Ether options OI rises to $5.94B as $2,500 call leads volume
Ether options open interest increased 1.49% to $5.94 billion. Calls led both open interest and volume, while a Binance $2,500 call ranked first by trading volume.
Day: October 19, 2026
Anthropic Studies Rules for AI Agents Negotiating on Users’ Behalf
Potential uses include bargaining over prices and salaries. Anthropic is weighing when agents should consult users and how they should handle AI opponents.
Bitcoin options OI hits $38.27 billion as $74,000 put leads trading
Bitcoin options open interest increased 1.07% to $38.27 billion. Calls led outstanding positions, while puts dominated daily volume and the $74,000 put ranked first.
XRP holders can now earn fees from Kraken’s DeFi customers, but there is a catch
Sentora’s Firelight coverage pays premiums from vault yield, while FXRP providers’ shared backing can absorb validated losses after a stablecoin buffer. Read the full story on CryptoSlate Understand the crypto stories that matter and what to watch next. Get The Catalyst in your inbox
Bitcoin Traded Between $80,000 and $83,000 Last Week as Tech Stocks Weakened
Lower Treasury yields and a drop in October Fed rate-hike odds to about 15% supported BTC, while direct institutional crypto inflows remained unconfirmed.
BNB Foundation Completes Its 37th Quarterly Burn, Removing 1.65 Million BNB
The tokens had an estimated value of about $1.2 billion at the time of the burn. BNB’s remaining total supply was 131,512,085 tokens.
Pi Trades Below 0.08 USDT as Oct. 18 Volume Trails Oct. 8
PI’s 24-hour low was 0.07692 USDT, and its Oct. 18 reported dollar trading volume totaled $2,697,812.
Shiba Inu Exchange Reserves Rise 0.07% to 87.11 Trillion SHIB
A separate withdrawal tally counted 538 transactions; it does not establish how many individual people moved tokens.
Strategy on verge of golden cross, just weeks after bitcoin flashed same bullish signal
Your day-ahead look for Oct. 19, 2026
Papertrade’s PAPER Mining Rewards Fall About 89% Before Token Trading
An Oct. 19 estimate puts the reward for a $1,000 qualifying loss at about 10,700 PAPER. The token has yet to become transferable.
