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Bitmine added 10,452 ETH, worth about $24 million, in the week to October 25, lifting its Ethereum holdings to 6,051,933 ETH—about 4.95% of reported supply. The company says it is 99% of the way to its “Alchemy of 5%” target and plans to stop buying ETH once it reaches that level. It needs roughly 58,067 ETH to get there. At the same time, Bitmine repurchased 2.04 million shares at an average price of $22.48, bringing its 2026 buybacks to 22.9 million shares, or about $399.6 million. Chairman Tom Lee said the company may keep buying back shares when management considers them undervalued. This adds detail to the earlier report, which highlighted the repurchase but did not specify the average price or the plan to stop ETH purchases at the target. Bitmine has staked 5,227,037 ETH, about 86% of its holdings, and estimates annualized staking revenue of around $318 million at a 2.58% yield. Its crypto treasury and share repurchases reflect a growing focus on its own securities as it nears its ETH accumulation goal. Strategy also paused Bitcoin purchases and spent $204.9 million buying back its STRC preferred stock. For ETH traders, Bitmine’s continued accumulation and large staked balance may support demand and constrain readily tradable supply, but the planned end to purchases limits the prospect of sustained buying from this source.

Ethereum (ETH) has fallen below the lower boundary of its daily ascending channel after failing to extend its recovery above $2,800. Trading near $2,310, ETH is testing support around $2,300, while the daily chart’s next downside levels include $2,160, $2,000 and a major demand zone near $1,900. On the four-hour chart, ETH remains in a descending channel. The $2,250 area is a key support confluence; a rebound could target $2,350 and then $2,450–$2,500. A decisive break below $2,250 could expose the $1,900 region. Buyers would need to reclaim the $2,500 supply zone to weaken the bearish setup and bring $2,800 back into view. Derivatives data adds to the near-term caution: CryptoQuant’s 30-day average Taker Buy Sell Ratio is around 0.973, below the neutral level of 1 and at its lowest since the June sell-off, indicating stronger aggressive selling. The reading does not guarantee further declines, but traders are watching for support to hold and the ratio to recover.

Xage Security says it was included in Gartner’s 2026 Magic Quadrant for Privileged Access Management (PAM), published on 21 October. The company did not disclose its position in the quadrant, and Gartner says inclusion is not an endorsement or recommendation.

Xage Security has joined SailPoint’s Technology Alliance Partner program and integrated Xage Extended Privileged Access Management (XPAM) with SailPoint Identity Security. The Xage-SailPoint integration connects identity governance decisions with privileged-access enforcement across IT, operational technology (OT), cloud, edge, legacy and AI environments. SailPoint can provision, update, disable or remove Xage users and User Group memberships based on approved requests, roles and identity lifecycle events. Xage enforces the resulting access policies and sends current user and membership data back to SailPoint for discovery, certification, reconciliation and remediation. Revoked entitlements can trigger automatic removal of the corresponding Xage group membership, helping reduce stale access and manual administration. The companies say the integration supports existing SailPoint request and approval workflows, contractor access management, and privileged access in remote and applicable federal mission environments. SailPoint Chief Product Officer Levent Besik and Xage co-founder and Chief Product Officer Roman Arutyunov described the partnership as a way to connect governance decisions with enforceable, least-privilege access. The announcement did not disclose financial terms or a launch date.

Strategy made no Bitcoin purchases or sales from October 19 to 25, instead spending $204.9 million to repurchase STRC preferred shares, according to an SEC filing. Its Bitcoin holdings remained at 848,517 BTC, acquired for $64.02 billion at an average cost of $75,446 per coin. With Bitcoin trading near $80,000 on October 26, the holdings had an estimated paper gain of about $3.9 billion. Strategy’s reported USD cash balance fell 46% to $242.4 million, while its separate $4.83 billion reserve was unchanged and earmarked for preferred dividends and debt interest. Since October began, the company has spent about $664 million on STRC buybacks, compared with $72.3 million to buy 851 BTC. Strategy has not said when it will resume Bitcoin purchases. The pause came as Bitcoin retreated from a weekly high of $84,777 toward $80,000; MSTR shares fell 2.2% in premarket trading, while STRC slipped 0.01%.

