BTC traded at $81,581, down 0.93% over 24 hours, while ETH stood at $2,396.02, down 0.80%. Gold was at $4,155.80 and silver at $57.095; the S&P 500 and Nasdaq 100 rose 0.41% and 1.17%, respectively, while WTI and Brent fell 0.33% and 0.09%.
1. Listed Companies Bought $360M of Bitcoin Last Week
According to SoSoValue data, as of the morning of October 19 Eastern Time, listed companies globally excluding miners made net Bitcoin purchases of $360 million last week, up 1,500% from two weeks prior. Strategy bought 267 BTC last week, bringing its total holdings to 848,517.
Assets to watch: BTC
2. Nvidia Simulates 104-Qubit Fault-Tolerant Quantum Processor
According to an Nvidia press release, Nvidia used 8,192 GPUs at the Jülich Supercomputing Centre in Germany to simulate a 104-qubit fault-tolerant quantum processor, which it called the largest complete simulation of its kind to date. Nvidia said the method reduces required qubits by 90% and shortens development-stage work from weeks to days.
Assets to watch: NVDA
3. Ex-Google CEO Schmidt Holds About 1% of Anthropic
According to Bloomberg citing people familiar, former Google CEO Eric Schmidt holds about 1% of Anthropic, stemming from tens of millions of dollars invested in its Series A round. Per PitchBook data, Anthropic was valued at $461 million when Schmidt first invested in 2021.
Assets to watch: ANTHROPIC, GOOGL
4. German Savings Banks Roll Out Crypto Trading in Their App
According to German news agency dpa, German savings banks (Sparkassen) began rolling out crypto trading in their mobile banking apps from October 19, initially supporting five assets including BTC, ETH, SOL and XRP. Trades are executed by DekaBank with custody via the Stuttgart Stock Exchange, charging 0.99 euros per order. The German Savings Banks Association expects 30 to 40 savings banks to join each month, covering roughly 50 million customers.
Assets to watch: BTC, ETH, SOL, XRP
5. Pump.fun Lists Pre-IPO Tokens
Pump.fun said on X that Pre-IPO tokens, powered by PreStocks, are now live on the platform, letting users trade such tokens and launch new coins paired with them. PreStocks is a Pre-IPO tokenization platform on Solana.
Assets to watch: PUMP, SOL
6. CME Lists UNI Futures, First DeFi Token Futures
CME Group said on X that Uniswap (UNI) futures have officially launched, offering two contract sizes with 24/7 trading. Uniswap said UNI thereby became the first DeFi protocol token to list futures on CME.
Assets to watch: UNI
7. Visa Partners With Mesh for Crypto Spending at 175M Merchants
According to a Mesh press release, crypto payment network Mesh announced a partnership with Visa, letting users spend crypto and stablecoin balances from participating wallets at roughly 175 million Visa merchant locations online and in-store, without separate cards, pre-sales or transfers. Initial participating platforms and launch timing will be announced later.
Assets to watch: V
8. 5 Billion USDC Minted on Solana in 12 Minutes
Per Whale Alert monitoring, two separate mints of 250 million USDC each occurred on Solana, totaling 500 million USDC worth about $500 million. Solscan data shows both mint transactions executed successfully.
Assets to watch: SOL
9. CFTC Says CME Failed to Show Harm From Perpetuals Policy
According to CoinDesk, the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) filed a court brief Friday arguing CME failed to show it was harmed by the CFTC's perpetuals policy and thus lacks standing. The CFTC noted CME's crypto futures volume rose after the policy change. The CFTC approved Kalshi to launch the first US bitcoin perpetual contract in May.
Assets to watch: BTC
10. Cardano Founder Hoskinson Building New Programming Language
According to CoinDesk, Cardano founder Charles Hoskinson said on X that he is personally building a new programming language for Cardano, working with Input Output Global software engineer Lucas Rosa. Hoskinson said the language would combine transaction intents with cryptographic proofs.
