Tagged: bitcoin

October 15, 2026 @ 8:06 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Bitcoin (BTC) and broader cryptocurrency markets faced renewed selling pressure in mid-October 2026 after US inflation data came in hotter than anticipated, reviving concerns that the Federal Reserve could raise interest rates again at its late-month meeting. September’s Consumer Price Index rose 0.6 percent month-over-month… Read More

October 14, 2026 @ 11:48 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Strive (NASDAQ:ASST), the Bitcoin-focused publicly traded treasury company, disclosed this week that investors exercised more than $200 million in warrants, funding a significant expansion of its digital asset holdings. In a Form 8-K filed with the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on October 13, 2026, the… Read More

October 13, 2026 @ 10:56 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

South Korea’s digital asset sector is seeing two contrasting developments in quick succession. On one side, a regulated bank has launched the country’s first won-denominated loans secured by bitcoin for corporate borrowers. On the other, financial authorities have expanded restrictions on unregistered virtual asset service… Read More

October 13, 2026 @ 10:22 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Asian semiconductor stocks tumbled early this week, triggering roughly $800 million in leveraged crypto liquidations, with perpetual futures on SanDisk recording more forced closures than those on XRP. The selloff, concentrated in South Korean names, illustrated how crypto venues have become venues for leveraged bets… Read More

October 13, 2026 @ 9:38 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Bitcoin has remained range-bound in the low-to-mid $82,000s to $83,000s into mid-October 2026, trading with limited directional conviction after failing to deliver the stronger seasonal advances historically associated with the month. Daily closes have clustered near these levels following a brief dip toward the low… Read More

October 12, 2026 @ 5:49 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Cryptocurrency markets are navigating a mix of tightening Bitcoin supply signals, selective altcoin strength tied to policy news, and broad volatility driven by escalating Middle East tensions. Over the past 365 days, roughly 700,000 Bitcoin have been withdrawn from centralized exchanges, according to data highlighted… Read More

October 12, 2026 @ 1:48 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent stated that American authorities are likely to confiscate roughly one billion dollars in digital assets connected to Iran in the coming days.  The remarks came during a discussion with Greta Van Susteren at Newsmax’s NPolicy Summit in Washington, D.C., on… Read More

October 12, 2026 @ 8:39 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Strategy (NASDAQ: MSTR) Executive Chairman Michael Saylor has offered a fresh indication that the company remains prepared to expand its Bitcoin holdings, posting the brief message “There’s always room for more orange” on X. The remark, widely interpreted by market observers as a reference to… Read More

October 12, 2026 @ 1:42 am By Omar Faridi  |  

On October 9, 2026, the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party and the State Council issued the “Opinions on Developing New Quality Productive Forces,” a policy document outlining 19 measures across areas including technological innovation, industrial upgrading, and institutional reform. Among the directives is… Read More

October 11, 2026 @ 9:42 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

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… Read More

October 11, 2026 @ 6:12 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Adam Back, the longtime Bitcoin cryptographer whose early work was referenced by Satoshi Nakamoto and who has repeatedly denied speculation that he is Bitcoin’s creator, recently sharpened his critique of Ethereum’s foundational design. In response to warnings from Ethereum researchers that artificial intelligence could potentially… Read More

October 11, 2026 @ 4:02 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Strategy (NASDAQ: MSTR) common shareholders may still absorb a dilution drag even after TD Cowen improved its bitcoin price assumptions, according to a client research note the firm issued on October 8, 2026. Analysts Lance Vitanza and Jonnathan Navarrete raised the bank’s bitcoin path while… Read More

October 10, 2026 @ 11:28 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Bitcoin’s (BTC) overall volatility has declined sharply in 2026, yet significant extreme price movements have occurred more often than during the full 2018 bear market. At the same time, Bitunix analysts have highlighted $82,800 as a critical technical level while US spot Bitcoin ETF demand… Read More

October 9, 2026 @ 8:42 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Arthur Hayes, the founder and former chief executive of BitMEX and now chief investment officer at the crypto fund Maelstrom, argues that the current rush to build artificial intelligence infrastructure is repeating a familiar pattern from earlier technology waves. Speaking at the Gamma Prime Investing… Read More

October 8, 2026 @ 6:46 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

OpenAI’s recent release of hundreds of machine-generated mathematical results has prompted a senior blockchain researcher to urge the industry toward a cautious defensive posture. On October 7, 2026, Justin Drake, a researcher associated with the Ethereum Foundation whose work also addresses Bitcoin security assumptions, publicly… Read More

October 8, 2026 @ 2:40 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Robinhood (NASDAQ: HOOD) is pushing further into everyday spending by wiring a travel booking portal into its app, and it is doing so with inventory and booking infrastructure from Duffel, the London travel-technology company that sells flights, stays, and related services through a single programming… Read More

October 8, 2026 @ 8:22 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Bitcoin (BTC) is pressing against one of its densest clusters of recent buyer cost basis, according to analysts at Bitfinex. Roughly 1.72 million coins, representing about 8.6 percent of the total supply, changed hands between $84,000 and $86,500. That band now functions as a thick… Read More

October 7, 2026 @ 3:49 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Addresses tracked as US government holdings moved bitcoin on Tuesday for the first time since August 26, sending a combined 833.6 BTC worth a little more than $71 million toward Coinbase Prime. On-chain attribution ties the coins to two separate forfeiture matters: the Potapenko-Turogin fraud… Read More

October 6, 2026 @ 3:52 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Michael Saylor, executive chairman of Strategy (NASDAQ: MSTR), has outlined a three-tier framework in which Bitcoin and instruments built around it can address distinct investor preferences. In a recent post, he argued that the cryptocurrency itself suits those who want straightforward ownership of the asset,… Read More

October 6, 2026 @ 8:26 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Corporate crypto focused treasuries kept adding BTC and ETH this week, with Strategy’s (NASDAQ: MSTR) bitcoin stack crossing a new threshold, Strive (NASDAQ:ASST) narrowing the gap with MARA Holdings, and Bitmine Immersion Technologies (NYSE: BMNR) pushing its ether position to 6.02 million tokens.Strategy, the Michael… Read More