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Omkar Godbole is a Co-Managing Editor and analyst on CoinDesk’s Markets team. He has been covering crypto options and futures, as well as macro and cross-asset activity, since 2019, leveraging his prior experience in directional and non-directional derivative strategies at brokerage firms. His extensive background also encompasses the FX markets, having served as a fundamental…

The BTC price prediction debate has changed since Bitcoin closed above its 50-week moving average in the week ending September 20. That longer-term trend marker, followed by a run toward an eight-month high, has encouraged traders to ask whether the recovery can extend. Further gains still depend on buying.

Borrowing dollars against Bitcoin costs about 3.8%–13.8% a year in the larger DeFi markets right now, and 7.49%–11.5% APR from lenders, depending on loan size and LTV. Lending out Bitcoin pays much less: close to 0% in DeFi, and up to about 4.7%–5.7% on centralized platforms.

Tether is trying to contain concerns around one of its banking counterparties after U.S. authorities seized assets connected with EQIBank’s payment infrastructure.

The sale was organized by Say No to Data Centers Morgan County, a group that formed to oppose a proposed bitcoin mining facility near residents’ homes. What started as a request for donations on Facebook turned into a full-fledged fundraiser, with neighbors contributing whatever they could spare in the weeks leading up to the event.

Lido’s long-running effort to give stETH holders more influence over protocol governance has moved another step forward.

US spot Bitcoin ETFs took in roughly $2.4 billion on a net basis in the week to September 25. According to The Block that is the strongest week since October 2025, and it is enough to push the 2026 year-to-date balance from negative into positive territory for the first time. Two things matter in that…

Ethena is pushing the trading strategy behind USDe beyond crypto assets and into tokenized stocks.

Bitget has published a substantial update on this week’s security breach, increasing the confirmed amount transferred to attacker-controlled wallets and laying out a timetable for restoring withdrawals.

Circle’s Arc ecosystem is adding identity infrastructure from Socure as financial applications begin building fiat-to-stablecoin onboarding directly into the network.