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Bitcoin remains under pressure after retreating from nearly $87,000, as October outflows from spot ETFs, elevated Treasury yields and weakness in altcoins weigh on crypto sentiment. Investors are now awaiting U.S. inflation data for the next major market signal.
Strategy bought 250 Bitcoin for $21.5 million last week while spending $192.4 million on STRC preferred-share buybacks. The company’s Bitcoin holdings reached 848,250 BTC as shareholders prepare to vote on daily dividend payments for its preferred securities.
Blur will deprecate its blur.io NFT marketplace website and stop matching new Blend loans on November 12. The on-chain protocol will remain active, while borrowers must repay or default before the lending deadline amid a sharply smaller NFT market.
Blur will close its website frontend on Nov. 12 while keeping its onchain marketplace operating and ending new Blend loan matching. The move has revived criticism of its optional royalty model and token incentives as NFT trading remains far below its 2022 peak.
Binance will discontinue its mining pool and related services on Nov. 10, requiring miners to move elsewhere and users to redeem eligible positions. Historical records will remain available until Nov. 24, while outstanding balances and rewards will be processed under product rules.
Bitcoin climbed back above $83,000 after briefly falling below $81,000, even as South Korean chip stocks and Nasdaq futures declined. Elevated oil prices and Thursday’s U.S. inflation report remain central risks for crypto markets and interest-rate expectations.
Bitcoin climbed back above $83,000 after briefly falling below $81,000, diverging from a steep South Korean stock-market decline led by chipmakers. Investors are now watching Thursday’s U.S. CPI report, while elevated oil prices and rate expectations continue to shape the crypto market.
DeFi Development Corp added about 22,070 SOL last week, lifting its treasury to roughly 2.586 million tokens. Its CHAD preferred stock reached a record and neared $10, while DFDV shares remained below the value of its Solana holdings.
Ripple-backed Evernorth has started trading on Nasdaq as XRPN with about 473 million XRP and $300 million in cash. But XRP’s decline has reduced the treasury’s value to roughly $677 million, below the more than $1 billion raised when the deal was announced.
Strategy bought 250 bitcoin for $21.5 million between October 5 and October 11, extending four straight weeks of purchases. The company now holds 848,250 BTC and separately repurchased $192.4 million of its STRC preferred stock, according to a Monday filing.
ARK Invest is standing by its five-year Bitcoin outlook despite a flat-to-down year. Lorenzo Valente discussed the firm’s 2030 thesis, Bitcoin as digital gold and permissionless money, stablecoins, tokenization and the factors keeping some institutions cautious.
Evernorth Holdings rose as much as 5% in its Nasdaq debut as XRPN began trading as a publicly listed XRP treasury company. The firm expects to hold about 473 million XRP and appointed former Coinbase Asset Management executive Hugo Jeandesboz as chief investment officer.
Robinhood Chain’s daily transactions fell 42% to 6.2 million in early October, while spot trading volume dropped 21%. Deposits stayed above $1 billion, and Robinhood extended fee coverage for qualifying swaps through Dec. 31 as it seeks to revive network activity.
Bitcoin rebounded to $82,837 after briefly falling below $80,500, while the wider crypto market recovered to $2.89 trillion. However, heavy Bitcoin ETF outflows, elevated Treasury yields and prediction-market odds pointing to further declines kept traders cautious.
UTXO Management’s Loren Asmus says Bitcoin should be considered a structural portfolio allocation, not a trade. He points to institutional retention, education challenges and the bond market as important factors in Bitcoin’s next stage of adoption.
Bitcoin is declining in October despite the month’s historically strong reputation, as U.S. spot Bitcoin ETF outflows and weak spot demand pressure prices. Analysts are watching support near $77,000, $74,000 and $72,000 while cautioning that “Uptober” is not guaranteed.
Solana is set to reduce its target block time to 200 milliseconds at epoch 1053, completing a series of upgrades begun in August. The change should create five block opportunities per second, while increasing validator demands and shortening transaction timing windows.
Abstract plans to shut its Ethereum layer-2 network on Dec. 15, 2026, but users may face earlier route-specific deadlines. Wallet recovery alone will not guarantee a completed exit, as transfers also depend on supported bridges, destination control and continued network processing.
