Last week in Bitcoin:
→ BTC chopped in a roughly $79,800 to $84,200 range and sits down about 1.5% on the week, pressur | Hanami
Last week in Bitcoin:
→ BTC chopped in a roughly $79,800 to $84,200 range and sits down about 1.5% on the week, pressured by hot September CPI and PPI prints and a Fed now in its pre-meeting blackout.
→ US spot Bitcoin ETFs saw net outflows of about $163M across Oct 13 to 16, with Oct 14 the worst day at roughly $262M out.
→ Strategy disclosed a second small weekly buy on Oct 19, adding 267 BTC (Oct 12-18) near $82,900 to reach 848,517 BTC, repurchasing $193M of STRC, and lifting its Digital Credit Securities buyback authorization from $2.0B to $3.0B.
→ Strive was the week's standout accumulator, buying 4,045 BTC across the week (latest tranche 1,223 BTC at $81,734) to reach 36,818 BTC.
→ On policy, the CFTC published its crypto market-structure proposal (Regulation CTX and CAM) on Oct 13 while the CLARITY Act stayed stalled in the Senate.
→ Babylon Labs proposed native Bitcoin as collateral on Aave V4 via Trustless Bitcoin Vaults on Oct 14.
→ Bitcoin Optech 427 (Oct 16) flagged two denial-of-service vulnerabilities in older Eclair Lightning builds.