Bitcoin ETFs Record $870M Inflows as BTC Flirts With Lifetime Highs

BlackRock’s IBIT recorded over $629 million in single-day inflows as the asset neared lifetime highs on Tuesday, ahead of next week’s U.S. elections.
Bitcoin Approaches All-Time Highs as Daily OTC Desk Inflows Drop to Year’s Lows: CryptoQuant

Over-the-counter desks hold 416,000 bitcoin ($30 billion), a level that has remained stagnant for the past month.
Crypto Lobby Group CCI Expands Its Reach by Absorbing Proof of Stake Alliance

The Crypto Council for Innovation (CCI) is taking in the Proof of Stake Alliance (POSA) as regulators worldwide increase their attention to stakings’ role in digital assets, where hundreds of billions of dollars are on the line.
Crypto-Backed Cloud-Storage Platform Storj Promotes Colby Winegar to CEO

Winegar previously served as the company’s chief revenue office for a number of years.
First Mover Americas: Bitcoin Little Changed After Teasing All-Time High

The latest price moves in bitcoin (BTC) and crypto markets in context for Oct. 30, 2024. First Mover is CoinDesk’s daily newsletter that contextualizes the latest actions in the crypto markets.
CoinDesk 20 Performance Update: BCH Drops 4.3% as Index Declines from Tuesday

NEAR Protocol was also among the underperformers, falling 2.8%.
Privacy Blockchain Project Nillion Raises $25M to Expand ‘Blind Computing’

Nillion builds its service around the concept of “blind computing,” the processing of data without having to reveal its contents.
AI Data Collection Startup Sapien Raises $10.5M Seed Funding Led by Variant

The firm’s founders, who have worked in the blockchain space for years, are using crypto to incentivize an army of people who can earn from labeling data for AI models.
Starknet Claims to Shatter Transaction Speed Record Among Ethereum Layer-2 Networks
Chainlink Unveils ‘Chainlink Runtime Environment,’ Aiming for Better Blockchain Workflows

Chainlink hopes CRE will be as important for Web3 as COBOL and JavaScript, which were important for automating finance and bringing it to the internet.
