📉 Altcoins Faced Heavy Pressure in October Altcoins lost roughly twice as much as $BTC in October, with a median decline of 17.1%. The gap highlights stronger selling pressure on riskier assets, as losses spread across the broader crypto market.

🔓 Major Token Unlocks in November The following tokens with the largest unlock value are scheduled to unlock this month: $MON — $323.79M $KITE — $131.74M $BTW — $112.16M $PIEVERSE — $90.17M $ADI — $56.18M $ZRO — $47.80M MON has the largest unlock relative to size at 140.46% of market cap, as its Team and Investors allocations unlock after the cliff.

⚡️After three months of gains, Bitcoin fell 7.3% in October, erasing September’s advance and turning “Uptober” red for a second year in a row. https://t.co/r053o9dKGy

📉 October 2026 Was Ethereum's Second-Worst October on Record $ETH ended October with a 16.1% decline, its second-worst October performance since 2016. The decline also snapped Ethereum's three-month winning streak, following strong gains in July, August, and September.

📊 Market Fragmentation Among Perp DEXs Intensifies Despite growing competition among perp DEXs, monthly trading volume remains 30% below January levels, although October saw a recovery to $657B. Meanwhile, @variational_io market share has grown 2.5x since January, reaching 11.9% in October, up 25.8% MoM, with $77.9B in trading volume.

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🏛 RWA Utilization in DeFi Reaches a New High Despite a 7% decline in total DeFi TVL in October, active TVL in the RWA sector rose 14.5% to a record $4.35B. @maplefinance leads with $1.42B, accounting for nearly 33% of the total, followed by @HastraFi and @centrifuge . Together, top three protocols represent 54% of total RWA DeFi active TVL.

📈 RWA Share of On-Chain Perps Volume Hits a New Monthly High RWA perpetuals accounted for 28.4% of total on-chain perps trading volume in October, up from 20.5% in September, marking a new monthly record. The increase was driven by growing RWA trading activity alongside declining volumes in other perps markets.

📊 DeFi TVL Fell 7% in October After Its Rebound DeFi TVL made a 7% correction in October after its three-month rebound, ending the growth streak. Bitcoin was the month’s strongest gainer, up 42%, while @arc climbed 21% to $628M after its September mainnet launch.

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