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A honeypot token is a crypto token whose contract lets anyone buy but stops most or all holders from selling. The buyer sees a price on a chart, yet every sell attempt fails or returns almost nothing. The deployer, or a few approved wallets, are the only ones able to cash out. What is a honeypot token? A honeypot is a scam built into the token's own code. On a normal token, buying and selling follow the same transfer rules. In a honeypot, the contract contains a hidden condition that treats sells differently from buys. The condition can be a blocklist, a sell tax set close to the maximum, a switch the owner can flip at any time, or a transfer check that only whitelisted addresses pass. The name comes from security research, where a honeypot is bait that lures an attacker. Here the roles are reversed: the token is the bait and the buyer is the target. Because the chart still shows trades, a honeypot can look active and even look like it is rising. Those trades are mostly buys from p...

A new token listing on a decentralized exchange needs no approval. Anyone can deploy a token contract, pair it with another asset in a liquidity pool, and trading starts once the pool holds funds. Because nothing screens these launches, the checks fall to the reader. How does a token get listed on a DEX? Centralized exchanges review a project before they list it. A decentralized exchange does not. It runs as a set of smart contracts, and those contracts accept any token that follows the standard interface for its network. A typical launch has four steps: Deploy the token contract. The creator publishes code that sets the name, symbol and total supply. The full supply usually lands in the deployer wallet. Create a trading pair. The DEX factory contract creates a pool that pairs the new token with a base asset such as the network coin or a stablecoin. Add liquidity. The creator deposits some tokens and some of the base asset into the pool. The deposit sets the starting price. ...

Perceptron, a distributed intelligence infrastructure company, has announced a strategic migration to Walrus, a data platform built for artificial intelligence (AI) applications. With Perceptron’s network spanning more than 800,000 global contributor nodes, the adoption of Walrus as its primary storage layer marks an important milestone in how datasets are stored, verified, and distributed. Specifically, the two partners are looking to replace legacy centralized storage systems with one that relies on advanced cryptographic proof-of-data integrity and immutable history principles. As a result, users will be able to verify chain custody themselves. “The decentralized brain that’s been connected to a centralized memory has left clients guessing. Not anymore. With Walrus, the data is signed, and our clients can now verify the chain of custody themselves. This shift from trust to verify yourself is exactly what the market has been waiting for,” Peter Anthony, Co-founder ...

Ledger has been accused of failing to “read the room” after the company unveiled its new $849 Atom wallet device just days after falling victim to an $86 million draining hack which led to it suspending multiple resellers. Users on X have called Ledger’s Atom announcement the “worst timing ever,” with others suggesting that the announcement should have been delayed.  Whoever thought it's a good idea announcing a new product right after everything that took place recently needs to be fired asap — tøny (@tonyler_) October 15, 2026 Read more: Ledger asks more Southeast Asia resellers to halt wallet sales The Atom, which Ledger says is “not designed to replace your phone,” is a security-focused Android device that looks like a phone but without the ability to make calls and send texts.  According to The Verge , it will use an eSIM that will be restricted to data capabilities only. Users can still download apps, so in practice, data can ...

An anomaly appeared on the Nasdaq stock exchange yesterday when, per an estimate by data provider Ortex, 99% of the shares in public medical tech company MiniMed Group Inc.’s float were sold-short.  In contrast to buyers, short-sellers borrow stock to sell first, hoping to repay shares at a lower price to close their loan with profit. Up from 47.6% on September 15 and 77% a week earlier, MiniMed’s short interest skyrocketed to an almost unbelievable high yesterday as short-sellers borrowed and sold almost the entire float, i.e. every share of the company available for public trading on Nasdaq’s exchange. Ortex specializes in live short interest estimates for publicly traded companies. It updates data daily from securities-lending data, often days ahead of official, twice-monthly exchange reports.  According to its data from securities lenders, shares of Minimed’s common stock on loan nearly equaled the company’s full float yesterday, with available stoc...

As BlackRock Inc. (NYSE: BLK) aggressively accelerated its digital asset and blockchain footprint, as Finbold reported, Ondo (ONDO), the governance token for the Ondo Finance ecosystem and the Ondo DAO , has emerged as a primary beneficiary. Over the past 24 hours through September 24, 2026, Ondo’s price rocketed by 24.19%, trading at approximately $0.517 at the time of writing.  ONDO price chart for 24 hours. Source: Finbold This significant uptick for the ONDO ERC-20 token was catalyzed by a partnership announcement with BlackRock earlier on Thursday. Ondo Finance announced the launch of Ondo Intelligent Portfolios , a suite of tokenized and multi-asset investment portfolios built around model strategies, developed by BlackRock.  The initial rollout debuts three distinct portfolio tokens – including ⁠BLKHIon⁠ for high income, ⁠BLKDIGon⁠ for diversified growth, and ⁠BLKGRWon⁠ for high growth. As such, Ondo Intelligent Portfolios ensures eligible ...

The Federal Reserve has raised interest rates by 25 basis points after Wednesday’s FOMC (Federal Open Market Committee) meeting. While many anticipated the cryptocurrency market to face a correction in the event of an interest rate hike, the developing pattern is quite contrary. CoinGecko data shows that Bitcoin (BTC) has rallied by 0.5% in the last 24 hours. Let’s discuss why Bitcoin (BTC) is not going down despite the Federal Reserve raising interest rates. Why Is Bitcoin Not Going Down Despite Interest Rates Going Up? Source: Forbes One possible reason why Bitcoin (BTC) has gained in the last 24 hours instead of facing a correction is that the asset already faced a correction on Wednesday on account of the CLARITY Act not passing through the US Senate. BTC faced a steep dip, falling to the $75,000 price level. It is possible that investors have exhausted the selling pressure. Also Read: Crypto Market Crashes After CLARITY Failure: More Risk Ahead Another reason for Bitcoi...

