October | Crypto

Spot Bitcoin ETFs posted their strongest week since October as institutional investors returned via regulated products, helped by reduced whale selling and tightening effective supply. Spot Bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs) recorded $1.42 billion in net inflows over the past week, marking their strongest weekly performance since early October amid a renewed return of institutional demand. According to data from SoSoValue, inflows into spot Bitcoin (BTC) ETFs peaked midweek, with Wednesday recording the largest single-day net inflow of roughly $844 million, followed by $754 million on Tuesday. Despite late-week pullbacks, including a $395 million outflow on Friday, the sequence of large midweek inflows pushed the weekly total to $1.42 billion, the strongest since early October when the funds attracted $2.7 billion. Read more

President Donald Trump declared on Jan. 12 that the US would impose a 25% tariff on any country conducting business with Iran, “effective immediately,” via Truth Social. Bitcoin (BTC) dipped briefly below $91,000, then recovered above $92,000 within hours. No liquidation cascade materialized. No systemic unwind. The market absorbed what appeared to be a maximalist […] The post Bitcoin ignored Trump’s latest 25% tariff threat, but the $19B liquidation ghost from October is quietly resetting in the shadows appeared first on CryptoSlate.

BitMEX says the era of easy money via arbitrage trades likely died in the October crash, as a liquidation spiral left many market makers naked. The massive crypto crash in October decimated market makers, ending an era where crypto traders were able to make easy money, says crypto exchange BitMEX. The crash between Oct. 10 and 11 wiped out $20 billion in the “most destructive event for sophisticated market makers in crypto history,” BitMEX said in its State of Crypto Perpetual Swaps in 2025 report released on Thursday. A feedback loop of auto-deleveraging, where exchanges liquidate profitable, leveraged positions to cover themselves and prevent further losses, broke the market makers’ “‘safe’ delta-neutral strategies,” forcing them to pull liquidity and leave orderbooks at multi-year lows, BitMEX said. Read more

Bitcoin ETFs grabbed $1.2 billion in the first two trading sessions of 2026, coinciding with BTC's climb to $94,000, a 7% gain in just days. The narrative wrote itself: institutional money flooded in, prices followed. Yet, that correlation masks a more complex structural shift unfolding across options markets, on-chain flows, and derivatives positioning, suggesting the […] The post Bitcoin ripped to $94,000 as critical metric quietly turns positive for first time since October appeared first on CryptoSlate.

Two months after Trump’s tariff headline detonated a historic liquidation cascade, Bitcoin is still stuck in a different kind of market, one with less leverage, thinner liquidity, and a weaker bid from ETFs Bitcoin is sitting in the mid $80,000s again, and the vibe feels nothing like early October, when everyone was still talking like […] The post Crypto traders say “something broke” after in October, the data says the market really did change appeared first on CryptoSlate.

Ethena’s synthetic stablecoin USDe has seen its market cap cut almost in half since the Oct. 10 crash, as investors retreat from leveraged and synthetic collateral models. Ethena’s synthetic dollar USDe has shed about $8.3 billion in net outflows since the major liquidation event on Oct. 10, as confidence in leveraged and synthetic collateral structures continues to weaken. According to a report from 10x Research, the October sell-off marked a turning point for the crypto market, flipping the bull phase into a period of deleveraging. The crash erased an estimated $1.3 trillion in crypto market value, nearly 30% of total capitalization at the time. Ethena USDe (USDe), which relies on synthetic collateral and hedging mechanisms rather than traditional fiat reserves, faced a “sharp loss of confidence” under these conditions, the analysts wrote. Read more

U.S. spot Bitcoin ETFs gave back nearly all of their 2025 gains after hitting a cycle high in early October, with total net assets sliding to $120.68 billion as of Dec. 4, down $48.86 billion from the Oct. 6 peak. The drawdown leaves the category essentially flat year-over-year, sitting just $30 million below the $120.71 […] The post 2025 was officially a wipeout year for US spot Bitcoin ETFs – now flat YoY and down $48B since October appeared first on CryptoSlate.

MSCI’s proposed reclassification and potential index exclusion of Digital Asset Treasury (DAT) companies now looms over the market as a major structural overhang, says Dr. Avtar Sehra, founder and CEO of STBL. This helps explain the lack of a sustained recovery in crypto prices since the October 10th crash.

For months, crypto traders have timed leverage, funding, and liquidity around the monthly U.S. inflation print. This week, those who had hoped the recent vote to reopen the government would bring new macro data were disappointed to find nothing on the tape. The Bureau of Labor Statistics said in October that “No other releases will […] The post US inflation data goes dark: Shutdown wipes out October CPI, leaving Bitcoin hanging appeared first on CryptoSlate.

