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- XRP Trades Above $1.30 in Afternoon, Remains About 3% Lower on Week
A 3:24 p.m. ET snapshot put XRP at $1.32281, with a rolling 24-hour range of $1.28500 to $1.34473. Futures open interest stood near $2.90 billion.
· Investing
- Bitcoin Reclaims $82,500 as Oct. 28 Fed Decision Nears
Bitcoin fell 1.99% over the past week, while altcoins dropped 5.69%. A move above $87,000 or a clear break below $82,500 would take it outside its recent range.
· Investing
- U.S. September Housing Starts Report Is Due Tuesday Before Fed Meeting
The August housing starts rate was 1.275 million units. September building permits are also scheduled for release at 8:30 a.m. ET (12:30 UTC).
· Investing
- An AI Stock Group Fell 5% as 400 Other Stocks Gained 2.5% Last Week
UBS projects cloud revenue growth accelerating to 60% in the third quarter. Bond yields fell during the week as West Texas Intermediate crude rose 10%.
· Investing
- loanDepot Economist Sees U.S. Mortgage Rates Near 7% in Fourth Quarter
Jeff DerGurahian sees weaker stocks drawing buyers toward bonds while higher oil prices add to inflation concerns.
· Investing
- White House Adviser Kevin Hassett Says September Inflation Needs Attention
Hassett said beef and egg prices have fallen, but he questioned whether September’s broader reading interrupted a recent decline in inflation.
· Regulation
- Indicative French-German Yield Gap Reaches About 142 Basis Points
Rate contracts put the chance of an October Fed hold at 85% on Oct. 19, while France’s 10-year reference yield rose to 4.853%.
· Investing
- Iran War Could Add 1.5–2 Percentage Points to Inflation Cumulatively in 2026–27
The estimate combines information available through May from the United States, United Kingdom and euro area; it does not give a separate U.S. total. September U.S. CPI data are separate from the war estimate.
· Regulation
- Bitcoin Traded Between $80,000 and $83,000 Last Week as Tech Stocks Weakened
Lower Treasury yields and a drop in October Fed rate-hike odds to about 15% supported BTC, while direct institutional crypto inflows remained unconfirmed.
· Investing
- Black Monday Anniversary Highlights Modern U.S. Trading Safeguards
The Dow fell 22.6% in 1987. On Friday, the S&P 500 closed down 1.09% ahead of the 39th anniversary.
· Investing
- 10-Year Treasury Yield Falls to 5.09% as Core Inflation Rises
The yield slipped from 5.31% on Oct. 5 to 5.09% on Oct. 16. PIMCO Chief Investment Officer Dan Ivascyn said a short-term move to 6% was possible amid leveraged selling.
· Investing
- Bitcoin ETF Outflows Reach $614.7 Million Through Oct. 16
Strategy bought 250 BTC during the week of Oct. 5-11, while September consumer prices rose 0.6% month over month on a seasonally adjusted basis.
· Investing
- Inflation Clouds Bitcoin’s $100,000 Year-End Outlook for 2026
Bitwise’s Ryan Rasmussen sees potential upside above $100,000, while LO:TECH’s Adam Morgan McCarthy puts his base case at $85,000 to $95,000.
· Investing
- Meta, Tesla Earnings and U.S. Data Fill Next Week’s Market Calendar
Nvidia's GTC Berlin runs through Oct. 22, while Friday brings preliminary U.S. activity indexes and final consumer sentiment and inflation-expectations readings.
· Business
- Ethereum Test, Fed Meeting and Options Expiry Converge Oct. 26-30
The Hoodi activation applies to a test network, while monthly Bitcoin and Ether options on Deribit expire Oct. 30 at 4 a.m. ET (08:00 UTC).
· Investing
- S&P 500 Holds Near Record as 84% of Stocks Sit at Least 10% Below Peaks
The index is about 2% below its high, while second-quarter 2026 blended earnings growth reached 52% and 59% of members were at least 20% below their own peaks.
· Investing
- Hartnett Says Chip Prices May Guide Tech’s Mid-November Return
Bank of America’s bull-bear gauge dropped below its sell threshold, but the strategist remains defensive and is not adding to technology stocks.
· Investing
- Markets Put October Fed Rate-Hike Odds at 15.5%, Hold Odds at 84.5%
The figures are market-implied probabilities for the Fed’s October decision, not an announced policy move.
· Investing
- Major U.S. Real Estate Gauges Rise More Than 1% in a Week
Some AI-related and data center property stocks fell amid concern that high rates could make AI infrastructure harder to finance.
· Investing
- U.S. Midterms Offer No Clear Signal for Coinbase and Circle Shares
Coinbase had $599.2 million in transaction revenue and $555.1 million in subscription and services revenue in the second quarter. Circle's reserve income made up 95.2% of its revenue and reserve income.
