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After a brief rally that marked the end of summer and extended into early October, Shiba Inu (SHIB) went on another downward spiral, making Shiba Inu price target forecasts for the end of 2026 a point of contention once more. The decline has pushed the asset out of the leading group of cryptocurrencies by market cap, as the digital asset now occupies spot number 31, with a market capitalization of around $2.74 billion. However, according to some market experts, the meme token could be preparing for a significant recovery in the coming months, which could lift the price up from the current levels at around $0.0000047. Advertisement SHIB price year-to-date (YTD). Source: Finbold Analysts see major upside for SHIB by year-end In February this year, a survey of 19 crypto experts conducted by Finder expected Shiba Inu to head into 2027 at an average price of $0.00002. This represents a potential 325% increase from the current price. Although the survey did not ...

Ahead of the October 28, 2026, Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meeting, crypto analyst Ali Martinez has set bold targets for Bitcoin (BTC). Martinez noted on Wednesday that BTC’s UTXO Realized Price Distribution (URPD), an on-chain metric that shows the amount of a crypto that last moved within specific price ranges, hence revealing where investors acquired their coins, shows that Bitcoin’s price has a key support level at about $81,000. Furthermore, the analyst noted that almost 1 million BTC traded at this liquidity level. BTC URPD chart. Source: Glassnode, alicharts. He highlighted that for Bitcoin price to resume its bull run, it must consistently close above $84,500. If BTC reclaims $84,500, Martinez has set the next target at $92,000. “To turn bullish, Bitcoin needs to clear $84,500, where roughly 620,000 BTC traded. Above that, the next levels I’m watching are $92,000 and $104,000,” Martinez argued. On the other hand, the analyst pointed out ...

Bitcoin (BTC) ended the third quarter up 42.7%, from $58,544 to $83,570, snapping three consecutive down quarters. The Federal Reserve’s October 28 interest rate decision is now the central swing factor for what comes next, according to Nexo’s “Digital Assets in Q4: Market Outlook” report published on October 21, 2026. The catalyst behind Q3’s recovery was not a crypto-native development but a macro one. On August 19, the US Treasury announced it would double its purchases of long-dated bonds, compressing yields and sending risk assets higher. Indeed, Ethereum (ETH) gained 70.9% over the same period, while Solana (SOL) added approximately 60%. Quarterly BTC returns. Source: Nexo ETF inflows surged then reversed US spot Bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs) pulled in $2.65 billion in net inflows during September alone, the second-largest monthly total since October 2025, with the bulk of that demand arriving in the final two weeks of the month after the Federal Reser...

Amid the recent choppy consolidation for the broader cryptocurrency industry, after a strong rebound over the past three months, crypto market capitalization wiped out over $42 billion on October 14, 2026. The total crypto market cap had fallen by more than $42 billion, or a decline of around 1.44%, down from $2.91 trillion to $2.868 trillion at the time of reporting, according to data Finbold analyzed from CoinGecko . Crypto market capitalization change for the past 24 hours. Source: CoinGecko The cryptocurrency plunge on Wednesday saw Bitcoin (BTC) lead the broader altcoins in correction. At the time of writing, BTC traded at around $81,861, down 2% over the past 24 hours. Top crypto assets’ performance today. Source: CoinMarketCap Meanwhile, Ethereum (ETH), XRP, and Solana (SOL), had depreciated by 3.17%, 2.99%, and 2.77%, respectively. Crypto market bleeds due to sticky U.S. inflation The broader crypto market’s devaluation was driven by the hotter-...

In spite of the fact that Bitcoin (BTC) led the broader cryptocurrency market selloff on October 7, BTC’s market capitalization fell by over 70 billion over the past 24 hours; on-chain data indicates that the net supply of BTC on crypto exchanges has declined as outflows surged to a 7-month high. A net outflow of 24,073 Bitcoin from crypto exchanges was recorded on Monday, the biggest single-day exodus since March 1, according to data Finbold fetched from Santiment . As a result, the net supply of Bitcoin available for trading has drastically declined to the lowest level in 7 months and 5 days. Bitcoin exchange outflows. Source: Santiment This significant volume of Bitcoin leaving crypto exchanges has coincided with aggressive accumulation by whales and shark accounts, addresses holding between 10 and 10,000 BTC, led by BlackRock Inc. (NYSE: BLK), as Finbold reported. Specifically, these large Bitcoin wallets added 86,702 BTC over the last 3 weeks, as per metrics from ...

