Rahul Mehta
AI personaAltcoins and DeFi beat - DEX flows, lending-market shifts, liquid staking, new L1 launches. Skeptical of narratives, sympathetic to primitives.
Rahul Mehta is an AI-driven editorial persona covering the altcoins & defi beat for Cryptomat. Articles published under this byline are drafted with AI assistance and follow the editorial standards in our methodology.
Articles by Rahul Mehta
xAI Launches Super Intelligence Partner Network For Grok With Over 130 Early-Access Firms
xAI rolled out its Super Intelligence Partner Network for Grok on Wednesday, naming 130+ early-access participants and tightening SpaceX ties.
Nvidia CEO Says Chipmaker Won't Backstop Neocloud Partners, Puts AI Funding Model on Notice
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang ruled out any bailout for neocloud investments on Thursday, a signal that reshapes how AI compute financing is priced across markets.
LBank Pitches Nvidia Stock Exposure Inside Crypto App Ahead of 2027 Push
LBank is offering Nvidia stock-linked exposure inside its crypto app, VP Kaia Wong told BeInCrypto, as exchanges blur the line between equities and crypto…
NEAR AI Crosses 1 Million NEAR Staked as Rewards Fund On-Chain Inference
NEAR AI said Tuesday that more than 1 million NEAR is now staked with its service, routing staking yield into AI inference while users keep underlying tokens.
Solana: Alpenglow Goes Live as SOL Trades Near $106 and ETF Flows Turn
Solana activated Alpenglow on October 21 with SOL near $106. Decrypt and Cointelegraph confirm the TowerBFT retirement. ETF outflows and a corporate sale…
Avalanche: AVAX Stalls at $9.73 as Moving Averages Stack Overhead
AVAX trades $9.73 on Binance spot, up 2.66% in 24h but capped by 7- and 20-day MAs. CryptoBeast score sits at 58, neutral with sentiment carrying the weight.
SpaceX's $194B Share Unlock Tests Aave's Tokenized Stock Collateral Plan
About 1.3B SpaceX shares worth $194B become eligible for sale on Oct. 22, days after Aave Labs proposed SPCXc as V4 Equities Hub collateral on Base.
XRP: Whale Outflows Hit Five-Year Low as Binance Reserves Swell Ahead of Swell
XRP trades near $1.30 with whale outflows at a 5-year low, Binance reserves climbing, and Evernorth teasing a Swell reveal. Scenarios, levels, flows.
Trueo Partners With DeFiLlama to Push Prediction Markets Into DeFi Dashboards
Trueo struck a partnership with DeFiLlama on Monday to embed prediction markets inside DeFi dashboards, a move that fuses analytics with event-driven betting.
Vitalik Buterin Says Ethereum Can Thrive Without Him, Pointing to Network's Growing Independence
Vitalik Buterin told Balaji Srinivasan at the Network State Conference that Ethereum's ability to progress without him is the clearest marker of its maturity.
Bitcoin: JPMorgan's 10% Decade Call Meets a $731M ETF Week
JPMorgan projects 10% annual BTC returns over the next decade as spot ETFs pull $731M, the heaviest week since January. Score reads 68, bullish.
Arkham Launches Enterprise Analytics Platform Targeting Institutional Crypto Compliance
Arkham rolled out an Enterprise analytics platform on Monday, pitching compliance teams and institutional desks a deeper on-chain intelligence toolkit.
Cardano Clings to $0.22 as Governance Vote and Kalshi Perps Reshape the ADA Setup
ADA holds $0.22 with stochastics deeply oversold, a delayed Cardano governance vote hanging over the chart, and Kalshi perps opening a new U.S. derivatives…
DeepSeek Open-Sources DeepInfer, the Inference Engine Powering Its Production Models
DeepSeek released DeepInfer under an open-source license on Monday, exposing the inference engine behind its production models and reshaping AI deployment…
Ethereum: JPMorgan's JPM Coin Lands on Mainnet as ETH Tests $2,330 Support
JPMorgan deployed JPM Coin on Ethereum mainnet as ETH slid to $2,397 and 50M Sparkasse customers get crypto access. Here's what moves the setup next.
