Crypto digest — October 19, 2026

Key points

1. ·SkyAI sells off entire Solana treasury as it launches $201 million buybackThe Block
2. ·XRP Reserves on Track to Hit 2026 High: What's Happening?U.Today
3. ·Tom Lee’s Bitmine Adds $30 Million in Ethereum as Buying Nears Its Finish LineDecrypt
4. ·AnchorWatch Trust Company launches bitcoin custody service with up to $370 million in insurance per clientThe Block
5. ·Shiba Inu Burn Rate Rockets 2,349% but Just $5 Burned: What's Happening?U.Today

SOL2

• SkyAI sells off entire Solana treasury as it launches $201 million buyback

  SkyAI holds $223.8 million in cash after selling all its SOL, with its $3 buyback running through Oct. 29.

  2026-10-19via The Block

• Near Protocol (NEAR), Hyperliquid (HYPE), Solana (SOL) and Bitcoin (BTC) Price Analysis for October 19: Can the Market Finally Stabilize?

  The market's response to the Uptober is certainly disappointing with most assets struggling to beat September's highs.

  2026-10-19via U.Today

BNB2

• Binance Completes 37th BNB Chain Burn: This Is How Many Tokens Were Burned

  BNB's 37th quarterly burn has permanently removed 1,646,196 tokens, worth about $1.197 billion, from circulation.

  2026-10-19via U.Today

• World Liberty’s USD1 stablecoin sheds $400M in market cap in two weeks

  World Liberty Financial’s USD1 stablecoin saw its market cap decrease more than $400 million over two weeks of large redemptions on Ethereum and BNB Chain.

  2026-10-19via Cointelegraph

ETH9

• Tom Lee’s Bitmine Adds $30 Million in Ethereum as Buying Nears Its Finish Line

  The purchase lifts Bitmine’s stash to 6.04 million ETH—4.9% of supply and 99% of the way to its “Alchemy of 5%” goal—as chairman Tom Lee framed a market-wide se…

  2026-10-19via Decrypt

• Bitmine adds 12,535 ETH as treasury reaches 6.04 million tokens

  Bitmine bought 12,535 ETH last week, lifting its treasury to 6.04 million tokens and total investment holdings to $15.1 billion.

  2026-10-19via The Block

• 'Right Way for Ethereum?' Zcash Cofounder Backs Vitalik's Quantum-Ready Approach

  The discussion highlights a growing focus across the crypto industry on ensuring that major blockchains remain secure as quantum technology advances.

  2026-10-19via U.Today

• Public companies object to OKX-ICE’s tokenized stock plan

  Nine public companies objected to having their shares offered in tokenized form by OKX and ICE, testing whether platforms can create blockchain-based markets wi…

  2026-10-19via Cointelegraph

• JPMorgan's JPM Coin, representing dollar deposits, is coming to Ethereum: Bloomberg

  JPMorgan's dollar deposit token is heading to Ethereum as the lender looks to offer it to wider selection of institutional clients.

  2026-10-19via CoinDesk

• JPMorgan expands ‘JPM Coin’ deposit token to Ethereum for institutional clients

  The USD-denominated deposit token now supports peer-to-peer transfers within the Ethereum Virtual Machine ecosystem, including Base.

  2026-10-19via The Block

• Bitcoin, Ether ETFs shed $549M as October ETH outflows near $1B

  US spot Ether ETFs recorded around $955 million in October net outflows so far, while Bitcoin funds extended their weekly withdrawal streak to two weeks.

  2026-10-19via Cointelegraph

• Deutsche Bank targets Asia crypto custody expansion in 2027 as German launch nears

  The service will initially support bitcoin, ether and the stablecoins USDC, EURC and EURAU, with the bank managing clients’ wallets and private keys.

  2026-10-19via CoinDesk

• Cysic suspends bridge after attacker mints tokens and moves $727,000 to Ethereum

  The attacker, after minting 10 million CYS, managed to bridge about $727,000 in proceeds to Ethereum through Mayan, deBridge and SWFT's Bridgers.

  2026-10-19via The Block

More54

• Galaxy’s AI data center business is undervalued amid CoreWeave debt concerns, StoneX says

  StoneX reiterates Buy and $57 target on GLXY, saying the market undervalues its Helios AI data center despite CoreWeave debt worries.

  2026-10-19via The Block

• XRP Reserves on Track to Hit 2026 High: What's Happening?

