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Crypto brief: October 19, 2026
Monday UTC snapshot: Bitcoin at $82,481 and ether at $2,423.69. OpenWorld blockchain stock, a Farmhouse CFO, ERC-8447, Spark Atlas, and Aave SPCX.
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Crypto brief: October 18, 2026
Sunday UTC snapshot: Bitcoin at $81,328 and ether at $2,396. Empery board vote, a $75,000 ETH placement, Nethermind 2.2.0, Aave V4 caps, and Compound Gauntlet.
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Crypto brief: October 17, 2026
Strategy sets STRC at 12% if the October 28 vote lands, Strive prices an upsized SATS deal at $90, and Prysm v7.3.0 schedules the Hoodi Gloas fork.
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Crypto brief: October 16, 2026
DFDV lifts CHAD to 14%, SkyAI tenders at $3.00 after selling SOL, Cipher prices $850 million of 0.00% 2032 notes, and Teku 26.10.1 is required for Hoodi Glamsterdam.
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Crypto brief: October 15, 2026
Strive bought 2,822 bitcoin after a $369.2 million warrant exercise, Bitmine reported 6.03 million ETH, and Aave opened a native BTC collateral ARFC. Eight stories from October 14…
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Crypto brief: October 14, 2026
Strategy added 250 bitcoin, Cipher proposed $850 million of 2032 notes, and the Fed published discount minutes. Eight stories from October 13 filings, forums, and venues.
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Crypto brief: October 13, 2026
Overnight filings from Cipher, Hyperion, and Bitmine sat next to a Lighthouse security patch, Compound V4 numbers, a stalled Lido NEST buyback, and delayed Celestia sends on Coinbase.
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Crypto brief: October 12, 2026
CFTC puts a crypto-market ANPRM in the Federal Register. Bitcoin is $83,677 on the October 12, 2026 snapshot, with TeraWulf and Hut 8 also on the tape.
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Crypto brief: October 11, 2026
Strategy takes its bitcoin stack to 848,000 coins. The SEC proposes crypto custody rules. Bitcoin is $82,926 on the October 11, 2026 snapshot.
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Crypto brief: October 10, 2026
Evernorth closes its XRP treasury listing as XRPN. The CFTC carves casino sportsbooks out of swaps. Bitcoin is $82,543 on the October 10, 2026 snapshot.