Solana’s tokenized real-world asset (RWA) holder count rose by 140,000 in one week to 1.73 million. Tokenized stocks drove most of the growth, accounting for nearly 90% of new holders. Solana’s distributed RWA value reached an estimated $4.37 billion to $4.86 billion in October 2026, up from about $1.08 billion a year earlier. The network has also become a major venue for tokenized equity trading, capturing more than 95% of on-chain volume. Cumulative tokenized stock trading volume on Solana exceeded $10 billion by June 2026, with monthly volume reaching $3.47 billion that month. Solana still trails Ethereum in total RWA value. The figures point to growing retail participation and trading activity, but holder counts do not show the size of positions. RWA value is also concentrated in a small number of products, including BlackRock’s BUIDL fund, valued at about $872 million on Solana. Traders will be watching whether holder growth continues and whether Solana narrows the asset-value gap with Ethereum.

Metaplanet’s US subsidiary, Metaplanet Holdings, reportedly bought 4 Bitcoin, bringing its holdings to 7 BTC. The purchase has not been independently confirmed, and no public records cited in the report verify it. The subsidiary is awaiting a planned deal to acquire about 95.7% of Nasdaq-listed Super League Enterprise. Under the agreement announced on 18 August 2026, Metaplanet would contribute 2,100 BTC and $2.5 million in cash. Super League shareholders approved the related share issuance on 16 October, but the deal still requires regulatory and Nasdaq approvals. Closing is targeted for the fourth quarter of 2026. The 7 BTC reported purchase is small compared with the 2,100 BTC earmarked for the deal. Traders may focus on approval updates, the transfer of the Bitcoin and the proposed rebranding of Super League as Superplanet, ticker SUPA.

RedStone will provide price feeds to DogeOS from the network’s testnet launch, making it the first oracle provider in the Dogecoin ecosystem. The integration is intended to give developers the data needed to build Dogecoin DeFi applications, including lending markets, stablecoins and perpetual futures. DogeOS, developed by the team behind MyDoge, is an Ethereum-compatible application layer using a zero-knowledge virtual machine. It aims to add smart-contract functionality without changing Dogecoin’s underlying protocol. The companies say the ecosystem has 10 million holders but has lacked infrastructure and market data for DeFi. RedStone’s feeds will support collateral pricing, liquidations and trade settlement, reducing the need for developers to build oracle systems themselves. RedStone says its infrastructure is deployed across more than 110 blockchain networks and serves over 200 clients. The partnership could help expand Dogecoin DeFi over time, but applications and adoption remain dependent on the network’s development and launch.

Fidelity’s FUTY ETF tracks the MSCI US IMI Utilities Index, giving investors exposure to companies across the US utilities sector, including smaller firms often absent from S&P 500 funds. The market-cap-weighted fund holds stocks directly using a representative sample of the index. About 12% of its portfolio was invested in power producers selling electricity at market prices rather than regulated rates. FUTY pays dividends quarterly, and Fidelity classified all of its 2024 distributions as qualified dividends. The article reports an annualized return of about 9.5% from the fund’s October 2013 launch through October 2026. Past performance does not guarantee future results.

CEMEX, S.A.B. de C.V. published a slide deck alongside its 2026 Q3 earnings call. The article provides no financial results, business updates or other details from the presentation. It is a brief announcement about the CEMEX 2026 Q3 earnings presentation, with no direct connection to cryptocurrency markets.

Floor & Decor Holdings (NYSE: FND) receives a soft “Buy” view, supported by its valuation, balance sheet and revenue growth. Floor & Decor’s sales growth is driven mainly by new store openings, while comparable-store sales remain negative amid weakness in the housing market. Net income rebounded to $135.6 million in the first half of 2026, and management expects full-year profits to increase. The company trades at a discount to peers on most valuation measures and has net cash, which may help cushion macroeconomic risks. The main concerns are continued housing-market softness and negative comparable-store sales.

Ritual, a decentralised AI computing platform, has launched its mainnet and issued its native token, RITUAL. The token can pay for gas, model calls, HTTP requests and scheduled executions. RITUAL has an initial supply of 10 billion tokens, with no supply cap and an annual issuance rate of about 5%. An EIP-1559 mechanism burns base transaction fees. At launch, 1.8 billion RITUAL—18% of the initial supply—will be unlocked. The project will airdrop 50 million tokens, or 0.5% of the initial supply, to eligible Infernet node operators, Frenrug users and long-term community members. The airdrop is fully unlocked at launch. Coinbase announced spot trading for RITUAL on the same day. Core contributors and investors face a one-year lock-up, and all tokens are scheduled to unlock over four years.

