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Odaily report: Analysts from three Wall Street firms—Cantor Fitzgerald, TD Cowen, and Compass Point—all believe that despite Binance suffering an approximately $6.3 billion hack, there is currently insufficient evidence to suggest the incident will threaten the broader crypto market, and the market's prior recovery trend is unlikely to be interrupted as a result.Cantor Fitzgerald analyst Ramsey El-Assal noted that Tether has frozen over $1.5 billion in stolen assets, Circle has frozen approximately $800 million, and Ripple has frozen about $200 million, with Binance stating that the total frozen stolen funds currently amount to roughly $3 billion. He believes the crypto industry is gradually improving its ability to respond to such security incidents and expects crypto-related stocks such as Coinbase, Robinhood, and Strategy to rebound once market panic subsides, recommending that investors buy on the dip.TD Cowen analyst Lance Vitanza believes the attack exposed security weaknesses in Binance's own transaction signing infrastructure rather than flaws in the underlying technology of cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin, and that the market sell-off may present an opportunity to accumulate Bitcoin and shares of listed companies holding Bitcoin.Compass Point analysts believe Binance has sufficient liquidity to cover the funding gap, and expect its excess USDT reserves, BTC reserves, and USDC funds to be adequate to absorb the losses. However, the firm also warned that Binance compensating customers could put pressure on stablecoin supply and may drive users to migrate from centralized exchanges to competing platforms such as Coinbase, Bullish, and Hyperliquid. (CoinDesk)
Odaily report: Crypto analyst Darkfost posted that although Binance yesterday suffered an attack suspected to be linked to the North Korean hacker group Lazarus Group, with losses of approximately $6.3 billion—the largest theft in crypto industry history—the platform's reserve assets only declined modestly, and the impact on users appears limited.Data shows that during the attack, Binance saw outflows of 18,279 BTC, 185 million XRP, and $1.67 billion USDT at one point; ETH flowed out in two batches, totaling 246,840 coins (167,464 and 79,376 respectively). Based on same-day reserve changes, BTC reserves fell 3.1% to over 682,000 coins, ETH dropped 8.5% to 3.3 million coins, XRP declined 8% to 2.47 billion coins, and USDT decreased 6.3% to $34.1 billion.Additionally, Binance stated it has frozen approximately $3 billion in related assets, including $1.567 billion USDT and over $800 million USDC, and pledged to absorb losses through the SAFU fund and company reserves. Darkfost believes the magnitude of change in Binance's reserve assets indicates the platform still possesses a certain capacity to absorb shocks.
Odaily report: A wallet suspected to be associated with the Binance hack incident received tens of thousands of ETH through a Uniswap contract and borrowed 19,762 ETH on Aave using approximately $60 million in USDT as collateral. On-chain records do not show any vulnerabilities in Uniswap or Aave.As of 22:07 UTC, the two wallets held approximately 253,000 ETH, worth about $570 million, with no outgoing transfers recorded. Aave has paused the Ethereum mainnet V3 market, and Kamino has also paused borrowing in the SOL/BTC market; Ripple has frozen approximately $200 million in RLUSD, and more than $2 billion in USDT and USDC has been frozen by stablecoin issuers. (Decrypt)
Whale Alert monitoring shows that approximately 185 million XRP (valued at around $236 million) were transferred from Binance to an unknown new wallet.
Odaily reports: Crypto analyst Ali has stated that $1.26 may currently be the lower boundary of the price channel XRP has formed since August. If this support level is broken, the price could first decline to $1.11, and further downside could reach $0.98, roughly 22% below $1.26.Ali believes that if whales continue selling, XRP could fall to $0.98. Data shows that over the past few weeks, the number of wallets holding between 10 million and 100 million XRP has dropped from 351 to 339; meanwhile, the amount of XRP held on exchanges has risen from 11.003 billion to approximately 11.05 billion, an increase of about 50 million, and has remained at a high level over the past week, potentially indicating increased selling pressure.
Odaily reports: Franklin Templeton on Thursday issued approximately $150 million worth of tokenized money market fund shares on the XRP Ledger, bringing the related shares on that network to nearly 193 million. At $1.039 per share as recorded in transaction records, the related shares are worth approximately $200 million in total. The new shares were issued through two subscription transactions of $75 million each, both transferred to the same wallet, which as a result holds all of the fund's shares on the XRP Ledger. On-chain records show that this wallet shares the same 8 authorized signer addresses as Franklin Templeton's issuance account, with any two addresses able to jointly approve transactions. It is currently unclear whether the wallet represents a single investor or is held by a custodian on behalf of multiple clients' assets; the identity of the relevant investors and the source of funds have not been disclosed. These tokens correspond to shares of Franklin Templeton's Singapore-registered OnChain U.S. Dollar Short-Term Money Market Fund. The fund primarily invests in short-term U.S. dollar debt and money market instruments, with returns reflected in the share price. The fund's tokenized assets on the XRP Ledger rank second in size only to Ripple's RLUSD stablecoin. Holding the related tokens requires approval from the issuer, and the issuer also retains the authority to freeze balances and claw back tokens.
