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LABITCONF
ConferencesFriday 30 October
A Latin American Bitcoin and blockchain conference, held since 2013.
| Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday | Saturday | Sunday |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2Silk Road closed, 2013 | 3 | 4 | |||
| 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10Liquidation crash, 2025 | 11 |
| 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16Mt. Gox deadline | 17 | 18 |
| 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23Plan ₿ Forum | 24Plan ₿ Forum | 25 |
| 26 | 27 | 28Fed decision | 29PCE inflationFirst bitcoin ATM, 2013 | 30LABITCONFOptions expiry | 31LABITCONFBTC Balkans1 more |
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Events in October 2026
Friday 2 October28 days ago
FBI shuts down Silk Road, 2013
13 years ago. The FBI shut down Silk Road, a hidden online market for illegal drugs where buyers paid in bitcoin, and arrested Ross Ulbricht, who was later convicted of running it.
PolicySourceCNNMoney, 2 October 2013 (archived copy)
Saturday 10 October20 days ago
The biggest liquidation crash on record, 2025
1 year ago. About $19 billion of leveraged crypto trades were liquidated in 24 hours, the largest such event on record, after President Trump announced an extra 100% tariff on Chinese imports. Liquidations happen when exchanges forcibly close borrowed bets that have lost too much.
MarketsSourceCoinDesk Research, Market Spotlight: Inside Crypto's $19 Billion Liquidation Event
Friday 16 October14 days ago
Mt. Gox repayment deadline moved to 2027
Mt. Gox's rehabilitation trustee, with the court's permission, moved the deadline for repaying the collapsed exchange's creditors from 31 October 2026 to 31 October 2027, because many creditors had still not completed the steps needed to be paid.
PolicySourceMt. Gox Rehabilitation Trustee, Notice Concerning Change of Repayments Deadline (16 Oct 2026, English translation)
Friday 23 October7 days ago
Plan ₿ Forum
A two-day Bitcoin conference.
Conferences · Until 24 Oct · Palazzo dei Congressi, Lugano, SwitzerlandSourcePlan ₿ Forum (organiser)Venue and dates
Wednesday 28 October2 days ago
Fed interest-rate decision
The Federal Reserve announces its interest-rate decision at the end of a two-day meeting.
Markets · 18:00 UTCSourceFederal Reserve FOMC meeting calendar
Thursday 29 OctoberYesterday
US inflation report (PCE)
The US Bureau of Economic Analysis publishes personal income and spending for September 2026, including the PCE price index, the inflation measure behind the Federal Reserve's 2% goal.
Markets · 12:30 UTCSourceBEA release schedule ("Personal Income and Outlays")
The first bitcoin ATM opens, 2013
13 years ago. A bitcoin ATM made by Robocoin went live in a Waves Coffee House in downtown Vancouver, Canada. CBC News reported it as a world first: after scanning the customer's palm, it swapped Canadian dollars for bitcoin and back.
MilestonesSourceCBC News, World's first bitcoin ATM opens in Vancouver, 29 Oct 2013What happened
Friday 30 OctoberToday
LABITCONF
A Latin American Bitcoin and blockchain conference, held since 2013.
Conferences · Until 31 Oct · Centro Costa Salguero, Buenos Aires, ArgentinaSourceLABITCONF (organiser)Venue and dates
Monthly bitcoin options expiry
Deribit's monthly bitcoin options and futures expire, settled at the average of its bitcoin price index from 07:30 to 08:00 UTC.
Markets · 08:00 UTCSourceDeribit, Contract Introduction Policy ("Monthly options expire on the last Friday of each calendar month at 08:00 UTC")
Saturday 31 OctoberTomorrow
BTC Balkans
A two-day, community-run Bitcoin conference for the Balkans, with keynotes, panels and workshops.
Conferences · Until 1 Nov · Inter Expo Center, Sofia, BulgariaSourceBTC Balkans (organiser)Venue and dates
The Bitcoin whitepaper, 2008
18 years ago. Satoshi Nakamoto announced the paper "Bitcoin: A Peer-to-Peer Electronic Cash System" on the Cryptography Mailing List, describing electronic cash that works without a bank or other trusted third party.
MilestonesSourceSatoshi Nakamoto Institute, "Bitcoin P2P e-cash paper" email (dated 31 Oct 2008, 18:10:00 UTC)What happened