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Strategy founder Michael Saylor has once again shared updates related to its Bitcoin Tracker, stating, "We found room for more orange." Per established patterns, orange dots mark Strategy’s Bitcoin purchase records, so this move likely signals the company will increase its BTC holdings. Strategy typically discloses changes in its Bitcoin position the day after such announcements. On October 12, Strategy revealed it had added 250 BTC the prior week, bringing its dollar reserves down to $5.52 billion (a decrease of $193 million), while its total Bitcoin holdings rose to 848,250 BTC.

Bitcoin treasury firm Strive CEO Matt Cole shared a Bitcoin holdings chart, captioned "Now stacking sats with double the horsepower", hinting that he will disclose data on the firm’s Bitcoin (BTC) additions next week. Strive recently added 2,822 BTC between October 12 and 13 at an average price of approximately $83,266 per coin. The acquisition cost $235 million, bringing the company’s total Bitcoin holdings to 35,600 coins.

Citrini analyst Jukan has shared a report from South Korean brokerage Hanwha Investment & Securities, which, following local research in China, concludes that Yangtze Memory Technologies (YMTC) is more likely to go public in December this year, rather than the mid-March next year timeline previously projected based on ChangXin Memory Technologies’ schedule. YMTC plans to raise approximately 33 billion yuan, a larger sum than ChangXin’s planned ~29.5 billion yuan. Of the total funds, around 20.8 billion yuan will be allocated to scaling mass production and constructing its Phase III production line, with the goal of boosting its NAND flash market share by 2027. Analyst Jukan points out that large-scale IPOs will temporarily siphon liquidity from existing tech stocks, leading investors to sell holdings including ChangXin to subscribe for the new offering. ChangXin currently has a tradable share float of just ~6.73%, and starting January 2027, approximately 2.24% of its total shares will be unlocked. Valued at the October 16 closing price, these unlocked shares are worth roughly 68.5 billion yuan; if the stock returns to its peak, that figure would rise to ~94 billion yuan, creating notable tradable share pressure.

Analysis firm Sentora reported that 89% of the roughly $1.63 billion in liquidations on Ethereum lending platforms over the past year were settled via atomic paths. Atomic liquidations depend on decentralized exchange (DEX) liquidity. Real World Asset (RWA) collateral, which features thin liquidity pools and whitelist transfer restrictions, will push more liquidations to shift to off-chain market makers, request for quote (RFQ), and solver paths. Atomic paths refer to liquidations that complete collateral liquidation and debt repayment within a single on-chain transaction, with common methods including flash loans, self-funded advances, or direct contract calls. By contrast, RWAs are often hard to offload immediately on DEXs, so liquidations will more frequently be handled by compliant off-chain market makers, who acquire the collateral via inquiry transactions and solvers before closing out positions.

Last week, US tech stocks saw a sharp pullback, with the Nasdaq down over 4% for the week. While digesting stronger-than-expected inflation data, markets are re-examining the "unbreakable economy" narrative. The Federal Reserve has entered the pre-FOMC meeting blackout period ahead of the Oct 28 policy meeting, with no official remarks. This week’s asset pricing will hinge more on tech giants’ earnings and economic data: Meta and Tesla will release results, while the semiconductor and storage sectors also enter their earnings disclosure window. Friday’s preliminary PMI readings for the US and Europe, plus the final Michigan consumer confidence index, will test the interest rate hike path. Geopolitically, Trump has suspended full-scale sanctions and tariffs on Russia, setting a roughly 60-day review period. Disruptions to shipping in the Strait of Hormuz and rising Middle East tensions continue to support oil price premiums. Key events this week: Tuesday: NVIDIA GTC Berlin kicks off (runs through Oct 22) Wednesday: US API and EIA crude oil inventories for the week ended Oct 16; NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang delivers a keynote at GTC Berlin in the evening (Beijing time); US stocks enter a heavy earnings day, with Meta, Tesla, IBM, and Lam Research reporting results after market close Thursday: US initial jobless claims for the week ended Oct 17; Nokia reports earnings before the US market opens, while Western Digital and MaxLinear report after close Friday: Preliminary S&P Global US manufacturing and services PMI for October; final University of Michigan consumer confidence index and 1-year inflation expectations for October; September CPI and preliminary composite/manufacturing/services PMI for Japan, as markets gauge price trends ahead of the Bank of Japan’s Oct 30 policy meeting

HIP-3 market deployer Paragon announced that Papertrade (PAPER) perpetual contracts have launched on the Hyperliquid HIP-3 market, with a maximum leverage of 3x. PAPER is currently trading at $0.012.