Bitcoin’s price, my dears, has taken a tumble-7.7% in the past week, dipping to a modest $105,300 per coin. 🌧️ Amid this financial drizzle, our whale decided to shuffle its treasure into a Paxos wallet, as Gallic so eloquently detailed in his analysis. One can’t help but wonder if it’s merely rearranging deck chairs on the Titanic or plotting something far more theatrical.
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. 😅
