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Bitcoin Tests $81,000 as Rate Hike Fears Linger After Hot Inflation Data

Odds of an October Fed hike have climbed to 29% from 18% a week ago, and analysts see Bitcoin range-bound…
Oct 15, 2026
Markets

Bitcoin, copper, stocks, yields all fall; gold rises

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Oct 15, 2026
Markets

Bitcoin Sinks to $80,500 After a Rising U.S. Inflation Print and a Kospi Circuit Breaker

Bitcoin touched about $80,500 on Thursday after September CPI came in at 3.7%, while South Korea’s Kospi closed 7.6% lower…
Oct 15, 2026
AI

Bitcoin’s AI-driven rally faces a hidden danger if the machines get richer but workers don’t

Bitwise CIO Matt Hougan argued in an Oct. 14 memo that nearly every macroeconomic path ends with Bitcoin higher, including…
Oct 15, 2026
Markets

Bitcoin holds above $80,000 as Asian stock rout drags altcoins lower

Bitcoin fell to just above $80,000 as South Korea’s Kospi plunged 8%, while the CoinDesk 80 fell 2.2% and all…
Oct 15, 2026
Markets

White House crypto council chief Patrick Witt steps down

Witt’s departure leaves a leadership gap at the White House Crypto Council and marks the fourth high-profile exit from the…
Oct 15, 2026
Markets

Live updates: Bitcoin trades near $81,000 as South Korea's chip-heavy Kospi continues to plunge

Jitters across equity markets are sending money into fixed income, with Western bond markets rallying strongly on Thursday. Read Full…
Oct 15, 2026
Markets

Brooklyn Prosecutors Take Down 112 Servers Behind Crypto Scam Targeting Russian Speakers

The scammers also ran a fake recovery service, contacting victims weeks later with promises to get their stolen crypto back.…
Oct 15, 2026
Infrastructure

Hyperliquid founder wants U.S. oversight of trading platforms, not his blockchain

Jeff Yan told Bloomberg that U.S. regulatory oversight should apply to the firms using the blockchain, not to the underlying…
Oct 15, 2026
Markets

Australia’s financial watchdog seeks stiffer rules for crypto exchanges ahead of licensing deadline

The country’s regulator, ASIC, has proposed tougher rules to protect users’ digital assets, crypto trading and to safeguard the country’s…
Oct 15, 2026