🎙️ "Altcoin is happening, it's unfolding in front of your eyes. You just have to be standing in the right segment for that." Alice Liu (@AliceCrypto3), Head of Research at @CoinMarketCap chimes in on the performance of altcoins and how they might perform in Q4.

🚨 JUST IN: YouTuber MrBeast has filed a trademark for "MrBeast Financial." The filing suggests he may be preparing to launch a new venture in financial services.

🔥PERSPECTIVE: CZ posts a reminder on X that "BTC went from $0.004 to $110,000 USD in 16 years."

📊 INSIGHT: Bitcoin is down 4.67% so far this month. Will this be the first October since 2018 that Bitcoin finishes in the red? 👇

🗞️ Stablecoin issuer Paxos accidentally minted $300T of PYUSD. 🗞️ Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse calls out Wall Street lobbyists over Fed Master Accounts. 🗞️ Coinbase adds BNB to its listing roadmap. @JennSanasie hosts “CoinDesk Daily.” Thank you @MidnightNtwrk, @OwlTing and @Stablecoin 🫵 for sponsoring the CoinDesk Media Network.

🔥NEW: Ripple Set to Enter Corporate Treasury Business With $1B Acquisition of GTreasury. @sndr_krisztian reports. coindesk.com/business/2025/1…

🇺🇸 FOMC: Polymarket users now predict a 95% chance the Fed will cut rates 25bps later this month (Oct 29th)

🎥 SPOTLIGHT: @worldlibertyfi co-founder @EricTrump confirms he plans on tokenizing his family's real estate in a CoinDesk exclusive. Check out the full interview on 10/21. Thank you @MidnightNtwrk 👋 for being a sponsor of CoinDesk media network.

💥INSIGHT: Learn why @SanjayWeb3 thinks claiming NIGHT is how all airdrops should be. NIGHT is the utility token powering @MidnightNtwrk, enabling programmable privacy and selective disclosure. Watch as he talks you through his Glacier Drop claim on @BNBCHAIN. [PARTNER CONTENT | NFA x DYOR]

🗞️ Fed Chair Jerome Powell hinted that the end of quantitative tightening (QT) could be near. 🗞️ CME Group launched options tied to XRP and Solana futures. 🗞️ The DOJ seizes of 127,271 BTC (approx. $14B) in a crackdown on Cambodian scam operators. @JennSanasie hosts "CoinDesk Daily." Thank you to @MidnightNtwrk and @Stablecoin 👋 for being a sponsor of the CoinDesk media network.

🔥 LATEST: Tether CEO Paolo Ardoino shared a tracker hinting that $USDT could hit a $1 TRILLION market cap

🎧 Check out the latest episode of BITCOIN SEASON 2: Strategy's Path To $10 Trillion’ in partnership with @blockspace! “These Bitcoin mining businesses are insane. The businesses they’ve built for Bitcoin happen to have enough juice that AI companies need them now. That’s a gold mine.” @piovincenzo_ drops Bitcoin alpha on @btcszn2 Notes: • MicroStrategy owns 600K Bitcoin, no corp will catch up • Money printing at $100-175B monthly, historically high • 40% of money supply printed during Covid period • Bitcoin miners repositioning for AI hyperscaler deals • Bitcoin ETFs launched during Biden presidency 👇🇨🇦⤵️ 🍕

The CoinDesk 20 is currently trading at 3775.75, down 0.2% (-9.16) since 4 p.m. ET on Tuesday. Two of 20 assets are trading higher. Leaders: $SOL ( 1.2%) and $XRP ( 0.4%). Laggards: $ICP (-3.5%) and $NEAR (-2.8%). trib.al/b5y3Zas

🗽 NEW: New York City launches an Office of Digital Assets and Blockchain under Mayor Eric Adams.

🔥 BIG: IMF Managing Directo Kristalina Georgieva tells countries to "accept reality, fiat money is moving digital."

🇺🇸 NEW: Senator Lummis suggests the 127k BTC (~$15B) seized by the USA can be used to "strengthen America’s Strategic Bitcoin Reserve."

🎓 “Education is the key to building privacy we can trust.” In Episode 10 of #PrivacyInMotion with @MidnightNtwrk and @brave, @danielabarbosa joins us to dive into how empowering developers with knowledge is essential to reclaiming control over our fragmented digital identities—and why decentralized trust could reshape privacy forever. ▶️ Watch the full video ⤵️ [Partner Content]

🚨 NEW: DOJ seizes ~$15B (127,271 BTC) in Bitcoin linked to a global “pig butchering” scam ran by Cambodia’s Prince Group chairman Chen Zhi. Will this BTC be used for a Strategic Bitcoin Reserve? 👇

🗞️ BTC dropped below $111K as China's retaliatory trade measures hit global markets. 🗞️ A trader (identified as Xero XB 317) that recently profited $192M, opened a new $163M short position on Bitcoin. 🗞️ BitMind Technologies bought 202,037 Ether (ETH), capitalizing on market decline. @JennSanasie hosts "CoinDesk Daily." Thank up to @MidnightNtwrk 👋 and @Stablecoin for being a sponsor of the CoinDesk media network.

🎙️ Alice Liu (@AliceCrypto3), Head of Research at @CoinMarketCap, previews Jerome Powell’s speech today in our upcoming Markets Outlook interview: “All eyes are on Powell’s first public appearance since the September rate cuts. With weaker job data and a looming government shutdown, markets are watching closely for hints of another cut.” Thanks @Stablecoin 🤙 for being a sponsor of CoinDesk media network.