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Bitcoin’s Halloween Dip Looks Like A Setup-Not An Accident

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This wasn’t just your average Halloween volatility-no, no. This dip followed by a sharp surge has left traders scratching their heads. Was it just random market chaos, or was it a well-calculated move to reset everyone’s expectations and prepare for a bullish reversal? The charts are now whispering that this little scare might have a much bigger purpose. A setup, if you will. 🎃

฿14M Gone? Bangkok Crypto Drama!

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Our Mr. Liang, discovered residing in a perfectly respectable, if somewhat extravagant, three-story house in Wang Thonglang, wasn’t merely indulging in the local scenery. A rather disagreeable Beretta pistol, accompanied by twenty rounds of ammunition – a detail one might consider…unnecessary for a crypto enthusiast – was also unearthed. One wonders if he anticipated a particularly vigorous debate regarding investment strategies. 🤔

🚀 XRP ETF: Wall Street’s Next Big Gamble? 🎲

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With this filing, Canary Funds prepares to usher XRP into the hallowed halls of traditional markets, following the recent debut of the Solana, Hedera, and Litecoin spot ETFs. Should it succeed, this XRP ETF would be the first of its kind, offering investors a regulated gateway to the price performance of XRP. A triumph of modernity, or a folly of ambition? Only time will tell. ⏳💼

XRP & NFT Futures Go Viral on Webull (Thanks, Regulators!)

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Crypto derivatives are moving faster than my Wi-Fi during a Zoom call. On October 30th, Webull (portmanteau for “web” + “ball”) and Coinbase unleashed a flurry of futures contracts on their U.S. platforms. Now you can trade XRP, Solana, Litecoin, and Dogecoin futures with the finesse of someone who forgot how to stop hitting snooze. 🛏️

XRP Ledger: Wall Street’s New Playground?

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Messari’s report highlights clear signs of institutional movement within the XRPL network during Q3 2025. Average daily transactions zoomed up by 8.9%-a number that makes your calculator weep. Likewise, the average daily active sender addresses increased by 15.4% from 21,900 to 23,300, while total new addresses rose by 46.3% to 447,200. Overall, the Ledger closed the quarter with 6.9 million total addresses, up 6.1% from the previous quarter, according to Messari’s metric chart. 📊💸

Dimon’s Crypto U-Turn: JPMorgan Conjures Fund Tokens! 😂

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Ah, the folly of men and banks! JPMorgan Chase, that colossal beast of Wall Street, has taken it upon itself to tokenize a private-equity fund upon its mystical Kinexys blockchain platform-oh, what a delicious irony, making such exotic offerings wink at the wealthy clients of its private bank, as if whispering secrets to the bourgeoisie. The announcement slithered out on Thursday, like a serpent from the bureaucratic underbrush. 🤨

Is Crypto Trading About to Get Even Easier? Find Out How Kalshi Just Changed the Game!

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But there’s more! In a move that surely reflects a most agreeable sense of ambition, Base builders (those daring souls) are now eligible to apply for grants, to develop on-chain prediction market products on Kalshi. How generous of them! One might almost be persuaded to believe that Kalshi is attempting to be the bridge between the cryptocurrency world and the well-regulated financial markets. 👏

OKX’s $35.4B Reserves: A Tale of Crypto, Audits, and 🤑

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In a missive shared with crypto.news on the 30th of October, OKX proclaimed its 36th consecutive month of Proof of Reserves reporting, a feat as impressive as it is tedious. $35.4 billion, they say, fully backing customer funds. Verified by Hacken, no less-those stalwart guardians of blockchain security. 🛡️

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The titans of tech, Alphabet and Meta, with purses heavier than a farmer’s harvest, pledged $93 billion and $72 billion respectively to the altar of AI, their faith unshaken, though the ground beneath their investments trembled with the weight of their own hubris. Microsoft, in a display of fiscal daring, splurged $35 billion in a single quarter, a sum so staggering it could make a gold prospector weep into his coffee cup. These figures, unveiled like a condemned man’s last words, sent Wall Street’s nerves into a tailspin, and the markets followed suit, dancing to the tune of anxiety. The Nasdaq dropped nearly 300 points, the S&P 500 crumpled by 44, and the Dow yawned, mostly flat. Bitcoin? It mimicked the stocks, shedding 3% as if sighing in exasperation.