I spent some time reading through @RomeProtocol, and one detail made me rethink how EVM compatibility on Solana could work.
Why should an Ethereum application need a separate liquidity pool just because its contracts run in a different environment?
That’s the problem Rome is working on.
It runs an EVM inside Solana, allowing Solidity contracts and native Solana programs to interact without moving assets through a bridge.
→ Ethereum developers can bring existing contracts over, keep using familiar development tools, and access liquidity already on Solana.
→ Solana developers can make their appl

A man sold all his belongings and traveled over 1,200 miles to meet a founder he fell in love with online to discover the founder was only interested in his own Hyperliquid product
“Thank you, Jeff” - he whispered, boarding the bus for his 50-hour ride back home

#AltcoinReboundLosesMomentum #Altcoin Rebound Loses Momentum, Is the Market Preparing for Another Major Move?
The cryptocurrency market is sending an important message to traders as the recent altcoin rebound begins to lose momentum. After periods of recovery and renewed buying interest, many alternative cryptocurrencies are struggling to maintain their upward movement. This shift raises a critical question for investors. Was the rebound the beginning of a sustainable recovery, or was it only a temporary pause in the broader correction?
The answer depends on more than short-term price movement

The BTC short grid is closed; the live trading channel takes another bite👅
Make steady progress every day 🫡

The #VOLTARMY wants real gains !
Total Staked today
1.3 Million USD ⚡️⚡️⚡️
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From Harare to the world 🇿🇼 We tap at midnight while others sleep. What's your Pi ritual? #PiNetwork #Gateio #Gate60MUsers
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Day 5: Including an early-morning ETH trade, I made around $130. After reviewing my mistakes: I take profits on small positions, while large positions hit stop-losses or break even—my luck really hasn’t been great. I gave back around $100 of today’s profits. Going forward, I’ll try to keep the margin the same for every trade! Keep pushing, brothers #好好生活

Everyone in the group is calling for a rally, so I’m going contrarian. Look back at the history of trade wars: in every bull or bear market, policy shifts first and volume confirms it later. Funding rates have been positive for three days straight, meaning longs are paying shorts. Chasing longs at this level is just helping someone else cash out. Something they didn’t do during 20 months of having full control—why would they do it only after the midterms? I don’t buy that narrative. If you see it differently, share your reasoning.

Cipher’s $850M AI Bet Draws Scrutiny as Bitcoin Miner Stock Plunges 52%
Bitcoin miner Cipher Digital is facing mounting financial pressure after issuing 40.7 million shares and raising $850 million in fresh convertible debt to fund an aggressive AI expansion.
The company’s shares closed at $8.98 on Oct. 16, down 10.6% for the session and at their lowest level since September 2025, according to Yahoo Finance. Over the past year, Cipher’s stock has lost more than 52% of its value, reflecting investor skepticism about its expensive pivot into high-performance computing infrastructure.
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#SpaceXQ3Earnings SpaceX Q3 earnings: the pre-flight checklist before Tuesday's report
SpaceX reports its third-quarter results on Tuesday, October 20, after the market closes, and the audio webcast starts at 4:30 p.m. ET. This is a big test for the stock, for AI sentiment, and for risk appetite across markets. I put together a countdown-style checklist of what matters, using the latest numbers.
1: where the stock stands at T-minus one day
SPCX closed Friday at $146.03, down 1.74%. It has been under pressure all week: shares fell about 9% this week on AI debt worries and a $40 billion funding

🚨 JUST IN: Ethereum treasury giant Bitmine $BMNR purchases another 12,535 $ETH worth approximately $30.4 MILLION.
The company now holds a massive 6.04 MILLION ETH and could reach its target of owning 5% of Ethereum's total supply in just five weeks if its accumulation pace continues.

#KOSPIFalls3.17%AtOpen KOSPI Falls 3.17% at Open, Is South Korea’s Stock Market Entering a Risk-Off Phase?
South Korea’s stock market has come under renewed pressure after the KOSPI index opened down 3.17%, putting investors on alert and raising important questions about the direction of Asian equities. A decline of this magnitude can quickly change market sentiment, forcing traders to reassess their positions, evaluate potential risks, and reconsider their expectations for the broader economy.
But the bigger question is not simply why the market opened lower. It is whether buyers will step in

#NEARJumpsNearly10%
NEAR Protocol Rally: Is This the Start of the Next Leg or a Pause Before a Pullback?
NEAR has been one of the strongest large-cap Layer 1 tokens over the past few months, and today's move toward the 10 percent range has pulled it back into the center of trader attention. Trading around $5.19 to $5.25 at the time of writing, the token has now climbed from below $2 in early August to above $5 in September, and it has spent the weeks since then testing the $5.00 to $6.00 zone. Before deciding what to do, it helps to understand what is driving the move, what the chart is sayin

ETH is overall neutral to bearish. There is a short-term rebound, but medium-term moving averages, ETF outflows, and macro pressure still prevail, making this a “weak range-bound market with limited rebounds,” not a strongly bullish setup.
Today, ETH is in a volatile standoff between “institutional accumulation and banks moving on-chain” and “ETF outflows and macro tightening,” with bearish factors slightly prevailing.
· Short term: Price is weakly ranging between 2350-2430, with clear resistance overhead at 2429 (MA7) and 2457 (MA200).
· Medium term: ETFs have seen outflows for three consecut

$AVA Up 23.44% in 24 hours, currently at 0.4250, with a high of 0.4316 and 68.7M in trading volume—that’s solid volume by recent altcoin standards.
My strategy: don’t chase. 0.43 is the 24-hour high and a short-term selling-pressure zone. I’ll wait for a pullback to 0.40–0.41 and buy in batches. Stop-loss below 0.385 (the previous breakout level), with initial targets at 0.46–0.48. Keep the position under 15% of total capital and enter in two tranches. For those chasing, remember: if you only want in after a 23% gain, you’re often just lifting the bags for those who got in earlier.
This rally

One of my favorite CT moments ever.

Our results over the weekend and on Monday were freaking awesome, Rui Shen