Bitcoin Falls Below $81,000 as Fed Hike Bets Persist
Thin spot and ETF trading, elevated yields and more than $1B in liquidations leave Bitcoin exposed even if the Fed pauses in October.
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Thin spot and ETF trading, elevated yields and more than $1B in liquidations leave Bitcoin exposed even if the Fed pauses in October.
TD Cowen's $260 target implies about 73% upside, but debt, preferred-share claims and cash reserves dilute how much rising bitcoin prices benefit common shareholders.
The closure exposes a divide between ETF investors and crypto-app users, while Bitwise points to Solana and AI-linked products as areas of stronger investor interest.
The divergence leaves the rally reliant on current holders: stronger ETF, stablecoin and treasury inflows would signal broader demand.
The Coinbase Prime deposits raise fresh questions about federal selling, but the platform also provides custody, and the transfers do not confirm a sale.
More than 1.1 million customers face an uncertain restart as Bitcoin.de works to finalize regulated partners and transfer custody of customer assets.
A March 2025 executive order directs forfeited bitcoin into a Strategic Bitcoin Reserve and says it should not be sold, giving the transfer a reserve-management context.
Bitcoin’s close below the $84,318 ETF cost-basis estimate and Ethereum’s persistent redemptions raise the risk that weaker prices will deepen institutional outflows.
The accusation puts employer use of the skilled-worker visa program back in the US political debate over immigration, wages and technology-sector hiring.
The move puts scrutiny on how US employers use skilled-worker programs, after officials alleged Microsoft replaced American workers with foreign workers at a 1.5-to-1 ratio.
The proposal links AI-driven productivity gains to shorter working hours and a household income that can support a family.
The billion-dollar movement puts government-held Bitcoin activity in focus, but the transfer alone does not establish whether the BTC was sold.
The guidance gives national regulators a three-month outer limit to resolve existing customer holdings while preserving narrow routes to sell, convert, withdraw or safeguard tokens.
QCP sees an $80,000-$90,000 base-case range for Q4, with renewed ETF outflows and macro uncertainty weighing on the outlook.
Both products also posted net outflows over seven days, with Ethereum ETFs accounting for the larger weekly withdrawal.
The $1.89M realized gain makes the sale a notable instance of whale profit-taking, though one trade alone does not establish a broader trend.
The transfers add to more than 6,200 BTC sent by government-affiliated addresses to Coinbase Prime over the prior two days, putting potential sell pressure in focus.
The integration aims to preserve institutional key controls as blockchains adopt different post-quantum cryptography, a migration challenge that could shape crypto custody.
Morpho and Veda control 81% of the total, leaving most vault capital concentrated among two providers as balances rebound.
Tokenized stocks have topped $3B in onchain value, while Securitize’s model links blockchain-based tokens to underlying shares, shareholder rights and dividends.