RSS feed for @leofinance's blog on Hivehttps://hiverss.com/https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/leofinance/SYMBOL_INLEO2005.pnghttps://hiverss.com/https://hive.blog/hive-167922/@leofinance/daily-leo-2026-10-23https://hive.blog/hive-167922/@leofinance/daily-leo-2026-10-23Plus: Central Bank Fines Coinbase Ireland, Intersect Opens Cardano Dijkstra Testnet Good Morning Lions, Spot Bitcoin ETF flows slipped back into the red for October, and BTC has barely flinched over the past 24 hours. That tells me spot buyers are soaking up the redemptions for now. BUT if a second…Fri, 23 Oct 2026 12:22:24 GMT<p><strong>Plus:</strong> Central Bank Fines Coinbase Ireland, Intersect Opens Cardano Dijkstra Testnet</p> <p>Good Morning Lions,</p> <p>Spot Bitcoin ETF flows slipped back into the red for October, and BTC has barely flinched over the past 24 hours. That tells me spot buyers are soaking up the redemptions for now. BUT if a second big outflow day lands next week, that calm gets tested. On top of all that, Coinbase Ireland running short on customer cash is a solid reminder of why self-custody matters, frens.</p> <hr /> <p><a href="https://news.leodex.io/go/news/bitcoin-etfs-post-635m-outflow-as-october-flows-slip-back-into-the-red?m=daily-leo&amp;campaign=daily-leo-2026-10-23T12"><img src="https://news.leodex.io/news-media/d6082983f2773e081739d4a4cb70aab3fbbb8dd390059787347a7bde1e69d6b0.jpg" alt="Spot Bitcoin ETFs Post Net Outflows" /></a></p> <h2><a href="https://news.leodex.io/go/news/bitcoin-etfs-post-635m-outflow-as-october-flows-slip-back-into-the-red?m=daily-leo&amp;campaign=daily-leo-2026-10-23T12">Spot Bitcoin ETFs Post Net Outflows</a></h2> <p><strong>TL;DR:</strong> US spot Bitcoin ETFs recorded $635 million in net outflows on Thursday, according to SoSoValue data. The redemptions erased Wednesday's inflows and left October with $175 million in net outflows for the month so far.</p> <p><a href="https://news.leodex.io/go/news/bitcoin-etfs-post-635m-outflow-as-october-flows-slip-back-into-the-red?m=daily-leo&amp;campaign=daily-leo-2026-10-23T12"><strong>Read more →</strong></a></p> <hr /> <p><a href="https://news.leodex.io/go/news/coinbase-ireland-admits-5m-safeguarding-shortfall-accepts-3-25m-central-bank-fin?m=daily-leo&amp;campaign=daily-leo-2026-10-23T12"><img src="https://news.leodex.io/news-media/bb5353af356416e69f28d89c6afbc452baeae82977686990676d6ae1c3aa73b7.jpg" alt="Central Bank Fines Coinbase Ireland" /></a></p> <h2><a href="https://news.leodex.io/go/news/coinbase-ireland-admits-5m-safeguarding-shortfall-accepts-3-25m-central-bank-fin?m=daily-leo&amp;campaign=daily-leo-2026-10-23T12">Central Bank Fines Coinbase Ireland</a></h2> <p><strong>TL;DR:</strong> The Central Bank of Ireland said Coinbase Ireland's customer-cash safeguarding account ran up to €5 million short during 2024. Coinbase Ireland accepted a €3,252,618 penalty, which still needs confirmation from the High Court.</p> <p><a href="https://news.leodex.io/go/news/coinbase-ireland-admits-5m-safeguarding-shortfall-accepts-3-25m-central-bank-fin?m=daily-leo&amp;campaign=daily-leo-2026-10-23T12"><strong>Read more →</strong></a></p> <hr /> <p><a href="https://news.leodex.io/go/news/intersect-opens-public-cardano-dijkstra-testnet-ahead-of-protocol-version-12-har?m=daily-leo&amp;campaign=daily-leo-2026-10-23T12"><img src="https://news.leodex.io/news-media/4219d887ea31200d44138e7fde4c4bdd22b6bf023249c9c8ffd33859a06a17f7.jpg" alt="Intersect Opens Cardano Dijkstra Testnet" /></a></p> <h2><a href="https://news.leodex.io/go/news/intersect-opens-public-cardano-dijkstra-testnet-ahead-of-protocol-version-12-har?m=daily-leo&amp;campaign=daily-leo-2026-10-23T12">Intersect Opens Cardano Dijkstra Testnet</a></h2> <p><strong>TL;DR:</strong> Intersect has opened a public Dijkstra testnet for Cardano stake pool operators, U.Today reported. The testnet comes ahead of node 11.2 and a hard fork to protocol version 12. Ouroboros Leios is not included in this testing phase.</p> <p><a href="https://news.leodex.io/go/news/intersect-opens-public-cardano-dijkstra-testnet-ahead-of-protocol-version-12-har?m=daily-leo&amp;campaign=daily-leo-2026-10-23T12"><strong>Read more →</strong></a></p> <hr /> <p><a href="https://news.leodex.io/go/news/cysic-bridge-exploiter-sends-744-000-to-tornado-cash-after-10-bounty-offer?m=daily-leo&amp;campaign=daily-leo-2026-10-23T12"><img src="https://news.leodex.io/news-media/2f2c3ba8ca6eda848708f96371a4bd3114f37bc5aa56648ff820a6c19a7e2516.jpg" alt="Cysic Exploiter Moves Funds to Tornado Cash" /></a></p> <h2><a href="https://news.leodex.io/go/news/cysic-bridge-exploiter-sends-744-000-to-tornado-cash-after-10-bounty-offer?m=daily-leo&amp;campaign=daily-leo-2026-10-23T12">Cysic Exploiter Moves Funds to Tornado Cash</a></h2> <p><strong>TL;DR:</strong> The wallet tied to the Cysic bridge exploit sent 300 ETH and 30.4 BNB, worth about $744,000, into Tornado Cash on Friday, per PeckShield. The transfers came a day after the Cysic Foundation offered a 10% recovery bounty.</p> <p><a href="https://news.leodex.io/go/news/cysic-bridge-exploiter-sends-744-000-to-tornado-cash-after-10-bounty-offer?m=daily-leo&amp;campaign=daily-leo-2026-10-23T12"><strong>Read more →</strong></a></p> <hr /> <p><a href="https://news.leodex.io/go/news/bitcoin-s-july-low-may-break-from-midterm-bottom-pattern-coindesk-analysis-sugge?m=daily-leo&amp;campaign=daily-leo-2026-10-23T12"><img src="https://news.leodex.io/news-media/78434fa9264ada3ce6ffebba4f5ced15d0946f59cb5e0dcf0bcc6e02f583b326.jpg" alt="CoinDesk Questions Bitcoin Midterm Bottom Timing" /></a></p> <h2><a href="https://news.leodex.io/go/news/bitcoin-s-july-low-may-break-from-midterm-bottom-pattern-coindesk-analysis-sugge?m=daily-leo&amp;campaign=daily-leo-2026-10-23T12">CoinDesk Questions Bitcoin Midterm Bottom Timing</a></h2> <p><strong>TL;DR:</strong> A CoinDesk analysis notes that bitcoin's lowest level so far this year, $57,850, came on July 1. That low landed roughly 125 days before the U.S. midterm elections, suggesting the bottom's timing could differ from past cycles.</p> <p><a href="https://hive.blog/hive-167922/@leofinance/daily-leo-2026-10-23">Read the full post</a></p>leofinancehive-167922https://hive.blog/hive-167922/@leofinance/daily-leo-2026-10-22https://hive.blog/hive-167922/@leofinance/daily-leo-2026-10-22Plus: AI Spending Doubts Drag Bitcoin Lower, Starknet Voters Back Post-Quantum Research Good Morning Lions, Bitcoin ran up and got slapped back down inside a day, and leveraged traders paid for it. That tells me crypto is still trading alongside the AI-spending trade in stocks. BUT, Monero going…Thu, 22 Oct 2026 12:02:27 GMT<p><strong>Plus:</strong> AI Spending Doubts Drag Bitcoin Lower, Starknet Voters Back Post-Quantum Research</p> <p>Good Morning Lions,</p> <p>Bitcoin ran up and got slapped back down inside a day, and leveraged traders paid for it. That tells me crypto is still trading alongside the AI-spending trade in stocks. BUT, Monero going green on a red day shows not everything moves as one basket, frens. If the next bounce gets sold just as fast, I think there's more leverage left to clear.