Crypto news

The European Central Bank (ECB), playing their cards close to the vest, is warily prepping for a potential central bank digital currency (CBDC) as they keep the digital euro locomotive chugging steadily along. On a crisp October 2, the ECB announced the cheery results of its tender process, selecting some fine companies to contribute to five flashy components that make up the digital euro’s spine. They’re getting a head start, even while the final moments of getting a go-ahead are still dangling like a carrot beyond the regulatory fence.

So, this crypto expert, Pumpius (who sounds like the kind of guy who’d argue with a brick wall), shared a thread on X (formerly Twitter, yeah, we’re all confused). He’s basically saying that SWIFT’s move is just a panic reaction. The guy’s got a point. SWIFT’s been clinging to its legacy systems for decades, and now it’s trying to jump onto the Ethereum bandwagon. Is Ethereum the answer to all SWIFT’s problems? Uh, no. It’s still grappling with those pesky transaction fees and scalability issues. It’s like putting a fire extinguisher on a fire that’s already burned your house down.

Coinbase, the digital agora of the crypto world, now basks in a premium that smells of both opportunity and desperation. The exchange’s price gap-+$80, a sum that could buy a loaf of bread or a moment’s peace-hints at US investors pouring capital into Bitcoin like water into a leaky dam. “Regulated venues,” they sigh, as if “regulated” were a magic word to ward off volatility. One might ask: Is this demand, or merely a midlife crisis funded by ETF inflows? 🤔

Let’s all pretend to be shocked: despite a brief spike in price, the token is still down a mind-boggling 98% from its all-time high in January. It’s like watching a once-promising reality show that’s now just reruns on late-night TV. Oh, and let’s not forget the $10 million worth of community tokens that mysteriously disappeared from team wallets. Oops. 🙄

As of October 2, 2025 (you know, just the other day), Ethereum is holding onto that $4,400 level like a toddler clutching their favorite blankie. This figure is not only a psychological milestone-but a hefty embrace above the gentle 30-day moving average (which is just chilling at about $4,396-don’t mind it). According to our trusty crystal ball-err, I mean TradingView-ETH is throwing a bullish party, and buyers are having a blast. 🎉

Behold the on-chain chronicles revealing whales-those leviathans clutching over 10 million XRP each-feasting upon roughly 250 million tokens in a fleeting 48-hour feast, concluding on October 1, 2025. As Ali (@ali_charts) proclaims with poetic fervor, these morsels equated to nigh $740 million at present-day values. Sarcasm aside, isn’t it hilarious how a bunch of mega-programs pretend to be sea monsters? 🐳😂

Lo and behold, October, that harbinger of both harvest and hubris, has conspired once more to elevate Bitcoin beyond the $120,000 mark. Eleven times in twelve years, this month has performed its sordid dance of gains-save for the misfortunes of 2014 and 2018. Yet here we are, mere days into the month, already salivating at a 5.41% return. How quaint, this belief that numbers and dates can predict human folly.

Sadly, not all of these cosmic speculators will hitch a ride – but rumors swirl around MYX, ASTER, and LINEA, who seem to be flashing their DeLorean tokens in desperate bids for interstellar exchange acceptance. 🛸

The world’s largest cryptocurrency, that modern-day alchemist’s stone, was trading around £119,000 at publication time. A figure so precise it makes one yearn for the days of counting coins in a tea caddy.

The filing, dated September 30, 2025, now rests in the SEC’s bureaucratic labyrinth, where public comments will be accepted like confessions in a confessional. One can only wonder if the SEC’s response will be as swift as a hare-or as slow as a bear in hibernation. 🐾