This week put crypto fans on a real roller-coaster ride, but things ended with a major hype boost. Here are the juiciest highlights to keep you in the loop:
🇺🇸 Trump and geopolitics: The switch is saved!
Midweek, Bitcoin $BTC tested the psychological $81,000 level amid escalating tensions in the Middle East and a spike in oil prices. But Donald Trump dropped a major post on Truth Social, promising that the U.S. wouldn’t attack Iran before the November elections. Oil down — Bitcoin bounced back above $82,500! Analysts are already targeting $205,000 in the long term.
⛓ Altcoins: Samsung sends Solana soaring, XRP holds its ground
$SOL : The week’s biggest hype! Samsung has partnered with Solana — USDC stablecoins will be natively integrated into Samsung Wallet for 82 million devices in the US as soon as the end of October! 🔥
SOL111.1+0.68%$XRP : It pulled back to $1.40, but XRP-based funds didn’t record a single day of outflows this week, while BTC and ETH ETFs saw heavy selling. Accumulation is in full swing.
XRP1.4082+0.32%NEAR & XMR: Showed diamond hands during the sell-off, barely feeling the market’s drop.
🤖 AI panic and Ledger
The market got badly shaken by FUD claiming that artificial intelligence could supposedly hack hardware wallets. On top of that, Ledger is investigating an incident involving an Asian reseller after $90 million in crypto went missing. Experts are reassuring everyone: the panic is overblown, no need to go into “bunker mode”—Ledger’s own systems are safe.
📊 ETF flows:
A sharp two-day outflow of $730+ million from Bitcoin ETFs was recorded, but on Friday, whales started cautiously buying back in (+$21 million).
How was your week? Did you buy the dip, or are you waiting for $90k? Let us know in the comments! 👇