Polymarket’s US market recorded more than 74 million trades in October by 26 October, setting a monthly record despite the month not yet being over. The figure was up 15% from September, according to The Block. The increase points to stronger activity on Polymarket, but trade counts alone do not show whether traders are leaning bullish or bearish.

Miden’s partner mainnet is live and connected to Polygon’s cross-chain aggregation layer, Agglayer, according to Polygon. The integration gives Miden access to liquidity across the wider blockchain ecosystem. Miden also confirmed that its network is now running on the partner mainnet. The launch adds a new network to Agglayer’s cross-chain ecosystem, though no token, trading, or adoption figures were disclosed.

Elon Musk warned that more than 200 neocloud companies could fail or consolidate as tighter credit markets make it harder to finance AI data centres and GPU purchases. The warning adds to pressure on AI infrastructure stocks: CoreWeave fell 4.5% in premarket trading, Nebius lost 3.4% and IREN dropped 3.3%. All three were down more than 30% in October, according to the article. Neocloud providers often borrow heavily to buy Nvidia chips and build data centres before revenue arrives. CoreWeave debt yields approached 15%, while bonds from CoreWeave and Nebius hit record lows. Contracted revenue backlogs may signal demand, but do not provide immediate cash for expansion or debt payments. Gartner has separately forecast that more than 80% of neocloud providers could stop operating independently by 2030. Musk contrasted those financing pressures with SpaceX, which secured about $40 billion in financing, reportedly supported by investment-grade credit and revenue from Starlink and rocket launches. The developments highlight funding and consolidation risks for AI infrastructure firms, but do not necessarily signal a collapse in demand for AI computing.

SpaceX has secured a $40 billion financing commitment to lease Nvidia AI hardware, including next-generation Vera Rubin chips, through an Apollo-managed entity. Goldman Sachs is the sole structuring agent, with investment commitments also involving BlackRock, Goldman Sachs Asset Management and KKR-advised accounts. The five-year-plus leases are expected to close by the end of 2026, with equipment deliveries and payments beginning in the first half of 2027. Interest rates have not been set. The SpaceX AI financing will help fund the company’s expanding computing infrastructure without requiring it to pay the full equipment cost upfront, but it creates substantial multiyear obligations. The deal comes as SpaceX increases capital spending and grows its AI business, which the article says generated more third-quarter revenue than its connectivity division, including Starlink. The company also plans to sell computing capacity to external customers. Its ability to meet the lease costs will depend on demand, utilization and operating expenses.

A proposed $34 billion merger between Johnson & Johnson’s DePuy Synthes orthopaedics business and UK-based Smith & Nephew collapsed over a disagreement about who would lead the combined company. The companies had reportedly reached agreement on valuations, ownership and financing, but could not resolve the CEO question. Johnson & Johnson wanted Namal Nawana, who leads DePuy Synthes, to become CEO. Smith & Nephew chairman Rupert Soames reportedly insisted that its current chief executive, Deepak Nath, retain the role. Under the proposed terms, J&J shareholders would have held 50.1% of the combined business, while Smith & Nephew shareholders would have owned 49.9%. Smith & Nephew was also expected to arrange about $10 billion in debt financing. The failed merger highlights how leadership and corporate control can derail a deal even after key financial terms are settled. Johnson & Johnson is now leaning toward spinning off DePuy Synthes, which generated about $9.2 billion in 2024 sales. Smith & Nephew must pursue its growth plans independently. The failed $34 billion merger may also leave investors weighing the strategic opportunities each company has lost.

Anthropic has filed to list Class A shares on Nasdaq under the ticker ANT, but has not disclosed its IPO price range, share count or fundraising target. The filing reports first-half 2026 revenue of $16.3 billion, up from $1.2 billion a year earlier. Its $80.7 billion net loss includes a $72.4 billion non-cash charge, while its operating loss narrowed to $693 million from $2.1 billion. The proposed dual-class structure gives public Class A shares one vote each, while a founders’ Class F share would control 50.1% of voting power. A separate trust would elect most of the board. Market expectations put the potential valuation at $1.5 trillion to $1.75 trillion, but this is not confirmed IPO pricing. Prediction markets also assign a 74.5% chance that Anthropic’s year-end market value will exceed Bitcoin’s roughly $1.61 trillion market capitalisation. The filing initially drove gains in chip stocks. On Hyperliquid, the ANTH pre-IPO contract briefly rose to about $1,980, then fell roughly 6% and later traded near $1,875, with about $12 million in 24-hour volume. Bitcoin dipped 0.3% on the filing day, while Bittensor’s TAO and Render rose. The Anthropic IPO has had limited immediate impact on crypto prices, but a large listing could eventually compete for investor capital and affect crypto liquidity and risk appetite.

