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11K new tokens launched across blockchain networks over the past 7 days, ending 2026-10-26. Most activity occurred on BSC, which saw 9,003 new contract deployments. Yet only 37.8% of BSC tokens gained measurable liquidity, underscoring the high churn and speculation in weekly token issuance. The data paints a stark picture of a market saturated with new projects, most of which fail to attract meaningful users or capital. Which chains launched the most tokens? Token launches remain heavily concentrated on Binance Smart Chain. The network accounted for 9,003 of 11,109 total new issuances—the vast majority of all activity. This dominance reflects BSC's lower deployment barriers, minimal transaction costs, and its reputation as a hub for retail trading and decentralized finance experimentation. Developers building speculative tokens, legitimate projects, and experimental protocols predominantly choose BSC as their launch platform. Ethereum and BASE each attracted a smaller but still...

According to Finbold’s predictive artificial intelligence (AI) system, the downturn gripping XRP since the start of October is likely to halt, but not reverse, by November 1, 2026. Indeed, after examining a variety of technical Analysis (TA) indicators, including oscillators, moving averages (MA), and the relative strength index (RSI), the Finbold AI agent determined XRP is likely to descend 0.23% – effectively remain flat – to $1.31 by the start of next month. Finbold AI XRP price target for November 1, 2026. Source: Finbold Alphabet’s (NASDAQ: GOOGL) model, Google Gemini, proved the most bearish out of the five included in the system, as it forecasted a 4.2% drop to $1.26 as the most likely trajectory for the popular cryptocurrency. ChatGPT-5.6 Terra was close behind, since its XRP price target for November 1, 2026, stood at $1.29, 1.91% below the October 19 press time price of $1.31. China’s most recognizable AI platform, DeepSeek, was the third ...

According to the advanced artificial intelligence (AI) analyst of XRP prompted by Finbold, the popular cryptocurrency is generally unlikely to end 2026 in the green. To begin with, Anthropic’s platform, Claude AI, determined that the late 2026 conditions are not favorable for a breakout. The model highlighted the hawkish Fed, the fact that the CLARITY Act stalled, and the ‘nervous mood’ from the now-patched decade-old XRP Ledger bug as contributing – and detrimental – factors. Finally, Claude highlighted Bitcoin (BTC) rejecting the range between $86,000 and $90,000 and the ‘steady but small’ exchange-traded fund (ETF) demand as the final causes for it setting its XRP price target for December 31, 2026, at just $1.45; 4.32% above the press time price of $1.39. Claude AI predicts XRP price at end of 2026. Source: Finbold & Claude Meanwhile, Alphabet’s (NASDAQ: GOOGL) AI platform, Google Gemini, proved somewhat more optimistic. This model highlighted th...

Stablecoin Development Corp, which has been trading around a minimal $50 million marketcap for months, has suddenly seen its price jump tenfold in a matter of two weeks for absolutely no reason whatsoever. Tether is a major investor in the company, whose primary business appears to be earning interest off of USDS — not a necessarily lucrative business opportunity. While the $50 million market cap for Stablecoin Development Corp was perhaps low for a company with over $150 million in assets and little debt, the company was, for a brief moment in time, trading at nearly $10 today — a $500 million market cap for a stablecoin treasury company with far less than $500 million in assets. Its stock has since fallen to roughly $4.50 per share , also on no news. Tether has publicly listed a company that partially controls USDS Read more: What the Tether audit means for the crypto industry Short sellers can’t short, Tether warrants due soon While sh...

California Governor Gavin Newsom signed a bill on Sunday that bans state public officials from launching memecoins. In addition to the ban on state officials, California Assembly Bill 2409 also prohibits crypto service providers from offering California residents the sale of any memecoin launched in association with federal, state or local public officials. That second stipulation applies to memecoins issued on or after January 1, 2027. Newsom, considered a prominent potential Democratic presidential candidate in 2028, targeted President Donald Trump in a press release announcing the bill’s signature. “While the scam that is Donald Trump continues to hurt American families, California is fighting to make our economy work for people, not the powerful. No official should profit off their office — and we’re putting stronger protections in place to ensure it doesn’t happen in our state.” Trump controversially launched the “Official Trump” memecoi...