Assets to watch: ADA
Market snapshot
BTC: $81,581 (24h -0.93%) | ETH: $2,396.02 (24h -0.80%)
Gold: $4,155.80 (-0.10%) | Silver: $57.095 (-0.31%)
WTI: $103.32 (-0.33%) | Brent: $109.45 (-0.09%)
S&P 500: 7,690.73 (+0.41%) | Nasdaq 100: 29,529.35 (+1.17%)
1. Listed Companies Bought $360M of Bitcoin Last Week
According to SoSoValue data, as of the morning of October 19 Eastern Time, listed companies globally excluding miners made net Bitcoin purchases of $360 million last week, up 1,500% from two weeks prior. Strategy bought 267 BTC last week, bringing its total holdings to 848,517.
Assets to watch: BTC
2. Nvidia Simulates 104-Qubit Fault-Tolerant Quantum Processor
According to an Nvidia press release, Nvidia used 8,192 GPUs at the Jülich Supercomputing Centre in Germany to simulate a 104-qubit fault-tolerant quantum processor, which it called the largest complete simulation of its kind to date. Nvidia said the method reduces required qubits by 90% and shortens development-stage work from weeks to days.
Assets to watch: NVDA
3. Ex-Google CEO Schmidt Holds About 1% of Anthropic
According to Bloomberg citing people familiar, former Google CEO Eric Schmidt holds about 1% of Anthropic, stemming from tens of millions of dollars invested in its Series A round. Per PitchBook data, Anthropic was valued at $461 million when Schmidt first invested in 2021.
Assets to watch: ANTHROPIC, GOOGL
4. German Savings Banks Roll Out Crypto Trading in Their App
According to German news agency dpa, German savings banks (Sparkassen) began rolling out crypto trading in their mobile banking apps from October 19, initially supporting five assets including BTC, ETH, SOL and XRP. Trades are executed by DekaBank with custody via the Stuttgart Stock Exchange, charging 0.99 euros per order. The German Savings Banks Association expects 30 to 40 savings banks to join each month, covering roughly 50 million customers.
Assets to watch: BTC, ETH, SOL, XRP
5. Pump.fun Lists Pre-IPO Tokens
Pump.fun said on X that Pre-IPO tokens, powered by PreStocks, are now live on the platform, letting users trade such tokens and launch new coins paired with them. PreStocks is a Pre-IPO tokenization platform on Solana.
Assets to watch: PUMP, SOL
6. CME Lists UNI Futures, First DeFi Token Futures
CME Group said on X that Uniswap (UNI) futures have officially launched, offering two contract sizes with 24/7 trading. Uniswap said UNI thereby became the first DeFi protocol token to list futures on CME.
Assets to watch: UNI
7. Visa Partners With Mesh for Crypto Spending at 175M Merchants
According to a Mesh press release, crypto payment network Mesh announced a partnership with Visa, letting users spend crypto and stablecoin balances from participating wallets at roughly 175 million Visa merchant locations online and in-store, without separate cards, pre-sales or transfers. Initial participating platforms and launch timing will be announced later.
Assets to watch: V
8. 5 Billion USDC Minted on Solana in 12 Minutes
Per Whale Alert monitoring, two separate mints of 250 million USDC each occurred on Solana, totaling 500 million USDC worth about $500 million. Solscan data shows both mint transactions executed successfully.
Assets to watch: SOL
9. CFTC Says CME Failed to Show Harm From Perpetuals Policy
According to CoinDesk, the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) filed a court brief Friday arguing CME failed to show it was harmed by the CFTC's perpetuals policy and thus lacks standing. The CFTC noted CME's crypto futures volume rose after the policy change. The CFTC approved Kalshi to launch the first US bitcoin perpetual contract in May.
Assets to watch: BTC
10. Cardano Founder Hoskinson Building New Programming Language
According to CoinDesk, Cardano founder Charles Hoskinson said on X that he is personally building a new programming language for Cardano, working with Input Output Global software engineer Lucas Rosa. Hoskinson said the language would combine transaction intents with cryptographic proofs.
Assets to watch: ADA
Market snapshot
BTC: $81,581 (24h -0.93%) | ETH: $2,396.02 (24h -0.80%)
Gold: $4,155.80 (-0.10%) | Silver: $57.095 (-0.31%)
WTI: $103.32 (-0.33%) | Brent: $109.45 (-0.09%)
S&P 500: 7,690.73 (+0.41%) | Nasdaq 100: 29,529.35 (+1.17%)