BTC traded at $83,382, up 2.51% over 24 hours, while ETH stood at $2,505.71, up 3.58%. Gold was at $4,180.10 and silver at $59.280; the S&P 500 and Nasdaq 100 fell 0.02% and 0.31%, respectively, while WTI and Brent rose 0.86% and 0.88%.
1. Bitcoin whales turn to accumulation, holdings hit 3.03M BTC
Per a CryptoQuant report, bitcoin whale holdings (excluding exchange and mining-pool addresses) rose to 3.03 million BTC, the highest since November 21, 2025, as whales shifted from distribution to accumulation. U.S. spot bitcoin ETFs' year-to-date cumulative net inflows turned positive at roughly 2,300 BTC (about $1.5 billion), after an earlier cumulative net outflow of about 83,000 BTC.
Assets to watch: BTC
2. CME data show 77.3% odds of Fed holding rates in October
Per CME FedWatch, the probability of the Fed holding rates unchanged in October stands at 77.3%, with a 22.7% probability of a cumulative 25-basis-point hike. For December, the probability of holding unchanged is 12.2%, of a cumulative 25-basis-point hike is 68.7%, and of a cumulative 50-basis-point hike is 19.1%.
3. Nvidia to announce $2B European AI investment next week
Per Bloomberg, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang said at an event in Paris that the company plans to announce a $2 billion AI investment in Europe next week, and announced new investments in French startups Doctolib, Genesis AI, Pigment and Entalpic. The Paris event is the first stop of his European tour, followed by London and Berlin.
Assets to watch: NVDA
4. Google opens flagship Gemini 4 Argon to developers worldwide
Per Google's official blog, flagship model Gemini 4 Argon became available to developers and enterprises worldwide on October 14. Google said the model ranks first on the Vals Index, which measures performance on finance, coding, legal and tax tasks. During the API introductory period, input is priced at $2 per million tokens and output at $10, rising to $4 and $20 respectively after November 30.
Assets to watch: GOOGL
5. Ondo tokenized Treasuries top $3B as USDY surpasses BUIDL
Ondo Finance said its tokenized U.S. Treasury products have reached $3 billion, spanning USDY, OUSG and a tokenized Treasury ETF. USDY exceeds $2.3 billion, surpassing BlackRock's BUIDL. RWA.xyz data show USDY at about $2.328 billion, BUIDL at about $2.204 billion, OUSG at about $319 million, and total tokenized Treasuries at about $14.91 billion.
Assets to watch: ONDO
6. Uniswap v4 nears half of volume, topping $44B over 30 days
Uniswap said on X that nearly half of the protocol's trading volume now flows through v4, with v4 volume exceeding $44 billion over the past 30 days. Per its published data, v4 accounts for 49.90% of 30-day volume share, v3 for 44.90%, and v2 for 5.20%.
Assets to watch: UNI
7. Metaplanet plans ¥52B convertible bond to repay BTC-backed loan
Per Metaplanet's announcement, the Japanese bitcoin treasury firm plans to issue ¥52 billion (about $340 million) of convertible bonds. About ¥23.6 billion will be used in November to repay part of its bitcoin-collateralized credit line (up to $800 million, of which about $650 million was drawn as of September 30), and up to ¥28.3 billion for share buybacks from October to December.
Assets to watch: BTC
8. Whale exits 52,000 ETH over ~2.5 months for $24.49M profit
Per on-chain analyst monitoring, a whale/institution trading OTC via Galaxy Digital has fully exited, buying and selling 52,000 ETH over about two and a half months for a profit of $24.49 million. It accumulated 52,000 ETH at an average price of $2,161 from July to September, then liquidated from late September at an average price of $2,632.
Assets to watch: ETH
9. Pump.fun BOOST mode injects $106M liquidity in 3 months
Pump.fun said on X that its BOOST mode has injected $106 million back into the ecosystem since launching about three months ago. Introduced in July, BOOST is the standard issuance mechanism for new Pump.fun tokens, designed to reinject liquidity lost during token migration back into each bonded token. Pump.fun previously said more than $100 million in liquidity is lost annually to token migration.
Assets to watch: PUMP
10. Stripe's Privy adds XRP Ledger support
Per The Block, Ripple announced a partnership with Privy, Stripe's wallet-infrastructure arm, to add XRP Ledger support to Privy's developer platform. Developers can create and manage XRPL wallets and sign transactions in their apps without building their own wallet infrastructure, supporting XRP, the RLUSD stablecoin and other XRPL-issued assets.
