Bitcoin price rebounds as whales return: Can BTC break $84,000?

Bitcoin price recovered toward $83,200 on Oct. 13, but weak daily momentum and another rejection near $84,000 left buyers facing a fresh test despite an analysts report of renewed whale activity.  TradingView‘s Binance BTC/USDT daily chart showed Bitcoin at $83,200.43, up 1.65% from the day’s opening price of $81,850.01. The session reached $84,168 before retreating, leaving BTC roughly $968 below its intraday high.  The rebound followed a decline to $81,033.66, putting Bitcoin about 2.7% above the session low. However, the daily chart still placed the price below its 20-day moving average, while the 4-hour chart showed momentum close to neutral.  Bitcoins rebound stalls below its 20-day average  TradingViews daily Bollinger Bands placed the middle band, representing the 20-day simple moving average, at $83,986.24. Bitcoin traded approximately 0.9% below that level, making the average an immediate technical hurdle alongside the round $84,000 threshold.  Bitcoin price daily chart — Oct. 13 | Source: TradingView  The same indicator placed the upper band at $86,366.41 and the lower band at $81,606.06. The sessions low extended below the lower band before the price recovered inside it, while the advance above the middle band failed to hold.  That sequence left the daily chart showing a recovery from the lower edge of its recent

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AI Researchers Are Smoking Cigarettes to Prove AI Will Cure Cancer, Says Palantir Exec

In briefPalantir CTO Shyam Sankar claimed on CBS that many AI researchers have started smoking to show how much they believe in AI.Sankar provide any data, and used the segment to attack effective altruism as a doomsday cult.The CDC says smoking causes about one in three U.S. cancer deaths, and Anthropics Dario Amodei says only actually curing cancer will earn public trust in AI.  Nothing says “I trust the future of medicine” quite like lighting a Marlboro and waiting for the chatbot to fix your lungs. That is the habit Palantir CTO Shyam Sankar says is spreading among AI researchers, who have supposedly started smoking cigarettes to prove how confident they are that AI will cure cancer.  “So many AI researchers have started smoking as a way of signaling to other researchers how much they believe in AI,” Sankar said in an interview on CBS News “Face the Nation” on Sunday. “I believe so much in AI that its going to cure cancer. So Im showing you my chips are all in.”  Myriad: Which company will have the best AI model? Click to make your prediction.  He did not name a single researcher, cite a survey, or explain how he knows. The remark landed

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Wall Street Earnings, Sliding Chip Stocks Keep Bitcoin's Price at Bay

Wall Street has been struggling to find its footing on Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2026, as disappointing JPMorgan Chase earnings collided with another semiconductor selloff. Goldman Sachs delivered a blockbuster quarter, but chip stocks continued losing ground amid mounting concerns over artificial intelligence (AI) spending and Chinese competition. Meanwhile, bitcoins price clawed its way back above $83,400 after a punishing liquidation wave erased hundreds of millions of dollars in leveraged positions.  Key TakeawaysBitcoins price recovered to $83,445 Tuesday after briefly falling below $81,000 amid heavy liquidations.JPMorgan Chase missed earnings expectations, while Goldman Sachs delivered a powerful trading quarter.Nvidia and other chipmakers faced selling pressure as Wall Street awaited Wednesdays inflation report.  Bitcoins Price Reclaims $83K as Wall Street Wobbles and Chip Stocks Take a Beating  Wall Street had two problems on Tuesday. America‘s biggest banks couldn’t agree on whether business was booming, and the semiconductor industry was having another miserable day. JPMorgan Chase stumbled on earnings while Goldman Sachs came out swinging, leaving investors to sort through conflicting signals from the financial sector.  Top Wall Street Indexes at 1 p.m. ET | Oct. 13, 2026IndexValuePoint ChangeNasdaq Composite27,211.86???? -34.05NYSE Composite23,958.61???? -32.12Dow Jones Industrial Average51,676.69???? -173.86S&P 5007,802.57???? -4.67  All four major indexes were trading in negative territory at

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How the SECs lack of leadership could facilitate crypto rulemaking

