US producer inflation exceeding expectations by one percentage point pushed Bitcoin to its lowest level in three weeks. $BTC later recovered to the $82,000 region. Bitcoin briefly fell below $80,000 after the US producer price index exceeded market expectations. $BTC lost approximately 1.8% of its value during the day, reaching its lowest level since September
What Did MSCI Actually Decide? On Oct. 15, MSCI published the results of its consultation on “non-operating companies.” These are firms that mostly accumulate and hold assets rather than run a business, and they will no longer be eligible for the MSCI Global Investable Market Indexes (GIMI). Trillions of dollars in passive money track those
Quick Take Balaji Srinivasan’s Network School acquired Farcaster‘s app, protocol repositories and related products from Neynar for undisclosed terms. Farcaster will become the Network State Protocol, with an opt-in social contract, planned human verification and a focus on forming physical communities. Balaji Srinivasan’s Network School acquired decentralized social network Farcaster from Neynar, The Block reported.
Quantus, Midnight, and seven other blockchain firms have formed a Quantum Alliance to fast-track post-quantum readiness across the industry. According to Christopher Smith, Founder and CEO of Quantus, the plan is to standardize post-quantum products that can easily be adopted across the crypto industry. He added, Know when your coins moveAlerts, real-time prices, and market
Rockstar Games published the official launch trailer for Grand Theft Auto VI (GTA 6) on October 15, 2026, setting its definitive release date for November 19, 2026, on PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S. The 90-second footage omitted any reference, payment rail, or announcement concerning Bitcoin, Ethereum, or the Tether (USDT) stablecoin. Corporate policy enforced
Strive (ASST), a Bitcoin treasury firm, has raised its preferred stock sale to 7 million shares of preferred stock with gross proceeds of around $630 million. On October 15, the company sold 15% Series A Perpetual SATS Preferred Stock at $90 per share. This is an increased offering of 2 million shares, over the original
One Bitcoin Output, Millions of Individual Owners On Oct. 15, 2026, Lightning Labs developer Olaoluwa Osuntokun published a 103-page paper introducing Layertree, an ambitious attempt to make Bitcoin more affordable for large groups of users without handing custody of their funds to someone else. Today, Bitcoin records individual holdings through separate pieces of digital money
Crypto investor Nic Carter’s worst-case quantum scenario consists of a hostile actor recovering the keys to dormant Bitcoin, then broadcasting a wave of spends across 10 blocks. In his Oct. 13 interview with Luke Martin, Carter says early coins moving together could shake confidence in the network. The stakes extend beyond choosing stronger cryptography. Glassnode’s
Bitcoin treasury company Strive bought 2,822 $BTC during Oct. 12-13, according to a filing released Oct. 14. The purchase adds fresh demand from one of the two firms dominating this year’s reported corporate accumulation. The update follows River’s Oct. 8 business-adoption report, which put Strategy and Strive’s combined 2026 holdings additions at 197,000 $BTC. That
Canton Network Sets Sights on Korean Capital Markets With Meritz Securities Deal Wall Street’s blockchain ambitions are finding another foothold in Asia. On Thursday, Oct. 15, the Canton Foundation announced a partnership with South Korea’s Meritz Securities. The release disclosed to Bitcoin.com’s newsdesk details that the goal is to explore tokenizing traditional financial assets and