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Your day-ahead look for Oct. 21, 2026 This is an excerpt from CoinDesk newsletter 'Daybook.' Sign up here, if you haven't already. Bitcoin BTC$83,311.03 options are taking a bigger share of the largest cryptocurrency’s derivatives market in a sign that trading is becoming more sophisticated. According to Volmex, the issuer of the bitcoin volatility index BVIV, options accounted for just under 60% of open interest among all bitcoin derivatives last.

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The U.S. Office of the Comptroller of the Currency is the first of several federal agencies to finish writing regulations under the act. U.S. crypto exchanges that have long been giving people rewards for usings stablecoins will have to get the agency to sign off on those existing programs, according to the U.S. Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, the first federal banking regulator to issue a final rule.

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SpaceX’s blowout quarter revived the AI trade, but oil topped $110 again. XS.com warns that losing $82,500 opens a path toward $70,000. SpaceX’s blowout quarter revived the AI trade, but oil topped $110 again. XS.com warns that losing $82,500 opens a path toward $70,000. Bitcoin is hanging just above $82,500 on Wednesday, the level XS.com’s Simon-Peter Massabni calls its most important support, as stock futures climbed on SpaceX’s blowout results.

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Independent committees are assessing a potential tie-up, while strong SpaceX earnings lift shares ahead of Tesla’s results. SpaceX SPCX and Tesla TSLA are exploring a potential merger, Elon Musk, the CEO and a shareholder of both companies, said on Tuesday, raising the prospect of combining two of his biggest companies and more than 30,000 bitcoin BTC$82,687.80. Musk owns about 36% of space and AI-focused SpaceX outright, rising to 48.4% including.

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Open interest has topped $300 million and price is back above $600. A similar setup was seen before January's crash. Leveraged bets are building up in monero (XMR) futures, raising the odds of a sharp, sudden move in the price. Monero (XMR) is a cryptocurrency built for privacy. Its transactions are hard to trace and at the market cap of $10.9 billion, it is the second-largest privacy coin in the.

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The Series A round, which included participation from North Island Ventures and existing investors, brings New York-based Mural's total funding to $28 million. Tether led a $15 million funding round in Mural, expanding the stablecoin issuer’s investments in technology that enables AI agents to handle payments. The Series A round, which included participation from North Island Ventures and existing investors, brings New York-based Mural's total funding to $28 million, according.