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Mastercard has opened early access to Agent Pay for Machines, allowing AI agents to discover services and make payments within human-set limits. A Cloudflare Connect demonstration showed nine payments across two merchants, with settlement supported by Coinbase, Base and BVNK.
BlackRock has filed for a bitcoin-linked ETF designed to seek upside participation while limiting losses. The proposal follows Calamos’ protected bitcoin fund, which fell just 1% during its protection period while bitcoin dropped as much as 52% from its record high.
France’s National Assembly approved by one vote an amendment that would treat swaps from cryptocurrency into MiCA-regulated stablecoins as taxable sales from 2027. The measure still faces the rest of the budget process and Senate consideration.
Kazakhstan’s AIFC Court has restricted Coinbase and five other crypto exchanges from offering or promoting unlicensed services inside the financial center. The injunctions do not apply nationwide. LBank was removed after addressing regulator concerns and blocking access in Kazakhstan.
Animoca Brands chairman Yat Siu says AI agents could monitor crypto markets and trade around the clock, but warns users to plan for service outages, account suspensions, privacy costs and the possibility that similar AI systems could push traders into crowded positions.
Switzerland’s FINMA has approved the country’s first Bitcoin ETF available to retail investors. The directly backed product has not been assigned a launch date or publicly identified issuer, while the regulator warned that Bitcoin’s volatility could lead to significant losses.
Microsoft, Alphabet and Goldman Sachs are among seven new companies objecting to OKXICE’s proposed tokenized stock venue. The disclosed number of objecting issuers has risen to 16, creating a significant test for the SEC framework behind the planned platform.
Sam Callahan argues that Bitcoin’s future does not depend on Federal Reserve rate cuts, pointing instead to dollar purchasing-power losses, persistent inflation, debt pressures and financial repression. Moneyiar data showed Bitcoin at $83,310.73 on October 21, 2026, up 2.33% in 24 hours.
A wallet linked to Drift Protocol’s $295 million April hack transferred about $61 million in Ether to Tornado Cash after two months of inactivity. Addresses associated with the exploiter still held roughly $194 million in ETH, according to blockchain analytics data.
CrossBorder Capital’s Michael Howell says Bitcoin’s exceptional sensitivity to global liquidity could make it a leading asset in a debt-monetization era. He favors holding Bitcoin alongside gold, highlights $70,000 as support and discusses potential liquidity catalysts.
Tx has introduced USTX, a Brale-issued dollar stablecoin for its wallet and planned tokenized-stock marketplace. Users can mint it with USDC from eight blockchain networks, while reserves consist of cash, deposits, money market funds and short-term US Treasurys.
UK banks are under scrutiny after Stand With Crypto recorded 10,092 complaints about crypto transfer restrictions from 9,803 people. Lloyds, Barclays and NatWest received the most complaints as the UK prepares its 2027 digital-asset regulatory regime.
Nine companies, including Verizon, Broadcom and UnitedHealth, have objected to plans to trade their shares on OKX-ICE, a tokenized-stock venue from OKX and ICE. The objections affect 14% of its planned listings and put issuer consent at the center of the market’s next challenge.
France’s National Assembly narrowly approved a 2027 budget amendment that would remove tax deferral for certain crypto-to-stablecoin swaps from January 2027, potentially applying the country’s 31.4% capital-gains rate.
Former FTX COO Constance Wang says Netflix’s trailer for The Altruists misrepresents former colleagues and made her stop watching within 30 seconds. The drama about FTX’s collapse premieres Nov. 19, while Wang has since launched the bootstrapped crypto platform Pacifica.
U.S. spot bitcoin ETFs attracted about $527 million on Monday, their strongest combined inflow in a month, led by BlackRock. Analysts warned that weakening equities, high oil prices and tighter financial conditions could still pressure bitcoin demand and its $80,000 support.
Kazakhstan’s AIFC court has ordered access restrictions against Coinbase, BingX, Huobi Global, BitMart, WEEX and Bitcoin.com over alleged unlicensed crypto services. App-store operators Google and Apple are also covered, while nine other platforms voluntarily restricted access.
JPMorgan Asset Management forecasts 10% annualized bitcoin returns over the next decade in its base case, above projections for stocks, bonds and gold. The bank’s first bitcoin return range also includes a 9.7% annual loss scenario and a 17% gain scenario.
