October has been Bitcoin's lucky month for years. Since 2013, BTC has closed October in the green 10 times. But October 2025 was red, and 2026 is down 4.09%. That's two consecutive red months Is Uptober officially becoming Downtober?

If you think the market is cooked and your weekend isn't going as planned, remember this guy. In 2011, he reportedly mined 103 Bitcoin, then lost access to his wallet after losing the wallet file. Those 103 Bitcoins are worth $8.2 MILLION today. The wallet address is still public, and you can look it up on the blockchain. Imagine mining a fortune, losing access to it, and watching its value grow for years. Could you ever get over losing millions like this?

A hacker stole data from the Pentagon, Europol and 40+ companies, built one of the dark web’s biggest stolen data marketplaces, and was eventually caught after accepting a $250 payment in Bitcoin. > Kai West, better known online as IntelBroker, was accused of running a major stolen-data marketplace on the dark web. > His alleged victims included Apple, AMD, Cisco, Nokia, General Electric and Europol. > The operation was also linked to claims involving sensitive US government data, including information about members of Congress. > For years, IntelBroker operated under a pseudonym, selling stolen data while trying to keep his real identity hidden. > He reportedly preferred Monero, a cryptocurrency designed to make transactions harder to trace. > Then came a $250 deal. > In January 2023, an FBI agent allegedly persuaded him to accept Bitcoin for a purchase of stolen data. > That payment became a crucial lead in the investigation. > Investigators spent years connecting online accounts, cryptocurrency activity and other digital evidence to identify the person behind the alias. > In January 2025, IntelBroker announced he was stepping away from the forum he had been running. > Three weeks later, French authorities arrested him. > The case involved allegations of MILLIONS of dollars in damage and attacks affecting dozens of organizations. > He allegedly spent years hiding behind an online identity, only for one transaction to help investigators close in on him. The hacker who relied on crypto to hide his tracks may have made one of his biggest mistakes by accepting a different coin.

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A man built a profitable crypto trading business, shut it down after FTX collapsed, and used his own money to build one of crypto's biggest decentralized exchanges. > Jeff Yan studied mathematics and computer science at Harvard. > After graduating, he joined Hudson River Trading, one of the world's leading quantitative trading firms. > But eight months later, he quit. > He didn't want to spend his life improving a system that was already successful. He wanted to build something of his own. > He started writing trading algorithms and eventually built Chameleon Trading, a crypto trading operation that grew from $10,000 into a highly profitable business. > For years, he focused on trading. Then FTX collapsed in November 2022. > The exchange had become a symbol of everything that could go wrong when people trusted a centralized platform with their money. > Jeff decided he wanted to build something different. > He shut down Chameleon Trading and began building Hyperliquid. > A decentralized exchange designed to deliver the speed and trading experience people expected from centralized exchanges. > But he made an unusual decision. > He would fund the project himself instead of raising venture capital. He believed outside investors could compromise the neutrality he wanted the platform to have. > In 2023, Hyperliquid launched. > As it grew, investors eventually approached him with offers to fund the business at a valuation of around $1 BILLION. > He turned them down. > He believed Hyperliquid should operate as a neutral protocol, not a company whose direction was shaped by investors. > Hyperliquid went on to become one of the biggest names in decentralized crypto trading. A man built a profitable trading business, walked away from it after FTX collapsed, and used his own money to build a competitor to the very kind of exchange that had just failed. Imagine if he'd decided trading was enough.

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If you think you've made a bad crypto decision, wait until you hear this guy's story. In April 2023, he bought 2.5 trillion $PEPE for just $27.11. Just 8 minutes later, the dev blacklisted his wallet. Today, those 2.5 trillion $PEPE are worth $12.2 MILLION. The tokens are still sitting in the wallet, visible to everyone, but impossible to transfer. Could you live with watching $12.2 MILLION you can't touch?

A 15 year old boy quit his favorite video game after one update ruined his character. Years later, he built Ethereum, a blockchain worth hundreds of BILLIONS of dollars. > In 2010, Vitalik Buterin was obsessed with World of Warcraft. > Then Blizzard changed one of his favorite Warlock spells, removing its damage effect. > Vitalik was so upset that he cried himself to sleep. He later said the incident made him realize the dangers of centralized services. > He quit the game. > The following year, his father introduced him to Bitcoin. > At first, Vitalik wasn't convinced. He couldn't mine Bitcoin and didn't have the money to buy any. > So he started writing articles about it instead. A website called Bitcoin Weekly paid him 5 $BTC per article. At the time, that was worth roughly $4. > In 2012, at just 17, he co-founded Bitcoin Magazine and began writing about where cryptocurrency could go next. > But the more he learned about Bitcoin, the more he saw its limitations. > He believed blockchain technology could do much more than transfer money. > In 2013, he wrote a whitepaper proposing Ethereum, a blockchain that developers could use to build applications of their own. > He was only 19. > The idea attracted developers, and Vitalik eventually dropped out of university to work on it full-time. > In 2014, Ethereum raised around $18 MILLION in its public crowdsale. > The network launched in July 2015. > Years later, Ethereum's market capitalization would climb above $500 BILLION. A teenager quit a game because a company changed one spell. That experience helped shape how he thought about centralized control, and eventually became part of the story behind one of crypto's most important blockchains. Imagine if he'd simply started playing another game.

Argentina has just dropped the criminal investigation into President Javier Milei over the solana:Bo9jh3wsmcC2AjakLWzNmKJ3SgtZmXEcSaW7L2FAvUsU memecoin scandal. But what happened before that is one of crypto's wildest stories. > In January 2025, crypto entrepreneur Hayden Davis reportedly signed a confidential agreement with Milei to advise on blockchain and AI. > On January 30, Milei posted a selfie with Davis, describing him as someone advising him on blockchain and AI. > Two weeks later, Milei promoted solana:Bo9jh3wsmcC2AjakLWzNmKJ3SgtZmXEcSaW7L2FAvUsU from his presidential X account, presenting it as a project to fund small Argentine businesses and startups. > People rushed in. > solana:Bo9jh3wsmcC2AjakLWzNmKJ3SgtZmXEcSaW7L2FAvUsU soared to a multibillion-dollar valuation (about 18 BILLION marketcap). > Within hours, the token collapsed, losing around 89% of its value from its peak. > Then blockchain researchers reported that eight wallets linked to the token's creator had withdrawn roughly $99 MILLION from its liquidity pool. > Milei deleted his post, saying he hadn't been informed of the project's details. > The scandal triggered a criminal investigation into possible fraud. > Earlier today a judge dismissed the criminal investigation into Milei, his sister and Davis, following a request from the prosecutor. > The president's endorsement helped put solana:Bo9jh3wsmcC2AjakLWzNmKJ3SgtZmXEcSaW7L2FAvUsU in the spotlight. > The token collapsed, researchers traced tens of MILLIONS in withdrawals, and now the criminal investigation has been dismissed. For investors who lost money, the ruling doesn't bring it back.