I'm pleasantly surprised by how accurately BlackRock's CEO Larry Fink understands why politics can't stop Bitcoin's growth.

Talen Energy Corporation has just acquired 100% of Nautilus Cryptomine, a 200-megawatt mining farm in Pennsylvania. This operation marks a turning point in the use of nuclear energy for mining, paving the way for a greener exploitation of Bitcoin.

Bitcoin experienced a significant surge, climbing from a low of $62,050 on Sunday to a peak of $66,500 late Monday. As of Tuesday, the BTC price is slightly correcting below this key resistance level, but hovering above $65,000.

During BlackRock's third-quarter earnings call, CEO Larry Fink articulated a strong endorsement of Bitcoin and digital assets. Fink's commentary not only underscored Bitcoin as a standalone asset class but also paralleled its burgeoning significance with historical financial markets like mortgages which are now worth $11 trillion and high-yield bonds.

The latest price moves in bitcoin (BTC) and crypto markets in context for Oct. 15, 2024. First Mover is CoinDesk's daily newsletter that contextualizes the latest actions in the crypto markets.

When Larry Fink, the CEO of BlackRock (NYSE: BLK), the world's largest asset manager, managing an eye-popping $13 trillion, admits he was wrong about Bitcoin, people take notice.

Standard Chartered's Geoff Kendrick said bitcoin could revisit its all-time high of $73,800 in the lead-up to the U.S. presidential election.

Cash-Margin denominated in bitcoin hits all-time high of 384k BTC ($25.5B)

Popular on-chain analyst and trader Ali Martinez has just mapped out the road to a new all-time high (ATH) for Bitcoin (BTC). Taking to X (formerly Twitter), Martinez retweeted his prior Bitcoin price prediction and added more information about it.

Samson Mow, Bitcoin maximalist and the boss of JAN3 company that helps nation-states to adopt BTC, has published an ultra-bullish BTC message on the X social media platform.

The crypto ecosystem has returned to a bullish trend, fueled by Bitcoin (BTC), Ethereum (ETH) and Solana (SOL). While the market is undergoing a unique rally across the board, some traders are facing asset liquidations.

Whales have been gobbling up Ethereum (ETH), the native token for the decentralized exchange (DEX) Uniswap (UNI) and a handful of other decentralized finance (DeFi) tokens, according to the crypto tracker Lookonchain. Lookonchain notes one unknown whale wallet withdrew 299,133 UNI worth $2.39 million from the crypto exchange Gate.io over the weekend.

"Metaplanet's strategy allows them to bottom-fish in case the BTC price declines," an analyst told Decrypt.

Bitcoin surged to a high of $66,000 in the past 24 hours, breaking out of weeks of stagnation as the broader crypto market showed signs of recovery. October has historically been a strong month for investors, with gains as high as 60% and an average return of 22%.

According to technical on-chain data, Bitcoin is on track to hit $233K, which could come as early as Q1 2025. The long-awaited “Uptober” bull run is finally here, with BTC trading above $65K in the last two days.

Rising Bitcoin open interest and demand indicate bullish sentiment among traders and signal an upcoming rally.

Several technical indicators and fundamental aspects point to a potential bullish breakout for Ethereum price in the near term towards its all-time high.

With Bitcoin (BTC) potentially at the point of rejection, the rest of the cryptocurrencies could become a difficult hold, at least in the short to medium term. At the top of the risk curve, memecoins are even more perilous.

Nate Geraci, President of ETF Store, called it a “monster day” for spot Bitcoin ETFs. He highlighted that net inflows over the past ten months are approaching $20 billion.

The foundation received a donation of 432 trillion ELON tokens from Vitalik Buterin. They have added 83 trillion tokens to Uniswap's liquidity pool.

Eric Balchunas reveals Larry Fink's full quote from BlackRock's Q3 earnings call. Fink calls Bitcoin a core asset and compares it to gold.

In the coming years, the use of Bitcoin and hallucinogen will increase, opening up new potentials for the development of human civilization.

