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According to Lookonchain’s monitoring, a mysterious whale address has sold 229 Bitcoin (BTC) worth approximately $19.1 million, then purchased 7,469.8 Ethereum (ETH).

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US crypto-related concept stocks reversed earlier losses to trade higher, with MSTR rising 2.04%.

According to market data from BIT (Bit.com), US crypto-related stocks have turned from losses to gains, with the following performance: MSTR up 2.04%, COIN up 2.08%, CRCL up 0.91%, SBET up 0.93%, BMNR up 1.01%, HOOD up 0.34%, and ABTC up 6.73%.

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Palantir hits an all-time high, with U.S. AI application software stocks remaining active.

According to market data from BIT (Bit.com), U.S. AI software stocks remain active. Palantir (PLTR.US) rose over 1% to hit a new high, while ServiceNow (NOW.US), Shopify (SHOP.US), and Salesforce (CRM.US) gained more than 3%. SAP SE (SAP.US), Snap (SNAP.US), and Workday (WDAY.US) each climbed over 1%. On the news front, Bank of America Securities upgraded Salesforce’s rating from Underperform to Buy, sharply lifting its target price from $160 to $285. In its report, BofA noted that although revenue directly tied to AI still accounts for a small share, it is optimistic about the long-term prospects of the company’s enterprise AI. Additionally, Ben Schneider, chief U.S. equity strategist at Goldman Sachs, and TMT expert Pete Callahan pointed out that the AI investment narrative is shifting from semiconductor capital expenditure to application-layer areas such as the "inference economy" and personal agents. Callahan bluntly stated that "programming AI is no longer a market secret", adding that the market is urgently searching for the next major AI story.

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AMD unveils Helion AI agent rack solution, with each rack supporting up to 32,768 CPU cores.

Beating AI News (from Dongcha) – AMD today announced the launch of the AMD Helion Agent AI Rack Solution. Built on an open infrastructure design compliant with Open Compute Project (OCP) specifications, the solution is engineered to meet the computing power demands of large-scale AI agent tasks, supporting flexible combinations of CPUs and GPUs. It offers two primary configurations: The first is a CPU-only rack powered by 6th Gen AMD EPYC processors, supporting up to 32,768 CPU cores, designed for hyperscale deployments, providing dedicated computing power for agent tasks and connecting to separate model inference infrastructure. The second is an integrated rack combining AMD EPYC CPUs, AMD Instinct MI350P GPUs, and general-purpose compute nodes, targeted at enterprise-grade agent AI applications. AMD states that Helion supports both liquid and air cooling configurations, allowing customers to adjust CPU and GPU resources based on their workload, performance, power consumption, and cost needs. The solution also integrates open-source software and hardware plus a built-in token router, enabling the distribution of agent model calls to both frontier and open-source models. AMD plans to submit the Helion specifications to the OCP for further community development and adoption. Currently, the solution is being developed in collaboration with ecosystem partners, with a launch scheduled for November 2026.

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Head of Microsoft’s AI Agents Bets on 2027: AI Will No Longer Wait for Queries, Delivering Work Results Directly via Information Streams

Beating AI News: Nicolas Bustamante, head of Microsoft’s proactive AI Agent team, predicts AI streams will become the mainstream interaction method by 2027. Chat-based models leave too much work to users—requiring them to figure out AI’s capabilities, write prompts, provide context, and repeatedly direct agents. For billions to use agents daily, not everyone can be expected to master these tasks. Bustamante’s envisioned AI stream works like an auto-updated to-do list: AI drafts emails needing responses; when sales data refreshes, team reports are prepped. Users browse it like social media, approving, editing, or ignoring items, only turning to chat for complex issues. Meta’s Muse already proactively suggests and executes tasks. The model also has commercial logic: as users open the stream daily, AI recommends restaurants, goods or services based on their plans, with clearly labeled ads covering the agent’s operational costs.

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A crypto whale reallocated its UBTC holdings into 16,700 ETH, worth $42.46 million.

According to monitoring by AI Aunt, a crypto whale address swapped its UBTC holdings for 16,704.47 ETH over the past 22 hours, worth approximately $42.46 million, at an average purchase price of around $2,541.89.

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Microsoft's stock price has hit a nearly one-year high, and the company announced plans to massively deploy its in-house developed AI chips.

According to BIT (Bit.com) market data, Microsoft’s stock price hit a near one-year high, rising 0.8% intraday. On the news front, Microsoft plans to gradually increase the use of its self-developed AI chips in data centers to reduce reliance on NVIDIA GPUs. Microsoft stated that it will mainly rely on its self-developed Maia chip architecture to handle AI model requests in the future, and plans to deploy several gigawatts of computing power on the Maia series chips. Microsoft unveiled its third-generation AI accelerator chip, the Maia 300, on Monday, which is expected to enter production in 2027. Each data center rack can hold 96 Maia 300 chips, double the number of the previous-generation Maia 200; compared with GPUs, its AI token processing capacity per rack can reach up to 7 times higher, and the number of tokens processed per megawatt increases by approximately 40%. Microsoft said the Maia 300 is expected to boost AI service performance and lower data center operating costs. Evercore ISI analysts forecast that by the first quarter of 2027, Maia chips will account for around 10% of Microsoft’s AI chip spending.

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US crypto-related concept stocks reversed earlier losses to trade higher, with MSTR rising 2.04%.

According to market data from BIT (Bit.com), US crypto-related stocks have turned from losses to gains, with the following performance: MSTR up 2.04%, COIN up 2.08%, CRCL up 0.91%, SBET up 0.93%, BMNR up 1.01%, HOOD up 0.34%, and ABTC up 6.73%.

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Palantir hits an all-time high, with U.S. AI application software stocks remaining active.

According to market data from BIT (Bit.com), U.S. AI software stocks remain active. Palantir (PLTR.US) rose over 1% to hit a new high, while ServiceNow (NOW.US), Shopify (SHOP.US), and Salesforce (CRM.US) gained more than 3%. SAP SE (SAP.US), Snap (SNAP.US), and Workday (WDAY.US) each climbed over 1%. On the news front, Bank of America Securities upgraded Salesforce’s rating from Underperform to Buy, sharply lifting its target price from $160 to $285. In its report, BofA noted that although revenue directly tied to AI still accounts for a small share, it is optimistic about the long-term prospects of the company’s enterprise AI. Additionally, Ben Schneider, chief U.S. equity strategist at Goldman Sachs, and TMT expert Pete Callahan pointed out that the AI investment narrative is shifting from semiconductor capital expenditure to application-layer areas such as the "inference economy" and personal agents. Callahan bluntly stated that "programming AI is no longer a market secret", adding that the market is urgently searching for the next major AI story.

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AMD unveils Helion AI agent rack solution, with each rack supporting up to 32,768 CPU cores.

Beating AI News (from Dongcha) – AMD today announced the launch of the AMD Helion Agent AI Rack Solution. Built on an open infrastructure design compliant with Open Compute Project (OCP) specifications, the solution is engineered to meet the computing power demands of large-scale AI agent tasks, supporting flexible combinations of CPUs and GPUs.
It offers two primary configurations: The first is a CPU-only rack powered by 6th Gen AMD EPYC processors, supporting up to 32,768 CPU cores, designed for hyperscale deployments, providing dedicated computing power for agent tasks and connecting to separate model inference infrastructure. The second is an integrated rack combining AMD EPYC CPUs, AMD Instinct MI350P GPUs, and general-purpose compute nodes, targeted at enterprise-grade agent AI applications.
AMD states that Helion supports both liquid and air cooling configurations, allowing customers to adjust CPU and GPU resources based on their workload, performance, power consumption, and cost needs. The solution also integrates open-source software and hardware plus a built-in token router, enabling the distribution of agent model calls to both frontier and open-source models.
AMD plans to submit the Helion specifications to the OCP for further community development and adoption. Currently, the solution is being developed in collaboration with ecosystem partners, with a launch scheduled for November 2026.

