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Will there be an altcoin season soon in 2025? Here is what three popular AIs “think” about it. Bitcoin (BTC) had its shining moments throughout 2025, but many leading altcoins have struggled to reclaim their previous peaks. In this article, we assess the likelihood of a full-scale altseason before the end of the current year by consulting three of the most popular AI-powered chatbots. The Chances are Good ChatGPT estimated that such a development is quite possible, given that the CoinMarketCap “Altcoin Season Index” is still low. Currently, the ratio is around 27 (out of 100), meaning…

In brief Canaan closed up about 28% on Monday afternoon. Bitcoin miner CleanSpark became the latest firm to move into the world of AI data centers. CleanSpark’s stock rose 4.5% on the news that it was moving resources from minting Bitcoins to high-performance computing. Bitcoin mining company stocks rocketed up Monday as Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies rallied amid increased optimism that the U.S. and China would find at least a partial resolution to its trade war. Canaan closed about 28% higher by mid-afternoon. CleanSpark, which on Monday announced that it would become the latest publicly traded miner to pivot resources to…

Solana Company (HSDT), the digital asset treasury firm formerly known as Helius Medical Technologies and backed by Pantera Capital, has moved ahead with unlocking shares for early investors in its $500 million PIPE round as the company’s stock trades below the initial purchase price.The shares, sold in a private placement in September at $6.881 each, has become eligible for sale earlier than scheduled, the firm said in a Monday press release. HSDT shares have tumbled to around $6.50 following a steep three-session decline that wiped nearly 60% from its market value, including a 17% drop on Monday.”‘Ripping off the band-aid’…

Elon Musk caused FLOKI to rally after posting a new video on social media. Demonstrating Grok’s video generation capabilities, Musk employed Floki as an unofficial mascot. Although FLOKI recently rallied after a European ETP listing, the Black Friday crash erased all these gains. The 30% growth after Elon’s post has done a lot to help the token rebound. Elon Causes FLOKI RallyElon Musk has had an explosive impact on the meme coin sector, with his business decisions and social media posts alike spurring huge token movements. Sponsored SponsoredToday has been no different, as Elon posted a new video starring Floki…

The Solana network’s economic activity contracted for the second consecutive quarter. Solana witnessed a notable economic slowdown as its active addresses took a plunge of 30% and operational efficiency collapsed by over 40% in the third quarter of the year. But data suggest that the network’s stablecoin activity came to the rescue. Solana’s Network Health Q3 Economic activity on the Solana network declined for the second consecutive quarter, according to The SOL Report Q3 2025 by The DeFi Report. The study revealed a broad contraction in on-chain fundamentals, with Real Economic Value (REV) dropping 18% quarter-over-quarter to $222.7 million…

United States President Donald Trump confirmed on Sunday that he is meeting with China’s President Xi Jinping at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit in Seoul, Korea, slated to begin on October 31.“We’re going to meet in a couple of weeks. We’re going to meet in South Korea, with president Xi and other people, too,” Trump told Maria Bartiromo of Fox News, following a de-escalation of trade tensions between China and the US. Trump said on Sunday:“[Xi Jinping] is a very strong leader, a very amazing man. You can look at what he’s done, where he is in his life.…

Ethereum ETH$3,980.18 emerged as the frontrunner in crypto’s third-quarter recovery, leaving bitcoin BTC$108,945.45 behind as capital flowed into altcoins, DeFi protocols, and a new wave of tokenized assets, a report by CoinCecko found.The broader market added over half a trillion dollars in value, its second straight quarter of meaningful growth, but this time, it wasn’t bitcoin leading the charge. Instead, investors looked to ethereum ETH$3,980.18 and other large-cap tokens to carry momentum forward, a report by CoinCecko found.At the start of July, it looked like bitcoin would again set the pace. Its price hit new highs early in the quarter,…

The price of Ethereum appears to be recovering nicely over the weekend after a period of investor uncertainty. The “king of altcoins”, following what looked like an aggressive return above the $4,200 level earlier this week, is now lagging under the psychological $4,000 mark. While the Ethereum price has been building some positive momentum over the past day, the shadows of the October 10 downturn still seem to be weighing on investor sentiment. A market phenomenon known as the “Kimchi Premium” suggests a few tedious weeks ahead for the second-largest cryptocurrency. What Happened Last Time Kimchi Premium Saw A Similar…

An American retiree says more than $3 million in XRP vanished after he checked Ellipal’s mobile app on Oct. 15 and saw his balance gone, a discovery that spurred an on-chain tracing effort by pseudonymous analyst ZackXBT.CoinDesk has not independently verified the investor’s identity, balances, or the complete on-chain path. The account comes from several YouTube videos posted since Oct. 15, Ellipal’s public statement on Oct. 18, and ZackXBT’s Oct. 19 X thread.What the victim says happenedThe investor, who identified himself as Brandon, said he lives in North Carolina, is 54, and that his wife, 60, is also retired. He…

The Bitcoin (BTC) mining difficulty fell to 146.7 trillion on Friday as the network hashrate, the average of the total computing power dedicated to securing the decentralized protocol, hit an all-time high of over 1.2 trillion hashes per second.BTC mining difficulty is down by about 2.7% from the all-time high difficulty level of over 150.8 trillion reached during the previous adjustment period, according to CoinWarz.Bitcoin mining difficulty drops. Source: CryptoQuantHowever, network hashrate hit an all-time high on Tuesday, and remains elevated above 1.2 trillion, despite a small dip from Tuesday’s all-time high, data from CryptoQuant shows. CoinWarz also forecast:“The next…