BTC breaks through the $73000 mark

Solana's ecosystem research and development company Anza stated that the Alpenglow mainnet beta will be activated on October 21, 2026 at 22:50 (UTC+8), and trading finality will be reduced from approximately 12.8 seconds to 150 milliseconds. Alpenglow replaces the TowerBFT voting mechanism with Votor, and the network maintains the existing system for about 18 minutes. After staking SOL reaches 82% of the validator set, it switches to Votor. The Alpenglow component Rotor will adjust the new block distribution method, and the activation date has not been announced yet. This upgrade only includes Voter. (Source: Bitcoin.com News)

Thailand will open a spot Bitcoin ETF to 5 million potential retail investors this Friday. （Bitcoin Archive）

The number of key wallets holding 10 to 10000 BTC has reached a historical high of 20338, which has been continuously increasing since mid July. （Santiment）

BlackRock CEO Larry Fink warns that stagnant AI data center construction could trigger a US economic recession, with $483 million in futures clearing in the cryptocurrency market. Hyperliquid founder Jeff Yan calls for regulation of the application layer rather than the blockchain itself.

Chainalysis revealed that in a theft incident involving Ledger, a fraudster lost over 60 BTC worth approximately $4.8 million. The funds originated from a task fraud, where participants were required to invest funds in order to receive rewards. On September 22nd, the mastermind behind the fraud transferred funds to three Ledger addresses. On October 9th, the thief cleared the above address and transferred the funds to the same wallet, which involved stolen funds.