📽 It’s time for another weekly crypto roundup! Matt Zahab and Rachel Wolfson are back with Episode 69, breaking down the latest crypto headlines. Don’t miss out — tune in now!👇

📌 Price Action

📌 Tether Reports $10B+ YTD Profit And $6.8B Excess Reserves Tether has published its Q3 2025 attestation covering figures through September 30, 2025. The report states year-to-date profit exceeded $10 billion and excess reserves totaled $6.8 billion, and it verifies reserves, liabilities, and the assets backing USDT. Reserves were reported at $181.22 billion against $174.45 billion in liabilities, including $174.36 billion related to tokens in circulation. USDT issuance increased by more than $17 billion during Q3, lifting circulating supply above $174 billion, and the company says supply later passed $183 billion in October. Tether reports total exposure to U.S. Treasuries of about $135 billion, which it says would place the company around 17th if compared with sovereign holders.

📌 MEXC Apologizes After Wrongfully Freezing $3M From Crypto Whale ‘The White Whale’ MEXC apologized after wrongfully freezing $3 million from trader “The White Whale.” The issue gained attention after on-chain investigator ZachXBT intervened, prompting MEXC’s leadership to issue a public statement. MEXC plans to launch a “fast-track channel” for dispute resolution as it works to fix transparency and operational issues.

📌 $116M in Crypto Assets Gone – Balancer Suffers One of DeFi’s Largest Exploits Over $116 million in crypto assets have been drained from Balancer Protocol, marking one of the most severe decentralized finance (DeFi) exploits of 2025. At approximately 9:12 AM on Monday, blockchain analytics firm Lookonchain first raised the alarm, reporting that Balancer had been exploited for $70.6 million in crypto assets. Initial data revealed that the attacker siphoned off 6,587 WETH ($24.46 million), 6,851 osETH ($26.86 million), and 4,260 wstETH (~$19.27 million) across multiple blockchains.

📌 DeFi Protocol Stream Finance Suspends Withdrawals Following $93M Loss Stream Finance suspended deposits and withdrawals after an external fund manager overseeing the protocol’s funds disclosed a loss of about $93m in fund assets, it said Tuesday. The team said it has retained Keith Miller and Joseph Cutler of law firm Perkins Coie to investigate the incident. “We are actively withdrawing all liquid assets and expect this process to be completed in the near term,” Stream said, adding that periodic updates will follow as more information becomes available.

📌 Ray Dalio Warns Fed Bubble Could Send Gold, Bitcoin Soaring — Then Implode The billionaire investor and Bridgewater Associates founder argues that the Fed’s shift from balance sheet reduction to expansion represents a classic late-stage debt cycle dynamic that could drive gold and Bitcoin dramatically higher before an inevitable collapse. The Fed announced that it would end quantitative tightening, effective December 1, 2025, transitioning to balance sheet maintenance at $6.5 trillion, while redirecting agency security income into Treasury bills rather than mortgage-backed securities. Dalio views this as more than a “technical maneuver,” as officials describe it, particularly as the shift occurs alongside large fiscal deficits and strong private credit creation.