Michael Saylor’s company remains a top Bitcoin holder, but its dominance has fallen amid slower accumulation and rising competition. Michael Saylor’s Strategy has seen its dominance among corporate Bitcoin holders decline in October amid slower purchases and a growing number of companies adding crypto to their treasuries. The company still leads as the largest Bitcoin (BTC) treasury holder with 640,808 BTC as of Oct. 31, though its share of total corporate holdings has slipped to 60% from 75%, according to a report by BitcoinTreasuries.NET. The decline in Strategy’s dominance comes as corporate accumulation continues, albeit at a slower pace. Public and private companies added 14,447 BTC to their treasuries in October, the smallest monthly increase of 2025. Read more

The market recorded its first red October in seven years, but several sectors witnessed growth and development.

Despite a dip in active wallets and DeFi losses, blockchain gaming and decentralized finance continued to drive most Web3 activity last month. Blockchain gaming and decentralized finance (DeFi) remained the most active sectors in Web3 in October, despite a 3% decline in total daily active wallets to 16 million, according to a new report from DappRadar. Web3 gaming accounted for 27.9% of all decentralized application (DApp) activity over the past month, its highest share of the year, while DeFi maintained solid engagement at 18.4%, despite market volatility and ongoing regulatory pressure. The most widely used DApps include Raydium, Pump.fun, Jupiter Exchange, OKX Dex and PancakeSwap v2. Read more

This month saw the first “Uptober” in seven years to finish with Bitcoin in the red. Meanwhile, BNB takes off thanks to memecoins. Bitcoin (BTC) is about to disappoint investors, as it’s on the verge of ending October, a historically good month, in the red. Meanwhile, BNB Chain has seen record activity as token prices jumped at the beginning of October. In the EU, the territory is still shifting as countries decide whether to support the “Chat Control” proposal, with nine opposing it outright. Concern over the lack of support saw lawmakers in Brussels delay their decision on the controversial regulation until December. While the US government shutdown has ground to a halt most federal business, including decisions on crypto exchange-traded projects, crypto bills in four states moved ahead this month. Read more

This month saw the first “Uptober” in seven years to finish with Bitcoin in the red. Meanwhile, BNB takes off thanks to memecoins. Bitcoin (BTC) is about to disappoint investors, as it’s on the verge of ending October, a historically good month, in the red. Meanwhile, BNB Chain has seen record activity as token prices jumped at the beginning of October. In the EU, the territory is still shifting as countries decide whether to support the “Chat Control” proposal, with nine opposing it outright. Concern over the lack of support saw lawmakers in Brussels delay their decision on the controversial regulation until December. While the US government shutdown has ground to a halt most federal business, including decisions on crypto exchange-traded projects, crypto bills in four states moved ahead this month. Read more

Bitcoin has become a $2 trillion asset in the 17 years since Satoshi Nakamoto published the white paper, but it faces its first red October since 2018. Update Oct. 31, 6:31 p.m. UTC: This article has been updated to include comments from Narek Gevorgyan, the founder and CEO of CoinStats. Bitcoin’s foundational document turned 17, marking the journey of the world’s first decentralized digital currency from a niche financial experiment to a $2 trillion global asset held by governments and institutions. Bitcoin creator Satoshi Nakamoto first shared the Bitcoin white paper 17 years ago today, on Oct. 31, 2008, in response to the global financial crisis. Read more

For more than a decade, October has been one of Bitcoin’s easiest months to be bullish. Historically, it has delivered average gains of about 22.5%, helped by post-summer liquidity, year-end portfolio positioning, and, more recently, steady demand from US investment products. As a result, confidence in that pattern was high again this year. And true […] The post Here is why Bitcoin registered its first red October in 7 years appeared first on CryptoSlate.

“Uptober” has turned into a red month for Bitcoin, with Fed rate cut hopes and easing US-China trade tensions doing little to uphold BTC prices. Key takeaways: Bitcoin is set to end October in the red, breaking a six-year “Uptober” streak. Traders are divided, with some fearing a significant correction ahead, while others still anticipate new highs in Q4. Read more

The crypto market is down today, with the total cryptocurrency market capitalization falling by 3.0% to $3.78 trillion, according to data from CoinMarketCap. The post Why Is Crypto Down Today? – October 30, 2025 appeared first on Cryptonews.

Bitcoin spot volume spiked after the “Uptober” BTC price dip as traders sought less risky environments, according to new research. Key points: Bitcoin spot market trading volume hits $300 billion in volatile October. Binance leads the pack with $174 billion traded, new research reveals. Read more

The global cryptocurrency market is down today, with total market capitalization falling 1.6% to $3.89 trillion, according to data from CoinMarketCap. The post Why Is Crypto Down Today? – October 29, 2025 appeared first on Cryptonews.