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Blockchain has become an issue in this week’s Israeli elections after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Friday that the country could turn to cryptocurrency to avoid strains on the economy from any potential international financial sanctions.He told a local television interviewer that Israel is exploring the use of blockchain technology and cryptocurrencies as a means of circumventing potential banking sanctions. “Blockchain is an alternative to sanctions,” the prime minister said in an interview with Israel’s Channel 10 economic network on Friday.His calling blockchain a “national strategic tool” signals a pivot in the government’s stance on the digital currency industry, from…

Spot bitcoin ETFs lost $773 million on Thursday and Friday after three days of net inflows, per SoSoValue data.

Home / Latest reporting Price forecast Palantir Technologies received fresh price target increases from both Piper Sandler and Citigroup in late October 2026, yet the Binance tokenized contract sits fractionally below its pivot at $196…. Timothy Morano Oct 25, 2026 13:36 UTC Market analysis includes conditional scenarios, not assured price outcomes or investment advice. Check the data, assumptions and dates cited. Analyst Upgrades Bracket a Wide Premium to Current Levels Two separate sell-side revisions landed within 24 hours of each other this week. On October 22, 2026, Tyler Radke at Citigroup raised his Palantir Technologies price target from $245 to…

Key takeaways BTC traded around $81,593, above its 50-day EMA at $80,878. Bitcoin’s RSI near 47 and slightly negative MACD suggest recovery momentum remains weak. BTC faces resistance at $85,000, with deeper support at $77,528 and $76,186. Crypto prices stabilize after support tests Bitcoin, Ethereum and XRP edged higher on Friday after the previous session’s correction brought all three assets toward important technical support levels. Bitcoin held just near its 50-day Exponential Moving Average, Ethereum found support around its 100-day EMA, and XRP maintained its horizontal floor near $1.300. The modest rebound suggests buyers remain active around these levels. However,…

Anti-money-laundering controls remain a central concern, he said, describing a need to understand and manage risks before introducing new rules.“We don’t want to create something with a big boom and then with a big collapse,” Valainis said. The government will implement solutions only when it is “1,000% sure” they would be transparent and understandable, he added.Members of the Latvian Blockchain Association (LBAA), which aims to make the country a major Web3 hub in the European Union, participate in working groups and testing, according to the minister.He named no individual commercial partners, though the LBAA’s members include crypto exchanges like Kraken…

TL;DR: Farside’s preliminary figures show US Bitcoin funds retaining a $301.2 million weekly inflow despite two days of withdrawals. Ether funds were down $220.7 million for the week; Friday’s tables still contained missing entries. US spot Bitcoin funds gave back much of their early-week buying by Friday, leaving a smaller positive balance in the latest available data. The reversal makes the week’s total more informative than either the strong opening sessions or the withdrawals that followed. Farside Investors’ table, checked on October 24, showed net outflows of $137.9 million for Friday after $635.6 million on Thursday. Together, those two sessions…

Chainlink’s third-quarter review, published on October 21, leads with two numbers LINK holders will care about. The Chainlink Reserve added 1,543,330.47 LINK in Q3. And more than $15 billion in token value has moved onto CCIP, Chainlink’s cross-chain protocol, so far in 2026.The review also confirms that CCIP 2.0 is live. It lists a string of bank and market-infrastructure work with Swift, DTCC, a Wyoming state stablecoin and Hong Kong’s tokenized securities programme. Here is what each item changes, and which numbers rest on Chainlink’s own word.Chainlink Reserve Now Holds Over 6 Million LINKThe Q3 additions brought total Reserve holdings…

Fireblocks has denied a report that Visa is in late-stage talks to buy the institutional crypto custody and stablecoin infrastructure firm for around $2.5 billion. “We are aware of the rumors about a possible acquisition of Fireblocks by Visa. This is news to us, and not true at present time,” the company told The Block on Thursday.  The denial came hours after Axios reported, citing multiple sources, that the two sides were close to a deal. It would have been Visa’s first acquisition in the stablecoin sector and one of the largest in crypto’s history, behind Coinbase’s $2.9 billion purchase…

XRP whales sent $112.4 million to Binance, the highest inflow level in seven months, according to crypto analysts. The move signals rising selling pressure from large holders. However, fresh data suggests the heaviest selling may already be easing, and traders are watching key price levels. 🗞️ XRP Whale Inflows to Binance hit $112.4M, a 7-month highripple:native whale activity has intensified in recent weeks, with selling pressure rising sharply. Here, we define whales as transactions exceeding 1 million XRP, which allows us to attribute them to this specific… pic.twitter.com/FsLRe63FTp— Darkfost (@Darkfost_Coc) October 22, 2026 What XRP Whale Inflows Reveal About Selling…