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One important distinction:

$130K is above Bitcoin’s previous record near $126K, so that 3% market is asking for more than simply setting any new all-time high.

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Bitcoin’s odds of hitting $130K before year-end have fallen to around 3% on Polymarket.

A recovery to $100K looks more achievable — traders are pricing that at roughly 21%.

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Wall Street closes at 4 p.m.

Tokenized stocks don’t.

Around 60% of tokenized-equity trading volume now happens outside regular US market hours, while the number of onchain equity products has climbed above 360 — up 200% YTD.

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The appeal is obvious: investors can get equity-linked exposure overnight and on weekends.

But 24/7 access brings trade-offs too — including thinner liquidity, wider spreads and tokens that may offer price exposure without shareholder rights.

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The risk goes beyond simply guessing whether BTC goes up or down.

Funding payments, margin requirements and automatic liquidations all come into play — and Webull hasn’t yet disclosed its maximum leverage or full customer fee schedule.

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Webull is bringing Kalshi’s crypto perpetual futures to eligible US traders in November.

That means exposure to Bitcoin and selected crypto prices through leveraged contracts — without actually owning coins you can withdraw to a wallet.

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What happened next?

Bitcoin gained roughly 94% in 2019 and more than 150% in 2023.

Could 2026 follow the same pattern? Maybe — but two previous cycles are a pattern, not a guarantee.

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Bitcoin is heading into the Nov. 3 US midterms with history getting traders’ attention.

BTC suffered steep corrections during both the 2018 and 2022 midterm years — before eventually establishing late-year bottoms.

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Visa Direct’s broader payout network reaches 180+ countries.

Important distinction: that does not mean USDC funding itself is available in all 180+ markets.

Still, it’s another major step toward stablecoins becoming part of mainstream payment infrastructure.

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Visa just moved USDC-powered international payouts from pilot to commercial deployment.

Through Inyo Global, eligible businesses can use USDC to prefund payments in near real time instead of relying entirely on traditional banking hours. 🌍

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Here’s where SUI comes in:

The Sui Foundation uses stablecoin yield to buy SUI on the open market, then redistributes those tokens to ecosystem participants.

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Sui’s native stablecoin USDsui has hit a record $80M in circulation, up about 20.5% in 90 days.

Issued by Stripe-owned Bridge, it’s designed for payments, DeFi, wallets and gaming across the Sui ecosystem.

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The real opportunity may be collateral.

Citi says tokenized assets could move 24/7, settle faster and remain usable across borders — while traditional and blockchain systems continue operating side by side.

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Citi says tokenization has moved beyond pilot programs and into real institutional infrastructure.

Its base case: $5.5T in tokenized financial assets by 2030, with a bull case of $8.2T.

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One important caveat: 72M deployed contracts does not mean 72M successful apps or developers.

Still, the growth points to continued onchain development even through a choppy market.

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Ethereum has now passed 72M cumulative smart contract deployments, up roughly 20% from 60M in January.

Daily active addresses have also remained relatively resilient despite ETH’s volatile price.

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And if public-key cryptography did suddenly fail, Bitcoin wouldn’t be the only problem.

Banking, secure communications and other critical systems would also be exposed.

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Could AI really crack Bitcoin’s cryptography within months?

Ledger CTO Charles Guillemet is pushing back on those fears, arguing that recent AI-driven mathematical progress does not prove an imminent break of Bitcoin’s ECDSA security.

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Polymarket bans trading by people who can influence an outcome.

But identifying jurors, lawyers or court staff behind crypto wallets is much harder. ⚖️

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Polymarket users are now betting on murder verdicts — raising a new insider-risk problem.

More than $500K was reportedly wagered after Lindsay Clancy’s mistrial, with another $300K+ on the Tyler Robinson case.