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🎉🎉 Ethereum turns 10 today, Happy birthday 🎉🔥🔥

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Backpack Securities' Tokenized Assets Pass $5B in Volume
Birdeye data shows tokenized assets issued by Backpack Securities on Solana have passed $5B in cumulative trading volume. They have grown to 73 assets since SPCX launched June 12. Blockworks data put Backpack-issued equities at ~73% of Solana issuer volume in July ($1.06B). Today SPCX tops Birdeye's RWA list with ~$29M in 24h volume.
Tokenized stocks: passing fad or real RWA winner?  $SOL #RWA #TokenizedStocks

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THROWBACK: Taproot Went Live on Nov 14, 2021
Block 709632 (F2Pool) was Bitcoin's first Taproot block, introducing V1_P2TR outputs and Schnorr signatures for smarter, more private spends. Most users noticed nothing that day. Five years later, are we actually using Taproot or still leaving it on the shelf?
$BTC #bitcoin #Taproot #CryptoHistory

THROWBACK: SegWit Flipped Bitcoin's Plumbing (2017)
On block 481824 (~Aug 2 - 24, 2017), Bitcoin activated SegWit, moving signatures into Witness, fixing transaction malleability, and paving the road for Lightning. No new coin, no drama candle: just a quieter upgrade that still powers modern Bitcoin. Which soft fork mattered more for you: SegWit or Taproot?
$BTC #Bitcoin #SegWit #CryptoHistory

Robinhood Lists $XDC for U.S. Retail Traders
Robinhood Crypto added spot trading for $XDC, the native token of XDC Network (trade finance + RWA-focused L1). TokenPost and official posts confirmed the Oct 8 rollout for U.S. retail users. Another enterprise chain hitting a mainstream brokerage: does this move the needle for real-world asset adoption?
$XDC #XDCNetwork #Robinhood #RWA

Citrini Drops Its First Crypto Basket as the TradFi Wall Cracks
Citrini Research just published "Breaking The Wall", arguing AI agents need always-on onchain rails and tokenization is the bridge. They also unveiled their first crypto investment basket, heavy on revenue protocols like Derive, Lighter, and ether.fi (10% each), Aave/Ethena (9%), with $SOL at 8%. A macro shop going onchain: coincidence, or a cycle signal? ðŸ¤–
$SOL $AAVE $ENA #crypto #Aİ #RWA

Bitcoin Holds ~$81.8K After a $80.4K Wick
$BTC last about $81,820 on Binance (-1.95% 24h). Today's daily candle opened near $83,322 and wicked to a fresh low of $80,393.56 before bouncing. The 72h high still sits near $86,699. Alts softer: $ETH ~$2,466 (-4.2%), $BNB ~$731 (-5.3%), $SOL ~$109 (-6%). Is $80K the line bulls must defend this week?
#Bitcoin #CryptoMarket #BTC

THROWBACK: 10/10, Crypto's Biggest Liquidation Day
Two days from now, it'll be one year since Oct 10, 2025, when a sudden US-China tariff shock set off the largest liquidation event on record. More than $19.1B in leveraged positions was wiped out in 24 hours, hitting about 1.6M traders (CoinGlass data). On Binance, $BTC fell from a $122,550 high to a $102,000 wick that day, only four days after topping $126,199. The lesson: leverage cuts both ways
Were you trading that night?
#Bitcoin #ThrowbackThursday #RiskManagement

$IP Is Now $DATA: Story's Token Migration Is Done

Story's $IP token has finished its 1:1 migration to $DATA, and trading support for DATA resumed on Oct 8 (Coinbase had paused IP trading from Oct 5 to 7). The project, now called the DATA Foundation, has moved from on-chain IP licensing to infrastructure for AI training data, built around its Trace registry and Poseidon processing layer. Reminder: an official migration never asks you to send tokens to a new address
Could AI data be crypto's next big narrative?
#Aİ #DATA #Crypto

Abstract L2 Is Shutting Down: Bridge Out Before Dec 15
Igloo, the company behind Pudgy Penguins, is winding down Abstract, its Ethereum L2. The chain shuts down on December 15, 2026, and the team says any funds not bridged off by then will be inaccessible. About $47M sat on the chain just before the announcement (L2BEAT). Exit only through the official Migration Hub or the native bridge (expect a 3-hour delay), and ignore DMs and look-alike sites $ETH $PENGU
This is another L2 wind-down right after Blast. Is the L2 shakeout just getting started?
#Ethereum #Layer2 #CryptoSecurity

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UPDATE: $BTC Wicks to $80.4K
A fresh low for the week. $BTC touched $80,393.56 on Binance in the 17:00 UTC hour and now sits around $81,512 (-2.30% over 24h), well below the 72h high of $86,699. Alts took a bigger hit: $ETH -4.2% (~$2,455), $BNB -5.6% (~$729), $SOL -6.3% (~$108.8) and $XRP -4.2%. All eyes are on the $80K line now. Is $80K your buy zone, or are you waiting for lower?
#Bitcoin #CryptoMarket #BTC

