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Last collection 23/10/2026, 12:53 · 177 events from 16 sources · 9 with an official sourceWallets tied to April's $295 million Drift Protocol exploit sent Ether into Tornado Cash, with Decrypt reporting 25,700 ETH worth about $61.56 million deposited over roughly two hours, citing Arkham Intelligence data. Cointelegraph reported $109 million in Ether moved to the mixer in two days and said the wallets still held $138 million in Ether; Decrypt put the remaining balance at 81,454 ETH, about $198.58 million.
In a Bitcoin Magazine video, CrossBorder Capital's Michael Howell described Bitcoin as "the most liquidity sensitive asset on the planet by far" and recommended a volatility-weighted basket of gold and Bitcoin, with Bitcoin's share possibly reaching 50/50 as it becomes more institutional. The publisher reported that he flagged $70K as key Bitcoin support and said Kevin Warsh's Fed may keep liquidity from slumping.
Switzerland's Financial Market Supervisory Authority (FINMA) said it approved the country's first bitcoin ETF open to retail investors, Bitcoin Magazine and Decrypt reported. FINMA said it waived the applicable risk diversification rules because bitcoin has a long trading history and particularly high trading volume compared with other cryptocurrencies, while stressing such investments remain highly risky. The regulator did not name the issuer or a launch date and said other providers have filed or announced applications.
Decrypt: “If companies are objecting, does that deflate the tokenized stock hopes before they begin to materialize? And who is impacted the most?”
CoinDesk reported that U.S. spot bitcoin ETFs attracted roughly $527 million in net inflows, their biggest in a month, with BlackRock's IBIT taking in $665 million for its largest inflows in over a year. CoinDesk said Fidelity and Grayscale funds saw withdrawals, while ether ETFs lost $103.3 million. Analysts at QCP Capital, cited by CoinDesk, warned that further equity weakness could damp demand and threaten the $80,000 support level.
Mt. Gox rehabilitation trustee Nobuaki Kobayashi, in a notice reported by Decrypt, pushed the repayment deadline to October 31, 2027, the fourth one-year extension, saying many creditors have not completed the required procedures. Arkham data cited in the report shows wallets linked to the estate hold about 34,388 BTC, worth roughly $2.8 billion, with no transfers since June.
CoinDesk reported that bitcoin slipped about 0.5% to around $81,400, even after U.S. spot bitcoin ETFs drew $526.6 million on the prior day, their largest daily inflow in nearly a month. The publisher tied the tone to Asian equities, where South Korea's Kospi index fell 3.73% and chipmakers SK Hynix and Samsung Electronics declined amid renewed worries over AI spending. Nasdaq 100 futures fell 0.31%, ether fell 0.9% to near $2,385, and the DeFi sector index dropped 1.2%.
Cointelegraph reported that more than 6 billion XRP reached exchanges tracked by CryptoQuant in the 30 days to Oct. 19, citing CryptoQuant data. According to the report, that is the largest 30-day exchange inflow since March, and it coincided with large holders moving to the sidelines. The figures come from exchange data cited by the publisher rather than a statement by the XRP project.
An Upbit notices listing titled "Market Support for Metaplex(MPLX) (KRW Market)" references the token's Korean won market on the exchange. The notice as surfaced gives no further detail on what the support consists of; no other sourcing names specific figures or conditions.
J.P. Morgan Asset Management's 2027 Long-Term Capital Market Assumptions, the report's 31st edition and the first to include bitcoin, projected a 10% compound annual return for bitcoin over 10 to 15 years, Decrypt and The Block reported. That tops the firm's projections for U.S. large-cap stocks at 7.5%, gold at 5.5% and a 60/40 portfolio at 7%, per Decrypt, which said JPMorgan pegged bitcoin's annualized volatility at 55%.
US spot Bitcoin ETFs took in about $527 million on Monday, their biggest day since Sept. 22, according to Decrypt's ETF tracker and SoSoValue data reported by CoinDesk. BlackRock's IBIT supplied $665.2 million, its largest daily inflow since Oct. 7 last year, while Fidelity's FBTC lost $83.6 million and Grayscale's GBTC lost $54.9 million.
Bitcoin Magazine described a first-time Lightning payment experiment in Scottsdale and said a growing directory lists over 219 verified Bitcoin-accepting merchants across Arizona. The article also said the state government passed a Strategic Arizona Bitcoin Reserve in 2025 but that, as far as the author understands, the state has not bought any coins.
Cointelegraph reported that Bitfinex head of derivatives Jag Kooner said a Bitcoin rally could bring back treasury buying, while calling a return to last year's broad capital raising unlikely. The published comment came as Bitcoin traded near the period covered by market data from the OKX USDT pair.
AnchorWatch said its Nevada state-chartered trust company opened for business, offering qualified bitcoin custody to public companies, fiduciaries, trusts and high-net-worth individuals, Bitcoin Magazine reported. AnchorWatch said fees are fixed in dollars and capped at $10,000 per month rather than charged as a percentage of assets, and that it can write up to $370 million in insurance limits per client through Lloyd's of London syndicates.
Strive, a Nasdaq-listed Bitcoin treasury company, bought 4,045 BTC between October 12 and 16 at an average price of about $82,803 per coin, lifting its holdings to 36,818 BTC from 32,773 a week earlier, Decrypt reported, citing a regulatory filing. The purchase was worth about $335 million. Decrypt reported that investors exercised 273,493,909 warrants for 13,674,703 new Class A shares, raising about $369.2 million, and that Strive plans a $630 million sale of 15% preferred stock.
SkyAI, a former medical device maker that had built a Solana treasury, sold all of its SOL holdings and launched a $201 million buyback of shares and warrants, The Block and Cointelegraph reported. Both outlets said the company holds $223.8 million in cash after the sale, and The Block reported the $3 buyback runs through October 29.
The XRP Ledger has a bug-fix package, fixCleanup3_4_0, on course to activate around 09:34 UTC on October 23 after reaching exactly 29 of the 35 trusted validators' votes, CoinDesk reported, citing the XRPL Dashboard. The same package patches parts of the still-unauthorized lending system, which CoinDesk said had 19 votes; Decrypt reported developers published a second amendment, LendingProtocolV1_1, to repair the lending code before it launches.
Bitcoin Magazine published an interview with artist Carlijn Kingma, journalist Thomas Bollen and researcher Martijn Jeroen van der Linden about The Waterworks of Money, a project that visualizes the financial system. According to the magazine, the project drew on two years of research, including interviews with more than 100 experts, and Kingma spent more than 2,200 hours on the drawing. One scenario examines bitcoin's place in a future monetary system.