs that accrue every hour on a leveraged position and quietly eat the return when the price runs sideways.

A thin market shifts both against the trader. The less depth sits in the book, the further the price jumps on a large order, and the more often a single move reaches a liquidation level that looked comfortable on paper. Terms for such positions differ sharply between venues; funding rates and fees vary by venue and are worth checking before any position.

Anyone buying without leverage is untouched by all of this. For those investors, thin trade is mainly a question of the spread at purchase, and there is more on that below.

Staking: 3.58 percent inflation goes entirely to validators

One part of the calculation is untouched by the weakness in fees. Solana is currently in epoch 1070, and the network's inflation rate stands at 3.58 percent a year. The share going to the foundation is zero; the entire new issuance flows to validators and so to the investors who delegate their SOL. These values can be queried at any time through the network's public interface.

That is why staking gains weight in a low-revenue phase: the reward hangs on the fixed inflation schedule, not on trading volume. If the fee component falls away, a validator's total yield drops somewhat, but the base amount stays. Anyone intending to hold their SOL for longer anyway gives that amount up by leaving the tokens sitting on an exchange without earning.

Two points belong in the balance. Delegated SOL is not immediately available; unstaking runs to the end of the current epoch. And providers differ widely in the share they keep as commission. Commission ranges from a few percent of the reward to a tenth, and it is deducted before payout.

Buying under MiCA: spread and fees in a thin market

Since the EU's MiCA regulation applies in full, any provider selling crypto assets in Germany needs authorisation from an EU state. That changes nothing about the price, but it does change the question of where a purchase is legally sound in the first place. Authorisation says nothing about cost: spread and order fee differ several times over between licensed houses.

In a week of thin trade that difference weighs more than usual. The spread, the gap between buying and selling price, widens when volume is low. At a price around $101, a spread that is 0.4 percent wider costs roughly four euros on a 1,000 euro investment, and it does so again on every purchase and every sale. Working with limit orders rather than market orders in such phases avoids most of it.

Which licensed houses in Germany list SOL and what they charge per order is shown in the crypto exchange comparison. The look is worth it above all for regular purchases, because small fee differences add up over the year.

Solana at $101.91: without trading revenue there is no next push

The situation fits in one sentence: the price is holding, the blockchain's business has been shrinking for two weeks, and the trigger that resolves this squeeze arrives from Washington this evening. Three steps follow from that:

1. Before the rate decision, check how far every leveraged position sits from the lower range edge at $98.51. Funding rates and venue fees are in the perp DEX comparison.
2. Work out what idle SOL costs at 3.58 percent network inflation a year. Provider terms are in the staking comparison.
3. Record the acquisition data of every purchase while the market is quiet. Which tools log that automatically is shown in the tax tool comparison.

DEX volume remains the number the coming weeks will be measured against. If it picks up, fees follow within days. If it stays where it is, the price stays a market without drive, in which every piece of outside news triggers unusually large jumps.

(As of October 28, 2026. This article is not investment advice. Prices and fee structures change; check the terms with the provider before you buy.)

JUST (JST) trades at $0.1392, just 2.4 percent below the twelve-month high of $0.1426 the token set on 10 October 2026. Measured from its low of $0.0341 on 29 October 2025, JST has gained 308 percent, and it still sits above both of the moving averages that matter for this kind of asset. That combination poses the question this article answers: is JUST a good buy at current prices, or has the easy part of the move already been paid for?

The figures below are our own calculation. We derived the moving averages, the relative strength index and the twelve-month range from the daily closing prices that CoinMarketCap publishes for JST, and they describe the market as it stood on 28 October 2026.

JUST price analysis: where the JST price stands and which levels matter

At $0.1392 JUST carries a market capitalisation of $1.12 billion, which puts the token at rank 59 among all crypto assets. Three levels frame the chart. Above the price sits the twelve-month high at $0.1426, a ceiling the market has tested twice this month without closing above it. Below it runs the 50-day moving average at $0.1289, held as support since mid-September. Further down, the 200-day moving average at $0.1008 marks the floor of the whole advance, 38.1 percent below the current price.

The gap of 27.9 percent between those two averages is the most informative number on the chart. It is wide, and it is the signature of a trend that has run hard rather than one that has just begun. The direction of travel is unambiguous, and there is no cheap entry left: anyone buying JST today pays roughly four times the price of a year ago.

The narrow band between $0.1289 and $0.1426 is where the decision actually gets made. As long as JST closes inside it, the market is neither confirming the breakout nor rejecting it. A daily close above $0.1426 would turn the ceiling into a floor and open the chart upward with no reference point from the past twelve months. A close below $0.1289, by contrast, would put the 200-day average at $0.1008 back in play as the next meaningful level, and that is a drop of 27.6 percent from where the price trades now.

The JUST trend: broken or only interrupted?

