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I believe crypto could catch the market off guard with a sharp rally.
Here’s what I’m watching:
• US spot Bitcoin ETFs still finished Oct 19–23 +$301M net, despite heavy outflows late in the week.
• DTCC has already processed live production trades using tokenised securities, with its tokenisation service expected in Q4.
• Aviva has launched another tokenised fund share class on the XRP Ledger.
• The Fed decision, PCE inflation and US GDP all land this week. If the data and guidance ease pressure on yields, risk appetite could turn quickly.
None of this guarantees a rally. ETF flows have been volatile, and macro can still disappoint.
But the institutional rails are being built while the market is focused on the fear.
What catalyst do you think the market is underpricing?
The ETF week was positive overall, but flows reversed sharply on Oct 22–23. DTCC confirms the production trades and expected Q4 launch; Aviva’s latest XRP Ledger share-class launch was reported today. The Fed meeting is Oct 27–28, and BEA has GDP and PCE scheduled for Oct 29.
What’s your thoughts ?
🇬🇧 “Be ready to fight and win a war within 1,000 days.”
That’s the warning from Britain’s Defence Secretary, who says Russia’s military could be in a position to attack by 2030.
But he also says this is not based on intelligence of an imminent attack. The message is about preparing Britain and its NATO allies for a growing threat.
That distinction matters. This is a stark warning about the years ahead not confirmation that war is about to begin.
SpaceX has raised $40B in debt to buy AI chips.
The key detail? Musk says SpaceX can borrow because it has revenue from Starlink and rocket launches. He reckons more than 200 AI “neocloud” companies could consolidate down to just a few survivors.
The AI infrastructure race is getting brutally expensive. Strong revenue and access to capital may decide who’s still standing when the dust settles.
AI has a huge future. But not every company building data centres is going to make it.
. @coingecko currently puts EDEL’s market cap at about $21.1M and its FDV at about $30.4M. Edel’s docs list tokenized stocks and EDELx on Canton as live; Edel Markets is still on testnet, with mainnet not yet open.
base:0xfb31f85a8367210b2e4ed2360d2da9dc2d2ccc95 is sitting around a $21M market cap.
My personal bull case is $1B.
The thesis is tokenized equities meeting real on-chain markets. Edel already has tokenized stocks live and EDELx live on Canton. The next big test is turning that infrastructure into real usage as the product grows.
If execution and adoption come, I believe the market could value EDEL very differently.
That’s my bull case, not a promise. Still early and I am buying every dip so I am either a genius or stupid but only time will show that answer!
@edeldotfinance
GM and happy Sunday ☀️
I’m off to the beach for the day with friends to celebrate a birthday. Hope you all have a brilliant one too!
What are your plans today?
Let’s get my close mate’s kids the support they deserve as they chase their Muay Thai dreams 🥊
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These kids are the next big thing. Who’s backing them? Tag a mate and repost so more people see their journey.
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$EDEL has more going on than a chart.
@edeldotfinance says its stock-token products have passed $10M in trading volume, with Nvidia- and SpaceX-linked assets now in the mix.
The catalysts to watch:
• $EDEL staking for Canton Coin rewards, with fee discounts and multipliers discussed
• Edel Markets moving from testnet toward mainnet
• More tokenized assets and activity on Canton
• Edel’s place in the DTCC tokenization working group
None of that guarantees price action, and staking details and the Markets launch date still need confirmation. But if Edel keeps turning product activity into real utility, this is a project I’ll be watching closely and I am filling my bags on every dip!
. @CoinDCX , India’s largest crypto exchange, denies it suffered a new hack after about $16 million in USDT and some TRX moved from wallets linked to the exchange on October 21.
The exchange says the wallets were compromised in its July 2025 breach and haven’t been used since, and that customer funds are safe. But blockchain investigators, including ZachXBT, dispute that timeline: they say at least one of the wallets continued handling deposits after the 2025 incident. The transfers are visible on-chain; whether this was a fresh breach or whether customers lost money remains unconfirmed.
The key issue: the exchange’s explanation conflicts with the reported wallet activity after the earlier hack. The on-chain evidence raises questions, but by itself it doesn’t establish who controlled the wallets or prove a new intrusion.