Key Highlights: Cipher Mining has signed a $5.5B, 15-year AI hosting lease with AWS. The company has announced a 1-GW HPC development in Texas. Total AI hosting deals have now reached almost $8.5 billion. Cipher Mining (NASDAQ: CIFR) posted about its strong third quarter in 2025, and the numbers are indicating significant progress in business growth and financial results. Along with the performance report, the company also announced signing a major 15-year lease worth $5.5 billion with Amazon Web Services (AWS). The agreement will make sure that there is an long-term capacity access for advanced compute workloads. The company has…
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XRP can serve as short-term working capital for currency exchanges, as transactions typically take only a few minutes to complete.Orders move through central exchanges, and if any money needs to be held briefly, companies can hedge that risk using XRP futures.The idea is to use local liquidity at both ends of a transaction while using XRP as a bridge in between. This approach keeps the time money is held to a minimum, helping prevent price differences from building up.The October 10 deleveraging event, where order-book depth vanished within minutes across majors, served as a live-fire reminder that execution is path-dependent…
As Bitcoin continues to strengthen its dominance in the digital asset market, investors in 2025 are increasingly turning toward BTC cloud mining as a secure and efficient way to earn passive income. Traditional mining setups demand costly hardware, technical know-how, and expensive electricity. In contrast, cloud mining allows anyone to mine Bitcoin safely from anywhere in the world — without the headaches of managing rigs or maintaining power systems.With hundreds of platforms claiming to offer profitable mining contracts, the key challenge is identifying trusted cloud mining sites that provide real transparency, consistent returns, and regulatory compliance. Below, we explore six…
What to Know: Akshat Vaidhya lost nearly half of his $100K investment in Pantera’s Early-Stage Token Fund. He criticized early-stage crypto VC funds for high fees, poor deal quality, and oversizing. Maelstrom, co-founded with Arthur Hayes, is now focusing on cash-flowing, off-chain crypto businesses. An eyebrow-raising admission from Maelstrom co-founder Akshat Vaidya reveals how one early-stage crypto investment turned into a painful lesson in fees and fund size. Vaidya says his personal investment of $100,000 in the Pantera Capital Early-Stage Token Fund fell to around $56,000 over four years despite a booming crypto market. In an X post, Vaidya pointed…
According to Shiba Inu (SHIB) team member Lucie, Grayscale has listed the popular memecoin under the “Consumer & Culture” sector in its Market Byte: Here Come the Altcoins from October 2025. The financial institution lists SHIB as a “leading project shaping community, culture, and entertainment in crypto.“Good news for SHIB holdersGrayscale’s Market Byte Here Come the Altcoins from October 2025 officially lists Shiba Inu SHIB under the Consumer & Culture crypto sector in the FTSE Grayscale Crypto Sectors framework.SHIB is recognized by Grayscale Investments and FTSE Russell as… pic.twitter.com/8jBpKkP9PL— 𝐋𝐔𝐂𝐈𝐄 (@LucieSHIB) November 2, 2025While being included in Grayscale’s list of…
Ripple’s native token XRP is down close to 20% in a month. The downturn indicates that the bull run could be over as its price is on a slippery slope. While bulls were expecting the leading altcoin to breach the $4 mark, it now looks like it could fall below the $2 range. Investors are skeptical of taking an entry position, believing that the altcoin is yet to bottom out in price.Also Read: AI Models Reveal How Ripple May Surpass Rival CryptosWill XRP Rise Again?Source: Coin EditionYes, XRP will rise again, and that’s the way the market functions in a…
The deadline to decide on Nasdaq’s proposal to list and trade Grayscale’s spot Hedera (HBAR) ETF has been postponed to November 12 by the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The Commission has already approved the launch of the Canary Hedera ETF on Nasdaq. Hedera (HBAR) has recently struggled to hold above crucial support levels as it declines across all major trading sessions. According to our data, the asset has declined by 6.5% in the last 24 hours, 0.17% in the last seven days, 18% in the last 30 days, and 25% in the last 90 days, trading at $0.18.…
Bitcoin has treated $106,400 as a pivot across the current cycle, acting as both resistance and support.Price has repeatedly clustered near the level, cleared it on retests, and expanded toward the next channel bands, while breaks below the level often required a repair phase before any advance.My charts below show price channels that have been most influential to Bitcoin since the start of 2024, with $106,400 highlighted by the solid yellow line.In mid-December 2024, the price first broke $106,000 after a steady climb from sub-$100,000 areas. Once the level cleared, the price pressed to $107,800 before failing a retest of…
The DeFi world woke up to another major blow on November 3, 2025, after Balancer, a popular decentralized finance protocol, was hit by a major exploit draining over $116.6 million worth of assets across multiple blockchains.The hack drained large amounts of osETH, WETH, and wstETH, raising fresh concerns about DeFi protocol security.Here’s how the attached happened?How the Balancer Hack Happened?According to data shared by on-chain analytics firm Lookonchain, the exploit began with a massive outflow of funds from Balancer Vaults. Analysts believe the hacker took advantage of a faulty access control vulnerability within Balancer’s boosted pools that use Ether-based derivatives.The…
Bybit and Binance are popular options for crypto investors looking for the best platform to hold, stake, and trade cryptocurrencies. But which exchange is the better? And how do you determine the best option for your needs, seeing that they offer similar key products?To answer these questions, we’ll compare Binance vs Bybit across products and services, trading features, security measures, trading fees, and our user experience. Keep reading to learn more about both exchanges!Bybit Vs Binance Comparison: At a GlanceCriteriaBybitBinanceBest ForBeginners and derivatives tradingExtensive product support and deep liquidityLaunch Year20182017Platform FeaturesBots, copy trading, Bybit TradFi, institutional services, and Bybit Wallet.Binance…