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Head of Microsoft’s AI Agents Bets on 2027: AI Will No Longer Wait for Queries, Delivering Work Results Directly via Information Streams

Beating AI News: Nicolas Bustamante, head of Microsoft’s proactive AI Agent team, predicts AI streams will become the mainstream interaction method by 2027. Chat-based models leave too much work to users—requiring them to figure out AI’s capabilities, write prompts, provide context, and repeatedly direct agents. For billions to use agents daily, not everyone can be expected to master these tasks. Bustamante’s envisioned AI stream works like an auto-updated to-do list: AI drafts emails needing responses; when sales data refreshes, team reports are prepped. Users browse it like social media, approving, editing, or ignoring items, only turning to chat for complex issues. Meta’s Muse already proactively suggests and executes tasks. The model also has commercial logic: as users open the stream daily, AI recommends restaurants, goods or services based on their plans, with clearly labeled ads covering the agent’s operational costs.

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A crypto whale reallocated its UBTC holdings into 16,700 ETH, worth $42.46 million.

According to monitoring by AI Aunt, a crypto whale address swapped its UBTC holdings for 16,704.47 ETH over the past 22 hours, worth approximately $42.46 million, at an average purchase price of around $2,541.89.

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Microsoft's stock price has hit a nearly one-year high, and the company announced plans to massively deploy its in-house developed AI chips.

According to BIT (Bit.com) market data, Microsoft’s stock price hit a near one-year high, rising 0.8% intraday. On the news front, Microsoft plans to gradually increase the use of its self-developed AI chips in data centers to reduce reliance on NVIDIA GPUs. Microsoft stated that it will mainly rely on its self-developed Maia chip architecture to handle AI model requests in the future, and plans to deploy several gigawatts of computing power on the Maia series chips. Microsoft unveiled its third-generation AI accelerator chip, the Maia 300, on Monday, which is expected to enter production in 2027. Each data center rack can hold 96 Maia 300 chips, double the number of the previous-generation Maia 200; compared with GPUs, its AI token processing capacity per rack can reach up to 7 times higher, and the number of tokens processed per megawatt increases by approximately 40%. Microsoft said the Maia 300 is expected to boost AI service performance and lower data center operating costs. Evercore ISI analysts forecast that by the first quarter of 2027, Maia chips will account for around 10% of Microsoft’s AI chip spending.

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Kripto para piyasası yeni haftaya alıcılı bir başlangıç yaptı. Toplam piyasa değeri yüzde 1,41 artarak 2,84 trilyon dolara yükselirken Bitcoin, TSİ 09.30 itibarıyla yüzde 1,19 değer kazanıp 83.958 dolara ulaştı. Ethereum da yüzde 2,46 yükselişle 2.562 dolardan işlem gördü. Fiyatlardaki toparlanmaya rağmen spot ETF’lerdeki para çıkışları ve yaklaşan ABD ekonomik verileri, piyasanın yönü açısından yakından izlenmesi gereken başlıklar arasında yer alıyor.

Bitcoin Ve Altcoin Fiyatlarında Son Durum Ne? Kripto Verileri Haftanın ilk işlem gününde yükseliş, büyük kripto para birimlerinin çoğuna yayıldı. XRP yüzde 1,43 artışla 1,41 dolara çıkarken Solana yüzde 3,12 yükselerek 112,78 dolara ulaştı. Böylece Bitcoin ve Ethereum’un yanı sıra önde gelen altcoin’lerde de pozitif fiyat hareketleri görüldü.

Son 24 saatin en güçlü performansını LayerZero (ZRO) sergiledi. ZRO yüzde 16,19 değer kazanarak günün en fazla yükselen altcoini oldu. MemeCore (M) ise yüzde 4,10 gerileyerek aynı dönemde en fazla değer kaybeden varlık olarak öne çıktı.

Bu tablo, piyasa genelindeki yükselişe rağmen bütün dijital varlıkların aynı yönde hareket etmediğini gösteriyor. Yatırımcıların yalnızca toplam piyasa değerine değil, varlıklar arasındaki performans farklarına da dikkat etmesi gerekiyor.

Rusya-Ukrayna Ateşkesi Piyasaları Nasıl Etkiliyor? ABD Başkanı Donald Trump, pazar günü Rusya ile Ukrayna arasında enerji sektörünü kapsayan ateşkesin derhal yürürlüğe girdiğini duyurdu. Ancak Ukrayna Devlet Başkanı Volodimir Zelenskiy, anlaşmanın ayrıntılarını beklediğini açıkladı ve enerji altyapısına yönelik saldırıların duyurunun ardından da devam ettiğini bildirdi. Bu gelişmeler, ateşkesin kapsamı ve uygulamasına ilişkin belirsizliğin sürdüğünü gösteriyor.

Anlaşma haberiyle birlikte Rusya’nın petrol arzının artabileceği beklentisi güçlendi ve petrol fiyatları geriledi. Enerji maliyetlerindeki düşüş ihtimali, enflasyon baskılarının hafifleyebileceği düşüncesini destekliyor. Bununla birlikte doların hareketleri ve jeopolitik gelişmeler, küresel piyasalardaki risk iştahını etkilemeye devam ediyor.

Kripto para piyasasının bu gelişmelere vereceği tepki, yalnızca ateşkes haberine değil, petrol fiyatlarının ve enflasyon beklentilerinin nasıl değişeceğine de bağlı olacak.

ABD Enflasyon Verileri Bitcoin Fiyatını Etkiler Mi? Bu hafta yatırımcıların gündeminde ABD’den gelecek ekonomik göstergeler bulunuyor. Çarşamba günü tüketici fiyat endeksi (TÜFE), perşembe günü ise üretici fiyat endeksi (ÜFE) ve perakende satış verileri açıklanacak. Rakamlar, ABD Merkez Bankasının (FED) faiz politikasına ilişkin beklentileri yeniden şekillendirebilir.

Enflasyonun yüksek kalması, FED’in faizleri daha uzun süre yüksek seviyelerde tutacağı beklentisini güçlendirebilir. Böyle bir görünüm, riskli varlıklar üzerinde baskı oluşturabilir. Buna karşılık fiyat baskılarının hafiflediğini gösteren veriler, yatırımcıların risk alma isteğini destekleyebilir.

Bu nedenle açıklamaların ardından doların, tahvil getirilerinin ve kripto varlıkların tepkisini birlikte değerlendirmek önem taşıyor.

Kripto ETF’lerinde Ne Kadar Para Çıktı? Fiyatların yükseldiği haftaya rağmen spot Bitcoin ve Ethereum ETF’leri önceki hafta önemli miktarda net çıkış kaydetti. Bitcoin ETF’lerinden 681,10 milyon dolar, Ethereum ETF’lerinden ise 542,07 milyon dolar ayrıldı.

Altcoin ETF’lerinde ise farklı yönlerde fon hareketleri yaşandı. BNB ETF’leri 1,43 milyon dolar, XRP ETF’leri 11,31 milyon dolar, LINK ETF’leri 9,48 milyon dolar, NEAR ETF’leri 13,05 milyon dolar, LTC ETF’leri 482,14 bin dolar ve AVAX ETF’leri 2,52 milyon dolar net giriş aldı.

Buna karşılık SOL ETF’lerinden 24,81 milyon dolar, ZEC ETF’lerinden 30,72 milyon dolar ve HYPE ETF’lerinden 9,43 milyon dolar net çıkış gerçekleşti. TRX, DOGE, HBAR ve DOT ETF’lerinde ise herhangi bir fon akışı kaydedilmedi.

Fiyatların yükselmesiyle büyük ETF’lerde para çıkışlarının aynı anda görülmesi, piyasanın farklı göstergeler üzerinden değerlendirilmesi gerektiğini ortaya koyuyor. Bu gelişmeleri takip ederek ekonomik verileri, ETF akışlarını ve altcoin performanslarını birlikte inceleyin.

Bu içerik kesinlikle yatırım tavsiyesi niteliği taşımamaktadır. Piyasalar yüksek risk içermektedir ve yatırım kararlarınızı almadan önce kendi araştırmanızı yapmanız önemlidir.

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Some assets from the FTX saga are still finding new homes. The latest is a fleet of Bitcoin-mining sites that will now chase a different gold rush.

SWI Group has acquired approximately 77% economic interest in Genesis Digital Assets (GDA), the operator tied to FTX’s former Bitcoin-mining operations, for $500 million. The plan is to convert the infrastructure for artificial intelligence and high-performance computing workloads.

What SWI actually bought The deal closed on June 15, 2026. SWI secured its stake through a series of preferred shares rather than a straight purchase of common equity.

The headline asset is power. GDA controls 1.3 gigawatts (GW) of energized and approved grid connections spread across 15 facilities.