</p> <hr /> <p><a href="https://news.leodex.io/go/news/bitcoin-s-3-000-round-trip-near-85-000-triggers-431-million-in-liquidations?m=daily-leo&amp;campaign=daily-leo-2026-10-22T12"><img src="https://news.leodex.io/news-media/908190443e8e34efe2d538ff7a5f5a3f4412923950925c33737d442a92e25a18.jpg" alt="Bitcoin Round Trip Liquidates Leveraged Traders" /></a></p> <h2><a href="https://news.leodex.io/go/news/bitcoin-s-3-000-round-trip-near-85-000-triggers-431-million-in-liquidations?m=daily-leo&amp;campaign=daily-leo-2026-10-22T12">Bitcoin Round Trip Liquidates Leveraged Traders</a></h2> <p><strong>TL;DR:</strong> Bitcoin rose to nearly $85,000 late Wednesday before falling back to about $81,800, a round trip of roughly $3,000. CoinDesk reported that about $431 million in leveraged positions were liquidated during the swing. Monero's XMR rose 11% while most of the market fell.</p> <p><a href="https://news.leodex.io/go/news/bitcoin-s-3-000-round-trip-near-85-000-triggers-431-million-in-liquidations?m=daily-leo&amp;campaign=daily-leo-2026-10-22T12"><strong>Read more →</strong></a></p> <hr /> <p><a href="https://news.leodex.io/go/news/bitcoin-slips-below-82-000-as-ai-spending-doubts-hit-stocks-defi-tokens-drop-5-6?m=daily-leo&amp;campaign=daily-leo-2026-10-22T12"><img src="https://news.leodex.io/news-media/b7a452e860b71b695f263829908dcbd2c8a214a1ea8fc1f27299587c3fbaf704.jpg" alt="AI Spending Doubts Drag Bitcoin Lower" /></a></p> <h2><a href="https://news.leodex.io/go/news/bitcoin-slips-below-82-000-as-ai-spending-doubts-hit-stocks-defi-tokens-drop-5-6?m=daily-leo&amp;campaign=daily-leo-2026-10-22T12">AI Spending Doubts Drag Bitcoin Lower</a></h2> <p><strong>TL;DR:</strong> Bitcoin fell below $82,000, losing as much as 2.9% in its steepest slide in two weeks, according to CoinDesk. CoinDesk tied the broad selloff to renewed doubts about AI spending that also hit stocks. Its DeFi index dropped 5.6% over the same move.</p> <p><a href="https://news.leodex.io/go/news/bitcoin-slips-below-82-000-as-ai-spending-doubts-hit-stocks-defi-tokens-drop-5-6?m=daily-leo&amp;campaign=daily-leo-2026-10-22T12"><strong>Read more →</strong></a></p> <hr /> <p><a href="https://news.leodex.io/go/news/starknet-voters-back-research-into-post-quantum-layer-1-split-from-ethereum?m=daily-leo&amp;campaign=daily-leo-2026-10-22T12"><img src="https://news.leodex.io/news-media/1ac039e88db60409e93b30fd7193a2bcb3807ef44566fb9ed0f54f1ecfa6d7ce.jpg" alt="Starknet Voters Back Post-Quantum Research" /></a></p> <h2><a href="https://news.leodex.io/go/news/starknet-voters-back-research-into-post-quantum-layer-1-split-from-ethereum?m=daily-leo&amp;campaign=daily-leo-2026-10-22T12">Starknet Voters Back Post-Quantum Research</a></h2> <p><strong>TL;DR:</strong> Starknet's community backed research into turning the Ethereum layer-2 into an independent, post-quantum layer-1 in a non-binding poll. StarkWare's CEO hopes to publish a draft whitepaper on the plan in November.</p> <p><a href="https://news.leodex.io/go/news/starknet-voters-back-research-into-post-quantum-layer-1-split-from-ethereum?m=daily-leo&amp;campaign=daily-leo-2026-10-22T12"><strong>Read more →</strong></a></p> <hr /> <p><a href="https://news.leodex.io/go/news/dogecoin-labs-formed-with-dogecoin-foundation-to-run-mydoge-dogeos-and-such-app?m=daily-leo&amp;campaign=daily-leo-2026-10-22T12"><img src="https://news.leodex.io/news-media/8ff94b81d09fc2948efe2c0a4c8a7f2db9358e53e6d95ec17df093b3d38e7a1c.jpg" alt="Dogecoin Foundation Forms Dogecoin Labs" /></a></p> <h2><a href="https://news.leodex.io/go/news/dogecoin-labs-formed-with-dogecoin-foundation-to-run-mydoge-dogeos-and-such-app?m=daily-leo&amp;campaign=daily-leo-2026-10-22T12">Dogecoin Foundation Forms Dogecoin Labs</a></h2> <p><strong>TL;DR:</strong> Dogecoin Labs, formed with the Dogecoin Foundation, will run the MyDoge wallet, DogeOS and Such App, Decrypt reported. MyDoge founder Jordan Jefferson leads the new entity, which aims to build an economy around DOGE.</p> <p><a href="https://news.leodex.io/go/news/dogecoin-labs-formed-with-dogecoin-foundation-to-run-mydoge-dogeos-and-such-app?m=daily-leo&amp;campaign=daily-leo-2026-10-22T12"><strong>Read more →</strong></a></p> <hr /> <p><a href="https://news.leodex.io/go/news/cardano-foundation-says-100-000-indian-farms-now-registered-on-its-blockchain?m=daily-leo&amp;campaign=daily-leo-2026-10-22T12"><img src="https://news.leodex.io/news-media/79921c13ddc10e499bf346c62c4e7c74bd9ef5770888d6e0baf69427106f7bc2.jpg" alt="Cardano Foundation Registers Indian Farmland" /></a></p> <h2><a href="https://news.leodex.io/go/news/cardano-foundation-says-100-000-indian-farms-now-registered-on-its-blockchain?m=daily-leo&amp;campaign=daily-leo-2026-10-22T12">Cardano Foundation Registers Indian Farmland</a></h2> <p><strong>TL;DR:</strong> The Cardano Foundation said 100,000 farmlands in India are now registered on the Cardano blockchain. The registrations run through a project built with Syngenta Foundation India that links satellite-verified land data to on-chain records.</p> <p><a href="https://hive.blog/hive-167922/@leofinance/daily-leo-2026-10-22">Read the full post</a></p>leofinancehive-167922https://hive.blog/hive-167922/@leofinance/daily-leo-2026-10-21https://hive.blog/hive-167922/@leofinance/daily-leo-2026-10-21Plus: DekaBank Opens Bitcoin Trading to Sparkassen, U.Today Flags Unconfirmed XRP Death Cross Good Morning Lions, Musk's companies are weighing a merger that would put their Bitcoin under one roof, and German savings banks just opened BTC trading to everyday depositors. Adoption is showing up in the…Wed, 21 Oct 2026 12:02:24 GMT<p><strong>Plus:</strong> DekaBank Opens Bitcoin Trading to Sparkassen, U.Today Flags Unconfirmed XRP Death Cross</p> <p>Good Morning Lions,</p> <p>Musk's companies are weighing a merger that would put their Bitcoin under one roof, and German savings banks just opened BTC trading to everyday depositors. Adoption is showing up in the boardroom and the bank branch at the same time, frens. I think the Sparkassen rollout carries more weight long term.. the merger still has to get past independent director committees, and those can say no.</p> <hr /> <p><a href="https://news.leodex.io/go/news/spacex-and-tesla-explore-merger-that-would-combine-30-221-bitcoin?m=daily-leo&amp;campaign=daily-leo-2026-10-21T12"><img src="https://news.leodex.io/news-media/5a3bdbd10806438c3c82f244a410a0965be5210e86be40f8c28d7effaec99fed.jpg" alt="SpaceX Explores Merger With Tesla" /></a></p> <h2><a href="https://news.leodex.io/go/news/spacex-and-tesla-explore-merger-that-would-combine-30-221-bitcoin?m=daily-leo&amp;campaign=daily-leo-2026-10-21T12">SpaceX Explores Merger With Tesla</a></h2> <p><strong>TL;DR:</strong> Elon Musk said SpaceX and Tesla are exploring a potential merger, CoinDesk reports. Special committees of independent directors are assessing the deal. A combination would bring 30,221 BTC from the two companies under one corporate roof.</p> <p><a href="https://news.leodex.io/go/news/spacex-and-tesla-explore-merger-that-would-combine-30-221-bitcoin?m=daily-leo&amp;campaign=daily-leo-2026-10-21T12"><strong>Read more →</strong></a></p> <hr /> <p><a href="https://news.leodex.io/go/news/dekabank-launches-bitcoin-trading-for-participating-sparkassen-0-99-fee-plus-spr?m=daily-leo&amp;campaign=daily-leo-2026-10-21T12"><img src="https://news.leodex.io/news-media/d72e5b7afdd28e30be69e9db954631d1f83d1e8501951a26389016edc915f2d4.jpg" alt="DekaBank Opens Bitcoin Trading to Sparkassen" /></a></p> <h2><a href="https://news.leodex.io/go/news/dekabank-launches-bitcoin-trading-for-participating-sparkassen-0-99-fee-plus-spr?m=daily-leo&amp;campaign=daily-leo-2026-10-21T12">DekaBank Opens Bitcoin Trading to Sparkassen</a></h2> <p><strong>TL;DR:</strong> DekaBank launched crypto trading for participating German Sparkassen on Oct. 19. Each order costs €0.99 plus an undisclosed spread. Withdrawals are limited to whitelisted crypto providers.