Over the past seven days JST has lost 0.9 percent, which is less a correction than a pause. The thirty-day change is still positive at 8.7 percent, the ninety-day change at 41.1 percent, and over twelve months the token is up 305 percent. A trend that gives back under one percent in a week while the quarterly gain stays above forty percent is interrupted, not broken.

What makes the pause worth watching is where it happens. JST stalled directly beneath its high, not after a sharp rejection from it. Consolidation at the top of a range is usually the market absorbing supply from holders who bought much lower and are taking profit. If that supply is cleared, the breakout follows; if it is not, the price slides back into the range and the attempt is postponed. The chart alone cannot tell you which, and anyone who claims otherwise is reading a coin flip as a forecast.

The wider market offers no help here either. The Fear and Greed Index stands at 46, which is neutral and says that neither panic nor euphoria is driving flows. A mid-cap asset at rank 59 tends to move with sentiment rather than against it, so the next leg has to come from the network JUST runs on rather than from a rising tide.

What RSI and moving averages mean for a JUST entry

The 14-day relative strength index reads 56.2, in the upper half of the neutral zone and well short of the 70 mark that signals an overbought market. On its own the figure gives a buyer nothing: it is neither the oversold reading that marks a discount nor the overheated one that warns of a snapback. Momentum is intact but not stretched.

The moving averages are more useful because they say something about structure rather than mood. The 50-day average at $0.1289 sits 27.9 percent above the 200-day average at $0.1008, and the faster line has been above the slower one for months. In practice that is the definition of an established uptrend, and it is the single strongest technical argument for JUST at current prices. It is also the argument that would fail first: if the price breaks and holds below $0.1289, the 50-day line turns from support into resistance, and the structure that justified the entry no longer exists.

For an entry decision, that gives you two numbers to write down rather than a signal to act on. The level that confirms the thesis is a daily close above $0.1426. The level that invalidates it is a weekly close below $0.1289. Between them, position size matters more than timing.

JUST trading volume: what it reveals about demand

JST turned over $37.4 million in the past 24 hours. Against a market capitalisation of $1.12 billion that is a turnover of 3.3 percent, which is respectable for a mid-cap token and enough to get in and out of a normal retail position without moving the price. It is not, however, the kind of volume that carries a breakout. Pushing through a ceiling at $0.1426 that has already rejected the price twice takes buyers who are willing to pay up, and that shows up as a volume expansion before the level breaks, not after.

So far that expansion has not appeared. Volume has stayed in its usual range through the whole consolidation, which fits the reading of the chart above: the market is working off supply rather than competing for the asset. Liquidity is adequate, but an entry into a quiet tape at the top of a range may sit flat for weeks.

Structural factors: what speaks for JUST as an investment

JUST is not a standalone network. It is a group of financial applications on the TRON blockchain, and JST is the token that governs them. The core is JustLend DAO, a market for deposits and loans where users supply assets to earn a yield and borrowers post collateral to take one out. Around it sit a stablecoin collateralised by TRX and a market for the network resources that transactions on TRON consume. The project documents the individual components on its own site, and the resource model behind them is described in the TRON developer documentation.

That architecture ties the value of JST to activity on TRON rather than to a narrative of its own. TRON carries a large share of global stablecoin transfers, and the fee and resource demand created by that traffic is what the JUST applications monetise. If payment volume on the network keeps growing, the lending market and the resource market grow with it. Our TRON price forecast covers that underlying network in detail; JST has no forecast page of its own, and the TRON page is the closest proxy for the demand side of this investment.

The supply side is unusually clean for a token of this size. Of a maximum supply of 9.9 billion JST, 8.02 billion are already in circulation, which is 81 percent. There is no large tranche due for release in the coming years that could quietly cap the price, and that removes a risk that burdens a great many tokens in the same capitalisation bracket.

Three arguments for buying JUST at current prices

The trend structure is intact. At $0.1392 the price stands above the 50-day average of $0.1289 and 38.1 percent above the 200-day average of $0.1008, with the faster line above the slower one. That is the configuration buyers normally wait for, and it exists right now.

The token earns its demand from measurable network use. Deposits and loans on JustLend DAO and the resource market on TRON generate activity that does not depend on a new narrative appearing. For a token at rank 59 that is a rarer quality than it should be.

The supply overhang is largely gone. With 81 percent of the maximum supply already circulating, a buyer today is not standing in front of years of scheduled unlocks. What the market has to absorb from here is profit-taking, which is finite, rather than new issuance, which is not.

Three arguments against buying JUST at current prices

You are buying two percent below a twelve-month high. At $0.1392 the price sits 2.4 percent under the $0.1426 ceiling and 308 percent above the $0.0341 low of a year ago. Every buyer who entered during the advance is in profit, and that supply has to be absorbed before the level gives way.

