BlackRock Drives Entire $110M Bitcoin ETF Inflow
$BTC ETFs drew $110.34M Monday, all through @BlackRock’s IBIT, while $ETH ETFs lost $88.58M. Bitcoin fund demand remained concentrated in one issuer. #Update #Crypto $BTC
Ethereum (ETH)
Ether Giant Bitmine Bets on $400M Buybacks
@Bitmine bought 10,452 $ETH and repurchased 2.04 million shares last week. Its 6.05 million $ETH holdings now equal 4.95% of circulating supply. #Update #Crypto $ETH (+3) ↗
BlackRock Drives $305M Bitcoin ETF Comeback
@BlackRock’s bitcoin ETF drew $676M last week, helping $BTC ETFs post $305M in net inflows after the prior week’s $229M outflow. $ETH ETFs lost $221M. #Update #Crypto $BTC
Bitcoin ETFs Lose $138M; Zcash Extends Inflows
$BTC ETFs lost $137.94M Friday after early-week inflows topped $1B; $ETH ETFs gained $4.35M, while $ZEC funds drew $20.52M for a third straight day. #Update #Crypto $BTC
Hayes sells $22.28M crypto; scammers move in
Arthur Hayes sold $22.28M in crypto, including 6,400 $ETH worth $15.2M. His wallet then received 26 fake-ETH transfers designed to mimic his transactions. #Update #Crypto $ETH (-5) ↘
Early ETH buyer sends $2.4M to Kraken
A 2014 $ETH ICO buyer sent 1,000 $ETH worth about $2.38 million to @krakenfx on Oct. 23; the wallet still holds about 11,349 $ETH. #Update #Crypto $ETH (-3) ↘
Ethereum Delays Glamsterdam Testing Over Contract Concerns
@Ethereum developers canceled Glamsterdam’s Oct. 26 Hoodi test after @ChainSecurity found 13 deployed contracts at risk of permanent failure under proposed gas rules. Mainnet users need take no action. #Update #Security $ETH
Bitcoin ETFs Lose $635M, Most Since June
$BTC ETFs lost $635.49M on Thursday, their biggest daily outflow since June, erasing nearly 60% of the prior three-day inflows. @BlackRock and @Fidelity led withdrawals. #Breaking #Crypto $BTC (-8) ↘
Ethereum buyer at $18 cashes out $7.23M
A long-dormant wallet sent 3,000 $ETH, worth $7.23 million, to @kraken on Oct. 22 after a 128x gain. The transfer does not confirm a sale. #Update #Crypto $ETH (-3) ↘
Starknet Eyes Post-Quantum; Voters Back Ethereum Split
@Starknet voters backed research into becoming a standalone blockchain, with 93.52% in favor; no transition is approved. $STRK fell about 14% in 24 hours. #Update #Crypto $STRK (-6) ↘
Ethereum draft targets faster finality, quantum defense
@ethereum researchers propose separating block selection from finality votes to cut $ETH settlement time from 16 minutes to 4 minutes. No launch date is set. #Update #Crypto $ETH
Lee: Bitmine’s ETH purchases stop at 5% supply
@Bitmine says it will stop buying $ETH at 5% of supply, roughly 100,000 $ETH from its goal. It has staked 86.5% of its holdings. #Update #Crypto $ETH
Bitcoin ETFs: $1B inflows in three days
U.S. $BTC ETFs drew $528.40 million Wednesday, lifting three-day inflows above $1 billion as eight funds gained capital. $ETH ETFs also returned to net inflows. #Update #Crypto $BTC
Ethereum staking hits record as yields fall
@BitwiseInvest reports record $ETH staking and lower yields, while tokenized-stock trading grows on $SOL and @HyperliquidX. #Update #Staking $ETH