U.S. Bitcoin ETF outflows hit $137.9 million on Friday, October 23. Ethereum funds attracted $4.4 million. Farside Investors' figures showed Bitcoin funds extending withdrawals into a second consecutive session. BlackRock's IBIT led the losses. Bitcoin ETFs still finished the week with positive net flows. Ethereum's modest inflow offered limited relief...
BlackRock IBIT Inflows Keep Bitcoin ETF Week Positive
US spot Bitcoin ETFs finished the week ending October 23 with $301.2 million in net inflows. BlackRock IBIT inflows of $565.7 million carried the entire gain, per Farside Investors. Fidelity's FBTC and ARK 21Shares' ARKB posted net weekly outflows, so demand stayed in one fund. That is the stake: the...
Bit2Me Launches Bit2Shield for Police Crypto Seizures
Spain’s Bit2Me turned years of police help into a unit that traces, holds, and liquidates seized crypto. Bit2Me Group said on September 8, 2026 that it formed Bit2Me Bit2Shield. The firm is registered as CryptoShield S.L. It will help public bodies and banks with crypto seizures, on-chain tracing, and court-ready...
PEPE Jumps 9% in Four Hours on Heavy Short Liquidations
PEPE jumps 9% in four hours to about $0.00000502 on the October 23, 2026 spot tape. The frog-themed memecoin outran a softer Bitcoin bounce near $81,700. CoinGlass showed more than $2.4 million in 1000PEPE short liquidations over the prior day, so shorts were the ones getting squeezed. Memecoins and smaller...
Bitcoin Steadies Near $81,700 After $635M ETF Outflows
Bitcoin recovered toward $81,700 on Friday after Thursday's tech-led selloff. U.S. spot Bitcoin ETF outflows hit about $635 million on Thursday, per SoSoValue, after three sessions that had pulled in more than $1 billion combined. Bitcoin was up about 0.5% since midnight UTC on that rebound. Oil near multi-month highs...
Arc Stablecoin Supply Jumps 33.51% While Totals Slip
Arc stablecoin supply rose 33.51% over the past week to about $830.34 million. That figure comes from DefiLlama’s Arc tracker. The global stablecoin float slipped in the same window. Almost all of that Arc balance is Circle’s USDC. The chain is growing dollar inventory as the wider market sheds it....
Swell swETH Pause Freezes Rails After Hot-Key Alarms
Liquid staking is supposed to turn ETH into a receipt you can trust. On Swell, the receipt rate started climbing without the ETH behind it. Swell paused deposits and withdrawals for swETH and rswETH on October 23. It is working with security partners and Seal911 to secure infrastructure and return...
Cysic Exploiter Sends $744K to Tornado Cash After Bounty
A white-hat window opened with a 10% bounty. The next move was a mixer deposit. Wallets labeled as the Cysic bridge exploiter deposited about 300 ETH and 30.4 BNB into Tornado Cash on Friday. PeckShieldAlert flagged the move. Those Cysic Tornado Cash deposits mark roughly $721,140 in ether and $22,590...
XRP Whales Sent $112.4M to Binance, but the Selling May Already Be Fading
XRP whale inflows to Binance hit a 7-month high of $112.4M. Find out why selling may be fading and which price levels matter next. The loudest XRP sell signal in months may already be behind the market. Whales sent a monthly average of $112.4 million in XRP to Binance, the...
Visa Eyes $2.5 Billion Fireblocks Deal to Expand Crypto Business
Visa reportedly nears a $2.5 billion Fireblocks acquisition, expanding its crypto custody services and stablecoin payment infrastructure worldwide. Visa is reportedly in the final stages of talks to acquire cryptocurrency infrastructure firm Fireblocks for around $2.5 billion. The agreement may enhance Visa’s capabilities in digital asset custody and blockchain payments....