Volume does not support a breakout. A daily turnover of $37.4 million on a $1.12 billion capitalisation is enough for liquidity and not enough for a move through resistance. Without an expansion in volume, the probability of another rejection at $0.1426 is higher than the probability of a clean break.

The investment case runs through TRON, not through JUST. JST captures a share of activity on a network it does not control. A regulatory move against stablecoin transfers, or a shift of that traffic to a competing blockchain, would hit the JUST applications without anything inside the project going wrong. That is a dependency a buyer carries and cannot hedge.

Buying JUST: costs, custody and providers

JST is not listed everywhere, and the choice is narrower on regulated European platforms than on global exchanges, where TRON-based assets are more widely available. It is worth checking the listing before you plan a position rather than after. Our comparison of regulated crypto exchanges sets out which providers operate under European supervision and what that means for deposits, reporting and withdrawals.

On cost, the spread usually matters more than the headline trading fee for a token in this bracket, because it is paid twice: once on the way in and once on the way out. Among the platforms we have reviewed in detail, Kraken is the more trading-oriented option with deeper books, while Bitpanda is built around a simpler flow for buyers who want to hold rather than trade actively.

For custody the question is how long you intend to hold. For a position you expect to close within days, leaving the token on the exchange is a reasonable trade-off. For anything meant to last, a hardware wallet under your own control is the sounder arrangement, and our hardware wallet comparison covers which devices support TRON-based tokens. JST transfers consume TRON network resources, so a small TRX balance in the same wallet is a practical requirement.

So is JUST a good buy at current prices?

On a horizon of weeks the setup is undecided, and nothing in the data resolves it. An RSI of 56.2 gives no signal, the price is caught between support at $0.1289 and resistance at $0.1426, and the daily volume of $37.4 million is not sufficient to force the issue. Waiting for a daily close above $0.1426, or for a pullback to the 50-day average, costs nothing but patience.

On a horizon of years the answer depends on one variable, and it is not the chart. If stablecoin transfer volume on TRON keeps growing, the lending and resource markets that JST governs grow with it, and the 200-day average at $0.1008 will look like a floor. If that traffic migrates elsewhere, no technical structure will hold the price.

Here is the condition that would disprove the friendly reading: a weekly close below $0.1289 together with falling activity on JustLend DAO. The first alone is a correction inside a trend. Both together mean the demand side of the thesis has gone, and at that point the $0.1008 level is the reference, not the floor.

Buying JUST: The key points for your decision

1. Write down both levels before you buy. Confirmation is a daily close above $0.1426; invalidation is a weekly close below $0.1289. Our TRON forecast tracks the network whose activity drives both.
2. Check the listing and the order book, not just the fee. JST is thinner than its rank suggests on some venues, and the spread is the real cost. The regulated exchange comparison shows where the pair is available under European supervision.
3. Decide custody with the holding period. Short trades can stay on the exchange; a long-term position belongs in your own wallet, with a small TRX balance for network resources. The hardware wallet comparison lists the devices that support TRON tokens.

Disclosure: Some of the providers mentioned in this article work with us through affiliate programmes. This has no influence on the price analysis or on our assessment of the chart; the price data come from a public market data source and can be verified there.

(As of 28 October 2026. This article is not investment advice. Prices, fees and terms change; check them with the provider before every purchase. Crypto assets are subject to high price swings, and a total loss is possible.)

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TLDR

• Brazil’s Itaú Unibanco becomes the first bank to file a crypto trading and custody notification under the new rules.
• Itaú Unibanco submitted its notification on October 27, ahead of the October 30 regulatory deadline.
• The bank offers 15 cryptocurrencies, including Bitcoin, Ethereum, Solana, XRP, and USDC.
• Itaú allows customers to invest in cryptocurrencies starting at 10 Brazilian reais through its banking platform.
• Brazil’s Resolution 520 requires eligible financial institutions to submit independent technical certification.

Brazil Itaú Unibanco, the country’s largest private bank, notified the central bank of its crypto trading and custody, becoming the first bank to file under new rules. The lender submitted its notice on October 27, ahead of the October 30 deadline. Valor Econômico reported the filing. It covers an existing service, not a new launch. Itaú began offering crypto investments in December 2023.

Brazil Itaú Unibanco Registers Crypto Services

The filing covers both cryptocurrency trading and custody, which means holding digital assets for customers. Brazil’s rules classify firms providing both services as virtual asset brokerages.

Itaú already operates as a central bank-authorized lender. It can notify regulators rather than seek the license required of dedicated crypto providers.

Customers can trade 15 assets through the bank’s app, including Bitcoin, Ether, Solana, XRP, and USDC. Purchases start at 10 Brazilian reais, and Itaú says it holds customers’ assets using its own custody infrastructure. Separately, BNY expanded XRP and RLUSD custody services on October 27.