Cryptocurrency prediction markets are signaling a bullish XRP outlook for October 1, 2026, with traders expecting the token to hold near current levels but still below the $2 mark.  This comes after XRP staged a strong rebound to trade at $1.49 as of press time, up about 8% in the last 24 hours.  XRP price prediction. Source: Polymarket Regarding the cryptocurrency’s price outlook, data from Polymarket’s October 1 market shows participants expect XRP to remain above $1.20, with a 56% probability assigned to that outcome. The next most likely scenario is XRP staying above $1.80, which carries a 17% chance. The market has assigned a 6% probability to XRP reaching at least $2 by October 1. More aggressive upside targets carry significantly lower odds, with a move to $2.20 assigned a 2% probability and higher levels attracting minimal market support. On the downside, traders see limited risk of a major sell-off over the coming days. To this end, con...

Back in June, proof-of-reserves for Justin Sun-owned HTX revealed a roughly-700 million drop in the quantity of TRX held at the exchange. At today’s prices, these 700 million tokens are worth about $238 million. A substantial portion of these assets ended up flowing into an address that supports Sun-owned Poloniex’s Super Representative, while some went to Binance. Large drop in HTX TRX in June PoR . Since then, HTX has been sanctioned by the European Union and the United Kingdom Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office, making the location of HTX funds extraordinarily important. Additionally, in the same proof-of-reserves where it disclosed the drop in TRX, it also reduced its disclosure for over $1 billion worth of other assets, now pointing towards an undisclosed “ThirdParty” custodian. Protos was previously able to track a large portion of HTX’s Ethereum reserves to Poloniex. Is Justin Sun mixing HTX’s res...

As the AI hype train rumbles on, venture capitalists and private equity are pouring more and more money into sillier and sillier ideas. Recently, Starcloud, a data centers-in-space company, has received nearly half a billion dollars in funding and over a $2 billion valuation for an idea that already seems almost impossible to execute — and it just made it even stupider. Starcloud has decided to begin mining BTC in space. Whether you like Bitcoin or hate it, this is crazy. One of the most important aspects of BTC mining has been, and always will be, the ability to obtain the cheapest energy for running miners. Sometimes this means that mining companies will completely abandon previously profitable locations for new locations, sometimes it will mean replacing every miner they’re currently running, and occasionally it means completely altering the type of energy being utilized (instead of solar, resorting to coal or natural gas, using hydro or wind instead of c...

After months of decline, August offered a glimpse that the cryptocurrency bear market might be at its end, as rising digital asset prices led to a large increase in the number of addresses holding more than $1 million worth of Bitcoin (BTC). Specifically, data compiled by Finbold and retrieved from BitInfoCharts , as well as from the same source using the Wayback Machine , shows that, in late July, there was a total of 111,846 addresses with more than $1 million worth of BTC. At press time on August 31, there are 123,482 such wallets, meaning there has been a 10.4% increase – 11,636 new Bitcoin millionaires. This increase was also visible among the larger whales. Late last month, the number of addresses with more than $10 million worth of the cryptocurrency stood at 14,009 and, at the tail end of August, it is at 15,584. Under the circumstances, the number of such Bitcoin multi-millionaires rose by 1,575 – a 11.24% increase.  Bitcoin millionair...

Strategy, Michael Saylor’s BTC holding company, has been under a lot of pressure, with shares plummeting 73% since July of last year. However, more importantly, one of Strategy’s dividend instruments, STRC, which pays twice-monthly dividends on $100/share of par value, fell from parity on May 15 and has never returned. That’s almost 100 days without being able to bring the preferred shares back to parity — and it’s a problem. Trying to dig itself out of a hole Despite Saylor, Strategy’s founder and executive chairman, making vague promises that no BTC would be sold (which he later clarified was in relation to his personal stash, not the BTC owned by Strategy), the company has sold almost 7,000 BTC worth nearly half a billion US dollars since June. These sales have been used to prop up Strategy’s dollar reserves so they can ensure dividends to its preferred share holders. Strategy has sold nearly 7,000 BTC in 2026 Read more: Strive b...