</p> <p><a href="https://news.leodex.io/go/news/dekabank-launches-bitcoin-trading-for-participating-sparkassen-0-99-fee-plus-spr?m=daily-leo&amp;campaign=daily-leo-2026-10-21T12"><strong>Read more →</strong></a></p> <hr /> <p><a href="https://news.leodex.io/go/news/xrp-death-cross-not-yet-confirmed-as-price-nears-1-38-ema-zone-u-today-says?m=daily-leo&amp;campaign=daily-leo-2026-10-21T12"><img src="https://news.leodex.io/news-media/76f9c10b42c6294fb75b67138f007ac7cb4b73917bbf7a82d3264635c22d4d0a.jpg" alt="U.Today Flags Unconfirmed XRP Death Cross" /></a></p> <h2><a href="https://news.leodex.io/go/news/xrp-death-cross-not-yet-confirmed-as-price-nears-1-38-ema-zone-u-today-says?m=daily-leo&amp;campaign=daily-leo-2026-10-21T12">U.Today Flags Unconfirmed XRP Death Cross</a></h2> <p><strong>TL;DR:</strong> XRP's 50-day and 200-day EMAs are converging near $1.37 to $1.38, according to a U.Today technical analysis. The outlet says the death cross is not final yet and names a daily close around $1.38 as the key level.</p> <p><a href="https://news.leodex.io/go/news/xrp-death-cross-not-yet-confirmed-as-price-nears-1-38-ema-zone-u-today-says?m=daily-leo&amp;campaign=daily-leo-2026-10-21T12"><strong>Read more →</strong></a></p> <hr /> <p><a href="https://news.leodex.io/go/news/blackrock-s-larry-fink-warns-data-center-delays-could-raise-compute-costs-and-in?m=daily-leo&amp;campaign=daily-leo-2026-10-21T12"><img src="https://news.leodex.io/news-media/69194504a91ad547be17379300720db3cbdff500663308fc1e76dc785ab796cb.jpg" alt="Larry Fink Warns on Data Center Delays" /></a></p> <h2><a href="https://news.leodex.io/go/news/blackrock-s-larry-fink-warns-data-center-delays-could-raise-compute-costs-and-in?m=daily-leo&amp;campaign=daily-leo-2026-10-21T12">Larry Fink Warns on Data Center Delays</a></h2> <p><strong>TL;DR:</strong> BlackRock CEO Larry Fink said in an October 21 Bloomberg interview that slow data center construction could raise computing costs. He added that the delays could feed inflation as AI demand climbs, Crypto Briefing reported.</p> <p><a href="https://news.leodex.io/go/news/blackrock-s-larry-fink-warns-data-center-delays-could-raise-compute-costs-and-in?m=daily-leo&amp;campaign=daily-leo-2026-10-21T12"><strong>Read more →</strong></a></p> <hr /> <p><a href="https://news.leodex.io/go/news/compound-s-comp-rises-27-3-in-24-hours-outpacing-bitcoin-and-ether?m=daily-leo&amp;campaign=daily-leo-2026-10-21T12"><img src="https://news.leodex.io/news-media/9fdc468c6b2fa68147445af3529cc163a1739ed03bbe8cb4c02e9fee52654984.jpg" alt="Compound's COMP Outpaces Bitcoin and Ether" /></a></p> <h2><a href="https://news.leodex.io/go/news/compound-s-comp-rises-27-3-in-24-hours-outpacing-bitcoin-and-ether?m=daily-leo&amp;campaign=daily-leo-2026-10-21T12">Compound's COMP Outpaces Bitcoin and Ether</a></h2> <p><strong>TL;DR:</strong> Compound's COMP governance token rose 27.3% over 24 hours on October 20, beating Bitcoin and Ether, per The Defiant. No catalyst has been identified for the move. Protocol TVL remains below its late-September levels.</p> <p><a href="https://hive.blog/hive-167922/@leofinance/daily-leo-2026-10-21">Read the full post</a></p>leofinancehive-167922https://hive.blog/hive-167922/@leofinance/daily-leo-2026-10-20https://hive.blog/hive-167922/@leofinance/daily-leo-2026-10-20Plus: Saylor Sets Trillion-Dollar Goal for Strategy, XRP Whale Withdrawals From Binance Shrink Good Morning Lions, BlackRock wants to sell Bitcoin exposure built from options and bonds without ever touching a single coin. I think that product is aimed squarely at cautious money that still won't sit…Tue, 20 Oct 2026 12:22:09 GMT<p><strong>Plus:</strong> Saylor Sets Trillion-Dollar Goal for Strategy, XRP Whale Withdrawals From Binance Shrink</p> <p>Good Morning Lions,</p> <p>BlackRock wants to sell Bitcoin exposure built from options and bonds without ever touching a single coin. I think that product is aimed squarely at cautious money that still won't sit through BTC drawdowns, and Saylor is chasing the same crowd from the other side with credit backed by Strategy's stack. Two very different wrappers. If PBIT gets traction, the Wall Street fight shifts to who packages Bitcoin risk best, frens.</p> <hr /> <p><a href="https://news.leodex.io/go/news/blackrock-files-for-pbit-an-options-based-bitcoin-etf-that-wouldn-t-hold-btc?m=daily-leo&amp;campaign=daily-leo-2026-10-20T12"><img src="https://news.leodex.io/news-media/dd35ddff50c3d33b0585f7a145c69feeff61bb343b77c410742682babf673202.jpg" alt="BlackRock Files for Options-Based Bitcoin ETF" /></a></p> <h2><a href="https://news.leodex.io/go/news/blackrock-files-for-pbit-an-options-based-bitcoin-etf-that-wouldn-t-hold-btc?m=daily-leo&amp;campaign=daily-leo-2026-10-20T12">BlackRock Files for Options-Based Bitcoin ETF</a></h2> <p><strong>TL;DR:</strong> BlackRock filed with the SEC on Oct. 19 for the iShares Bitcoin Managed Protection ETF, which would trade under the ticker PBIT. The proposed fund would get its Bitcoin exposure through options and fixed income. It would not hold BTC directly or shares of any spot Bitcoin ETP.</p> <p><a href="https://news.leodex.io/go/news/blackrock-files-for-pbit-an-options-based-bitcoin-etf-that-wouldn-t-hold-btc?m=daily-leo&amp;campaign=daily-leo-2026-10-20T12"><strong>Read more →</strong></a></p> <hr /> <p><a href="https://news.leodex.io/go/news/strategy-s-saylor-sets-trillion-dollar-goal-built-on-bitcoin-backed-credit?m=daily-leo&amp;campaign=daily-leo-2026-10-20T12"><img src="https://news.leodex.io/news-media/b09d224bcded15b705979d7f4f858c01c4413b07917a9da223dd844325675e18.jpg" alt="Saylor Sets Trillion-Dollar Goal for Strategy" /></a></p> <h2><a href="https://news.leodex.io/go/news/strategy-s-saylor-sets-trillion-dollar-goal-built-on-bitcoin-backed-credit?m=daily-leo&amp;campaign=daily-leo-2026-10-20T12">Saylor Sets Trillion-Dollar Goal for Strategy</a></h2> <p><strong>TL;DR:</strong> Michael Saylor wants Strategy to become a trillion-dollar company by using Bitcoin as collateral for digital credit, Crypto Briefing reported. Strategy reported holding 848,517 BTC as of October 18, 2026.</p> <p><a href="https://news.leodex.io/go/news/strategy-s-saylor-sets-trillion-dollar-goal-built-on-bitcoin-backed-credit?m=daily-leo&amp;campaign=daily-leo-2026-10-20T12"><strong>Read more →</strong></a></p> <hr /> <p><a href="https://news.leodex.io/go/news/xrp-whale-outflows-from-binance-fall-to-five-year-low-darkfost-data-shows?m=daily-leo&amp;campaign=daily-leo-2026-10-20T12"><img src="https://news.leodex.io/news-media/6300b9fd23553f4150a1e9ed45b59b84672ace5eccc395c51c5cd6a2841e6340.jpg" alt="XRP Whale Withdrawals From Binance Shrink" /></a></p> <h2><a href="https://news.leodex.io/go/news/xrp-whale-outflows-from-binance-fall-to-five-year-low-darkfost-data-shows?m=daily-leo&amp;campaign=daily-leo-2026-10-20T12">XRP Whale Withdrawals From Binance Shrink</a></h2> <p><strong>TL;DR:</strong> The 90-day average of XRP outflows from Binance to large-holder wallets fell to about $49.7 million as of October 20, 2026, according to analyst Darkfost using CryptoQuant data. That marks the weakest level for the metric since October 2021.