📈 According to TRM Labs, increased transparency in cryptocurrency regulation has led to a 125% increase in global retail cryptocurrency transaction volumes for two consecutive years. cointelegraph

💸 #BTC Over the last 24 hours, ~$650M worth of contracts have been liquidated, of which longs have liquidated ~$352M and shorts ~$298M.

🇺🇸📝 155 crypto #ETF applications are currently pending for 35 different digital assets.

There are currently more than 20 pending applications for #XRP, #SOL, and #BTC ETFs.

🔝 Top DEXs by Trading Volume Growth in the last 30 Days

📊 CQ: Total cumulative #BTC spot trading volume on Binance has reached $180 trillion. In early September, daily BTC spot trading volumes on Binance ranged from $3 to $5 billion. However, since October 10, volumes have risen sharply, stabilizing at $5 to $10 billion per day.

This growth reflects renewed interest in spot trading and signals greater investor caution. A return to the spot market could lay the groundwork for more sustainable growth.

🎢 #BTC The Bitcoin volatility index has risen above 95% for the third time in a month. Essentially, this is a zone of sharp moves.

🐻 #BTC CQ: The CryptoQuant Bull-Bear Index is flashing bearish.

📈 #ETH CME futures open interest just hit new highs — signaling growing institutional exposure and demand.

💰🤝 Crypto trading firm FalconX to acquire #ETF manager 21Shares

📱 #WLD WorldApp integrates Polymarket Mini App for users to access prediction markets within the app. cointelegraph

😱 Jim Cramer stated that crypto is expected to push today.

📊👀 #BTC’s derivatives landscape is changing as Options OI begins to rival Futures. Markets are shifting toward defined-risk and volatility strategies, meaning options flows, rather than futures liquidations, are becoming a more influential force in shaping price action.

🐳📉 #ETH Whale "0xB041" panic-sold 6,237 ETH at $3,840 over the past 7 hours amidst market drop. Total value: $23.95M.

⚖️🍿 #FTT A hearing on the limited jurisdictions in the FTX allocation will be held on October 23.

Restricted includes 44 countries: China, Morocco, Bangladesh, Colombia, Egypt, Ukraine, Russia, etc.

🇺🇸🍿 #WLFI Senate Democrats are demanding that Trump's envoy Steve Witkoff withdraw a $120 million investment from World Liberty Financial and disclose his cryptocurrency holdings, citing possible conflicts of interest.

🔮🤝 NHL has reached an agreement with Kalshi and Polymarket. theblock.co

🙋‍♂ #AAVE DAO has proposed a $50 million annual Aave buyback program to strengthen Aave's economic model.

📈 #APT #RWA Aptos is now the TOP 3 blockchain for RWAs with $1.2 billion in tokenized assets on-chain.

🇪🇸💰 #BTC Spanish coffee shop chain Vanadi Coffee announced that it has already bought another 109 BTC to balance its books.

🇺🇸🇨🇳 #BTC From LuBian wallet transferred another 15,959 BTC worth $1.83 billion to 4 different wallets.

🇺🇸🇨🇳 #tradewars US Trade Representative: Trump's meeting with Xi will go on as scheduled.
Bessent and I will meet with Chinese representatives in Malaysia to see if there are opportunities to move the talks forward