BTC traded at $83,369, down 2.53% over 24 hours, while ETH stood at $2,575.90, down 4.48%. Gold was at $4,138.90 and silver at $60.110; the S&P 500 and Nasdaq 100 fell 0.22% and 0.21%, respectively, while WTI and Brent rose 1.02% and 1.17%.
1. Bitcoin breaks below $84,000
Bitcoin fell from $85,500 to $83,900 before rebounding to $84,100. The decline was driven by active sell orders and forced liquidation of long positions: the taker buy-sell pressure oscillator dipped to -4.9 before recovering to -3.1, while the liquidation pressure oscillator fell from -11 to -78, with long liquidations dominant.
Assets to watch: BTC
2. Fed minutes flag one more rate hike before year-end
Minutes of the Federal Reserve's September policy meeting show all participants supported raising the federal funds target range by 25 basis points to 3.75%-4.00%, and most judged that one more hike before year-end could be appropriate. Officials broadly saw inflation risks as tilted to the upside, and some noted that AI infrastructure buildout could push medium-term aggregate demand above supply.
3. Global gold ETF inflows hit $31 billion in Q3
The World Gold Council reported $10 billion of net inflows into global gold ETFs in September, lifting third-quarter inflows to a record $31 billion, led by European and North American funds. Global gold holdings rose 67 tonnes to 4,256 tonnes, while total assets under management fell 7% month-over-month to $574 billion.
Assets to watch: XAU
4. Anthropic launches Claude Haiku 5.5, ~75% cheaper to run
Anthropic released Claude Haiku 5.5, with an average running cost about 75% lower than Haiku 4.5. Pricing is $0.1 per million input tokens and $0.5 per million output tokens. The model is live on the Claude platform and on AWS, Google Cloud and Microsoft Azure, targeting high-frequency tasks such as summarization and classification.
Assets to watch: ANTHROPIC, GOOGL
5. Mecka AI raises $60 million Series B
Robotics data startup Mecka AI raised $60 million in a Series B round led by Sequoia Capital, with participation from Nvidia, Microsoft's venture arm M12, Qualcomm and Samsung Electronics. Mecka AI collects and analyzes human motion data to train humanoid and other robots.
Assets to watch: NVDA, MSFT
6. Wells Fargo in talks with Kraken parent on liquidity
Payward, the parent company of Kraken, is in talks with Wells Fargo to become a liquidity provider for its crypto asset trading, with discussions ongoing and no deal guaranteed. Wells Fargo already offers spot bitcoin ETFs to eligible wealth-management clients.
Assets to watch: BTC, WFC
7. Multicoin deposits 67,500 HYPE to Coinbase Prime
On-chain monitoring shows Multicoin deposited 67,500 HYPE, worth $5.92 million, into Coinbase Prime. Over the past four weeks, Multicoin has transferred a total of 760,580 HYPE, worth $62.99 million, to Coinbase Prime.
Assets to watch: HYPE
8. Sui integrates with Samsung Wallet for USDC transfers
Sui is advancing integration with Samsung Wallet, expected to enable roughly 82 million Galaxy devices in the US to transfer USDC built on Sui. The service includes gas-free transfers and will launch first in the US before expanding to more markets.
Assets to watch: SUI, SAMSUNG
9. Orca and Loopscale merge into Formation
Solana DEX Orca and lending protocol Loopscale announced a merger into a new entity named Formation, led by Loopscale co-founder Luke Truitt as CEO. Formation combines Orca's trading infrastructure with Loopscale's lending and investment vaults and will launch asset-issuance tools in the coming year; the two protocols remain the foundation of the ORCA and xORCA token networks.
