Bitcoin rose 1.3% to about $82,700 on Wednesday morning in Asia, hovering near $83,000 after strong results from SpaceX and Super Micro Computer revived the AI trade and lifted Asian tech stocks. ZEC jumped 11% to about $1,260 after Zcash developers set the activation height for NU7, an upgrade that cuts block times from 75 to 25 seconds. Ether rose 2% to about $2,450, XRP gained nearly 3% to $1.33, while Brent climbed above $110 a barrel on attacks on ships near the Strait of Hormuz. Hashdex said Bitcoin's bear phase had lasted 359 days as of Sept. 30 and that it must reclaim $84,000 before the Fed's Oct. 27–28 meeting to show renewed strength. Short-term holders now own just 16% of supply, the lowest share since January 2023.
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ZEC/USDT
▲ Likely positiveZcash
Relevance: medium
| Market | Crypto |
|---|---|
| Exchange | Binance |
| Sector | Privacy |
| Market cap | $19.3B |
| Close on 10/20/2026 | 1,257.18 |
| Change that session | +9.11% |
BTC/USDT
• NeutralBitcoin
Relevance: low
| Market | Crypto |
|---|---|
| Exchange | Binance |
| Sector | Layer 1 |
| Market cap | $1.6T |
| Close on 10/20/2026 | 83,028.15 |
| Change that session | +1.33% |
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