The cryptocurrency market witnessed a significant influx of investments last week, as notable factors played a key role in shifting investor sentiment. According to the latest report from CoinShares, digital asset investment products saw $407 million in net inflows globally, marking a sharp recovery after a previous week of outflows.

Despite growth, Bitcoin ETFs have captured only 3% of overall market volume.

Gasless swaps could ease the DeFi onboarding process, bolstering mass crypto adoption among new holders.

Spot Bitcoin ETFs in the US experienced their largest inflows since June after $555.8 million entered the funds on a single day.

October is generally a favorable month for Bitcoin. In the previous year, the Bitcoin market reported an impressive rise of 28.5% in October.

Ethereum's price breached the $2,579 resistance level on Monday. This triggered a wave of older, less active coins to start changing hands.

Neel Tushar Kashkari, President of the Minneapolis Fed, dismissed Bitcoin as a worthless asset despite its notable past performance.

Speculations around Bitcoin price action have heightened ahead of the 2024 US elections. Republican and Democratic presidential nominees are influencing market sentiment, but Bitcoin is potentially on the brink of a parabolic phase.

Solv Protocol has raised $11 million in a strategic funding round, bringing its total funding to $25 million at a valuation of $200 million. This capital will advance the company's mission to revolutionize Bitcoin staking through its Staking Abstraction Layer (SAL).

Bitcoin's recent surge past $64,000 has sparked renewed optimism among analysts, who predict that breaking the $70,000 threshold could lead to a major rally in the coming months.

The price of Bitcoin (BTC) showed an impressive result yesterday, rising 5.11% to $66,500, but more importantly, the rise took Bitcoin above a crucial resistance level, which was confirmed by a successful retest today. The pattern in which Bitcoin has been trading for the last six months seems to be in the past, and now BTC has new opportunities, but which one it will take has everyone guessing.

Larry Fink made bold statements regarding Ethereum.

Solana has seen its total value surge to its highest level since January amid growing meme coin hype.

October or "Uptober" as referred to around the crypto market has been boosting Bitcoin price over the past few days. Indicators suggest a Bitcoin price breakout above $73,000, a possible ATH?

Tokyo-listed investment firm Metaplanet continues its aggressive Bitcoin acquisition strategy, adding over 450 BTC to its holdings this month. On Oct. 15, Metaplanet CEO Simon Gerovich announced the purchase of 106.976 BTC for 1 billion yen (approximately $6.7 million), paying an average of 9.3 million yen (around $62,520) for each coin.

Solana approaches a critical $160 resistance level, with analysts and investors watching closely for a potential breakout that could lead to new highs.

Larry Fink, the CEO of BlackRock, has once again stoked interest in Bitcoin, predicting that its market capitalization may eventually match that of the United States' the housing market, which is now worth more than $50 trillion. Fink, who highlighted Bitcoin as a unique asset class in and of itself, made these audacious predictions during BlackRock's Q3 earnings call.

Solana has surged ahead of Ethereum in weekly on-chain trading volumes, driven by a remarkable uptick in meme coin activity that now accounts for 40% of its trading landscape.

A chart, that measures the cumulative demand for Bitcoin over the past month – Bitcoin: Apparent Demand (30-day Sum) – has been shared on X by renowned crypto market analyst Ki Young Ju. What the chart suggests is exciting: a sharp rise in the demand for Bitcoin.

Ethereum founder Vitalik Buterin proposes lowering the staking requirement from 32 ETH to 1 ETH to increase network participation and improve transaction speed.

There are also signs of a switch from AI diversifiers to pure-play bitcoin miners amid a potential breakout for bitcoin, the analysts said.

"With Bitcoin recently breaking through the $65,000 resistance level, we could see aggressive traders selling puts to buy calls," one analyst said.

Base, a Layer 2 Ethereum network developed by Coinbase, has now become the largest rollup in terms of total value locked.

According to data from Solscan, FTX/Alameda's Solana staking wallet has redeemed 178,631 SOL worth $28 million.

Founder of DeFi Report, Michael Nadeau, concluded that Uniswap's upcoming layer 2 solution, Unichain, could bring in more value for Uniswap Labs and its token holders. In an Oct.