</p> <p><a href="https://news.leodex.io/go/news/xrp-whale-outflows-from-binance-fall-to-five-year-low-darkfost-data-shows?m=daily-leo&amp;campaign=daily-leo-2026-10-20T12"><strong>Read more →</strong></a></p> <hr /> <p><a href="https://news.leodex.io/go/news/lido-engineer-flags-deposit-front-running-risk-ahead-of-ethereum-s-glamsterdam-f?m=daily-leo&amp;campaign=daily-leo-2026-10-20T12"><img src="https://news.leodex.io/news-media/b4fa7891aa96c05a8d938f86e4fcaa0397867001af1a05e1fdf73b5edf591e9b.jpg" alt="Lido Engineer Warns of Staking Deposit Risk" /></a></p> <h2><a href="https://news.leodex.io/go/news/lido-engineer-flags-deposit-front-running-risk-ahead-of-ethereum-s-glamsterdam-f?m=daily-leo&amp;campaign=daily-leo-2026-10-20T12">Lido Engineer Warns of Staking Deposit Risk</a></h2> <p><strong>TL;DR:</strong> Lido Finance engineering head Dima Gusakov warned on October 20 that a malicious node operator could front-run staking deposits during Ethereum's Glamsterdam transition, Crypto Briefing reported. The warning covers the window around the Glamsterdam fork, ahead of the upgrade going live.</p> <p><a href="https://news.leodex.io/go/news/lido-engineer-flags-deposit-front-running-risk-ahead-of-ethereum-s-glamsterdam-f?m=daily-leo&amp;campaign=daily-leo-2026-10-20T12"><strong>Read more →</strong></a></p> <hr /> <p><a href="https://news.leodex.io/go/news/morgan-stanley-solana-trust-draws-inflows-as-fidelity-s-fsol-logs-1-8m-outflow?m=daily-leo&amp;campaign=daily-leo-2026-10-20T12"><img src="https://news.leodex.io/news-media/a83c0824fac9be844ce88e21e12dfd1f9ae65074a4a307badb7c7c141cee9c6f.jpg" alt="Morgan Stanley Solana Trust Draws Inflows" /></a></p> <h2><a href="https://news.leodex.io/go/news/morgan-stanley-solana-trust-draws-inflows-as-fidelity-s-fsol-logs-1-8m-outflow?m=daily-leo&amp;campaign=daily-leo-2026-10-20T12">Morgan Stanley Solana Trust Draws Inflows</a></h2> <p><a href="https://hive.blog/hive-167922/@leofinance/daily-leo-2026-10-20">Read the full post</a></p>leofinancehive-167922https://hive.blog/hive-167922/@leofinance/daily-leo-2026-10-19https://hive.blog/hive-167922/@leofinance/daily-leo-2026-10-19Plus: Mt. Gox Trustee Delays Creditor Repayments, French Lawmakers Adopt Stablecoin Swap Tax Good Morning Lions, JPMorgan is taking JPM Coin past Base and onto Ethereum. That tells me bank money wants the deepest settlement layer it can find, frens. BUT, no launch date means this is still an…Mon, 19 Oct 2026 12:01:33 GMT<p><strong>Plus:</strong> Mt. Gox Trustee Delays Creditor Repayments, French Lawmakers Adopt Stablecoin Swap Tax</p> <p>Good Morning Lions,</p> <p>JPMorgan is taking JPM Coin past Base and onto Ethereum. That tells me bank money wants the deepest settlement layer it can find, frens. BUT, no launch date means this is still an announcement, and France's razor-thin swap tax vote shows how fast the rules around stablecoins can get messier for regular holders.</p> <hr /> <p><a href="https://news.leodex.io/go/news/jpmorgan-to-bring-jpm-coin-deposit-token-to-ethereum-kinexys-exec-tells-bloomber?m=daily-leo&amp;campaign=daily-leo-2026-10-19T12"><img src="https://news.leodex.io/news-media/86f84427fc1906b0254cf7868103ccddccfde9cc49610eed8888d8c9016c076a.jpg" alt="JPMorgan Readies JPM Coin for Ethereum" /></a></p> <h2><a href="https://news.leodex.io/go/news/jpmorgan-to-bring-jpm-coin-deposit-token-to-ethereum-kinexys-exec-tells-bloomber?m=daily-leo&amp;campaign=daily-leo-2026-10-19T12">JPMorgan Readies JPM Coin for Ethereum</a></h2> <p><strong>TL;DR:</strong> JPMorgan is bringing JPM Coin, its almost year-old token representing dollar deposits, to Ethereum, a Kinexys executive told Bloomberg. The move expands the deposit token beyond Base. No launch date was given.</p> <p><a href="https://news.leodex.io/go/news/jpmorgan-to-bring-jpm-coin-deposit-token-to-ethereum-kinexys-exec-tells-bloomber?m=daily-leo&amp;campaign=daily-leo-2026-10-19T12"><strong>Read more →</strong></a></p> <hr /> <p><a href="https://news.leodex.io/go/news/mt-gox-trustee-pushes-creditor-repayment-deadline-back-a-year-to-oct-31-2027?m=daily-leo&amp;campaign=daily-leo-2026-10-19T12"><img src="https://news.leodex.io/news-media/7c7d7ad7b22525f7b7efbf58090576d4d2abd9fc7054169da41ec5055ed7ea84.jpg" alt="Mt. Gox Trustee Delays Creditor Repayments" /></a></p> <h2><a href="https://news.leodex.io/go/news/mt-gox-trustee-pushes-creditor-repayment-deadline-back-a-year-to-oct-31-2027?m=daily-leo&amp;campaign=daily-leo-2026-10-19T12">Mt. Gox Trustee Delays Creditor Repayments</a></h2> <p><strong>TL;DR:</strong> A Japanese court approved moving Mt. Gox's creditor repayment deadline from Oct. 31, 2026, to Oct. 31, 2027, per an Oct. 16 notice from trustee Nobuaki Kobayashi. Kobayashi cited unfinished procedures and payment-processing problems as the reasons for the one-year extension.</p> <p><a href="https://news.leodex.io/go/news/mt-gox-trustee-pushes-creditor-repayment-deadline-back-a-year-to-oct-31-2027?m=daily-leo&amp;campaign=daily-leo-2026-10-19T12"><strong>Read more →</strong></a></p> <hr /> <p><a href="https://news.leodex.io/go/news/france-s-national-assembly-narrowly-adopts-crypto-to-stablecoin-swap-tax-amendme?m=daily-leo&amp;campaign=daily-leo-2026-10-19T12"><img src="https://news.leodex.io/news-media/163d9c7b2263a8afc2688925c23c084e87eb73ac2b40c831e429bd52efc2bdc1.jpg" alt="French Lawmakers Adopt Stablecoin Swap Tax" /></a></p> <h2><a href="https://news.leodex.io/go/news/france-s-national-assembly-narrowly-adopts-crypto-to-stablecoin-swap-tax-amendme?m=daily-leo&amp;campaign=daily-leo-2026-10-19T12">French Lawmakers Adopt Stablecoin Swap Tax</a></h2> <p><strong>TL;DR:</strong> France's National Assembly adopted Amendment I-3898 by 38 votes to 37. If enacted, it would make certain crypto-to-stablecoin swaps taxable starting in 2027. Separate proposals covering an exit tax and self-custody remain pending.</p> <p><a href="https://news.leodex.io/go/news/france-s-national-assembly-narrowly-adopts-crypto-to-stablecoin-swap-tax-amendme?m=daily-leo&amp;campaign=daily-leo-2026-10-19T12"><strong>Read more →</strong></a></p> <hr /> <p><a href="https://news.leodex.io/go/news/bitcoin-holds-near-82-500-as-defi-tokens-lead-altcoin-gains-coindesk-data-show?m=daily-leo&amp;campaign=daily-leo-2026-10-19T12"><img src="https://news.leodex.io/news-media/eed4d247898b81452aea7d92a837246c7cbb03f1e4bcac377d47de39ce9e81bf.jpg" alt="DeFi Tokens Lead Altcoin Gains" /></a></p> <h2><a href="https://news.leodex.io/go/news/bitcoin-holds-near-82-500-as-defi-tokens-lead-altcoin-gains-coindesk-data-show?m=daily-leo&amp;campaign=daily-leo-2026-10-19T12">DeFi Tokens Lead Altcoin Gains</a></h2> <p><strong>TL;DR:</strong> Bitcoin traded around $82,500 on Oct. 19, up about 0.5% since midnight UTC, according to CoinDesk data. The broader CoinDesk 80 index rose 0.9%, and DeFi led CoinDesk's sector benchmarks.</p> <p><a href="https://news.leodex.io/go/news/bitcoin-holds-near-82-500-as-defi-tokens-lead-altcoin-gains-coindesk-data-show?m=daily-leo&amp;campaign=daily-leo-2026-10-19T12"><strong>Read more →</strong></a></p> <hr /> <p><a href="https://news.leodex.io/go/news/near-intents-logs-130-7-million-in-daily-swaps-as-near-token-holds-5-range?m=daily-leo&amp;campaign=daily-leo-2026-10-19T12"><img src="https://news.leodex.io/news-media/2835847b2300ff169e3c319a35a2a024c085ea42905145c6b157d6fa95393b15.jpg" alt="NEAR Intents Reports Daily Swap Volume" /></a></p> <h2><a href="https://news.leodex.io/go/news/near-intents-logs-130-7-million-in-daily-swaps-as-near-token-holds-5-range?m=daily-leo&amp;campaign=daily-leo-2026-10-19T12">NEAR Intents Reports Daily Swap Volume</a></h2> <p><strong>TL;DR:</strong> NEAR Intents processed $130.7 million in cross-chain swaps over 24 hours, according to a project post cited by U.Today. The NEAR token traded between $4.97 and $5.10 during that window.