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Monthly report · October 2026

Crypto news in October 2026

Crypto coverage in October 2026: 9 news events, drawn from 18 outlet reports. The most covered name was Bitcoin, in 8 events.

Few events were recorded on the desk this month: GetYourBrief's intake of reports was interrupted, so the count reflects the record, not how much news there was, and it is not compared with other months.

How many events, day by day?

Crypto desk: news events homed on the desk per day, October 2026 (UTC days). Source: GetYourBrief's record of the outlets' reports.

Who was in the news most?

  1. Bitcoin 8
  2. Ethereum 5
  3. Solana 4
  4. Dogecoin 2
  5. XRP 2

Counts are events (one per story, however many outlets carried it) on this desk in October 2026 that named each person, company or body. Source: GetYourBrief's record of the outlets' reports.

The week of September 28 to October 4, 2026: 2 events

A quiet week on the desk, so its events are kept here in full rather than in a week brief.

  1. 01

    Ethereum rose 57% in third quarter, report says

    2 outlets · first: 24/7 Wall St. Ethereum

    Machine summary Ethereum climbed about 57% in the third quarter of 2026, outperforming other major cryptocurrencies, according to a report.

    1. Ethereum rose approximately 57% in the third quarter of 2026, according to the report.
    2. The report said Solana rose 48%, XRP 37% and Bitcoin 36% over the same period.
    3. Ethereum traded at $2,706 on October 1, the report said.
    4. The report said Ethereum fluctuated between $2,564 and $2,807 since September 20.

    Reported by 24/7 Wall St. and aol.com.

More events reported

No summary of ours and no outlet headline passed our automated checks for these, which says nothing about the events (how they work); the outlets and their reports are linked.

  1. · 2 outletsCoinDesk, economictimes.indiatimes.comNamed in the reports: Citigroup

Which stories did the most outlets carry?

  1. Oct 1 Ethereum rose 57% in third quarter, report says 2
  2. Oct 5 MindWave signs 2-year deal with BlockAssure to build AssureChain 2
  3. Oct 6 investing.com: “New Generation of Crypto Miners Released by ASICID By Chainwire” 2
  4. Oct 8 Greece plans 10% crypto capital gains tax under draft bill 2
  5. Oct 8 coindesk.com: “Satoshi-era bitcoin mined in 2010 moves after 16 years, now worth $8.5 million” 2
  6. Oct 9 Ledger investigates potential wallet tampering after theft reports 2
  7. Oct 9 PayFi Beta: Remittix Tests EUR/USD with 1,000 RTX Holders 2
  8. Oct 10 Solana cuts block time to 200 milliseconds 2
  9. Oct 11 BTC Draws Down ~34%, Solana Needs 168% Rally: 2026 Crypto Report 2

What kind of news was it?

  1. Bitcoin 3
  2. Altcoins 2
  3. Ethereum 2
  4. DeFi 1
  5. Market trends 1
  6. Regulation 1
  7. Security 1

Categories come from the pipeline's classifier; how they are assigned.

Week by week

  1. Sep 28The week of September 28 to October 4, 20261
  2. Oct 5The week of October 5 to 11, 20268

Sources: the outlets' reports linked on this page; counts and times from GetYourBrief's record of those reports (methodology).