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The US Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC, the regulator of national banks) has granted Ripple final approval to launch Ripple National Trust Bank. Now the $2.5 billion in RLUSD stablecoin reserves will be managed under federal oversight.
On Monday, October 26, the US stock market staged a powerful rebound after the sharp sell-off of the previous week. Two stories at once served as the trigger: Anthropic's stock market debut and the talks in Tehran.
On Monday, October 26, the dollar strengthened against major currencies ahead of the Fed meeting on Wednesday. The yen is the weakest in the basket, the pound slipped from its recent peak of 1.3419 to levels below 1.3350.
On Saturday, Bitcoin on most exchanges dropped to $79,100 - the lowest level in five weeks. By Sunday morning, the price had recovered from the drop and is holding just above $80,000, reaching a high of $80,900.
From October 19 to 23, spot Bitcoin ETFs in the US (exchange-traded funds through which Bitcoin is bought like an ordinary stock) attracted $304.73 million, although $635.49 million was withdrawn from them on Wednesday alone. Ethereum funds closed the week with an outflow of $220.6 million.
On Saturday, Bitcoin fell below $80,000 for the first time since October 15 and in four hours wiped out $404.15M in long positions (bets on price increases) — that's 93% of the total $436.44M in liquidations. Over 24 hours, the market forcibly closed $815.26M across 201,012 traders.
Gold fell below the round mark of $4000 per ounce for the first time since July, dropping to $3,986.85. The decline followed the collapse of US technology stocks: investors sold the metal to cover margin calls on other positions.
The American broker Robinhood (traded on Nasdaq under the ticker HOOD) has officially received approval from Dubai authorities to launch cryptocurrency trading. This opens the door for the company to enter the Middle East market.
Payments giant Visa is discussing the acquisition of one of the world's largest crypto custodians, Fireblocks. The deal amount is being discussed at around $2.5 billion, Axios reports.
The OCC (Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, a division of the Treasury that oversees national banks) has issued a final rule under the GENIUS Act. It is the first of several federal regulators to bring its rules to completion.
The AFSA regulator reported on October 20 that the court of the Astana International Financial Centre (AIFC) has banned six crypto platforms from providing and advertising services with digital assets without a license. The ban applies within the financial centre and is not nationwide.
U.S. spot exchange-traded funds on Ethereum (funds through which institutions buy the asset like a regular stock on an exchange) lost $1.08 billion since October 1. This is the largest monthly outflow for all of 2026 and the largest since November 2025, with eight trading sessions still left until the end of the month.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Since the start of October, investors have pulled more than $1 billion from US spot ETFs (exchange-traded funds through which Bitcoin and Ethereum are bought like an ordinary stock). BTC is trading at $81,266 and is 35.54% below its record high of $126,080.
MSCI (the largest provider of stock indices used by funds managing trillions of dollars) approved a rule on October 15: companies whose balance sheets are dominated by a single asset will lose their place in the MSCI Global Investable Market indices starting November 30, 2026. Bitcoin holders Strategy and Metaplanet are affected
According to a CoinShares report, crypto asset investment products (exchange-traded funds and trusts through which institutions buy crypto like a stock) lost $434 million in net outflows in the week to October 16. The sell-off accelerated after the October 14 inflation data.
Index provider MSCI has adopted a new methodology for selecting companies: businesses that are essentially a cryptocurrency vault rather than an operating company will undergo a separate review. Strategy (MSTR) is under threat - the largest public holder of Bitcoin in the world.
On Thursday, October 15, BTC dropped below $80,000, but recovered back to $82,300-82,500 in less than two hours. Over the day, $937.06 million worth of positions were forcibly closed on the crypto derivatives market.
The US stock market fell sharply after higher inflation in the US. The Nasdaq Composite lost 1.9%, the S&P 500 - 1.1%, and the sell-off in AI- and chip-related stocks then spread to Asia, where the KOSPI plunged 8%.
Over the past 24 hours, leveraged positions worth $951.4 million were liquidated on the crypto market, with $876.3 million coming from longs. Bitcoin dropped to $80,764, while Ethereum lost more than 6%.
