MSCI Decides October 16 Whether Strategy Stays in Its Indexes
MSCI rules by October 16 on whether non-operating firms stay eligible for its indexes. Applied to May 2026 data, the proposed screen would delete Strategy.
BTCMSCI rules by October 16 on whether non-operating firms stay eligible for its indexes. Applied to May 2026 data, the proposed screen would delete Strategy.
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US spot Bitcoin ETFs lost about $262 million on Wednesday, while XRP funds drew $740,000 and stayed the only category positive for the week.
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South Korea's FSC found security deficiencies at 130 of 555 financial companies, including 16 breached firms, and wants twice-a-year vulnerability checks.
US spot XRP ETFs added $11.31 million in the week ended October 9, extending inflows to 13 weeks, while net assets fell to $1.57 billion from $1.66 billion.
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ASIC has opened consultation on licensing, custody and capital rules for crypto platforms in Australia. Applications close 7 October 2027.
Bitcoin fell about 3% to near $81,000 after September CPI hit 3.7%, below the $81,500 cost basis of US spot ETFs, with whale holdings at 3.03 million BTC.
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Firelight's October 6 activation moved existing staked FXRP into pooled cover backing. Exits now run 30 to 60 days and emissions stop at unstake.
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The EBA, EIOPA and ESMA named AI and tokenization as the 2027 focus of their joint work programme.
Standard Chartered has pushed its $2 trillion stablecoin market forecast from 2028 to 2030, as supply sits near $309 billion and on-chain use keeps climbing.
Crypto transfers from Canada to India, China and the Philippines reached $2.36 billion in the year to June 2026, up 141%, as stablecoins take a bigger share.
VanEck has asked the SEC to withdraw the Form S-1 for its Lido Staked Ethereum ETF, a stETH product that never sold a share. The SEC has not yet consented.
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The EBA has classified Circle's USDC as the EU's first significant e-money token under MiCA.
Bastion Trading will not tender its SKYA shares into SkyAI's $3.00 cash offer and wants other holders to wait until the company explains its Solana sales.
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The White House confirmed Patrick Witt's crypto council posting has ended, with no successor named and the CLARITY Act still stalled in the Senate.
EasyA says it reached a $1.1 billion valuation and filed for a direct listing. Tokenized shares are on the roadmap, with no mechanics disclosed yet.
The OCC found banks restricted services for crypto and other sectors, but its nine-bank debanking review gives no crypto example and no full count.
Ether took about $286 million of the $483 million liquidated in bitcoin and ether futures over 24 hours, as hot September CPI pressured crypto prices.
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Solana's Accelerate China tour runs October 16 to 22 across four cities. The Shanghai office the team is promoting still has no verified building or floor.
Solana activates Alpenglow in epoch 1064 on October 21, replacing TowerBFT with a system targeting 150ms finality, plus what validators must do first.
Binance will close its bitcoin mining pool at 07:00 UTC on Nov. 10, along with Pool Savings and Cloud Mining. Its remaining 8.7 EH/s has to go somewhere else.
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Bitcoin miners fell up to 12.6% after September CPI came in at 3.7% and October Fed hike odds doubled, with the dollar spiking to an 18-month high.
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StarkWare's OffMarket lets traders take Polymarket positions from wallets unlinked to their account. The bet stays public, the person behind it does not.
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Chainlink Data Feeds and Data Streams are live on Stellar, as the Stellar Development Foundation covers oracle costs for $3.5 billion in RWAs.
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DriveWealth is integrating Ripple's RLUSD stablecoin to settle money in Europe, with custody and payments to follow.
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