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Cryptocurrency News 23 October 2025 - 25 October 2025

Strive’s Bitcoin Bonanza: $1.3B Merger, 11K BTC and a Wild Stock Ride

Strive (ASST) Stock Rockets 27% on Bold Bitcoin Deals – Wild Volatility Looms

Recent Bitcoin Deals and Stock Surge Strive’s stock has been on a roller-coaster in the past month. On Oct. 24, 2025, ASST closed at $1.10 – 27% higher than its previous closets2.tech – as investors chewed over Strive’s latest moves. In late September, Strive announced it would merge with Semler Scientific, a biotech firm with a large Bitcoin hoard. The all-stock deal values Semler at about $90.52 per share (a 210% premium)coindesk.comreuters.com. Strive also bought 5,816 BTC for $675M, bringing the combined holdings to nearly 11,000 Bitcoincoindesk.com. CEO Matt Cole hailed the Semler tie-up, saying “this merger cements Strive’s position
25 October 2025
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DVLT Just Landed a $150M Bitcoin Lifeline — Can Datavault AI Turn a Penny Stock Into an AI Supercomputer?

Datavault AI (DVLT) Stock Skyrockets 52% on $150M Bitcoin Deal and Major Partnerships

DVLT Stock Price and Volume Surge Datavault AI’s Nasdaq-traded shares closed at $3.42 on Oct. 24, 2025, after leaping 52% that dayts2.tech. In mid-day trading the price briefly hit $3.49 – a new 52-week high – before settling. This represented a sharp jump from the prior close around $2.25. Trading volume on Oct. 24 was extraordinary: about 192–197 million shares changed handsstockanalysis.commarketbeat.com (nearly ten times its usual volume), as retail and institutional buyers piled in. After the market close, DVLT dipped to around $3.15 in after-hours tradingts2.tech. Such volatility follows an intense multi-week rally. DVLT had climbed from under $0.50
25 October 2025
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ASST Stock Surges on Bitcoin Deals – Strive’s Bold Strategy Explained

ASST Stock Surges on Bitcoin Deals – Strive’s Bold Strategy Explained

Stock Rally on Major Bitcoin Deals Strive’s stock has seen wild swings recently. After trading in the 30s–90s cents for most of 2025, ASST spiked over $1 on Oct 24 Stockanalysis. This jump came as investors digest several blockbuster moves. In late September the company announced it would acquire medical-tech firm Semler Scientific in an all-stock merger – a deal valuing Semler at about $90.52 per share (a ~210% premium) Globenewswire. At the same time Strive bought 5,816 Bitcoin (about $675 million worth) to add to its corporate treasury Globenewswire. CEO Matt Cole hailed this as a game-changing tie-up: “This
24 October 2025
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Coinbase (COIN) Stock Crashes in Crypto Sell-Off – Can It Bounce Back?

Coinbase Stock Surges as Crypto Boom, Fed Optimism, and $375M Echo Deal Rock Markets

COIN Stock Climbs on Crypto Rally and Tech Buzz Coinbase Global (NASDAQ: COIN) has been on a tear, mirroring a furious cryptocurrency rally this week. On Friday, Oct. 24, the stock closed at about $354.46, up 9.8% for the daystockanalysis.com. (In after-hours trading it was slightly higher, around $354.67.) Year-to-date COIN is up roughly 48% according to data, as the exchange’s fortunes have tracked rising crypto prices. The latest jump came as Bitcoin and Ethereum hit fresh highs. Cointelegraph reports that Bitcoin’s price briefly spiked to $112,000 on Oct. 24 after US inflation data came in cooler than expectedcointelegraph.com. That
24 October 2025
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Western Union Stock Edges Up on Q3 Beat – CEO Calls Crypto an “Opportunity”

Western Union Stock Edges Up on Q3 Beat – CEO Calls Crypto an “Opportunity”

