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Coinbase’s Bitcoin holdings have fallen near a one-year low, on-chain analyst Onchain Crypto said. As of Oct. 19, local time, holdings stood at 845,400 BTC, placing them in the bottom 2% of the past year. Over the same period, Binance’s stablecoin reserves came in at $43.39 billion, ranking in the bottom 3% over the past year. The Coinbase Premium Index fell from -0.012 to -0.123 over the past 14 trading days, while Binance funding rates rose to 0.0092, the highest level during that span. The analyst said this suggests relative buying demand in the U.S. spot market is weakening even as short-term leveraged trading increases. A recovery in Binance stablecoin reserves and a return of the Coinbase premium to positive territory are seen as key indicators for assessing upside potential.

Fidelity said perpetual preferred stock issued by Bitcoin treasury companies is a new catalyst driving Bitcoin demand. According to BitcoinTreasuries, Fidelity said preferred stock issuance helped raise the funds needed to buy more than 135,000 BTC over the past year, equal to about 0.5% of total supply. Fidelity added that as Bitcoin becomes scarcer, it forms a particularly attractive complementary relationship with preferred stock.

The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission has opened a public comment period on a regulatory framework for cryptocurrency trading for retail investors, Bitcoin News reported. The proposal includes a plan to introduce a new exchange classification called Crypto Asset Market. Comments are due by Dec. 14, according to the report. On the same date, the U.S. SEC closed its public comment period on a new crypto-asset regulatory proposal, "Regulation Crypto Assets." About 140 comment letters were submitted during the 60-day consultation period.

A total of 82 projects across DeFi, blockchain infrastructure, gaming and other sectors have shut down services this year following a crypto market collapse, Cointelegraph reported. According to data from crypto researcher Stacy Muur, services ending this year include Balancer, Radiant Capital, Neon EVM and Step Finance. The closures came after a prolonged bear market in which Bitcoin fell below $60,000 earlier this year after reaching a peak above $126,000 in October 2025. The downturn added to financial pressure on projects that were already struggling to attract users and generate revenue.

Esports company NIP Group has signed an agreement to acquire Bitcoin mining equipment with a total hash rate of 4.47 EH/s, according to Bitcoin.com. The deal is worth up to $27.3 million, and NIP Group plans to issue up to 247 million Class A ordinary shares to the seller. The equipment is already operating at hosting facilities, and the transaction is expected to raise NIP Group’s total hash rate to about 13.85 EH/s. Once installation is completed, the company’s monthly production is expected to increase to about 195 BTC from its previous target of 160 BTC.

Blockstream co-founder Adam Back said Strategy (MSTR) could see lower passive inflows if it is removed from the MSCI global index, but active fund managers seeking to outperform the benchmark may continue buying the stock, Cointelegraph reported.

The three major U.S. stock indices closed mixed today. - S&P 500: +0.29% - Nasdaq: -0.02% - Dow Jones: +1.02%

Citi has downgraded its rating on tokenization platform Securitize (SECZ) to Neutral from Buy, while raising its price target to $14 from $10. Pete Christiansen, Citi’s director of digital asset equity research, told CoinDesk tokenization is expected to spread across areas including stocks and bonds, but it remains unclear how much Securitize will be able to charge for that. Christiansen also pointed to key concerns including elevated investor expectations following the recent rise in Securitize shares, supply issues, and monetization.

Andrew Cuomo, a former New York governor and co-chair of the OKX-ICE joint venture, said companies’ opposition to stock token trading is a natural response, CoinDesk reported. Cuomo said the model was designed so companies can decide for themselves whether to participate. Given what he described as a dramatic and revolutionary shift, Cuomo said he had expected many companies to wait and see rather than join preemptively. He added that limits on the number of participating companies and on trading volume make the project a testing ground and a pilot model. The press conference came after 16 companies, including Microsoft, Alphabet, Goldman Sachs, Qualcomm and McDonald’s, formally exercised veto rights against stock-tokenized listings through OKXICE, the joint platform created by OKX and ICE.

A CryptoQuant analysis said Tether's USDT circulation has fallen by about $1 billion recently, adding pressure to Bitcoin's recovery at a sensitive time. Crypto analyst MorenoDV said Bitcoin has been moving sideways, and if USDT supply keeps shrinking, recovery momentum could weaken before demand becomes strong enough to absorb new selling pressure.

