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A whale loses over $15.5M after buying $74M in Solana at $220 average since Oct 1.Heavy Bet on Solana Turns SourWhale’s Holdings Tracked Across Two WalletsCommunity Reacts to Bold Strategy
Quick Take Summary is AI generated, newsroom reviewed. Vitalik Buterin supports Steak ’n Shake pausing its ETH vote, calling it a principled move. Bitcoin community pressure led to the halt, citing BTC’s superior Lightning performance. ETH averages 15–30 TPS with $3–$10 fees; BTC Lightning offers faster, cheaper payments. Steak ’n Shake processed 120,000 BTC transactions since May 2025 via BitPay. The pause underscores ideological divides shaping crypto merchant adoption in 2025.References X Post Reference
- 09:26Bitcoin Core releases version v30.0ChainCatcher news, Bitcoin Core has released version v30.0. This update brings several new features, performance improvements, bug fixes, and updated multilingual translations. With the release of this version, 27.x and earlier versions have entered the "end of maintenance" phase and will no longer receive updates. Important changes include P2P and network updates, new Bitcoin commands, external signing, IPC mining interface, and more.
- 09:07Data: A new address purchased approximately $520,000 worth of "4" in the past hourAccording to ChainCatcher, on-chain analyst Ai Yi has monitored that as the market cap of the BSC ecosystem Meme coin "4" rebounded to 120 millions USD, a new address purchased approximately 520,000 USD worth of "4" in the past hour, with an average cost of 0.1154 USD.
- 08:55Economist Peter Schiff: The crypto market has not escaped the downtrend, and Strategy's bitcoin paper gains could "evaporate"ChainCatcher reported that economist and cryptocurrency critic Peter Schiff posted on X, stating: "The cryptocurrency market massacre continues, with bitcoin price falling below 110,000 US dollars and ethereum price dropping below 3,700 US dollars. If ethereum further breaks the key support level of 3,350 US dollars, its price is likely to plunge to 1,500 US dollars, representing a nearly 70% drop from its all-time high. If this happens, bitcoin price could fall to around 75,000 US dollars, a 40% decline from its peak, wiping out all paper gains of Strategy."