Avail launches ShieldTX, a privacy tool designed to circumvent Hyperliquid copy trading bots.

Bitcoin faced selling pressure as it approached the $100,000 mark, with investor cost prices and ETF holding costs constraining its price. After a summer rally, Bitcoin fell back to around $80,000. Investors who bought Bitcoin over the past two years had a cost price concentrated at $87,000 or higher. Selling pressure near this price level, indicating the closing of positions at these higher prices, twice suppressed Bitcoin's rallies and caused at least a 25% pullback. Furthermore, the average cost price for Bitcoin ETF holders is approximately $81,500. If the price continues to close below this level, ETF holders will face unrealized losses, weakening recent on-chain support. (Source: Bloomberg)

The total amount of real-world asset market deposits associated with the Morpho protocol has exceeded $2 billion.

Y Combinator released its October 2026 crypto startup guide, noting that crypto growth will be driven by institutions, with applications shifting towards financial needs such as oil hedging and cross-border corporate cash flow. Y Combinator predicts that asset tokenization will expand from stablecoins and stocks to real estate titles, debt, and commodities, with startup equity and small-value assets entering the market through on-chain issuance. Around these assets, financial infrastructure such as trading, lending, and derivatives will develop, and AI agents will become financial participants.

Wall Street funds are withdrawing from Bitcoin ETFs, while sovereign wealth funds are starting to enter the market.

Cryptocurrency, venture capital, and prediction market firms linked to Trump and his family are hiring lawyers and lobbyists to prepare for potential congressional investigations should Democrats win the midterm elections. Democratic lawmakers have requested information from World Liberty Financial and 1789 Capital, focusing on whether these companies have received government contracts, preferential policies, or conflicts of interest. (Source: Bloomberg)