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Mining

Luxor Puts September's Hashrate Forward Spread at 6% to 13% in BTC

The September lookback prices the pairing of a prepaid forward on mining power with an offsetting cash-settled contract at 6% to 13% a year, quoted in bitcoin.

· 11 Oct 2026· 🕐 3 min read

Market

Bitcoin's Volatility Is Half What It Was in 2018, Its Shocks Are Not

Annualized volatility sits near 46%, against 84% in 2018. The calm has not removed the outlier days, and the only count of them comes from a single desk.

· 10 Oct 2026· 🕐 3 min read

Market

Bitcoin Falls to $80,350 as Short-Term Holders Sell at a Loss

Bitcoin reached $80,350 on Bitstamp, its lowest since 18 September. Five liquidation tallies for the same 24 hours do not agree.

· 9 Oct 2026· 🕐 3 min read

Bitcoin

Bitcoin Life Insurer Meanwhile Raises $37.5M From Its Own Backers

Bain Capital Crypto led a $37.5 million round for the Bermuda-licensed insurer. Fifteen brokers have signed on in Singapore, Hong Kong, the UAE and Switzerland.

· 9 Oct 2026· 🕐 3 min read

Bitcoin

12,267 Seized Bitcoin Move to Unlabeled Addresses, No Sale Shown

A single transaction emptied about $1.01 billion from a wallet holding 2016 Bitfinex hack proceeds. The accounts of where it went do not agree.

· 9 Oct 2026· 🕐 3 min read

Market

Bitcoin ETFs Erase October's Inflows With Their Worst Day Since June

US spot bitcoin funds shed about $485 million on Wednesday and turned the month negative. Two flow providers published two different totals.

· 8 Oct 2026· 🕐 3 min read

Market

Bitcoin Slips Under $84,000 as Four Liquidation Tallies Disagree

Bitcoin broke below $84,000 in the Tuesday-night session and four outlets published four different liquidation totals. Spot bitcoin and ether funds moved opposite ways.

· 7 Oct 2026· 🕐 3 min read

Bitcoin

Metaplanet Sold 10,000 Bitcoin in Q3, Then Bought Back 11,000

The Japanese treasury company disclosed a round trip it says was done to prove its bitcoin can be turned into cash. It ended the quarter with 44,000 BTC.

· 6 Oct 2026· 🕐 3 min read

Market

Bitcoin Is 32% Below the $126,000 Record It Set a Year Ago

Bitcoin traded near $85,400 on Tuesday, a year to the day after its $126,000 high. Two accounts put the drawdown at 32% and differ on where the low sat.

· 6 Oct 2026· 🕐 3 min read

Market

Bitcoin Fails at $87,000 Again as Its Averages Near Full Order

Bitcoin reached just under $86,950 on Monday and was back below $86,000 within hours. Its 100-day average is one crossover from a full bullish stack.

· 5 Oct 2026· 🕐 3 min read

Bitcoin

Bitcoin Core Blocks a Signing Mode That Let Payments Be Redirected

A patch merged on 25 September stops Bitcoin Core signing SIGHASH_SINGLE inputs with no matching output. Accounts disagree on whether any release carries it.

· 5 Oct 2026· 🕐 3 min read

Bitcoin

Tether's USDT Returns to Bitcoin This Month on Utexo's RGB Rail

Utexo, which raised $7.5 million in a round led by Tether, will issue USDT on Bitcoin's base layer in October. Tether cannot freeze a UTXO, so a blacklist does the work.

· 4 Oct 2026· 🕐 3 min read