Odaily reports: U.S. spot Bitcoin ETFs saw a net outflow of $635.6 million on Thursday, the largest single-day net outflow since June. Among them, BlackRock's IBIT saw a net outflow of $254.1 million, Fidelity's FBTC saw a net outflow of $217.5 million, and Ark Invest and 21Shares' ARKB saw a net outflow of $109.4 million. Morgan Stanley's MSBT bucked the trend with a net inflow of $2.3 million; since its launch in April this year, the fund has recorded only one single-day net outflow.Despite the large outflow on Thursday, U.S. spot Bitcoin ETFs still recorded cumulative net inflows of $442.7 million this week. Since their launch in January 2024, such ETFs have accumulated more than $57 billion in net inflows, with assets under management exceeding $100 billion. Meanwhile, U.S. spot Ethereum ETFs saw a net outflow of $110.6 million on Thursday, Solana and Hyperliquid ETFs also saw outflows, while XRP ETFs recorded a net inflow of $3.6 million.In the market, Bitcoin fell to about $81,500 at one point on Friday, down 3.4% over the past 24 hours. The selloff in U.S. tech stocks spread to Asian markets, compounded by concerns over AI spending and geopolitical tensions, weighing on crypto market performance. Over the past 24 hours, liquidations of leveraged positions in the crypto market totaled at least $440 million, of which about $397 million were long liquidations. Jeff Anderson, head of STS Digital's U.S. division, said the market has recently remained in a trading range of $80,000 to $86,000, and attention should be paid to the direction of a breakout from the range. (The Block)
Odaily reports: According to Odaily monitoring, during this monitoring period, a certain address's unrealized gain peaked at $165,900 and currently stands at $108,600, retracing $57,200 from the peak. It currently holds an XRP short position with a position value of approximately $1,890,200.Address: 0x77375a8c9d13bf79afb2a87f1b0ac1dfd5f5bf66; Total PnL: $15,608,300 (sample as of 2026-10-21 06:10)
According to the on-chain analytics platform CryptoQuant, cumulative XRP inflows from whales to Binance reached 1.669 billion XRP over the past 30 days, hitting a seven-month high and surpassing the previous peak of approximately 1.65 billion XRP in September. These large inflows may increase market sell-off pressure, but could also be attributed to asset redistribution among whale wallets. Further assessment will require a comprehensive analysis of net flows, trading volume, and price trends.
According to Lookonchain, as the cryptocurrency market continues to decline, a large short trader on the decentralized exchange Aster with address 0xDD6A has accumulated over $6.4 million in realized gains. Currently, the trader holds 20x short positions in BTC, ETH, SOL, XRP, and DOGE, with a total position size of $24.6 million, maintaining a 100% win rate across these positions.
Odaily reports: Bitwise analyst Ishmael Asad posted on X that Bitwise is currently working with over 20 wealth management platforms, which collectively manage approximately $24 trillion in assets. Bitwise is also pushing these platforms to approve crypto asset exchange-traded products (ETPs) so that their investment advisors can offer clients access to crypto asset allocation.Currently, among the institutions Bitwise works with, 17 have approved crypto-related equity ETPs, 11 have approved Bitcoin ETPs, 6 have approved Ethereum ETPs, 6 have approved top-10 crypto asset portfolio ETPs, and 2 have approved Solana ETPs, with 1 each approving a Bitcoin and gold combo ETP and an XRP ETP.Asad stated that since the first batch of spot crypto ETFs launched in January 2024, crypto ETPs have seen cumulative net inflows of approximately $77 billion. Currently, there are over 50 spot crypto ETPs in the U.S. market, and the number continues to grow, covering BTC, ETH, SOL, AVAX, LINK, XRP, ZEC, HYPE, crypto asset portfolios, and more. Additionally, wealth management institutions' interest in crypto assets continues to grow, with related demand extending from ETPs to crypto trading and custody, payments, and tokenization.
according to crypto analyst alicharts, during this Bitcoin pullback, whale cohorts have adopted an accumulation strategy for major cryptocurrencies. Over the past 72 hours, whale cohorts accumulated approximately 15,000 BTC, over 166,000 ETH, and 45 million XRP.
Renowned trader Ansem posted a question to the community: "Aside from USD and BTC, how many tokens can you name that have still hit all-time highs after surviving a full bull-bear cycle?" Crypto KOL @0xaporia compiled findings showing that, excluding BTC, only 8 tokens meet the criteria of "ranked in the top 100 by market cap in 2021 and hit new all-time highs in 2025." Excluding wrapped assets, these include only BNB, XRP, TRX, LEO, and OKB.
