22 Oct 2025: Bitcoin Panic, Meet Bitcoin Plumbing

By theinspired | Bitcoin Inspired | 22 Oct 2025


“Volatility is the tax you pay for buying the future at a discount.”

NARRATIVE FORMAT

QUESTION OF THE DAY

What “$120K reclaim” in your own life have you been avoiding?
Pick one thing that—if you did it consistently this week—would unlock your next leg higher. Then set a tiny, daily trigger and prove it.

MARKET ANALYSIS

  • Bitcoin’s MVRV Ratio hints at ‘cyclical bottom’ forming below $110K (Cointelegraph)
  • $19B market crash paves way for Bitcoin’s rise to $200K: Standard Chartered (Cointelegraph)
  • Bitcoin Fear and Greed Index May Signal Prolonged Market Anxiety (CoinDesk)
  • Bitcoin Sellers Foil A Bullish Breakout — But the Rally Isn’t Over (BeInCrypto)
  • Why October Could Be the Best Time to Exit Before the Bear Market Begins (BeInCrypto)
  • Bitcoin's Quantum Deadline 2026: Analyst Warns of Biggest Bear Market Ever (UToday)
  • Bitcoin chart is echoing the 1970s soybean bubble: Peter Brandt (Cointelegraph)
  • Bitcoin OG Who Profited From Trump’s China Tariffs Now Holds $234M in BTC Short Position: Arkham (CoinDesk)
  • Bitcoin price to 6X in 2026? M2 supply boom sparks COVID-19 comparisons (Cointelegraph)

WHALES

  • Some Bitcoin Whales Are Converting Their BTC Into Spot ETF Shares: Bloomberg (CoinDesk)
  • Bitcoin risks drop toward $100K as ‘insider’ whale moves BTC to exchanges (Cointelegraph)

ADOPTION

  • 110-year-old US retail chain Bealls now accepts crypto payments (The Block)
  • JUST IN: 🇷🇺 Russia to legalize Bitcoin and crypto in foreign trade. Global Bitcoin adoption is accelerating 🔥

STABLECOINS

  • Tether’s stablecoin touches 6.25% of the world's population, says CEO (Cointelegraph)
  • Kraken CEO hits back as banker calls stablecoin yields a ‘detriment’ (Cointelegraph)
  • Stablecoins quietly become gaming’s hidden engine: BGA report (Cointelegraph)

ETFs

  • BlackRock now holds $86.5 billion worth of Bitcoin (Finbold)
  • Spot bitcoin ETFs log $477 million in positive flows amid softening gold demand (The Block)
  • Hong Kong SFC Clears City's First Spot Solana ETF (Decrypt, Cointelegraph, CoinDesk, The Block)
  • North America’s first spot XRP ETF crashes 18% (Finbold)

EXCHANGES

  • Coinbase Is Building Private Transactions for Base, CEO Brian Armstrong Says (CoinDesk)

LEGISLATION

  • Sen. Lummis Pushes US Regulator to Finalize Open Banking Rule Backing Crypto (Decrypt)

VOICES

  • Matt Hougan: 'Look at it with anticipation': Bitwise CIO sees gold's parabolic move as a roadmap for bitcoin's next leg (The Block)
  • Arthur Hayes: Calls for $1M Bitcoin as new Japan PM orders economic stimulus (Cointelegraph)

WHAT TO WATCH

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