Bitcoin price action, ETF flows, mining, Lightning, and protocol development. 639 stories curated by CryptoCatalyst.
During a Q&A session at the Bitcoin for Corporations 2026 conference, Strategy leaders Michael Saylor and Phong Le discussed digital credit, corporate adoption, regulatory outlooks, and internal AI deployment.
U.S. spot Bitcoin ETFs recorded about $301 million in net inflows for the week, ending a two-week run of net withdrawals. The comeback came despite heavy outflows late in the week, and October remained in the red, according to reporting by Decrypt.
Strive bought 6,182 bitcoin for $511.4 million, paying an average of $82,732 per BTC and lifting its holdings to 43,000 BTC. The company also lined up a $1 billion at-the-market share offering, which could provide funding for further bitcoin purchases but may dilute existing shareholders.
A flaw in a Bitcoin wallet let malicious servers substitute fake transactions when users tried to raise fees and speed up a payment. At least one person lost bitcoin before developers patched the vulnerability.
1. OVERNIGHT MOVES The watchlist was mixed to flat: BTC held at $80,288, ETH at $2,328.81, and SOL gained 1.0% to $101.67.
Blockstream is launching institutional consulting services, offering its engineering expertise to banks and asset managers from a new office in Lugano, Switzerland. The announcement signals a direct effort to work with traditional financial firms, though the report does not specify the service’s projects, pricing or launch timeline.
Interpol says Operation Serengeti III resulted in 1,462 arrests across 21 countries and recovered $105 million in a crackdown on cybercrime. In Angola, police seized more than 2,000 cryptocurrency mining devices, highlighting that mining equipment can be part of investigations into illegal activity.
U.S. spot Bitcoin ETFs saw $635.6 million leave on Thursday, October 22—their largest daily outflow of the month. The withdrawals erased the previous day’s inflows and left October flows about $176 million in the red, while Ethereum and Solana funds also recorded outflows.
Bitcoin Core developers have changed how they handle vulnerabilities that AI tools can easily rediscover: fixes and releases will move faster instead of sitting under long embargoes. The shift follows a summer campaign in which AI-assisted researchers reportedly found hundreds of Bitcoin bugs before human reviewers did.
1. OVERNIGHT MOVES BTC fell 0.5% to $80,160, ETH lost 1.9% to $2,321.70, and SOL declined 1.0% to $100.57.
Franklin Templeton has registered two Nasdaq-listed funds that pair U.S. stocks with bitcoin. Each starts with a 95% stocks and 5% bitcoin allocation, and dividends from the stocks are used to buy more bitcoin.
1. OVERNIGHT MOVES The watchlist fell again, with SOL leading the downside: BTC lost 1.4% to $80,517, ETH fell 1.4% to $2,364.64, and SOL declined 2.5% to…
B's Partners Managing Partner Richard Byworth shared his outlook on Bitcoin's market bottom, corporate treasury adoption, and digital credit expansion in an interview with Peter Rizzo. Byworth predicted a new all-time high by year-end, citing seller exhaustion, sovereign debt pressures, and growing institutional allocation.
Although Bitcoin faces short-term macroeconomic headwinds and declining liquidity, asset comparison metrics highlight significant upside over the long term. According to The Bitcoin Layer's Nick Bhatia, Bitcoin would need to expand sevenfold to match gold's global monetary footprint.
Earlier Bitcoin bear-market lows came after U.S. midterm elections, but this cycle may be taking a different path. Bitcoin’s recovery from a July low raises the possibility that the bottom came months before voters go to the polls.
U.S. spot Bitcoin ETFs attracted $528 million on Wednesday, with BlackRock and Fidelity leading the inflows. Across three sessions, Bitcoin funds took in about $1.07 billion, lifting October flows to roughly $460 million net positive, while ether funds also ended five straight days of outflows.
A U.S. government wallet moved about $1 billion worth of bitcoin to an address labeled “unknown,” prompting questions about whether the coins were being sold or transferred for custody. Arkham CEO Miguel Morel discussed how transaction trails and reserve-policy factors can help assess the move, but the description does not confirm a sale.
Bitcoin Core says secrecy is becoming less useful for protecting certain vulnerabilities because AI-assisted tools are making software bugs easier to discover. The policy change reflects a shift in how the project weighs disclosure against the risk that a flaw will be found independently.
1. OVERNIGHT MOVES The watchlist slipped modestly: BTC fell 0.5% to $81,521, ETH lost 0.5% to $2,391.90, and SOL declined 0.6% to $103.90.
Chinese prosecutors are seeking to confiscate more than 61,800 Bitcoin linked to a fraud scheme that allegedly took in $5.7 billion. The application opens a legal contest over the coins: a U.K. court recently ruled Chinese law governs victims’ claims, while a Tianjin court is expected to consider the confiscation request after a six-month notice period.
1. OVERNIGHT MOVES The watchlist sold off after Wednesday’s rebound: BTC fell 1.7% to $81,898, ETH lost 2.3% to $2,402.75, and SOL declined 2.0% to $104.52.
1. OVERNIGHT MOVES The watchlist rebounded: BTC rose 2.4% to $83,336, ETH gained 3.3% to $2,460.99, and SOL advanced 2.5% to $106.68.
Mt. Gox has pushed its repayment deadline to 2027, while about $2.8 billion in Bitcoin remains to be distributed. The trustee said many creditors still have not completed the procedures required to receive their funds.
BlackRock has filed for the iShares Bitcoin Managed Protection ETF, a proposed fund that would use options on its existing IBIT Bitcoin ETF to limit potential losses and cap some gains. The filing arrives as IBIT drew $665 million in one day, even while Fidelity’s FBTC and Grayscale’s GBTC saw outflows.