The crypto market is neutral
BTC Dominance - 58.07%

Market Cap - $3.79T
BTC - $110,207 (+2.8%)
ETH - $4,037 (+3.45%)
BNB - $1,126 (+3.44%)
SOL - $191 (+2.54%)
ASTER - $1.22 (+3.77%)

https://dropstab.com
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Hyperliquid founder refutes FUD about prioritizing protocol revenue over traders

https://x.com/chameleon_jeff/status/1979591612704723253
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There Are Three Major Tailwinds for Crypto’s Next Rally, Says Galaxy Digital’s Alex Thorn

First is AI capital spending. He frames the current wave as a real-economy capex cycle led by cash-rich incumbents — hyperscalers, chipmakers and data-center operators — reinforced by significant U.S. policy support, rather than a rerun of a purely speculative dot-com bubble. Corporate budgets and government posture, he argues, point to a long runway.

Second are stablecoins. Thorn points out that dollar-linked tokens continue to gain traction as payment rails, broadening participation, deepening liquidity and anchoring more activity on public chains. He believes those plumbing effects can support the ecosystem even when price action chops.

Third is tokenization. According to Thorn, moving real-world assets and pieces of traditional market infrastructure on-chain is shifting from pilots to implementation, creating fresh demand for block space and for core assets that secure, route and settle that activity....
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Mt. Gox trustees face a deadline on Oct. 31 to complete Base, Early lump-sum, and Intermediate repayments for Bitcoin creditors (BTC), with roughly 34,689 BTC still sitting in Mt. Gox-linked wallets as the clock ticks down.

https://cryptoslate.com/mt-gox-repayments-due-oct-31-will-a-supply-wave-hit-btc/
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These crypto C-suites are expected to attend a roundtable with pro-crypto Senate Democrats on Wednesday to discuss market structure legislation and the path forward:

Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong
Chainlink CEO Sergey Nazarov
Galaxy CEO Mike Novogratz
Kraken CEO David Ripley
Uniswap CEO Hayden Adams
Solana Policy Institute President Kristin Smith
Circle CSO Dante Disparte
Ripple CLO Stuart Alderoty
Jito CLO Rebecca Rettig
a16z crypto GC Miles Jennings

Others may be added to the list.

The meeting, led by Gillibrand, comes as negotiations with Republican counterparts have stalled in recent days following fallout and industry backlash over a leaked Dem proposal to regulate DeFi.

https://x.com/EleanorTerrett/status/1980093662332596419
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Alpha Arena is live

6 AI models trading $10K each, fully autonomously.

https://x.com/jay_azhang/status/1979312946154033227
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Upbit has listed BIO Protocol (BIO)

https://upbit.com/service_center/notice?id=5662
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Strategy has acquired 168 BTC for ~$18.8 million at ~$112,051 per bitcoin

As of 10/19/2025, it holds 640,418 BTC acquired for ~$47.40 billion at ~$74,010 per bitcoin.

https://x.com/Strategy/status/1980243237135900778
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BitMine acquired 203,826 ETH last week

https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/bitmine-immersion-bmnr-announces-eth-holdings-reaching-3-24-million-tokens-and-total-crypto-and-cash-holdings-of-13-4-billion-302588585.html
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Gemini has launched a Solana-branded credit card with automatic staking for SOL rewards.

Cardholders can earn up to 4% back in SOL on categories like gas, EV charging, and rideshare, and up to 10% back with select partners.
Solana rewards can be automatically staked on Gemini for yields of up to 6.77%, turning spending into a yield-generating strategy, the firm said.

The card carries no annual or foreign transaction fees, offers flexible crypto rewards, and includes perks through the Mastercard World Elite program. It’s issued by WebBank.

https://www.coindesk.com/business/2025/10/20/crypto-exchange-gemini-launches-solana-themed-credit-card-with-auto-staking-rewards
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Anatoly Yakovenko, co-founder of Solana, appears to be building perpetual DEX on Solana: GitHub

https://x.com/AggrNews/status/1980252828682658150
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CZ: „Prediction: Bitcoin will flip gold.
I don't know exactly when. Might take some time, but it will happen. Save the tweet.“

https://x.com/cz_binance/status/1980303362114662814
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21Shares filed for a new INJ ETF

https://x.com/injective/status/1980301816341606621
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The crypto market is down
BTC Dominance - 58.24%

Market Cap - $3.72T
BTC - $108,307 (-1.66%)
ETH - $3,878 (-3.64%)
BNB - $1,074 (-4.82%)
SOL - $184 (-3.66%)
COAI - $6.26 (+18.77%)

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Solana founder Anatoly Yakovenko is messing around with Claude to see how well it can generate Pinocchio and test with surfpool

https://x.com/aeyakovenko/status/1980288468094951799
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Coinbase.eth acquires UpOnly NFT from Cobie for 25M USDC

https://x.com/brian_armstrong/status/1980397986149744769
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Binance has announced the 55th project on the HODLer Airdrops page - Turtle (TURTLE), a liquidity distribution protocol.

Users who subscribed their BNB to Simple Earn (Flexible and/or Locked) and/or On-Chain Yields products from 2025-10-14 00:00 UTC to 2025-10-16 23:59 UTC will get the airdrops distribution.

Binance will then list TURTLE at 2025-10-22 15:00 UTC and open trading against USDT, USDC, BNB, FDUSD, and TRY pairs.

Total Token Supply at Genesis: 1,000,000,000 TURTLE 
HODLer Airdrops Token Rewards: 10,000,000 TURTLE (1.00% of max total token supply)

https://www.binance.com/en/support/announcement/detail/d5e4381605934bb98919bf542d3d6afe
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SpaceX moved 2,495 BTC (~$268M) to two unmarked addresses

There are still 5,790 BTC (~$622 million) left in the wallet.

https://intel.arkm.com/explorer/entity/spacex
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Coinbase has struck a roughly $375 million deal to acquire Echo, a platform that allows crypto companies to quickly raise capital directly on the blockchain

https://www.wsj.com/finance/coinbase-strikes-deal-for-crypto-investing-platform-echo-86954fd5
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