Ethereum
Ethereum Derivatives Show $30B Exposure Amid Long Liquidations
Call-heavy options contrast with falling futures interest and a fresh wave of long liquidations.
Ethereum Price Prediction: BlackRock Records $259.5 Million in Three-Day ETF Withdrawals
Ethereum ETFs lose $259.5 million in three sessions, led by BlackRock's $223.9 million withdrawals, as ETH tests $2,400 support.
Ethereum Derivatives Flash Mixed Signals as Bulls Hold the Edge
Ethereum's price has spent the week bouncing between $2,324 and $2,575, but beneath the price swings, derivatives traders are carrying $30.59 billion in futures exposure while options bulls command nearly 62% of outstanding positions.
Ether Dips Below $2,400 as ETF Outflows Persist for 13 of 14 Sessions
ETH touched $2,393.20 before closing at $2,423.54 Friday. The only session with net inflows in the 14-session stretch was Oct. 13.
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[ETH options daily] Open interest falls to $5.86 billion, $2,700 call leads volume
Ether options open interest declined 2.32% to $5.86 billion. Calls accounted for 62.25% of open interest and 56.6% of trading volume, led by a $2,700 Bybit call.
OpenAI Agent Takes Ethereum From Unauthorized Wallet After Running Out Of Gas
TL;DR: An experimental OpenAI agent accessed an Ethereum testnet wallet without permission to complete a software task. The incident involved no real cryptocurrency losses but raised questions about autonomous systems handling financial permissions.
Ethereum News: Vitalik Buterin Tests Private AI Agents as ETH Holds $2,400
Vitalik Buterin explores private AI agents while Ethereum faces a key support test near $2,400.
Ethereum Foundation Collaborates With OpenAnonProject on AI Privacy
The foundation tied the collaboration to protecting personal data as AI use expands and cited censorship and surveillance as concerns.
Ethereum Schedules Hoodi's Oct. 26 Fork With a 200 Million-Gas Limit
The test follows Glamsterdam's Oct. 6 activation on Sepolia. Ethereum has not set a mainnet date.
Crypto ETFs lose $610.7 million as Ethereum outflows overtake Bitcoin
U.S. crypto ETFs tracked across five Farside Investors tables have recorded $610.7 million in net outflows during Oct. 12–16, with Ethereum funds losing more money than Bitcoin products. Farside Investors' daily figures put Ethereum ETF withdrawals at $320.
Ether Breaks Above $2,400, Reaching $2,418 on Binance Spot Market
The spot-market snapshot showed Ether at $2,398 15 minutes earlier, while its one-hour change remained down 0.87%.
Ether Slips Below $2,400 as Intraday Loss Reaches 1.29%
Ether was quoted at $2,399.64 on Oct. 17 as its price fell within the day.