Keystone says an attacker accessed 25,964 customer records on 20 October 2026, exploiting a vulnerability in a third-party monitoring tool and stealing a device authentication key. The Keystone data breach exposed names, contact details, shipping addresses and order information, including incomplete checkout records. The company says private keys, recovery phrases, passwords and payment details were not compromised. The stolen key is embedded in some devices and cannot be removed, raising the possibility that counterfeit wallets could pass authenticity checks. Keystone plans to destroy 18,835 unsold devices containing the key, replace it in production and pause pending shipments as it moves to a preorder model. Customers who received devices after 20 October are advised to seek additional verification; the company says existing owners do not need to move their crypto. The incident also renews questions about Keystone’s data-retention practices. Earlier reports said some customers received notices concerning purchases more than two years old, although the connection to this breach was not independently confirmed and company materials described deletion timelines differently. Keystone says it has shortened its retention period, is notifying affected customers, plans tools to check exposure and request deletion, and has reported the incident to authorities in several jurisdictions. The breach raises phishing and physical-security risks, but no direct impact on cryptocurrency prices is evident. Customers should verify communications through official channels and never share recovery phrases.

Robinhood Chain’s seven-day decentralised exchange (DEX) volume fell 23.1% to $5.255 billion, according to DefiLlama data for Oct. 26. Weekly perpetual futures volume declined by a smaller 4.62% to $6.869 billion. The network held $1.132 billion in DeFi deposits, while stablecoin capitalisation stood at $1.05 billion. A seven-day rolling average chart through Oct. 23 put Robinhood Chain’s daily DEX volume at $820 million, behind Solana, BNB Chain and Base. The figures cover different time windows and are not directly comparable. Traders have debated whether the slowdown reflects fading demand or is an early-stage pullback. Robinhood Chain’s deposits remained broadly stable, despite the drop in trading activity. Development has continued, including Morpho-enabled borrowing against eligible Stock Tokens and Arkham’s blockchain analytics support. Robinhood launched the public mainnet on July 1 using Arbitrum technology. Stock Tokens provide economic exposure to underlying securities but are not available to US persons and face restrictions in some other jurisdictions. The data points to weaker DEX momentum, while deposits and ongoing product development offer some counterbalance.

Strategy paused Bitcoin purchases in the week ended Oct. 25, using about $204.9 million to repurchase 2,068,459 shares of its STRC preferred stock. It made no Bitcoin purchases or sales and reported no sales through its at-the-market share offering program during the week. Strategy’s Bitcoin holdings remained at 848,517 BTC, acquired for $64.02 billion at an average price of $75,446 per coin. The STRC buyback reduced its USD Cash balance to $242.4 million from $447.3 million. Its separate USD Reserve, set aside for dividends and debt interest, remained at $4.83 billion, with $956.8 million left under the $3 billion buyback authorization. Across the past three reporting periods, Strategy spent $590.4 million on STRC repurchases and $43.6 million to buy 517 BTC. The shift temporarily removes a source of corporate Bitcoin demand, but Strategy has not sold BTC or signalled a change to its long-term holdings. Meanwhile, a possible MSCI index exclusion for companies heavily concentrated in a single asset could pressure Strategy shares if index-tracking funds sell, though that risk does not directly change its Bitcoin holdings.

A researcher says reverse engineering Samsung smart TV firmware revealed functions for an always-on microphone, automatic content recognition, location data, targeted advertising and user profiling. Samsung has publicly described some sound-detection features, and cybersecurity experts say much of this data collection is disclosed in privacy policies, though users may not notice it. Experts say AI-assisted reverse engineering could make it easier to uncover similar functions in everyday devices. They also suggest advertising and user-data collection may help keep TV prices low. Owners can limit some data access through settings, but researchers argue privacy controls should be easier to find. The findings have no direct connection to crypto markets, although Stacks co-founder Muneeb Ali said he avoids handling private crypto keys near connected devices.

