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The $81,500–$81,600 range is an immediate battleground, aligning with the average cost basis of spot Bitcoin ETF holders. A daily close above $84,000 could open the way toward $87,000. On the downside, the $78,800–$79,300 zone represents key support. A break below $80,000 exposes Bitcoin to the $75,000–$76,000 range, where the 50-week weighted moving average sits. Other upside levels include $82,500, $85,000, $87,000, and $90,000 psychological levels. Source: TradingView Meanwhile, the Federal Reserve’s October 28 policy meeting is another key event for traders, as its guidance will influence expectations for interest rates and risk appetite. Bitcoin Shows Relative Strength Against Stocks…

The relevant filing, made with the SEC on October 7, covers his sale dated October 5. When Tenev sold 375,000 Class A shares for roughly $42.6 million, his directly held Class A position after that sale correctly read zero. $HOOD CEO SOLD HIS SHARES – NOW HE HAS ZERO.Vladimir Tenev unloaded 375,000 shares at $113.72.0 Class A shares remaining.Form 4 filed Oct. 7Transaction date: Oct. 5$42.6M is significant. Insiders can have many reasons to sell, but going from 375,000 to ZERO is certainly… pic.twitter.com/cRl9cSBRUN — Spy Before You Buy (@Spybef0rey0ubuy) October 8, 2026 Robinhood’s Class A and B A footnote…

“The Filecoin flywheel is connected end to end now, and it’s starting to build momentum,” said Molly Mackinlay, CEO of FilOz. The Upgrade Comes Next FIP-0118, which the project calls Solstice, is listed as a draft created July 14, and the proposal post describes it as open for community feedback. Mainnet runs network version 28, “Firehorse.” A tracking issue in the Solstice repository gives Oct. 19 at 13:00 UTC, epoch 6470280, as the working candidate for mainnet activation and records the final date as still being decided. Calibration testnet was scheduled to take the nv29 upgrade on Sept. 28. The…

JUST IN: Kraken has been approved to launch Bitcoin and crypto asset trading in the UAE pic.twitter.com/H7gJNwK3KS — Bitcoin Magazine (@BitcoinMagazine) October 13, 2026 At launch, Kraken clients in the UAE will be able to trade spot and margin with dirham-denominated pairs and fund and withdraw directly in dirhams. They’ll also have access to on-chain staking, xStocks tokenized equities and Krak for crypto transfers, while institutional clients gain OTC spot trading and Kraken Prime. Crypto derivatives and new yield products are expected later in 2026 and into 2027, subject to regulatory approval. Payward holds more than 100 licenses and registrations…

TL;DR: TD Cowen reportedly raised its Strive share-price target from $44 to $56 after the Bitcoin treasury company expanded its holdings to 35,595 $BTC. Strive is also seeking financing through a substantial preferred-share offering. Bitcoin treasury company Strive is attracting fresh attention from Wall Street after a rapid buying programme took its reported holdings to 35,595 $BTC. TD Cowen analysts increased their share-price target on Strive from $44 to $56 in an October 16 research update, pointing to the pace of the company’s Bitcoin acquisitions. The company has accumulated thousands of $BTC in a matter of weeks, considerably exceeding some…

CMCC Global co founded the funds with Bitcoin analyst Willy Woo. Crest launched in March 2022, while LBAF launched in April 2025. Both allocate capital across quantitative managers using strategies such as funding rate arbitrage, market making, arbitrage across exchanges and DeFi. Crest is denominated in dollars and seeks to generate returns above US Treasury bill yields. LBAF measures returns in Bitcoin and targets net annualized returns of 8% to 12%, according to CMCC Global Managing Partner Martin Baumann. “Both funds use diversified portfolios of quantitative, market-neutral strategies rather than relying principally on the directional performance of digital-asset markets,” Baumann…

CoinGecko’s market snapshot, updated at 8:52 a.m. ET, independently put $INJ’s rolling 24-hour gain at 27.19%. In the same snapshot, NEAR gained 14.54%, Sei rose 11.36% and Cosmos Hub’s ATOM added 4.81%. $INJ’s reported trading volume across markets was about $344 million, against a market capitalization of roughly $912 million. For the broader market, CoinMarketCap’s historical series showed total cryptocurrency capitalization of approximately $2.77 trillion at 8 a.m. ET on Oct. 16. The Defiant calculated an increase of about 2.48% over 24 hours, a decline of 1.10% over seven days and a gain of 3.65% over 28 days. Those figures…

A higher reading indicates that whale-sized withdrawals account for a larger share of total outflows relative to retail-sized activity. However, the indicator does not establish that absolute whale withdrawals have increased, nor does it prove that large holders are accumulating $XRP. Data tracking the indicator shows that Binance’s seven-day average climbed from 53% on Oct. 7 to 63.5% on Oct. 13, gaining 10.5 percentage points in six days. $XRP whale outflows spike faster on Binance than the rest of the market In comparison, the All CEX reading, which tracks the same metric across centralized exchanges, increased from 46% to 47.7%,…

LI.FI’s Intents platform has officially launched on Solana, as highlighted in a widely shared post by @lifiprotocol. This development is significant as it provides enterprises with the necessary infrastructure to advance the future of modern finance. The integration aims to facilitate new financial services and solutions, potentially reshaping how businesses operate in the crypto space. For more details, see the announcement here. What Happened The broader cryptocurrency market is currently experiencing mixed signals, and the launch of LI.FI Intents on Solana adds a new layer to this dynamic. As enterprises seek innovative ways to integrate blockchain technology into their operations,…

What Buyers Can Acquire Persona founder and creative director Spike detailed the assets in a separate post. Persona Journey’s package includes its intellectual property, artwork and manga, collection smart contracts and creator rights, a treasury of 957 Persona NFTs, social communities and AI products. That treasury is the $NFT holding identified in the sale announcement; the announcement does not say that NFTs held by individual collectors are being sold. It also offers the UNA token and its contracts, and Ultimate Champions, the fantasy football and basketball game with its card economy. The liquidator’s public listing identifies Persona intellectual property, smart…