  XRP exchange reserves have surged to 11.81 billion tokens, nearing the highest level this year as Binance traders reduce leverage and whale activity weakens.

  2026-10-19via U.Today

• AnchorWatch Trust Company launches bitcoin custody service with up to $370 million in insurance per client

  AnchorWatch launched Nevada-chartered bitcoin custody with a $10,000 monthly fee cap and optional insurance of up to $370 million per client.

  2026-10-19via The Block

• Zerohash rolls out a new tool to move crypto without copying wallet addresses

  The launch comes as Zerohash bids for a federal trust charter.

  2026-10-19via CoinDesk

• Shiba Inu Burn Rate Rockets 2,349% but Just $5 Burned: What's Happening?

  Shiba Inu sees 2,349% burn activity surge, but the real figure behind it remains surprising.

  2026-10-19via U.Today

• Strive scoops up another 1,223 bitcoin for $100 million as total holdings reach 36,818 BTC

  Strive paid approximately $81,734 on average per bitcoin, adding to the 2,822 BTC it had acquired earlier last week.

  2026-10-19via The Block

• Made an ‘honest’ mistake with crypto taxes? New bill offers way out

  A proposed US bill would let crypto investors correct past tax reporting mistakes through a dedicated disclosure program, with reduced penalties for eligible ta…

  2026-10-19via Cointelegraph

• $2 XRP Back 'On Menu' as BlackRock Predicts Wall St. Tokenization: Main Crypto News This Morning

  Crypto news this morning, Oct 19: Wall Street's $50 billion AI debt crisis triggers a historic liquidity flight straight into Bitcoin and XRP.

  2026-10-19via U.Today

• Strategy Buys $22M in Bitcoin, Buys Back $193M of STRC

  The Bitcoin treasury firm raised its preferred stock buyback cap to $3 billion and now holds 848,517 BTC, bought at an average of $75,446.

  2026-10-19via Decrypt

• Financial Repression in the Age of AI

  Bitcoin Magazine Financial Repression in the Age of AI America can’t build its own defense equipment, robots, or AI hardware anymore, and Craig Tindale says tha…

  2026-10-19via Bitcoin Magazine

• Richard Byworth: Bitcoin’s Next Run “Just a Mater of Time” thanks to Seller Exhaustion

  Bitcoin Magazine Richard Byworth: Bitcoin’s Next Run “Just a Mater of Time” thanks to Seller Exhaustion How do you earn yield on Bitcoin without risking your st…

  2026-10-19via Bitcoin Magazine

• $20B AUM Siebert Analyst: Bitcoin to $175K in 2027

  Bitcoin Magazine $20B AUM Siebert Analyst: Bitcoin to $175K in 2027 Siebert Financial sees Bitcoin reaching $175K within the next 12 months, and Strategy hittin…

  2026-10-19via Bitcoin Magazine

• Jeff Park: What The AI Pain Trade Means For Bitcoin

  Bitcoin Magazine Jeff Park: What The AI Pain Trade Means For Bitcoin From Strategy and Strive to Google and Super Micro, companies are turning to preferred secu…

  2026-10-19via Bitcoin Magazine

• Fundstrat Analyst Sean Farrell: Bitcoin to $100k by Year End + MSTR MSCI Exclusion

  Bitcoin Magazine Fundstrat Analyst Sean Farrell: Bitcoin to $100k by Year End + MSTR MSCI Exclusion Where is Bitcoin headed by year-end? Fundstrat’s head of dig…

  2026-10-19via Bitcoin Magazine

• Strategy buys $22M in Bitcoin, repurchases $193M in STRC

  Strategy added 267 Bitcoin to its holdings as it bought back 1.94 million STRC shares and boosted its preferred stock buyback program to $3 billion.

  2026-10-19via Cointelegraph

• Morning Minute: Crypto Rebounds as 'Black Monday' Looms

  The original “Black Monday” occurred 39 years ago today. Is history about to repeat itself?

  2026-10-19via Decrypt

• Cardano founder Charles Hoskinson is building a new programming language for the network

  Hoskinson said on X the language will bundle transaction requests with cryptographic proofs. He hasn’t shared a name, specs or a release date.

  2026-10-19via CoinDesk

• ‘We found room for more orange’: Michael Saylor’s Strategy buys another 267 bitcoin for $22 million

  Strategy's BTC holdings account for around 4% of the total bitcoin supply, with $5.9 billion in paper gains.