Most of those sites sit in Texas. A smaller set of facilities is located in Sweden.

Folded into SWI’s existing portfolio, the acquisition lifts the group’s AI-ready capacity to 3.6 GW.

SWI CEO Max-Hervé George framed the acquisition around one word: connectivity. He pointed to the value of power connections in digital infrastructure and described the move as a strategic pivot from crypto mining to AI workloads.

Why a bankruptcy asset became a hot property GDA’s assets spent years stuck in the FTX bankruptcy process. That meant capital, facilities and grid capacity sat in a kind of legal freezer while courts and creditors sorted out the wreckage.

The freezer door opened in mid-June 2026, when a lawsuit against GDA was dismissed. The acquisition closed in the same window, which suggests the dismissal cleared the path for a buyer to move.

What this means for investors and the mining sector There are real risks. Converting mining facilities into AI-grade data centers is not a simple swap. Mining rigs tolerate interruptions and rough conditions far better than AI clusters, which typically demand more robust cooling, networking and uptime guarantees.

That means the 1.3 GW figure represents potential, not finished AI capacity.

The geographic mix is worth watching. Texas has become a magnet for energy-intensive computing, which concentrates SWI’s exposure in a single grid market. The Swedish sites add some diversification, though they represent the minority of the footprint.

The preferred-share structure is also notable. Owning approximately 77% economic interest through preferred shares gives SWI a dominant financial position, though the exact terms of governance and control were not detailed in the deal summary.

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WSJ: FTX's former Bitcoin mining asset is now integrated into the AI ​​boom

Bitcoin is trading between key support and resistance levels as bearish divergence limits its short-term momentum. Ethereum, Solana, XRP, and Chainlink are also consolidating around important price levels. Meanwhile, traders are watching Wednesday’s U.S. CPI inflation report and Thursday’s PPI data for clues about the Federal Reserve’s next move. Oil prices and the U.S. dollar could also influence market sentiment. These macroeconomic developments may affect Bitcoin’s recovery and the direction of the broader crypto market.

Bitcoin has been trading between support at $80,000–$82,000 and resistance at $86,000–$88,000. The price has struggled to break above resistance in recent weeks.

Bearish divergence on the daily and three-day charts suggests that buying momentum remains limited. Bitcoin could continue moving sideways or experience a minor pullback if it fails to break above resistance.

Meanwhile, the liquidation heatmap identifies a liquidity zone around $84,500–$84,600, which could act as a short-term price target. However, a move toward this level is not guaranteed.

The weekly Supertrend indicator remains green, and a longer-term bullish divergence is still present. These signals suggest that the broader trend remains positive, despite weaker short-term momentum.

Ethereum Price AnalysisEthereum price is holding support near $2,400, but bearish divergence continues to limit its short-term momentum.

A break below $2,300 could weaken ETH’s current bullish structure. Until then, the price could continue consolidating around its current levels.

Ethereum may also follow Bitcoin’s direction as both cryptocurrencies trade within established ranges.

Solana Price AnalysisSolana is holding the $107–$110 support zone. Although its broader price structure remains bullish, bearish divergence suggests that further gains could be limited in the near term.

SOL could continue consolidating above support rather than immediately moving toward recent highs. A sustained move will depend on market conditions and buying momentum.

XRP Price AnalysisXRP price continues to trade between approximately $1.30 and $1.60. Bearish divergence on the daily chart indicates that buying momentum remains weak.

The price could remain within this range or experience a modest pullback if buyers fail to push it higher. Bitcoin’s next move could also influence XRP’s short-term direction.

Chainlink Price AnalysisChainlink has recovered from the $11.80–$12.30 support zone but faces resistance between $14.10 and $14.40.

Bearish divergence on the three-day chart suggests that LINK could continue consolidating below this resistance. While its broader bullish structure remains intact, a sustained move above $14.40 would strengthen the case for further gains.

What Could Influence Crypto Prices This Week?The reopening of the U.S. stock market could influence cryptocurrency trading this week as investors respond to broader market conditions. For now, the technical analysis points to consolidation across Bitcoin and major altcoins. Bitcoin’s ability to break above resistance or hold its support zone could help determine the next short-term direction for the wider crypto market.

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Kripto para piyasasında uzun vadeli yatırım fırsatları yeniden gündeme gelirken Bitwise Baş Yatırım Direktörü (CIO) Matt Hougan, gelecekte öne çıkabilecek kripto varlıklara ilişkin dikkat çekici değerlendirmelerde bulundu. Ethereum (ETH), Solana (SOL), Chainlink (LINK) ve Hyperliquid (HYPE) projelerine dikkat çeken Hougan, stablecoinlerin ve varlık tokenizasyonunun önümüzdeki on yılda kripto sektörünün büyümesini destekleyebileceğini belirtti. Ünlü yönetici ayrıca Bitcoin’in uzun vadede yüz binlerce dolara ulaşabileceğini öngördü.

Matt Hougan’dan 4 Altcoin Açıklaması Bitwise Baş Yatırım Direktörü Matt Hougan, kripto para piyasasının uzun vadeli büyüme potansiyelini değerlendirirken özellikle Ethereum, Solana, Chainlink ve Hyperliquid projelerine dikkat çekti.

Hougan, Bitcoin, Ethereum, Solana ve Chainlink’i para birimlerinin değer kaybı ve tokenizasyon gibi uzun vadeli eğilimlerden yararlanabilecek önemli kripto varlıklar arasında gösterdi. Hyperliquid’in de bu gruba potansiyel olarak dahil olabileceğini ifade etti.

Özellikle Ethereum ve Solana’nın blockchain tabanlı finansal uygulamalardaki rolü, Chainlink’in veri altyapısı ve Hyperliquid’in merkeziyetsiz finans alanındaki faaliyetleri, söz konusu projeleri uzun vadeli büyüme beklentileri açısından öne çıkarıyor. Bununla birlikte Hougan, Zcash’in gizlilik odaklı yaklaşımına ve Venice’in yapay zeka uygulamalarına da değinerek farklı sektörlerde faaliyet gösteren kripto projelerinin rekabetine dikkat çekti.

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Matt Hougan’ın özellikle üzerinde durduğu projelerden biri Chainlink (LINK) oldu. Ünlü yönetici, Chainlink’in temel faaliyetlerinin güçlü olduğunu ve token ekonomisinde yapılabilecek iyileştirmelerin yatırımcılar açısından önemli fırsatlar oluşturabileceğini belirtti. Hougan’a göre kripto projelerinin yalnızca teknolojik gelişmelere odaklanması yeterli değil. Protokollerin oluşturduğu ekonomik değerin token sahiplerine nasıl yansıtıldığı da uzun vadeli başarı açısından önem taşıyor. Bu kapsamda token geri alımları, gelir paylaşımı, daha düşük token enflasyonu ve şeffaf kilit açılış takvimleri öne çıkan başlıklar arasında bulunuyor. Hougan, kripto topluluklarının gelecekte projeleri token sahipleriyle daha güçlü ekonomik bağlar kurmaya yönlendirebileceğini düşünüyor.

Bitcoin İçin Yüz Binlerce Dolarlık Tahmin Matt Hougan, altcoin projelerinin yanı sıra Bitcoin’in uzun vadeli fiyat potansiyeline ilişkin de dikkat çekici açıklamalarda bulundu. Hougan’a göre geleneksel yatırımcıların portföylerinin bir bölümünü Bitcoin ve altına ayırması, kripto para piyasasına önemli miktarda sermaye girişi sağlayabilir. Özellikle artan kamu borçları, devlet harcamaları ve itibari para birimlerinin satın alma gücüne ilişkin endişeler, Bitcoin’e yönelik alternatif değer saklama aracı talebini artırabilecek faktörler arasında gösteriliyor. Hougan, röportajında şu ifadeleri kullandı:

“Böyle bir düşünce ana akıma ulaşırsa, Bitcoin’e büyük akışlar görebilirsiniz.”

Ünlü yönetici, bu senaryonun gerçekleşmesi durumunda Bitcoin fiyatının uzun vadede yüz binlerce dolara ulaşabileceğini öngördü. Ayrıca Bitcoin’i risk ve getiri dengesi açısından kripto piyasasındaki en güçlü yatırım seçeneklerinden biri olarak değerlendirdi.