Assets to watch: ORCA, SOL
Market snapshot
BTC: $83,369 (24h -2.53%) | ETH: $2,575.90 (24h -4.48%)
Gold: $4,138.90 (-0.04%) | Silver: $60.110 (-0.31%)
WTI: $89.18 (+1.02%) | Brent: $101.37 (+1.17%)
S&P 500: 7,801.77 (-0.22%) | Nasdaq 100: 31,160.08 (-0.21%)
1. Bitcoin breaks below $84,000
Bitcoin fell from $85,500 to $83,900 before rebounding to $84,100. The decline was driven by active sell orders and forced liquidation of long positions: the taker buy-sell pressure oscillator dipped to -4.9 before recovering to -3.1, while the liquidation pressure oscillator fell from -11 to -78, with long liquidations dominant.
Assets to watch: BTC
2. Fed minutes flag one more rate hike before year-end
Minutes of the Federal Reserve's September policy meeting show all participants supported raising the federal funds target range by 25 basis points to 3.75%-4.00%, and most judged that one more hike before year-end could be appropriate. Officials broadly saw inflation risks as tilted to the upside, and some noted that AI infrastructure buildout could push medium-term aggregate demand above supply.
3. Global gold ETF inflows hit $31 billion in Q3
The World Gold Council reported $10 billion of net inflows into global gold ETFs in September, lifting third-quarter inflows to a record $31 billion, led by European and North American funds. Global gold holdings rose 67 tonnes to 4,256 tonnes, while total assets under management fell 7% month-over-month to $574 billion.
Assets to watch: XAU
4. Anthropic launches Claude Haiku 5.5, ~75% cheaper to run
Anthropic released Claude Haiku 5.5, with an average running cost about 75% lower than Haiku 4.5. Pricing is $0.1 per million input tokens and $0.5 per million output tokens. The model is live on the Claude platform and on AWS, Google Cloud and Microsoft Azure, targeting high-frequency tasks such as summarization and classification.
Assets to watch: ANTHROPIC, GOOGL
5. Mecka AI raises $60 million Series B
Robotics data startup Mecka AI raised $60 million in a Series B round led by Sequoia Capital, with participation from Nvidia, Microsoft's venture arm M12, Qualcomm and Samsung Electronics. Mecka AI collects and analyzes human motion data to train humanoid and other robots.
Assets to watch: NVDA, MSFT
6. Wells Fargo in talks with Kraken parent on liquidity
Payward, the parent company of Kraken, is in talks with Wells Fargo to become a liquidity provider for its crypto asset trading, with discussions ongoing and no deal guaranteed. Wells Fargo already offers spot bitcoin ETFs to eligible wealth-management clients.
Assets to watch: BTC, WFC
7. Multicoin deposits 67,500 HYPE to Coinbase Prime
On-chain monitoring shows Multicoin deposited 67,500 HYPE, worth $5.92 million, into Coinbase Prime. Over the past four weeks, Multicoin has transferred a total of 760,580 HYPE, worth $62.99 million, to Coinbase Prime.
Assets to watch: HYPE
8. Sui integrates with Samsung Wallet for USDC transfers
Sui is advancing integration with Samsung Wallet, expected to enable roughly 82 million Galaxy devices in the US to transfer USDC built on Sui. The service includes gas-free transfers and will launch first in the US before expanding to more markets.
Assets to watch: SUI, SAMSUNG
9. Orca and Loopscale merge into Formation
Solana DEX Orca and lending protocol Loopscale announced a merger into a new entity named Formation, led by Loopscale co-founder Luke Truitt as CEO. Formation combines Orca's trading infrastructure with Loopscale's lending and investment vaults and will launch asset-issuance tools in the coming year; the two protocols remain the foundation of the ORCA and xORCA token networks.
Assets to watch: ORCA, SOL
Market snapshot
BTC: $83,369 (24h -2.53%) | ETH: $2,575.90 (24h -4.48%)
Gold: $4,138.90 (-0.04%) | Silver: $60.110 (-0.31%)
WTI: $89.18 (+1.02%) | Brent: $101.37 (+1.17%)
S&P 500: 7,801.77 (-0.22%) | Nasdaq 100: 31,160.08 (-0.21%)