https://www.whalefactor.com/news/south-koreas-22percent-crypto-tax-is-still-set-for-january-2-0jd9 Whale Factor en 2026-10-19T21:10:29.901Z South Korea's 22% Crypto Tax Is Still Set for January 2027. Exchanges Say the Math Isn't Built Yet. https://www.whalefactor.com/news/a-crypto-pac-put-dollar362k-into-a-california-race-that-got-b5a9 Whale Factor en 2026-10-19T20:50:45.249Z A Crypto PAC Put $362K Into a California Race That Got Settled in August https://www.whalefactor.com/news/krakens-eea-cross-margin-default-puts-your-staked-eth-behind-8zxh Whale Factor en 2026-10-19T20:21:05.381Z Kraken's EEA Cross-Margin Default Puts Your Staked ETH Behind Every Futures Trade https://www.whalefactor.com/news/krakens-parent-just-bought-a-lithuanian-bank-you-wont-be-abl-wkzj Whale Factor en 2026-10-19T20:11:26.143Z Kraken's Parent Just Bought a Lithuanian Bank. You Won't Be Able to Use It Until 2027 https://www.whalefactor.com/news/secs-crypto-rulebook-hits-its-comment-deadline-the-exemption-vp9v Whale Factor en 2026-10-19T20:10:45.043Z SEC's Crypto Rulebook Hits Its Comment Deadline. The Exemption Caps Will Decide Everything https://www.whalefactor.com/news/metaplanet-clears-2100-btc-vote-nasdaq-ticker-supa-is-next-614u Whale Factor en 2026-10-19T19:50:47.358Z Metaplanet Clears 2,100 BTC Vote, Nasdaq Ticker SUPA Is Next https://www.whalefactor.com/news/a-2200-hour-map-of-money-puts-bitcoins-institutional-turn-on-5tlf Whale Factor en 2026-10-19T19:50:37.587Z A 2,200-Hour Map of Money Puts Bitcoin's Institutional Turn on Trial https://www.whalefactor.com/news/visa-just-opened-175-million-checkout-counters-to-crypto-the-u3hc Whale Factor en 2026-10-19T19:41:30.528Z Visa Just Opened 175 Million Checkout Counters to Crypto. The Fees Are the Real Story. https://www.whalefactor.com/news/mastercard-is-selling-banks-a-compliance-desk-for-stablecoin-38m1 Whale Factor en 2026-10-19T19:20:37.465Z Mastercard Is Selling Banks a Compliance Desk for Stablecoins, and That's the Real Moat https://www.whalefactor.com/news/saylors-discretionary-cash-falls-72percent-to-dollar447m-whi-t3yu Whale Factor en 2026-10-19T19:12:44.886Z Saylor's Discretionary Cash Falls 72% to $447M While Strategy Doubles Down on Bitcoin https://www.whalefactor.com/news/sparkassen-opens-crypto-trading-to-50-million-germans-on-oct-rigi Whale Factor en 2026-10-19T19:11:30.354Z Sparkassen Opens Crypto Trading to 50 Million Germans on October 19. The 2027 Number Is the One That Matters. https://www.whalefactor.com/news/wall-street-went-long-bitcoin-in-october-without-buying-a-si-mwiu Whale Factor en 2026-10-19T18:11:56.070Z Wall Street Went Long Bitcoin in October Without Buying a Single Coin https://www.whalefactor.com/news/cme-lists-bitcoin-cash-and-uniswap-futures-on-october-19-250-mkbw Whale Factor en 2026-10-19T18:11:40.268Z CME Lists Bitcoin Cash and Uniswap Futures on October 19: 250 BCH and 10,000 UNI Contracts https://www.whalefactor.com/news/revolut-wins-a-gibraltar-crypto-license-50-million-customers-k7bt Whale Factor en 2026-10-19T17:41:50.489Z Revolut Wins a Gibraltar Crypto License. 