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Bitcoin’s Friday options expiry is dominated by put exposure at $76,000-$80,000 as seven-day implied volatility falls before Wednesday’s US CPI report. Derivatives data also shows substantial longer-dated call exposure at higher strikes, while Bitcoin remains below its recent levels.
Solana is evaluating signer programs as a replacement for durable nonces, preserving offline cold-key approvals while shifting account control to program-derived addresses. The transition has no fixed date and depends on an audited mainnet implementation and application compatibility.
Ledger is investigating cryptocurrency losses reported by Southeast Asian customers who bought devices from Malaysia-based reseller CryptoBilis. One affected Ledger device contained an unauthorized hardware implant, while the company says the number of impacted products was limited.
Eclair has merged two fixes aimed at preventing Lightning nodes from paying excessive Bitcoin mining fees during dual funding, splicing and signer-mode transactions. The changes are in the master branch, but the latest listed packaged release remains September’s v0.14.3.
NEXTPredict paid $12,000 for Kalshi contracts covering roughly $3 million of conference investment if more than half of flights into JFK are canceled on October 21. Susquehanna provided market-making services in the arrangement.
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.
Rep. Warren Davidson said America’s debt, inflation and declining dollar purchasing power make sound money and real assets central to the country’s economic future. The Bitcoin Magazine interview also covered crypto legislation, self-custody, CBDCs, stablecoins, bitcoin’s political role and U.S. government holdings.
France’s proposed crypto tax amendment could make Bitcoin- and Ether-to-USDC swaps taxable from 2027, before investors withdraw cash. It would also introduce new basis rules for older holdings and preserve restrictions on carrying crypto losses into future tax years.
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.
Willem Middelkoop says Bitcoin could reach $1 million by 2030 as investors seek protection from currency debasement. He argues central banks prefer gold because they can influence it, while institutions are accessing Bitcoin through ETFs.
Bitcoin’s rebound has taken it close to the $84,000-$85,000 zone where substantial invested capital may create selling pressure. Ethereum reclaimed $2,500, but weakening derivatives positioning and $26.5 billion of estimated futures exposure leave its recovery vulnerable to renewed liquidations.
Bitmine bought 12,532 ETH worth about $31.9 million, lifting its holdings to 6,028,946 ETH, or 4.9% of Ethereum’s supply. Chairman Tom Lee said the company needs roughly 100,000 more ETH to reach its 5% target, while predicting a major crypto bull market.
EU finance ministers backed a plan to put the bloc’s largest crypto providers under direct ESMA supervision, targeting a MiCA oversight gap. Only 10 to 15 of roughly 360 firms may qualify, while negotiations with the European Parliament remain ahead.
Strategy bought 250 Bitcoin for $21.5 million and repurchased $192.4 million of STRC preferred stock last week. Its Bitcoin holdings reached a record 848,250 BTC, while Moneyiar data showed Bitcoin at $83,498.18 on October 13, down 2.88% over seven days.
Standard Chartered’s Dubai branch now offers institutional custody for Ripple’s RLUSD stablecoin on the XRP Ledger. The bank is also working with Ripple and LMAX on a planned arrangement that could let clients use bank-held RLUSD as trading collateral.
The Financial Stability Board warned that stablecoins remain untested in severe crises and urged governments to improve cross-border information sharing, monitoring and failure planning as the market’s capitalization reaches $306 billion.
Jeonbuk Bank has launched South Korea’s first reported traditional bank loans backed by bitcoin, offering won-denominated credit exclusively to companies. Bitcoin will be held by a registered third-party custodian, with court-ordered sales planned if borrowers default.
SWI Group has raised 800 million euros, or $894 million, to transform the former FTX-backed Genesis Digital Assets from a bitcoin miner into an AI-focused data-center business, retaining facilities in the U.S. and Sweden while selling sites in Kazakhstan.
