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Altcoins are breaking out, but why isn't anyone calling it an altseason yet？

Altcoins have been stuck in the mud for what feels like forever. However, are things about to change in the near term？　　Altcoins have waited two years for THIS!　　The combined market cap of every coin outside the top 10 just broke above a trendline its been trapped under since late 2024.　　And, its not been a small move either. In fact, the same is up over 10% this week, starting at about $199 billion to close near $220 billion.　　Source: X　　Here, it‘s worth noting that all this is happening on a support zone that’s held for about 1,000 days straight.　　Discover more　　Brokerages thats Bitcoin territory.　　Source: CoinMarketCap　　It actually climbed up from 42 yesterday and 37 last week. Simply put, the direction is right. Just not the magnitude.　　A reading below 75 doesn‘t count as an altcoin season by CMC’s own definition. And, the index has been under that mark for months, nowhere near September 2025s high of 78.　　Final SummaryAltcoin market cap outside the top 10 broke a 2-year downtrend.BTC.D looked bearish, but the altseason index is still at 46.

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Ripple Legal Chief Calls for Crypto Unity After CLARITY Act Defeat – Bitcoin News

Key TakeawaysAlderoty called for the crypto industry to coordinate its policy message.The Senate rejected cloture on the motion to proceed to the CLARITY Act in a 49-50 vote.Ripple says federal market structure legislation remains necessary.　　Alderoty Calls for One Crypto Voice After Senate Setback　　The crypto industrys response to Washington needs to become more coordinated after the CLARITY Act failed to advance, according to Ripple Chief Legal Officer Stuart Alderoty, who also serves as president of the Ripple-funded National Cryptocurrency Association (NCA). He made the argument in a Sept. 17 post on X, two days after the Senate vote.　　Alderoty framed the outcome as a political setback rather than a rejection of cryptocurrency adoption or the need for federal rules. “Politics beat policy this week. That‘s the lesson, not the outrage,” he wrote, before pointing to crypto ownership across the United States and continued opposition to the industry’s legislative priorities.　　His reference to 67 million Americans tracks with the National Cryptocurrency Association‘s 2026 State of Crypto Holders survey, conducted with The Harris Poll, which estimated that more than 67 million U.S. adults own cryptocurrency. Alderoty used that figure to argue that the industry’s presence will persist regardless of the legislative defeat.　　Discover more　　Finance　　Machine Learning &

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Crypto Scam: North Korean Hackers Target 7,000 Wallets

Key Insights:In todays crypto scam news, North Korea-linked WaterPlum infected more than 30,000 devices.The campaign stole data from more than 7,000 crypto wallets.Controlled wallets received at least $10.71 million in crypto.　　North Korea-linked hackers infected more than 30,000 devices across over 100 countries and regions between December 2025 and July 2026 in the latest scam news. Japans National Police Agency said WaterPlum stole information linked to more than 7,000 crypto wallets.　　Authorities also found about $10.71 million transferred to wallets controlled by the group. The campaign combined crypto hacks with fake recruitment activity targeting technology workers.　　The investigation involved Japans National Police Agency, National Cyber Office, FBI, DC3, ASD, ACSC, BND and BfV. Authorities also examined North Korean IT workers involved in overseas employment and foreign-currency earning activity.　　Crypto Scam Report | Source: npa.goCrypto Hacks Use Fake Recruitment Campaigns　　WaterPlum approached software developers, engineers and Web3 workers through social media, recruitment websites and freelance platforms. The hackers impersonated legitimate AI, crypto, NFT and recruitment companies while offering employment opportunities.　　During those tasks, WaterPlum instructed candidates to download programs from collaborative development platforms and code repositories. The hackers sometimes presented the files as tools for fixing video-conferencing problems.　　Discover more　　Merchant Services & Payment Systems　　Brokerages & Day Trading　　Digital Currencies　　Meanwhile,

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Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin argues that local AI can protect your privacy without losing speed

Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin says laptop AI is approaching a practical turning point. Wallet software still needs a much higher bar before it can hand an AI control over crypto assets.　　He said on Sept. 17 that Qwen 3.8 Flash and recent improvements in llama.cpp had brought local models close to handling a “large share” of tasks on his Strix Halo laptop.　　For more advanced work, he described a local model coordinating requests to stronger remote systems while withholding the users full personal context.　　Related Asset Ethereum ETH · $2,621.85 24-hour change: up 6.14%　　The benchmark image attached to the post showed 10 workloads. Its reported input-processing rates ranged from 109.82 to 373.22 tokens per second, while output generation ranged from 18.42 to 33.37 tokens per second.　　Those figures support a practical claim about responsiveness on one high-end laptop. They leave model judgment, resistance to malicious instructions, and transaction authorization unanswered.　　Local inference can improve privacy while the power to move funds remains behind separate, enforceable controls.　　Ethereum co-founder shows what changed between April and September　　In an April account of his local AI setup, Vitalik described a narrower role for laptop models.　　He wrote that Qwen3.5:35B could handle bounded tasks and familiar programming work, while advanced independent agents

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Bitcoins bullish phase is forming – But overbought conditions suggest…

The crypto market is seeing a major shift in investors sentiment. In H2 2027, the digital assets market is experiencing bullish sentiments after failing to break through the long-standing resistance level in H1 2027.　　According to CryptoQuant‘s recent analysis, Bitcoin [BTC] is moving away from a weakness zone and toward a possible bullish phase. This conclusion was drawn based on Bitcoin’s bubble-versus-crash market structure indicator, which clearly showed that the extreme conditions associated with either a speculative bubble or a severe crash have faded.　　Bitcoin has already gone through a period of correction/consolidation, but it has not yet experienced the kind of extreme speculative mania that historically marked major cycle tops. Therefore, the analyst believes BTC could still have room to enter a stronger upward trend.　　As per CryptoQuant,　　The full-fledged bullish rally has not yet begun. Currently, it is in the process of gradually approaching that stage.　　Wall Street bets more on Bitcoin than gold　　This comes as JPMorgan sheds light on the fact that institutional investors are more defensively positioned toward Bitcoin than gold. This, along with short interest and put options around Bitcoin ETFs such as BlackRocks IBIT, now provides more downside protection.　　The comparison with gold suggests Bitcoin currently has relatively heavier bearish

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XRP Could Be Setting Up for Its Next Big Move: Here Are the Levels to Watch

XRP is trying to regain momentum after one of the most volatile weeks in recent months.　　Ripple‘s cross-border token was hit hard after the US Senate’s failure to advance the CLARITY Act, dumping from a weekly peak of $1.50 to under $1.30 before it rebounded to just over the latter.　　Analysts now point to improving momentum and a possible rotation toward altcoins, which aligns with a major technical signal tailored for XRP.　　XRP Has to Defend This Zone　　Ali Martinez believes the immediate battle is straightforward: the cross-border token has to defend the $1.31-$1.35 support before a stronger move can unfold. The area is now acting as a key short-term support region, with the asset repeatedly hovering around it following this weeks selloff.　　This is particularly important now as leveraged traders have started stepping back again after this weeks deleveraging, when the futures open interest dropped by over 20% in a few days. This suggests some speculative positions have been flushed out following the regulatory and macro volatility. Lower leverage can reduce immediate upside momentum, but it can also leave the market less vulnerable to another cascade of forced liquidations.　　Fellow analyst Bird, meanwhile, highlighted improving conditions for altcoins, with traders increasingly watching whether capital begins

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Ethereum News: Researchers Add EIP-8365 to Repository as Ethereum Foundation Moves ETH

Key Insights:Ethereum news focuses on EIP-8365 and its plan to retire old 0x00 withdrawal credentials.Ethereum Foundation moved $2.45 million in ETH to an unlabelled Gnosis Safe.Whale wallets reportedly rotated $45.83 million from BTC into ETH, adding attention to ETH price.　　Ethereum news is drawing attention after researchers added EIP-8365 to the Ethereum EIPs repository, while the Ethereum Foundation moved $2.45 million in ETH to an unlabelled Gnosis Safe. The transfer is not confirmed as a sale, but it has added attention around ETH price across the market.　　Ethereum News: EIP-8365 Targets Old 0x00 Validator Credentials　　The proposal was added to the Ethereum EIPs repository on September 17 with Draft status. It seeks to retire 0x00, the withdrawal credential type used by some Ethereum validators. Under the plan, active validators still using 0x00 would be exited, while deposits that would create new 0x00 credentials would no longer be processed.　　Since the Capella upgrade opened a one-way conversion path, the number of 0x00 validators has fallen from about 600,000 to 9,290. The decline has slowed.　　The proposal counts 9,119 validators in the remaining group. Of those, 374 have not produced an attestation for more than six months, while 253 have never attested during a 14-month observation period.