Bitwise CIO’su Matt Hougan, önümüzdeki on yılda kripto para sektörünün gelişimini şekillendirebilecek iki önemli eğilime dikkat çekti: stablecoinlerin yaygınlaşması ve gerçek dünya varlıklarının tokenizasyonu.

Hougan, değerlendirmesinde şu ifadeleri kullandı: “İki mega trend değer düşmesi ve stabilcoinlerin yükselişi ile tokenizasyondur.”

Stablecoinlerin küresel ödeme sistemlerinde daha fazla kullanılması ve hisse senedi, tahvil gibi geleneksel finansal varlıkların blockchain üzerinde temsil edilmesi, kripto altyapısına yönelik talebi artırabilir. Bununla birlikte kurumsal yatırımcıların sektöre katılımı, düzenleyici gelişmeler ve merkeziyetsiz finans (DeFi) uygulamalarının büyümesi de önemli faktörler arasında bulunuyor. Hougan, yatırımcıların bu gelişmeleri kısa vadeli fiyat dalgalanmalarından ziyade birkaç yıllık bir perspektifle değerlendirmesi gerektiğini savunuyor.

Değerlendirme Bitwise CIO’su Matt Hougan, Ethereum, Solana, Chainlink ve Hyperliquid projelerini uzun vadeli büyüme potansiyeli açısından dikkat çekici kripto varlıklar arasında değerlendirdi. Özellikle stablecoinlerin benimsenmesi, varlık tokenizasyonu ve kurumsal yatırımların artması, önümüzdeki yıllarda kripto para piyasasının gelişimini destekleyebilir. Hougan’ın Bitcoin için yüz binlerce dolarlık fiyat senaryosu ise geleneksel yatırımcıların kripto varlıklara daha fazla sermaye ayırması beklentisine dayanıyor. Ancak bu öngörülerin gerçekleşmesi piyasa koşullarına ve sektördeki gelişmelere bağlı olacak.

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Bitcoin’s next major move could depend on the US bond market. Treasury yields surged to their highest level in 24 years, making government bonds more attractive to investors and putting fresh pressure on cryptocurrencies.

According to Bitunix’s October market analysis, the benchmark 10-year US Treasury yield climbed above 5.35%. Bitcoin fell below $82,000, while selling spread across the wider crypto market.

The exchange warns that continued pressure from high bond yields could make a sustained crypto recovery difficult.

Why Rising US Bond Yields Threaten Bitcoin US Treasury bonds offer investors regular interest payments backed by the government. When their yields rise, investors can earn higher returns without taking the same risks associated with cryptocurrencies.

US LONG-TERM TREASURY YIELDS HIT A 24-YEAR HIGH

The 10-year yield briefly climbed to 5.35%, while the 30-year yield reached around 5.7% – levels not seen since 2002

The latest ISM services report added fresh pressure to the bond market, with the prices index rising to 74, its… pic.twitter.com/VHkzllH8dE

— BeInCrypto (@beincrypto) October 5, 2026 Bitcoin pays no fixed interest. As a result, higher Treasury yields can encourage investors to move capital into government bonds or hold cash.

Bitunix argues that this shift in investor preferences is creating additional pressure on Bitcoin and other speculative assets.

The risk extends beyond crypto. Higher yields also increase borrowing costs and can reduce the appeal of technology stocks. Bitunix reported weekly declines in crypto-linked equities, including Strategy and Circle.

However, the direction of bond yields remains critical. A sustained decline could improve investor appetite for risk and help Bitcoin recover.

Crypto Market Weakness Goes Beyond Bitcoin The broader crypto market suffered even heavier losses during October 3–9.

Bitcoin declined 3.80%, while Ethereum lost 8.39% and XRP fell 7.09%.

More importantly, only around 20% of the top 300 cryptocurrencies tracked by Bitunix recorded gains. Their median weekly return was -5.18%.

Decentralized finance tokens also struggled. Uniswap’s UNI declined 18.37%, while PancakeSwap’s CAKE lost 15.92%.

Yet speculative trading continues.

The Sandbox’s SAND rallied 57.71%, even as Bitunix found little evidence of improving project fundamentals. The exchange attributed the move primarily to trading sentiment and capital flows, although it could not establish the precise drivers.

Meanwhile, commodities followed a different path. Gold returned to $4,200, while Brent crude climbed above $100 per barrel.

SAND Token Price Rallied Over 80% in a Month. Source: CoinGecko October 14 Inflation Report Could Decide Bitcoin’s Direction The next major test comes on October 14, when the US releases September’s Consumer Price Index (CPI).

Bitunix cites an expected annual inflation rate of 3.6%, up from the previous 3.4%.

Higher-than-expected inflation could strengthen expectations that the Federal Reserve will keep interest rates elevated. Treasury yields could rise further, creating additional selling pressure on Bitcoin and other risk assets.

Conversely, softer inflation could ease pressure on bond yields and support a crypto recovery.

For traders, the key signal will be how Treasury yields react to the CPI data.

Bitunix’s central warning is that Bitcoin could remain vulnerable to further losses while US government bonds continue offering unusually attractive returns.

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Bitcoin climbed roughly 30% in a matter of weeks, broke a downtrend that had been building since spring, and cleared every major moving average traders follow. Then the Federal Reserve raised interest rates for the first time since 2023, the Senate trashed a major crypto bill, and two other federal regulators moved on separate crypto rules in the same stretch of days. The rally kept going anyway.

Bitcoin traded at $84,171.48 as of September 25, 2026, up 0.26% over the previous day, with a market cap near $1.7 trillion. That number, the BTC price USD quoted on Binance, tells only part of what’s actually going on. It trails Bitcoin’s all-time high of $126,198.07 by a wide margin, but it clears a resistance zone near $82,793 that chart analysts had flagged as a critical test back in early September. Clearing that level matters, since it puts Bitcoin within range of testing $90,000 and eventually this year’s peak, according to technical analysis published in the weeks before the rally accelerated. Holding there is a separate question, shaped by decisions coming out of Washington instead of anything visible on a chart.

That price action didn’t happen in a vacuum. Bitcoin’s surge coincided with a US Treasury decision to double buyback sizes for long-duration government debt, a move that eased pressure on longer-term yields and improved conditions for risk assets broadly. Weeks later, the Federal Reserve delivered its first interest rate hike since 2023, the Senate blocked a major digital asset bill in a procedural vote, and the SEC and CFTC each advanced separate crypto rulemaking within the same 48 hours. Four distinct forces, two calming and two complicating, hit Bitcoin inside a single month.

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Bitcoin climbed roughly 30% in weeks, clearing a downtrend since May and moving above its 21-day, 55-day, 100-day, and 200-day averages. August CPI held at 3.4% annual, 2.4% core, feeding directly into the Fed’s decision to hike. The Fed raised rates 25 basis points to 3.75%-4.00% on September 16, its first hike since 2023, with another signaled before year-end. The Senate blocked the CLARITY Act on September 15 in a 49-50 procedural vote, 11 votes short of passage. The SEC and CFTC each advanced separate crypto rulemaking that same week, even as Congress stalled. Why Did Bitcoin’s Technical Breakout Happen When It Did? Bitcoin spent from May through August 2026 carving out a pattern of lower peaks, the kind of structure technical analysts read as a sign that sellers are gradually gaining the upper hand. That pattern broke in early September, and reporting carried by Kitco News traced the change back to the US Treasury’s move to expand buybacks of long-duration debt, a technical but consequential decision that improved liquidity conditions across fixed income markets and, by extension, risk assets positioned further out on the risk curve.

The rally’s technical signature was hard to miss. Bitcoin moved above its 21-day, 55-day, 100-day, and 200-day moving averages within the same stretch, and the 21-day average crossed above the longer-term lines in what chart analysts call a golden cross formation. The move nearly erased the entire May-to-July decline in one push.

Reading the Moving Averages Correctly A moving average smooths out day-to-day price noise by averaging price over a set window, giving analysts a genuinely clear read on the underlying trend. When a shorter-term average, like the 21-day line, crosses above longer-term averages, that’s generally read as confirmation that momentum has actually changed direction instead of just bouncing within a range.

That confirmation means something, but it doesn’t guarantee anything. Technical patterns describe what price has already done. They say little for certain about what happens next, particularly when a major macro event, like a Federal Reserve decision, lands on the calendar just weeks away.

