The week of Oct. 19-25 brings a dense lineup of crypto and related tech events. Among the headline items, SpaceX is scheduled to publish its third-quarter financial and operating results on Oct. 20 after the U.S. market close. Fables plans its TGE on the same day with an initial circulating cap of 75 million tokens. On Oct. 21, Solana’s Alpenglow mainnet beta is set to activate, with expected finality dropping from 12.8 seconds to 150 milliseconds. Aerodrome and Velodrome are also due to begin their merger that day, with Aero already outlining token conversion terms.
Oct. 19
CME Group plans BCH and UNI futures launch
According to Decrypt, CME Group said it plans to launch Bitcoin Cash (BCH) and Uniswap futures on Oct. 19, subject to regulatory approval. The standard BCH contract will represent 250 BCH, while the micro contract will represent 25 BCH.
Earlier, digital asset manager Grayscale applied to convert its Bitcoin Cash Trust into a spot ETF to be listed on NYSE Arca.
Binance to suspend IOTX deposits and withdrawals
Binance said it expects to suspend deposits and withdrawals for tokens on the IoTeX (IOTX) network at 9:00 a.m. Beijing time on Oct. 19, 2026, to support a network upgrade and hard fork. The IoTeX team plans to carry out the upgrade and hard fork at block height 53,533,081, with the event expected at 10:00 a.m. Beijing time on the same day.
Upbit to delist ICX/KRW
South Korean crypto exchange Upbit said it will end trading support for ICX/KRW at 3:00 p.m. KST on Oct. 19, 2026. Open orders will be canceled, and withdrawals will remain available through Nov. 18.
Upbit said it had designated ICX as an investment warning item on Aug. 28 and later determined that the reasons for the designation had not been resolved. The exchange said the ICON network suffered a replay attack on Aug. 27, during which two signed withdrawal messages were reused 1,492 times, releasing 119.9 million ICX and 531,600 bnUSD. The network was down for about 25 hours. After the notice, Upbit said it would no longer support ICX airdrops, wallet upgrades, migrations, or hard forks.
Oct. 20
SpaceX to report third-quarter financial and operating results
According to an official notice, SpaceX plans to release its financial and operating results for the third quarter of 2026 on Oct. 20. The company will also hold an audio-only online earnings call at 3:30 p.m. U.S. Central Time that day, which corresponds to 4:30 a.m. Beijing time on Oct. 21.
Coinbase to suspend BLAST trading after Blast shutdown
Ethereum Layer-2 network Blast said it is shutting down after operating costs exceeded revenue, and it began liquidation on Oct. 2. Coinbase will suspend BLAST trading on Oct. 20. Users must withdraw assets by Oct. 26. After that, any remaining operations will need to go through Blast’s bridge contract on Ethereum. BTSE, Bitvavo, and Bybit have also announced delistings or trading suspensions for BLAST.
BLAST is down about 99% from its peak and was recently quoted at about $0.00024. Blast’s total value locked has also fallen from a peak of $2 billion in June 2024 to roughly $24 million to $32 million.
Fables to hold TGE with 75 million initial circulating cap
Robinhood on-chain DEX Fables said FABLES will hold its token generation event on Oct. 20 and launch its ve(3,3) model at the same time. At TGE, the combined amount of FABLES tied to the PROLOGUE reserve, points claims, and liquidity for the initial pool will not exceed 75 million. Team tokens will not enter circulation.
The points campaign will continue through Oct. 19 at a pace of 250 million points per week. Participants must choose between claiming liquid FABLES or locking into veFABLES from Oct. 12 to Oct. 19. Wallets that do not complete a selection will lose eligibility. Another 25 million FABLES will be reserved for PROLOGUE holders, with the claim window opening at TGE and remaining open for one month.
StandX says it will not issue a token
StandX said on X that it will airdrop DUSD to users, with no lock-up period, and that the platform will not conduct a token issuance. The airdrop claim window will open on Nov. 1 and close on Dec. 31.
StandX also said its perpetual futures business will move to reduce-only mode starting Oct. 20. All positions will be closed on Jan. 15, 2027, and withdrawal and redemption services will close on Jan. 31, 2027. The team said a full announcement with detailed arrangements will follow.