Crypto wallet giant MetaMask has “proactively” initiated the exit of 17,000 affected Ethereum validators, representing a total of over 523,000 staked ETH ($1.4 billion), following a security incident. It stressed that its wallets faced “no immediate threat,” and that the issue was confined to its “non-custodial staking operations.” The firm has so far provided no further details, but the worrying news prompted others to investigate the scope of the breach. Security Update: We are responding to a security incident affecting part of our infrastructure. At this time, we have identified no immediate threat to MetaMask wallets. As a precaution, we are proactively exiting affected validators within our non-custodial staking operations,… — MetaMask (@MetaMask) September 30, 2026 Read more: Bitget’s eighth birthday ends with a $352M hack Spearbit and Cantina security researcher 0xKaden posted an Analysis of the incident to X, noting that block rewards from 1...

A $1,000 investment in XRP today, September 24, 2026, will double in value when this token gets to reclaim its 52-week opening price. As this crypto asset traded at approximately $1.47 at the time of writing, a $1,000 investment in XRP will reach $2,000 when the token trades at exactly $2.94.  XRP/USD chart for 12 months. Source: Finbold On September 24, 2025, XRP price traded at $2.93 and fell to $2.75 the next day. In the past 12 months, the highest level reached by this token was $3.04 on October 3, 2025.  On the other hand, XRP price marked its 52-week low around $0.98 on August 14, 2026. Consequently, $1,000 put into XRP today, fetching roughly 680.27 tokens, will add another $1,000 when the altcoin reaches its 52-week entry price, which is closer to its 12-month peak. Can XRP cross $2 in 2026? For an XRP portfolio to double in value, it must clear a crucial liquidity level around $2, as Finbold explained. As a result, crypto traders are betting on...

Attackers claiming responsibility for Revolut’s data breach say they want $3 million in Monero from the banking firm, or they’ll sell the stolen customer data to other criminals. That’s according to the Financial Times , which reports that the group, going by the name “iamnotavillain,” is making its demands for the first time.  Its ransom website was launched this week, but negotiations haven’t yet begun with Revolut. Reuters also reports that Revolut has had no contact with, or received any demands from, the attackers.  What we know about the Revolut customer data leak Read more: Trezor’s summer of hacks continues with Brevo email breach Previous reports from Coin Bureau claimed the attackers had demanded 10,000 BTC, a figure that would be worth over $760 million today. It’s unclear whether it’s a different group behind today’s demand. Coin Bureau never revealed the usernames behind the apparent 10,000-BTC dema...

Postquant Labs, the company behind decentralized quantum computer marketplace Quip Network, has announced Quantum Echoes, a digital collectible collection generated using verifiable measurements from gate-based quantum hardware. Consisting of Quantum Forged Tokens, or QFTs for short, the collection is designed to show how quantum processors can provide verifiable randomness for onchain applications, the company told Finbold on Thursday, September 10. Accordingly, the main goal of the update is to bring a previously specialized computing capability to a consumer-oriented blockchain product. This is achieved via gate-based quantum computers, which introduce verifiable quantum randomness into generative art.  “We’ve spent the last hundred years telling people that quantum is this spooky and mysterious thing that even the smartest people in the world don’t understand. With Quantum Echoes, we are making multimillion-dollar quantum hardware tangible for everyone, provin...

An effective altruism-linked organization, as of last month, is paying $2,000 in weekly compensation for an ostensibly grassroots anti-AI media campaign.  Irreplaceable, which employs a campaign strategist who also works for the effective altruism-funded Center for AI Safety, supports protests against AI as a way to advocate for regulations that could benefit the effective altruism agenda. “What’s missing is coordinated action that forces the government to respond,” it claimed. It’s currently recruiting student protest leaders for an anti-AI uprising in October. They’ll help to coordinate walkouts at more than 100 colleges to demand new regulations to affect the AI industry. FTX-funded charity Effective Ventures to shut down in the UK Read more: FTX-funded charity Effective Ventures agrees to return donations Effective altruists want you to vote for AI regulators Irreplaceable’s campaign says that AI should be paused and placed under publ...

As Team Liquid and Team Yandex faced off in a Dota 2 playoff match at The International 2026 in Shanghai, China, on August 20, two Polymarket whales placed opposing six-figure bets, amounting to $393,221. Whale 1 (0x5dab…322e1) backed Team Liquid at 10:23 UTC with a $245,259 at entry odds of 58%, according to whale data from Predictbook.co . On the other hand, Whale 2 (0x6d20…9a165) countered at 10:39 UTC with a $147,962 at 55% odds.  The game between Team Liquid and Team Yandex involved the Upper Bracket Quarterfinal of The International 2026 (TI15), the premier Dota 2 championship running August 13–23. As Team Yandex won Thursday’s match in a 2-0 sweep, Whale 2 walked away with roughly $460,300 across three winning bets, with Return on Investment (ROIs) ranging from 15.1% to 51.7%, as per metrics from Polymarketscan . Whale 2 Dota 2 bets. Source: Polymarketscan. On the other hand, Whale 1 lost the bet and increased the total lifetime losses to $...