· Investing
- Bitcoin Closes at $81,524, Down 1.7% Since Oct. 10 Close
The Oct. 16 close was 0.8% below Oct. 15, while September consumer prices rose 0.6% from August.
· Investing
- Median Net Worth Fell 23% for U.S. Families With Reference Persons Under 35
Families with a reference person 75 or older saw a 37% gain, while the median for all U.S. families rose 2%; amounts are adjusted to 2025 dollars.
· Investing
- U.S. Inflation Data Raise Odds of Another Fed Rate Hike This Year
Markets put the chance of another increase this year at 70% to 80%, while futures showed about 27% odds of a move in October.
· Investing
- Markets Reassess Inflation and AI Debt as October Fed Pause Bets Rise
September U.S. CPI and PPI exceeded expectations, while cautious Fed comments restored an October pause as the market baseline. Another rate increase this year remains possible.
· Investing
- El-Erian Says Markets Price In Excessive Rate Hikes by September
The Allianz chief economic adviser considers expectations for three total rate increases excessive, despite recent dovish readings of Federal Reserve messaging.
· Investing
- Polymarket Prices a 14% Chance of October Fed Hike as Bitcoin Closes at $81,524
The market showed 87% for no change and $44.7 million in volume. September producer prices rose 1.3% from August.
· Investing
- Bank of America Cites Four Risks Behind Its Cautious Stock Stance
Bank of America strategist Michael Hartnett points to higher yields and an expected Fed hike, oil prices, midterm uncertainty and losses in AI-linked shares.
· Investing
- Tesla Falls After Morning Rise as U.S. Stocks Extend Tech Selloff
The S&P 500 lost 84.62 points on Oct. 16. Federal Reserve Chair Kevin Warsh offered no specific signal on the next rate decision.
· Investing
- Hot U.S. Data Weighs on Near-Term Outlook for Bitcoin (BTC)
September’s CPI rose 3.7% year over year, above the 3.6% forecast for the annual rate, while global digital asset investment products saw $434 million in outflows so far that week as of Oct. 16.
· Investing
- Bitcoin and Ether Gained After Fed’s September 2026 Rate Hike
Bitcoin rose 11.58% and Ether 11.94% in the seven days after the 25-basis-point increase, the Fed’s first in more than three years.
· Investing
- U.S. Inflation and Nominal Retail Sales Weigh on Bitcoin (BTC)
September CPI rose 3.7% from a year earlier, while retail sales excluding gasoline gained 0.2%. Digital asset investment products saw $434 million in outflows so far this week.
· Investing
- South Korea, U.S. Officials Hold Talks on Economic Conditions and Financial Ties
South Korea’s finance minister and central bank governor met with Federal Reserve and U.S. Treasury officials on Oct. 16.
· Regulation
- Higher Treasury Yields Could Pressure U.S. Growth and AI Spending
The baseline outlook assumes one more Fed rate increase in December 2026, three cuts in the second half of 2027 and a 4.4% 10-year Treasury yield at year-end.
· Investing
- Emerging-Market Stocks Gain About 1%; Warsh Discusses AI Demand
The Federal Reserve chair spoke at an IMF event in Bangkok, describing AI investment as a near-term source of demand ahead of longer-term productivity gains.
· Investing
- Bitcoin Slips Below $80,000 as U.S. Producer Prices Jump 1.3%
Bitcoin recovered above $80,000 by the UTC daily close as September producer prices rose 6.3% year over year.
· Investing
- WTI jumps 7.3% in a week as risk-asset environment scores 45
WTI crude rose 7.3% over the week as volatility and elevated rates weighed on markets. Liquidity and M2 growth offset some pressure, leaving the risk-asset environment at a neutral score of 45.
· Investing
- Binance Bitcoin Funding Rate Falls to -0.0073% as Short Demand Grows
Binance’s formula uses a 0.01% interest-rate parameter, so its neutral funding rate is not 0%.
· Investing
- 10 Stocks Account for 70% of S&P 500 Rebound Since March 30
The index gained 23% over that period, while 84% of its stocks remained at least 10% below their individual record highs.
· Investing
- Warsh Says AI Could Boost Productivity, Warns Path Will Be ‘Very Bumpy’
Warsh gave no signal on another Fed rate increase at its Oct. 27-28 meeting. The central bank raised its benchmark range to 3.75% to 4% in September.
· Regulation
- Kevin Warsh Declines to Signal Fed’s Next Rate Decision
Speaking in Bangkok, Warsh also pointed to the Fed’s September rate increase as a signal of its commitment to price stability.
· Regulation