Bitcoin has crashed 70–80% multiple times. In 2018, it fell about 84%. In 2022, nearly 78%. Yet many long-term investors still see it as one of the strongest assets. Fear, hype and headlines move it short term, while scarcity, adoption and recovery shape its long-term story.

6/6 US bank regulator OCC finalizes GENIUS Act stablecoin rules, which take effect January 18, 2027. The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) is the first regulator to finalize its GENIUS Act rule, covering stablecoin issuers, reserve backing, redemption and custody

5/6 Switzerland’s regulator approves the country’s first Bitcoin ETF, open to retail investors. The fund invests directly in Bitcoin, and the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority (FINMA) exempted it from risk diversification rules.

4/6 Visa takes USDC stablecoin funding live on Visa Direct for cross-border payouts. Eligible businesses can now prefund Visa Direct payouts with USDC in near real time, as the service moves from pilot to commercial use.

3/6 Russia’s Moscow Exchange plans to launch Bitcoin trading for its clients from December 1. Testing with professional market participants is already underway, and the exchange says it needs no additional licenses to launch.

2/6 Mastercard opens Agent Pay for Machines to developers, letting AI agents pay within set budgets. Built on the open x402 protocol, its pilot used Coinbase for agent wallets and Base for on-chain settlement, with sellers paid in fiat or stablecoins.

THIS WEEK IN BITCOIN & CRYPTO ▶️ 1/6 Bitcoin carries the highest projected return and volatility in J.P. Morgan’s 2027 capital market assumptions. The 10% compound return covers 10 to 15 years, with 55% volatility, and J.P. Morgan has not included Bitcoin as an allocation.

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Gold has been a store of value for 5,000 years. Bitcoin has been around for just 17. So why do so many people call it “Digital Gold”? Like gold, Bitcoin is scarce and hard to fake. But unlike gold, it is digital, portable, divisible and available 24/7 across the world.

5/5 Samsung Wallet to offer USDC to US users from late October, powered by Coinbase. USDC will be the default dollar stablecoin in Samsung Wallet, with balances held through Coinbase Prime’s custody services.

4/5 Hong Kong plans a bill this year to license crypto trading, custody, advice and asset management. Secretary for Financial Services and the Treasury Christopher Hui said the bill will go to the Legislative Council before the end of 2026.

3/5 Tether signs agreement with Kazakhstan’s central bank to explore a tenge-pegged stablecoin. The agreement with the National Bank of Kazakhstan and the Alatau City Authority also covers a pilot for tokenizing real-world assets.

2/5 Robinhood adds $25 million worth of Bitcoin to its corporate balance sheet. This is the company’s first Bitcoin held on its own books, separate from the Bitcoin it holds for customers.

THIS WEEK IN BITCOIN & CRYPTO ▶️ 1/5 BlackRock cites study where AI models chose Bitcoin in 79.1% of long-term savings scenarios. The paper references a Bitcoin Policy Institute study of 36 AI models, which favoured stablecoins for payments and Bitcoin for preserving value.

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People often say Bitcoin has no intrinsic value. But does every valuable asset need physical or industrial use? Gold is valued because people trust it as a store of value. Currency, as a medium of exchange. Bitcoin works on a similar idea, in digital form.

3/3 Open USD stablecoin goes live, backed by Visa, Mastercard, Stripe, Shopify and Coinbase. The stablecoin launched on September 30 across Ethereum, Solana, Base and Tempo, issued by Stripe-owned Bridge with reserves held at BlackRock, BNY and Lead Bank.

2/3 Individuals added 107,000 Bitcoin so far in Q3 as every other group sold, River reports. River's data as of September 8 shows funds and ETFs down 39,000 Bitcoin, governments down 11,000 and businesses down 2,000 over the same period.

THIS WEEK IN BITCOIN & CRYPTO ▶️ 1/3 Coinbase and Citi expand partnership, letting Citi's institutional clients accept stablecoin payments. Coinbase converts the stablecoins to fiat and Citi settles the funds through Spring by Citi, starting in the US.

No bank. No cashier. No government. Yet Bitcoin moves billions every single day. So how does it actually work? This short video breaks down Bitcoin in the simplest way possible, no jargon, no hype, just the basics every beginner should know.