Event Calendar
Brian Armstrong stated on the X platform that he has developed the Coinbase plugin for Omarchi Linux, which allows users to view portfolio balances, track assets, and trade assets on Coinbase. Coinbase can integrate with commonly used agents in Omarchi, and the vision of an AI enabled operating system is taking shape.
Network School acquires Farcaster from Neynar for an undisclosed amount. Neynar co founders Rish and Manan will resign, and the remaining employees will join Network School. Farcaster has been renamed as the Network Nation Protocol, with the goal of building a digital society. Users need to choose to accept or reject social smart contracts, and the recipient will receive on chain access to NFTs. Rish is considering splitting Clanker and looking for a buyer.
Glassnode analysis indicates that after the $80000 buy order was executed, new large buy orders drove up the price of Bitcoin, but the support below $80000 is weakening.
The US Securities and Exchange Commission has submitted an FWP for T. Rowe Price's active cryptocurrency ETF.
The Trump administration has filed a lawsuit against California and two election officials, requesting the court to block approximately 20000 votes from being counted in the election results, citing doubts about voters' citizenship. The US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) and the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) have compiled a list of voters suspected of not being eligible to vote using data from multiple departments. (Source: Axios)
MSCI plans to classify Michael Saylor's Strategy, Metaplanet, and other digital asset treasury companies as non operational enterprises, preventing them from being included in the MSCI Global Investable Markets Index. JPMorgan estimates that passive funds tracking MSCI indices may be forced to sell $2.8 billion worth of MSTR stocks; If other index providers adopt similar rules, the outflow of funds may reach $8.8 billion. Strategy analysis shows that funds tracking the MSCI index hold 3.1% of its outstanding shares; The final decision is expected to be announced around October 16th, and implementation may begin on November 30th. (Source: Bitcoin News)
Hamack said that the formation of inflationary thinking may force the Federal Reserve to take more aggressive policy actions. (Source: Caixin)
Solana's ecosystem research and development company Anza stated that the Alpenglow mainnet beta will be activated on October 21, 2026 at 22:50 (UTC+8), and trading finality will be reduced from approximately 12.8 seconds to 150 milliseconds. Alpenglow replaces the TowerBFT voting mechanism with Votor, and the network maintains the existing system for about 18 minutes. After staking SOL reaches 82% of the validator set, it switches to Votor. The Alpenglow component Rotor will adjust the new block distribution method, and the activation date has not been announced yet. This upgrade only includes Voter. (Source: Bitcoin.com News)
Thailand will open a spot Bitcoin ETF to 5 million potential retail investors this Friday. (Bitcoin Archive)
The number of key wallets holding 10 to 10000 BTC has reached a historical high of 20338, which has been continuously increasing since mid July. (Santiment)
BlackRock CEO Larry Fink warns that stagnant AI data center construction could trigger a US economic recession, with $483 million in futures clearing in the cryptocurrency market. Hyperliquid founder Jeff Yan calls for regulation of the application layer rather than the blockchain itself.
Chainalysis revealed that in a theft incident involving Ledger, a fraudster lost over 60 BTC worth approximately $4.8 million. The funds originated from a task fraud, where participants were required to invest funds in order to receive rewards. On September 22nd, the mastermind behind the fraud transferred funds to three Ledger addresses. On October 9th, the thief cleared the above address and transferred the funds to the same wallet, which involved stolen funds.
The Swedish central bank suggests that the parliament prepare relevant legislation for the launch of the digital krone, citing reasons such as the European Central Bank's promotion of the use of digital euros and foreign currency stablecoins. The Swedish central bank stated in a letter to the parliamentary finance committee on October 7th that the European Central Bank plans to launch a digital euro pilot in 2027 and may launch it to the public in 2029. The Swedish central bank pointed out that the lack of a digital version of the domestic currency in the payment system will affect competitiveness. Foreign currency stablecoins such as the US dollar peg are widely used for payments within Sweden, putting pressure on the use of the Swedish krona. The Swedish central bank estimates that it will take at least five years to launch the digital krona, excluding the time required for legislative changes.
Binance US plans to conduct a $100 million private equity financing at a valuation of $1 billion. (Source: Bloomberg)
Patrick Collison, co-founder of Stripe, stated that after joining Stripe, Privy's wallet assets increased by about 25 times, monthly active developers increased by about 3 times, revenue increased by about 9 times, and nearly $25 billion in monthly transactions were facilitated. Ramp, Deel, Klarna, Hyperliquid and other enterprises are building embedded banking functions based on Privy. Stripe is integrating Privy into Treasury, Link, and Connect, and plans to launch Link balance functionality. The Privy wallet infrastructure now supports AI agents such as Merit Systems and Nevermined to conduct transactions and earn income. Both parties are building a unified API to support stablecoin balances, fiat currency transfers, and bank card payments.
Coinbase Assets announced on the X platform that it will temporarily suspend trading of Neon EVM (NEON) and Syndicate (SYND) on November 17th at around 3:00 am (UTC+8), covering Coinbase.com, Coinbase Exchange, and Coinbase Prime. Currently, the NEON order book has been switched to limit only mode, and users' NEON and SYND assets can still be accessed and withdrawn normally.
Financial services company Charles Schwab has launched retail transactions for Bitcoin and Ethereum, managing $13.33 trillion in customer assets and having 40.3 million active brokerage accounts. CEO Rick Wurster stated that the company is gradually opening up cryptocurrency transfer in and out functions, and plans to add Solana, Avalanche, and Chainlink transactions by the end of 2026. The trading fee for Schwab Crypto is 0.75%, with a single transaction limit of $1 to $2 million. Currently, it is not open to the state of New York, Louisiana, US territories, or international markets. (Source: Bitcoin.com News)
Binance. US seeks to raise $100 million to expand its cryptocurrency business. (Source: Bloomberg)
Coinbase Assets stated that based on the asset review results, Coinbase will suspend trading of NEON and SYND around 11:00 am (UTC+8) on November 17, 2026.
The cryptocurrency market is in a long short tug of war, with Bitcoin falling below $80000 for the first time in nearly a month. Derive.xyz founder Nick Forster stated that the probability of market priced Bitcoin rising to $100000 before Christmas has decreased by 2.8 percentage points to 9.7%. (Source: Bloomberg)