Z Squared, a public company that got Dogecoin mining rigs from a fund advertising 28% annual returns for investors, is facing SEC enforcement actions, a new seven-figure lawsuit from retirees, and a stock price down 76% over the past year. Reitrees Paula and Stephen Darby, both 77 years old, sued Broad Street Global Management, LLC, BroadStreet, Inc, Steven Baldassarra, and Joseph Baldassarra in Miami federal court on September 4, and the court issued summons yesterday. The Darbys allege that the Baldassarras “are trying to steal over half a billion dollars from their own investors, including the Darbys’ approximate $1,415,373 .” All-time chart of Z Squared. Source: TradingView Anyone can make allegations in a civil lawsuit, which aren’t necessarily indicative of wrongdoing. Readers of a legal complaint shouldn’t interpret initial claims by plaintiffs seeking money as accurate nor probable. The Broad Street Global Fund allegedly transferred investm...

Search interest in XRP price prediction October results is climbing right now, and the forecasts themselves sit anywhere between $0.80 on the low end and $1.60 on the high end, and that gap alone says a lot about how split the market still is. Anyone running an XRP price prediction 2026 search is really asking one thing, whether XRP will go up before the CLARITY Act and the Fed both weigh in this September. At the time of writing, XRP trades near $1.45, and the XRP price target most analysts keep repeating sits around $1.20 to $1.40 heading into XRP October 2026, with the louder calls sitting well outside that. Source: CoinGecko Also Read: XRP Just Reached the Level an Analyst Was Waiting For, Sets Target XRP Price Prediction, October 2026 Forecast And Price Targets Source: TradingView The Catalysts Being Watched Two dates are doing most of the work behind this XRP price prediction for October, and they land just a day apart. The Senate holds a cloture vote on the CLARITY Act at 2:15 p...

As Dogecoin (DOGE) price confirmed a renewed uptrend after rallying over 33% last week, Ali Martinez, a popular crypto market analyst, believes this dog-themed memecoin could rally more than 30% amid its bullish flag formation.  Martinez stated that Dogecoin price could rally towards $0.115, if it breaks above its bullish flag, a technical chart pattern that signals the continuation of an existing upward trend, in its 1 hour timeframe, according to an X post on August 28. With DOGE price hovering around $0.866 on Friday, this analyst expects a 32.79% upside in the near future, if the upper border of this bullish flag is broken. DOGE’s 1 hour chart. Source: TradingView Martinez previously had pointed out that Dogecoin price has established a strong support level around $0.081. This support level was backed by 30 billion DOGE traded near $0.081 as per Glassnode’s UTXO Realized Price Distribution (URPD), an on-chain metric that shows the amount of a crypto that last move...

Pepe (PEPE) is currently one of the best-performing cryptocurrencies among the top 100 projects by market cap, registering quite a steep price rally. The memecoin has outperformed market leaders such as Bitcoin (BTC), Ethereum (ETH), Solana (SOL), etc. CoinGecko data shows that PEPE’s price has risen 14.2% in the last 24 hours and move than 25% in the last week. Let’s discuss if the memecoin can sustain its upswing or if it will face a dip once again. Source: CoinGecko Can PEPE Continue Its Price Rally And Dominate The Market? Source: Watcher.Guru PEPE’s price surge comes amid a larger-market wide resurgence. Bitcoin (BTC) has reclaimed the $75,000 price level and other assets are following its trajectory. The cryptocurrency market took off after President Trump hosted an event in the White House for CEOs and founders of several cryptocurrency firms. During the event, Trump stated that the US may purchase a large amount of Bitcoin (BTC) and other cryptocurrencies. PEPE...

HTX’s situation has appeared increasingly precarious as both the European Union Council and the United Kingdom’s Foreign, Commonwealth, & Development Office have chosen to sanction the exchange. Since then, it’s made some big changes to how it manages users’ reserves. Its June proof of reserves report was the first that acknowledged that it had moved huge swaths of its reserves to an undisclosed “ThirdParty.” HTX moved $1.3 billion from reserves to undisclosed ‘ThirdParty’ Read more: HTX misrepresents Huobi Global S.A. after UK sanctions HTX claims on its website that you can verify these balances by reaching out to the custodian; unfortunately, it doesn’t tell users who that custodian is. As a result, Protos has been unable to verify most of those balances. Further complicating this, TRM Labs, a blockchain intelligence firm, released a report in which it detailed how HTX has begun churning throug...

Although the cryptocurrency market is cooling down, with most assets in a state of uncertainty, a trader boasting a 100% win rate has once again gone long on Bitcoin (BTC), Ethereum (ETH), and Solana (SOL). Specifically, the trader currently holds 39,000 ETH worth $151 million at an average entry of $3,845.33, 1,070 BTC valued at $118 million at $110,114.10, and 569,050 SOL worth $105 million at $198.23, according to the latest on-chain data retrieved from Lookonchain by Finbold on November 2. Crypto trader’s long position. Source: Lookonchain He has also placed limit orders to add 40,000 SOL about $7.36 million to his long position at $184, showing confidence in Solana’s potential rebound despite recent volatility. This move follows his previous set of trades on October 30, when he also went long on the same three assets, holding 1,039 BTC worth $114 million, 560,840 SOL valued at $109 million, and 13,419 ETH worth $52.66 million.  Interestingly, over an...