50 Million Customers, Zero Launch Dates. https://www.whalefactor.com/news/metaplanet-paid-2100-btc-for-937percent-of-a-football-club-t-huk3 Whale Factor en 2026-10-19T17:12:01.011Z Metaplanet Paid 2,100 BTC for 93.7% of a Football Club. The Football Is Decoration. https://www.whalefactor.com/news/ethereums-glamsterdam-hits-hoodi-on-october-26-with-a-200m-g-h0p8 Whale Factor en 2026-10-19T17:11:22.316Z Ethereum's Glamsterdam Hits Hoodi on October 26 With a 200M Gas Limit https://www.whalefactor.com/news/strive-drops-dollar335m-on-1223-bitcoin-tops-mara-with-36818-qyfl Whale Factor en 2026-10-19T16:51:06.321Z Strive Drops $335M on 1,223 Bitcoin, Tops MARA With 36,818 BTC https://www.whalefactor.com/news/bitcoin-gets-rejected-at-dollar83000-again-the-sell-wall-tha-pe0l Whale Factor en 2026-10-19T16:21:53.590Z Bitcoin Gets Rejected at $83,000 Again: The Sell Wall That Won't Budge https://www.whalefactor.com/news/strategy-bought-dollar22m-of-bitcoin-and-dollar193m-of-its-o-nve4 Whale Factor en 2026-10-19T16:20:42.796Z Strategy Bought $22M of Bitcoin and $193M of Its Own Preferred Stock https://www.whalefactor.com/news/aaves-usat-gateway-has-one-door-in-and-three-locked-doors-ou-900r Whale Factor en 2026-10-19T15:41:09.339Z Aave's USAT Gateway Has One Door In and Three Locked Doors Out https://www.whalefactor.com/news/stablecoin-supply-rose-04percent-while-payments-hit-dollar48-68fj Whale Factor en 2026-10-19T15:11:00.655Z Stablecoin Supply Rose 0.4% While Payments Hit $482 Billion. That Gap Is the Real Story https://www.whalefactor.com/news/california-fined-fidelity-dollar500000-over-a-withdrawal-but-1ojj Whale Factor en 2026-10-19T14:11:29.023Z California Fined Fidelity $500,000 Over a Withdrawal Button. The Money isn't the Story. https://www.whalefactor.com/news/a-new-bill-prices-crypto-tax-amnesty-the-irs-wants-75percent-b1lr Whale Factor en 2026-10-19T13:50:46.239Z A New Bill Prices Crypto Tax Amnesty. The IRS Wants 75% Otherwise. https://www.whalefactor.com/news/nine-companies-just-told-okx-and-ice-what-tokenized-stocks-c-z4l8 Whale Factor en 2026-10-19T13:41:30.237Z Nine Companies Just Told OKX and ICE What Tokenized Stocks Can't Do https://www.whalefactor.com/news/ethereum-prices-execution-not-proof-thats-the-hole-in-the-ga-ynlb Whale Factor en 2026-10-19T13:41:08.207Z Ethereum Prices Execution, Not Proof. That's the Hole in the Gas Market. https://www.whalefactor.com/news/craig-tindale-offshoring-broke-the-us-metals-supply-chain-an-xyzc Whale Factor en 2026-10-19T13:12:36.696Z Craig Tindale: Offshoring Broke the US Metals Supply Chain, and Savers Are Paying for the Repair https://www.whalefactor.com/news/latvias-crypto-tax-rewrite-10percent-amnesty-61-days-one-har-vk3l Whale Factor en 2026-10-19T13:10:44.097Z Latvia's Crypto Tax Rewrite: 10% Amnesty, 61 Days, One Hard Deadline https://www.whalefactor.com/news/sieberts-dollar175k-bitcoin-call-rests-on-a-1x-mnav-bet-and-5o3q Whale Factor en 2026-10-19T12:50:36.230Z Siebert's $175K Bitcoin Call Rests on a 1x mNAV Bet and a $58K Low https://www.whalefactor.com/news/fundstrats-sean-farrell-says-bitcoin-still-hits-dollar100k-b-u4fe Whale Factor en 2026-10-19T12:41:37.514Z Fundstrat's Sean Farrell Says Bitcoin Still Hits $100K by