A Bitcoin Policy Institute paper says MSCI's proposed “non-operating company” rule could remove Strategy and Metaplanet from its indexes and may have roots in an earlier crypto treasury review.
Bybit's 40th proof-of-reserves report shows $19.6B in covered assets, with BTC and ETH user balances up while USDT fell 11.46%.
Bitcoin's median October return was 12.73%, with the strongest gain in October 2013 and the steepest loss in October 2014.
Bitcoin recorded its best third quarter in nine years with a 42.71% growth over the three months, according to CoinGlass data. Meanwhile, Ethereum went a step further by posting the best Q3 in its history by gaining 70.8% between July 1 and September 30.
Aster rose above the midpoint of its recent $0.67-$0.81 range, but it must clear $0.813 to establish a sustained longer-term bullish structure.
Arthur Hayes says an AI infrastructure debt crisis could trigger the liquidity wave that drives Bitcoin toward his $1 million target.
ASTER bulls managed to push past the $0.74 mid-range resistance.
BTC later fell to about $83,700 as elevated Treasury yields limited the market's response to the softer inflation reading.
Bitcoin is holding around US$83,000 as October begins, with persistent institutional buying providing support but elevated US bond yields continuing to limit the cryptocurrency's attempts to break higher. The world's largest digital asset was most recently trading around US$83,400, after moving between roughly US$82,950 and US$85,500 over the latest session.
A cooler-than-expected PCE report sent bitcoin briefly above $85,000 on Wednesday. Treasury yields held near their highest since 2002 and the gains drained away.
Arthur Hayes has reiterated his forecast that Bitcoin could reach $1 million by 2030, linking a potential acceleration in late 2027 or early 2028 to stress in debt-funded artificial intelligence infrastructure.
Investor sentiment remains volatile amid economic uncertainties, impacting Bitcoin ETF flows but not indicating systemic issues for Fidelity. Fidelity Bitcoin ETF clients pull $125.58 million as volatile September closes.