Crypto News. October 21, 2025

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Strategy acquired 168 BTC for $18.8M. Note reduction size lmao

Blackrock and Bitwise launch UK Bitcoin ETP after FCA ended ban

Coinbase acquired Cobie’s Echo for $375M and purchased UpOnlyNft for $25M to make 8 episodes

Polymarket announced Bitcoin 15min price prediction marketplace powered by Chainlink

Nasdaq listed Greenlane Holdings to closed $110M PIPE ($50M cash) to build BERA DAT

Aave and Maple partner to bring institutional assets to onchain lending, soon Maple’s syrupUSDT and syrupUSDC will be on Aave

Nillion announce Nillion 2.0 to decentralize NIL token to contributors building on their privacy layer/stack

Ethereum dev Peter Szilagyi in a letter criticized Vitalik outsized influence on Ethereum foundation, arguing that chains promise of distributed trust has instead concentrated power among a few elites and VC backed projects

Vaneck filed for Lido Staked ETH ETF