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Bitcoin weathers September storm as rate hikes and Clarity act setback test bulls

Bitcoin is down just 1.5% in its historically weakest month and remains on track for its first quarterly gain in a year, despite rising rates, surging oil and a stronger dollar.

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Corporate treasuries bought just 5,900 bitcoin in 3 months. Other demand signals look weak, too.

Corporate treasuries bought just 5,900 bitcoin in three months, while broader demand signals remain weak.

Fog-shrouded Chicago morning. (Christian Mack/Unsplash)

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Bitcoin faces 2022 parallels as Federal Reserve resumes rate increases

Bitcoin’s drawdown mirrors its position before the Fed’s first hike in March 2022, raising questions over whether a relief rally could precede further losses.

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U.S. diesel prices hit record high as bitcoin and gold struggle

Record diesel prices could feed through to consumer price inflation, confirming more Fed rate hikes. The central bank appears determined to raise rates into a oil supply shock.

Record diesel prices. (TradingView)

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Fed raises rates by 25 basis points in first hike since July 2023

The widely expected move places the U.S. Federal Reserve's benchmark fed funds rate range at 3.75%-4.0%.

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Tech

Bitcoin Core 32 enters final testing with faster validation, fee changes and security fixes

The October update changes how nodes estimate transaction fees and process blocks, while fixing a wallet flaw that could let an authenticated user run commands on a node.

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Two Prime makes onchain finance push with $10 million-backed bitcoin yield vault

Two Prime expands into onchain finance with a bitcoin lending vault built on Pareto for institutional investors.

Alexander Blume, founder and CEO of Two Prime, speaks at Consensus 2026 in Miami (CoinDesk)

Markets

Bitcoin's Coinbase premium sinks to one-month low, here’s why

Weakening U.S. demand, a setback for the Clarity act and expectations of a fed rate hike weigh on bitcoin.

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Fed meeting is shaping up to be a nightmare for Warsh. Bitcoin might still shine

An aggressive market expectations trap and a strict aversion to forward guidance have backed the Fed chair into a corner, where failing to deliver a hawkish message risks destroying the central bank’s inflation-fighting credibility.

Federal Reserve chair Kevin Warsh (Win McNamee/Getty Images)

Finance

Nigel Farage-backed Stack BTC plans to acquire a gold dealer for $16 million to fund bitcoin buy

The proposed acquisition would use cash flow from precious metals sales to build bitcoin holdings.

Nigel Farage (Gage Skidmore/Wikimedia Commons)