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Here's how analysts see U.S. inflation influencing bitcoin
Your day-ahead look for Oct. 14, 2026

Bitcoin holds above $83,000 ahead of U.S. inflation data as altcoins lag
Bitcoin briefly reached $84,000 before easing back, while the CoinDesk 80 fell 0.6% since midnight as traders waited for U.S. inflation data.

S&P 500 options are the hottest bet on this Hyperliquid exchange
Hypercall, an exchange built on Hyperliquid, says most of its $640 million in volume since June has come from the index.

Coinbase, which holds 5% of all bitcoin, wants the quantum fix started now
Coinbase says bitcoin should start preparing for quantum computers now, with flexible addresses, a backup quantum-proof key and a separate debate over lost coins.

Solana sets Oct. 21 for Alpenglow upgrade targeting 150-millisecond finality
The switch will replace Solana’s existing validator voting system, remove vote transactions from blocks and could sharply change headline transaction counts even if user activity stays flat.

Stacks' STX, a Bitcoin layer-2 token, has surged by 50% in four weeks
Your day-ahead look for Oct. 13, 2026

Bitcoin, ether slip and rebound as South Korean stocks slide on AI-related concerns
Investors are positioning ahead of today's bank earnings reports and Wednesday’s U.S. inflation data.

UK court ruling boosts government’s chances of keeping $5 billion in seized bitcoin
The decision concerns 61,000 BTC seized by the Metropolitan Police in its investigation into Zhimin Qian, who pleaded guilty to defrauding thousands of people in China.

Bitcoin whale that sat through the March 2020 crash moves $378 million
A bitcoin whale that received coins days before the Covid crash and sat through it has moved millions on-chain.

Tokenized SanDisk bets saw more liquidations than XRP as Asia’s chip rout wipes out $800 million
About $800 million in leveraged positions were wiped out over 24 hours, 86% of them bullish. Chip-stock contracts on crypto exchanges took a chunk of the damage.

