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26 out of 62: Intel, Oracle and IBM opted out of tokenizing their shares on the OKX and ICE platform

Four new refusals have been added to the OKXICE project - a joint venture between the OKX crypto exchange and Intercontinental Exchange (the owner of the New York Stock Exchange). Now 26 issuers from the original list of 62 companies have spoken out against trading tokenized versions of their shares.

Kraken moves into US perpetual futures: the first CFTC-supervised market on Hyperliquid

Payward, the parent company of the Kraken exchange, is set to become the first operator of perpetual futures on the Hyperliquid blockchain operating under the supervision of the US regulator CFTC. The announcement came out on October 26, 2026; no launch date was given.

On Monday, inflows into Bitcoin ETFs brought in $110 million, but October is still down by $202 million

U.S. spot Bitcoin exchange-traded funds (funds whose shares trade on an exchange and track the price of the asset) attracted about $110 million on Monday, October 26. This only offset part of the $773.5 million outflow over the previous two sessions, and for the month as a whole the funds are still losing money.

Ripple received a banking license in the US: cryptocurrency regulation has reached RLUSD reserves

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.

Meta raises $35B: additional share issuance to fund AI expenses

Meta (recognized as extremist and banned in Russia) announced the placement of new securities worth $35B. The money will go toward capital expenditures in artificial intelligence - this is one of the largest amounts raised of this kind among technology companies.

Strive bought 6,182 BTC for $511 million - holdings rose to 43,000 BTC

Vivek Ramaswamy's American Strive increased its Bitcoin holdings by 16.8% in a week - to 43,000 BTC. The deal was closed with money from a $630 million preferred stock offering.

Week of three rates: Fed meeting on October 28, then ECB and Bank of Japan

From October 28 to 30, four central banks issue rate decisions, and on the 29th US GDP and PCE come out at the same time. The market has already priced in rates staying unchanged, so it will be the wording, not the numbers themselves, that moves the instruments.

BTC fell to $79,100 - a five-week low, crypto market below $2.7 trillion

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.

During the week, inflows into Bitcoin ETFs amounted to $304.73 million, while Ethereum funds lost $220.6 million

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.

$404M in long positions liquidated on the crypto market in four hours: BTC dropped below $80,000

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.

US urgently evacuates people from the Middle East: crypto market slumps, Bitcoin falls below $80,000

On Saturday, October 24, BTC lost 2.2% in a day and dropped to $79,700 - its weakest level in more than a month. The reason is not market-related: Washington is urgently evacuating embassy and military base personnel from the region.

Bitcoin fell below $81,000 amid Brent at $116

On Friday, October 23, at the start of the US session, BTC plunged to $80,988 - the low of the day. At the same time, Brent crude jumped about 3% to $116 per barrel, for the first time since March 19, and US stocks closed the week in the red.

Spot BTC funds saw record daily outflow in several months

On October 22, spot Bitcoin exchange-traded funds showed the largest daily outflow in several months, according to data from the analytics service SoSoValue. The data was published on the morning of October 23 at 07:42 Moscow time.

Robinhood has received Dubai's permission to trade crypto

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.

Visa is in talks to buy Fireblocks for $2.5 billion

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.

Bitcoin went to $85,000 and came back: the crypto market gave up $431 million in liquidations

BTC's trip to $85,000 ended in a reversal: from a high of $84,840 the price fell to $81,500, down almost 3%. The trigger did not come from crypto - the market was disappointed by Tesla's earnings report, and $431 million in leveraged positions were wiped out in a day.

SkyAI sold its entire Solana reserve: 2M SOL to zero in a month

SkyAI (traded on Nasdaq, formerly called Sharps Technology) completely sold off its treasury reserve of Solana - more than 2M SOL at an average price of $107.51 per coin. By October 16, it had $223.8M in cash and zero cryptocurrency.

Three sessions of inflows into Bitcoin ETFs brought $1.08 billion, but the pace is weaker than in previous rallies

U.S. spot Bitcoin exchange-traded funds attracted $1.08 billion over the last three trading sessions. According to CoinDesk, this may not be enough for sustained growth of the first cryptocurrency: the average pace since summer is more than twice below the historical one.

Open interest rose, the crypto market piled into longs — and it came back to bite at night

Data from the analytics platform Santiment: open interest (the sum of all open futures positions) rose sharply, and trader sentiment turned openly bullish. At night the market moved against the crowd.

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Tesla: profit above forecast, revenue slightly below expectations

Tesla published its third-quarter report on October 21 at 23:04 Moscow time. Adjusted profit came in better than forecast - 48 cents per share versus the expected 44, while total revenue fell slightly short: $28.05 billion versus the forecast of $28.13 billion.

BTC broke through $84,000 and gave back more than $2,000 in six hours

Overnight on October 21, Bitcoin broke through the $84,000 ceiling for the first time in a week and reached $84,726, but by the morning of October 22 it had slid to $82,600. Crypto reversed course following futures on US tech indices.

Bitcoin broke through $84,000 and reached a two-week high

On Tuesday, October 21, at around 17:39 Moscow time, BTC rose above $84,000. A few minutes later, the price reached its highest level in the past two weeks - the market exited the corridor in which it had been treading since the beginning of October.