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Latest in DeFi & Markets
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Celestia's TIA jumps 32% in 24 hours as altcoins rally with Bitcoin flat near $82,000
Celestia's TIA token rose 32% in 24 hours on October 16, Crypto Briefing reported, leading a rally of at least 15 altcoins while Bitcoin traded mostly flat around $82,000.
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Coinbase and Marqeta expand partnership to power stablecoin-backed enterprise cards
Coinbase and Marqeta announced on October 16, 2026 an expanded partnership for stablecoin-backed enterprise payment cards, with Coinbase handling custody and Base settlement and Marqeta issuing the cards.
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New Bitcoin whales hold 33% of whale realized cap, CryptoQuant data shows
New Bitcoin whales held $78.61 billion, or 33.06% of total whale realized cap, up from about 18% earlier in 2026, according to a CryptoQuant report by analyst MorenoDV_ cited by Crypto Briefing.
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USDC issuer Circle plans entry into about 40 emerging markets, Crypto Briefing reports
Circle announced plans on October 16 to enter roughly 40 emerging and developing markets across Southeast Asia, Latin America, Africa and the Middle East, after a $400 million Tazapay deal and a $100 million Binance investment.
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Ripple Prime opens 24/7 swaps tied to Trade.xyz perpetuals on Hyperliquid
Ripple said on Oct. 15 that institutions can trade around-the-clock swaps on more than 100 traditional markets, with Ripple Prime as counterparty and the swaps referencing Trade.xyz perpetuals listed on Hyperliquid.
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GSR's Taaffe says tokenized RWA demand lags supply at Cointelegraph Singapore event
GSR's Alex Taaffe said investor demand for tokenized real-world assets hasn't kept up with supply, while panelists at Cointelegraph's Singapore CONNECT event said stablecoins still need to fit into everyday spending.
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Bitcoin back above $82,000, ZEC up 11% as ether, SOL and ZEC ETF outflows continue
Bitcoin climbed back above $82,000 on Friday and ZEC jumped 11% to about $1,230, per CoinDesk data, but SoSoValue figures show investors kept pulling money from ether, SOL and ZEC funds.
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Bitcoin slips below $80,000 after hot CPI and PPI prints as analysts map a range
Bitcoin fell below $80,000 on Oct. 15 after September CPI rose to 3.7% and PPI jumped 1.3%. Sygnum expects a range-bound move into the midterms, and Glassnode data puts ETF cost-basis support near $81,500.
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Capital B posts €69.5 million H1 net loss on bitcoin impairment charge
French bitcoin treasury firm Capital B reported a €69.5 million first-half net loss, up from €1.9 million a year earlier, with about €67.5 million tied to a bitcoin impairment charge.
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XRP sits 62.5% below its 2018 peak as bitcoin, ether stay far above 2017 highs
XRP traded around $1.33 on Oct. 16, 62.5% below its January 2018 peak, per CoinDesk. Analysts point to 63% supply growth, muted ETF demand and years of regulatory uncertainty.
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Crypto market cap rose 39.6% in Q3 as top-10 spot volume fell 14.2%, CoinGecko says
Total crypto market cap climbed 39.6% to about $2.96 trillion in Q3 2026, while top-10 spot exchange turnover fell 14.2% to $1.65 trillion, according to CoinGecko's quarterly report.
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Brooklyn DA and FBI disrupt 241 sites tied to crypto scam targeting Russian speakers
Brooklyn prosecutors and the FBI seized or disrupted 241 websites and 112 servers tied to a crypto investment scam that allegedly stole tens of millions of dollars from Russian-speaking victims in the U.S.
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Bitcoin drops 2% as copper, stocks and yields fall while gold climbs 1%
Bitcoin fell more than 2% in the 24 hours to Oct. 15 as copper, Asian stocks and Treasury yields slid and gold rose 1%. CoinDesk called it a broad exit from riskier assets, not a crypto story.
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Bitcoin holds near $81,200 as altcoins fall and South Korea's Kospi plunges 8%
Bitcoin traded at $81,200 on Oct. 15, down about 0.5% since midnight UTC, while the CoinDesk 80 fell 2.2% and South Korea's Kospi plunged 8%, triggering circuit breakers, CoinDesk reported.
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BlackRock's Fink says a U.S. data center moratorium would trigger a recession
BlackRock CEO Larry Fink told CNBC that halting U.S. data center buildouts would put the country in a recession. He also warned that a $40 trillion national debt is driving up demand for credit.
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Ether leads $483 million in bitcoin and ether futures liquidations as prices slide
Nearly $483 million in bitcoin and ether futures positions were liquidated in the 24 hours to Thursday, CoinGlass data shows. Ether made up about $286 million of that despite having the smaller futures market.
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Binance shuts Bitcoin mining pool after hashrate falls roughly 65% since December
Binance is closing the bitcoin mining pool it launched in April 2020, with services ending Nov. 10 after the pool's hashrate fell from 26 EH/s in December to about 9.2 EH/s, per Hashrate Index data cited by CoinDesk.
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U.S. September CPI rises 0.6%, core beats estimates as bitcoin drops to $82,800
U.S. CPI rose 0.6% in September, matching forecasts, while annual and core readings beat estimates. Bitcoin fell about $1,000 to $82,800 after the release, CoinDesk reported.
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Most tokenized stock trading on BNB Chain, Solana happens outside US market hours
More than 70% of tokenized stock volume on BNB Chain and 63% on Solana traded outside regular US hours, per Blockworks data, as tokenized equities neared $3.3 billion in value, according to RWA.xyz.
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Mezo's swBTC and USDe bridge-out deadline arrives as native BTC bridge-in closes
Mezo set October 13, 2026 as the deadline for holders of swBTC and USDe to bridge out, Crypto Briefing reported. solvBTC and xsolvBTC were added later, and native BTC bridge-in closes permanently the same day.
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Goldman Sachs' Privorotsky calls AI stock selloff a rotation, not a liquidation
Goldman Sachs' Rich Privorotsky said the AI stock unwind looks like investors moving money inside the AI trade rather than leaving it, as memory chipmakers led the decline, Crypto Briefing reported.
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Bank of Russia clears Sberbank for crypto trading ahead of planned Dec. 1 launch
Sberbank, Russia's largest lender, has secured Bank of Russia approval to trade crypto including Bitcoin, per an updated register, ahead of a planned Dec. 1 launch the bank says hinges on further rules.
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Federated Hermes plans first tokenized fund shares with Prometheum next year
Federated Hermes, the $911 billion Pittsburgh asset manager, plans to issue its first tokenized fund shares early next year with Prometheum, aiming to reach investors through traditional brokerages.
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Bitcoin slips to $83,000 as 'Uptober' sours, Decrypt newsletter says
Bitcoin traded at $83,000 as of Oct. 13, down 3.2% on the week, per Decrypt's Morning Minute. Altcoins fell more, sentiment cooled and Myriad odds shifted toward a dip to $80,000.