Latest from Omkar Godbole
Traders will soon be able to bet on whether Coinbase, Robinhood and Marathon will hit their targets
Your day-ahead look for Oct. 16, 2026
Altcoins outpace bitcoin as celestia jumps 16%, Warsh silent on interest-rate plans
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.
MSCI approves rules that could eject Strategy, Metaplanet from equity indexes
The rules proposed in August would see companies that exist mainly to hold investments as no longer eligible for index inclusion.
XRP has failed to make holders rich like bitcoin and ether. Here’s why
XRP remains below its 2017-cycle high while bitcoin, ether and other major tokens have surged, enriching their holders.
An OpenAI agent ran out of Ethereum funds, and took from a wallet it did not own
The research model derived funded Sepolia addresses from public seed phrases, questioned whether using the money was ethical, then called the funds “effectively abandoned” and used them anyway.
Bitcoin, copper, stocks, yields all fall; gold rises
Your day-ahead look for Oct. 15, 2026
Altcoins lead crypto declines as Asian stocks drop; bitcoin little changed since midnight
Bitcoin fell to just above $80,000 as South Korea’s Kospi plunged 8%, while the CoinDesk 80 fell 2.2% and all but six CoinDesk 100 members declined.
Live updates: Bitcoin bounces back to $82,000 after first fall below $80,000 in one month
Stocks also turned positive after big early losses, helped by sharply lower bond yields.
Australia’s financial watchdog seeks stiffer rules for crypto exchanges ahead of licensing deadline
The country’s regulator, ASIC, has proposed tougher rules to protect users’ digital assets, crypto trading and to safeguard the country’s financial stability.
BlackRock's Fink names a U.S. recession trigger, sounds alarm over $40 trillion national debt
BlackRock's CEO says "a moratorium of some sort" on data center buildouts would put the U.S. in a recession.