Investors will be watching WU’s short-term outlook as it delivers Q4 results and commentary. Wolfe notes management’s plan to stabilize its core retail business, re-accelerate digital growth, and diversify into new financial servicesinvesting.com. In the near term, stock momentum may hinge on whether retail volumes recover after a 2024 slump, and whether earnings forecasts hold up under higher interest costs. In the long term, Western Union’s global brand, broad agent network and high dividend yield could appeal to conservative investors if the company succeeds in its turnaround. “Our goal is to provide more and better solutions…to give our customers a
24 October 2025
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Incredible Rally: Bitfarms (BITF) Stock Jumps 148% YTD Amid Crypto Boom & AI Pivot

Bitfarms (BITF) Stock Whipsaws as Bitcoin Hits Record High, $500M AI Pivot Fuels Rally – What’s Next?

BITF Stock Price on Oct. 24 and Recent Performance As of midday October 24, Bitfarms stock trades around $4.10, rebounding modestly after a steep sell-off in recent daysts2.tech. The current price is up roughly +5% from Wednesday’s close of $3.94ts2.tech, suggesting some stabilization following a volatile week. On Oct. 22, BITF plunged 12.3% in a single session to $3.94ts2.tech – marking its fifth straight daily declineinsidermonkey.com. That drop capped a rapid slide from the stock’s 52-week high near $6.20 reached just over a week earlier on October 14ts2.tech. In total, Bitfarms shed about 40% of its value in the span
24 October 2025
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Opendoor’s Wild 2025 Ride: Meme-Stock Surge, Crypto Pivot & Housing Hopes – What’s Next for OPEN?

Opendoor’s 1600% Meme-Stock Rally Meets Reality – New CEO, Crypto Hype & Housing Woes Collide

From Penny Stock to Meme Superstar: A Wild 2025 Ride Opendoor’s stock journey in 2025 has been nothing short of astonishing. The San Francisco-based real estate tech firm – known for its online home-buying and flipping platform – started the year trading for pennies amid deep losses. But by mid-September, OPEN shares had skyrocketed to over $10, bolstered by frenzied retail trading and social media hype. In the span of about three months, the stock leapt roughly 1,600% off its June lowsts2.tech, transforming Opendoor into a buzzy “meme stock” sensation featured on Reddit and X (Twitter). This dramatic rally gave
24 October 2025
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Stripe’s $350B Fintech Fortune: JPMorgan’s Bold AI-Crypto Prediction

Stripe’s $350B Fintech Fortune: JPMorgan’s Bold AI-Crypto Prediction

JPMorgan Forecast: AI + Crypto = $350B Market In late October 2025, JPMorgan research highlighted Stripe as a prime beneficiary of two “massive shifts in global finance” – namely the rise of AI-driven commerce and the evolution of digital money cryptodnes.bg. In a new report, JPMorgan analysts predict Stripe’s moves into AI commerce and crypto payments could let it “access a $350 billion market by 2030” coincentral.com. The analysts even describe the opportunity as a “twin revolution in intelligence and money movement,” reflecting parallel growth in AI “agentic commerce” and programmable money coincentral.com coincentral.com. They note Stripe’s early partnerships with
24 October 2025
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Qualigen (QLGN) Stock Rockets on Crypto Pivot – But Experts Warn It’s a Risky Bet

Qualigen (QLGN) Stock Rockets on Crypto Pivot – But Experts Warn It’s a Risky Bet

Stock Rally on Crypto News On Oct. 23, after the market close, Qualigen released a press statement announcing its BitGo partnershipglobenewswire.comstocktitan.net. In after-hours trading, that news sent QLGN skyrocketing: Benzinga reported a 62.6% jump after-hours (from $3.53 to about $5.74)benzinga.com. The frenzy continued into Oct. 24: TipRanks noted the stock was up more than 100% pre-market on Friday, reflecting a dramatic market reactiontipranks.com. By midday Friday the stock was trading in the $5–$6 range, roughly double its pre-news price. (For context, QLGN had been down roughly 16% year-to-date prior to the rallybenzinga.com.) New Crypto Treasury Strategy Qualigen’s deal with BitGo
24 October 2025
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Visa (V) Stock Poised for a Surge? Crypto Pilot and Travel Deals Fuel Optimism