After US lawmakers failed to pass a comprehensive digital asset market structure bill, financial regulators stepped up efforts to change rules around the oversight and enforcement of crypto companies and offerings.  However, the two primary regulators, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), are understaffed at the leadership level, leaving the decisions for regulating aspects of the $3 trillion crypto market largely in the hands of just three individuals, two of whom were nominated by US President Donald Trump.  At the SEC, two commissioners — Chair Paul Atkins and former Acting Chair Mark Uyeda — remain following the departure of Commissioner Hester Peirce earlier this month. The dearth of leadership at the CFTC is even more stark, with Michael Selig serving as the only Senate-confirmed chair and commissioner since December 2025. The agencies are intended to each have five commissioners.  Both agencies have proposed rules that appear to be attempting to take the place of legislation from Congress in regulating cryptocurrencies.  The SEC proposed rules to provide companies with a safe harbor from tokens being treated as “investment contracts” in August, and the CFTC followed suit in October, with Selig saying the agency would use its “existing statutory authorities”

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Australia moves to close crypto derivatives loophole after retail traders lose A$458 million

Australias markets regulator proposed extending retail leverage restrictions to crypto-settled derivatives amid mounting losses among investors trading risky financial products.  On Oct. 12, the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) announced it wants to expand its existing contracts-for-difference (CFD) rules to cover qualifying derivatives settled through digital assets, closing a regulatory gap that lets economically similar products face different restrictions.  The proposal follows ASICs finding that 68% of retail CFD clients lost money during the 2023–24 financial year, with combined losses exceeding A$458 million ($325 million), including A$73 million in fees. The figures cover CFD trading across asset classes, rather than cryptocurrency derivatives alone.  The Australian regulator is also seeking to extend its existing investor protections for another decade, keeping them in force until 2037, subject to government approval.  Australia targets leveraged crypto products and margin practices  Under ASICs existing framework, CFDs are generally covered when transactions are settled in cash or through offsetting obligations between counterparties.  However, some derivatives with similar characteristics can settle through transfers of digital assets, potentially placing them outside the current product intervention order.  ASIC wants to eliminate that distinction by extending the definition to qualifying digitally settled contracts, regardless of whether their underlying exposure is linked to cryptocurrencies, traditional assets, interest

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Bitcoin Shakes Off Spooky Season Jitters: Can Bulls Keep It Going?

In briefBitcoin is up 2.24% at $83,591.79 after dipping to $80,953.41, a higher low than the $80,365.12 swing that started its latest bounce.The Crypto Fear and Greed Index sits at a neutral 55, down from an “extreme greed” peak of 82 in August.Myriad traders give 54% odds that Bitcoin touches $80,000 in October and 45% odds it reaches $87,500.  Bitcoin is bouncing today following a week that had traders swapping “Uptober” memes for “spooky szn” ones after BTC cut its September gains in half.  The price of Bitcoin today slid to $80,953.41 early Tuesday, extending a Monday sell-off, then reversed to $83,591.79, up 2.24% on the day.  Myriad: How high will Bitcoin go? Click to make your prediction.  The Crypto Fear and Greed Index, a 0-to-100 sentiment gauge built from momentum, volatility, options positioning and social data, fell to 53 from an “extreme greed” reading of 82 on Aug. 26. It reads 56 today, a neutral score. What it boils down to is this: The August euphoria is gone, but traders arent panicking either.  Bitcoin ETFs are down a net $386.3 million in October, and outflows force funds to sell actual Bitcoin. Wednesdays Consumer Price Index report, expected to show annual inflation rising to 3.6%

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USDU expands to Solana with UAE-regulated issuance and 1:1 backing

Universal has announced the expansion of its dollar-backed USDU stablecoin to Solana, extending its UAE-regulated issuance framework and 1:1 reserve backing to another blockchain for institutional settlement.  Universal said in its announcement that eligible participants will be able to hold and transfer USDU on Solana, using the network for dollar-denominated transactions around the clock. The issuer identified digital asset settlement and treasury management among the intended uses, alongside other on-chain financial activities.  Under the terms described by Universal, access remains focused on professional and institutional participants in the UAE and permitted international markets. The company said Aquanow, its global distributor, will connect eligible participants with the stablecoin through its institutional distribution infrastructure.  USDUs Solana expansion targets institutional settlement  Through the integration, Universal said USDU will become available across additional wallets, platforms and financial applications that support Solana. The company described the networks transaction speed, low costs, and continuous operation as reasons for extending the stablecoin to the blockchain.  Juha Viitala, Universals senior executive officer, tied the expansion to institutional access to digital dollars.  “Expanding USDU to Solana brings the reach of regulated, USD-denominated liquidity to one of the most active environments for on-chain payments and financial applications.”  In the same statement, Viitala said the combination of USDU‘s

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NEAR price retreats from $6 as analyst eyes $16: Can bulls hold $4.50?

