Scott Melker

“UPDATE: MERCADO BITCOIN TO BEGIN A PHASED REOPENING ON NOV. 9, SAYS MORE THAN $15M IN STOLEN ASSETS IS NOW FROZEN AND IT WILL COVER CUSTOMER LOSSES WITH ITS OWN FUNDS”

“BINANCE BEGINS REOPENING WITHDRAWALS FOR MORE ASSETS ON ETHEREUM, BNB CHAIN, BASE, TRON, POLYGON AND SUI, INCLUDING $UNI, $AAVE, $AVAX AND $INJ”

“Could crypto's political alignment soon become a liability? Bloomberg's Mike McGlone says crypto's bet on Trump has left many buyers underwater, and politics could be tilting back the other way 'The 55% of people in this country who are wage earners, they live and die and vote and have to pay for gas and energy.' 'Stock market keeps going up, more inflation, Fed tightening is a lose-lose for those in power.' 'The…”

“GATE SAYS IT HAS FROZEN TWO ACCOUNTS LINKED TO THE BINANCE HACKER AFTER ~$250K IN DEPOSITS WERE FLAGGED, AND WILL FULLY COOPERATE WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT”

“BINANCE SAYS IT IS PREPARING TO RESUME PHASE ONE OF WITHDRAWALS TODAY BETWEEN 06:00 AND 09:00 UTC”

“Cold storage isn't risk-free, but neither are ETFs. Dan Held says Bitcoin holders should hedge against both hacked wallets and government seizures 'My recommendation would probably be to mimic what I do, but a percentage of it. Maybe you buy IBIT, and then you buy spot Bitcoin and move it from Kraken or Coinbase to your cold storage solution. Buy both.' 'That way, you can sleep at night if the cold storage got com…”

“BINANCE CO-FOUNDER YI HE SAYS BINANCE EXPECTS TO BEGIN RESUMING WITHDRAWALS IN THE NEXT 48 HOURS, WITH DEPOSITS STILL OPERATING AS NORMAL”

“JUST IN: Moody's assigns Ripple's $RLUSD stablecoin an A2 long-term and P-1 short-term rating”

“JUST IN: Nvidia $NVDA to invest $3 billion in Meta $META equity offering”

“JUST IN: Aviva Investors launches a tokenized share class of its £22B sterling fund on the XRP Ledger $XRP”

“JUST IN: Elon Musk says X is adding long-press on like to send someone $1 with X Money”

“Inside The First 3 Hours Of A $388 Million Crypto Hack | Bitget CEO @GracyBitget”

“ANDREESSEN HOROWITZ RENAMES A16Z CRYPTO TO A16Z FRONTIER, EXPANDING ITS $2.2B FUND BEYOND CRYPTO INTO AI, ROBOTICS AND OTHER EMERGING TECH THE FIRM SAYS IT WILL CONTINUE TO INVEST IN CRYPTO AND ADVOCATE FOR SENSIBLE CRYPTO REGULATION”

“Internet is in shambles, websites coming down after PHP disaster, AI exploiting everything, Chinese and Asian stocks crashing, oil at cycle highs, war escalating, French yields parabolic etc… And Bitcoin is just kinda hanging out in the 80s, doing its own thing..”

“BREAKING: THE OCC FINALIZES THE FIRST FEDERAL RULE TO IMPLEMENT THE GENIUS ACT, SETTING RESERVE, REDEMPTION AND RISK MANAGEMENT STANDARDS FOR STABLECOIN ISSUERS THE RULE TAKES EFFECT JAN. 18, 2027”

“China’s GDP grew 4.5% year-over-year in Q3 2026, beating the 4.4% consensus and accelerating from 4.3% in Q2. Growth in the first three quarters reached 4.6%, within the government’s 4.5%-5.0% annual target. On a sequential basis, GDP rose 1.2% in Q3, up from 0.9% in Q2. Industrial production accelerated to +5.5% in September, while retail sales rose +1.1%. Fixed-asset investment fell -7.2% year-to-date. China is…”

“LATEST: CFTC PUSHES BACK AGAINST CME GROUP'S LAWSUIT OVER CRYPTO PERPETUAL FUTURES, ARGUING CME FAILED TO PROVE FINANCIAL HARM FROM ALLOWING THE CONTRACTS TO TRADE ON REGULATED U.S. EXCHANGES”