Year-End, Even With MSTR Kicked Out of MSCI https://www.whalefactor.com/news/bitcoin-preferreds-a-5percent-risk-free-rate-and-the-ai-pain-t22a Whale Factor en 2026-10-19T12:40:47.794Z Bitcoin Preferreds, a 5% Risk-Free Rate and the AI Pain Trade: 3 Things the Street Is Misreading https://www.whalefactor.com/news/usd1-shed-dollar400m-in-two-weeks-the-gulfs-stablecoin-bet-j-rhgs Whale Factor en 2026-10-19T12:11:34.828Z USD1 Shed $400M in Two Weeks. The Gulf's Stablecoin Bet Just Got Its First Real Stress Test https://www.whalefactor.com/news/jpmorgan-puts-jpm-coin-on-ethereum-and-permissioning-is-the-qh3d Whale Factor en 2026-10-19T12:10:47.689Z JPMorgan Puts JPM Coin on Ethereum, and Permissioning Is the Whole Point https://www.whalefactor.com/news/kraken-will-pay-xrp-holders-from-vault-yield-but-the-catch-i-nrc6 Whale Factor en 2026-10-19T11:40:41.382Z Kraken Will Pay XRP Holders From Vault Yield, but the Catch Is Who Absorbs the Loss https://www.whalefactor.com/news/peter-schiff-has-called-bitcoin-dead-for-13-years-cz-just-handed-him-a-backhanded-win-mvf5xlog Whale Factor en 2026-10-19T11:20:20.992Z Peter Schiff Has Called Bitcoin Dead for 13 Years. CZ Just Handed Him a Backhanded Win https://www.whalefactor.com/news/france-just-voted-to-tax-stablecoin-swaps-two-bigger-fights-jz39 Whale Factor en 2026-10-19T10:41:45.573Z France Just Voted to Tax Stablecoin Swaps. Two Bigger Fights Are Still Coming https://www.whalefactor.com/news/bitcoins-dollar80000-retest-is-the-only-earnings-call-that-m-izqp Whale Factor en 2026-10-19T10:40:59.761Z Bitcoin's $80,000 Retest Is the Only Earnings Call That Matters https://www.whalefactor.com/news/xrp-etfs-broke-a-13-week-streak-the-dollar576-million-number-incw Whale Factor en 2026-10-19T10:40:43.712Z XRP ETFs Broke a 13-Week Streak. The $576 Million Number Is the Real Story https://www.whalefactor.com/news/cipher-added-dollar850-million-in-zero-coupon-debt-the-52per-ug1w Whale Factor en 2026-10-19T10:21:54.500Z Cipher Added $850 Million in Zero-Coupon Debt. The 52% Drawdown Is the Real Story. https://www.whalefactor.com/news/tim-sweeney-says-ai-brings-a-gaming-golden-age-musk-agreed-now-comes-the-hard-part-mvf2ppyu Whale Factor en 2026-10-19T09:50:14.454Z Tim Sweeney Says AI Brings a Gaming Golden Age. Musk Agreed. Now Comes the Hard Part https://www.whalefactor.com/news/jpmorgan-moves-jpm-coin-onto-ethereum-and-the-dollar2-billio-orrz Whale Factor en 2026-10-19T09:21:30.527Z JPMorgan Moves JPM Coin Onto Ethereum, and the $2 Billion-a-Day Question Just Got Louder https://www.whalefactor.com/news/the-msci-threat-isnt-indonesia-its-strategy-and-bitcoin-should-be-paying-attention-mvf0xopf Whale Factor en 2026-10-19T09:00:26.835Z The MSCI Threat Isn't Indonesia. It's Strategy, and Bitcoin Should Be Paying Attention https://www.whalefactor.com/news/van-de-poppes-dollar1-million-bitcoin-call-rests-on-dot-com-math-mvezv5t6 Whale Factor en 2026-10-19T08:30:29.418Z Van de Poppe's $1 Million Bitcoin Call Rests on Dot-Com Math https://www.whalefactor.com/news/ether-etfs-just-bled-dollar955m-in-october-and-nobodys-even-69fb Whale Factor en 2026-10-19T08:11:07.703Z Ether ETFs Just