BF186 - Top Bitcoin News - 10/19/25

Bitcoin Fortress Podcast Show Notes — Episode 186

Date: Sunday, October 19, 2025 Block height: 919,829 Moscow Time index: 919 sats per dollar Mempool fees: 1/1/3 sats/vB (low/medium/high)

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• “Bitcoin and the Parable of the Talents” — Read it here (Bitcoin Fortress)

  A deeper look at stewardship, time-preference, and why stacking Bitcoin is about more than just price.

Books by Your Host

• Bitcoin Fortress: A Simple Guide to Bitcoin for Beginners

• Bitcoin Retirement and Estate Planning

• The Bitcoin Lifestyle

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Story Links & Topics Covered

Market Action & On-Chain

1. Massive ~$19 billion crypto‐market liquidation event (Oct 10-11) — Investopedia (Substack)

2. U.S.–China trade escalation triggers Bitcoin drop to ~$104,782 — Economic Times (Substack)

3. October tracking toward worst month in a decade for Bitcoin — CoinDesk (Substack)

4. Technical setups suggest breakout still possible this month if ~$105K is cleared — CoinCentral (Substack)

5. Institutional flows: mixed signals even in volatile markets — OneSafe Blog (Substack)

6. On-chain structure reveals market fragility (liquidity, leverage risk) — commentary / analytics.

Adoption & Institutional Channels 7. UK retail on-ramp: BlackRock launching bitcoin-linked ETP in UK — The Times 8. Corporate treasury mania under scrutiny — (analysis piece) 9. Potential wealth-rotation: gold slipping, Bitcoin holding relative strength — 99Bitcoins

Freedom Tech, Privacy & Infrastructure 10. Jack Dorsey: “Bitcoin is money, not crypto” framing — TradingView News

11. DeFi meets regulation discussion at FinTech Week D.C. — CoinDesk

12. Self-custody & rails (Lightning, Fedimint, federated wallets) gaining attention.

Policy, Regulation & Macro Cross-Currents 13. Financial Stability Board (FSB) warns of “significant gaps” in global crypto regulation — Reuters

14. U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) chair: U.S. is a decade behind on crypto regulation — Bitget News

15. ~$14-15 billion Bitcoin seizure from global scam spanning Cambodia — AP News

16. Stablecoin operational risk: Paxos accidentally mints $300 trillion PYUSD —

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