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Zcash (ZEC) has staged one of the most dramatic rallies in the crypto market this year, surging by nearly 390% over the past month and adding more than $3 billion in market capitalization, according to data retrieved by Finbold from CoinMarketCap on October 10, 2025. Zcash 1-day price chart. Source: Finbold At press time, Zcash coin traded at $237.85, up 33% in the last 24 hours, with daily trading volumes exceeding $1.47 billion, a 94% jump from the day prior. ZEC 1 month market cap. Source: CoinMarketCap The rally lifted ZEC’s market cap to $3.84 billion, compared with just $784 million on September 10, highlighting renewed institutional and retail interest in privacy-focused cryptocurrencies. Why is Zcash (ZEC) price going up? The sharp advance has been fueled by a mix of privacy demand, institutional adoption, and technical momentum. The privacy narrative has resurfaced amid debates around surveillance, CBDCs, and government oversight. On October 7...

It has been a while since the crypto markets witnessed a stunning Dogecoin price rally. The token has long been stuck at price levels ranging between $0.20 and $0.25, unable to break past to explore new price highs. That being said, Dogecoin is still holding on to the hope, with analysts issuing a new forecast, triggering a wave of excitement within the DOGE community. Also Read: Is Elon Musk Dogecoin’s Only Hope for Reaching $1? Dogecoin Aiming for New Moonshots Source: Forbes Dogecoin had once dreamed of surpassing Shiba Inu, the OG memecoin that had once ruled over the cryptocurrency markets. With the retail activities taking a pause, Dogecoin stumbled gradually, falling to explore new lows the majority of 2025. However, with the DOGE ETF murmurs gaining significant momentum, Dogecoin is expected to gain some of its strength back, aiming to hit new highs once the market interest peaks again. That being said, Javon Marks, a leading cryptocurrency analyst, has come up with a new bulli...

Global finance is getting an upgrade, with a new tokenized index that blends digital assets with crypto-focused equities. S&P Global is launching the S&P Digital Markets 50 Index, which will track 15 top cryptocurrencies and 35 blockchain-linked public companies in a single benchmark. The index will be investable through a token called dShares, developed in partnership with the crypto asset firm Dinari. The index will select crypto assets from S&P’s existing Cryptocurrency Broad Digital Market Index, each with a minimum $300 million market cap, and equities tied to digital assets, requiring at least $100 million cap. S&P Dow Jones Indices’ chief product officer Cameron Drinkwater says the firm hopes the product “moves crypto from margins to mainstream.” The hybrid tool will include firms like the Bitcoin treasury giant MicroStrategy (MSTR), Coinbase (COIN) and Riot Platforms (RIOT). No component will exceed 5% weighting, ...

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The word ‘De-dollarization’ is an easy prey for politicians and leaders to drum up negativity against the US dollar. While it’s a strong word on paper to rewrite policies for trade, in reality, the truth is stranger than fiction. The challenges are enormous and need to meet various parameters to achieve the feat. The US dollar is grounded deep in the financial space, making it irreplaceable for decades. The dream of developing countries to make de-dollarization a reality will face hurdles at every step. They aim to uproot the US dollar without even making their currency stronger in the forex markets. That is like dreaming of playing the guitar like a rock star without wanting the troubles of learning the instrument. Also Read: IMF Demands Zimbabwe To Provide More Details on De-Dollarization Plans The 3 Challenges Facing De-Dollarization Operational Costs Source: CBR.ru Transitioning away from the US dollar needs massive government spending to update its financial syste...

Although Bitcoin (BTC) has corrected after hitting an all-time high above $125,000, an analyst has noted that technical indicators suggest there is still room for the asset to reach $160,000 in the coming months. As of press time, Bitcoin was trading at $124,874, up about 1.2% in the last 24 hours, and has rallied over 10% in the past week. Bitcoin one-week price chart. Source: Finbold Now, according to insights from TradingShot , Bitcoin’s move toward the $125,700 record high confirmed a breakout above a long-standing resistance level.  In a TradingView post on October 6, the expert indicated that this level turned into strong support, reinforcing the ongoing bull cycle pattern. Bitcoin price analysis chart. Source: TradingView The outlook noted that Bitcoin is forming a series of higher lows within a clear ascending trend line, supported by the 50-week moving average (MA).  This setup indicates continued upward momentum, mirroring the bullis...

The possibility of Shiba Inu reaching a new all-time high has become a subject of intense discussion following the forecast made by analyst YourPOP who forecasted Shiba Inu could reach record highs before 2025. The price forecast estimates an almost 600% increase in price between the present value of 0.00001259 and the last peak of 0.00008616. Also Read: Analysts Debate: Will Shiba Inu Come Back After Massive Price Decline? Shiba Inu 2025 Forecast Highlights SHIB Price Prediction And Market Trends Source: Watcher.Guru Analyst Projects New ATH Before Year-End Crypto analyst YourPOP has made a bold call, and he’s urging his nearly 250,000 followers to bookmark his forecast of a new all-time high for Shiba Inu before the end of 2025. Right now, SHIB trades around $0.00001259, which means it would need to skyrocket by nearly 600% to hit its previous peak of $0.00008616 that investors witnessed four years ago. $SHIB new ATH before the end of 2025. Bookmark this. — YourPOP (@Yourp...

Crypto bros tracking bitcoin’s (BTC) price against re-releases of the McDonald’s McRib got a little too excited this week when an online news outlet mistakenly reported the sandwich’s return. Analyst Jack McCordic, known as “internbrah” on X, claims the McRib has “historically” heralded an up-to-2X increase in BTC’s price.  McCordic’s graph shows that when the McCrib returned to the US in 2020 and 2023, and the UK in 2024, the price of BTC increased by 237%, 71% and 58% respectively in the months that followed. He does, however, fail to note that when the McCrib was released in November 2021 in the US, the price of BTC actually fell by 74% .  The McRib is back. BTC historically goes up >2x after the McRib returns. Don’t fade the McRib. Not financial advice. pic.twitter.com/jKyTvvOSEo — internbrah (@internbrah) October 2, 2025 The bitcoin chart with McRib re-releases fails to mention at least three other McRib returns in the US. Read...

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BlackRock, the world’s largest asset manager, has crossed a line that once seemed unthinkable: through its iShares Bitcoin Trust (IBIT), it now controls around 3.8% of the total Bitcoin supply. As Bloomberg’s Senior ETF analyst Eric Balchunas quipped, an equity ETF would need to amass “$2.2 trillion in assets” to achieve a similar footprint in its underlying market. By contrast, SPY, the granddaddy of equity ETFs with three decades of history, only holds about 1.1% of most stocks. IBIT, still a toddler by ETF standards, has managed in a year what traditional funds could not in a generation. IBIT owning 3.8% of all the bitcoin is bonkers if you think about it. An equity ETF would need to have $2.2 trillion in assets to have as much ownership of its underlying asset class. eg $SPY owns 1.1% of most stocks and it's 32yrs old, IBIT is still a toddler. https://t.co/tgQ6bZxyWB — Eric Balchunas (@EricBalchunas) September 30, 2025 The scale is stag...