  2026-10-19via The Block

• ‘Terrifying Precedent’: Dutch Hand US Data From Seized Anti-Fascist Server

  Police seized the Autistici/Inventati server under a 1981 treaty after the U. S. designated the Italian activist group “global terrorists. ”

  2026-10-19via Decrypt

• Ripple CTO Emeritus Sounds Alarm on Compromised XRP Wallet

  Ripple's David Schwartz issues a scam warning to the XRP community, reporting that the official X account of a major XRP-focused self-custody wallet has been co…

  2026-10-19via U.Today

• Sam Altman's World Takes Proof-of-Human IDs to Banks, Citing $40B AI Fraud Risk

  Bain Capital, VanEck and Pantera Capital are among design partners for the offering, which also lets users delegate proofs to AI agents.

  2026-10-19via Decrypt

• Live updates: Bitcoin tags $83,000 and slips back as chip stocks lead a rebound

  Tech futures bounced after last week’s 5.5% rout, and bitcoin followed them up before sellers knocked it back. Earnings this week put the AI trade to the test a…

  2026-10-19via CoinDesk

• Revolut secures Gibraltar crypto licence to support international expansion plans

  Revolut secured a Gibraltar DLT licence for a new entity to support its international crypto expansion strategy.

  2026-10-19via The Block

• Ripple's Big Event in 7 Days: All Eyes on AI and XRP Ledger Security

  This has historically been where Ripple makes its most significant product and partnership announcements, with expectations rising for this key event.

  2026-10-19via U.Today

• UK Trio Jailed Over Home Invasion in Failed Crypto Theft Attempt

  The victim was hit over the head before his teenage sister alerted police, who arrested all three men at the scene in May.

  2026-10-19via Decrypt

• Bitcoin extends bounce above $82,000 as stocks rebound, DeFi tokens lead altcoin gains

  Bitcoin rose 0.8% to around $82,700 as China’s GDP beat estimates and Nasdaq futures rebounded, while the CoinDesk 80 gained 1.3% and DeFi led gains.

  2026-10-19via CoinDesk

• Under 1,000 Shiba Inu (SHIB) Users Actually Withdraw Tokens From Exchanges

  Unless exchange withdrawals increase and buying momentum strengthens, SHIB could face another decline toward $0.00000460.

  2026-10-19via U.Today

• France advances stablecoin tax, eyes self-custodial wallets and exit tax proposals

  France’s National Assembly adopted a crypto tax amendment targeting certain stablecoin swaps, while separate proposals on exit taxes and self-custodial wallet r…

  2026-10-19via Cointelegraph

• Stocks rebound into key tech earnings: Three things to know in Bitcoin this week

  Analysis expects Bitcoin to retest $80,000 support again as stock markets attempt to recover last week’s losses.

  2026-10-19via Cointelegraph

• BingX, YouHodler added to ESMA MiCA register in latest update

  ESMA’s latest MiCA register update includes BingX, YouHodler and Banco Santander’s Openbank, bringing the total to 375 unique CASPs.

  2026-10-19via Cointelegraph

• Zcash Developer Zakura Proposes Fix to Stop Quantum Computers Linking Shielded Swaps

  Zakura says a single published Zcash address could let a future quantum attacker link every payment a wallet has ever received.

  2026-10-19via Decrypt

• Crypto vault deposits top $10 billion as lending risks draw regulatory scrutiny

  Curator-managed lending strategies are attracting institutional capital, while exposing depositors to collateral, liquidity and smart-contract risks.

  2026-10-19via CoinDesk

• NEAR Protocol Drives $130 Million Swap Surge to Storm $5 Level

  NEAR's chain-abstraction protocol just absorbed $130 million in daily swaps as token testing key $5 resistance.

  2026-10-19via U.Today

• Bitcoin mining offshoot Nscale loses Microsoft AI deal as power delay stretches into 2030s

  The Nvidia-backed company planned to deliver 23,000 AI chips in the U. K. next year, but its grid connection may not be ready until the 2030s.

  2026-10-19via CoinDesk

• CME’s bitcoin cash, uniswap futures, global PMIs: Crypto Week Ahead

  Your look at what's coming in the week starting Oct. 19.

  2026-10-19via CoinDesk

• XRP Finally Bounces: Price Shows First Bullish Dynamic Since September

  XRP might finally recovery for the first time since September plunge.