Assets to watch: XRP
Market snapshot
BTC: $83,382 (24h +2.51%) | ETH: $2,505.71 (24h +3.58%)
Gold: $4,180.10 (+0.07%) | Silver: $59.280 (-0.41%)
WTI: $94.95 (+0.86%) | Brent: $106.62 (+0.88%)
S&P 500: 7,805.45 (-0.02%) | Nasdaq 100: 30,569.48 (-0.31%)
1. Bitcoin whales turn to accumulation, holdings hit 3.03M BTC
Per a CryptoQuant report, bitcoin whale holdings (excluding exchange and mining-pool addresses) rose to 3.03 million BTC, the highest since November 21, 2025, as whales shifted from distribution to accumulation. U.S. spot bitcoin ETFs' year-to-date cumulative net inflows turned positive at roughly 2,300 BTC (about $1.5 billion), after an earlier cumulative net outflow of about 83,000 BTC.
Assets to watch: BTC
2. CME data show 77.3% odds of Fed holding rates in October
Per CME FedWatch, the probability of the Fed holding rates unchanged in October stands at 77.3%, with a 22.7% probability of a cumulative 25-basis-point hike. For December, the probability of holding unchanged is 12.2%, of a cumulative 25-basis-point hike is 68.7%, and of a cumulative 50-basis-point hike is 19.1%.
3. Nvidia to announce $2B European AI investment next week
Per Bloomberg, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang said at an event in Paris that the company plans to announce a $2 billion AI investment in Europe next week, and announced new investments in French startups Doctolib, Genesis AI, Pigment and Entalpic. The Paris event is the first stop of his European tour, followed by London and Berlin.
Assets to watch: NVDA
4. Google opens flagship Gemini 4 Argon to developers worldwide
Per Google's official blog, flagship model Gemini 4 Argon became available to developers and enterprises worldwide on October 14. Google said the model ranks first on the Vals Index, which measures performance on finance, coding, legal and tax tasks. During the API introductory period, input is priced at $2 per million tokens and output at $10, rising to $4 and $20 respectively after November 30.
Assets to watch: GOOGL
5. Ondo tokenized Treasuries top $3B as USDY surpasses BUIDL
Ondo Finance said its tokenized U.S. Treasury products have reached $3 billion, spanning USDY, OUSG and a tokenized Treasury ETF. USDY exceeds $2.3 billion, surpassing BlackRock's BUIDL. RWA.xyz data show USDY at about $2.328 billion, BUIDL at about $2.204 billion, OUSG at about $319 million, and total tokenized Treasuries at about $14.91 billion.
Assets to watch: ONDO
6. Uniswap v4 nears half of volume, topping $44B over 30 days
Uniswap said on X that nearly half of the protocol's trading volume now flows through v4, with v4 volume exceeding $44 billion over the past 30 days. Per its published data, v4 accounts for 49.90% of 30-day volume share, v3 for 44.90%, and v2 for 5.20%.
Assets to watch: UNI
7. Metaplanet plans ¥52B convertible bond to repay BTC-backed loan
Per Metaplanet's announcement, the Japanese bitcoin treasury firm plans to issue ¥52 billion (about $340 million) of convertible bonds. About ¥23.6 billion will be used in November to repay part of its bitcoin-collateralized credit line (up to $800 million, of which about $650 million was drawn as of September 30), and up to ¥28.3 billion for share buybacks from October to December.
Assets to watch: BTC
8. Whale exits 52,000 ETH over ~2.5 months for $24.49M profit
Per on-chain analyst monitoring, a whale/institution trading OTC via Galaxy Digital has fully exited, buying and selling 52,000 ETH over about two and a half months for a profit of $24.49 million. It accumulated 52,000 ETH at an average price of $2,161 from July to September, then liquidated from late September at an average price of $2,632.
Assets to watch: ETH
9. Pump.fun BOOST mode injects $106M liquidity in 3 months
Pump.fun said on X that its BOOST mode has injected $106 million back into the ecosystem since launching about three months ago. Introduced in July, BOOST is the standard issuance mechanism for new Pump.fun tokens, designed to reinject liquidity lost during token migration back into each bonded token. Pump.fun previously said more than $100 million in liquidity is lost annually to token migration.
Assets to watch: PUMP
10. Stripe's Privy adds XRP Ledger support
Per The Block, Ripple announced a partnership with Privy, Stripe's wallet-infrastructure arm, to add XRP Ledger support to Privy's developer platform. Developers can create and manage XRPL wallets and sign transactions in their apps without building their own wallet infrastructure, supporting XRP, the RLUSD stablecoin and other XRPL-issued assets.
Assets to watch: XRP
Market snapshot
BTC: $83,382 (24h +2.51%) | ETH: $2,505.71 (24h +3.58%)
Gold: $4,180.10 (+0.07%) | Silver: $59.280 (-0.41%)
WTI: $94.95 (+0.86%) | Brent: $106.62 (+0.88%)
S&P 500: 7,805.45 (-0.02%) | Nasdaq 100: 30,569.48 (-0.31%)