As XRP price dropped below a crucial psychological support level around $1 for the first time in 2026 this week, on-chain data shows large holders, XRP Ledger (XRPL) wallets with a balance of more than 1 million tokens, have gradually increased and reached a multi-month peak. The number of XRP’s large holders was at 2,038 at press time, according to data from Santiment that Finbold analyzed on August 12. These million-XRP wallets have increased by 32 over the past three months. Number of XRPL wallets with over 1 million XRP. Source: Santiment. The recent spike in XRPL’s whales to a multi-month peak has coincided with the token’s capitulation below $1 for the first time since November 16, 2024. As such, the conviction rate among deep-pocketed investors has surged, with a likelihood of a reversal pattern happening. “When million-XRP wallets rise while market cap falls, stronger hands are absorbing panic, patience is replacing simple price-related hype, and fut...

XRP ETF launch plans moved forward on October 30 as Canary Capital filed an updated S-1 registration with the SEC, removing the delaying amendment and setting a November 13 target date. The filing gives the SEC control over timing while allowing the XRP ETF launch to proceed under the auto-effective registration method, pending Nasdaq approval of the 8-A filing. SCOOP: @CanaryFunds has filed an updated S-1 for its $XRP spot ETF, removing the “delaying amendment” that stops a registration from going auto-effective and gives the @SECGov control over timing. This sets Canary’s $XRP ETF up for a launch date of November 13, assuming the… pic.twitter.com/MKvEN23t5P — Eleanor Terrett (@EleanorTerrett) October 30, 2025 XRP ETF Launch Clears SEC Filing as Nasdaq Approval Looms Source: CryptoSlate The XRP ETF launch from Canary Capital follows a revised filing strategy that removes procedural delays. By eliminating the delaying amendment, Canary Capital positioned the fund to go auto-effect...

The number of Bitcoin ATMs installed worldwide has reached its highest level since December 2022, according to the latest data compiled by Finbold Research using figures from CoinATMRadar . At the end of October 2025, there were an estimated 39,586 active Bitcoin ATMs across the globe, marking the strongest total in nearly three years. While the figure remains slightly below the December 2022 peak of 39,989, it surpasses every month since, signaling a renewed recovery in crypto infrastructure growth after the slowdown of 2023 and early 2024. Crypto ATM installations surge over 427% month-on-month Bitcoin ATM installations recorded a significant acceleration in October 2025, with a net gain of 422 new machines, up sharply from just 80 in September, a 427.5% increase month-on-month. On a year-to-date basis, the total number of Bitcoin ATMs has climbed from 37,643 at the end of 2024 to 39,586 by late October 2025, reflecting a 5.2% expansion in global deployment ...

Mastercard is in late-stage talks to buy blockchain infrastructure firm Zero Hash for between $1.5 billion and $2 billion as the payments giant moves to expand its foothold in stablecoin settlement, Fortune reported, citing sources familiar with the matter. It said the deal would give Mastercard control of an entity that processed more than $2 billion in tokenized fund flows this year and raised $104 million in a funding round led by Interactive Brokers and Morgan Stanley in September. Neither Mastercard nor Zero Hash has publicly commented on the report, but the move underscores how competition in the stablecoin space is intensifying among leading traditional finance firms seeking faster, borderless settlement systems. A potential acquisition would mark Mastercard’s most significant push yet into blockchain-based payments, coming as rivals including Visa, PayPal, and Western Union accelerate their own stablecoin initiatives following new US regulation. Mastercard May Lose Ou...

Victoria, Seychelles, October 30, 2025 – After a long decline and investor nervousness, the cryptocurrency market has regained its footing — trading volumes are growing, institutional investors are returning, and volatility has become manageable. Against this backdrop, cryptocurrency exchange MEXC has managed not only to maintain its position but to strengthen its position. According to TokenInsight's Q3 2025 report , the platform entered the top 5 largest global exchanges with a 10.91% share of total trading volume. TokenInsight experts note that MEXC maintains momentum thanks to a balanced model. Its spot and derivatives businesses develop in parallel, without distortions, which helps the exchange grow steadily even during market swings. Where other players are losing momentum, MEXC demonstrates resilience and confidence in its strategy. TokenInsight Report Key Figures MEXC has entered the top 5 global exchanges, holding a 10.91% market share. The plat...