SOL is consolidating just above $100 after a sharp monthly decline, leaving traders divided over its next move. Several analysts see bullish potential: Merlijn The Trader and Sweep cited a chart pattern and projected moves towards $200–$210, while Joep Gerla forecast a possible rise to $500. Crypto Tice said a break above a long-term trendline could put $126 in reach if SOL holds support above $95. Others warn that the $100 level is decisive. One analyst said a hold could open the way to $114, while a break could expose $88. Jia Crypto expects a major move but said its direction is unclear. Market indicators add to the risks for SOL bulls. Spot SOL ETFs recorded more than $17 million in outflows last week, and exchange inflows have outweighed outflows in recent weeks, potentially increasing near-term selling pressure. With opposing technical forecasts and weak institutional demand, SOL’s direction remains uncertain.

Anthropic’s proposed Nasdaq IPO highlights rapid growth, heavy computing costs and governance questions. Its filing reported revenue of $4.7 billion in Q1 2026, $11.6 billion in Q2 and $16.8 billion in Q3, while quarterly growth slowed from 132% to 45%. The company recorded a $693 million operating loss in the first half of 2026 and held $131.65 billion in cash and short-term investments at June 30. An earlier report put minimum compute, infrastructure and commercial commitments at about $417 billion, with a further $125 billion to $150 billion in potential payments; the later summary says the filing names major providers, including Amazon, Google and Microsoft, but gives no consolidated total. The filing also flags reliance on a limited group of customers and cloud providers, alongside net revenue retention of about 900% as of September 30, 2026. Founders and a long-term benefit trust would retain substantial voting influence, and five co-founders are listed as selling shareholders. The proposed offering’s price, share count and final mix of new and existing shares remain undisclosed. The Anthropic IPO is a significant signal for AI and technology stocks, but it has no direct cryptocurrency token catalyst.

US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) Chair Mike Selig says the agency is advancing a voluntary federal registration pathway for crypto exchanges. The move comes as Congress has yet to act on related legislation. Selig said crypto markets should receive protections similar to those in US derivatives markets. The proposed CFTC registration route could bring participating exchanges closer to federal market oversight standards, though the article provides no details on its requirements or timeline.

Some Coinbase users in Brazil report they cannot convert Brazilian reais (BRL) to funds for crypto trades, affecting both buying and selling. The Coinbase BRL conversion issue follows earlier reports in 2026 of failed PIX deposits and rejected transfers from banks including Nubank and Banco do Brasil. Coinbase previously recorded a BRL deposit performance incident in March, while launching direct BRL/USDC trading in August to simplify conversions. The exchange is also offering eligible Brazilian users up to an 8% USDC bonus until November 8, 2026. Traders relying on BRL should check Coinbase’s status updates before transferring funds; the reported disruption is localized, and no wider market impact is identified.

Anthropic plans to let some investors and employees sell shares before the usual 180-day post-IPO lock-up expires, offering early liquidity as the AI company moves from private to public ownership. The article says Anthropic has filed to list on Nasdaq under the ticker ANT, with an expected market capitalisation of $1.5 trillion to $2 trillion, compared with its reported $965 billion private valuation. Early share sales could increase available supply and create selling pressure, though the staged approach may also signal confidence in investor demand. The IPO’s final pricing, institutional appetite and broader AI-stock performance will be key factors to watch. The article cites prediction-market odds, including a 26% probability of a $1.75 trillion to $2 trillion valuation at the IPO close.

Solana recorded $12.63 billion in weekly decentralised exchange (DEX) spot volume for the week ending 23 October 2026, ranking second behind Binance. It was the 14th consecutive week Solana’s DEX volume exceeded the reported activity of centralised exchanges Bybit, Coinbase and Kraken, according to SolanaFloor. Volume fell from $13.61 billion the previous week, a decline of about 7%. The sustained DEX activity points to continued use of Solana’s on-chain trading ecosystem, but the weekly drop is a sign for traders to monitor. Trading volume alone does not confirm a SOL price move; traders may also watch broader market conditions and whether Solana DEX volume stabilises or continues to fall.

Adobe (ADBE) remains attractively valued at about 10 times forward earnings, according to analyst Julian Lin, who maintains a Buy rating despite uncertainty about long-term growth. While concerns about AI disruption persist, the article points to Adobe’s continued relevance to enterprise customers and adoption of its AI products as signs of ongoing demand. Adobe forecasts fourth-quarter revenue of $6.8 billion to $6.85 billion. Share repurchases and further margin expansion are cited as potential catalysts. The investment case rests on Adobe’s earnings yield and resilience rather than a rapid acceleration in growth.