Bitcoin dipped to about $81,000 late Thursday and has since spent the day boxed in a range of less than $1,000, trading near $81,500 early Friday. After a week of $3,000 swings, it’s the calmest stretch bitcoin has had in days. It’s down 0.4% over 24 hours and still sits below $82,500, the support it […]
Archives for October 23, 2026
HTX Research Publishes Crypto Market Outlook Ahead of the 2026 U.S. Midterm Elections
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Bitcoin steadies near $81,700 as altcoins rebound, pepe climbs 13%
Bitcoin BTC$84,459.46 rose 0.5% to around $81,700 since midnight UTC, outpaced by altcoins. Ether ETH$2,490.55 rose 0.9% and the CoinDesk 80 (CD80) altcoin index added 0.7% while the memecoin gauge climbed 2.9%. The rebound follows Thursday’s tech-led selloff, during which the Nasdaq Composite index fell 2.6% in its steepest decline since June. Asian markets steadied […]
Bitcoin appears to have decoupled from midterm cycle bottom history
U.S. midterm elections are just 10 days away and bitcoin BTC$84,459.46 is approaching a period that has historically coincided with major bear-market bottoms, although this year’s recovery suggests the timing could differ. Bitcoin bottomed in January 2015, December 2018 and November 2022, shortly after the preceding midterms. Those lows arrived approximately 71, 38 and 13 […]
CME Posts Record Q3 Revenue As Crypto Derivatives Push Continues
TL;DR: CME reported record third-quarter revenue of about $1.74 billion on October 21. The results provide a fresh look at a major crypto-derivatives operator, but they do not separately identify crypto revenue or its contribution to the increase. CME Group’s third-quarter revenue rose approximately 13% from a year earlier, as the exchange operator reported a […]
HSBC rolls out its first stablecoin to over 3 million everyday app users
HSBC debuted its first stablecoin, RedCoin, a Hong Kong dollar token that’s being rolled out onto its PayMe app. The token, which uses the ticker RCHKD, will let customers send money to friends and family and pay at more than 100,000 merchants. PayMe users, of which there are more than 3.3 million, will be able […]
Critical PHP Fixes Put Crypto Checkout Infrastructure In Focus
TL;DR: PHP released fixes for two critical flaws on October 21 and urged immediate updates. Crypto businesses using PHP-based web infrastructure should check that layer of their systems; the advisory does not announce a breach of Bitcoin or BTCPay Server itself. Security work for a crypto business does not end at its wallet. A critical […]
Sweden’s central bank revives e-krona debate as stablecoins and digital euro loom
Sweden’s central bank is calling for lawmakers to reconsider a digital krona, warning that foreign-currency stablecoins and a planned digital euro could erode the currency’s role in payments. An e-krona would give the public access to central bank money in digital form. A 2023 government inquiry found too little need for one, but the Riksbank […]
KuCoin Adds USDT Perpetuals Tied To Stocks And ETFs
TL;DR: KuCoin announced five new USDT-margined perpetual contracts for October 21, including products tracking Goldman Sachs shares and the leveraged MSTU ETF. The contracts offer up to 20x leverage in supported markets. KuCoin is extending its derivatives menu further into traditional financial assets with five contracts scheduled for launch on Wednesday. The exchange’s official listing […]
India’s largest exchange denies hack after sleuths pointed to $16 million in suspicious outflows
Every user gets a personal deposit address, a unique string of characters to send crypto to. The exchange then regularly “sweeps” those deposits, meaning it moves them into its own main wallets so everything sits in one place it controls. Some of that money goes to a hot wallet, an internet-connected place used for everyday […]
