Capital Flow

According to Yonhapinfomax, Michael Saylor, CEO of MicroStrategy (the largest corporate holder of Bitcoin), hinted at additional Bitcoin purchases today (October 18) via a post on X featuring the company's purchase history chart with the caption "We found room for more orange." Last week, MicroStrat

Crypto asset manager Bitwise and trading firm LO:TECH issued conflicting Bitcoin price forecasts for year-end, with Bitwise predicting the asset will surpass $100,000 while LO:TECH expects an $85,000 to $95,000 range, CoinDesk reported on October 18. The divergence centers on institutional demand th

According to ChainCatcher, stablecoin payments reached $482 billion in the first nine months of 2026, up 45% year-over-year, while transaction count surged to over 1 billion, marking a 71% increase. On-chain stablecoin card spending hit $3.9 billion, up 10-fold from the same period last year, with t

From 19:30 to 19:45 UTC on October 18, 2026, ETH plunged 1.10% in 15 minutes, falling from 2,360.6 USDT to 2,332.72 USDT, with a 1.18% price range. ETH’s 24-hour decline widened to 3.65%, retreating from a high of $2,430 to around $2,332 and touching its intraday low. Candlestick data shows that trading volume over the past hour was only about 1,589 ETH, while the price change was just -0.07%. The current decline appears to be an extension of earlier selling momentum rather than a new wave of he

XRP traded near $1.30 on October 18 after a weekly decline during the October 9–16 reporting period, with the token finishing that week down 6.5% according to XRP Insights. The price movement coincided with net withdrawals from US XRP investment funds, a retreat in Evernorth Holdings' newly listed X

According to XRP Insights, on October 18, XRP traded near $1.30 after declining 6.5% over the week. US spot XRP ETFs experienced approximately $2.3 million in net withdrawals during the five trading sessions ending October 16, with combined assets falling to $1.56 billion. Ripple's next escrow

U.S. spot Bitcoin ETFs recorded net outflows of $228.6 million this week, following a $681.1 million drain the previous week, according to data from SoSoValue and Decrypt's ETF tracker. The outflows were triggered by hotter-than-expected inflation data, with the consumer price index showing prices u

According to Decrypt's ETF tracker and SoSoValue, U.S. spot Bitcoin ETFs posted net outflows of $228.6 million this week, following a $681.1 million drain the week prior, bringing total outflows to approximately $910 million over two weeks. For October, the funds are down about $615 million.

According to Galaxy Research Head, Bitcoin ETF net inflows have maintained positive territory year-to-date, totaling $355 million as of late October 2026. The inflows returned to positive territory in September after earlier fluctuations, signaling renewed institutional interest in spot Bitcoin ETF

According to BlockBeats, on October 18, Strive CEO Matt Cole posted Bitcoin holding data suggesting further purchases ahead. The company increased its Bitcoin holdings by 2,822 BTC between October 12-13 at an average price of $83,266 per coin, spending $235 million. Strive's total Bitcoin holdings n

According to BlockBeats, on October 18, Entropy, an HIP-3 market deployer, launched the Anthropic Pre-IPO market on Hyperliquid. ANTH is trading at $1,909, with the off-chain market capitalization declining to $1.909 trillion from $2.1 trillion at the beginning of the month. The contract

According to Farside Investors data cited by BlockBeats, U.S. spot Bitcoin ETFs recorded net outflows of $228.4 million this week. IBIT led outflows at $165.4 million, followed by FBTC with $60.2 million, BTC with $7.6 million, and BTCO with $4.1 million. MSBT and BITB saw net inflows of $6.7 millio