Mastercard is building an AI agent payment system with Cloudflare. The service,

Nectar Group, the developer of Bitcoin yield platform HoneyB, has raised $5 million in funding, The Block reported. The round was led by Portal Ventures, with participation from Peer Venture Partners and Anchorage Digital Ventures, and was structured as a SAFE that grants investors the right to receive tokens tied to a future investment. The company was valued at $30 million.

Asset manager Vanguard has bought an additional 639,000 shares of Strategy stock, MSTR, through the Vanguard Mid-Cap Index Fund (VMCIX), according to BitcoinTreasuries. The purchase was worth about $92.7 million. The fund’s Strategy holdings have now increased to about 7.8 million shares, valued at roughly $1.13 billion.

Utah Attorney General Derek Brown has sued prediction-market platform Kalshi and two Susquehanna-affiliated trading firms over alleged illegal online gambling, The Block reported. Brown argued Kalshi continued offering betting services after losing a federal court case over Utah gambling laws. More than 32,000 Utah residents currently hold verified Kalshi accounts, according to the report. Prosecutors are seeking to halt betting services in the state and recover related revenue.

Crypto media company Blockworks submitted a comment letter on the U.S. SEC’s proposed crypto issuance rules, Crypto Briefing reported. Blockworks proposed allowing token projects to post disclosure information on-chain and introducing a system that would let qualified third parties file disclosures on behalf of projects. It also argued regulators should require disclosure of market-making agreements, liquidity provision commitments, token loans, and promotional compensation payments. The proposal is intended to incorporate Blockworks’ Token Transparency Framework, or TTF, into the regulatory framework. The framework is backed by a transparency coalition that includes Coinbase and Kraken, according to the report.

NEAR Protocol has launched NEAR Business, a treasury management platform for companies, CoinDesk reported. The platform supports fund management across more than 35 blockchains without disclosing transaction details. Built around multisignature functionality, it can handle payroll, vendor payments and capital allocation, with crypto-native businesses and teams as its main target customers.

Crypto bank Anchorage Digital said it has partnered with Securitize to offer direct stablecoin issuance and redemption services to institutional investors trading tokenized assets, according to Crypto Briefing. Under the agreement, Securitize will be able to use the service without going through a third-party intermediary.

Coinbase has joined a pilot test of Mastercard’s AI agent payment service, 'Agent Pay for Machines,' The Block reported. The service allows AI agents to autonomously purchase and pay for goods or services within a user-approved budget. The test used Coinbase’s x402 payment protocol, while the Coinbase Developer Platform provided wallet infrastructure and Base served as the onchain payment settlement network.

Stellar (XLM) has unveiled the Protocol 30 upgrade, 'Bell,' for its blockchain-based payments network. The upgrade is designed to support enterprise-scale smart account use and begin work on quantum-resistant signatures and faster ledger processing. The testnet upgrade is scheduled for Nov. 3, with the mainnet upgrade set for Nov. 23.

About 1.7 million BTC is held in addresses with exposed public keys, leaving those holdings potentially vulnerable to future quantum computing attacks, Cointelegraph reported, citing an analysis by Starknet. Starknet said estimates for the resources needed to carry out such an attack using quantum computers have fallen to about one-twentieth of previous levels.

Coinbase announced the addition of AXIS for spot trading.

USDC issuer Circle has formed a strategic partnership with Argentine financial firm Allaria to provide two-way bid and ask quotes between USDC and the Argentine peso for eligible institutional investors in the local market, Crypto Briefing reported. The arrangement is intended to expand USDC liquidity and improve institutional access. Circle had previously partnered in July with Argentine financial group Grupo BIND to expand USDC payment and treasury management services for institutional clients.

The Starknet Foundation has launched Bramble, a self-custody wallet designed with a focus on privacy, Crypto Briefing reported. The wallet supports STRK20, Starknet’s privacy framework, allowing users to manage private balances on the network.

Crypto lending platform Nexo said its NEXO token will be listed on crypto exchange Kraken, with trading set to begin on Oct. 22.

Bitcoin has continued trading sideways in the short term without breaking through resistance in the $87,000-$87,800 range, on-chain analytics firm Glassnode said on X. Glassnode had identified the range as a key resistance zone in a report published jointly last month with Coinbase Institutional. Glassnode said volatility could increase significantly if BTC breaks out of its current range, while additional selling pressure is also clustered near $90,000.