Bloomberg, as carried by CoinDesk, reports the bank will put its dollar-deposit token on the Ethereum blockchain to reach more institutional clients.

Bitcoin ticked up to about $82,700 while a broader crypto index and DeFi tokens climbed amid a rebound in Nasdaq futures and stronger-than-expected Chinese GDP data.

CoinDesk’s day‑ahead note for Oct. 19, 2026 says a trading strategy is close to forming a golden cross, following a similar signal in bitcoin weeks earlier.

Finance officials are set to hold talks with major cryptocurrency platforms days after a lawmaker introduced a bill that would push back the tax’s start by two years.

A bug-fix is scheduled to go live this week, but the lending feature it partially addresses remains 10 validator votes short of activation.

The Zakura team wants each swap executed via NEAR Intents to use a unique key so a refund address on NEAR’s public chain cannot be used to link a user’s broader payment history.

Early‑morning detention of HEX founder Richard Heart was reported as Starknet votes on L1 status and Bitwise signals a broader market recovery may be forming.

Multiple companies object to trading on a planned OKX-ICE tokenized-stock platform under the SEC’s framework, signaling friction between issuers and new crypto-native trading venues.