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Solana Looks Overbought Against Ethereum; Bitcoin-Gold Ratio Stuck in a Downtrend

The SOL/ETH pair trading on Binance looks overbought after four-month winning trend.

The RSI shows overbought conditions. (TradingView/CoinDesk)

Markets

Gold Rally Needs to Pause for Bitcoin Price to Break All-Time High, Data Suggests

In the past seven days, over 1 million ounces have gone into gold ETFs, the biggest inflow since October 2022.

Gold (Credit: Shutterstock)

Markets

Bitcoin Trader Warns of Correction as BTC Dominance Reaches 2021 Levels; Solana Leads Market Gains

Dominance refers to the ratio between the market capitalization of BTC to the total market capitalization of all cryptocurrencies combined and is often used as a gauge for market sentiment. PLUS: Some Solana tokens are up as much as 70%.

16:9 Market decline (Mediamodifier/Pixabay)

Markets

Institution Takes $25M Hedge Bet on Derive's Bitcoin Options Market as U.S. Election Looms

The strategy will profit most if BTC rises to $80,000 by the end of November.

Donald Trump and Kamala Harris on screen at a Presidential debate. (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

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Markets

Bitcoin Retakes $67K, Dollar Index Rally Stalls as Beige Book Supports Fed Rate Cuts

Beige Book bolsters hope for quarter-point Fed rate cuts in November and December.

BTC's price chart. (CoinDesk/TradingView)

Markets

Number of Bitcoin Whales Jumps to Highest Since January 2021

Whale Entities are clusters of crypto wallet addresses held by a single network participant holding least 1,000 BTC.

humpback (ArtTower/Pixabay)

Tech

Protocol Village: Blockchain Key Manager Cubist, Led by Carnegie Mellon Prof, Launches Bridge-Security System 'Bascule'

The latest in blockchain tech upgrades, funding announcements and deals. For the period of Oct. 17-23.

Protocol Village is CoinDesk's living column chronicling blockchain tech project updates (CoinDesk)

Markets

Bitcoin Slides to $66K, Ether Dives 5% in Market-Wide Selloff

Cryptocurrencies weren't spared as stocks, bonds, gold and oil all declined on Wednesday.

Bitcoin price action.

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Solana Hits Record vs. Ether, Outperforms Bitcoin as AI Memecoin Frenzy and Surging Revenues Fuel Rally

Solana was the best-performing asset in the CoinDesk 20 Index through the week, advancing 11%, while BTC and ETH declined.

Solana's SOL price (CoinDesk)

Tech

Bitcoin Startup Satflow Targets 'Mempool Sniping' in New Token-Trading Rival to Magic Eden

The project, which recently raised $7.5 million, says the new decentralized exchange (DEX) will target the market for Bitcoin-based tokens including Ordinals NFTs and Runes fungible tokens – aiming to curb unsavory transactional practices that are possible due to the blockchain's long block times.

Satflow takes aim at the practice known as 'mempool sniping' in new decentralized exchange for trading Ordinals and Runes tokens (A.B. Frost/Wikipedia, modified by CoinDesk using PhotoMosh)

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