Bled $955M in October, and Nobody's Even Mad About It https://www.whalefactor.com/news/bitcoin-reclaims-dollar82k-as-oil-cools-the-dollar84000-ceiling-is-the-real-test-mveysbna Whale Factor en 2026-10-19T08:00:17.398Z Bitcoin Reclaims $82K as Oil Cools. The $84,000 Ceiling Is the Real Test https://www.whalefactor.com/news/tom-lee-says-fridays-selloff-is-a-buy-crypto-and-chips-are-the-tell-mvexpsf9 Whale Factor en 2026-10-19T07:30:19.557Z Tom Lee Says Friday's Selloff Is a Buy. Crypto and Chips Are the Tell. https://www.whalefactor.com/news/almost-half-of-binance-altcoins-just-lost-their-trend-bitcoins-eating-their-lunch-mvewn743 Whale Factor en 2026-10-19T07:00:19.011Z Almost Half of Binance Altcoins Just Lost Their Trend. Bitcoin's Eating Their Lunch. https://www.whalefactor.com/news/sitharaman-flags-a-2027-liquidity-risk-as-indian-stocks-shed-12percent-mvevkx1t Whale Factor en 2026-10-19T06:30:33.041Z Sitharaman Flags a 2027 Liquidity Risk as Indian Stocks Shed 12% https://www.whalefactor.com/news/the-ai-sell-off-is-quietly-doing-small-caps-a-favor-mveui7aw Whale Factor en 2026-10-19T06:00:26.744Z The AI Sell-Off Is Quietly Doing Small Caps a Favor https://www.whalefactor.com/news/south-koreas-crypto-tax-is-staring-down-a-fourth-delay-heres-sqrt Whale Factor en 2026-10-19T05:40:38.921Z South Korea's Crypto Tax Is Staring Down a Fourth Delay. Here's Who Pays for It https://www.whalefactor.com/news/the-fed-hike-nobodys-pricing-why-ben-emons-is-watching-data-not-the-midterms-mvermyqg Whale Factor en 2026-10-19T04:40:10.072Z The Fed Hike Nobody's Pricing: Why Ben Emons Is Watching Data, Not the Midterms https://www.whalefactor.com/news/cxmt-fell-65percent-and-a-dollar196-billion-profit-forecast-wasnt-enough-mvep59t7 Whale Factor en 2026-10-19T03:30:25.387Z CXMT Fell 6.5% and a $19.6 Billion Profit Forecast Wasn't Enough https://www.whalefactor.com/news/black-monday-called-it-quits-before-breakfast-mvemn7hl Whale Factor en 2026-10-19T02:20:23.337Z Black Monday Called It Quits Before Breakfast https://www.whalefactor.com/news/yuga-just-put-bored-ape-cards-on-solana-the-eight-one-of-ones-are-the-real-prize-mvek51k3 Whale Factor en 2026-10-19T01:10:16.611Z Yuga Just Put Bored Ape Cards on Solana. The Eight One-of-Ones Are the Real Prize https://www.whalefactor.com/news/four-earnings-reports-two-nights-one-number-that-actually-matters-mvehn1mt Whale Factor en 2026-10-19T00:00:17.669Z Four Earnings Reports, Two Nights, One Number That Actually Matters https://www.whalefactor.com/news/solana-grew-tokenized-assets-514percent-in-a-year-while-ethe-fo49 Whale Factor en 2026-10-18T20:10:36.633Z Solana Grew Tokenized Assets 514% in a Year While Ethereum Barely Moved https://www.whalefactor.com/news/a-dollar4187-bitcoin-hashboard-a-dollar153-monthly-bill-and-d0t4 Whale Factor en 2026-10-18T19:12:33.880Z A $4,187 Bitcoin Hashboard, a $153 Monthly Bill, and the Math Sazmining Hopes You Won't Do https://www.whalefactor.com/news/fidelitys-dollar500k-crypto-fine-is-a-parking-ticket-the-ira-kvml Whale Factor en 2026-10-18T18:22:41.181Z Fidelity's $500K Crypto Fine Is a Parking Ticket. The IRA Exclusion Is the Real Bill