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Crypto-related prediction markets on Kalshi and Polymarket reached a record $2.7 billion in weekly volume in mid-October. Short-term Bitcoin price bets, particularly Kalshi’s 15-minute up/down contract, were the primary driver, generating over $2 billion.
Market data as of the October 24, 2026 issue, 08:37 AM. Live prices are on the Markets page.
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Phantom began a staged launch on Friday, October 23, 2026, allowing US users to trade prediction markets directly within the wallet, powered by Kalshi. Users must pass Kalshi’s identity checks and either create or link a Kalshi account.
Franklin Templeton transferred $150 million worth of tokenized shares of a money market fund to the XRP Ledger on Friday, October 23, 2026. A single wallet received all newly issued shares, bringing its total fund token holdings on the network to approximately $200 million.
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) published its Fiscal Year 2027 examination priorities on October 23, 2026, including 'tokenization' and 'super intelligence' (SI) as new focus areas. The SEC will examine how registrants are incorporating SI into their businesses and defending against SI-generated cyberattacks.
The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) announced on October 23, 2026, that Malaysia's and Thailand's central banks have joined BLOOM as policymaker members. The project aims to enable banks and payment firms to settle cross-border deals using regulated stablecoins and tokenized deposits.
Bitdeer announced that it sold all 283.4 BTC it produced this week by October 23. The company's Bitcoin holdings, excluding customer deposits, remained at 0 BTC.
Total SHIB reserves held on exchanges climbed to 87.2364 trillion tokens, up by 0.06% over the last 24 hours. A net inflow of 53.8 billion SHIB to exchanges in the same period indicates potential selling pressure, as Shiba Inu trades at $0.00000510.
Initia’s layer 1 and rollups have been offline since Friday, October 23, 2026, after an attacker minted tokens and bridged out approximately $2.7 million. No restart date has been announced, with co-founder Zon pointing to a MoveVM flaw.
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