Solana (SOL) dropped dramatically to approximately 177.15, under 180, though new ETFs tied to the token attracted 199 M last week. The inflows propelled the total ETF assets beyond 500 M since its inception, but SOL continues to exhibit short-run price underperformance. 📉💸
Despite the rebound, XLM underperformed the broader crypto market by 2.10%, rather like Bertie Wooster at a brain teaser. Network-specific headwinds, old boy, even as sector sentiment perked up. Traders, those clever chaps, pointed to Stellar’s $5.4 billion real-world asset tokenization milestone as proof of its mettle, though the muted relative strength suggests buyers are more cautious than a cat in a room full of rocking chairs. 🐱🪑
With this latest acquisition, Saylor’s coffers now boast a staggering 641,205 BTC, amassed for a mere $47.49 billion. The average cost per coin? A paltry $74,057. His Bitcoin yield for 2025 stands at a triumphant 26.1%, cementing his firm’s status as the grandest corporate hoarder of this digital darling. As he proclaimed on X, with the gravitas of a Shakespearean soliloquy: Strategy has acquired 397 BTC for ~$45.6 million at ~$114,771 per bitcoin and has achieved BTC Yield of 26.1% YTD 2025. As of 11/2/2025, we hodl 641,205 $BTC acquired for ~$47.49 billion at ~$74,057 per bitcoin. $MSTR $STRC $STRK $STRF $STRD
– a declaration that would make even the most stoic investor swoon. 🎭
Chainlink (LINK), the oracle that’s basically the crypto industry’s overworked intern, dropped to $16-down 42% from its peak. Because nothing says “I’m a top-tier project” like a 42% haircut. 🧢
A trifling oversight in Balancer V2’s smart contracts-a faulty access control check, if you will-allowed these ne’er-do-wells to withdraw funds with impunity. How quaint! 🤦♂️
By late October, the market cap of these tokenized treasures soared to $8.6 billion, a leap from $7.4 billion in mid-September. BlackRock’s BUIDL, the leading man of this financial opera, parades with $2.85 billion. Circle’s USYC ($866 million) and Franklin Templeton’s BENJI ($865 million) follow like supporting actors. Fidelity’s fledgling MMF, the new kid on the block, bursts onto the stage with $232 million.
The number of unique addresses sending or receiving ETH has plummeted like a confused penguin in a snowstorm, from 480,000 in mid-August to 363,000 by October 26. That’s a 24% drop-enough to make a spreadsheet weep. Or maybe just a sentient spreadsheet.
Bitcoin ETFs, poor things, bore the brunt, suffering a staggering loss of $946 million. Meanwhile, Solana just stood there, cool as a cucumber, attracting a record $421 million in inflows. You’d think Solana was handing out free lattes with its blockchain or something. ☕
In a recent X post (because who doesn’t love a good rant on social media?), Wind declared that XRPL validators are treating amendments like they’re picking out socks-casually and without much thought. 🧦 But hey, it’s not like a bad amendment could, you know, break the entire network or anything. No biggie. 😅
Now, about that lovable SHIB: Yes, it has tumbled from the lofty heights of $0.00001018 down to a more dismal $0.00000951. It’s closing in on a support zone that has seen more action than a soap opera in October. In case you missed it, Bitcoin also decided to drop faster than a lead balloon-not that anyone is paying much attention to it anymore.