https://www.whalefactor.com/news/tokenized-stocks-in-defi-hit-dollar262m-an-18-fold-jump-sinc-59hk Whale Factor en 2026-10-18T18:10:32.648Z Tokenized Stocks in DeFi Hit $262M, an 18-Fold Jump Since January https://www.whalefactor.com/news/fairshake-puts-32-house-races-on-the-board-19-republicans-13-2nt1 Whale Factor en 2026-10-18T17:12:32.005Z Fairshake Puts 32 House Races on the Board: 19 Republicans, 13 Democrats https://www.whalefactor.com/news/fidelity-gives-solana-two-years-of-uptime-then-flags-the-con-1m38 Whale Factor en 2026-10-18T17:11:43.124Z Fidelity Gives Solana Two Years of Uptime, Then Flags the Concentration Problem https://www.whalefactor.com/news/stablecoins-hit-chicago-the-3-day-payments-meeting-that-matt-ajke Whale Factor en 2026-10-18T16:50:40.142Z Stablecoins Hit Chicago: The 3-Day Payments Meeting That Matters More Than Any Hearing https://www.whalefactor.com/news/aaves-umbrella-backstops-shed-dollar124-million-while-reward-9ga2 Whale Factor en 2026-10-18T16:21:49.610Z Aave's Umbrella Backstops Shed $12.4 Million While Reward Rates Climbed https://www.whalefactor.com/news/just-burned-170m-jst-with-dollar2353m-of-real-revenue-the-fu-vpri Whale Factor en 2026-10-18T16:11:08.718Z JUST Burned 170M JST With $23.53M of Real Revenue. The Funding Source Is the Story. https://www.whalefactor.com/news/uniswaps-best-month-came-from-stocks-not-crypto-mve04vv3 Whale Factor en 2026-10-18T15:50:16.911Z Uniswap's Best Month Came From Stocks, Not Crypto https://www.whalefactor.com/news/cboe-filed-rules-for-trading-coinbase-volume-and-maras-bitco-3f8h Whale Factor en 2026-10-18T15:21:09.089Z Cboe Filed Rules for Trading Coinbase Volume and MARA's Bitcoin Output. The Settlement Fine Print Is the Real Story https://www.whalefactor.com/news/bitcoin-sits-at-dollar81600-and-the-weekly-close-is-the-only-thing-that-matters-mvdypfd8 Whale Factor en 2026-10-18T15:10:16.076Z Bitcoin Sits at $81,600 and the Weekly Close Is the Only Thing That Matters https://www.whalefactor.com/news/saylor-just-admitted-wall-street-wants-cash-not-just-bitcoin-mvdxmxwn Whale Factor en 2026-10-18T14:40:20.519Z Saylor Just Admitted Wall Street Wants Cash, Not Just Bitcoin https://www.whalefactor.com/news/binance-kills-its-mining-pool-miners-have-until-0700-utc-on-ksv1 Whale Factor en 2026-10-18T14:10:41.053Z Binance Kills Its Mining Pool: Miners Have Until 07:00 UTC on November 10 to Move https://www.whalefactor.com/news/bittorrents-first-btt-burn-is-the-real-story-not-the-rebrand-mvdw7h84 Whale Factor en 2026-10-18T14:00:19.444Z BitTorrent's First BTT Burn Is the Real Story, Not the Rebrand https://www.whalefactor.com/news/october-18-came-and-went-trumps-russia-waiver-has-no-expiry-sjgq Whale Factor en 2026-10-18T13:20:42.890Z October 18 Came and Went. Trump's Russia Waiver Has No Expiry Date, and Bitcoin Is Reading It Wrong https://www.whalefactor.com/news/xrp-etfs-broke-a-13-week-streak-on-a-dollar184-million-outfl-g32m Whale Factor en 2026-10-18T13:11:01.774Z XRP ETFs Broke a 13-Week Streak on a $1.84 Million Outflow. That's the Whole Story. https://www.whalefactor.com/news/bitcoins-dollar30000-floor-is-probably-real-just-not-for-the-d5zh