Daily Market Wrap | Oct. 17

Hot Topics

• Fed Governor Barr warned of stablecoin risks like run vulnerability and regulatory arbitrage, urging strong GENIUS Act rules to ensure user and financial system safety.
• Bitcoin dropped below its 200-day SMA to $106,900, down 7% weekly, with $500M ETF outflows and risk-off sentiment pushing 10-year Treasury yields to a 3.94% low since April.
• Florida’s House Bill 183 allows up to 10% of state and pension funds to invest in bitcoin and crypto ETFs, effective July 2026, following federal bitcoin reserve policy.

Market Updates

• KPMG reports stablecoins can cut cross-border payment costs by 99% and settle in seconds, freeing up liquidity in the $150T market, with banks like JPMorgan and PayPal leading adoption.
• Uniswap's web app now supports Solana for SOL token swaps, aiming to reduce DeFi fragmentation, with bridging and cross-chain swaps planned next.