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The combined holdings of the top 10 Starknet (STRK) addresses have risen to 7.09 billion STRK, the highest level since April, Cointelegraph reported, citing crypto analytics firm Santiment. While retail investor interest has declined after STRK surged 330%, holdings in large wallets have increased.

Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin said public-key cryptography will likely remain in use, though it may require one or two additional upgrades, including raising parameters tied to cryptographic keys, according to Wu Blockchain. Speaking at the Network State Conference 2026, Buterin compared the process to Y2K and said cryptography may need one or two rounds of upgrades. He added that cybersecurity faces a similar situation, with challenges still to be addressed, though he remains optimistic over the long term.

Haseeb Qureshi, managing partner at crypto venture firm Dragonfly Capital, said the expectations that fueled past waves of crypto speculation ultimately proved correct. Qureshi said no financial revolution in history had occurred without speculative manias. Similar waves of speculation have appeared repeatedly in crypto markets and are now also unfolding in artificial intelligence, Qureshi said. The key to understanding speculation is human behavior, according to Qureshi, as people tend to believe in a vision of the future and pull that vision forward into the present. He added that the expectations behind past crypto bubbles — that crypto would take over the world, spread like wildfire and grow far beyond what anyone imagined at the time — were all right.

U.S. spot Ethereum ETFs posted $85.4 million in net outflows on Oct. 12, marking a 10th consecutive trading day of net redemptions, according to Farside Investors. - BlackRock ETHA: -$75.1 million - Grayscale Mini ETH: -$10.3 million

U.S. spot Bitcoin ETFs recorded a net outflow of $65.4 million on Oct. 12, according to Farside Investors. The products swung back to net outflows after posting net inflows in the previous trading session. No other ETFs saw net flows aside from BlackRock's IBIT. - BlackRock IBIT: -$65.4 million

A UK crypto trader known as "realist" said home intruders forced the transfer of about $800,000 in cryptocurrency, The Block reported. In a post on X, the trader said the intruders tied the trader up with tape, held a bladed weapon to the trader’s face, and forced the transfer of assets held in crypto wallets and a Ledger hardware wallet.

Binance announced the addition of the RWUSD/USDT spot trading pair at 8:00 a.m. UTC on Oct. 13.

An anonymous whale address starting with 0x13 withdrew another 600,005 UNI worth about $4.28 million from Binance around 40 minutes ago. Exchange withdrawals are typically interpreted as a sign of holding intentions. The address has bought a total of 1,292,895 UNI worth about $9.6 million since Oct. 11. Its average purchase price was $7.42, and it is currently estimated to be sitting on an unrealized loss of about $300,000.

Binance announced it will fully shut down Binance Pool and related services starting at 7:00 a.m. UTC on Nov. 10. The closure will also cover Pool Savings, Cloud Mining, Transaction Accelerator, Hashrate Alerts and the mining pool API. From that point, mining connections will be blocked, and new mining job submissions and reward accrual will stop.

Solana-based shared sequencer project Rome announced the launch of its native token, ROME. The token will be used to pay gas fees on the Rome chain and will be available for trading from the chain’s first day of launch. Rome operates a protocol that allows EVM-based smart contracts to interact with Solana programs and assets, and the project is currently running its mainnet. Token supply details and the trading schedule will be disclosed later.

According to CoinNess market monitoring, BTC has risen above $83,000. BTC is trading at $83,080.97 on the Binance USDT market.

An address linked to the Pump.fun team or an early investor transferred 1.458 billion PUMP worth $7.58 million to Coinbase Prime, according to EmberCND. Exchange deposits are typically interpreted as being intended for sale.

An address believed to belong to an early Bitcoin investor that had been inactive for years transferred 4,582 BTC worth $377.58 million to an external address seven hours ago, according to Lookonchain. The specific purpose of the transfer and whether the BTC was sold were not confirmed.

The ETH/BTC ratio fell below 0.03 for the first time since Aug. 19, according to OKX market data. The ratio was recently at 0.02992, signaling a deepening of ETH’s relative weakness against BTC.

IoTeX said on X it has launched a portal that lets users convert Ethereum-based ERC-20 IOTX into native IOTX on the IoTeX mainnet. Users can connect a wallet to the portal, complete the token transfer and signature process, and receive native IOTX at the same address. The conversion ratio is 1:1, with no fee. IOTX was launched as an Ethereum ERC-20 token in 2018. After the IoTeX mainnet went live the following year, the native token began to be used for gas fees, staking and transaction settlement. IoTeX said the legacy ERC-20 tokens still remain, and the portal is part of an effort to consolidate the split forms of IOTX into the native token.