Mint Blockchain sets Oct. 20 deadline for asset withdrawals
Mint Blockchain said the network officially ceased operations on April 17, 2026. The project urged users to move on-chain assets to Ethereum mainnet as soon as possible, including ETH, WBTC, USDC, and USDT.
According to the notice, users must complete the migration through the official withdrawal channel by Oct. 20, 2026.
Osmosis targets Oct. 20 for on-chain vote on ending OSMO inflation
Osmosis said its community forum has opened discussion on a proposal to end OSMO inflation issuance. The proposal would stop daily OSMO minting through the mint module, with staking rewards coming entirely from protocol revenue. At the current burn rate, about 2% of OSMO supply is burned each year, with no new issuance to offset it.
The target date for putting the proposal on-chain is Oct. 20. Daily developer vesting releases would also be paused. About 51.9 million OSMO remains in the vesting module account, and any future release would require a separate governance decision.
Oct. 21
Solana Alpenglow mainnet beta to activate
Anza said the Solana Alpenglow mainnet beta will activate at 14:50 UTC on Oct. 21, 2026. After the upgrade, transaction finality is expected to fall from about 12.8 seconds to 150 milliseconds.
Alpenglow will replace the current TowerBFT voting mechanism with Votor. Validators will no longer need to write every vote on-chain. Instead, they will confirm consensus through direct communication and smaller aggregated records. The network is expected to keep the current system for about 18 minutes before switching to Votor once staked SOL reaches 82% of the validator set.
Another Alpenglow component, Rotor, will change how new blocks are distributed among validators, though no activation date has been announced. This upgrade only includes Votor, and Solana will focus for now on replacing the consensus mechanism. The report was cited from Bitcoin.com News.
Aerodrome and Velodrome merger to begin with token conversion plan
Aero published the token conversion terms and timeline for the Aerodrome-Velodrome merger. The merger will begin at 8:00 p.m. Eastern Time on Oct. 21, when token emissions on both legacy platforms will stop.
Existing AERO can be exchanged 1:1 for new AERO. Each VELO will be exchangeable for about 0.044 AERO, and that ratio applies to both circulating and locked tokens. Aero said the VELO conversion ratio depends on supply at launch. Aerodrome holders will receive 94.5% of the new supply, while Velodrome holders will receive 5.5%.
Existing veAERO and veVELO positions will convert into new sAERO positions. Remaining lock periods will carry over and be rounded up to full weeks, while permanent locks will become maximum-term stakes. Tokens will not be swapped automatically. Users holding self-custodied assets will need to use the Aerodrome or Velodrome upgrade portal and first claim rewards and rebase distributions and clear active votes.
The new model will replace the weekly voting cycle with real-time allocation. sAERO holders will be able to direct rewards straight to liquidity pools and accrue returns tied to exchange revenue. A 47-hour cooldown period will apply during the initial allocation adjustment phase. The merger was announced in November 2025, and developer Dromos Labs had originally planned to complete it in the second quarter of 2026.
Oct. 22
No major scheduled events were listed.
Oct. 23
Apple’s foldable iPhone Duo to go on sale
On Sept. 10, Apple unveiled its first foldable phone, the iPhone Duo. When unfolded, it features a 7.6-inch inner display, the largest ever on an iPhone. When folded, it uses a 5.4-inch outer display with an area equal to 90% of the iPhone 18 Pro screen. Both displays support ProMotion, always-on display, and up to 3,000 nits of outdoor brightness.
The device uses a dual-battery design and supports up to 44 hours of video playback when using the outer display. It comes in Star White and Night Sky, with 256GB, 512GB, 1TB, and 2TB storage options. U.S. pricing starts at $1,999. Pre-orders began on Oct. 16, and the phone will officially go on sale on Oct. 23, with China and more than 70 other countries and regions included in the first wave.
Venus to end support for opBNB, Optimism, and Unichain
Venus Protocol will stop supporting opBNB, Optimism, and Unichain on Oct. 23.
REX Shares and Osprey update filing for staked SEI ETF
Sei Network said on X that REX Shares and Osprey Funds have updated their filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission for a staked SEI ETF and set Oct. 23 as the effective date. The proposed ETF would provide spot SEI exposure and staking yield.
REX Shares and Osprey Funds have previously filed similar ETF applications tied to NEAR, HYPE, SUI, and AVAX.
Oct. 24
No major scheduled events were listed.
Oct. 25
No major scheduled events were listed.