Bitcoin slips below $80,000, its weakest in over a month, as US Middle East evacuations pressure markets
Crypto longs lost $404 million in four hours and spot bitcoin ETFs shed $773 million over two days as BTC briefly broke $80,000 before recovering toward $80,800
Coindesk · +14 outlets
Bitcoin ETFs swing back to net outflows, $636M in withdrawals erase prior day's inflows
BlackRock's IBIT led Thursday's outflows at $254.1 million, extending a volatile week for US spot bitcoin funds.
Theblock · +8 outlets
Strategy, Strive must balance bitcoin buying against preferred stock dividends
Preferred securities have financed purchases of nearly 136,000 bitcoin, creating a funding channel analysts expect to complement the ETF market.
Coindesk · +14 outlets
OKX-ICE tokenized stock plan draws 22 objections, with Wells Fargo, Cisco, Marvell joining
Six more companies objected to listing tokenized versions of their stock on the venue under the SEC's innovation exemption, bringing the total to 22.
Coindesk · +2 outlets
Argentine judge dismisses LIBRA criminal case against Milei, his sister and token creator
The 60-page ruling concluded Milei's promotion of the crashed memecoin did not by itself establish fraud.
Theblock · +14 outlets
Kraken parent Payward to acquire Finland's Saldo Finance, owner of Lithuania's Saldo Bank
The Oct. 14 deal, expected to close soon, would extend Kraken's push into banking services beyond crypto trading.
Cryptoslate · +14 outlets
Bitcoin Core speeds up security fixes as 44% of surveyed nodes run unsupported versions
A policy amendment merged Oct. 22 lets developers backport fixes for easily rediscovered vulnerabilities to every maintained release line and publish advisories
Cryptoslate · +3 outlets
Kraken drops Monero spending questions but keeps $1,500 rolling 30-day withdrawal cap
Co-CEO Arjun Sethi said the intrusive compliance requests sent to Monero customers were unjustified, though the withdrawal limit stays in place.
Cryptoslate · +2 outlets
Franklin Templeton adds $150 million in fund shares to XRP Ledger in a single wallet
Two subscriptions on Thursday nearly quadrupled the fund's tokens on the network, with the receiving wallet sharing authorized signers with the issuer.
Coindesk · +14 outlets
Capital Research raises Metaplanet voting stake to 11.11% amid share buybacks
The move makes Capital Research a major shareholder in the Japanese bitcoin treasury company as it expands its holdings.
Cryptonews.net · +4 outlets
Ethereum sees biggest exchange withdrawal in four months as October ETF losses top $1 billion
About 169,770 ETH left centralized exchanges on net in one day, the largest such move in over four months.
Cryptoslate · +2 outlets
Evernorth shifts corporate treasury to XRP, CEO explains choosing it over bitcoin
The Nasdaq-listed XRP firm's CEO said bitcoin's limited on-chain utility drove the treasury allocation decision.
ZyCrypto · +9 outlets
Circle shareholder sues Trump over UAE crypto deals, citing up to $82 million in potential annual revenue
The Oct. 22 complaint challenges a $500 million investment, alleging UAE-linked payments enriched Trump's family and diverted business from USDC.
Cryptoslate · +3 outlets
NYSE owner backs 24/7 stock tokens without Wall Street's usual price rules
The decision to introduce around-the-clock stock tokens follows rising trading volume in tokenized assets.
Cryptoslate · +9 outlets
Bitdeer liquidates 943 bitcoin, cutting its treasury to zero
The miner's move marks a full unwind of its bitcoin holdings amid a soft market.
CoinMarketCap · +2 outlets
Singapore, Malaysia and Thailand central banks expand cross-border stablecoin initiative with Ripple, Visa, Mastercard
Malaysia and Thailand joined Singapore's BLOOM initiative for cross-border stablecoin and tokenized deposit settlement.
Theblock · +14 outlets
Hong Kong's Ming Shing bets $483 million on a bitcoin treasury
The Hong Kong firm joins a growing list of Asian companies converting balance sheet assets into bitcoin.
CoinMarketCap
Circle launches USDC auctions letting institutions collect fees others pay to cash out
Eligible institutions can earn rebates funded by matched redeemers, whose auction fees are capped at the Express rate.
Cryptoslate · +1 outlets