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On October 19, U.S. spot Bitcoin ETFs (exchange-traded funds through which Bitcoin is bought like an ordinary stock on an exchange) collected $526.7 million in net inflow. This is the largest daily result since September 22, when $714.7 million flowed into the funds.
Reserve Bank of Australia Deputy Governor Andrew Hauser said the inflation forecast looks worse than the bank's own calculations. AUD/USD rose about 0.45%, broke through the round 0.7000 level and reached 0.7017 - a two-week high and the fourth consecutive gain.
SpaceX reported third-quarter 2026 results after market close on October 20: revenue of $14.58B versus the $12.74-13.0B consensus and net income of $4.40B versus a $1.05B loss a year earlier.
XAU/USD touched a fresh weekly low: on Tuesday gold closed at $4,122 (-0.43%), and in the Asian session on Wednesday it traded around $4,115 (-0.2%). This is the fourth consecutive day of decline, all because the market expects the Fed to raise rates rather than cut them.
Today at 09:00 Moscow time, the UK reports its September consumer price index. Consensus is +3.4% year-on-year vs 3.1% in August. If the figure is confirmed, this will be the third consecutive month of acceleration.
On October 20, 2026, the MEXC crypto exchange announced that it is ceasing to serve users from Russia and Belarus. There is no single shutdown date: each client will receive their deadlines individually.
The company has launched a configurator and is giving gifts!
Over 30 days through October 19, 6.05 billion XRP were deposited to exchanges - the most since March. Total exchange reserves rose to 11.81 billion tokens, the 99th percentile for the year.
On the morning of October 20, Brent crude (the North Sea benchmark used to price most of the world's supply) updated its six-month high — the trading tape recorded the level at 10:26 Moscow time.
BTC is trading around $82,538, but the range of its fluctuations has fallen to one of the lowest values in two and a half years. The two previous such compressions ended with a 30-35% move - in opposite directions.
SkyAI (formerly Sharps Technology) has completely exited its Solana reserves - more than 2 million SOL - and instead of buying coins, is launching a buyback of shares and warrants worth up to $201.3 million
The Office for National Statistics (ONS) reported that unemployment fell to 4.7% in the three months to August, versus 4.9% in the previous quarter. This is the lowest in more than a year, and the market had expected the previous level to be maintained.
Payment system Visa has agreed on a partnership with crypto platform Mesh: payments can be made with cryptocurrencies and stablecoins at more than 175 million locations worldwide - without a separate card and without prior conversion.
On Monday, October 19, US exchange-traded funds on Bitcoin (funds through which institutions buy the asset like a regular stock on an exchange) attracted $526.7 million - the best daily inflow in almost a month. Almost the entire volume went into a single BlackRock fund.
Gold slipped to $4,135 per ounce - the third declining session in a row. Two factors are weighing: the yield on 10-year US Treasuries has returned above 5.1%, and oil has risen almost 15% in two weeks.
On October 20 the calendar is packed from night until late evening: at 04:15 Moscow time China announces its benchmark LPR rate, at 12:00 the ZEW indices for Germany and the Eurozone are released, at 15:15 - weekly ADP employment data for the US, and at 23:05 Netflix reports. The movement will be stretched across the whole day rather than gathered into a single candle.
Tom Lee's company bought another 12,535 ETH over the past week and has come close to its stated goal of holding 5% of all existing Ethereum coins on its balance sheet.
On October 19, the largest US bank, JPMorgan Chase, launched its deposit token JPM Coin (JPMD) on the Ethereum mainnet. Access is granted only to the bank's approved institutional clients.
On Tuesday and Wednesday after the US market close, quarterly reports from Tesla, Meta, Netflix and SpaceX are released. Nasdaq values just the first three at a combined $3.6 trillion - the reaction in their shares drags the entire tech sector along with it.
US spot exchange-traded funds (ETF - a fund through which an asset is bought like a regular stock on an exchange) lost $549 million over the past week. Outflows from Ethereum funds in October reached $955 million - the worst month of 2026.
The KBW Bank Index (a stock market indicator made up of shares of the largest US banks - it is used to judge whether investors believe in the financial sector) has been declining for the sixth week in a row and has lost 11% in a month and a half. There has not been such a long streak since the 2008 crisis.
Trump suspended key sanctions and tariffs against Russia and announced a diesel deal. Oil headed lower in the Asian session on Monday, breaking a seven-day streak of gains.
At 05:00 Moscow time, China's National Bureau of Statistics reported economic growth of 4.5% in the third quarter against expectations of 4.4%. The data came in better than forecast on almost all counts, and risk appetite lifted Bitcoin, Nasdaq futures and Asian stocks.
