BlackRock entities signed a memorandum of understanding with SBI Holdings and Startale Group to explore linking tokenized money market funds with SBI’s yen-backed stablecoin, JPYSC. The agreement is exploratory and covers technology, business distribution, and regulation. It does not announce a product launch. The deal builds on SBI’s June 2026…

No Bitcoin added: Strategy sold no shares under its at-the-market program for Bitcoin purchases in the week of October 19 to October 23, 2026, leaving its holdings at 848,517 BTC. Preferred buyback: The company repurchased 2,068,459 STRC preferred shares worth almost $205 million. Stock moves: MSTR shares were lower in…

Cryptex Finance filed its sixth pre-effective amendment (Form S-1/A) for the Cryptex BAGZ ETF with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, dated October 23, 2026. The proposed spot fund would hold 24 tokens drawn from a 36-asset index and plans to list on the Nasdaq Stock Market. The amendment revises…

US-listed XRP exchange-traded funds posted $1.84 million in net outflows in the week ended October 16, 2026, ending a 13-week inflow streak. Bitcoin, Ethereum, Solana and XRP ETFs together lost about $575.91 million that week, with Ethereum products accounting for the largest share. Analysts pointed to rising US Treasury yields…

Strategy bought 267 BTC between October 12 and October 18, 2026, for about $22.1 million, bringing its holdings to 848,517 BTC. The firm repurchased nearly 1.94 million STRC shares for $193.1 million in the same period, and its board raised the buyback authorization to $3 billion. A stockholder vote on…