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According to calculations by analytics firm K33, BTC's 28-day realized volatility (a measure of the actual magnitude of price fluctuations over a period) has dropped to 1.2% - nearly the lowest value for all of 2026. The market has frozen right before the Fed meeting and the US elections.
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 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.
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.
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.
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.
XAU/USD rose to $4,165 at the start of the Asian session on Friday, October 16, ending a three-day losing streak. The trigger was a weaker dollar and a sharp drop in US Treasury yields
On October 14, US exchange-traded funds (ETFs - a fund through which an asset is bought like an ordinary stock) on Bitcoin, Ethereum and Solana showed a total net outflow of about $171.5 million. A day earlier, the same funds took in $200.5 million.