  2026-10-19via U.Today

• Binance Founder CZ Takes Swipe at Peter Schiff

  Binance founder Changpeng Zhao (CZ) has mocked longtime Bitcoin critic Peter Schiff over his history of bearish BTC predictions, joking that the gold advocate w…

  2026-10-19via U.Today

• Bitcoin whale moves $34 million in BTC it got in 2013 when coins traded at $131

  A bitcoin wallet dormant since 2013 moved 411 BTC, now worth about $34 million. It is one of several long-dormant wallets to wake up recently.

  2026-10-19via CoinDesk

• Zoom adds ‘proof of human’ badges to show you’re not a deepfake

  Sam Altman-backed World has rolled out biometric verification badges for Zoom enterprise users, aiming to combat AI deepfake impersonation and fraud.

  2026-10-19via Cointelegraph

• Ripple's David Schwartz Predicts Major DeFi Breakthrough

  Ripple's David Schwartz has hinted at a major breakthrough in XRP Ledger-based decentralized finance.

  2026-10-19via U.Today

• Zcash developers plan a fix to keep ZEC swaps private from future quantum computers

  The team behind Zakura wants every swap through NEAR Intents to get its own key, so a refund address left on NEAR’s public chain can’t expose a user’s wider pay…

  2026-10-19via CoinDesk

• South Korea to meet crypto exchanges amid calls for tax delay

  Finance officials are reportedly set to meet major crypto exchanges on Tuesday, days after a lawmaker introduced legislation that could push the tax’s start dat…

  2026-10-19via Cointelegraph

• XRP Ledger is set to fix its lending code before anyone can use it

  Validators have a bug-fix patch on course to go live Friday. The lending system it partly repairs is still 10 votes short of approval.

  2026-10-19via CoinDesk

• Bitcoin, Korea’s Kospi and Nasdaq futures rally as China GDP beats estimates

  Bitcoin, Nasdaq futures and Asian stocks rally as stronger-than-expected China GDP and falling oil prices lift risk appetite.

  2026-10-19via CoinDesk

• World launches World ID suite for banks, makes Zoom deepfake check generally available

  World ID for Zoom is generally available after a beta that began in April, and is designed to spot deepfaked participants on Zoom calls.

  2026-10-19via The Block

• Qubic freezes chain after attacker drains 1.4K wallets with weak seeds

  Qubic says 87.1% of the stolen funds remain onchain and the rest were frozen at crypto exchange MEXC, as network validators prepare to vote on a recovery plan.

  2026-10-19via Cointelegraph

• SEC tokenized stock framework faces issuer pushback as Broadcom, Verizon object to OKX-ICE listing

  Eight more companies objected to trading on the planned OKX-ICE venue, while Nasdaq has separately said it would opt out under the SEC’s framework.

  2026-10-19via CoinDesk

• Richard Heart caught with pants down, QDay gets even closer: Hodler’s Digest

  HEX founder Richard Heart detained in early morning raid in Istanbul, Starknet plunges almost 50% as it votes to become an L1, and Bitwise says all signs point…

  2026-10-19via Cointelegraph

• Crypto.com, Novig sue Missouri over sports event contracts; Kalshi, Polymarket, Robinhood hold off

  Kalshi, Polymarket, Robinhood and Underdog, which also received cease-and-desist orders, have not filed suits in Missouri, according to court records.

  2026-10-19via The Block

• Former Mt. Gox CEO Comes to Ledger's Rescue

  Former Mt. Gox CEO Mark Karpelès has stepped in to address Ledger's security woes, developing an affordable device capable of detecting hidden spy implants in h…

  2026-10-19via U.Today

• The White House's crypto chief departs: State of Crypto

  Patrick Witt announced his departure from the White House last week.

  2026-10-19via CoinDesk

• Wall Street freaked out Friday. VIX and bitcoin say the fear may fade Monday.

  Wall Street's fear gauge, the VIX index, spiked on Friday as stocks dropped. History says Friday panics usually fade on Monday. Seasonality and calm bitcoin sug…

  2026-10-19via CoinDesk

• MapQuest Now Shows Drivers Where Flock Cameras Are Watching

  MapQuest’s app now offers an optional map layer that plots known license plate readers from Flock Safety and other vendors, as backlash against the cameras grow…

  2026-10-19via Decrypt

• Latvia eyes crypto tax payments in 2027 as parliament overhauls crypto taxation

  Parliament passed a law taxing crypto withdrawals above deposits rather than individual trades, featuring a one-time declaration mechanism.

  2026-10-19via CoinDesk