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Aptos jumps 18% as Layer 1 rotation accelerates – Is $0.825 next for APT？

Aptos saw a price increase of 18.6% as Layer-1 rotation accelerated, strengthening the recovery profile as the higher-beta altcoins attracted speculative demand.　　APTs impulse move emerged alongside the broader strength across the Layer-1 tokens, instead of an isolated, specific catalyst.　　Notably, several assets within this category also recorded double-digit gains as market participants shifted toward higher-beta assets.　　Therefore, APTs price increase highlighted a broader change in market participation toward the Layer-1 sector.　　At the time of press, the token traded around the $0.6616 area after buyers heightened their activity during the latest session. Therefore, the sector rotation helped APT recover from its previous consolidation range.　　Top traders leaned firmly toward APT longs　　The Binance top traders on the other side maintained a clear long-side bias as APT pushed towards its range ceiling. Accordingly, the long accounts accounted for 61.79%, against the shorts at 8.21%.　　The Binance Top Trader Long/Short Ratio as a result reached 1.62, keeping positioning leaning toward the bulls.　　Discover more　　Merchant Services rejection exposes $0.63–$0.60.

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XRP ETFs hit a speed bump, but big investors arent dumping their tokens yet

A roughly $5.15 million outflow from US spot XRP exchange-traded products on Sept. 17 interrupted a $192 million inflow month. The reversal creates the first clean test of whether recent demand is cooling, yet the broader flow pattern still favors the buyers.　　Maketo‘s five-fund series remained about $10 million positive for the rolling week through Sept. 17. Its rolling month contained 16 inflow days and two outflow days, and Canary Capital’s official fund table showed that only part of the daily reversal coincided with a confirmed contraction in shares.　　The base case is a narrow, one-session reset inside a positive trend. A broader multi-session wave that turns the weekly total negative would materially change that reading.　　The reversal was concentrated in two funds　　Maketos cumulative net-flow total declined from $1,715,570,157 on Sept. 16 to $1,710,416,747 on Sept. 17. The exact change was negative $5,153,410, displayed by the tracker as a rounded $5 million outflow.　　The tracker attributed about $1 million of redemptions to Canary‘s XRPC and about $4 million to 21Shares’ TOXR. Bitwise‘s XRP fund, Franklin Templeton’s XRPZ and Grayscales GXRP were flat.FundSept. 17 flowIssuer-data statusBitwise XRP$0Official holdings available through Sept. 16Franklin XRPZ$0Maketo tracker readingCanary XRPCAbout -$1 millionShares fell by 100,000 on Sept. 17Grayscale GXRP$0Maketo

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NEAR rallies 24% after AI utility expands across 43 models – Is rally built to last？

NEAR has emerged as the top-performing AI crypto token, surging 24.52% as activity expanded across the trading markets and its confidential infrastructure.　　Reportedly, the confidential TVL recently surpassed $70 million, triggering the networks first milestone snapshot under its incentive program. Notably, the program allocated 333,333 milestone tokens, reinforcing participation surrounding the Confidential Intents ecosystem.　　Accordingly, these tokens are to remain locked until NEARs three-day volume-weighted average price reaches at least $3.33.　　Importantly, NEAR‘s price climbed beyond the program’s $3.33 threshold during the expansion. However, eligibility requires its three-day volume-weighted average price to remain at least $3.33 before unlocking.　　Beyond incentives, the protocols Confidential Intents supported private execution across more than 30 connected blockchains. Additionally, NEAR had also linked Intents with autonomous-agent infrastructure for asset transfers and cross-chain payments.　　Furthermore, the tokens AI utility expanded further through staking-based computing credits covering 43 AI models. Meanwhile, spot volume also surged 131.81% to $1.63 billion, suggesting a broader market participation behind the most recent price increase.　　Whale orders deepen spot demand　　Large market participants strengthened NEAR‘s demand picture as price accelerated. CryptoQuant’s Spot Average Order Size registered Big Whale Orders, indicating larger transactions.　　Meanwhile, the 90-day Spot Taker CVD remained Taker Buy Dominant. That reading indicated aggressive buyers controlled executed Spot

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