</p> <p><a href="https://hive.blog/hive-167922/@leofinance/daily-leo-2026-10-19">Read the full post</a></p>leofinancehive-167922https://hive.blog/hive-167922/@leofinance/daily-leo-2026-10-18https://hive.blog/hive-167922/@leofinance/daily-leo-2026-10-18Plus: US Spot Bitcoin ETFs Log Weekly Outflows, Ethereum Foundation Schedules Glamsterdam Testnet Activation Good Morning Lions, El Salvador keeps stacking Bitcoin with an IMF program sitting on its shoulder, while US ETF holders keep heading for the exits. I think that contrast says more about who…Sun, 18 Oct 2026 12:02:09 GMT<p><strong>Plus:</strong> US Spot Bitcoin ETFs Log Weekly Outflows, Ethereum Foundation Schedules Glamsterdam Testnet Activation</p> <p>Good Morning Lions,</p> <p>El Salvador keeps stacking Bitcoin with an IMF program sitting on its shoulder, while US ETF holders keep heading for the exits. I think that contrast says more about who holds BTC for the long haul than any single week of flows does. BUT, the IMF program was supposed to rein in exactly this kind of buying.. so the open question is how long the IMF puts up with it, frens.</p> <hr /> <p><a href="https://news.leodex.io/go/news/el-salvador-s-bitcoin-reserve-reaches-7-807-btc-as-imf-loan-limits-state-purchas?m=daily-leo&amp;campaign=daily-leo-2026-10-18T12"><img src="https://news.leodex.io/news-media/4dbec5e80dc917c361e168ebf0af7a15b84be11b3dbf3d02f16ce75698019513.jpg" alt="El Salvador Grows Its Bitcoin Reserve" /></a></p> <h2><a href="https://news.leodex.io/go/news/el-salvador-s-bitcoin-reserve-reaches-7-807-btc-as-imf-loan-limits-state-purchas?m=daily-leo&amp;campaign=daily-leo-2026-10-18T12">El Salvador Grows Its Bitcoin Reserve</a></h2> <p><strong>TL;DR:</strong> El Salvador's national Bitcoin reserve held 7,807 BTC as of October 16, Crypto Briefing reported. The reserve has grown by more than 1,700 BTC since the country's $1.4 billion IMF program began, even though that program limits public sector Bitcoin purchases.</p> <p><a href="https://news.leodex.io/go/news/el-salvador-s-bitcoin-reserve-reaches-7-807-btc-as-imf-loan-limits-state-purchas?m=daily-leo&amp;campaign=daily-leo-2026-10-18T12"><strong>Read more →</strong></a></p> <hr /> <p><a href="https://news.leodex.io/go/news/us-spot-bitcoin-etfs-log-228-6m-weekly-outflows-as-october-redemptions-near-615m?m=daily-leo&amp;campaign=daily-leo-2026-10-18T12"><img src="https://news.leodex.io/news-media/4539edcc5d8b38e59e8ed6be86a1f56eaba155008e23af3d86a58d8791ad0296.jpg" alt="US Spot Bitcoin ETFs Log Weekly Outflows" /></a></p> <h2><a href="https://news.leodex.io/go/news/us-spot-bitcoin-etfs-log-228-6m-weekly-outflows-as-october-redemptions-near-615m?m=daily-leo&amp;campaign=daily-leo-2026-10-18T12">US Spot Bitcoin ETFs Log Weekly Outflows</a></h2> <p><strong>TL;DR:</strong> US spot Bitcoin ETFs posted $228.6 million in net outflows in the week to October 16, per Crypto Briefing, with BlackRock's IBIT leading the redemptions. October's month-to-date outflows reached about $615 million, though some tallies put the figure closer to $618 million.</p> <p><a href="https://news.leodex.io/go/news/us-spot-bitcoin-etfs-log-228-6m-weekly-outflows-as-october-redemptions-near-615m?m=daily-leo&amp;campaign=daily-leo-2026-10-18T12"><strong>Read more →</strong></a></p> <hr /> <p><a href="https://news.leodex.io/go/news/ethereum-sets-glamsterdam-s-hoodi-testnet-activation-for-oct-26-with-200m-gas-ta?m=daily-leo&amp;campaign=daily-leo-2026-10-18T12"><img src="https://news.leodex.io/news-media/83a3be6b2faf3a18f80e1b0f7cb551c754706fc55916e3bd3d92847faffef258.jpg" alt="Ethereum Foundation Schedules Glamsterdam Testnet Activation" /></a></p> <h2><a href="https://news.leodex.io/go/news/ethereum-sets-glamsterdam-s-hoodi-testnet-activation-for-oct-26-with-200m-gas-ta?m=daily-leo&amp;campaign=daily-leo-2026-10-18T12">Ethereum Foundation Schedules Glamsterdam Testnet Activation</a></h2> <p><strong>TL;DR:</strong> The Ethereum Foundation scheduled the Glamsterdam upgrade to activate on the Hoodi testnet on October 26, 2026. The upgrade pairs block production changes with a 200 million gas target. A mainnet date has not been decided yet.</p> <p><a href="https://news.leodex.io/go/news/ethereum-sets-glamsterdam-s-hoodi-testnet-activation-for-oct-26-with-200m-gas-ta?m=daily-leo&amp;campaign=daily-leo-2026-10-18T12"><strong>Read more →</strong></a></p> <hr /> <p><a href="https://news.leodex.io/go/news/bitwise-xrp-etf-net-assets-top-541-million-sosovalue-data-shows?m=daily-leo&amp;campaign=daily-leo-2026-10-18T12"><img src="https://news.leodex.io/news-media/3fe5736bbc23c06a7c641224b2d8ca90855f167b3070f17db6101904ed22f52a.jpg" alt="Bitwise XRP ETF Grows Net Assets" /></a></p> <h2><a href="https://news.leodex.io/go/news/bitwise-xrp-etf-net-assets-top-541-million-sosovalue-data-shows?m=daily-leo&amp;campaign=daily-leo-2026-10-18T12">Bitwise XRP ETF Grows Net Assets</a></h2> <p><strong>TL;DR:</strong> The Bitwise XRP ETF held $541.12 million in net assets as of October 17, according to SosoValue data reported by U.Today. The fund has drawn $684.73 million in net inflows since its launch.</p> <p><a href="https://news.leodex.io/go/news/bitwise-xrp-etf-net-assets-top-541-million-sosovalue-data-shows?m=daily-leo&amp;campaign=daily-leo-2026-10-18T12"><strong>Read more →</strong></a></p> <hr /> <p><a href="https://news.leodex.io/go/news/cardano-s-charles-hoskinson-says-he-s-personally-building-a-new-programming-lang?m=daily-leo&amp;campaign=daily-leo-2026-10-18T12"><img src="https://news.leodex.io/news-media/d6352dc0320079684c831ecf8a057d4ee5863a57c8c5e52cb3ccc1bf85b266d6.jpg" alt="Charles Hoskinson Builds New Programming Language" /></a></p> <h2><a href="https://news.leodex.io/go/news/cardano-s-charles-hoskinson-says-he-s-personally-building-a-new-programming-lang?m=daily-leo&amp;campaign=daily-leo-2026-10-18T12">Charles Hoskinson Builds New Programming Language</a></h2> <p><a href="https://hive.blog/hive-167922/@leofinance/daily-leo-2026-10-18">Read the full post</a></p>leofinancehive-167922https://hive.blog/hive-167922/@leofinance/daily-leo-2026-10-17https://hive.blog/hive-167922/@leofinance/daily-leo-2026-10-17Plus: Visa and Mastercard Open Stablecoin Funding, CryptoSlate Warns Leveraged Bitcoin Holders Good Morning Lions, Ether funds lost more money than Bitcoin funds last week, and BlackRock's product took most of the hit. I think the selling is aimed at ETH exposure specifically for now, since BTC…Sat, 17 Oct 2026 12:02:39 GMT<p><strong>Plus:</strong> Visa and Mastercard Open Stablecoin Funding, CryptoSlate Warns Leveraged Bitcoin Holders</p> <p>Good Morning Lions,</p> <p>Ether funds lost more money than Bitcoin funds last week, and BlackRock's product took most of the hit. I think the selling is aimed at ETH exposure specifically for now, since BTC funds held up better. BUT, frens, Visa and Mastercard building stablecoin rails in the same week tells me demand for onchain dollars keeps growing, no matter what ETF holders do this month.</p> <hr /> <p><a href="https://news.leodex.io/go/news/us-spot-ether-etfs-shed-320m-in-a-week-outpacing-bitcoin-fund-outflows?m=daily-leo&amp;campaign=daily-leo-2026-10-17T12"><img src="https://news.leodex.io/news-media/cacdad3dd89779fcae98cc77b354945fe57527fff2377ce79e153a04401b77bb.jpg" alt="Ether ETFs Shed $320M in Outflows" /></a></p> <h2><a href="https://news.leodex.io/go/news/us-spot-ether-etfs-shed-320m-in-a-week-outpacing-bitcoin-fund-outflows?m=daily-leo&amp;campaign=daily-leo-2026-10-17T12">Ether ETFs Shed $320M in Outflows</a></h2> <p><strong>TL;DR:</strong> US spot Ether ETFs had about $320 million in net outflows in the week ending October 16, 2026, according to Crypto Briefing. That was more than the roughly $228 million that left spot Bitcoin ETFs over the same week, and BlackRock's ETHA accounted for most of the Ether fund redemptions.