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Crypto traders seek shelter in bitcoin as altcoins slide and ETF flows wobble
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Crypto traders seek shelter in bitcoin as altcoins slide and ETF flows wobble

Your day-ahead look for Oct. 21, 2026

www.coindesk.com ·18m ago
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Italy Busts Mafia 'Secret Bank' That Laundered Money Through Crypto, Seizes $24M

Police say a car-rental firm near Milan was an underground bank for 'Ndrangheta and Camorra figures, moving money abroad and into crypto.

decrypt.co53m ago
Markets

U.S. Earnings Season Heats Up as MEXC TSLA Stock Futures Weekly Volume Jumps 101%

Mutsamudu, Comoros, October 22, 2026 – MEXC, a pioneer in 0-fee digital asset trading, has released the latest trading data for TSLA Stock Futures. Trading volume reached approxima…

www.newsbtc.com56m ago
Bitcoin

Bitcoin corrects below $82K after Tesla Q3 results, KOSPI falls

Bitcoin reversed a run toward $85,000 after Tesla reported lower-than-expected capital expenditure in Q3.

cointelegraph.com1h ago
Technology

MEXC’s New-Token Trading Volume Rises 77% in September as Stock-Related Trading Expands Into On-Chain New-Token Markets

Mutsamudu, Comoros, October 22, 2026 – MEXC, a pioneer in 0-fee digital asset trading, has released its September trading data. New-token and TradFi spot trading volumes rose 77% a…

www.newsbtc.com1h ago
Technology

Crypto traders price India telecoms company Reliance Jio's IPO at about $110 billion

The pre-IPO Jio contract on Bitget is trading near $12, a roughly 4% premium on the top price band, as India’s largest public offering remains open for subscription.

www.coindesk.com1h ago
Bitcoin

Chinese Prosecutors Seek to Confiscate $5.1B in Bitcoin Seized by UK in Qian Case

A Tianjin court will hear the application after a six-month notice period, while a parallel fight over the same coins continues in London.

decrypt.co1h ago
Bitcoin

Bitcoin ETFs draw $528 million as ether funds snap five-day outflow streak

Spot bitcoin ETFs attracted $528 million on Wednesday as BlackRock and Fidelity led a recovery in institutional demand.

www.theblock.co1h ago
Bitcoin

Live updates: Bitcoin’s round trip to $85,000 burns traders on both sides

Bitcoin gave back its run at $85,000 and broke below $82,500 as weak tech earnings soured the mood. XMR bucked the drop with an 11% jump.

www.coindesk.com1h ago
Ethereum

Starknet voters back research into life beyond Ethereum

StarkWare plans to release a draft whitepaper in November as it explores an independent, quantum-resistant blockchain.

cointelegraph.com2h ago
Technology

Starknet community overwhelmingly backs research into becoming an independent post-quantum Layer 1

Starknet's community backed research into becoming an independent post-quantum Layer 1, with a draft whitepaper expected in November.

www.theblock.co2h ago
Ethereum

Layer 2 Scaling Solutions

Layer 2 scaling solutions help blockchains like Ethereum process more activity without forcing every transaction to happen directly on the base chain. Ethereum’s main network is se…

www.theblock.co2h ago
Regulation

South Korea’s crypto bill nears completion while tax debate intensifies: reports

The bill seeks to establish a framework for digital assets, including licensing regimes for exchanges and rules for stablecoin issuance.

www.theblock.co2h ago
Technology

PHP flaw draws millions of exploit attempts, Cloudflare CEO warns

Cloudflare’s Matthew Prince said the network saw thousands of exploit attempts even before the PHP vulnerability was publicly disclosed.

cointelegraph.com2h ago
Bitcoin

Asian stocks tumble, bitcoin retreats as China enters bear market

Technology shares led regional losses as mixed U.S. earnings unsettled investors and Brent crude climbed above $112 a barrel.

www.coindesk.com2h ago
Markets

GRVT Burns 1.1 Million Tokens as Countdown to Grvt 2.0 Begins

The discretionary buyback represents close to 1% of circulating supply and precedes four planned product milestones culminating in Grvt 2.0. Road Town, British Virgin Islands, Octo…

www.newsbtc.com3h ago
Bitcoin

Bitcoin ETFs bag another $528M, taking 3-day haul past $1B

US spot Bitcoin ETFs drew $1.08 billion over three trading sessions to push October flows back above water.

cointelegraph.com4h ago
Bitcoin

China seeks to seize 61,800 BTC tied to $5.7 billion fraud scheme

Chinese prosecutors are seeking to confiscate more than 61,800 Bitcoin tied to a $5.7 billion fraud scheme, days after a U.K. court ruled Chinese law governs victims’ claims to the…

www.coindesk.com5h ago
Technology

Here’s what happened in crypto today

Need to know what happened in crypto today? Here is the latest news on daily trends and events impacting Bitcoin price, blockchain, DeFi, Web3 and crypto regulation.

cointelegraph.com5h ago
Technology

Move over memecoins: Crypto ‘meme games’ coming, bagholders and all

“Plenty will be ponzis. Plenty will get exploited. Plenty will insta die. There will be ridiculous gains, and people will get absolutely f***ing rinsed,” says Illuvium co-founder K…

cointelegraph.com6h ago
Technology

Solana’s biggest network change since 2020 is live. Here’s how users benefit

The new voting system targets settlement in about 150 milliseconds, potentially shortening waits for payments and deposits. Users can keep their existing wallets.

