FINMA approved Switzerland's first retail bitcoin ETF, following earlier crypto ETP listings and a fund restricted to qualified investors.Læs hele historien hos theblock.co →

UK banks are facing scrutiny over crypto transfer limits and bans as Stand With Crypto reports thousands of complaints ahead of the country’s 2027 regulatory regime.Læs hele historien hos cointelegraph.com →

If companies are objecting, does that deflate the tokenized stock hopes before they begin to materialize? And who is impacted the most?Læs hele historien hos decrypt.co →

TL;DR: Mesh and Visa have announced a partnership intended to let consumers spend cryptocurrency and stablecoins from participating wallet apps wherever Visa payments are accepted. Holding stablecoins is one thing. Actually spending them in a shop usually involves moving funds to an exchange, selling them, or relying on a separate payment product. Visa and Mesh…

Bitcoin lost less than the Nasdaq-100 in last week's tech selloff. Hedge funds cut technology positions at the fastest pace since at least 2016 over the five trading sessions through Oct. 15, according to a report citing Goldman Sachs prime brokerage data. The Nasdaq-100 fell 5.49% from its Oct. 9 close of 30,883.15 to 29,187.55……

TL;DR: Solana is approaching its planned Alpenglow consensus upgrade, which targets transaction finality of roughly 150 milliseconds — a goal, not a guarantee of live-network performance. Solana’s next big technical change is scheduled for October 21. Alpenglow would replace the network’s existing consensus approach with a redesigned system intended to make transactions final far more…

Amendment I-3898 removes tax deferral for MiCA-compliant stablecoins starting January 2027.Læs hele historien hos coindesk.com →

Constance Wang criticized the streamer’s portrayal of her former FTX colleagues as not matching her own experience with Sam Bankman-Fried and Caroline Ellison.Læs hele historien hos cointelegraph.com →

Your day-ahead look for Oct. 20, 2026Læs hele historien hos coindesk.com →

Nine other crypto platforms voluntarily restricted app access in Kazakhstan, prompting the regulator to withdraw its claims against them.Læs hele historien hos cointelegraph.com →