The bank has not released customer totals or trading volumes for its crypto business. Its website also states that cryptocurrency holdings do not qualify for Brazil’s bank deposit guarantee protection.

Itaú holds customer crypto while users trade through its banking app. The bank says customers do not need to manage private keys themselves.

October 30 Deadline Covers Existing Operators

Resolution 520 took effect on February 2, 2026, giving eligible banks already handling crypto 270 days to file notices. Meanwhile, Tether backed a Latin American payment expansion that includes planned services in Brazil.

Banks must provide independent technical certification confirming compliance with the new standards. The central bank can request further information and may order an institution to stop affected operations within 30 days after formal notice.

Standalone cryptocurrency providers must apply for authorization rather than rely on the bank notification route. Brazilian exchange Mercado Bitcoin has said it intends to seek approval as a crypto brokerage.

Brazil’s rules cover custody, customer safeguards and controls against financial crime. Overseas, Standard Chartered agreed to acquire Zodia Custody on October 21, subject to regulatory clearance. Brazil also plans to restrict authorized institutions from conducting certain crypto transactions with providers lacking local approval starting November 6.

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• Google is testing a new MPC crypto custody system with major financial institutions ahead of a planned early 2027 launch.
• Alphabet already uses the technology to protect digital assets on Ethereum and Solana.
• The system separates private-key control across different environments to reduce the risk of unauthorized transfers.
• Google plans to support future post-quantum security upgrades, but has not announced a release date.

Google plans a crypto custody system that helps banks protect and transfer digital assets without storing complete private keys on one computer. The service uses multi-party computation, or MPC, to reduce exposure to stolen credentials.

Google Tests Crypto Custody Service With Banks

Google will present the system at a digital asset security symposium in New York on October 28. The company expects commercial availability in early 2027, following a private testing period.

Major financial institutions are testing Google Multi-Party Compute, although the company has not named them. Pricing and future bank customers remain undisclosed.

Alphabet, Google’s parent company, already uses the technology to secure some digital assets on Ethereum and Solana. It has not identified the assets or their value.

How the MPC Security System Works

MPC divides control of a private key among separate computers. A bank could keep one part on its own equipment, another with Google Cloud, and another with a different provider. The parts work together to approve transactions.

The design addresses risks illustrated by a recent CoinDCX wallet security breach. The exchange reported losing about $15.99 million in USDT from an old wallet setup. CoinDCX said customer balances remained safe.

Google says customers control their key shares, including those stored on its cloud infrastructure. The service also checks transfer requests against rules set by the institution before approving them.

Recent Attacks Raise Crypto Security Concerns

Stolen credentials remain a common problem in digital asset storage. Attackers who obtain a working private key can authorize transfers, which are difficult to reverse after blockchain confirmation.

Separately, hardware wallet maker Foundation reported a Cloudflare API key breach on October 26. Attackers sent fake emails from company domains, but Foundation said its Passport devices and stored Bitcoin were not compromised.

Google’s current service targets unauthorized transactions and compromised credentials. It does not claim to stop future attacks that could break existing cryptographic methods through advances in artificial intelligence or quantum computing.

The announcement follows fresh institutional payment projects. Circle and ACI Worldwide announced a USDC settlement test in Colombia, examining how banks could use stablecoins alongside existing payment systems. Google says its system could eventually support post-quantum cryptography, but it has not provided a date for that feature.

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TLDR

• DTCC launched its tokenization service on October 28 with 34 securities available initially.
• Twenty financial institutions signed agreements to access the service, including JPMorgan, Fidelity, Morgan Stanley, and UBS.
• The service supports 24/7 transfers between registered digital wallets using Canton Network and DTCC’s private Besu network.
• DTCC plans additional blockchain integrations in 2027, following SEC clearance in December 2025.

The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC) launched its securities tokenization service on October 28, covering 34 securities. The DTCC tokenization rollout lets approved financial firms create digital versions of securities held at its subsidiary, The Depository Trust Company (DTC).

DTCC Tokenization Links Securities to Digital Wallets

Each token represents an existing security held at DTC on a one-to-one basis. Investors retain the same rights and protections as holders of the traditional security. DTC oversees more than $114 trillion in assets.

Approved firms can convert holdings into tokens and back. Transfers between registered digital wallets can take place around the clock, while DTC tracks ownership changes in near real time. Tokens also use the same CUSIP identifiers as their underlying securities.

Major Banks Sign Up for Service

Twenty DTC participants have signed access agreements, including Bank of America, Barclays, Citi, Fidelity Investments, JPMorgan, Morgan Stanley, State Street and UBS. DTCC will add more firms. Separately, Bitget introduced a service for transferring tokenized US stocks and ETFs.

DTCC also worked with more than 150 firms during development. Wallet and technology collaborators include BitGo, Blockdaemon, Broadridge, Fireblocks and Ondo. DTCC President Frank La Salla called the launch “the culmination of years of work” on regulated securities tokenization.

