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The rules replace a temporary 50% digital-asset screen with operating-asset and financial-ratio tests, with the final list of potentially affected firms due Nov. 11.
The potential removal puts index-linked demand for Strategy shares in focus, while highlighting the market implications of the company's Bitcoin-centered profile.
Fresh large bids helped lift price systematically, but the renewed weakening below $80K puts that support level back in focus.
A $12B options expiry on Oct. 30 puts $78K and $95K in focus as traders brace for a volatile move.
The analyst views a move toward the 200-day average as a potentially healthy higher low, while warning that Bitcoin and Ether could still test lower support.
The 20-point retreat from a 2026 high of 73 marks a sharp shift in the index reading over just 10 days, though it remains in neutral territory.
The break puts a closely watched round-number level back in focus, with traders assessing whether Bitcoin can reclaim it or establish a lower range.
Both assets also posted larger net outflows over seven days, pointing to sustained withdrawals across the two spot ETF markets.
The withdrawals hit both Bitcoin and Ether funds, but the latest Bitcoin ETF outflow remains small beside more than $54B in cumulative net inflows since launch.
Trump said Russia agreed to supply diesel to US and global markets, but renewed refinery strikes put the promised deliveries in focus.
Lower liquidation clusters appear more fragile than the short positions stacked above $85K, leaving nearby downside levels in focus.
The model's demand bottleneck scenario links automation to lower consumption and weaker long-run growth, complicating the bullish case that AI gains will lift Bitcoin.
Altcoins and leveraged longs bore the brunt of the selloff, while shifting Fed rate expectations and Treasury yields remain key signals for crypto traders.
Hotter core inflation lifted October Fed hike odds to 41%, putting pressure on risk assets as Bitcoin tests support where spot bids overlap with leveraged long liquidations.
Flows split across the group: Bitcoin and Ether drove the losses, while XRP and ZEC spot ETFs attracted inflows.
Ethereum funds accounted for $130M of the total, with BlackRock's ETHA responsible for $110M in net outflows.
Nearly $951M in crypto positions were liquidated in 24 hours, with long bets accounting for most of the wipeout as inflation fears hit risk assets.
Inflation lifted October rate-hike odds as high as 50% before they retreated, while spot Bitcoin ETFs recorded $150.5 million in outflows on Oct. 14.
Hougan’s view puts Bitcoin’s appeal on the same footing across sharply different economic outcomes, from persistent inflation to an AI-driven boom.
The sharp move hit both Bitcoin and Ether, while the scale of long liquidations points to a rapid unwind of leveraged positions.
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