</p> <p><a href="https://news.leodex.io/go/news/us-spot-ether-etfs-shed-320m-in-a-week-outpacing-bitcoin-fund-outflows?m=daily-leo&amp;campaign=daily-leo-2026-10-17T12"><strong>Read more →</strong></a></p> <hr /> <p><a href="https://news.leodex.io/go/news/visa-and-mastercard-open-stablecoin-funding-routes-for-eligible-businesses?m=daily-leo&amp;campaign=daily-leo-2026-10-17T12"><img src="https://news.leodex.io/news-media/c95c5982cfaa68615860be721e4ef724887b48ecda406267c3155e63cb797a3f.jpg" alt="Visa and Mastercard Open Stablecoin Funding" /></a></p> <h2><a href="https://news.leodex.io/go/news/visa-and-mastercard-open-stablecoin-funding-routes-for-eligible-businesses?m=daily-leo&amp;campaign=daily-leo-2026-10-17T12">Visa and Mastercard Open Stablecoin Funding</a></h2> <p><strong>TL;DR:</strong> Visa and Mastercard announced stablecoin funding routes for eligible businesses on October 15. Visa is working through Inyo Global and Mastercard is working through BVNK. Payout reach across 200 countries is a 2027 target, and no volume figures were disclosed.</p> <p><a href="https://news.leodex.io/go/news/visa-and-mastercard-open-stablecoin-funding-routes-for-eligible-businesses?m=daily-leo&amp;campaign=daily-leo-2026-10-17T12"><strong>Read more →</strong></a></p> <hr /> <p><a href="https://news.leodex.io/go/news/cryptoslate-leveraged-bitcoin-holders-can-lose-money-even-when-price-stays-flat?m=daily-leo&amp;campaign=daily-leo-2026-10-17T12"><img src="https://news.leodex.io/news-media/786fd5beaa8a173b719a459ae7bc9035db9bc79269c960a51183fc179d8d4d86.jpg" alt="CryptoSlate Warns Leveraged Bitcoin Holders" /></a></p> <h2><a href="https://news.leodex.io/go/news/cryptoslate-leveraged-bitcoin-holders-can-lose-money-even-when-price-stays-flat?m=daily-leo&amp;campaign=daily-leo-2026-10-17T12">CryptoSlate Warns Leveraged Bitcoin Holders</a></h2> <p><strong>TL;DR:</strong> A CryptoSlate analysis argues that leveraged Bitcoin holders can lose money even when the BTC price stays flat. Borrowing costs, forgone yield and futures premiums all cut into returns, and the analysis says the drag gets worse when inflation and interest rates run high.</p> <p><a href="https://news.leodex.io/go/news/cryptoslate-leveraged-bitcoin-holders-can-lose-money-even-when-price-stays-flat?m=daily-leo&amp;campaign=daily-leo-2026-10-17T12"><strong>Read more →</strong></a></p> <hr /> <p><a href="https://news.leodex.io/go/news/vitalik-buterin-contrasts-bitcoin-mining-and-ai-inference-cost-structures?m=daily-leo&amp;campaign=daily-leo-2026-10-17T12"><img src="https://news.leodex.io/news-media/3fdd32a418eac57929ce880b66425b0a28d330e22b3f8fea8695cca3dbec157b.jpg" alt="Vitalik Buterin Contrasts Mining and Inference Costs" /></a></p> <h2><a href="https://news.leodex.io/go/news/vitalik-buterin-contrasts-bitcoin-mining-and-ai-inference-cost-structures?m=daily-leo&amp;campaign=daily-leo-2026-10-17T12">Vitalik Buterin Contrasts Mining and Inference Costs</a></h2> <p><strong>TL;DR:</strong> Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin said Bitcoin mining costs are split almost evenly between hardware and electricity. In his comparison, AI inference costs come almost entirely from hardware, with electricity playing a much smaller role.</p> <p><a href="https://news.leodex.io/go/news/vitalik-buterin-contrasts-bitcoin-mining-and-ai-inference-cost-structures?m=daily-leo&amp;campaign=daily-leo-2026-10-17T12"><strong>Read more →</strong></a></p> <hr /> <p><a href="https://news.leodex.io/go/news/hoskinson-says-cardano-will-be-complete-after-leios-its-last-major-milestone?m=daily-leo&amp;campaign=daily-leo-2026-10-17T12"><img src="https://news.leodex.io/news-media/db7398a39904647ee3638efb7c790c8a6ff2015294b1832bd4d86884430e499c.jpg" alt="Hoskinson Calls Leios Cardano's Final Milestone" /></a></p> <h2><a href="https://news.leodex.io/go/news/hoskinson-says-cardano-will-be-complete-after-leios-its-last-major-milestone?m=daily-leo&amp;campaign=daily-leo-2026-10-17T12">Hoskinson Calls Leios Cardano's Final Milestone</a></h2> <p><a href="https://hive.blog/hive-167922/@leofinance/daily-leo-2026-10-17">Read the full post</a></p>leofinancehive-167922https://hive.blog/hive-167922/@leofinance/daily-leo-2026-10-16https://hive.blog/hive-167922/@leofinance/daily-leo-2026-10-16Plus: Ledger Breach Drains Task Scammer's Bitcoin, XRP Sits Far Below Its Old Peak Good Morning Lions, Bitcoin is grinding higher while money keeps leaking out of the altcoin funds. I think that gap matters more than the green candles, because spot buyers are carrying this move without fresh ETF…Fri, 16 Oct 2026 12:02:21 GMT<p><strong>Plus:</strong> Ledger Breach Drains Task Scammer's Bitcoin, XRP Sits Far Below Its Old Peak</p> <p>Good Morning Lions,</p> <p>Bitcoin is grinding higher while money keeps leaking out of the altcoin funds. I think that gap matters more than the green candles, because spot buyers are carrying this move without fresh ETF demand behind ether or SOL. Also, a scammer getting robbed through compromised resold hardware is funny right up until you remember those devices can land on anyone's desk, frens.</p> <hr /> <p><a href="https://news.leodex.io/go/news/bitcoin-back-above-82-000-zec-up-11-as-ether-sol-and-zec-etf-outflows-continue?m=daily-leo&amp;campaign=daily-leo-2026-10-16T12"><img src="https://news.leodex.io/news-media/f7591aea33a57fc7c1b1d7a732cfd6a9aeabc11ebfd32f51dd318c59eb5b4aa4.jpg" alt="Bitcoin Climbs Back Above $82,000" /></a></p> <h2><a href="https://news.leodex.io/go/news/bitcoin-back-above-82-000-zec-up-11-as-ether-sol-and-zec-etf-outflows-continue?m=daily-leo&amp;campaign=daily-leo-2026-10-16T12">Bitcoin Climbs Back Above $82,000</a></h2> <p><strong>TL;DR:</strong> Bitcoin climbed back above $82,000 on Friday and ZEC jumped 11% to about $1,230, per CoinDesk data. SoSoValue figures show investors kept pulling money from ether, SOL and ZEC funds during the same move.</p> <p><a href="https://news.leodex.io/go/news/bitcoin-back-above-82-000-zec-up-11-as-ether-sol-and-zec-etf-outflows-continue?m=daily-leo&amp;campaign=daily-leo-2026-10-16T12"><strong>Read more →</strong></a></p> <hr /> <p><a href="https://news.leodex.io/go/news/task-scammer-loses-60-btc-to-compromised-ledger-wallets-chainalysis-says?m=daily-leo&amp;campaign=daily-leo-2026-10-16T12"><img src="https://news.leodex.io/news-media/b1bbb9925f772791bf6926f700b8ff97d604d5dd753dd3cd704640593f4221bc.jpg" alt="Ledger Breach Drains Task Scammer's Bitcoin" /></a></p> <h2><a href="https://news.leodex.io/go/news/task-scammer-loses-60-btc-to-compromised-ledger-wallets-chainalysis-says?m=daily-leo&amp;campaign=daily-leo-2026-10-16T12">Ledger Breach Drains Task Scammer's Bitcoin</a></h2> <p><strong>TL;DR:</strong> Chainalysis said a scammer who ran fake online job schemes lost 60 BTC, worth more than $4.9 million, after moving the proceeds to Ledger wallets that were later drained. CoinDesk linked the theft to the breach involving Ledger devices sold by reseller CryptoBilis.