Two Blockchain Networks Support Launch

The service initially connects to Canton Network and DTCC’s private Besu blockchain. This setup allows firms to use approved digital networks without removing the underlying securities from DTC custody. DTCC plans to add further networks during 2027.

The rollout comes as companies seek clearer rules for digital shares. Robinhood CEO Vlad Tenev recently called for greater certainty over tokenized stock regulations in the United States. DTC’s service operates under an existing regulatory arrangement.

SEC Clearance Followed by Production Tests

In December 2025, the US Securities and Exchange Commission granted DTC a three-year no-action arrangement. It covers certain Russell 1000 shares, major index exchange-traded funds and US Treasury securities. The launch starts with a smaller selection.

The broader tokenization market is also testing securities as collateral. On October 27, Lynq and ZeroBeta announced tokenized Treasury collateral services on Avalanche for institutional lending and trading. In July, DTCC worked with more than 30 firms on live transactions involving tokenized assets, including Treasury trades, share transfers, and securities lending.

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TLDR

• XRP Ledger developers have proposed SponsoredAccountCreate to allow new wallets to open without holding XRP.
• The proposal would let sponsoring accounts cover reserve requirements while users retain control of their wallets.
• Ripple’s partnership with Privy targets embedded wallets for XRP, RLUSD, and automated payments.
• The Sponsor amendment had 10 supporting validator votes on October 28, below the 29 needed for approval.

Developers working on the XRP Ledger have proposed a way to open accounts without placing XRP in each wallet. The change would let payment apps create accounts while another wallet pays the network’s required reserve.

New XRP Ledger Account Transaction

A proposal filed on October 15 adds a transaction called SponsoredAccountCreate. An existing account could use it to create a wallet with a zero XRP balance and pay the reserve on its behalf.

Source: Github

Today, new accounts must hold at least 1 XRP. Existing sponsorship designs still require a tiny XRP payment to open a new account. The reserve limits the creation of unused accounts and stays unavailable for spending while the account remains open.

A business opening 100,000 wallets currently needs 100,000 XRP for its basic reserves. Under the proposal, its sponsoring account would carry that requirement instead of funding every new wallet separately.

Separately, an October 23 report said XRP Ledger stablecoin supply fell 13.19% in one week to about $999.9 million. RLUSD accounted for most tokens on the network at that time.

The wider Sponsored Fees and Reserves system would also let sponsors pay transaction charges. Wallet owners would keep control of their private keys, while the network would still account for reserve costs.

Payment Services Add Wallet Support

Ripple’s recent partnership with Stripe-owned Privy aims to bring wallets into payment apps. Developers could support XRP, the RLUSD stablecoin and payments made automatically by software agents.

Separately, Ripple and Robinhood expanded RLUSD services on October 27. Their agreement includes institutional settlement through Bitstamp and plans to make RLUSD available in Robinhood’s main app later this year.

The account-creation code remains an open proposal. An automated review identified two unresolved findings involving account validation and transaction cleanup. Developers must also rely on sponsorship rules that have not activated on the main network.

Recent activity includes BNY’s expanded XRP and RLUSD custody services, announced October 27. The bank now supports both assets for eligible institutional clients, while Ripple and BNY plan to explore trade finance on the ledger. The Sponsor amendment had 10 votes from 35 trusted validators on October 28, compared with 11 on October 19. It needs 29 votes maintained for two weeks before activation.

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TLDR

• GE Vernova stock jumps 4.73% as third-quarter revenue reaches $12.6 billion.
• GE Vernova’s Q3 orders soar 96% as its total backlog grows to $197 billion.
• GE Vernova raises 2026 revenue guidance after strong Power segment results.
• GE Vernova generates $5.4 billion in free cash flow during the third quarter.
• GE Vernova doubles its share buyback authorization to $20 billion in October.

GE Vernova (GEV) stock surged 4.73% to $895.08, gaining $40.46 during regular trading following strong third-quarter financial results. The company reported $12.6 billion in revenue, representing 27% growth, while organic orders jumped 96% to $29.3 billion. However, shares slipped 0.60% to $890.15 in pre-market trading despite stronger earnings and increased full-year financial guidance.

GE Vernova Inc., GEV

GE Vernova reports strong Q3 earnings and order growth

GE Vernova recorded $1.3 billion in third-quarter net income, compared with $453 million during the previous year. Meanwhile, diluted earnings per share climbed 193% to $4.81, reflecting stronger business performance across its operations. The company’s net income margin also improved to 10.2%, compared with 4.5% a year earlier.

Additionally, adjusted EBITDA reached $1.9 billion, while its margin expanded to 15.4% from 8.1% last year. Operating activities generated $6.1 billion in cash, supporting substantial improvements in the company’s financial position. Free cash flow increased to $5.4 billion, compared with $732 million during the corresponding quarter.