THROWBACK: 5,050 $BTC for $5.02
Oct 12, 2009: Martti Malmi sold 5,050 BTC to New Liberty Standard for $5.02 via PayPal. It was the first known bitcoin-for-fiat trade, at roughly a tenth of a cent per coin. Days earlier NLS had only published a reference rate; this was real money changing hands
At ~$81,300 today, that stack would be worth ~$410M
What's your earliest crypto memory?
#bitcoin #CryptoHistory #BTC

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TRON's $94B USDT Pool Plugs Into Polygon's Open Money Stack
Polygon Labs has added TRON to its Open Money Stack (phase one, live Oct 7). Fintechs and remittance firms can take bank, card or cash payments, convert them to TRC-20 $USDT and hold it in custodial or embedded wallets. They can also move it to EVM chains like Polygon (including into USDC) and pay out to bank accounts, all through one integration. US ramps are covered by licenses in 48 states $TRX $POL
Firms still need their own licenses. Which chain do you use most for USDT?
#Stablecoins #TRON #Polygon

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POL-1.87%

Spend Crypto Anywhere Mastercard Works in Mexico
SoFi Tech Solutions, Mexican fintech Orbi and Mastercard have launched a crypto-linked card program. Orbi users can pay from crypto or fiat balances. Funds convert at checkout, so merchants get fiat, and cash works at ATMs through Mastercard's Mexico Domestic Switch.
Why it matters: stablecoins were 40% of crypto purchases in Mexico, Argentina, Brazil & Colombia in 2025, vs 18% for $BTC (Bitso data). Orbi's card handles $USDT, $USDC and USDG.
Would you pay daily bills with stablecoins?
#Stablecoins #CryptoPayments #PayFi

Why Is Crypto Bleeding Today? 4 Reasons
$BTC slipped to ~$81.3K (-2.8%) while alts got hit harder: $ETH -5.7%, $SOL -7.1%, $XRP -5.7%, $BNB -5%. Here's why: 
1. Oil spiked to $105+ on Middle East tension
 2. Hawkish Fed minutes, with the 30Y yield at 5.71%, a 2002 high
 3. Spot BTC ETFs saw ~$487M in outflows, the most since June 
4 ~$550M liquidated, 88% of it longs
$81K support is being tested Panic sell or buy the fear?

#CryptoMarket #bitcoin #MarketUpdate

THROWBACK: The Day Bitcoin Got Its First Price
On October 5, 2009, New Liberty Standard posted Bitcoin's first exchange rate: $1 = 1,309.03 BTC, or about $0.00076 per coin. No traders set that price. It was based on the electricity cost of mining. Today those 1,309.03 $BTC would be worth roughly $106M at ~$81,200 (Binance). It went from a nerdy power-bill calculation to a global asset class.
What would you have done with $1 of BTC back then?

#bitcoin #CryptoHistory #onthisday

Circle CCTP V2 Goes Live on Sui l
Circle added Sui (domain 8) to CCTP V2 today. Native $USDC now moves by burn-and-mint: it's burned on the source chain, Circle attests, then fresh native USDC is minted on Sui. No wrapped tokens and no third-party bridge. Sui says it now connects to 29 other chains. Builders, take note: CCTP V1 deprecation starts Oct 31, and V1 pauses Dec 1. $SUI
How often do you move USDC across chains?
#SUİ #USDC #Stablecoins

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Starknet Weighs Becoming a Layer 1 for Quantum Safety
Starknet says it's "actively considering becoming an L1" so it can become the first fully quantum-resistant network, with a 2027 target. Ethereum's goal is end-2029. Starknet's STARK proofs already rely on hashes rather than elliptic curves, but its bridge and data layer still inherit Ethereum's cryptography. No decision yet: any change needs governance approval. $STRK $ETH
Smart move or a risky L2 exit?
#STARKNET #quantum #Ethereum

STRK+44.87%

Apple, Nvidia & Tesla Go Onchain on Solana
Securitize just launched Securitize Stocks:

Tokens backed 1:1 by 12 U.S. stocks, including Apple, Microsoft, Nvidia, Tesla, Amazon and Meta. They go live on $SOL first, settle in $USDC, and keep dividends and shareholder rights. Trading starts in extended hours, with 24/7 planned. Access is for eligible investors in the US, EU and other permitted regions (KYC required).
Would you trade tokenized stocks onchain?
#RWA #Tokenization #solana

UPDATE: $BTC Tests $81K as Selloff Deepens
$BTC dipped to $80,914 on Binance in the 15:00 UTC hour, a fresh 72h low, and now trades near $81,202 (-2.66% 24h). That's about $5.5K below Tuesday's $86,699 high. Alts are falling harder: $ETH ~$2,442 (-4.9%), $BNB ~$734 (-4.6%), $SOL ~$109 (-6.7%). $81K is the level everyone's watching now. Keep leverage light and size positions carefully.
Buying this dip or waiting for lower levels?
#Bitcoin #CryptoMarket #BTC.

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