Weekly BitcoinsNews Weekly — 25 October 2026

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October 19 – 25, 2026

While Bitcoin cooled to $80,370 after touching $84,778 midweek, the real story was plumbing: Switzerland opened a regulated retail door, Wall Street walked out on Ethereum, and hackers stopped breaking code and started buying elections.

BTC Price $80,370	Weekly Change -1.9%
Week High $84,778	Week Low $79,730
Market Cap $2.68T	Fear & Greed 54 Neutral

📰 Top 5 Stories

REGULATION

Switzerland clears Europe's first retail spot Bitcoin ETF

FINMA approved Zurich-based BIT Asset Management's Bitcoin Fund ETF (ticker BBIT) on October 20, with a SIX Swiss Exchange launch slated for November. For the first time, European retail investors can hold physically backed Bitcoin in an ordinary brokerage account — no exchange logins, no private keys, no issuer insolvency exposure like ETPs carry.

💡 Why it matters: This is the template other European regulators will be judged against. If BBIT gathers assets in November, expect pressure on Germany's BaFin and France's AMF to follow, unlocking a retail channel that crypto-native exchanges have never been able to reach.

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ETFS

Wall Street pulls $1.1B from Ethereum ETFs as ETH defends $2,300

US spot Ethereum ETFs bled $1.1 billion over three October weeks, dominated by redemptions from BlackRock's flagship fund. ETH is down roughly 11.5% this month and closed the week at $2,345, clinging to the $2,300 support floor after September's $800M inflow spree fully reversed.

💡 Why it matters: The 'Uptober' rally institutions promised never showed up, and the money that chased it is now exiting. If the $2,300 floor breaks on continued outflows, the next demand zone sits far lower — a level ETH hasn't visited since summer.

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TREASURIES

Corporate treasuries tap the $150T bond market for 135,979 BTC

A Fidelity Digital Assets report found companies have financed 135,979 Bitcoin — worth over $10 billion at current prices — by issuing perpetual preferred stock instead of loans or dilutive share sales. Income-hungry bond investors are effectively funding Bitcoin purchases, with BTC at $80,420 at reporting time.

💡 Why it matters: This is a structural demand shift, not a trade. Preferred stock ties Bitcoin accumulation to the world's deepest capital market, meaning corporate buying no longer depends on crypto-native sentiment — it depends on dividend yields.

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BNB

BNB Standard rings the Nasdaq bell after a $1.197B burn

Hours after Binance completed its 37th quarterly burn — 1,646,196 BNB, about $1.197 billion, permanently removed from supply — BNB Standard Corporation (Nasdaq: BNC) is set to ring the opening bell on Monday, October 26, with new CEO Alex Odagiu at the podium. The milestone lands as stricter exchange quality checks purge smaller tokens.

💡 Why it matters: A shrinking supply plus a Wall Street listing is the 'quality control' trade in one week: blue-chip altcoins with real treasury backing are separating from the long tail the exchanges are delisting. Watch the BNC bell ceremony Monday for institutional partnership announcements.

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DEFI SECURITY

DeFi's new hack: no code broken, just votes bought

Attackers hijacked the X100 protocol's governance on October 24, draining up to $4.85 million and crashing the X token 96% — without exploiting a single smart contract bug. It came two days after a separate voting takeover wiped out 90% of deposits at Bitcoin L2 lender Arkadiko Finance.

💡 Why it matters: Governance is the new attack surface. If you hold tokens in protocols with low voting participation, a few million dollars of tokens can buy the keys to the vault. Check participation rates before parking savings in any high-yield DeFi venue.

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📊 Chart of the Week

Bitcoin spent the week defending the $80,000 line after a midweek rally to $84,778 faded fast.

$80,370

A tale of two halves: BTC climbed nearly 3% through Wednesday's high, then gave it all back in 48 hours as ETF outflows accelerated. The $80,000 floor has now held every close this week.

Fear & Greed Index

Neutral

🔮 Next Week Preview

What to Watch

Monday, October 26: BNB Standard CEO Alex Odagiu rings the Nasdaq opening bell at 9:30 a.m. ET — watch for institutional partnership news
November launch window: BBIT spot Bitcoin ETF debuts on the SIX Swiss Exchange — first-week flows will signal European retail appetite
ETH watchers: a close below $2,300 on continued ETF outflows would break the month's key support floor
Bitcoin dominance hit 60% this week — if it climbs further, expect altcoin liquidity to keep bleeding into BTC
Thursday, October 29: US Q3 GDP print — macro risk appetite has been the main driver of the ETF flow reversal
DeFi governance: expect protocol teams to rush emergency proposals raising vote quorums after the X100 and Arkadiko takeovers