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The Federal Reserve lowered its benchmark interest rate by 25 basis points to 3.75–4.00% on Wednesday, marking its second rate cut this year.The central bank said economic growth remains moderate while job gains have slowed and unemployment has edged up. Inflation, however, remains “somewhat elevated,” keeping the Fed cautious about further policy easing.Sponsored SponsoredFed Balances Inflation and Labor Market RisksThe decision also confirmed that the Fed will end quantitative tightening on December 1, effectively pausing its balance sheet reduction earlier than expected.The statement highlighted growing downside risks to employment, a shift from prior meetings that focused mainly on inflation. The Fed…

A solid down day in crypto is morphing into a plunge after Federal Reserve Chairman’s unexpectedly hawkish remarks at his post-policy meeting press conference.”A rate cut in December is far from a foregone conclusion,” said Powell in his opening remarks. That was a shock to markets, which had priced in a 90% chance of another rate cut at the Fed’s final meeting of the year.The effect in prices was immediate, with bitcoin BTC$111,219.30 tumbling about $2K to the current $109,600, now lower by 5% over the past 24 hours and largely having given up its big gains from earlier in…

Key points: Bitcoin’s sell-off accelerated after the Federal Reserve cut rates by 25 basis points.Weakness in crypto shows traders are looking at macroeconomic headwinds like a weakening jobs market and inflation, despite believing that interest rate cuts will continue into 2026. Bitcoin (BTC) price tumbled to $109,200 ahead of Wednesday’s US Federal Reserve decision to cut interest rates by 25 basis points. While traders may have anticipated a degree of risking-off ahead of Fed Chair Jerome Powell’s announcement, BTC’s 6% drop from its Monday rally to $116,400 might be sharper than anticipated, especially considering that the consensus among analysts was a 25…

The L1 project burns over 6.7M tokens in its first community buyback. The initiative aims to reward active network participants. Another buyback is slated for November, strengthening Injective’s deflationary mechanism. Injective has taken it to X to confirm the completion of its first community-led token buyback, which started on October 23, marking a key step in the L1’s deflationary model. The team revealed that the event burned 6.78 million INJ coins, worth roughly $32.28 million. The first $INJ Community BuyBack is now officially complete! Injective is the only chain where token buybacks directly reward the community. 1. INJ is burned…

Investor appetite for staking-focused exchange-traded funds (ETFs) in the United States appears strong, with Bitwise’s new Solana product seeing substantial inflows on its first day of trading.The Bitwise Solana Staking ETF (BSOL), which began trading on Tuesday, has already attracted roughly $222.8 million in assets, according to Bloomberg Intelligence senior ETF analyst Eric Balchunas.Balchunas characterized the size as significant for a newly launched crypto ETF, indicating increasing institutional engagement and confidence in staking strategies.Source: Eric BalchunasBitwise previously launched a Solana staking exchange-traded product in Europe last year, but the US version faced delays due to regulatory uncertainty surrounding staking activities.BSOL…

NFT trading activity showed signs of life in Q3 2025, breaking a long stretch of decline that defined the post-hype years.After two years of contraction and shifting narratives, on-chain markets found a new footing, not in blue-chip collectibles or speculative art, but in cheaper rails, loyalty programs, and sport-linked assets that traded more on utility than status.NFT trading volume rose in Q3 2025 and sales counts reached a high.The center of gravity shifted to cheaper rails and utilitarian use cases as Ethereum’s scaling upgrade pushed activity to L2s, Solana leaned on throughput and compression, and Bitcoin inscriptions matured into a…

Trusted Editorial content, reviewed by leading industry experts and seasoned editors. Ad Disclosure With the broader cryptocurrency market regaining bullish traction, Bitcoin, the largest digital asset, could once again be heading to its all-time high of $125,000. Following BTC’s renewed upward movement, millions of BTC have moved back into profit territory, reinforcing the strength of the ongoing rally. More Bitcoin Is Moving Back Into Profit A significant portion of the Bitcoin supply is now back into the profit region, due to the recent rise in BTC’s price, which is currently positioned above the $114,000 level. CryptoQuant, a leading on-chain data…

In brief Rivals like xAI and OpenAI are exploring flirty or adult AI, but Microsoft is drawing a hard line. The global sex-tech market is projected to exceed $100 billion by 2030. Mustafa Suleyman says AI should “serve humanity,” not simulate romance or desire. As rival AI firms chase intimacy and realism, Microsoft is swearing off sex.The technology giant this week drew a red line through human-machine relationships, vowing that its artificial intelligence products will never venture into erotic or romantic territory.“We will never build sex robots,” Mustafa Suleyman, chief executive of Microsoft AI, said in an interview with MIT…

SharpLink Gaming has announced plans to deploy $200 million worth of Ether (ETH) from its corporate treasury onto Consensys’ Linea network.The company said the multi-year initiative will use Linea’s zkEVM layer-2 infrastructure to generate onchain yield and increase the efficiency of its ETH holdings. According to Tuesday’s press release, the strategy aims to capture “highly competitive, differentiated, risk-adjusted ETH-denominated returns.”SharpLink plans to generate yields from staking, restaking rewards earned by helping secure EigenCloud’s decentralized verification services (AVSs), and incentives from Linea and ether.fi — a decentralized liquid staking and restaking protocol.Staking refers to locking up cryptocurrencies to help secure a…

The real-world asset (RWA) space is heating up again. With talk of rate cuts and renewed investor appetite for yield, several projects tied to off-chain assets are showing signs of life. The sector is up 6.3% over the past 24 hours and 8% over the week, putting a few RWA altcoins squarely on traders’ radars this November.Strong fundamentals drive some, while others are driven by whale accumulation and clear chart reversals. But all three RWA coins now show setups that could make November their turning point.Maple Finance (SYRUP)Maple Finance (SYRUP) is one of the RWA altcoins to watch in November,…