“GALAXY CEO MIKE NOVOGRATZ SAYS THE U.S. HAD A GENERATIONAL OPPORTUNITY TO PASS THE CLARITY ACT, BUT POLITICAL INFIGHTING KILLED IT”

“CRYPTOQUANT FOUNDER KI YOUNG JU SAYS $BTC FLOOR NEAR $30K EVEN IF ALL $58B ETF INFLOWS AND 1.3M $BTC TREASURY HOLDINGS EXIT, CITING ON-CHAIN COST BASIS”

“The Nasdaq 100 closed down -2.50% today, falling -748 points to 29,187.55. The index is now down -6.5% from its October 6 high of 31,224.47, its sharpest pullback in roughly 10 days. Over the past week, the Nasdaq 100 has declined -5.49% from the October 9 close of 30,883.15. The tech-heavy index is seeing its largest weekly loss since June.”

“JPMORGAN ANALYSTS ESTIMATE $50B HAS FLOWED INTO BITCOIN $BTC AND OTHER DIGITAL ASSETS IN 2026”

“SEPTEMBER CPI REPORT SET FOR RELEASE OCT. 14 AT 8:30 A.M. ET ECONOMISTS EXPECT 3.6% YEAR-OVER-YEAR RISE”

“Firelight's Jesus Rodriguez says DeFi faces a hundreds-of-billions insurance gap, and the biggest insurer covers only a few dozen million 'Every market since the 1700s, every financial market has had an insurance component attached to it.' 'DeFi tried to solve this problem in the past. They have been very good projects, they just haven't achieved critical mass.' 'And what you're facing today is this gap that DeFi…”

“US spot Ethereum $ETH ETFs posted $542 million in net outflows last week, their worst week since January and the ninth straight day of redemptions. Since September 29, the streak has drained roughly $697 million from the funds. At the same time, BlackRock’s $ETHA alone accounted for about $477 million of last week’s outflows, or roughly 88% of the total. Spot Solana $SOL ETFs also turned negative, ending a record…”

“ROBINHOOD $HOOD AND $1.9 TRILLION ASSET MANAGER T. ROWE PRICE ARE EXPLORING BRINGING ACTIVELY MANAGED ETFS ONCHAIN THROUGH ROBINHOOD CHAIN”

“LATEST: TD COWEN RAISES ITS BITCOIN $BTC PRICE FORECAST TO $109,000 BY THE END OF 2026 AND $280,000 BY 2029, CITING STRONGER-THAN-EXPECTED MARKET PERFORMANCE”

“The US Treasury just sold $22 billion in 30-year bonds at a high yield of 5.618%, the highest clearing yield since August 10, 2000. That compares with a high yield of 5.697% at the August 2000 auction. Wednesday’s $39 billion 10-year note auction cleared at 5.300%, the highest since November 2000. The 30-year bid-to-cover ratio came in at 2.54, down from 2.61 in September, with indirect bidders taking 72.3%. The p…”

“The 10-year Treasury yield hit 5.364% and the 30-year hit 5.669% today, both fresh 24-year highs. The move faded after a $39 billion 10-year note auction. The notes priced at 5.3%, the highest yield on a 10-year auction since November 2000. At the same time, demand was strong. The bid-to-cover ratio was 2.77, above the 2.54 six-auction average. Indirect bidders took 80.3%, versus a 72.4% average. Direct bidders to…”

“UPDATE: Nvidia $NVDA closed today at a record $239.24, valuing the company at $5.78 trillion, about 3.8% short of $6 trillion. No public company has ever reached a $6 trillion market cap. At the same time, the stock is up 28% in 2026, a rally that has added $1.2 trillion in market value. On March 30, $NVDA was down 11% for the year. The company has also authorized an additional $150 billion in share repurchases. $…”

“OKXICE, THE JOINT VENTURE BETWEEN OKX AND NYSE OWNER ICE, HAS NOTIFIED THE SEC OF PLANS FOR A TOKENIZED SECURITIES VENUE OFFERING 24/7 TRADING OF 60+ U.S.-LISTED STOCKS”