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Nearly $18 billion in bitcoin and ether options will expire on Friday, potentially reshaping dealer hedging flows and short-term volatility.
XRP reached its highest level since early February, while large transactions and new address creation increased without showing whether major holders were buying or selling.
CryptoQuant calls Bitcoin's bull market confirmed at $86K spot, but flags a $90,300 upper profit-taking band as the next real test.
The expiry represents roughly 37% of Deribit's total Bitcoin open interest, while Ether options bring the combined settlement to about $18 billion.
The planned mobile wallet will support shielded Bitcoin transfers, cross-chain access and payments to EVM addresses using USDC and Ether.
Whale transactions reached their highest level in about a month, while thousands of new addresses were added to the network.
Bitcoin rose 35% from $62,938 on Aug. 1 to a listed $85,265 on Sept. 23, with resistance identified near $100,670 and $104,765.
Bitcoin Cash (BCH) surged roughly 26% over 24 hours to trade above $340 on Wednesday, emerging as one of the cryptocurrency market's strongest performers after CME Group unveiled plans to launch regulated BCH futures. The announcement triggered an immediate reaction, with Bitcoin Cash reportedly climbing approximately 14% within an hour before extending its advance toward $350. The rally was also reinforced by a short squeeze and renewed expectations that Grayscale could convert its existing Bitcoin Cash Trust into an exchange-traded fund. Together, those catalysts have brought the $388 resistance and a potential move toward $450 into focus.
My 24/7 Wall St. price target for NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA | NVDA Price Prediction) is $310.20, which implies 39.56% upside from the current $225.35 quote. I rate NVDA a buy with high conviction.
SharpLink CEO Joseph Chalom said stablecoins, tokenized assets and DeFi could draw AI-agent transactions toward Ethereum's ecosystem.
Bitcoin (BTC) recorded two strong rallies in under two months that took the world's premier cryptocurrency 35% higher, from $62,938 at the start of August to $85,265 at press time on September 23.
Bitcoin is rallying despite a macro backdrop that should, on paper, be working against it. BTC has jumped from roughly $76,000 last week to around $86,000 this week, extending a sharp rebound even as the Fed raised interest rates, oil remained elevated, and the US-Iran conflict continued to cloud the outlook. Yet the move is not happening in a vacuum. US stocks have also recovered, oil has pulled back below $100, and Treasury yields have eased from recent highs as markets price in a better supply outlook and tentative diplomatic signals around Iran. Still, Bitcoin's scale of the rebound stands out.
Solana began testing the Alpenglow upgrade on its public testnet, which would reduce transaction finality from ~13 seconds to 0.15 seconds. Alpenglow replaces the TowerBFT system with a voting protocol called Votor, which allows blocks to be closed in one or two validation rounds. Validators participating must run Agave 4.
