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Happy Monday Folks! We are off to a very slow start with no news trending. That said, Interpol issuing the red notice for Do Kwon is sure to gain some traction. Right on the heels of my show yesterday "Bitcoin is Freedom" on Bitcoin Live, it appears both Nicholas Merten and Tone Vays are calling for an imminent plunge down to $14-15K range. Will they be correct in their assessment?
Podcast of the Day: What Bitcoin Did: Can Bitcoin Fix the Political System? With Logan Bolinger
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Trending
- California, New York and other U.S. states take action against crypto lender Nexo (TB | Blockworks | Cointelegraph | Coindesk | BIC | TDH)
- Hacker steals $950,000 from crypto vanity address as exploits continue (TB | Cointelegraph | Decrypt | CryptoPotato)
- South Korea says Interpol has issued a red notice for Do Kwon, Bloomberg says (TB | Cointelgraph | Coindesk)
Gaining Traction
- Australia's CBDC Pilot To Be Completed in 2023 (Coindesk | Cointelegraph | Bitcoinist | BIC)
- Newly Appointed Kraken CEO Has No Intentions To Register With SEC (Bitcoinist | Cointelegraph | TDH)
CRYPTO MARKET
- Edward Snowden Granted Citizenship in Russia by Vladimir Putin (CryptoPotato | Cointelegraph)
- Crypto defies market conditions to battle the dollar for best performing asset (Finbold)
- Second Week of Minute Inflows Marks Low Investor Appetite for Digital Asset Products (BIC)
- Pro-centralization Russian president grants citizenship to Edward Snowden: Report (Cointelegraph)
BITCOIN & ETHEREUM
Positive
- Bitcoin Accumulation Phase Intact, Is a Bottom Finally In? (BIC)
- Social interest in Bitcoin hits 2-month high as BTC hovers above $19,000 (Finbold)
- Is the Worst Behind Bitcoin? Glassnode Co-Founders Look at State of BTC After Another Fed Rate Hike (TDH)
- Bitcoin Price Relief Rally In This Making? BTC Could Target $26,000 (NewsBTC)
- Why Bitcoin Bulls Might Be Ready To Breach $20,000 Into The Monthly Close (NewsBTC)
- Bitcoin Above $19K Level Despite US Dollar Index Reaching Highest Level in Over 20 Years (Cryptoglobe)
- Market Wrap: Bitcoin Pushes Higher as Traditional Markets Decline (Coindesk)
- Ethereum ($ETH) Transaction Costs Are Falling – What’s Going On? (CryptoGlobe)
- Future Looks Bullish for Ethereum (ETH) as Options Volume Increases Threefold (BIC)
Neutral
- ‘The bond market bubble has burst’ — 5 things to know in Bitcoin this week (Cointelegraph)
- Is the Bottom In? Bitcoin Remains Steady as Stocks Fall (CryptoPotato)
- Traders brace for Bitcoin price volatility as DXY 2022 gains near 20% (Cointelegraph)
- What will happen to Bitcoin and Ethereum if traditional markets break? (Cointelegraph)
Negative
- Bitcoin Active Addresses Stay Low, A Hint That Demand Isn’t There Yet (NewsBTC)
- Bitcoin Short Investment Funds Hit All-Time High of $172M: CoinShares (Decrypt)
- Institutional Investors Short Selling Bitcoin (BTC) at Highest Rate on Record: CoinShares (TDH)
ALTCOINS/STABLECOINS/CBDC
- Price analysis 9/26: BTC, ETH, BNB, XRP, ADA, SOL, DOGE, DOT, MATIC, SHIB (Cointelegraph)
- XRP Boost To $13 – Pundit Outlines Ultra-Bullish Prospect For This Price Milestone (ZyCrypto)
- XRP Whales Move Massive Batches of Crypto, Sending $130,650,000 in Flurry of Transactions (TDH)
- Trading expert identifies the ‘ultimate area’ to buy Cardano (FInbold | Cryptoglobe)
- Cardano bulls run out of steam after Vasil hard fork — 40% ADA price crash in play (Cointelegraph)
- 3 reasons why USDC stablecoin dropping below $50B market cap is Tether's gain (Cointelegraph)
- European Central Bank preparing for broad digital currency adoption 'scenario' (TB | BIC)
ANALYST'S CORNER
Positive
- Mark Yusko: Hedge Fund Veteran Predicts ‘Face-Melter’ Crypto Rally, Says Bitcoin Has Bottomed Out (TDH | Cryptoglobe)
- Michael van de Poppe: Top Analyst Says Short Squeeze Incoming, Predicts Rallies for Bitcoin, Ethereum and Chainlink (TDH)
- Edward Moya: Bitcoin's Anemic Performance Is Good Thing, Analyst Claims (UToday)
Negative
- Tone Vays: Trader Says Bitcoin Capitulation Imminent – $15,000 (TDH)
- Nicholas Merten: Analyst Predicts Big Correction in Tech Stocks That Drags $BTC With It – $13,600 | $14,000 (TDH)
- Bank of America: Cryptocurrencies Continue to Act as Risk Assets (Coindesk)
NOTABLE VOICES
- Guy: Pro-Crypto Politicians Must Thwart Biden Administration’s Plan To Crush Crypto: Coin Bureau (TDH)
- Vitalik Buterin: Predicts What’s Coming for Ethereum Ecosystem Over Next Two Years (TDH)
- Robert Kiyosaki: Rich Dad Poor Dad Author Says Biggest Crash in Decades Is Coming, Details Impact on Bitcoin, Gold and Silver (TDH)
ETFs/OPTIONS
- Grayscale Bitcoin Trust discount hits all-time low amid crypto market downturn (TB)
CEFI/DEFI
- DeFi lending protocol created by ex-QuadrigaCX co-founder surpassed $50M in TVL (Cointelegraph)
- FTX, Binance and CrossTower are competing to buy Voyager Digital assets: Source (Cointelegraph)
BLOCKCHAINS
- 7 Ethereum developers would like to sell you on the Merge (Cointelegraph)
- What Cardano’s Vasil hard fork means for the blockchain (Cointelegraph)
MINING
- Bitcoin mining hash rate reaches a record as shift to renewables accelerates (Finbold)
- Court approves more first-day motions in Compute North bankruptcy case (TB)
- The path moving forward for ex-Ethereum miners remains unclear (Cointelegraph)
- Bitcoin mining stock report: Monday, September 26 (TB)
HOW BITCOIN MINER CLEANSPARK KEEPS BUILDING IN THE BEAR MARKET
LEGAL BATTLES
- IRS Plans to Hunt Down Crypto Users Who Avoid Paying Taxes (BIC)
ATTACKS/HACKS/SCAMS
- Chinese police seize criminal gang suspected of laundering over $5 billion in crypto (Finbold)
- Cardano (ADA) Scam Promoted by Hacked Twitter Account of "How I Met Your Mother" Star (UToday)
LISTEN
- What Bitcoin Did: Running a Business on Bitcoin with Tibor Ballai
- The Wolf Of All Streets: Zero Knowledge, Privacy, And True Decentralization | Evan Shapiro, Mina
- The Scoop: This Paradigm-backed project is making Ethereum's technical underbelly more accessible
- OTB: Christine Kim (Galaxy Research) on the merge and what comes next
- Bankless: 138 - What's Next? Vitalik Buterin | Part I
- BM: Mining Bitcoin in a Bear Market w/ Aydin Kilic