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Global trading markets for cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin, Ethereum, and XRP, encompassing price trends, exchange activity, and regulatory developments.
Bitcoin came within $650 of its $87,177 Friday high on Sunday while weekly US spot ETF inflows fell to about $83 million from $2.39 billion. October's seasonal record now has to carry a rally that fund money is backing at a fraction of September's pace.
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Bitcoin rose to $86,757 after August core PCE came in at 3.0% against 3.3% expected and October hold odds jumped to 74% from 35.8%. The year's sub-$1 billion ETF total understates the buying, because a strong third quarter first had to cover first-half redemptions.
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CryptoQuant's scarcity index for XRP on Binance has fallen to its lowest since January 2025, with the token trading around $1.10 to $1.13. The index is scored against a shrinking baseline, so it shows that supply is returning more clearly than it shows how much.
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Bitmine added 17,362 ether last week to hold about 4.9% of supply, while Strategy bought 1,665 bitcoin to reach 847,666. Both kept buying as prices eased, with Bitmine now near a 5% target it set itself and Strategy adding about 0.2% to its holdings.
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Bitcoin traded near $83,000, down about 1.8% in 24 hours, after Trump rejected Iran's seven-day ceasefire plan and Brent crude climbed back above $100 a barrel. Futures now price a 64% chance of an October 28 Fed hike, a rough setup for a non-yielding asset.
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The Senate's 49-50 procedural vote left the securities-versus-commodities test where it already was, with the SEC and CFTC free to keep writing rules under existing powers and those rules open to court challenge.
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Cryptobriefing traces every dollar of crypto's $740 billion gain since late August to the Treasury's expanded bond buybacks. Cointelegraph, reporting the same prices on the same day, does not mention it. Perpetual futures leverage is near $160 billion in both accounts.
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Japan's 10-year bond yield hit 3.075%, its highest since 1996, after the Bank of Japan raised its policy rate to 1.25%. BlackRock's scenario for money shifting home from Treasuries puts it at $55 billion, 5% of Japan's $1.1 trillion holding.
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The Fed, the Bank of England and the Bank of Japan all decide inside 72 hours, with Brent crude at $108 a barrel and ten-year Treasury yields nearing 5 percent, a level the report dates to 2007. Gilts are higher still.
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CME futures now put 86.5% odds on a 25-basis-point Fed hike next week, up from roughly 69% just after the core CPI print. About 21.6 basis points of that hike already sit in the curve bitcoin trades against.
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Isabelle Mateos y Lago's revised forecast starts tightening in December 2026, and it leans on a headline CPI of 3.4% whose core component is running a full point lower at 2.5%.
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A developer published the losing number instead of the equity curve, along with the four specific mechanisms that had made an unprofitable strategy look profitable.
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