Strive has closed an upsized $630 million preferred stock offering, introducing a new fixed dividend security as the Bitcoin treasury company expands its financing options beyond its existing SATA shares. Summary Bitcoin treasury firm Strive closed its upsized $630 million public offering after selling 7 million SATS preferred shares at $90 each. The new SATS…

[PRESS RELEASE – Singapore, Singapore, October 20th, 2026] The discretionary buyback represents close to 1% of circulating supply and precedes four planned product milestones culminating in Grvt 2.0. Grvt, a self-custodial trading platform built on its own zero-knowledge (ZK) chain, announced that the Foundation’s token issuer has completed its first GRVT token buyback, purchasing and…

Sophon plans to shut down its blockchain on November 30, but users have been told to withdraw their assets by November 25. Some of the websites and infrastructure needed to complete that work may start closing after the earlier date. The instruction reaches beyond SOPH tokens sitting in a wallet: ETH and USDC on the…

BlackRock’s IBIT took in $665.2M on October 19, but US spot BTC USD ETFs collectively recorded a smaller $526.7 million net inflow. Withdrawals from Fidelity’s FBTC and Grayscale’s GBTC erased $138.5M of IBIT’s haul, shifting focus to how concentrated the rebound was rather than the eye-catching fund-level number. The industry total was the strongest daily…

XRP withdrawals below 10,000 tokens surged 6.6-fold on Binance, while reserves across three major exchanges increased by 120 million. XRP withdrawal activity on Binance has changed quite a bit over the past few weeks. Between September 30 and October 20, withdrawals below 10,000 XRP grew from just 3% to 19.7% of total outflow value….

A recent report has found that top UK banks received more than 10,000 customer complaints over blocked or restricted cryptocurrency related transfers, with Lloyds, Barclays and NatWest accounting for nearly half of the cases. Summary Major UK banks received 10,092 complaints from 9,803 individuals over restrictions on transfers to FCA registered cryptocurrency platforms. Lloyds Banking…

Gold’s annualized 18.3% gain since 2020 compares with 6.5% for M2, while Bitcoin’s 43.1% in that window is more than double gold’s pace. Strive CEO Matt Cole argues that gold and Bitcoin can continue to outperform the dollar as expanding money supply and rising debt erode its purchasing power. His October 2026 thesis puts…

Bitcoin price has fallen 1.2% over the past 24 hours on October 20, as weak institutional demand and renewed selling has brought last week’s recovery to a standstill. Summary Bitcoin price fell 1.2% to around $81,730 on October 20 as weak ETF demand and selling pressure prevented BTC from holding above $82,000. U.S. spot Bitcoin…

The €0.99 fee is only part of the cost: each Deka quote adds a spread the price sheet does not disclose. Germany’s Sparkassen opened crypto trading in its banking app on Monday, starting with five savings banks and priced at €0.99 per order. The first five are Frankfurter Sparkasse, Taunus Sparkasse, Sparkasse Karlsruhe, Sparkasse…

Corporate payments platform Ramp has applied for a US national trust bank charter to offer digital asset custody and fiduciary investment management under federal supervision. Summary Ramp applied to the OCC on Oct. 16 to establish a national trust bank offering digital asset custody and fiduciary investment management. The proposed institution would operate under federal…