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The Fed’s Board has graciously declared that on Oct. 21, industry experts will gather to discuss how to “further innovate and improve the payments system.” Translation? Let’s figure out how to make money move faster without breaking everything. Among the topics: tokenizing financial products, blending traditional finance with decentralized finance (DeFi), stablecoins (those sneaky chameleons of currency), and-wait for it-the unholy marriage of AI and payments. 🤖💳

It all started with a merger, because that’s how these things work, isn’t it? American Bitcoin (a name that just *screams* subtlety) emerged from the ashes – or rather, the existing entity – of Gryphon Digital Mining. Quite the phoenix act, if I do say so myself.

The esteemed institution will now offer custody for Bitcoin and support for exchange-traded funds (ETFs), a delightful treat for those institutional investment managers with registered or private funds. How terribly exciting, isn’t it?

They declare themselves a new breed of wealth-an asset class, no less! No longer content with mundane headlines, men now gaze upon odds and probabilities, as if by mere glance they could divine the future. But beware, for behind this shimmering curtain lie dangers most insidious: the shadows of regulation, manipulation, and herd madness-forces that threaten to turn hope into folly. 😏

This isn’t their first rodeo, though. Back in 2024, Ethereum’s own Vitalik Buterin and the Ethereum Foundation handed them a little seed money (read: “a small grant” if you’re being polite). Those initial funds were used to start operations and teach Wall Street types about Ethereum, presumably by whispering, “It’s like Bitcoin, but with more smart contracts and fewer ponzi schemes.”

As the calendar flips, the same soliloquy of Solana echoes: another peak, another precipice of profit-taking. Will the hodlers cling to their dreams, or shall they, like a man fleeing his conscience, cash out into the night? 🏃💸

It’s a classic battle of the whales vs. the steadfast holders, and it’s shaping up to be quite the spectacle. Will the whales’ massive buys tip the scales, or will the long-term holders’ skepticism sink XRP deeper? Only time will tell, but one thing’s for sure-it’s not boring! 😂

ABTC, a Bitcoin (BTC) mining company co-founded by the illustrious Eric Trump and his equally charming brother, Donald Trump Jr., experienced a veritable rollercoaster of emotions. Shares soared by nearly 85%, reaching the dizzying heights of $14 per share, all thanks to a rather clever stock merger with Gryphon Digital Mining, another player in the crypto mining circus. 🎡

Now, if you squint at the one-hour chart (because staring at charts for hours is how grown-ups relax these days), you’ll notice a steady, if not slightly smug, climb. Price is casually shimmying between $0.88 and $0.91, like it’s waiting for a green light or maybe just the barista. It’s punched through short-term resistance like it’s bursting into a party uninvited, while the open interest-think of it as crypto’s version of enthusiastic party-crashers-keeps swelling.

Economic winds blow cold and indifferent, stirring the froth of altcoin fervor, while Bitcoin’s flame flickers, unstable and uncertain. Binance’s report, like a prophet’s murmur in the night, reveals Bitcoin’s dominance dwindling as Ethereum’s spirit rises-14.2%, as if daring to challenge the old guard. It’s a market in flux, a tempest of expectations, where the anticipated rate cuts are but ghosts haunting the collective psyche.