Resistance and support levels give traders a working map for the next test. Chart analysis pointed to $82,793 as a key level tied to a 61.8% Fibonacci retracement of this year’s earlier decline, with the 55-week and 100-week moving averages positioned nearby to reinforce that zone. A close above it opened the door toward $90,000 and eventually a retest of this year’s peak near $97,867. On the downside, a close below $75,674 or $71,781 would point toward a return to August’s lows and, in a worse scenario, back toward the 2026 low near $57,776. Bitcoin’s move to $84,171 already puts it above that $82,793 threshold, a development the technical picture by itself couldn’t have guaranteed given how quickly sentiment can turn on a single data release.

How Does August’s Inflation Data Change the Calculation? Technical momentum tells only half the picture for an asset as sensitive to monetary policy as Bitcoin has become. The Bureau of Labor Statistics reported that the Consumer Price Index rose 0.4% in August 2026, putting annual headline inflation at 3.4% and core inflation, which strips out food and energy, at 2.4%.

Both figures landed in line with what economists had expected heading into the release, but the report still mattered enormously for markets pricing Federal Reserve policy. It arrived as the final major inflation reading before the Fed’s September meeting, and traders responded by sharply raising the odds of a rate hike at that meeting, pushing expectations from a coin-flip toward near-certainty within days. CME FedWatch data showed hike odds climbing past 90% in the days following the CPI print, a swift repricing that left little room for the eventual decision to catch traders off guard.

Inflation running above the Fed’s 2% target changes the calculation for dollar-based investors weighing exposure to volatile assets. Higher inflation erodes the appeal of holding cash, which can theoretically support hard-asset narratives like Bitcoin’s. It also leaves a central bank less room to cut rates or hold steady, a dynamic that usually supports the dollar and pressures the exact kind of risk-on positioning that had been fueling Bitcoin’s rally in the first place. Those two effects pull in opposite directions, and which one dominates often comes down to how markets read the Fed’s next move.

What’s the Fed’s Reason for Raising Rates for the First Time Since 2023? The Federal Reserve’s Board of Governors confirmed on September 16, 2026 that the Federal Open Market Committee had voted to raise its target range for the federal funds rate to 3.75% to 4.00%, a 25 basis point increase and the central bank’s first hike since 2023. The committee’s statement described inflation as elevated and said the move would support a more timely return to its 2% goal. The vote itself came back unanimous, a detail that surprised some analysts given the mixed commentary from individual Fed officials in the weeks leading up to the meeting.

That decision preserved, and technically tightened, the restrictive liquidity backdrop Bitcoin has operated under for most of the past two years. Higher rates increase the opportunity cost of holding a non-yielding asset like Bitcoin, since idle cash suddenly earns a meaningful return in a savings account or Treasury bill after the hike. Restrictive policy also strengthens the dollar as a general rule, and the dollar has historically moved inversely with BTC/USD over extended stretches. The 10-year Treasury yield approached 5% around the same window, adding a further layer of pressure across financial markets outside crypto too.

What the Fed’s Updated Projections Signal Next The committee’s updated economic projections, released alongside the rate decision, showed most officials expecting at least one more rate increase before the end of 2026. That detail carries as much weight as the hike itself, since it tells markets the Fed views this move as one step in a longer process.

Markets had priced in a high probability of this outcome heading into the meeting, which helps explain why Bitcoin didn’t sell off sharply once the decision landed. A well-anticipated hike tends to land smoothly, absorbed into positioning that’s already in place well before the announcement. The more important signal for BTC/USD going forward may come down to the timing of that second hike, along with how the Fed characterizes inflation risk in the months between meetings.

Comparing the Signals: Technical Strength vs. Macro Pressure Signal Direction What It Suggests for BTC/USD Price trend since early September Bullish Broke downtrend, cleared key moving averages Golden cross formation Bullish 21-day average crossed above longer-term lines Treasury buyback expansion Supportive Eased pressure on long-duration yields August CPI (3.4% headline, 2.4% core) Mixed Inflation elevated but in line with forecasts Fed rate hike to 3.75%-4.00% Restrictive Raises opportunity cost, typically dollar-positive CLARITY Act blocked in Senate Uncertain Stalls comprehensive federal crypto framework SEC and CFTC rulemaking advances Mixed Agency-level progress despite legislative gridlock How Should You Read BTC USD Past a Single Rally? Treating Bitcoin’s September surge as a standalone technical event misses most of what’s actually driving it. A useful framework weighs price momentum, inflation data, Treasury market conditions, and regulatory developments together instead of in isolation, since each one shapes how much conviction stands behind any given move.

Congress added its own layer of uncertainty the same week. The Senate fell short of advancing the Digital Asset Market CLARITY Act on September 15, with the procedural motion landing at 49-50, four Republican senators joining Democrats to block it and far short of the 60 votes needed to proceed. Bitcoin dipped in the immediate aftermath before recovering later that week, coverage of the vote and the wider regulatory week noted, a pattern suggesting markets treated the setback as a delay instead of a verdict. Senator Thom Tillis preserved a path for reconsideration through a procedural motion, and separately, the SEC unveiled a five-year exemption framework for tokenized US equities while the CFTC forwarded its own crypto rulemaking proposals to the White House, both landing within the same 48-hour window as the failed Senate vote.

Richard Teng, Binance’s co-CEO, addressed this same dynamic during a 2026 industry discussion at Consensus Hong Kong. “At the macro level, I think people are still uncertain about interest rate movements going forward, and there’s always the trend of geopolitics,” he said. “Those weigh on these assets such as crypto.” That uncertainty shows up directly in Bitcoin’s current price action, strength on the chart running alongside a policy backdrop that hasn’t turned friendly on either the monetary or legislative front.

Short-term trading reactions and the deeper question of supportive liquidity conditions are two different things. A single rally, however sharp, doesn’t settle that question on its own.

How Should Traders Approach Conflicting Market Signals? Pairing a dated BTC/USD quote with the relevant macro release date makes a real difference. A price checked days after a Fed decision reflects a wholly separate moment in the market from the same price checked the morning before one, and conflating the two leads to reading unearned certainty into a single number.

Scenario planning tends to serve traders well in a market pulling in two directions at once. Several structured questions can help organize that thinking:

Does the technical breakout hold above $75,674 and $71,781, or does price slip back into the prior trading range? Does core inflation cool toward the Fed’s target over the next two CPI readings, reducing the odds of that second signaled hike? Does the CLARITY Act return for another Senate vote, and does the outcome change this time? Do Treasury yields keep easing on continued buyback support, or does that tailwind fade against a nearly 5% 10-year yield? Those questions carry no settled answers yet, and that’s precisely the point. Markets that price in conflicting signals, bullish technicals against restrictive policy and legislative uncertainty, tend to stay genuinely two-sided until one force clearly overwhelms the others. Trading decisions made without acknowledging that tension tend to age poorly regardless of which direction eventually wins out.

FAQ Does Bitcoin’s technical breakout guarantee the rally continues? Not on its own. A golden cross confirms price behavior that already happened. It doesn’t function as a forecast. Fed policy, inflation data, and regulatory outcomes can all override technical momentum.

Why didn’t Bitcoin fall after the Fed’s rate hike? Markets had already baked in a solid chance of the hike, according to CME futures and the August CPI data, so the announcement itself came as little surprise.

What will change the outlook for BTC/USD from here? Easing inflation, a friendly Fed, or fresh crypto legislation news would fuel the rally. A hotter-than-expected CPI print or more regulatory troubles will make the bulls retreat instead.

Published September 25, 2026. By James Stewart, a content writer and strategist covering finance, technology, and business. He believes strong content strategy starts with genuine curiosity, and his work spans multiple industries, including crypto and traditional markets. Connect via LinkedIn.

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Bitcoin has spent recent sessions trading in a relatively tight band between roughly $82,000 and $83,000, a range that has left many crypto industyr participants underwhelmed.

October has historically delivered some of the strongest average returns for the asset, earning the informal label “Uptober,” yet the current stretch has not produced the sustained advance many expected heading into the final quarter of 2026.

The contrast with the prior year is stark.

In early October 2025, Bitcoin printed an all-time high just above $126,000.

Days later, on October 10, a sharp market-wide liquidation event erased tens of billions in leveraged positions within hours.

Some market participants and exchange executives, including figures at OKX, pointed to operational or liquidity issues on Binance as a contributing factor.

