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China moves to seize more than 61,800 bitcoin tied to a $5.7 billion fraud case, spot Bitcoin ETFs attract over $1 billion in inflows this week, and President Trump targets overseas crypto scam operations. @jennsanasie has what you need to know.
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LATEST: The Blockchain Association urges Congress to overhaul crypto tax rules, calling for stablecoin cash treatment, staking rewards taxed only at sale, de minimis exemptions for small transactions and limits on broker reporting to custodial intermediaries only.
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JUST IN: @SoFi launches SoFi Earn, billed as the first tokenized deposit from a U.S. national bank available directly to retail customers, earning 4.40% APY with FDIC insurance and convertible 1:1 into SoFiUSD for crypto purchases or blockchain transfers.
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NEW: @FireblocksHQ denies it is in talks to be acquired by @Visa, calling reports of a $2.5B deal “news to us, and not true at present time,” while @Coinbase also denies involvement in a potential transaction.
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LATEST: a16z is dropping “crypto” from its flagship blockchain fund name, rebranding to a16z Frontier and broadening its investment mandate beyond crypto, per The Information.
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Bitcoin’s share of the crypto market climbed to 60%, its highest level since May, as traders increasingly favored the largest cryptocurrency amid broader market uncertainty. Get the full picture in Crypto Daybook Americas, CoinDesk’s daily markets briefing presented by @Grayscale
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Check it out: coindesk.com/daybook-us/2026…

Crypto traders seek shelter in bitcoin (BTC) as altcoins slide, ETF flows wobble: Crypto Daily

The day ahead in crypto: Oct. 22, 2026

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JUST IN: @Arf_one partners with @Ripple to bring $RLUSD powered settlement liquidity to the XRP Ledger, giving licensed cross-border payment companies access to short-duration working capital backed by Arf’s $10B annual settlement volume.
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RESEARCH: Stablecoins settled roughly $35T onchain in 2025, more than @Visa and @Mastercard combined. Only about $390B of it was a real payment. A new CoinDesk Research report maps where the value actually went, and why @crediblefin is building for the gap in between.
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@crediblefin operates in that open frontier. It fronts settlement from an onchain pool, paying merchants in $USDC or $USDT while local rails clear over 1 to 7 days. Volume rose from $23M in January to ~$191M in September, roughly $2.3B annualised, at a ~20bps take.
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The margin is the spread Credible earns on fronted capital, over the 8 to 16% it pays liquidity providers. That layer, float and clearing, is where the durable business in payments now sits. Full report from @CoinDesk Research: coindesk.com/research/the-fl…

The Float Is the Business

Stablecoins made moving money free, so value shifted to float and clearing: a low-risk core incumbents own, and an underserved frontier they won’t serve.

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MACRO: Asian stocks tumble as China’s CSI 300 enters bear market territory, down 20% from June’s peak, while Japan’s Nikkei drops 3% and $BTC retreats from $84K to below $82K as oil surges above $100.
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INSIGHT: The OCC’s final GENIUS Act rule drops its proposed presumption against third-party stablecoin rewards, with banks calling it a threat to deposits and crypto calling it a win, as the regulator says it will handle cases individually with no clear rules yet.
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NEW: @Grayscale expands in-kind crypto transfers across 10 investment products, letting eligible investors contribute $BTC, $ETH, $SOL, $XRP, $ZEC and five others directly for fund shares without selling to cash first, with minimums starting at $80,300.
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LATEST: @Aave proposes V3.8, a security upgrade adding reentrancy protection to its Pool accounting across 16 networks, as a preventive measure ahead of formal audit and governance vote.
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UPDATE: XRP Ledger's bug fix countdown restarted after validator support dropped to 26 of 35, pushing the patch to November. Support has since recovered to 31 validators, but the two-week clock reset means the fix missed its near-final window.
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EARNINGS: Tesla reports mixed third-quarter results, with revenue of $28.05 billion missing expectations while earnings per share of $0.48 beat forecasts. The company continues to hold 11,509 BTC, worth roughly $1 billion. $TSLA shares are up 1.5% in after-hours trading.
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LATEST: $META plans to introduce non-voting shares to help fund its massive AI expansion without reducing Mark Zuckerberg's control of the company, according to Semafor.
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Elon Musk says SpaceX and Tesla are exploring a merger that would combine more than 30,000 bitcoin, the OCC tightens rules on stablecoin rewards, and Zcash prepares for an upgrade that could triple transaction speed. @jennsanasie has what you need to know.
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