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Evening wrap · October 22, 2026

Bitcoin Dominance Hits 60%, Irish Central Bank Fines Coinbase

Bitcoin market dominance touched its highest level since May as investors de-risk from altcoins, while the Central Bank of Ireland penalized Coinbase over safeguarding breaches.

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    Bitcoin Market Dominance Touches 60% as Altcoins Slide

    $BTC market dominance climbed to 60% on Wednesday, reaching its highest level since May [1]. Smaller tokens and spot ETF flows faltered as capital concentrated in Bitcoin ahead of the Federal Reserve interest-rate meeting [1].

  2. 2

    Central Bank of Ireland Fines Coinbase €3.25M

    The Irish regulator fined Coinbase Ireland Limited €3,252,618 for safeguarding and outsourcing breaches between November 2020 and August 2025 [1]. The firm commingled customer funds during crises and must implement enhanced operational controls [1].

  3. 3

    Starknet Community Backs Exploration of Independent Layer 1

    A non-binding governance poll approved research into transitioning from Ethereum to an independent layer 1 with 93.52% of voting power [1]. StarkWare targets a 2027 post-quantum deployment, citing risks in Ethereum's planned 2029 timeline [1].

  4. 4

    Aerodrome and Velodrome Merge to Launch Unified Aero Protocol

    The decentralized exchanges consolidated under a single $AERO token architecture on Oct. 21 [1]. The new protocol deployed across Base, $ETH, OP Mainnet, and other chains, granting Aerodrome 94.5% of the new supply and Velodrome 5.5% [1].

  5. 5

    Bitcoin Hashrate Climbs 45% to Reach 1,050 EH/s

    Compute power rebounded from July lows of 726 EH/s to approximately 1,050 EH/s on Wednesday [1]. Publicly traded miners saw their share prices drop about 12% amid inflation headwinds, even as operational compute deployments rise [1].

Numbers

Bitcoin trades at $81,175, down 4.0% over 24 hours, while total market capitalization stands at $2.68 trillion and ETH gas remains at 0 gwei.

Watch

The formal application by the Central Bank of Ireland to the High Court for confirmation of the Coinbase settlement sanction. · Release of Starknet's draft technical whitepaper scheduled for public scrutiny in November.

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Bitcoin market dominance touched its highest level since May as investors de-risk from altcoins, while the Central Bank of Ireland penalized Coinbase over safeguarding breaches.

  1. Bitcoin Market Dominance Touches 60% as Altcoins Slide $BTC market dominance climbed to 60% on Wednesday, reaching its highest level since May [1]. Smaller tokens and spot ETF flows faltered as capital concentrated in Bitcoin ahead of the Federal Reserve interest-rate meeting [1].

  2. Central Bank of Ireland Fines Coinbase €3.25M The Irish regulator fined Coinbase Ireland Limited €3,252,618 for safeguarding and outsourcing breaches between November 2020 and August 2025 [1]. The firm commingled customer funds during crises and must implement enhanced operational controls [1].

  3. Starknet Community Backs Exploration of Independent Layer 1 A non-binding governance poll approved research into transitioning from Ethereum to an independent layer 1 with 93.52% of voting power [1]. StarkWare targets a 2027 post-quantum deployment, citing risks in Ethereum's planned 2029 timeline [1].

  4. Aerodrome and Velodrome Merge to Launch Unified Aero Protocol The decentralized exchanges consolidated under a single $AERO token architecture on Oct. 21 [1]. The new protocol deployed across Base, $ETH, OP Mainnet, and other chains, granting Aerodrome 94.5% of the new supply and Velodrome 5.5% [1].

  5. Bitcoin Hashrate Climbs 45% to Reach 1,050 EH/s Compute power rebounded from July lows of 726 EH/s to approximately 1,050 EH/s on Wednesday [1]. Publicly traded miners saw their share prices drop about 12% amid inflation headwinds, even as operational compute deployments rise [1].

Numbers

Bitcoin trades at $81,175, down 4.0% over 24 hours, while total market capitalization stands at $2.68 trillion and ETH gas remains at 0 gwei.

Watch

  • The formal application by the Central Bank of Ireland to the High Court for confirmation of the Coinbase settlement sanction.
  • Release of Starknet's draft technical whitepaper scheduled for public scrutiny in November.

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