- Bitcoin pushed past $86,500 Tuesday with total crypto market cap above $3 trillion, while spot Bitcoin ETFs recorded $999 million in net inflows
- CME announced plans to launch Bitcoin Cash and Uniswap futures on October 19, pending regulatory review
- Altcoins surged with ZEC and HYPE hitting new all-time highs, while BCH jumped 26% and UNI gained 12%
- BlackRock published a whitepaper arguing AI agents will need machine-native settlement rails, naming stablecoins as the likely leader
Bitcoin breached $86,500 Tuesday as the total crypto market cap topped $3 trillion, with spot Bitcoin ETFs taking in $999 million in a single day. The rally lifted 97 of the top 100 coins into the green over the past week, according to market data.
Ethereum reached $2,750 while Solana pushed to $120, and ZEC and HYPE both hit new all-time highs. Even NFT leader CryptoPunks caught a bid, with its floor price running past $90,000.
CME announced it will launch Bitcoin Cash and Uniswap futures on October 19, pending regulatory review, in standard and Micro sizes. The contracts mark the exchange’s tenth and eleventh single-asset crypto offerings, and BCH surged 26% while UNI gained 12% on the news.
The oil selloff helped fuel risk appetite, with Brent briefly slipping below $98 and WTI under $93 after reports that Iran offered to reopen the Strait of Hormuz. BlackRock published a whitepaper called The Machine-Native Economy, arguing that AI agents will need machine-native settlement rails and naming stablecoins as the likely leader.
Coinbase is building post-quantum custody for its roughly $250 billion in assets, designed to support whatever signature scheme Bitcoin adopts. The SEC sent a crypto custody proposal to the OMB covering broker-dealers and investment companies, letting firms hold non-security crypto without special registration.
Senator Lummis said Democrats chose “visceral hatred” for Donald Trump over passing the Clarity Act, while the CFTC warned that “mention markets” carry heightened manipulation risk. A single repeating trade size near $5,499 made up 57% of Kalshi’s sampled ETH perp volume, data shows.
Meme leaders were mostly green led by Pengu and Bonk, while Robinhood chain leaders jumped 10-30% after the platform teased something coming for stock tokens. CryptoPunks saw 37 sales in the past day as the floor moved up to 34 ETH.
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