NEAR price has slipped below $5 after a rejection at $6, putting near-term support under pressure while analyst Giannis Andreou keeps a conditional recovery toward $16 in view.  SummaryNEAR price traded near $4.97, roughly 17% below the $6 high shown on TradingView.Daily MACD turned negative, with price slightly below the 20-day simple moving average.Weekly Supertrend remained bullish at $2.95, while the Awesome Oscillator stayed above zero.Andreou identified $4.50 as a key floor and $6 as the weekly breakout threshold.  TradingViews Binance NEAR/USDT daily chart showed the token at $4.976 on Oct. 13, down 2.30% for the session. The daily trading range extended from $4.89 to $5.368, leaving the price below both the session opening level and its 20-day simple moving average.  The weekly chart placed NEAR at $4.967, down 15.76% from the weekly opening price of $5.896. A move to $6 preceded the retreat, while the weeks low stood at $4.89.  NEARs pullback follows a steep September advance visible on the daily chart, when the token climbed from the low-$2 range into a trading band above $4. The latest decline has brought the price back toward $5 after several swings between roughly $4.30 and $6.  You might also like:  NEAR price nears $6 with $1.95B in

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Strive reports $208M in warrant exercises as Bitcoin holdings jump 11%

Strive, a publicly traded Bitcoin treasury company, increased its holdings by more than 11% last week as investors exercised $208 million in warrants, with Bitcoin purchases outpacing share issuance and giving existing shareholders greater exposure to the cryptocurrency.  In a Tuesday filing with the US Securities and Exchange Commission, Strive disclosed that it purchased 3,311 Bitcoin (BTC) in the week ending Oct. 9 at an average price of approximately $84,500 per coin. The purchases brought its total holdings to 32,773 BTC, making it the fifth-largest publicly traded corporate Bitcoin holder, according to industry data.  At last look on Tuesday, Bitcoin was trading hands at roughly $83,300 apiece, according to Yahoo Finance data. The Strive (ASST) share price was little changed at $27.52.  Strive Chairman and CEO Matt Cole said on X that investors had exercised $208 million in warrants, with approximately 15.3 million remaining ahead of their Tuesday expiration.Source: Matt Cole  The company also amended its governing documents to set a binding $100 minimum issuance price for its SATA preferred shares, limiting its ability to issue them below that threshold. Those shares were trading at $99.40, at last look.  Strives latest purchases increased its Bitcoin holdings per share even as the company issued additional equity.

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Chainlink price falls 18% despite bullish $19.50 call: Can LINK recover?

Chainlink price has rebounded toward $13 after retreating from its late-September peak, with support at the 50-day moving average and an analysts $16.50–$19.50 outlook putting the recovery in focus.  TradingViews Binance LINK/USDT daily chart showed Chainlink trading at $12.952 on Oct. 13, following a session low of $12.259 and a high of $13.193. The rebound placed LINK above its 50-day simple moving average, although the token remained below its shorter-term trend line.  Against the late-September high near $15.74, LINK was still down approximately 17.7%. A recovery toward $13 has reduced part of that decline, but the daily chart continued to show a series of lower highs following the September rally.  Chainlink price faces its first recovery test at $13.75  The daily TradingView chart placed the 20-day simple moving average at $13.746, roughly 6.1% above LINKs price. The 50-day average stood at $12.592, creating a relatively narrow gap between nearby support and overhead resistance.  Chainlink price daily chart — Oct. 13 | Source: TradingView  LINKs latest session moved below the 50-day average before rebounding above it. The session low of $12.259 therefore provides another reference point beneath $12.59, alongside the recent price lows around $12.  On the daily chart, a sustained move above $13.75 would reclaim the shorter-term

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