The company’s total backlog reached $197 billion after adding $20 billion during the quarter. Furthermore, strong equipment demand and service contracts supported continued growth across its Power and Electrification businesses. GE Vernova expects its backlog to exceed $200 billion during the fourth quarter of 2026.

Power and Electrification businesses drive revenue growth

GE Vernova’s Power segment generated $6.1 billion in revenue, representing a 25% annual increase. Meanwhile, segment orders reached $21.8 billion, reflecting 178% organic growth driven primarily by gas equipment demand. The company also secured 11 gigawatts of new gas equipment contracts during the quarter.

Gas equipment backlog and slot reservations increased to a combined 122 gigawatts from 116 gigawatts. GE Vernova now expects this combined figure to reach at least 130 gigawatts by year-end. The expansion reflects growing electricity infrastructure needs among utilities, industrial customers, and data centers.

Electrification revenue climbed 51% to $3.9 billion, supported by grid infrastructure and transmission equipment demand. The segment’s equipment backlog increased 60% annually to $42.2 billion, including contributions from Prolec GE. Wind revenue also increased 4% to $2.7 billion, although the business continues to face profitability challenges.

GE Vernova raises 2026 guidance and expands shareholder returns

GE Vernova raised its 2026 revenue forecast to $46.5 billion–$47.5 billion, reflecting stronger operating performance. Previously, the company expected annual revenue between $45.5 billion and $46.5 billion. Management also increased its adjusted EBITDA margin forecast to 13.5%–14.5%, compared with the previous 12%–14% range.

GE Vernova raised its annual free cash flow projection to $16 billion–$17 billion. The previous forecast ranged between $11.5 billion and $12.5 billion, highlighting stronger cash generation expectations. The company ended September with $16.8 billion in cash, providing resources for expansion and shareholder distributions.

In October, GE Vernova doubled its share repurchase authorization to $20 billion from $10 billion. Additionally, the company announced a $9 billion agreement to acquire Trench Group, expanding its high-voltage equipment portfolio. The transaction supports its broader electrification strategy, while the company expects to complete the acquisition in late 2027.

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With altcoins rebounding ahead of the US Federal Reserve’s FOMC meeting, crypto analyst Ali Martinez has laid out support and resistance levels for three of them, XRP, Hyperliquid (HYPE), and Ethena’s ENA.

According to him, while the first two need to keep their support intact, ENA has to break through resistance or get hit with a pullback.

Support Levels and Targets for XRP and HYPE

In an October 28 thread on X, Martinez identified $1.25 as the level to watch for XRP, with its daily chart appearing to form an inverse head-and-shoulders pattern, which, according to the market watcher, is a potential bullish reversal formation.

“If $1.25 holds, XRP could move toward the neckline at $1.55,” he wrote. “A daily close above it could signal a breakout toward $2.10.”

However, he feels that if it breaks $ 1.25, then the Ripple token could have to face the prospect of a dip to $0.98.

On Hyperliquid, the analyst noted that the asset had bounced from about $74, close to a trendline it had been tracking since the start of the year. He recalled that in late January, HYPE touched that line, leading to an 87% rally, while another brush with it at the start of August saw the token gain 72%.

At the time of writing, XRP was trading at around $1.33, per CoinGecko data. While that represented a 2% increase in 24 hours, it also marked a 10% drop across 30 days, with the asset languishing nearly 50% from where it was 12 months ago and about 64% below its July 2025 all-time high.

XRP has another factor in its favor, namely the fact that wallets holding at least 10 million units of the token reportedly control over 68% of its supply. That is the highest the share has been since November 2022, and the accumulation may support the recovery case.

Meanwhile, HYPE fared even better in the last 24 hours, adding 5% to its price to change hands near $82. Nonetheless, it is 9% in the red over one month but is 72% higher than this time last year. If support holds again, Martinez says the 11th biggest cryptocurrency by market cap could smash its current all-time high of just under $98 and move toward $110. On the other hand, he thinks a breakdown would put HYPE near $67, with $60 not completely out of the question.

ENA Faces a Different Technical Test

Unlike XRP and HYPE, which need to defend support, ENA must clear resistance to strengthen its recovery setup. In the last few days, the cryptocurrency rose by approximately 18%, and Martinez says it’s now “testing the upper boundary of a descending channel.”

ENA was trading at just over $0.20, having gained 2% in the last day and 3% in the past week. Still, that price is a 22% drop from where the coin was a month ago as well as a 58% plunge in one year. In the analyst’s telling, if it records a 4-hour close above $0.22, then that would signal a potential breakout toward $0.24 to $0.27, while a rejection could send it hurtling back to $0.18.

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Coinbase has denied reports of a data breach after a security incident at the third-party analytics vendor Amplitude exposed some customer contact data.

