
Bitcoin Stalls in the $84,000 Cost-Basis Cluster as Leverage Drains
Coin-denominated open interest is down about 20% to its lowest since March, while bitcoin sits in the band where more coins were last bought than any other.
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Coin-denominated open interest is down about 20% to its lowest since March, while bitcoin sits in the band where more coins were last bought than any other.

Bitget's chief executive said the attacker used a flaw in a third-party security product to obtain admin credentials, then tested the risk system with 0.184 ETH.

South Korea's FSC said Monday it will review letting market makers quote digital assets, eleven days after the yen stablecoin JPYC peaked at 37.6 won on Upbit.

The CFTC registered Coinbase Clearing LLC as a derivatives clearing organization on Monday. It may clear only fully collateralized contracts, and nothing margined.

Bitget's chief executive asked the protocol to refuse service to wallets holding funds from the 24 September breach. THORChain said a halt is not a selective freeze.

Strategy spent about $142.7 million on 1,665 bitcoin last week at an average of $85,681 a coin, and bought back $151.7 million of its STRC preferred stock.

Three outlets read Monday's tape at three different hours and got $84,466, $83,244 and $82,742. One of them contradicts itself inside a single report.

Jeff Yan says the next network upgrade lowers the perpetual funding ceiling eightfold and doubles both HIP-4 deployment quotas. No date was given for it.

A pseudonymous analyst says 53 launches between July and September were one operation, funded out of each other. No outlet has checked the tracing.

River Financial says 81% of Bitcoin's circulating supply has not moved in at least six months, leaving roughly 3.7 million coins to do the trading. Long-term holders have added more than 3 million BTC since 2020. Dormancy alone does not prove fresh demand.

Uptober starts on Thursday, and an Instagram post counting down to it says a bull market is coming soon. Bitcoin is holding near $84,000 after a quarter up roughly 43.5%. The seasonal record is strong, and last October broke it.

Addresses that bridged under 5 ETH into a network reusing GIWA's chain ID get 40% back from the DyorSwap treasury. Larger ones go to individual review.