Monday, October 12, 2026

Bitcoin Price Walks a Tightrope as Bears Circle the $82K Zone

Bitcoin’s price hovered around $82,550 to $83,000 on Monday, Oct. 12, 2026, as technical indicators painted a largely neutral picture with a modest bearish tilt. The cryptocurrency traded within a 24-hour range of $82,550 to $84,231, while repeated failures to reclaim $84,000 kept bullish momentum in check. Despite near-term weakness, bitcoin remains above several longer-term […]

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Strategy Buys More Bitcoin and Retires Nearly 2M STRC Shares

Michael Saylor at an event.Michael Saylor’s Strategy has expanded its bitcoin treasury to 848,250 BTC after acquiring another 250 BTC for approximately $21.5 million. The purchase, disclosed Monday, Oct. 12, 2026, followed Saylor’s Sunday teaser about adding more bitcoin. Strategy also repurchased $192.4 million of its STRC preferred stock, while its combined U.S. dollar reserves and cash holdings stood […]

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Shorting XRP, Bitcoin, Ether, SOL Has This NEAR Trader up $20 Million

NEAR long that helped trader amass $20M profit.A Hyperliquid trader who went long 5.76 million NEAR at $2.35 in September is now sitting on roughly $20.55 million in unrealized profit, and the same account is short seven of the market’s biggest coins. The Position, Line by Line The trade was first flagged by onchain analysts, who noted that the trader’s NEAR long […]

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XRP ETF Buyers Refuse to Quit Despite Sitting on a $230M Paper Loss

XRP price action 24 hrsU.S. spot XRP exchange-traded funds (ETFs) pulled in a net $11.31 million last week, even as XRP lost about 8% over the same five trading days. A Green Week on a Red Chart Data compiled by Sosovalue shows XRP spot ETFs booked net inflows of $11.31 million between Oct. 5 and Oct. 9. That more […]

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Sunday, October 11, 2026

More Orange: Saylor Hints at Growing Strategy’s 848K Bitcoin Stash

strategy saylor chart oct 11Strategy could expand its bitcoin holdings after Michael Saylor posted another orange-themed buying hint. His latest message follows a $28.7 million acquisition, while the company balances cryptocurrency purchases with cash commitments to shareholders and creditors. Saylor Signals There Is Room for More Bitcoin Another bitcoin acquisition may be coming from Strategy Inc. (Nasdaq: MSTR), following […]

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Coldcard X Account Hit by Phishing Scam After $100M Fiasco

Coldcard walletColdcard is confronting another security controversy after its official X account published a phishing link on Oct. 11, 2026, falsely warning customers about a critical firmware vulnerability. The company deleted the post and insists its credentials and two-factor authentication remain secure. The incident follows July’s devastating seed-generation failure, which reportedly exposed thousands of wallets and […]

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Strangely Rational — Week in Review

This editorial is from this week’s edition of the newsletter Week in Review, sent to subscribers on Friday. Subscribe to the newsletter to get this weekly editorial the second it’s finished. The newsletter also includes the biggest stories of the week, with a comment on each story. Bitcoin is finally showing signs of fatigue after […]

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