www.coindesk.com6h ago
Bitcoin

Bitcoin ETFs attract $1.08 billion in 3 days but it may not be enough for a steep rally

Past steep rallies ran on about $235 million a day of net inflows into ETFs. The funds are yet to match that pace, according to data analyzed by CoinDesk.

www.coindesk.com6h ago
Technology

XRP Ledger bug fix moved to November after validator support dipped for two hours

The fix lost its two-week countdown less than two days from the finish after support slipped to 26 of 35 validators. It’s now back at 31.

www.coindesk.com7h ago
Bitcoin

Bitcoin gives back its run at $85,000 as Tesla and Meta fail to calm AI nerves

BTC broke through its $84,000 ceiling late Wednesday, then slid back to the $82,500 support analysts are watching as tech futures fell.

www.coindesk.com7h ago
Markets

PHP Foundation admits ‘structural failure’ delayed critical security fix

Government websites and online services were disrupted after concerns about a PHP bug that could allow attackers to take control of vulnerable servers.

cointelegraph.com10h ago
Technology

Aerodrome and Velodrome merge to launch Aero across seven blockchain networks

Aerodrome and Velodrome have merged to launch Aero across Ethereum mainnet, Base, Robinhood Chain, Ink, OP Mainnet, Arc, and Arbitrum.

www.theblock.co11h ago
Regulation

American Bankers Association: OCC’s GENIUS rules ‘undermine’ US Congress

Banking advocacy organizations are pushing back against the OCC’s finalized rules on a stablecoin law, arguing against changes to provisions on yield.

cointelegraph.com13h ago
Technology

Ken Griffin Says AI Is 'Almost Certainly' in a Bubble—And Compares GPUs to Airline Seats

Citadel's founder says investors are almost certainly in an AI bubble, warns a chip glut could crash prices like empty airline seats, yet expects the survivors to lead for decades.

decrypt.co14h ago
Markets

Tether backs Bolivian fintech bringing USDT payments to food delivery and banking

The investment will support Peso’s expansion across four Latin American markets, where it connects stablecoin payments to merchant services and local banking networks.

cointelegraph.com15h ago
Regulation

Trump didn‘t mention ‘crypto’ once in White House cybercrime roundtable

The US President detailed many schemes defrauding Americans, but referred only to “cybercurrency“ related to scams.

cointelegraph.com15h ago
Technology

Nvidia Unveils Its Full-Stack Blueprint to Contain and Monitor AI Agents

Nvidia's OpenShell Reference Architecture pairs a software sandbox on Vera CPUs with Sentry monitoring on BlueField-4 chips, aiming to let companies run autonomous agents while enf…

decrypt.co15h ago
Technology

Robinhood single-stock perps could be a ‘strong positive’ for HOOD shares, Mizuho says

A Mizuho survey of 600+ Robinhood users finds 94% would trade single-stock perpetual futures, mostly with new money.

www.theblock.co16h ago
Technology

Who Found the PHP Bug That Made Governments Unplug Their Websites? ChatGPT, Of Course

OpenAI says its models found PHP2Shell and led a two-month coalition to fix it. It's the same AI that broke into Hugging Face and an Australian government portal this year.

decrypt.co16h ago
Technology

How a SpaceX and Tesla Merger Would Reshape Musk’s AI Empire

Both boards are now studying a tie-up that would put Grok, X, Starlink, orbital data centers, a chip megafactory and Optimus robots under one roof—and under one man's control.

decrypt.co17h ago
Regulation

American Bankers Association accuses OCC of undermining Congress with final stablecoin rewards rule

The fight between banks and crypto has reignited after a top banking regulator declined to weigh in on third-party stablecoin rewards.

www.theblock.co17h ago
Ethereum

Cardano Foundation urges EU against expanding MiCA rules to DeFi and staking

The foundation called for regulation based on financial risks rather than technology, warning that overlapping rules could create uncertainty for crypto businesses across the EU.

cointelegraph.com17h ago
Bitcoin

Bitcoin Hits Weekly High as Crypto Market Rebounds

Bitcoin is back near $84,500 as XRP and Zcash lead a broad crypto rebound from October's slide, putting "Uptober" back on the table.

decrypt.co18h ago
Technology

UK financial watchdog opens consultations for DeFi guidance, crypto laws

The UK Financial Conduct Authority consultations came just weeks after the agency opened applications for companies under its new crypto regulatory regime.

cointelegraph.com18h ago
Regulation

Treasury Secretary Bessent likens GENIUS Act to Lincoln-era banking reform

The OCC has finalized rules for stablecoin reserves and redemptions, with Bessent calling the GENIUS Act a “watershed moment for American finance.”

cointelegraph.com18h ago
Markets

Dogecoin Gets a Dedicated Company to Build Out Its Ecosystem

Formed with the Dogecoin Foundation and led by MyDoge founder Jordan Jefferson, the new company consolidates the MyDoge wallet, DogeOS app platform, and Such App to build an econom…

decrypt.co18h ago
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