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Your day-ahead look for Oct. 19, 2026 This is an excerpt from CoinDesk newsletter 'Daybook.' Sign up here, if you haven't already. Weeks after bitcoin’s (BTC) price chart flashed a major bullish signal, Strategy (MSTR), the largest publicly listed accumulator of the cryptocurrency, is about to do the same. The signal, a golden cross, occurs when a security’s 50-day average price rises above its 200-day average. Some traders read the.

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Tech futures bounced after last week’s 5.5% rout, and bitcoin followed them up before sellers knocked it back. Earnings this week put the AI trade to the test again. Tech futures bounced after last week’s 5.5% rout, and bitcoin followed them up before sellers knocked it back. Earnings this week put the AI trade to the test again. Bitcoin climbed from an overnight low near $80,700 to just above $83,000.

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Bitcoin rose 0.8% to around $82,700 as China’s GDP beat estimates and Nasdaq futures rebounded, while the CoinDesk 80 gained 1.3% and DeFi led gains. Bitcoin BTC$82,836.58 is trading around $82,500, up around 0.5% since midnight UTC, extending a bounce from Sunday’s dip to roughly $80,700 and comfortably above Thursday’s brief break below $80,000. Altcoins outpaced the largest cryptocurrency, with ether ETH$2,417.08 adding 0.75% to near $2,430 and the CoinDesk.

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JPMorgan's dollar deposit token is heading to Ethereum as the lender looks to offer it to wider selection of institutional clients. JPMorgan(JPM), the largest U.S. bank, is bringing its almost year-old crypto token, JPM Coin, to Ethereum as part of a plan to expand beyond Base, the layer-2 blockchain built by Coinbase Global COIN. The bank chose Ethereum because the blockchain offers more liquidity than rival networks and is already.

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Curator-managed lending strategies are attracting institutional capital, while exposing depositors to collateral, liquidity and smart-contract risks. Crypto lending vaults have attracted more than $10 billion in deposits, as investors seek returns on their digital assets, according to the Financial Times. Deposits have risen from $4 billion at the start of last year, highlighting growing demand for strategies that put stablecoins and other tokens to work. Vaults operate through smart contracts.

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Your look at what's coming in the week starting Oct. 19. Crypto Week Ahead is a comprehensive list of what's coming up in the world of cryptocurrencies and blockchain, as well as the major macroeconomic events that will influence digital asset markets. CME Group, one of the world’s largest derivatives marketplaces, plans to start offering bitcoin cash BCH$278.93 and uniswap (UNI) futures on Monday, pending regulatory review. Following last week’s.