Binance later acknowledged limited platform-specific problems, issued substantial user compensation, and maintained that core matching engines remained functional and that broader macro pressures plus concentrated liquidations were the dominant drivers.

No broad industry consensus emerged that any single venue caused the cascade.Roughly one year after that cycle peak, major alternative cryptocurrencies have also softened.

Ethereum, Solana, Cardano, and XRP are trading well below the levels seen around the 2025 highs, consistent with the broader pattern of reduced risk appetite once a market cycle tops.

The combination of still-elevated funding rates in prior periods, macro uncertainty, and the passage of time since the peak has left many tokens in a prolonged consolidation or mild downtrend.

As the calendar moves through the final quarter of 2026 and attention turns toward 2027, the central open question for Bitcoin is whether it can reclaim and hold above the $100,000 threshold.

Spot Bitcoin exchange-traded funds continue to record intermittent inflows, and institutional interest has not disappeared, yet the path higher has been slower and more uneven than the 2024–2025 advance.

Technical support near the low-$80,000s has held for now, but a decisive break either way would likely set the tone for the months ahead.

One relative bright spot has been Zcash.

The privacy-focused cryptocurrency has ranked among the more closely watched assets this year, aided by the launch and subsequent filings of spot ETFs that hold ZEC directly.

Products such as Grayscale’s ZCSH have attracted meaningful assets, while additional issuers, including groups linked to the Winklevoss family, have submitted registration statements proposing lower-fee alternatives.

These vehicles have expanded traditional market access and drawn fresh attention to the token even as broader altcoin sentiment remains subdued.

Looking beyond pure price action, global market participants are watching US regulatory developments for cues.

After the CLARITY Act failed to advance in the Senate—falling short on a key procedural vote—both the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) have indicated they will proceed with rulemaking under existing statutory authority.

Officials have described efforts to provide clearer frameworks for digital asset offerings and market structure, aiming to support innovation while the legislative route remains stalled.

Other jurisdictions often treat US policy as a reference point; continued progress at the agency level could influence capital allocation and product development worldwide as 2026 draws to a close.

Whether Bitcoin can stage a sustained move past $100,000 before or during 2027 will depend on a mix of macroeconomic conditions, ETF flows, regulatory clarity, and risk appetite across the digital-asset complex. For the moment, BTC price action near $82,000–$83,000 and the underwhelming October performance underscore that the recovery from the prior cycle top remains incomplete.

A regional South Korean lender has just done something none of the country’s banks had done before. Jeonbuk Bank now lets corporate clients borrow Korean won using Bitcoin as collateral.

The product launched on October 12, 2026, and is described as the first won-denominated loan in South Korea secured by Bitcoin.

Jeonbuk Bank, a subsidiary of JB Financial Group, says it plans to expand the offering depending on market demand and how regulations develop. For now, the door is open only to businesses.

How the loans actually work Jeonbuk Bank does not take custody of the Bitcoin pledged against these loans. Instead, it works with qualified virtual asset service providers that meet South Korea’s custody standards.

Those custodians must comply with local rules, including ISMS certification and the Virtual Asset User Protection Act. ISMS is South Korea’s information security management certification, essentially a government-backed stamp saying a firm’s data and systems meet a defined security bar.

The bank’s role is narrower. It handles valuation and lending, and it does not own or manage the Bitcoin sitting in custody.

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The loans are restricted to corporate clients. The money is meant for business operating funds, which covers payroll, suppliers, and keeping the lights on.

Only Bitcoin qualifies as collateral. The bank chose Bitcoin because of its superior liquidity and higher trading volume compared with other digital assets.

Pricing a volatile asset without losing sleep Jeonbuk Bank’s answer is a layered valuation process. It prices the collateral using weighted average prices drawn from multiple global exchanges rather than relying on a single venue.

The model also factors in volatility medians and runs stress tests.

Recovery in a default runs through court-ordered auctions under revised Civil Execution Rules, which took effect on October 1, 2026. The Bitcoin does not simply transfer to the bank when a borrower misses payments.

The timing is hard to ignore. The rule change landed less than two weeks before the product launched, giving the bank a legal path to recover value from seized digital assets.

A bank that wants to be a crypto bank The bank’s president has expressed a desire for Jeonbuk Bank to evolve into a “crypto bank.”

The product has been framed as paralleling offerings from global institutions such as JPMorgan Chase.

By outsourcing custody to licensed providers and routing defaults through the courts, the bank keeps a clear line between lending money and holding crypto directly.

What this means for Korean banking and crypto The most immediate impact falls on Korean companies that already hold Bitcoin. Until now, getting cash out of those holdings usually meant selling them.

Jeonbuk Bank has indicated it might eventually open the product to a wider range of clients and potentially accept other digital assets, depending on demand and the regulatory framework.

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Analysis: Bitcoin remains in the early stage of a long-term bull market, and may continue to consolidate sideways in the short term.

Crypto analyst Willy Woo said in a post that the Puell Multiple indicator currently shows Bitcoin (BTC) remains in the early stages of a bull market from a long-term structural perspective, while the market is in a sideways consolidation phase from a near-term structural standpoint. The Puell Multiple is used to roughly gauge the selling pressure exerted by Bitcoin miners.

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According to TradingBeats monitoring, a Hyperliquid whale address 0x45d2…4029 holds approximately 6.416 million ENA short positions, with a position value of around $1.54 million, using 10x full leverage at an average entry price of roughly $0.552. The address is currently sitting on an unrealized profit of about $2 million, translating to a position return of approximately 564.5% based on the initial leverage. This address has held ENA short positions since late September. As of press time, the ENA contract’s mark price is around $0.24, some 56.5% lower than the address’s average entry price.

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Former Acting Chair of the CFTC: No congressional legislation is needed, as the existing framework is sufficient to regulate the crypto market.

Former acting Chair of the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) and current Chief Legal Officer and Chief Administrative Officer at MoonPay, Caroline Pham, stated that the Commodity Exchange Act grants the CFTC broad regulatory authority, meaning the existing regulatory framework can cover emerging commodity sectors like crypto assets without waiting for congressional legislation. Pham believes the CFTC’s recently proposed rules will help strengthen protections for U.S. retail crypto traders. She noted that integrating relevant transactions into strictly regulated trading platforms is more conducive to investor protection than separate regulation by individual U.S. state laws. On stablecoins and tokenized deposits, Pham said tokenized deposits are more suited for wholesale financial markets. If all trades in a single trading day were settled via real-time atomic settlement on a blockchain, the required cash volume could hit $15 trillion—an amount existing funds cannot support. Banks currently offset counterparties’ receivables and payables through net settlement, so tokenized deposits will play a key role in wholesale markets; stablecoins, by contrast, are better for scenarios where counterparties lack trust and need to mitigate settlement risk. Additionally, Pham projects that over the next two years, the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) and Nasdaq will begin listing genuine tokenized stocks and generate substantial trading volume. She stressed that real tokenized stocks should retain shareholder rights such as voting power, distinguishing them from synthetic tokens not approved by the issuing company.

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Top crypto stocks have come under pressure in recent days as Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC), Ethereum (CRYPTO: ETH) and XRP (CRYPTO: XRP) have pulled back from their September highs. 

This article looks at some of the top crypto stocks to watch this week, including popular names such as BitMine (NASDAQ:BMNR), Strategy (NASDAQ:MSTR), Strive (NASDAQ:ASST) and BitGo (NYSE:BTGO).

Strategy Stock in Focus as Saylor Hints at Bitcoin BuyingMSTR stock has pulled back and moved into a local correction after falling by 10% from its highest point in September. This retreat has coincided with Bitcoin’s retreat from the September high of $87,200 to $83,000 today. 

The stock will be in the spotlight as it reveals its recent Bitcoin purchases. Michael Saylor has hinted that the company continued its purchases last week, saying that there was always room for "more orange."

Strategy is still the biggest Bitcoin holder in the world, with 848,000 coins valued at over $70 billion. The value of its holdings has jumped from the year-to-date low of over $49 billion.

In addition to Bitcoin purchases, Strategy has continued to use its recently raised cash to repurchase STRC’s shares in a bid to push its value to par. 