Visa (V) Stock Could Soar – Crypto Pilots, AI Shopping and Analyst Upgrades Spark Rally (Despite Legal Headwinds)

What Experts Say: Visa executives and analysts remain upbeat on the payments boom. CEO Ryan McInerney, commenting on Q3 results, noted tariffs and inflation had “no meaningful impact” on consumer spendingts2.tech. Mark Nelsen (Visa product head) highlighted regulatory clarity enabling new stablecoin trialsreuters.com, while Visa’s Jack Forestell (CPO) emphasized that merchants and card networks must ensure AI agents are “trusted” customersinvestor.visa.com. On the sell-side, firms like Wells Fargo describe Visa as one of the “Fab 5 of Fintech,” and have initiated coverage on the stocktipranks.com. The Outlook: In summary, Visa (V) sits at the intersection of strong consumer payment trends
23 October 2025
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Robinhood’s Wild 2025 Ride: HOOD Stock Skyrockets 200%, Plunges 9% in a Day – What’s Next?

Robinhood Stock Soars 250% YTD, Faces Crypto-Driven Pullback – What’s Next?

Ride to Record Highs, Then Volatile Pullback Robinhood’s stock (NASDAQ: HOOD) has had a wild 2025. As of Oct. 23, HOOD is trading in the low-$120s after a steep run. The stock opened on Oct. 23 at $127.22marketbeat.com, down from its early-October record high near $153ts2.tech. Year-to-date, HOOD is up roughly 250% – vastly outperforming broader marketsts2.techts2.tech. That meteoric rally coincided with Robinhood’s debut in the S&P 500 at the end of September, a “watershed moment” that forced index funds to buy the stock and pushed its market cap above $100 billionts2.tech. However, the ascent has been choppy. Volatility spiked in
23 October 2025
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Trump Pardons Binance Boss CZ – Crypto Markets Go Wild

Trump Pardons Binance Boss CZ – Crypto Markets Go Wild

Trump’s Binance Pardon and Its Implications On Oct. 23, Trump used his pardon power to free CZ Zhao, the once-powerful CEO of Binance, the world’s largest crypto exchange straitstimes.com. Zhao’s 2023 guilty plea stemmed from lapses in Binance’s anti-money-laundering controls; he was fined ~$4.3 billion and briefly jailed straitstimes.com. The White House statement highlighted that Zhao was prosecuted under the Biden administration’s “war on cryptocurrency,” framing the pardon as correcting a political crusade straitstimes.com. Zhao himself thanked Trump and clarified that no fraud charges were ever filed, saying “I pleaded to a single violation of [the] Banking Secrecy Act” foxbusiness.com. Crypto
23 October 2025
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Stock Market Today

Broadcom Stock Gets a Google AI Spend Lift as Jefferies Sees 60% Upside

Broadcom Stock Gets a Google AI Spend Lift as Jefferies Sees 60% Upside

7 February 2026
Google raised its 2026 capital expenditure forecast to $175 billion–$185 billion, with most spending expected on data-center chips. Broadcom shares rose about 2% after the announcement, while Nvidia and AMD slipped. Jefferies reiterated a buy rating on Broadcom, maintaining a $500 price target, implying a 62% upside from Wednesday’s close.
No $2,000 IRS stimulus check is coming in February 2026 — but Trump’s tariff-check talk keeps the rumors alive

No $2,000 IRS stimulus check is coming in February 2026 — but Trump’s tariff-check talk keeps the rumors alive

7 February 2026
The IRS has not announced new federal stimulus payments for February 2026, and Congress has not approved fresh checks. Trump told NBC he is considering $2,000 tariff rebate checks but has not committed, saying any payout would likely come later in 2026. The IRS warns taxpayers to ignore texts and emails about “stimulus payments” and verify notices through official channels.
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