Odaily Report: Renowned trader Doctor Profit posted on X platform stating that due to the current excessive leverage in the altcoin market, altcoin spot trading volume has now reached 4 times that of Bitcoin, indicating an overheated market condition. As a result, he chose to take profits and exit his altcoin positions. His ONDO holdings were sold at a 73% profit, while he also exited HBAR and XRP with minor gains. At this stage, he has no intention of buying altcoins in the current environment and expects the market to be on the verge of a correction.Doctor Profit previously predicted a rise to $88,000 when Bitcoin's price dropped to $60,000. Now after the rally, he expects Bitcoin may pull back to $79,000. He revealed that he had already shorted BTC at the $86,200 level and set additional short orders in the $86,500 to $89,500 range. Meanwhile, his BTC positions as well as his ETH, CRCL, and COIN positions in the "Galactic Three" portfolio remain unchanged.
Odaily reports: Crypto analyst Ali posted on X platform that during the past week of overall sideways trading in the crypto market, whale holdings across different assets showed notable divergence.Data shows that Bitcoin whale holdings decreased by approximately 30,000 BTC, worth about $2.52 billion, indicating that large holders are reducing their Bitcoin exposure. In contrast, Ethereum whales increased their holdings by approximately 60,000 ETH during the same period, worth about $162 million; while XRP whale holdings remained largely stable, with total holdings staying around 3.9 billion XRP over the past week, showing no significant changes.Ali's analysis points out that the market is currently exhibiting a divergent pattern of "Bitcoin whales reducing holdings, Ethereum whales buying, and XRP whales staying on the sidelines," and these related changes are worth watching.
老牌交易员 Peter Brandt 将比特币本周期峰值预期上调至 30 万至 60 万美元，并提示 10 月初或现技术性回撤。其同时看空 XRP 投资价值，建议投资者将加密仓位控制在 10% 以内并以 BTC 为主。
Odaily reports: Veteran trader Peter Brandt says Bitcoin has likely bottomed out for this cycle and entered a new bull market. He has raised his cycle top forecast from the previous $250,000 to $300,000 to $300,000 to $600,000 by late 2029, adding that hitting $500,000 is "very likely."However, Peter Brandt warns that Bitcoin could pull back to $65,000 to $66,000 in early October to flush out momentum chasers. Brandt is also skeptical of XRP's investment value, calling it a "fool coin," and said that XRP having payment use cases and Ripple having banking partners does not necessarily mean its value will rise. (Cointelegraph)
Odaily News: Bitcoin fell back to around $83,600 on Friday, down about 1% from the previous trading day, after briefly touching around $87,000, reaching that level for the first time in months. Market analysis suggests that the expiry of $1.56 billion in Bitcoin options on Deribit may have exacerbated short-term volatility, as market makers typically unwind their hedging positions after options expiry.Over the past 24 hours, BTC open interest and trading volume fell by 14.39% and 13.68% respectively, with long and short liquidations relatively balanced—long liquidations totaled $161.96 million and short liquidations $156.1 million—indicating that leveraged funds are readjusting. On the technical side, BTC's 50-day moving average remains above its 200-day moving average, forming a "golden cross," and the short-term trend is still viewed as relatively strong.Meanwhile, Bitcoin spot ETFs saw net inflows of $299.09 million on Friday, though this was lower than the single-day inflow levels seen earlier in the week. By contrast, XRP rose 4.37% over the past 24 hours and 15.45% over the past 7 days, currently trading at around $1.58; Solana rose 3.36% over the past 24 hours and 9.33% over the past 7 days, currently trading at around $119.84. The next macro data points the market is watching are the U.S. Personal Consumption Expenditures (PCE) inflation data due on September 30 and the September nonfarm payrolls report due on October 2. (Decrypt)
crypto analyst Ali posted on X platform that over the past five days, XRP whales have accumulated more than 470 million XRP, worth approximately $724 million. Meanwhile, a "head and shoulders bottom" pattern continues to form on the XRP daily chart, and a bullish breakout may be approaching.
Bitget CEO Gracy Chen posted a 12-hour progress report on the security incident on X, including:1. Affected assets include ETH, XRP (largest single-chain loss), BNB, AVAX, USDT, USDC, and other tokens. Affected chains include: Ethereum, XRP Ledger, Arbitrum, Avalanche, Optimism, BSC, and Base. All on-chain cold wallets have been confirmed secure and unaffected.2. All foundations of the affected chains have been contacted, and some foundations have confirmed the freezing of the hacker's wallet addresses.3. Based on IP behavioral characteristics and on-chain analysis, the attack methodology is highly consistent with known patterns of North Korean hacker groups. Relevant authorities have been notified, and full cooperation is being provided for a global investigation.4. Bitget Wallet (decentralized wallet) operates completely independently from Bitget exchange infrastructure, and this incident has no impact on it. Bitget Wallet assets are completely safe.5. Transparent disclosure regarding the platform's financial status: In addition to over $464 million in protection funds (all held in publicly verifiable wallet addresses), Bitget's own assets exceed $1 billion. User funds are covered at a 1:1 ratio, and all data can be verified on-chain.6. Regarding withdrawal recovery timing: The goal is to achieve full recovery as soon as possible. Once a specific time window is confirmed, an announcement will be made immediately. No commitment will be made to timelines that cannot be fulfilled.