Strive in Focus on Bitcoin BuyingStrive, a company associated with Vivek Ramaswamy, will also be in focus this week as it reports whether it continued buying Bitcoin. In its last update, the company said it bought an additional 2,000 coins at $84,422 each. The purchase cost about $169 million and was funded through SATA, its preferred stock vehicle.

Strive has become one of the biggest Bitcoin holders in the world. It now holds 29,462 coins valued at over $2.4 billion, with its stock being up by over 285% from its lowest level this year.

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The company is now in the spotlight as it unveils its Ethereum buying report for last week. In its last report, the company said that it continued its buying spree, bringing its holdings to 6,016,414 coins. Its holdings are now equivalent to 4.9% of its total holdings, meaning that it will reach 5% soon. 

By ending the purchases, the company will now focus on generating revenue through staking. It will also stop diluting its shareholders through share sales. 

BitGo Stock in Focus Amid a $141 Million Legal BattleBitGo, one of the biggest custodian companies in the industry, has seen its stock drop by over 70% from its all-time high, with its market capitalization moving from $2.14 billion to the current $861 million.

The company will be in the spotlight as it faces a $141 million legal battle with World Liberty Financial, the project backed by the Trump family. DWF Maas and Falcon Digital have sued BitGo, claiming that it breached contracts by selling WLFI tokens before the agreed lock-up expiry. 

The most recent results showed that BitGo’s revenue rose by 79.6% in the second quarter to $4.32 billion. It also made a net loss of $19 million after making a $38.3 million profit in the same period a year earlier.

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According to Lookonchain monitoring, a mysterious crypto whale is selling Bitcoin to rebalance its holdings into Ethereum. The whale offloaded 410.14 Bitcoin worth $34.16 million, then bought 14,341 Ethereum on decentralized exchanges (DEX) for $36.14 million.

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Leading cryptocurrencies rose on Sunday as investors assessed the latest geopolitical developments in the Middle East and President Donald Trump’s potential intervention.

The Sunday RallyBitcoin experienced a late-evening spike that nearly pushed it beyond $84,000, while Ethereum wobbled in a range between $2,495 and $2,550.

Over $166 million was liquidated from the cryptocurrency market in the last 24 hours, predominantly in short positions, according to Coinglass data.

Bitcoin’s open interest rose 1.27% over the last 24 hours. Smart money sentiment, the collective outlook  and capital allocation of institutional investors, turned “bullish,” while Binance derivatives traders remained net long on the apex cryptocurrency.

“Greed” sentiment prevailed in the market, according to the Crypto Fear & Greed Index.

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The global cryptocurrency market capitalization stood at $2.90 trillion, up 0.20% in the last 24 hours.

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Stock Futures Inch HigherStock futures rose overnight on Sunday. The Dow Jones Industrial Average Futures rose 128 points, or 0.25%, as of 8:51 p.m. EDT.  S&P 500 futures gained 0.22%, while Nasdaq 100 Futures added 0.31%.

Geopolitical tensions remained elevated as Trump hinted at joining Saudi military operations against Iran-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen after a major attack on a key airport in Saudi Arabia.

Key inflation figures are also scheduled for release this week, with September’s consumer and producer price indexes due Wednesday and Thursday, respectively.

Bitcoin Headed Lower?Daan Crypto Trades, a widely followed cryptocurrency analyst and trader, noted that Bitcoin held the $83,000 retest on the daily chart after sweeping stops below it, a common liquidity grab in volatile markets.

“But the bulls need to get this moving from this area soon, a loss of this current region would see us test the mid $70,000s where it meets the Daily 200 EMA [Extended Moving Average] & Bull market support band,” the analyst projected/

Cryptocurrency analyst Michaël van de Poppe expected Ethereum to outperform Bitcoin in the coming period

“I’d prefer to see a strong breakout above $2,575 for ETH. It’s currently remaining quite calm and under critical resistance,” Van De Poppe added.

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The token retained its lead despite a 1.7% weekly decline, while Avalanche shortened the minimum commitment for validators during the period.

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Rare Pokémon cards continue to outperform traditional assets. The CardTrack 100 index has returned 150.7% since September 2021, beating Bitcoin, gold, and the S&P 500 by wide margins.

The numbers reveal why collectors now treat rare graded cards like serious alternative investments rather than toys.

The combined value of the 100 most valuable Pokémon cards. Source: CardTrackPokémon Card Values Keep Breaking RecordsThe CardTrack 100 is a monthly index that tracks the combined value of the 100 most expensive Pokémon cards worldwide. It works as a thermometer for the top of the collectibles market.

The index currently sits at 251 points, with a base value of 100 set in September 2021. Its total combined value now reaches $244,750 across the tracked cards.

A $5,000 investment made four years ago would be worth $12,534 today based on that performance.

The same capital in gold would be worth roughly $ 12,390. Bitcoin sits around $ 9,800 for the same period. The S&P 500 trails even more, returning roughly 73% and turning $5,000 into approximately $8,650 today. Just twelve days ago on September 29, the index set an all-time high of $253,800 points. The current reading sits only 1.2% below that recent peak.

Why are Collectors Pricing Cards Like Blue-Chip Art?Mainstream recognition explains the shift. For example, a 1998 Pikachu Illustrator card sold for $16.5 million earlier this year, reshaping the market ceiling permanently.

Recent auctions reinforce the trend. Four rare e-Reader cards, including a Skyridge Gengar, fetched a combined $780,000 this week, while a first-edition Charizard reportedly set a new record of $1.38 million.

The PSA 10 1st edition Charizard has done it. The icon. The Mount Rushmore. The legend. The singular, signature card of Pokémon that stands next to the 52 Mantle, the Black Lotus of MTG, the T206 Wagner, the 1984 Star Jordan. One of the 5 most iconic trading cards of all… pic.twitter.com/V5cj7Tw5PN

— Jeremy Padawer (@JeremyCom) October 9, 2026 eBay executives confirmed that Pokémon was the most searched term in their collectibles category during the first half of 2026. Grading giant PSA reports trading-card games now account for half of its entire business.

Scarcity, professional grading, nostalgia, and a growing class of serious collectors have turned rare Pokémon cards into one of the strongest alternative assets of the decade.

The Liquid Network is running again, but nobody can cash out. Peg-outs, the process of turning Liquid Bitcoin (L-BTC) back into real Bitcoin, remain suspended while the sidechain’s reserve sits about 603 BTC short, according to The Defiant.

Liquid says redemptions will not return until the reserve fully backs every L-BTC in circulation and its security reviews are complete.

How a software bug drained the reserve The trouble began on September 6, 2026. A bug in Elements, the software that powers Liquid, allowed someone to create and redeem L-BTC without authorization.

Approximately 3,996 to 4,000 BTC left the federation reserve. That haul was valued at around $320 million at the time.

The federation reserve had held roughly 4,205 BTC before the exploit. At the worst point of the crisis, it was down to just 197 BTC.

White-hat actors returned roughly 3,400 BTC by September 7, about a day after the drain.

That recovery still left between 598 and 603 BTC unreturned. Around mid-September, the reserve was reportedly covering about 86% of outstanding L-BTC supply.

The signing keys held by federation members were not compromised. Neither was SideSwap’s Peg-out Authorization Key.

What is working and what is not Liquid restarted normal block production and user transactions on September 10, 2026. People can send and receive L-BTC inside the network again.

As of October 11, 2026, peg-outs remain on hold. Liquid has tied a restart to several conditions.

Full restoration of 1:1 BTC backing for L-BTC Upgrades to the Elements software Completed security audits Changes to key management, notably a move to cold storage Blockstream CEO Adam Back has assured stakeholders that the 1:1 peg will ultimately be covered. No specific date for resuming redemptions appears in the available reporting.

Other assets issued on Liquid escaped the damage. USDT and tokenized real-world assets on the network were not disrupted and have returned to normal operations.

Background: what a federated sidechain actually is Liquid is a Bitcoin sidechain managed by Blockstream. Users lock BTC with a federation, a group of members who jointly control the reserve through multisig. In return, they receive L-BTC, which is meant to be redeemable one-for-one for the Bitcoin held in that reserve.

The arrangement is called a two-way peg. Bitcoin goes in, L-BTC comes out, and the reverse should work just as smoothly.

That design depends on two things holding firm: the integrity of the multisig reserve and the reliability of the software enforcing the peg. In September, the second one failed.