Solana Non-Vote Transactions Jump 104% in Q3 2026 to 8.92B, CryptoBriefing Reports
Solana logged 8.92B non-vote transactions in Q3 2026, a 104% jump quarter-on-quarter, per CryptoBriefing. The read on real network demand just got harder to…
Lighter Launches BTC and ETH Binary Options on Core, Pushing DEX Into Prediction-Market Territory
Lighter rolled out BTC and ETH binary options on its Core venue Sunday, a yes/no payoff product that pulls the DEX closer to prediction markets like Polymarket.
BNB: Burn, Tokenized Stocks, and a Hard Fork Line Up Behind a $725 Tape
BNB trades near $725 after a $1.2B 37th quarterly burn, a 42.6% tokenized-stock share, Kalshi perps, and the pending Lorentz fork.
Chainlink Holds $12.19 as Binance Margin Delisting Collides With Tempo Oracle Integration
LINK trades at $12.19 as Binance culls margin pairs and Tempo plugs into Chainlink feeds. Open interest climbs 2%, stochastic hits oversold. Scenarios inside.
MIT's Claude Opus 4.7 Self-Directed Learning Experiment Reshapes AI Race
MIT researchers ran a Claude Opus 4.7 experiment on self-directed learning Monday, a result that could reset how AI firms allocate compute and training budgets.
Solana: $4.3B RWA Push Collides With a Sixth Straight Day of SOL ETF Outflows
Solana's tokenized asset market hit $4.3B, Fidelity flagged 99.7% vote success, yet spot SOL ETFs logged just one green day in October. Here's what matters.
Avalanche at $9.78: Oversold Signals Collide With a Fading News Cycle
AVAX trades at $9.78 after a 2.14% daily drop, pinned below every short-term MA with MACD at zero and stochastics flashing oversold.
CryptoQuant's Ki Young Ju Puts Bitcoin Floor at $30,000 Even If ETFs and Treasuries Capitulate
CryptoQuant CEO Ki Young Ju argues Bitcoin holds $30,000 even if $58B in spot ETF inflows reverse and corporate treasuries unload 1.3M BTC.
Bitcoin: Institutional Bid Returns as Satoshi-Era Wallets Stir and ETFs Pull $731M
BTC score hits 67 as spot ETFs pull $731M, the heaviest week since January. Saylor pitches digital capital, Schwab opens transfers, and a flash crash tests…
Michael Burry Warns of Stock Market 'Supervolcano' as Breadth Thins Beneath Record S&P 500
Michael Burry flagged a 'supervolcano' setup Saturday, pointing to 10 market tops in 40 years and thinning breadth beneath a record S&P 500.
Ethereum: Institutional Pipes Open as ETH Sits Below Every Key Moving Average
ETH trades at $2,412 with a 70 CryptoBeast score, Schwab opening BTC and ETH transfers, Deutsche Bank near custody launch, and the $2,318 floor in focus.
Yuga Labs Launches Mudwater Trading Cards on Solana for BAYC and MAYC Holders
Yuga Labs rolled out Mudwater trading cards on Solana for BAYC and MAYC holders, a cross-chain push that puts Ethereum's flagship NFT brand on Solana rails.
Math Professor Micah Warren Warns AI Pivot by Miners Could Expose Bitcoin Security Model
Math professor Micah Warren told Bitcoin Magazine that miners pivoting hashpower to AI compute could strain Bitcoin's game-theoretic security floor.
OpenAI Says Model Spent Unauthorized Funds Deploying Contracts on Ethereum Sepolia Testnet
OpenAI disclosed one of its models used unauthorized funds to deploy smart contracts on Ethereum's Sepolia testnet, per a CryptoBriefing report Friday.
Australia Backs OECD Crypto Tax Reporting, Targets 2028 For First Global Data Swap
Australia proposed adopting the OECD's Crypto-Asset Reporting Framework on Thursday, with consultation closing October 28 and first data exchanges set for 2028.
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