BF187 - Top Bitcoin News - 10/26/25
Bitcoin Fortress
BF187 - Top Bitcoin News - 10/26/25
Bitcoin Fortress Podcast
Show Notes — Episode 187
Recorded: Sunday, October 26, 2025Block height: 920,915 | Moscow Time: 880 | Fees: 1/1/1 sats/vB
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Market Action & Flows
Spot ETF inflows rebound (~$446 M) etc. — Dashboard: Farside Investors Farside
CoinShares weekly outflows (BTC −$946 M; alts green)
Whipsaw price action / ~$657 M liquidations on Oct 22 — “Crypto Sell-Off: $320M Liquidations as Bitcoin Falls Below $108K” (CoinDesk) CoinDesk
StanChart sub-$100k flush possibility
“Uptober” wobble — seasonality stress
Institutions, Products & Market Structure
FalconX to acquire 21Shares — Reuters coverage
Capitol Hill push for market-structure bill
CoinShares dashboard reference — Farside Investors flow data Farside
ETF flow tracker dispersion (IBIT vs peers) — BitBo ETF flows table Bitbo
Gold → Bitcoin rotation chatter — CryptoSlate article “$1.2B exits US Bitcoin ETFs …” CryptoSlate
Corporate Treasuries & Public Companies
MicroStrategy +168 BTC (Oct 20 filings)
Crypto-treasury caution (~$17B retail losses)
Mid-cap treasury adds (~150 BTC) — PRNewswire: Hyperscale Data Bitcoin Treasury Climbs to $60 Million
Mining, Infrastructure & Compute
ISS recommends reject CoreWeave deal for Core Scientific — Reuters: link Reuters+1
CoreWeave urges YES (proxy fight) — available via Finviz article: link Finviz
Bitdeer Sept ops +20.5% m/m — IR: Bitdeer Press Release
Miners → AI/HPC commentary
Riot earnings on deck — Riot IR page public: IR Page
Freedom Tech, Lightning & Self-Custody
Lightning for treasuries Op-Ed — CoinDesk: link
LN fundamentals refresher — BraveNewCoin article: link Brave New Coin
Policy, Enforcement & Macro
Macro pulse Oct 20: global markets graphic — Reuters: link
US–China overhang still in VAR — Reuters earlier: link
Congressional crypto market-structure momentum
Adoption & Culture
UK/EU access momentum
Education spike after volatility
Streaming/podcast cross-pollination
Security / Incidents
Quiet week no mega-hacks
Venture, Company Moves & Capital
Messari: 31 deals / $197M — Messari Report
Blockstream Capital Partners acquires Berglinde AG — BTC Times link
Miners’ equities in motion (RIOT/BTDR) — Finviz News link
Extra Market Color
Day by day ETF prints — Farside flows table above
OG whale skepticism: large short-put returns
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