Whale Factor en 2026-10-18T12:40:45.966Z Bitcoin's $30,000 Floor Is Probably Real, Just Not for the Reason Anyone's Saying https://www.whalefactor.com/news/bittorrent-burns-its-first-revenue-funded-btt-batch-but-wont-aptz Whale Factor en 2026-10-18T12:10:52.103Z BitTorrent Burns Its First Revenue-Funded BTT Batch, but Won't Say How Much https://www.whalefactor.com/news/bitcoin-open-interest-slips-to-dollar768b-while-solana-drops-ajo6 Whale Factor en 2026-10-18T12:10:44.118Z Bitcoin Open Interest Slips to $7.68B While Solana Drops 4.25%: Weekend De-Risking, Not Capitulation https://www.whalefactor.com/news/blackrocks-etha-drove-93percent-of-a-dollar320m-ethereum-etf-exodus-mvdrk6ua Whale Factor en 2026-10-18T11:50:14.434Z BlackRock's ETHA Drove 93% of a $320M Ethereum ETF Exodus https://www.whalefactor.com/news/cysics-bridge-minted-10m-cys-from-nothing-the-mainnet-was-ne-6ocb Whale Factor en 2026-10-18T11:11:44.315Z Cysic's Bridge Minted 10M CYS From Nothing. The Mainnet Was Never the Point. https://www.whalefactor.com/news/blackrocks-etha-drove-93percent-of-ether-etfs-dollar320m-out-577s Whale Factor en 2026-10-18T11:10:35.464Z BlackRock's ETHA Drove 93% of Ether ETFs' $320M Outflow Week https://www.whalefactor.com/news/a-50percent-apr-on-a-cardano-stablecoin-comes-with-a-catch-mvdps0m7 Whale Factor en 2026-10-18T11:00:20.383Z A 50% APR on a Cardano Stablecoin Comes With a Catch https://www.whalefactor.com/news/bangkok-cops-nail-alleged-dollar75m-crypto-launderer-with-13-xb9e Whale Factor en 2026-10-18T09:40:28.610Z Bangkok Cops Nail Alleged $75M Crypto Launderer With 133 Accounts https://www.whalefactor.com/news/michael-burrys-supervolcano-isnt-a-crash-call-its-a-duration-call-mvdm7cwb Whale Factor en 2026-10-18T09:20:17.675Z Michael Burry's Supervolcano Isn't a Crash Call. It's a Duration Call. https://www.whalefactor.com/news/tether-just-backed-an-ai-agent-startup-the-dollar9-million-n-ux9u Whale Factor en 2026-10-18T06:50:39.474Z Tether Just Backed an AI Agent Startup. The $9 Million Number Is Louder Than It Looks https://www.whalefactor.com/news/vitalik-built-a-paranoid-mode-for-his-ai-agent-heres-what-it-still-leaks-mvd9pakb Whale Factor en 2026-10-18T03:30:19.451Z Vitalik Built a 'Paranoid Mode' for His AI Agent. Here's What It Still Leaks https://www.whalefactor.com/news/anthropics-junk-rating-just-put-bitcoin-in-the-room-with-treasuries-mvd779r2 Whale Factor en 2026-10-18T02:20:19.358Z Anthropic's Junk Rating Just Put Bitcoin in the Room With Treasuries https://www.whalefactor.com/news/fissions-dollar10m-raise-attacks-tokenizations-ugliest-problem-the-exit-mvd4p4l0 Whale Factor en 2026-10-18T01:10:13.620Z Fission's $10M Raise Attacks Tokenization's Ugliest Problem: The Exit https://www.whalefactor.com/news/chinas-13-foot-robot-vs-teslas-optimus-two-very-different-bets-mvd27als Whale Factor en 2026-10-18T00:00:22.384Z China's 13-Foot Robot vs. Tesla's Optimus: Two Very Different Bets https://www.whalefactor.com/news/108-straight-days-trx-supply-grew-every-single-day-from-july-jlov Whale Factor en 2026-10-17T21:21:58.927Z 108 Straight Days: TRX Supply Grew Every Single Day From July 1 to October 16