Author: Ethan Carter
Ethan is a seasoned cryptocurrency writer with extensive experience contributing to leading U.S.-based blockchain and fintech publications. His work blends in-depth market analysis with accessible explanations, making complex crypto topics understandable for a broad audience. Over the years, he has covered Bitcoin, Ethereum, DeFi, NFTs, and emerging blockchain trends, always with a focus on accuracy and insight. Ethan's articles have appeared on major crypto portals, where his expertise in market trends and investment strategies has earned him a loyal readership.
The recent incident on Oct. 10 marked the largest liquidation event ever recorded in the crypto sector, with over $19 billion getting liquidated, as per CoinGlass data. This led to a $65 billion drop in open interest. This event overshadows prior liquidation instances, like the COVID-19 crash, which saw $1.2 billion, and the FTX collapse with $1.6 billion in liquidations.Following the event, investigators reached a preliminary consensus that it was partly triggered by weak pricing oracles on the Binance platform. The collateral values for three pegged crypto tokens—USDE, bnSOL, and wBETH—were derived from Binance’s internal orderbook rather than an external…
Sure! Here’s the revised content with the HTML tags preserved: The price of Bitcoin is hovering around $113,000 today, approximately a week after it soared to a new all-time high exceeding $126,000, as the market stabilizes following one of its most intense corrections in years. The surge in Bitcoin’s value last week was driven by a resurgence in institutional demand, decreasing real yields, and an increasing interest in the “debasement trade” — where investors seek safeguards against monetary expansion. The recovery follows a turbulent weekend during which over $19 billion in leveraged positions were eradicated, compelling more than 1.6 million…
Opinion by: Will Fey, Co-Founder and Smart Contract Developer at AmmalgamWe discuss oracles as if they are plumbing: an unseen utility that ensures price flow into protocols. Yet oracles are not neutral infrastructure; they are dependencies that have grown political over time.DeFi promises permissionless markets, composable systems, and minimized trust. However, by 2025, most major lending and trading protocols will continue routing their crucial functions—liquidations, collateral checks, pricing decisions—through a single oracle network. This isn’t decentralization; it’s inherently risky.The problem isn’t new, but it’s worseningThis isn’t an attack on the builders of oracles; the issue is structural.Protocols delegate pricing to prevent manipulation,…
A newly identified vulnerability in Android allows malicious apps to access content displayed by other applications, potentially putting crypto wallet recovery phrases, two-factor authentication (2FA) codes, and more at risk. A recent research paper outlines the “Pixnapping” attack, which “bypasses all browser mitigations and can even steal secrets from non-browser apps.” This is achievable by using Android application programming interfaces (API) to determine the content of a specific pixel from a different application. The attack mechanism is not simply the malicious app requesting display content from another app. Rather, it involves layering a series of attacker-controlled, semi-transparent activities that obscure…
A member of the US House of Representatives has introduced a bill aimed at codifying — turning into law — an executive order from President Donald Trump that permits alternative assets like cryptocurrencies to be included in 401(k) retirement accounts.Republican Representative Troy Downing brought forth a draft bill in the House Financial Services Committee that seeks to give Executive Order 14330 legal authority, according to Politico on Tuesday.This order, issued by Trump on August 7, states that every American planning for retirement should have the option to invest in “alternative assets” when appropriate, as determined by a plan fiduciary.
Main Points:76% of retail traders hold net long positions on Solana, a traditionally optimistic indicator.Treasury firms and institutions are acquiring SOL for under $200.Whale activity is increasing ahead of the spot SOL ETF decision on October 16.Current prices of Solana (SOL) below $200 may indicate an undervalued state, as new data reveals a notably bullish sentiment among retail traders.Onchain analytics platform Hyblock reported that SOL is the sole major crypto asset displaying the highest percentile for true retail long percentage (TRA). The trading platform shared in an X post, “Around 76% of retail accounts currently hold net long positions on Solana,…
Sure! Here’s the rewritten content while retaining the original HTML tags: RootstockLabs has unveiled Rootstock Institutional, with the goal of utilizing $260 billion in institutional Bitcoin for decentralized finance (DeFi). Summary RootstockLabs initiated Rootstock Institutional to investigate institutional applications of Bitcoin Currently, major institutions possess $260B in BTC that is not being utilized These institutions could leverage their dormant BTC in DeFi to generate returns for investors There are over 2.6 million Bitcoin (BTC) in institutional hands that are currently inactive, but this situation may be on the verge of change. On Tuesday, October 14, RootstockLabs, a prominent contributor to…
Key insights:76% of retail traders hold net long positions on Solana, indicating a historically bullish trend.Treasury firms and institutional investors are acquiring SOL below $200.Whale activity is increasing ahead of the spot SOL ETF decision on October 16.According to recent data, Solana (SOL) prices under $200 could be considered undervalued, reflecting a rare positive sentiment among retail traders.The on-chain analytics platform Hyblock reported that SOL is currently the only significant crypto asset demonstrating the highest percentage of true retail long positions (TRA). The platform noted in a post on X,“Approximately 76% of retail accounts are holding net long positions on…
Binance is initiating a $400 million relief program aimed at traders who faced losses within its ecosystem during Friday’s crypto downturn, even as it maintains it does not accept responsibility for user losses.In a Tuesday announcement, the exchange stated that $300 million in token vouchers, valued between $4 and $6,000, will be allocated to qualifying users.To be eligible, traders must have experienced forced liquidations on futures or margin positions from Oct. 10, 2025, 00:00 UTC to Oct. 11, 2025, 23:59 UTC. Users need to have lost a minimum of $50 in cryptocurrency, with those losses constituting at least 30% of…
Billionaire entrepreneur and Tesla CEO Elon Musk praised Bitcoin’s capability to shield investors from the inflation caused by fiat currency printing, especially amid what analysts describe as an impending government-funded competition to advance artificial intelligence.Musk lauded Bitcoin’s (BTC) energy-based proof-of-work model for being immune to inflation, as it is “impossible to fake energy,” making it resilient against governmental fiat currency debasement.“That is why Bitcoin is based on energy: you can issue fake fiat currency, and every government in history has done so, but it is impossible to fake energy,” Musk stated in a Tuesday X post.Musk’s remarks were a response…