South Korea’s tax commissioner said some cryptocurrency transactions, including private wallet-to-wallet transfers, are difficult to track for taxation and described the issue as one that will need to be resolved over time. According to Digital Asset, National Tax Service Commissioner Lim Kwang-hyun made the remarks during a parliamentary audit at the government complex in Sejong on Oct. 13, after People Power Party lawmaker Park Soo-young asked about preparations for digital asset taxation. Lim said other countries already taxing digital assets also face similar difficulties in detecting some peer-to-peer wallet transactions.

On-chain analyst Murphy said holdings by Bitcoin first buyers stood at 4.27 million BTC as of Oct. 11, up 400,000 BTC over roughly the past two months. Murphy said the increase amounts to about 2% of total circulating supply and exceeds the 340,000 BTC added between January and August 2023. In a post on X, Murphy wrote, "2023년에는 신규 매수자 보유량이 34만 BTC 늘어나는 데 7개월이 걸렸다. 현재 BTC 가격이 당시의 2.6배라는 점을 고려하면 신규 매수에 투입된 자금도 훨씬 많다. 이는 지난 사이클보다 신규 수요가 강하다는 의미" He added, "9월에는 올해 1월 이후 처음으로 모멘텀 매수자(Momentum Buyers)도 나타났다. 이들은 기존 평균 매입가보다 높은 가격에 BTC를 추가 매수한 투자자다. 모멘텀 매수자의 증가는 약세장이 끝났다는 시장의 기대를 반영하며, 단순한 약세장 반등에서는 이들이 크게 늘어나는 경우가 드물다"

An anonymous whale or institutional investor sold 837.8 BTC and bought 27,500 ETH worth $69.68 million, according to on-chain analyst EmberCN. The average purchase price for the ETH was $2,534. EmberCN said the buyer moved BTC withdrawn from HTX about 18 months ago to Hyperliquid and sold it for USDC. The USDC was then withdrawn to Arbitrum, transferred to the Ethereum network, and used to buy ETH.

Stablecoin payment infrastructure provider BVNK, which was acquired by Mastercard, announced the addition of Plasma (XPL) to its supported payment network. BVNK added that Deel, a global HR and payroll platform, has already used the Plasma network through BVNK to pay workers worldwide in stablecoins.

Crypto analyst Frank said Bitcoin’s short-term holder profit ratio recently moved past the 80% threshold, indicating investors should be cautious about buying near short-term peaks. In a post on X, Frank reproduced the English phrase "The short-term holder profit ratio can be used not only to identify dip-buying opportunities, but also to avoid buying at local tops." According to a Checkonchain chart Frank shared, BTC reached local highs in late 2024 and early 2025 when the short-term holder profit ratio climbed above 95%. The chart also showed the ratio surged above 95% several times after mid-2025, with BTC forming a major peak around October that year. More recently, the ratio briefly rose above 95% before falling back to just below 80%.

South Korea’s benchmark KOSPI briefly fell back below the 6,000 mark, dropping more than 6% to as low as 5,988.22 in intraday trading at around 1:30 a.m. UTC on Oct. 13.

Bitmine Chairman Tom Lee said on X that a sharp drop in South Korea’s stock market could spread to the cryptocurrency market. He said forced selling tied to margin trading was occurring at South Korean securities firms and noted South Koreans are major holders of crypto assets, adding there could be short-term pain. Separately, South Korea’s exchange triggered a sell-side sidecar, a temporary suspension of program sell orders, at around 12:47 a.m. UTC today for the first time in about two months.

Jiang Zhuoer, founder of mining pool BTC.top and a blockchain entrepreneur with Chinese roots, said on X that Bitcoin is unlikely to hold the $80,000 level but also has a low chance of falling below $75,000. Jiang said BTC’s current price action is unfolding similarly to a scenario outlined on Oct. 7, with $77,000 seen as a key support zone. He said that level is the point of control, or POC, where the largest trading volume was concentrated during a previous consolidation range and again after the rally on Aug. 19. Jiang added that POC refers to the price level with the highest concentration of trading volume during a given period or within a specific price range. He also said the market is unlikely to be pushed below $75,000, where many investors are waiting to buy.

Major exchanges have seen $111 million worth of futures liquidated in the past hour. In the past 24 hours, $774 million worth of futures have been liquidated.

Jeffrey Huang, the Taiwanese singer better known as Machi Big Brother, is holding a 3,500 ETH long position with 25x leverage on Hyperliquid worth $8.48 million, according to TradingBeats data. The average entry price is $2,545.84 and the liquidation price is $2,392.9. The position is showing an unrealized loss of about $427,153, while cumulative losses in the account’s perpetual futures trades stand at about $34.76 million.