OKX market data shows that BTC has broken through 109,000 USDT and is currently trading at 109,008.4 USDT, a 24-hour increase of 2.19%. (This newsletter was generated by AI)

Hassett, director of the White House National Economic Council, said, "I think the government shutdown may end sometime this week."

According to on-chain analyst Ember, an investor/institution that received a 1 million $SOL investment allocation sold some of it at the end of last year and invested in 2.52 million HYPE. Ten months after holding it, he took his first profit by selling some of his HYPE (worth $15.68 million) and then repurchased SOL. His profit on HYPE reached $26.7 million.

According to SoSoValue data, as of October 20, 2025, Eastern Time, global listed companies (excluding mining companies) had a net purchase of $33.74 million in Bitcoin last week. Strategy (formerly MicroStrategy) invested $18.8 million last week, increasing its holdings by 168 Bitcoins at a price of 112 USDT,051, bringing its total holdings to 640,418. Japanese listed company Metaplanet suspended Bitcoin purchases last week. Four other companies also made new Bitcoin purchases last week. On October 14, Remixpoint, a Japanese energy business and digital asset strategy company specializing in Bitcoin, invested $350,000 to increase its holdings by 2.86 Bitcoins at a price of 121 USDT,521, bringing its total holdings to 1,381.84 Bitcoins. On October 16, Asian food brand DDC Enterprise announced it would invest $3.9 million to increase its holdings by 25 Bitcoins at a price of 155 USDT,919.68, bringing its total holdings to 1,083 Bitcoins. On October 16, Israeli energy technology company Zooz Power announced it would invest approximately $10 million to purchase 888.88 Bitcoins at a price of 112 USDT,500, bringing its total holdings to approximately 942.89 Bitcoins. On October 20, Capital B announced it would invest $690,000 to increase its holdings by 6 Bitcoins at a price of 115 USDT,235. Bitcoin, bringing total holdings to 2,818. As of press time, global listed companies (excluding mining companies) hold a total of 865,350 Bitcoins, with a current market value of approximately $96.05 billion, accounting for 4.34% of Bitcoin's circulating market capitalization.

Hassett, director of the White House National Economic Council, said there is a possibility of making progress on the government shutdown this week, and if the shutdown does not end, the White House will consider taking more forceful measures. (Jinshi)

Evernorth, a cryptocurrency company backed by Ripple, announced that it will be listed on the Nasdaq through a merger with Armada Acquisition Corp II (AACI.O), with an expected fundraising of over $1 billion. The company plans to become the largest XRP pool and the largest US-listed company holding XRP. The transaction is expected to close in the first quarter of 2026. (Techstartups)

According to GitHub screenshots disclosed by crypto community user fabiano.sol, Solana co-founder toly is suspected of building a perpetual contract DEX on the Solana chain.

BitMine Immersion Technologies has officially announced that its portfolio of crypto assets, cash, and "future investments" has reached $13.4 billion. As of 6:30 PM ET on October 19th, the company's crypto holdings included 3,236,014 ETH, 192 BTC, $119 million in Eightco Holdings shares, and $219 million in unrestricted cash. (prnewswire)

According to market news: Greenlane Holdings plans to raise US$110 million to launch the Berachain (BERA) treasury strategy.

Web3 education platform Open Campus announced on the X platform that it has completed a $5 million strategic round of financing, with participation from Animoca Brands, YZi Labs, HongShan, Caladan, and others. The new funds will support the acceleration of the on-chain integration of student loans, certificate verification, and payment functions.

The prediction market is becoming a hot topic in the community. However, despite the hype, several major questions and concerns are also emerging.

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When it comes to cryptocurrency, Trump's youngest son has become his father's enlightener.

Bloomberg predicts that by 2030, global stablecoin payments could exceed $50 trillion annually.

The on-chain prediction market has exploded, and oracles are the best infra-related opportunities.

Sam Altman believes that artificial intelligence has entered a critical threshold into an era of digital superintelligence.

Bitcoin mining companies have "changed careers" and started generating electricity for AI. The valuation logic of Bitcoin mining companies is being completely rewritten.

What do industry insiders think about the demise of crypto VC? Is the cryptocurrency VC industry really dying out?

During the extreme market test on October 11, multiple decentralized perpetual contract trading platforms (Perp Dex) experienced outages, with Lighter being the most severely affected.

As Hyperliquid grows, it may only take one more liquidation for it to be brought under regulation.