Short-term holders averaged about 2,200 BTC per hour over four hours, compared with 480 BTC per hour for long-term holders.
Nine crypto companies launched the Quantum Alliance to jointly prepare for quantum attacks, but they disagree on when the threat will arrive and whether vulnerable BTC should be frozen.
Capital B reports a €69.5M first-half loss as Bitcoin charges rise, while its BTC holdings grow to 3,538 despite weaker results.
Celestia jumped 16%, injective rose 7.7% and layerzero added 7.3% while bitcoin held little changed near $82,100 and Fed Chair Warsh gave no sign on interest rates.
The 145.44 BTC bid sat about 0.02% below the $82,150 midpoint. Nearby buy orders exceeded sell orders by $10.95 million.
Chainalysis says a fraudster who tricked people through fake online jobs became one of the biggest victims of the compromised hardware wallets.
Bitcoin ETFs returned to positive flows after heavy withdrawals, while BTC rebounded above $82,000.
In the latest 24 hours, it sold 288.9 BTC for 23.48 million USDC and bought 9,820 ETH. Its five-day average Ether purchase price was $2,497 per ETH.
Across five days, the cluster bought 53,095 ETH at an average price of $2,497 after selling 1,601.1 BTC for 132 million USDC.
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Two hot inflation reports in two days resulted in Bitcoin falling below $80,000 on Oct. 15. September CPI accelerated to 3.7% from 3.4%, and producer prices jumped 1.3% on the month, the largest rise since March 2022 and more than double the forecast in most surveys.
Bitcoin's current cycle could last until 2028 because bearish macroeconomic conditions have persisted twice as long as in previous cycles.