</p> <p><a href="https://news.leodex.io/go/news/task-scammer-loses-60-btc-to-compromised-ledger-wallets-chainalysis-says?m=daily-leo&amp;campaign=daily-leo-2026-10-16T12"><strong>Read more →</strong></a></p> <hr /> <p><a href="https://news.leodex.io/go/news/xrp-sits-62-5-below-its-2018-peak-as-bitcoin-ether-stay-far-above-2017-highs?m=daily-leo&amp;campaign=daily-leo-2026-10-16T12"><img src="https://news.leodex.io/news-media/bf95249a95c62ee0a893f70d033886622e3ba7fff2ab481836bf5683bdfb8803.jpg" alt="XRP Sits Far Below Its Old Peak" /></a></p> <h2><a href="https://news.leodex.io/go/news/xrp-sits-62-5-below-its-2018-peak-as-bitcoin-ether-stay-far-above-2017-highs?m=daily-leo&amp;campaign=daily-leo-2026-10-16T12">XRP Sits Far Below Its Old Peak</a></h2> <p><strong>TL;DR:</strong> XRP traded around $1.33 on Oct. 16, leaving it 62.5% below its January 2018 peak, per CoinDesk, while bitcoin and ether sit far above their 2017 highs. Analysts point to 63% supply growth, muted ETF demand and years of regulatory uncertainty.</p> <p><a href="https://news.leodex.io/go/news/xrp-sits-62-5-below-its-2018-peak-as-bitcoin-ether-stay-far-above-2017-highs?m=daily-leo&amp;campaign=daily-leo-2026-10-16T12"><strong>Read more →</strong></a></p> <hr /> <p><a href="https://news.leodex.io/go/news/openai-model-spent-from-stranger-s-sepolia-testnet-wallet-via-public-seed-phrase?m=daily-leo&amp;campaign=daily-leo-2026-10-16T12"><img src="https://news.leodex.io/news-media/96eff197bc7a407f19ab23ec365c411b1ce63fcc0793ba9238dcf169fe0bb477.jpg" alt="AI Model Spends From Stranger's Testnet Wallet" /></a></p> <h2><a href="https://news.leodex.io/go/news/openai-model-spent-from-stranger-s-sepolia-testnet-wallet-via-public-seed-phrase?m=daily-leo&amp;campaign=daily-leo-2026-10-16T12">AI Model Spends From Stranger's Testnet Wallet</a></h2> <p><strong>TL;DR:</strong> A research AI model that held no testnet funds found another party's Sepolia wallet through publicly available recovery phrases, its developer disclosed, per CoinDesk. The model then used that wallet to pay contract fees on the Ethereum test network.</p> <p><a href="https://news.leodex.io/go/news/openai-model-spent-from-stranger-s-sepolia-testnet-wallet-via-public-seed-phrase?m=daily-leo&amp;campaign=daily-leo-2026-10-16T12"><strong>Read more →</strong></a></p> <hr /> <p><a href="https://news.leodex.io/go/news/gsr-s-taaffe-says-tokenized-rwa-demand-lags-supply-at-cointelegraph-singapore-ev?m=daily-leo&amp;campaign=daily-leo-2026-10-16T12"><img src="https://news.leodex.io/news-media/a6a98f5ec35bc886f18363fdbd54f21f968cfa825fd81f169dbc53a66bf75529.jpg" alt="Taaffe Says Tokenized Asset Demand Lags" /></a></p> <h2><a href="https://news.leodex.io/go/news/gsr-s-taaffe-says-tokenized-rwa-demand-lags-supply-at-cointelegraph-singapore-ev?m=daily-leo&amp;campaign=daily-leo-2026-10-16T12">Taaffe Says Tokenized Asset Demand Lags</a></h2> <p><strong>TL;DR:</strong> GSR's Alex Taaffe said investor demand for tokenized real-world assets hasn't kept up with supply, speaking at Cointelegraph's CONNECT event in Singapore. Other panelists at the event said stablecoins still need to fit into everyday spending.</p> <p><a href="https://hive.blog/hive-167922/@leofinance/daily-leo-2026-10-16">Read the full post</a></p>leofinancehive-167922https://hive.blog/hive-167922/@leofinance/daily-leo-2026-10-14https://hive.blog/hive-167922/@leofinance/daily-leo-2026-10-14Plus: Ethereum Stakers Move to Newer Validators, Trezor Drops Some Authorized Resellers Good Morning Lions, Binance walking away from mining tells me the biggest exchange is pruning side businesses, and Bitcoin miners now lose a big pool to point hashrate at. I think that helps pool decentralization…Wed, 14 Oct 2026 12:01:54 GMT<p><strong>Plus:</strong> Ethereum Stakers Move to Newer Validators, Trezor Drops Some Authorized Resellers</p> <p>Good Morning Lions,</p> <p>Binance walking away from mining tells me the biggest exchange is pruning side businesses, and Bitcoin miners now lose a big pool to point hashrate at. I think that helps pool decentralization if the hashrate spreads out instead of piling into the next-largest operator. Trezor's reseller cut fits the same theme.. fewer middlemen, fewer places for tampering to happen.</p> <hr /> <p><a href="https://news.leodex.io/go/news/binance-to-close-its-bitcoin-mining-pool-and-related-services-on-nov-10?m=daily-leo&amp;campaign=daily-leo-2026-10-14T12"><img src="https://news.leodex.io/news-media/d35076564b7e41c71585ff327818e46299c331b99d0c3e84a308b80378d1fbe5.jpg" alt="Binance Closes Its Bitcoin Mining Pool" /></a></p> <h2><a href="https://news.leodex.io/go/news/binance-to-close-its-bitcoin-mining-pool-and-related-services-on-nov-10?m=daily-leo&amp;campaign=daily-leo-2026-10-14T12">Binance Closes Its Bitcoin Mining Pool</a></h2> <p><strong>TL;DR:</strong> Binance said it will discontinue Binance Pool, Pool Savings, Cloud Mining and Transaction Accelerator on Nov. 10, Decrypt reported. The exchange described the shutdown as part of an ongoing review of its products and services.</p> <p><a href="https://news.leodex.io/go/news/binance-to-close-its-bitcoin-mining-pool-and-related-services-on-nov-10?m=daily-leo&amp;campaign=daily-leo-2026-10-14T12"><strong>Read more →</strong></a></p> <hr /> <p><a href="https://news.leodex.io/go/news/lido-update-says-40-of-staked-eth-now-runs-on-ethereum-s-0x02-validators?m=daily-leo&amp;campaign=daily-leo-2026-10-14T12"><img src="https://news.leodex.io/news-media/074986423ac3f863fec6ecfd759d3ee1ed1e2323126f51188fc5da650d143000.jpg" alt="Ethereum Stakers Move to Newer Validators" /></a></p> <h2><a href="https://news.leodex.io/go/news/lido-update-says-40-of-staked-eth-now-runs-on-ethereum-s-0x02-validators?m=daily-leo&amp;campaign=daily-leo-2026-10-14T12">Ethereum Stakers Move to Newer Validators</a></h2> <p><strong>TL;DR:</strong> A Lido-linked update reported by Crypto Briefing says 40% of staked ETH now sits on Ethereum's 0x02 validators. About 1.8 million ETH migrated from older 0x01 validators to reach that share, under rules introduced with Ethereum's Pectra upgrade.</p> <p><a href="https://news.leodex.io/go/news/lido-update-says-40-of-staked-eth-now-runs-on-ethereum-s-0x02-validators?m=daily-leo&amp;campaign=daily-leo-2026-10-14T12"><strong>Read more →</strong></a></p> <hr /> <p><a href="https://news.leodex.io/go/news/trezor-cuts-resellers-as-preventive-step-after-ledger-device-tampering-reports?m=daily-leo&amp;campaign=daily-leo-2026-10-14T12"><img src="https://news.leodex.io/news-media/b20e31ed00a59ba777c03ae85d7efbf33da53700a36d7c700ec555cbd3e62f3e.jpg" alt="Trezor Drops Some Authorized Resellers" /></a></p> <h2><a href="https://news.leodex.io/go/news/trezor-cuts-resellers-as-preventive-step-after-ledger-device-tampering-reports?m=daily-leo&amp;campaign=daily-leo-2026-10-14T12">Trezor Drops Some Authorized Resellers</a></h2> <p><strong>TL;DR:</strong> Trezor will remove certain resellers from its authorized list on Jan. 1, calling the move a preventive step after supply-chain incidents. The decision follows Ledger confirming a tampered device sold through reseller CryptoBilis. Trezor says its own devices show no sign of compromise.</p> <p><a href="https://news.leodex.io/go/news/trezor-cuts-resellers-as-preventive-step-after-ledger-device-tampering-reports?m=daily-leo&amp;campaign=daily-leo-2026-10-14T12"><strong>Read more →</strong></a></p> <hr /> <p><a href="https://news.leodex.io/go/news/mezo-s-swbtc-and-usde-bridge-out-deadline-arrives-as-native-btc-bridge-in-closes?m=daily-leo&amp;campaign=daily-leo-2026-10-14T12"><img src="https://news.leodex.io/news-media/3cd4e2506653ea1c9cf587917933c432ba54d5b24f520e1fcd4a8f93469109e9.jpg" alt="Mezo Hits Its Bridge Exit Deadline" /></a></p> <h2><a href="https://news.leodex.io/go/news/mezo-s-swbtc-and-usde-bridge-out-deadline-arrives-as-native-btc-bridge-in-closes?m=daily-leo&amp;campaign=daily-leo-2026-10-14T12">Mezo Hits Its Bridge Exit Deadline</a></h2> <p><strong>TL;DR:</strong> Mezo set October 13, 2026 as the deadline for swBTC and USDe holders to bridge out, Crypto Briefing reported. solvBTC and xsolvBTC were later added to the list of affected assets. Native BTC bridge-in closed permanently on the same day.