Bitcoin News
Strategy’s 267 BTC is a STRC buyback, not a stack
Strategy's 19 October 2026 Form 8-K shows 267 bitcoin bought for $22.1 million while $193.1 million went into STRC preferred. Holdings stand at 848,517 BTC.
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Bitmine 6.04m ETH is 4.9% of supply, not the 5% close
Bitmine's 19 October 2026 Form 8-K Item 7.01 and Exhibit 99.1 mark 6,041,481 ETH as of 18 October 2026 at 3:00pm ET, or 4.9% of a cited 122.1…
Ethereum News
Lighthouse v8.3.0: Hoodi Gloas binary, not mainnet fork
Sigma Prime published Lighthouse v8.3.0 at 10:12 UTC on 19 Oct 2026. The tag bakes in Hoodi Gloas for 26 Oct 17:42:48 UTC and recommends a mainnet upgrade,…
Blockchain News
France I-3898: stablecoin swap tax is not law yet
France adopted amendment I-3898 on 16 Oct 2026 by 38-37. Crypto-to-EMT swaps would lose 150 VH bis deferral from 1 Jan 2027, but this is first reading, not…
Bitcoin News
Cipher $850M 0% notes fund HPC, not a bitcoin buy
Cipher Digital closed $850.0 million of 0.00% convertible notes due 2032 on 16 October 2026. The 8-K funds HPC and Barber Lake, not a disclosed bitcoin purchase.
Ethereum News
Hoodi Glamsterdam is a testnet clock, not mainnet
The Ethereum Foundation scheduled Glamsterdam on Hoodi at epoch 132352 on Oct 26, 2026, 17:42:48 UTC. Mainnet stays TBD. ETH holders need no action.
Bitcoin News
Gemini CFTC consent still binds after SDNY denial
Judge Hellerstein denied Gemini and the CFTC's joint Rule 60 motion on October 15, 2026. The January 6, 2025 $5 million consent order and false-statement injunction still bind…
Crypto News
VanEck Lido stETH ETF pull is not an SEC denial
VanEck asked the SEC on Oct. 14, 2026 to withdraw the never-effective S-1 for VanEck Lido Staked Ethereum ETF. The letter is a Rule 477 sponsor pull, not…
Bitcoin News
MSCI non-operating screen is not a Strategy dump
MSCI will implement a non-operating-company screen in the November 2026 GIMI review, effective at the 30 November close. That is not a same-day deletion of Strategy.
Bitcoin News
Riot BitGo 8-K: custody switch, not a bitcoin sale
Riot Platforms' 14 Oct 2026 8-K is a BitGo Bank & Trust custody agreement after NYDIG, not a bitcoin sale. The coins stay put until a later filing…