Fear and Greed Index
86.00% Annual Percentile
49 Neutral
Total Crypto Market Cap
$2.73T
0.63%
Total Market Trading Volume
$66.19B
20.05%
Altcoin Season Index
36.36%
Quarterly Percentile
57 / 100
Total Futures Market Open Interest
1.21B
0.52%
Futures
393.44B
5.37%
Perpetuals

II. Industry Updates

1.

Arbitrum (ARB): Surged 8.02% to $0.1948, leading Top Gainers on USDG stablecoin incentives and a technical breakout from its descending channel structure.

2.

Raydium (RAY): Climbed 7.23% to $1.90, hitting an 11-month high as Solana DEX activity rebounded alongside Robinhood and Revolut token listings.

3.

PEPE (PEPE): Rallied 6.37% to $0.0541 with $240M volume, driven by renewed whale participation and Canary Capital's amended PEPE ETF registration filing.

Smart Money Movements

1.

Strategy purchased 267 BTC for $22.1 million between October 12–18 at an average of $82,900 per coin, lifting its corporate treasury to a record 848,517 BTC worth roughly $69.5 billion.

2.

Metaplanet committed 2,100 BTC plus $2.5 million in cash on October 19 after Super League shareholders approved the deal granting it a 93.7% stake and board control of the Nasdaq-listed vehicle.

3.

Strive accumulated 4,045 BTC over the past week—including 1,223 BTC for about $100 million—pushing total holdings to 36,818 BTC and a treasury value above $3 billion.

4.

BitMine Immersion Technologies added 12,535 ETH last week, expanding its Ethereum position to 6,041,481 ETH (about 4.9% of supply) with staked assets valued near $15.1 billion.

5.

Coinbase Institutional-linked wallets moved $280.4 million in Bitcoin and Ether within three hours on October 19, including a 982 BTC ($80.7 million) deposit and 853 BTC ($70.1 million) withdrawal.

Events to Watch

Oct 20 (Tue)

Philadelphia Fed Manufacturing Index and ADP weekly employment data release, shaping US economic sentiment and influencing USD index alongside crypto market risk appetite.

Oct 21 (Wed)

UK September CPI YoY data release, a key inflation gauge affecting BoE policy expectations; Akedo (AKE): ~2.11%-2.16% of total supply unlock, estimated $53-63M value, potential sell pressure on token price.

Oct 22 (Thu)

US initial jobless claims data reflects labor market health impacting USD and risk assets; S&P Global Flash PMI for US and Eurozone manufacturing/services sectors provides real-time economic activity gauge driving FX markets and crypto risk appetite.

Oct 23 (Fri)

US New Home Sales data shapes consumer strength narrative and Fed trajectory; S&P Global Services PMI final reading and University of Michigan Consumer Sentiment provide insights into business activity and inflation expectations affecting crypto price action.

Oct 26 (Mon)

Ethereum Glamsterdam upgrade activates on Hoodi testnet at 17:42 UTC, testing gas limit increase from 60M to 200M per block and enshrined proposer-builder separation as the final public step before possible mainnet launch.