Monday, October 19: Hex founder's cash-and-cold-wallet haul. JPMorgan upgrades Intel. Centinela strike ends.

The Triple Tape — Monday, October 19, 2026. Morning briefing across crypto, stocks, and metals. Crypto: Turkey confirms Hex/PulseChain founder Richard Heart's Istanbul detention — $7.15M cash, six cold wallets, weapons seized (The Block); nine issuers incl. Broadcom, Verizon, CoreWeave, UnitedHealth object to tokenized trading on OKX–ICE venue, Nasdaq opts out (The Block, CoinDesk, WSJ); ~$52M of weekend chip-stock perpetuals liquidated in 10 minutes on Binance/Hyperliquid (CoinDesk, CoinGlass); Deutsche Bank crypto custody live in Germany within weeks, Asia in 2027 (CoinDesk/Reuters); Latvia moves to withdrawal-based crypto tax and eyes crypto tax payments next year (CoinDesk, Saeima). Tape (CoinGecko, 24h): HBAR −4.5%, ZEC +2.7%, SUI +2.4%. BTC ~$82.8K. Stocks: Trump waives Russia sanctions/tariffs; Brent −2% to ~$107.57 (Reuters); JPMorgan upgrades Intel to neutral, $85 target; CoreWeave CDS at distress levels, bonds ~15–16% (Reuters, CNBC); SoftBank in early talks for Allied Universal at up to $18B (WSJ); BoE's PRA examines Barclays private-credit swap classification (FT). Friday earnings: Travelers core EPS $9.18 beat, closed +1.5%; Truist $1.16 miss; M&T $5.08 beat; Regions $0.73 beat. Premarket (Yahoo): ALAB +4.6%, INTC +3.8%, LRCX +3.6%. Nasdaq futures ~+1% after China Q3 GDP 4.5% beat. Metals: Centinela strike ends as unions ratify 36-month Antofagasta deal (Reuters/Mining.com); China record Q3 aluminium output 11.84 Mt (NBS via Reuters); Warsh gives no October hike signal, gold ETF holdings up 13 straight weeks (Bloomberg, CNBC); Project Vault readies ~$1B in loans for U.S. manufacturers (Mining.com); Greenland parliament backs seabed-mining ban through 2029 (Mining.com, Copenhagen Post). Tape (COMEX futures): platinum +1.5%, palladium +0.7%, silver +0.6%. Calendar: Quiet U.S. data Monday. Fifth Third before the open; Steel Dynamics, Zions, Western Alliance, Cleveland-Cliffs also reporting. Housing starts Tue, jobless claims Thu, flash PMI + final UMich Fri. Fed quiet period ahead of the Oct 27–28 FOMC; Tesla and Meta report this week. Takeaway: Watch whether Monday's chip bounce holds once real share prices replace weekend guesses — after a $52M Saturday flush in crypto-traded chip contracts, CoreWeave's bonds still flashing stress, and JPMorgan's Intel upgrade. Show: The Triple Tape · bytewiseapps.com/the-triple-tape