The Nasdaq-listed crypto exchange said a small subset of Coinbase customer information was affected, along with data from other Amplitude customers.

Customer Data Exposure

In its official tweet, Coinbase confirmed that there is no evidence of unauthorized access to its systems and that customer funds remain safe. The exchange did not disclose how many users were affected or which specific contact details were exposed. However, exposed email addresses and phone numbers could still put users at risk of phishing and social engineering attacks.

“We are notifying impacted customers and regulatory agencies in accordance with our legal obligations.”

Meanwhile, Amplitude has not yet issued a public statement on how the breach occurred. SlowMist Chief Information Security Officer, “23pds,” claimed that the hackers obtained contact information of more than 70,000 users.

Coinbase is not the only one facing questions over customer data security. South Korea’s second-largest crypto exchange, Bithumb, has reportedly suffered a data leak after an unauthorized outsider accessed one of its internal workplace tools.

According to Yonhap News Agency, Bithumb detected abnormal access to its in-house mobile groupware system on October 27. Some customer personal data was reportedly leaked the following day. The exchange is still working to determine the full scope of the incident. It has not yet confirmed how many customers were affected or which details were exposed.

The incident comes as South Korean financial firms face a series of similar security problems. Daishin Securities reported that information belonging to more than 38,000 customers was leaked. The exposed data reportedly included names, email addresses, and phone numbers. Mirae Asset Global Investment was also affected.

Trezor Incident

A similar incident happened in September with hardware wallet maker Trezor after a breach involving a third-party provider led to a phishing attempt targeting users. The company warned about a fake email titled “Critical Security Alert: STM32 Entropy Vulnerability” and told users not to click any links. The message falsely claimed a flaw in STM32 microcontrollers could put wallet recovery phrases at risk, even suggesting 25% of devices might be affected.

Trezor said it had taken down the phishing domain and was investigating how attackers accessed its legitimate domain.

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[PRESS RELEASE – Willemstad, Curaçao, October 27th, 2026]

BetFury, a leading crypto casino, is officially marking its seventh Anniversary with Birthday 007. The platform-wide campaign is styled after the world of secret agents and backed by a guaranteed $2,000,000 prize pool. The event brings a four-day announcement phase on October 26, 2026, followed by the main spy operation running from October 30 to November 14, 2026. Transforming players into elite secret agents, BetFury offers an exclusive run of high-reward birthday assignments.

Inside Birthday 007

The event runs on BetFury with several promotions in parallel. It starts with “Make Some Fury” Giveaway and the Birthday Raffle. After that, the event will gain momentum along with Agent Missions, Birthday Wheel Drops, the Grand Tournament, the Secret Bonus Roulette, the Sharp Prediction Event, and FunFury Agents Battles.

$100,000 Birthday Raffle

Users can earn tickets to the Birthday Raffle simply by playing games on the platform, placing bets, and making deposits. These tickets grant entry into the lottery, which runs across a four-day announcement phase from October 26 to October 30. The activity features a guaranteed $100,000 prize pool paid out entirely in BFG tokens, which will be distributed among 300 winning places.

$1,400,000 Birthday Battles and Grand Tournament

Competition sits at the center of the event. The Birthday Battles run on a $1,000,000 progressive prize pool across Original Games, Slots, Sports, and Live Casino. Alongside them, the Grand Tournament is the headline leaderboard race, adding another $400,000 for the agents who climb highest.

Agent Missions

Agent Missions launch as the event’s headline operation, plunging players into a high-stakes tactical campaign. All classified assignments are dynamically tailored to a player’s Rank. They feature dedicated operations for Rank 1, Ranks 2-4, Ranks 5-9, and Rank 10+, ensuring a fair, calibrated, and highly competitive battlefield for every operative.

Secret Bonus Roulette

The Secret Bonus Roulette grants all users a daily reward accessible via a simple spin upon logging in. Resetting every day at 12:00 UTC, each sealed pack delivers a variety of Free Spins, Dice Free Spins, Free Bets, or No Risk Bets. These daily bonuses can be deployed in-game, enabling players to consistently progress in both ongoing battles and tournaments.

More Birthday Activities

Three further promotions round out the operation. Birthday Wheel Drops, run in partnership with Pragmatic Play, add in-game prize drops across participating titles. The Sharp Prediction Event covers football, basketball, and more, with a $10,000 pool for correct calls before kick-off. And the FunFury Agents Battle runs free for the full event, with improved terms for the birthday.

“Seven years is a milestone most platforms mark with a banner and a bonus,” said Mike, CEO of BetFury. “We turned ours into a full operation. Every part of Birthday 007 is a thank-you to the players who got us here, and the scale of it is the clearest way we know to say it.”

Users can visit the main event page to take part in Birthday 007.

