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What began as a triumphant October for bitcoin quickly devolved into chaos as a $19 billion derivatives wipeout and a 17% price plunge left traders reeling.

Strategy posted one of its slowest months for buying BTC, with a total of 778 BTC purchased in October, down 78% from 3,526 BTC in September. Michael Saylor’s strategy, the world’s largest public Bitcoin holder, added to its BTC holdings last week amid rising momentum, but buying activity has slowed considerably since September. Strategy purchased 390 Bitcoin (BTC) for $43.3 million in its latest BTC acquisition last week, according to a US Securities and Exchange Commission filing on Monday. The purchases were made at an average price of $111,117 per BTC, with Bitcoin briefly rising past $113,000 on Tuesday, according to CoinGecko data. Read more

Trump-linked Bitcoin miner and treasury company American Bitcoin added 1,414 BTC to its holdings, bringing its total stash to 3,865 BTC. American Bitcoin, the mining and treasury company co-founded by Eric Trump and Donald Trump Jr., added more than 1,400 Bitcoin to its holdings. According to a Monday announcement, American Bitcoin acquired 1,414 Bitcoin (BTC) for about $163 million. This brought the total holdings to 3,865 BTC, worth almost $445 million. Eric Trump, who serves as chief strategy officer, said the company is focused on increasing its Bitcoin-per-share ratio, a metric it considers central to shareholder value. “We believe one of the most important measures of success for a Bitcoin accumulation platform is how much Bitcoin backs each share,” he said. Read more

The crypto investment firm now holds over 3.31 million ETH, moving closer to its goal of owning 5% of the token’s supply.

Bitcoin jumps above $115K as optimism over a potential US-China trade deal fuels risk appetite. Can BTC’s bullish momentum push prices toward $130K next? The post Bitcoin Price Prediction: Bitcoin Shines With Weekend Pump On China Trade Deal Expectations – Is BTC About to Hit $130K This Week? appeared first on Cryptonews.

The IBM Digital Asset Haven, developed with Dfns, aims to offer banks, governments and enterprises a full-stack platform for token custody, governance and compliance.

A growing demand for stablecoin payments and tokenized real-world assets is creating more institutional interest in blockchain-based services, according to IBM. Technology giant IBM launched a cryptocurrency platform for US institutions, marking one of the company’s strongest pushes yet into digital assets and blockchain infrastructure. IBM’s platform will offer US businesses and governments crypto custody and payment services by the end of the year, aiming to simplify the integration of digital assets into the existing financial infrastructure. The new platform, called the “Digital Asset Haven,” will enable institutions to directly access onchain yield from decentralized finance (DeFi) protocols across 40 public blockchain networks. It will also help meet the complex token compliance needs of institutions operating under the same platform. Read more

$150 billion was added to the market cap of all cryptocurrencies over the weekend—and it looks like the rally isn't slowing down.

Corporate scale has become an innovation liability as bureaucracy stalls retail payment evolution. Fintech partnerships offer the only escape from irrelevance. Opinion by: Vitaliy Shtyrkin, chief product officer at B2BINPAY For years, large retailers invested heavily in their own fintech divisions, convinced they could develop payment solutions internally, overlook smaller players and innovate independently — and, for a while, they succeeded.  Today, however, despite boasting vast resources and a global reach, corporations are realizing that money no longer guarantees innovation. Read more

The health tech firm’s raise, backed by Kraken and Exodus, could bring proceeds to $216 million as it targets $1 billion in annual revenue and BTC holdings.

The move positions the company to scale its regulated platform across securities, real estate and digital assets as tokenization gains mainstream momentum.

A "cheap" valuation coupled with a tweet from a well-followed investor and a firming in the price of bitcoin set off the fireworks in the stock.

As investors exit gold for digital assets, Bitcoin could be the next big winner — possibly crossing the $200,000 barrier. After a significant rally that pushed gold prices above $4,300 per ounce, the metal reached a historic milestone driven by strong safe-haven demand. By October 2025, the market began experiencing profit-taking. Gold prices fell by more than 2% on Oct. 17, 2025, immediately after reaching the milestone. At the time of writing, spot gold was trading at around $4,023 per ounce: an 8.1% decline from the all-time high of $4,378.69. Read more

Bitcoin Cash (BCH) surged 12.7% and Aptos (APT) gained 6.5%, leading the index higher over the weekend.

Bitcoin, the world’s largest and oldest blockchain, is confronting an existential question of how much data should live on its ledger. A new proposal, Bitcoin Improvement Proposal 444 (BIP-444), seeks to roll back a recent OP_RETURN upgrade that allowed users to attach text, images, and digital signatures to transactions. Its supporters call it a necessary […] The post How this conflict sets up Bitcoin to undergo another major fork in 2026 appeared first on CryptoSlate.

The token has support in the $3.48-$3.485 zone and resistance at $3.60.

ClearBank and Circle’s partnership involves scaling USDC and EURC operations through Circle Mint, which enables the minting and redemption of the tokens. ClearBank, a cloud-based clearing bank based in the United Kingdom, has formed a strategic partnership with Circle, the issuer of USDC, the second-largest stablecoin by market capitalization. ClearBank signed a strategic framework agreement with a subsidiary of Circle Internet Group to cooperate on several stablecoin-related initiatives in the European market, the company announced on Monday. The collaboration aims to scale access to Circle’s USDC (USDC) and EURC (EURC) stablecoins through Circle Mint, a service that allows authorized financial institutions and partners to create and redeem tokens directly on the blockchain. Read more

XRP nears key $2.70 level after bullish weekly candle, with long-term chart setup echoing its 2017 breakout structure.

The company now owns close to 641,000 BTC.

Crypto markets rallied Monday ahead of the Federal Reserve’s upcoming rate decision, with bitcoin and ether leading gains.