What this means for L-BTC holders and the sidechain model For anyone holding L-BTC, the immediate issue is liquidity. A token that cannot be redeemed for its underlying asset behaves differently from one that can, even if the issuer promises full repayment.

The 86% coverage figure frames the risk. Most of the backing is there, but the gap is real, and closing it depends on the shortfall being filled through means the reporting does not specify.

Liquid’s insistence on full backing before reopening redemptions is the cautious path. Restarting peg-outs at 86% coverage could invite a rush for the exits, leaving the last redeemers with nothing to claim.

The planned move toward cold storage also signals a shift in operational priorities.

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Strategy chair Michael Saylor teased investors watching Sunday for a signal of the company’s recent Bitcoin purchases with the message “There’s always room for more orange,” in a post on X.

However, any official notification via a filing with the US Securities and Exchange Commission won’t likely come before Tuesday, as federal offices will be closed on Monday for the Columbus Day holiday.

Source: Strategy ended September by spending more than six times its weekly Bitcoin (BTC) buying budget on its repurchases of one of its preferred stocks. Strategy bought 334 Bitcoin (BTC) for $28.7 million between Sept. 28 and Oct. 4, bringing its holdings to exactly 848,000 BTC, according to an Oct. 5 8-K form.

Over the same period, Strategy repurchased about 1.77 million shares of its STRC preferred stock for $176.3 million.

Raise cash now, buy Bitcoin laterTo be sure, Strategy’s recent moves could be read as an indication that management can build up cash now and spend it on BTC later.

Independent analyst Shanaka Anslem Perera on Saturday noted that Strategy raised $5.41 billion from new common shares in the third quarter and ended the period with 1,666 more BTC than it held at the end of June.

In his monthly newsletter on Bitcoin and crypto, Perera wrote that Strategy’s SEC filings “allocate 9.5% of the raise directly to bitcoin purchases. Other disclosed uses included a dollar reserve, cash, dividends and preferred-share buybacks.”

“The question for investors is what the financing left behind. For a shareholder, bitcoin per share is only part of the answer. Cash counts too, while debt and preferred shares have claims ahead of common stock,” he wrote.

“During the third quarter Strategy raised billions through share sales, but much supported cash reserves and preferred shareholders. Raising capital does not necessarily mean buying bitcoin,” he told Cointelegraph on Sunday.. 

“That does not mean they stopped buying BTC. Cash retained can fund later purchases, and strengthening the balance sheet can benefit shareholders.”

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BTC traded close to $83,000 on October 11, experiencing significant swings during the previous week after falling back from above $87,000. Although Bitcoin has rebounded from lows near $80,000, analysts continue to highlight considerable resistance ahead.

Sell Walls Emerge, Restraining Price GrowthCrypto trader BATMAN stated on October 10 that Bitcoin is facing over $35 million in sell orders situated between $85,000 and $89,000. He marked $85,000 as the first major barrier for the cryptocurrency, noting that buyers would need to absorb this volume for any sustained move higher.

BATMAN pointed to $85,000 as the primary obstacle, citing the large cluster of sell orders above current levels and warning that these needed to be broken down before further gains.

A sell wall forms when several large limit sell orders accumulate above the current price, presenting pronounced resistance in the market. However, such orders may be canceled or shifted, so the presence of $35 million in sell orders does not guarantee that the entire amount will come to market.

Bitcoin has repeatedly struggled to build momentum above $85,000. Research firm QCP Capital, known for its institutional market analysis, earlier identified $87,400 as a key breakout level, suggesting that a decisive move above it could set the stage for an advance toward $90,000.

Mini dictionary: QCP Capital, a Singapore-based digital asset trading and research firm that provides market analysis and manages institutional flows in cryptocurrencies.

Price LevelSell Orders/ResistanceBreakout Target$85,000First major sell wallNone$87,000-$89,000$35 million in clustered orders$90,000 if brokenGlassnode Flags Weak Trading ActivityGlassnode, a leading blockchain analytics provider, issued a report on October 7 underlining concerns with Bitcoin’s current price structure. The firm observed that trading volumes have been notably low despite the latest price rebound, indicating insufficient new capital entering the market.

The analysis also detected renewed selling activity just above $85,000, along with substantial buying near $81,000. Together, these levels suggest Bitcoin is caught within a defined trading range, with sellers at the top and buyers stepping in at the lower end.

Glassnode noted unusually weak spot volumes during the rally, as well as heavy selling on moves above $85,000, signaling limited conviction among buyers.

Institutional flows have also displayed inconsistency. On October 8, U.S. spot Bitcoin exchange-traded funds saw outflows totaling about $244 million, reflecting heightened caution or profit-taking by fund investors.

Given the current resistance and subdued demand, breaking through the upper range may remain challenging until institutional buying or spot demand increases meaningfully.

Michael Saylor, CEO of Strategy Inc., posted an updated treasury chart featuring 117 new purchase dots and his signature phrase, “There’s always room for more orange.” The update came as the company, recognized as the largest public corporate holder of Bitcoin, continues to adjust its approach to building reserves.

Strategy Inc. currently controls 848,000 Bitcoin, valued at $70.48 billion, representing 4.04% of all existing Bitcoin. While Saylor’s latest message showed optimism about expanding the company’s holdings, underlying market dynamics revealed a more tempered strategy in recent days.

During October 5 to 9, the company’s principal fundraising mechanism, the STRC preferred shares, slipped below their $100 par value and traded in the narrow range of $99.43 to $99.66. According to the company’s internal rules, once these shares trade below par, an automated “Buyback Zone” protocol is triggered.

In this scenario, Strategy Inc. is barred from issuing new shares to buy more cryptocurrency, redirecting its funds instead toward repurchasing its discounted securities and supporting their price. For this period, the company added zero Bitcoin via STRC financing.

Saylor’s guiding principle of “there’s always room for more Bitcoin” underscores the company’s commitment to expanding its portfolio, despite technical halts in certain financing channels.

Diversified strategies keep buying machine activeWhile the STRC channel remains in a defensive mode, Strategy Inc. continues to leverage other financing avenues, with total available credit lines reaching $12.69 billion. This multi-layered approach enables the company to maintain activity, even as select securities face restrictions.

At the same time, STRF, another class of preferred securities, remains robust. Trading above par at $103.98, STRF has become a crucial source of liquidity. Recently, Strategy Inc. completed a targeted purchase of 334 Bitcoin, paying $85,838 per coin, a move highlighting the company’s ability to accumulate assets independent of STRC share performance.

Mini dictionary: STRC and STRF, both are classes of preferred securities issued by Strategy Inc. STRC is typically used for Bitcoin acquisition funding but cannot be issued below its par value, whereas STRF offers an alternative vehicle when STRC conditions are not favorable.

SecurityStatusPar ValueTrading RangeBTC PurchasedSTRCBelow par, buybacks activated$100$99.43–$99.660.00STRFAbove par, funding active$100$103.98334Profit margins and company positioningThe company’s average acquisition price for its Bitcoin holdings is $75,436. With the current Bitcoin price exceeding $83,000, Strategy Inc. is showing sizable unrealized gains. Meanwhile, the market values the company’s net assets at a modest discount, as reflected by a market net asset value (mNAV) Basic of 0.92x, although ongoing share buybacks help manage this gap.

Saylor’s recent statements make it clear that alternative financing channels are fully operational. The company’s treasury has accumulated sufficient funds and remains poised for the next round of acquisitions, regardless of short-term obstacles in key financing vehicles.

Following Bitcoin’s recent surge above $85,000, the indicator known as the “Seller Exhaustion Indicator” has resurfaced. According to analyst Darkfost, this indicator, which assesses both the supply of profitable assets and market volatility, has reached a point where potential selling pressure is rapidly increasing.

The change in the indicator is particularly noticeable among short-term Bitcoin investors. The current level matches the critical zone previously seen in the current market cycle, along with the local peak. However, this does not necessarily mean that Bitcoin investors are currently engaged in heavy selling. The analysis shows that the amount of coins that could turn into profit-taking has increased as the price rises.

From now on, new demand entering the market will be decisive. According to the analyst, if demand offsets potential sales, the rise may continue. Conversely, weakening purchases, coupled with profit-taking by short-term investors, could increase the risk of a sharper correction in Bitcoin.

The chart shows that the Seller Exhaustion Indicator is on the rise. At the time of writing, the price of Bitcoin is trading at approximately $83,000.

*This is not investment advice.

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