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

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.

The SEC issued its crypto ETF rules on Thursday. Funds may hold only bitcoin or ether, must list at home, and the regime starts on 16 October.

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.

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

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.

Germany's regulator turned down futurum bank AG's application to operate as a crypto-asset service provider. Trading on bitcoin.de has been halted since June.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.