</p> <p><a href="https://news.leodex.io/go/news/mezo-s-swbtc-and-usde-bridge-out-deadline-arrives-as-native-btc-bridge-in-closes?m=daily-leo&amp;campaign=daily-leo-2026-10-14T12"><strong>Read more →</strong></a></p> <hr /> <p><a href="https://news.leodex.io/go/news/nvidia-s-jensen-huang-says-chipmaker-put-8-billion-to-work-in-europe-in-2025?m=daily-leo&amp;campaign=daily-leo-2026-10-14T12"><img src="https://news.leodex.io/news-media/9422f4370cb23eebb1f44d7b1c1bf5513b23e77922d3866130a4392cff6a0328.jpg" alt="Jensen Huang Tallies Nvidia European Investments" /></a></p> <h2><a href="https://news.leodex.io/go/news/nvidia-s-jensen-huang-says-chipmaker-put-8-billion-to-work-in-europe-in-2025?m=daily-leo&amp;campaign=daily-leo-2026-10-14T12">Jensen Huang Tallies Nvidia European Investments</a></h2> <p><strong>TL;DR:</strong> Jensen Huang said Nvidia deployed $8 billion in Europe in 2025 across 14 startup funding rounds, according to an unverified Crypto Briefing report. Named recipients include Mistral AI, Nscale and Revolut.</p> <p><a href="https://hive.blog/hive-167922/@leofinance/daily-leo-2026-10-14">Read the full post</a></p>leofinancehive-167922https://hive.blog/hive-167922/@leofinance/daily-leo-2026-10-13https://hive.blog/hive-167922/@leofinance/daily-leo-2026-10-13Plus: Blur Closes Its NFT Marketplace Website, Evernorth Lists on Nasdaq as XRPN Good Morning Lions, Stop-loss selling dragged Bitcoin down to its 50-day average and buyers stepped right back in, which tells me dip buyers still respect that line. Blur is the sadder headline, frens. Once the biggest…Tue, 13 Oct 2026 12:02:33 GMT<p><strong>Plus:</strong> Blur Closes Its NFT Marketplace Website, Evernorth Lists on Nasdaq as XRPN</p> <p>Good Morning Lions,</p> <p>Stop-loss selling dragged Bitcoin down to its 50-day average and buyers stepped right back in, which tells me dip buyers still respect that line. Blur is the sadder headline, frens. Once the biggest Ethereum NFT marketplace, it's closing with almost nothing left to trade, and I think NFT trading needs a reason beyond flipping before that volume ever comes back.</p> <hr /> <p><a href="https://news.leodex.io/go/news/bitcoin-rebounds-to-about-83-700-after-stop-loss-selling-drags-it-to-81-000?m=daily-leo&amp;campaign=daily-leo-2026-10-13T12"><img src="https://news.leodex.io/news-media/d6106c6858a708244a4ca6a8ee68b24d519419be199030ef6c4d08cfd5d9e085.jpg" alt="Bitcoin Rebounds From Its 50-Day Average" /></a></p> <h2><a href="https://news.leodex.io/go/news/bitcoin-rebounds-to-about-83-700-after-stop-loss-selling-drags-it-to-81-000?m=daily-leo&amp;campaign=daily-leo-2026-10-13T12">Bitcoin Rebounds From Its 50-Day Average</a></h2> <p><strong>TL;DR:</strong> Bitcoin fell to $81,000 on Tuesday as a wave of stop-loss selling pushed it back to its 50-day moving average, according to CoinDesk's market coverage. Buyers stepped in at that level and lifted BTC to about $83,700.</p> <p><a href="https://news.leodex.io/go/news/bitcoin-rebounds-to-about-83-700-after-stop-loss-selling-drags-it-to-81-000?m=daily-leo&amp;campaign=daily-leo-2026-10-13T12"><strong>Read more →</strong></a></p> <hr /> <p><a href="https://news.leodex.io/go/news/nft-marketplace-blur-to-close-website-nov-12-after-volume-falls-more-than-99?m=daily-leo&amp;campaign=daily-leo-2026-10-13T12"><img src="https://news.leodex.io/news-media/86078d6e6874d5140175981a3290c280224d413c80a40f2a540242a62835c725.jpg" alt="Blur Closes Its NFT Marketplace Website" /></a></p> <h2><a href="https://news.leodex.io/go/news/nft-marketplace-blur-to-close-website-nov-12-after-volume-falls-more-than-99?m=daily-leo&amp;campaign=daily-leo-2026-10-13T12">Blur Closes Its NFT Marketplace Website</a></h2> <p><strong>TL;DR:</strong> Blur, once the largest Ethereum NFT marketplace, will close its website on Nov. 12. Its monthly volume fell from about $1.43 billion in March 2023 to under $7 million. The announcement came ten days after sister project Blast said it would shut down.</p> <p><a href="https://news.leodex.io/go/news/nft-marketplace-blur-to-close-website-nov-12-after-volume-falls-more-than-99?m=daily-leo&amp;campaign=daily-leo-2026-10-13T12"><strong>Read more →</strong></a></p> <hr /> <p><a href="https://news.leodex.io/go/news/ripple-backed-evernorth-debuts-on-nasdaq-as-xrpn-holding-473-million-xrp?m=daily-leo&amp;campaign=daily-leo-2026-10-13T12"><img src="https://news.leodex.io/news-media/488e74f0156091489aba94b389cef3bcddee9de00c3d503edbc27e087145ecd1.jpg" alt="Evernorth Lists on Nasdaq as XRPN" /></a></p> <h2><a href="https://news.leodex.io/go/news/ripple-backed-evernorth-debuts-on-nasdaq-as-xrpn-holding-473-million-xrp?m=daily-leo&amp;campaign=daily-leo-2026-10-13T12">Evernorth Lists on Nasdaq as XRPN</a></h2> <p><strong>TL;DR:</strong> Ripple-backed Evernorth began trading on the Nasdaq under the ticker XRPN after its SPAC merger closed, holding 473 million XRP. About 80.3% of Armada's public shareholders redeemed their shares. The filing values the XRP at about $677 million using a $1.43 XRP price.</p> <p><a href="https://news.leodex.io/go/news/ripple-backed-evernorth-debuts-on-nasdaq-as-xrpn-holding-473-million-xrp?m=daily-leo&amp;campaign=daily-leo-2026-10-13T12"><strong>Read more →</strong></a></p> <hr /> <p><a href="https://news.leodex.io/go/news/bitcoin-slips-to-83-000-as-uptober-sours-decrypt-newsletter-says?m=daily-leo&amp;campaign=daily-leo-2026-10-13T12"><img src="https://news.leodex.io/news-media/4ec5455496eed357cc18a8f3265bcbdb01c5173c193def2908eb1b52013b545d.jpg" alt="Decrypt Flags a Cooling Uptober" /></a></p> <h2><a href="https://news.leodex.io/go/news/bitcoin-slips-to-83-000-as-uptober-sours-decrypt-newsletter-says?m=daily-leo&amp;campaign=daily-leo-2026-10-13T12">Decrypt Flags a Cooling Uptober</a></h2> <p><strong>TL;DR:</strong> Bitcoin traded at $83,000 on Oct. 13, down 3.2% on the week, per Decrypt's Morning Minute newsletter. Altcoins fell harder than BTC and overall sentiment cooled. Odds on Myriad shifted toward a Bitcoin dip to $80,000.</p> <p><a href="https://news.leodex.io/go/news/bitcoin-slips-to-83-000-as-uptober-sours-decrypt-newsletter-says?m=daily-leo&amp;campaign=daily-leo-2026-10-13T12"><strong>Read more →</strong></a></p> <hr /> <p><a href="https://news.leodex.io/go/news/tempo-report-says-fasb-stablecoin-proposal-hinges-on-direct-redemption-rights?m=daily-leo&amp;campaign=daily-leo-2026-10-13T12"><img src="https://news.leodex.io/news-media/a6d5550ed266055f27e74afa7434cdf8f9ae290529a8d5cc2357956b012a2983.jpg" alt="Tempo Maps FASB Stablecoin Cash Rules" /></a></p> <h2><a href="https://news.leodex.io/go/news/tempo-report-says-fasb-stablecoin-proposal-hinges-on-direct-redemption-rights?m=daily-leo&amp;campaign=daily-leo-2026-10-13T12">Tempo Maps FASB Stablecoin Cash Rules</a></h2> <p><strong>TL;DR:</strong> A Tempo report argues a proposed FASB accounting update could let companies count qualifying stablecoins as cash equivalents on their books. That treatment would apply only when a company holds direct redemption rights with the stablecoin issuer.</p> <p><a href="https://hive.blog/hive-167922/@leofinance/daily-leo-2026-10-13">Read the full post</a></p>leofinancehive-167922