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 Cryptos Will XRP Rise Again? Source: Coin Edition Yes, XRP will rise again, and that’s the way the market functions in a cyclic manner. The rise, fall, and sideways trading is the norm, but the million-dollar question is, how long will it last? Nobody, not even a seasoned investor, can crack the market timing, as it’s the only thing that cannot be tamed or controlled. Also Read: Canary Capital Sets Nov. 13 Launch for XRP ETF After SEC Shift Leading on-chain metrics and price prediction firm Wallet Investor has painted a bearish picture ...

XRP is crashing today and has dropped all the way down to $2.44—which is actually its lowest level since October 24 and represents a really steep 35% decline from the yearly highs. The crash has wiped out billions from XRP’s $157 billion market cap, and traders are now desperately trying to figure out why XRP is crashing, when the rebound will actually start, and also how high XRP can go once the recovery finally begins. Also Read: XRP Hits $9,000 for Seconds: Here’s the Truth XRP Price Prediction, Rebound Timeline, and Why XRP Is Crashing Source: Forbes / Getty Images Why XRP Is Crashing—Fed Decision and Whale Selling XRP crashing today comes right after the Federal Reserve cut rates by 0.25% along with their announcement that quantitative tightening will end in December. Donald Trump’s APEC meeting with Xi Jinping also went pretty well and produced some positive outcomes, but the thing is traders had already priced these developments into the markets. Right now, traders ar...

The Bitcoin price plunged 5% in the last 24 hours to trade at $61,489 as of 11:58 p.m. EST on trading volume that surged 14% to $45 billion. The dive followed economic data in the US that showed hiring slumped, while unemployment rose for a fourth month in July, stoking fears that the Federal Reserve may have waited too long to start lowering interest rates. Some Fed watchers are now concerned that the central bank should have decided at a meeting this week to lower rates for the first time in four years. This could have allowed them to get ahead of a slowing US economy without risking it tipping into a recession. Bitcoin Price Bearish – Could The Bulls Stage A Trend Reversal? The Bitcoin price continued with the bearish trend, dropping below the 200-day Simple Moving Average (SMA) according to our Analysis yesterday, dropping to $60,640. BTC now trades below the lower boundary of the falling channel and below the 50-day and 200-day SMAs, which support the bearish stance. ...

PEPE , one of the top meme coins in the crypto space, is currently at a crucial point as it approaches its long-standing bullish trend line. As the price draws near the bullish trend line, a break below it could signal a major shift in market sentiment, triggering a price draw down to the $0.00000766 mark. This article provides an in-depth Analysis of the current price action, focusing on the bullish trend line. It examines whether a potential break below this line could drive the price to the critical support level at $0.00000766 or if a potential reversal is on the horizon.  As of the time of writing, PEPE’s price has dropped by 5.10%, trading at approximately $0.00001005 in the past 24 hours. PEPE boasts a market capitalization exceeding $4.2 billion and a trading volume surpassing $821 million. The asset’s market cap has decreased by 5.32%, while its trading volume has increased by 35.01% in the past 24 hours. ...

The crypto market has seen a relatively quiet few months, with Bitcoin currently sitting below $65k and most major coins failing to show growth. However, each week new low cap coins continue to see big pumps, with meme coins and P2E tokens showing to be particularly bullish of late. Here’s a look at five potential gems that could be poised to explode this summer. Pepe Unchained (PEPU) Pepe Unchained is an innovative layer 2 meme coin aiming to revolutionize the ETH meme coin space. PEPU offers a comprehensive meme coin development environment, providing 100x faster speeds than ETH, minimal speeds, and a dedicated block explorer. The token has raised over $6.7 million in its presale, selling for $0.0088044 per token. With investor interest mounting, experts like Crypto Gains, a YouTuber with over 130,000 subscribers are sin...