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Celestia and Injective Rally, Pulling Leverage Back Into Altcoins
Celestia and Injective rose more than 20% from Thursday's low as futures bets grew faster than their prices, a pattern Glassnode has tied to market froth.
By Alex O'Donnell
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Bitcoin Price Rebounds to $82K as Fed Hike Odds Drop to 15%
Bitcoin held near $82,000 on Friday after traders cut the odds of an October Fed rate hike to about 15% from 28%, with Bitfinex eyeing $83,000 as the next test.
By Alex O'Donnell
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Bitcoin Mining Difficulty Set for Biggest Jump Since June as Price Trails Production Cost
Bitcoin mining difficulty is set to rise about 6.7% on Friday, the most since June, with BTC about 3% below the $85,000 JPMorgan estimates it costs to mine.
By Alex O'Donnell
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Which Way Will Bitcoin Break? Cost-Basis Levels May Hold the Answer
Bitcoin slipped toward $80,000 after a hot CPI print, but the real pull on its direction is investors’ six-month to two-year cost-basis levels
By Ray Salmond
1 day ago
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Ethereum Price Falls Further Against Bitcoin Even as ETF Outflows End
Ethereum fell about 3.6% on Wednesday and broke its Oct. 8 low against Bitcoin, a day after US spot Ethereum ETFs ended a $783 million outflow streak.
By Alex O'Donnell
2 days ago
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Why Did Bitcoin Only Fall 2% on Hot Inflation Data?
Bitcoin fell about 2% after hot US inflation data lifted the odds of an October Fed rate hike to 47%, a smaller drop than the Bitwise CIO had expected.
By Alex O'Donnell
2 days ago
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Why Strategy Is Pouring Cash Into STRC Instead of More Bitcoin
Strategy bought 250 Bitcoin last week and spent $192.4 million buying back STRC preferred stock to hold it near $100, ahead of an Oct. 28 dividend vote.
By Alex O'Donnell
3 days ago
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Has Bitcoin Bottomed? Analysts Say Yes Despite US Funds Selling
Analysts say Bitcoin has bottomed after it held $81,500 twice in a week, but US spot Bitcoin funds have lost about $452 million to outflows in October.
By Alex O'Donnell
3 days ago
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Agentic DeFi Is Stuck, but Execution Is How It Scales
Opinion: More than 575,000 AI agents are registered on-chain, yet a July report put x402's adjusted lifetime volume at just $15 million. Execution is the missing piece.
By Cecilia Zhang
3 days ago
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XRP Price Slips as Evernorth Debuts With 473M Coins From Ripple and Backers
XRP slipped about 2% as Evernorth began trading on Nasdaq with 473 million XRP, most of it contributed by Ripple and backers rather than bought in the market.
By Alex O'Donnell
4 days ago
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Altcoin Season Index Climbs as Small Caps Outrun Bitcoin
CoinMarketCap’s Altcoin Season Index climbed on Monday as small caps beat Bitcoin, touching 65 in the morning, 10 points short of altcoin season.
By Alex O'Donnell
4 days ago
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Bitcoin Price Risks Tumble Below $80K: Can Bulls Still Reach $100K?
Bitcoin’s drop to $80,400 flushed newly opened longs. Was it a market reset, or will this week’s CPI print decide whether $100K is still in play?
By Ray Salmond
5 days ago
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Ethereum Price Hits Lowest vs Bitcoin Since August as Buyers Retreat
Ethereum fell about 8% in a week, more than twice Bitcoin's drop, as US spot ETH funds kept selling and Bitmine said it will stop buying at 5% of supply.
By Alex O'Donnell
1 week ago
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Bitcoin Price Steadies Above $82K as US Gov't Coins Move Into Custody
The US government moved about 17,700 BTC to Coinbase Prime this week. K33 says most went into custody, and the larger sale risk now sits with Bitfinex.
By Alex O'Donnell
1 week ago
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Starknet Price Climbs 26% as It Floats Quantum-Resistant Split From Ethereum
Starknet's STRK rose about 26% after the network said it may leave Ethereum to become quantum-resistant by 2027, with futures activity surging alongside the gain.
By Alex O'Donnell
1 week ago
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Bitcoin Price Breaks Below $82K as BlackRock's Fund Joins the Sellers
US spot Bitcoin funds lost $484.9 million on Wednesday, the most since June, as BlackRock's IBIT turned seller and Bitcoin slid below $82,000 on Thursday.
By Alex O'Donnell
1 week ago
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How Is Crypto Taxed? Even a $2 Swap Leaves a Record
More crypto use means more crypto tax records. See which small transactions new US bills could ease, which stay taxable, and who gets left out.
By Ayesha Aziz
1 week ago
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Is 'Uptober' Over? Bitcoin Stalls Below $85K as Yields Hit 24-Year High
Bitcoin weakened as bond yields hit a 24-year high and US stocks sold off. Is 'Uptober' and its $90K–$100K upside off the table, or do the bullish catalysts hold?
By Ray Salmond
1 week ago
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