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  Cointelegraph·19/10, 19:54• BTC/USDT• ETH/USDTcryptoregulationSEC
• 10 - Year Treasury Yield Falls 15 Basis Points as Nasdaq - 100 Slides 5 . 5 %

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  econotimes.com·19/10, 19:15▼ QQQ▼ SPY▲ XAU/USD▼ BTC/USDTbondsinterest ratesFed
• Strive buys $335M in Bitcoin, boosting holdings to 36,818 BTC

  Bitcoin treasury company Strive bought 4,045 BTC for about $335 million last week, raising its total holdings to 36,818 BTC, according to a Monday SEC filing. The purchases were made between Oct. 12 and 16 at an average price of $82,803 per coin, including fees. That makes Strive the fourth-largest publicly traded corporate Bitcoin holder, ahead of MARA Holdings, with reserves worth about $3 billion. The company also received about $369 million from warrant exercises and issued 13.7 million common shares, and it priced a $630 million offering of SATS preferred stock carrying a fixed 15% annual dividend, with proceeds that could fund more Bitcoin purchases. ASST shares rose about 7.7% to $25.95 in late-morning trading Monday.

  Cointelegraph·19/10, 16:30▲ BTC/USDTbitcoincryptoStrive
• Bitcoin is rejected at $83K as US bond yields reverse higher with equities

  Bitcoin failed to follow rising equities as a wall of sell orders above $83,000 across exchanges capped gains, and BTC slipped below $82,000 after Monday's Wall Street open. The Nasdaq Composite gained 1.5% and South Korea's KOSPI rose 1.76% to 5,768 points, while the US 10-year yield climbed to 5.13% and the 30-year to 5.46%, moving in step with stocks ahead of major tech earnings from Meta, SpaceX and Tesla. QCP Capital warned that a repeat of last week's tech sell-off could threaten the $80,000 support level. Crypto liquidations totaled $335 million over 24 hours, and the Binance whale ratio fell to 0.45 from 0.54 at the start of October.

  Cointelegraph·19/10, 16:05▼ BTC/USDT▼ ETH/USDTbitcoincryptobonds
• Bitcoin Tests Key Support as Oil and AI Fears Squeeze Markets

  Bitcoin traded near $82,164 after touching $83,040 earlier in the day, sitting just above a key support line. Brent crude hovered near $108 a barrel after attacks on Persian Gulf tankers and Russian crude facilities, while September CPI rose 3.7% and PPI jumped 6.3%, raising expectations of a Federal Reserve rate hike. The 10-year Treasury yield stood at 5.08%, and spot Bitcoin ETFs lost about $910 million over two weeks. The Nasdaq Composite fell more than 2% on Friday for its worst week since June, with CoreWeave down about 24% over the week. Technically, RSI sits at 49.3 and ADX at 21.6, signaling no firm trend, and the article notes that a daily close below $81,603 could open the way to $81,196.

  Decrypt·19/10, 16:05▼ BTC/USDT▼ ETH/USDTbitcoincryptoinflation
• U . S . Spot Bitcoin ETFs Lost About $910 Million in Two Weeks as October Flows Turned Negative :

  U.S. spot bitcoin ETFs posted net outflows of $228.6 million in the week ended October 16, following a $681.1 million drain the week before, bringing two-week redemptions to roughly $910 million. October has turned negative, with the funds down about $615 million for the month after opening with roughly $293 million in inflows. Wednesday's selling coincided with a September CPI reading of 3.7%, above the 3.6% forecast, which revived bets on further Federal Reserve rate increases. Bitcoin briefly fell below $80,000, nearly $950 million in leveraged crypto positions were liquidated over 24 hours, and the asset closed Friday near $81,590. Even so, cumulative net inflows since the January 2024 launch remain $57.3 billion, with total net assets of about $104 billion.

  hedgeco.net·19/10, 14:45▼ BTC/USDT▼ ETH/USDTbitcoinETFcapital flows

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  Yahoo Finance·19/10, 20:02▲ NVDANVDAAnthropicIPO
• Trump says he'd meet with Putin and Xi, criticizes Zelenskyy

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  CNBC·19/10, 19:58• XAU/USDDonald TrumpRussiaUkraine
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  Yahoo Finance·19/10, 19:51Lockheed Martindefensevaluation
• Canadian dollar notches nearly four - week high on BoC rate hike bets

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  theglobeandmail.com·19/10, 19:30▼ USD/CADexchange ratesinterest ratesCanada
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• Higher gas prices drove inflation up to 3 . 1 % in September : StatCan

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  cheknews.ca·19/10, 19:30▼ USD/CADinflationfuel pricesCanada