About BetFury

Established in 2019, BetFury is a leading crypto casino with over 3.5M registered players and $11.5B in lifetime wagering volume. The platform offers over 13,000 games, including 24 Original games with an RTP of up to 99.28%, and 80+ sports for betting with highly competitive market odds. Beyond gaming, BetFury provides a full suite of advanced crypto utilities, including Crypto Staking with up to 60% APR, Futures, and Crypto Swap. Moreover, the platform features proprietary BFG Staking, enabling users to hold native tokens to earn daily passive payouts in either BFG or USDT. BetFury continuously evolves based on user feedback and remains deeply committed to responsible gambling practices.

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All financial eyes today will be on the highly anticipated US Federal Reserve FOMC meeting, as its conclusion will shed more light on the central bank’s monetary policy views.

Aside from the immediate impact on the financial markets after the interest rate decision is announced, investors will pay special attention to Fed Chair Kevin Warsh’s speech shortly after the meeting.

BTC to Dump?

The primary cryptocurrency tends to move quite sporadically in the days and hours leading up to the latest FOMC meetings. The past 24 hours have been rather positive for the asset, as it climbed from under $79,500 to $81,700 before it was stopped. Ali Martinez commented on this price uptick and outlined a bearish scenario for bitcoin once the meeting concludes.

“In the FOMC meetings I’ve tracked, Bitcoin’s first-hour move has often been less than 1%. A clearer direction tends to emerge over the next 24 hours and has often persisted a week later.”

He added that this history makes today’s price movement even more important, but warned that the current on-chain signals give him “reason to be cautious.” First, he noted that BTC whales have realized over $150 million in profits in just a few days. Their holdings have declined by more than 8,160 BTC in 24 hours, which is equivalent to $664 million.

“That decline suggests large holders are reducing exposure ahead of the decision.”

The Coinbase Premium Index remains in negative territory, hitting a monthly low at -0.17. This signals that US investors remain on the sidelines or are actually in a sell mode. Martinez warned that bitcoin now trades above the key $81,000 support, where almost a million units previously changed hands. If it breaks decisively to the downside, he expects a drop to $77,000 or perhaps even $67,000.

To invalidate this bearish thesis, the cryptocurrency would have to break past $84,500, where 620,000 units traded. If it does, then the door toward $92,000 and $104,000 opens wide.

No Rate Changes?

The FOMC meeting is one of the most notable macro events of the week, with experts anticipating no interest rate changes. Although the CPI and PPI data from earlier this month showed inflation is still very persistent and above the Fed’s 2% target, markets are reportedly “bracing for a Fed pause” after last month’s first hike in over three years.

However, Kevin Warsh’s post-FOMC speech could be even more important for BTC’s price. While experts believe there will be no hike now, they warned that the Fed could hike rates once again in December.

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Bitcoin (BTC) is on track for its second consecutive losing October, down 3.3% as of October 28. According to a recent CryptoQuant report, BTC traded near $81,350, down from its September closing price of $83,570.

Historically, that’s a sharp change from October’s usual strength, as Bitcoin ended every October from 2020 to 2024 in positive territory. Average gains during that period were about 18%. October 2025 broke that run with a 3.8% loss, and this year looks set to extend the losing streak.

Bitcoin Demand Weakens as Market Momentum Cools

Spot demand has also weakened as Bitcoin’s price has fallen. CryptoQuant’s 30-day apparent demand metric stood at -76,000 BTC on October 25. The metric has remained negative every day since October 14, suggesting buyers are absorbing less Bitcoin than the amount entering circulation.

Buying activity in the U.S. has been weak as well. The Coinbase Premium, which tracks the price difference between Bitcoin on Coinbase and Binance, remained negative throughout October. It fell to -0.146 on October 24, its lowest level since late June.

The gap has widened compared with last month, with October’s average reading at -0.093, about three times September’s level. This suggests weaker buying pressure on Coinbase than on Binance, though the indicator alone cannot explain why demand has slowed.

Other indicators show that Bitcoin’s recent price weakness has reduced short-term traders’ profits. Their paper profits have dropped from around 33% in September to 8%. Meanwhile, CryptoQuant’s Bull Score Index has fallen from 90 in late September and early October to 60 since October 19.

Still, the picture is not entirely negative, as six of the index’s ten components remain in positive territory. CryptoQuant continues to describe market conditions as “bullish, cooling,” but a fall to 50 or below would point to a more significant loss of strength.

BTC Approaches Key Support Levels

Bitcoin is approaching several key support levels as its price remains under pressure. The 365-day moving average sits at around $77,585, while short-term traders’ average cost basis is near $74,041. The 200-day moving average stands at $73,028.

All three levels are within roughly 10% of Bitcoin’s October 25 price, making them important to watch if the decline continues. The analytics firm noted that a sustained drop below this level could leave recent buyers at a loss.

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