Daily Brief ยท October 19, 2026
Global risk assets rebounded ahead of major technology earnings, stabilizing digital asset markets after last week's technology-led sell-off.
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Bitcoin Stabilizes Near $82,500 Amid Macro Rebound
$BTC hovered near $82,500 after China reported third-quarter economic growth of 4.5% and lower oil prices spurred a broader market rally .
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Stablecoin Payment Volume Jumps 45% to $482 Billion
Third-quarter stablecoin payment transactions reached $482 billion through September, according to Allium . Overall supply remained flat at $305 billion, while the number of transactions climbed 71% to 1.04 billion .
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Missouri Attorney General Issues Cease-and-Desist to Prediction Markets
Missouri ordered Polymarket, Kalshi, Robinhood, and three other platforms to stop offering unlicensed sports event contracts . The state rejected arguments that the contracts qualify as federally regulated swaps .
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Crypto Traders Face $52 Million Liquidations on Weekend Equity Perpetuals
Approximately $51.6 million in leveraged semiconductor contracts liquidated across Binance and Hyperliquid during a 10-minute window on Saturday . The cascade occurred while traditional equity markets were closed .
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Qubic Pauses Network After $1.4 Million Wallet Exploit
The Qubic layer-1 blockchain halted operations after an attacker drained $1.4 million worth of tokens across 1,400 user wallets . The vulnerability was linked to weak pseudo-random seed generation on Apple devices .
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CME Group Schedules Bitcoin Cash and Uniswap Futures
CME Group plans to introduce standard and micro futures contracts for $BCH and $UNI on Oct. 19, pending regulatory approval . The exchange continues expanding its regulated derivatives suite for institutional traders .
The numbers
Bitcoin trades at $82,317 with total market capitalization at $2.73 trillion, as Ethereum gas fees remain at zero gwei.
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