CPI surprise reinforces rate-cut expectations, as crypto rallies with ETH moving to $4.7K and BTC closing in on $120K.
Extended macro tailwinds; Fed cut odds near certainty.
Leverage build-up across top altcoins hits a record $47 billion in Open Interest, raising volatility risk into resistance levels. Low implied volatility pricing across all maturities sets the stage for a possible sharp realized vol expansion.
Chainalysis data shows U.S. wallets account for almost all agent spending on AI model inference, while Chinese-linked wallets dominate payments for security and code analysis services.
The deal would give Payward a full EU banking license on top of its Irish e-money license, letting it pay interest on deposits and lend across five European markets.
An implant that read recovery phrases off the screen and sent them out over LTE has been linked to more than $86 million in suspected thefts, and a second tampered device has now surfaced in Singapore.
Headline and core CPI both came in a tenth above forecasts, and Bitcoin slipped below $82,000 as traders raised the odds of a second consecutive rate increase at the Fed's Oct. 27–28 meeting.