BlackRock clients purchased about $454 million worth of Bitcoin in a single transaction, contributing to a total of $1.33 billion in institutional Bitcoin buying during the week of August 17-25, 2026. This marks the largest weekly institutional purchase since October 2025 and highlights growing institutional interest in Bitcoin as a diversification asset. BlackRock's iShares Bitcoin Trust (IBIT) dominates the spot Bitcoin ETF market, holding around $59-60 billion in assets and capturing over 75% of daily inflows. The firm buys Bitcoin only when clients demand exposure, using Coinbase Prime for custody, signaling a mature and transparent institutional approach to digital assets.
A study of about 121,000 Uniswap v3 liquidity positions from mid-2025 to mid-2026 shows that only 18% of small positions (under $1,000) outperformed simply holding tokens after accounting for Ethereum gas fees. Gas costs, with a median of 67 cents fo...
NEAR Protocol (NEAR) saw its price fall to $4.94 on Binance, down 6.28% over four hours and 4.36% over 24 hours as of Oct. 16. During one hour, liquidations of NEAR positions on Binance, Bybit, and OKX totaled $770,000, mostly from long positions. NE...
Ether (ETH) traded below the $2,400 mark again on October 17, closing at $2,399.64 after a 1.29% intraday decline. This follows a previous dip below $2,400 two days earlier and a 3.6% drop over 24 hours reported on October 15 when Ether was near $2,3...
Bitcoin, the largest cryptocurrency by market capitalization, fell below the $81,000 level on Binance's spot market, dropping to $80,925 at 1:20 p.m. ET on October 16. This marked a decrease of 0.78% over the previous hour and a $346 drop from a rece...
Zcash (ZEC) experienced a significant price drop of 7% over 24 hours, falling to $1,138 in Binance spot trading. The decline included a 6.36% drop in the last four hours, with long liquidations totaling $2.91 million across Binance, Bybit, and OKX, f...
