Bitcoin price faced renewed pressure on October 17 as inflation concerns, regional tensions, and fund withdrawals weakened market sentiment. $BTC price is still recovering to the all-time lows last month, and is steadily moving toward the psychological mark of $80,000. Know when your coins moveAlerts, real-time prices, and market news — all in one app
In brief Nine blockchain organizations launched the Quantum Alliance, an open standards body to define what “quantum-ready” means and create a common way to test and verify quantum-resistance claims across networks, wallets and infrastructure. The group warns that elliptic-curve signatures leave roughly 6.04 million $BTC (~30% of supply) quantum-exposed, citing forecasts pointing toward the late
Bitcoin price today has fallen below $81,000, touching a low near $80,250. Meanwhile, U.S. spot Bitcoin ETFs recorded $409.2 million in net outflows between October 12 and 16, while rising U.S.-Iran tensions added to market pressure. Although ETF outflows have eased from the previous week, Bitcoin is still struggling to recover above $84,000. Bitcoin ETF
Borrowing costs, missed interest income, and futures fees can all eat into returns even when Bitcoin holds its value. That’s a big problem, and it gets even worse when inflation stays high. September’s US inflation report showed consumer prices up 3.7% year over year, fueling concerns about the dollar’s purchasing power. That same inflation pressure
Cryptocurrency analysis platform Santiment addressed the declines in Bitcoin ($BTC) and altcoins in its market review published today. While the company’s on-chain data shows that large investors continue to accumulate, some key indicators suggest that the conditions for a strong rally have not yet been met. According to data shared by Santiment, Bitcoin fell to
Nine Blockchain Organizations Unite as Quantum Threat Looms Nearly one-third of Bitcoin’s supply could eventually become vulnerable to quantum computers, and a new industry coalition wants to get ahead of the threat. The Quantum Alliance, launched Oct. 15 in Lisbon, brings together nine blockchain organizations to establish common standards for protecting cryptocurrency networks, wallets, and
Google says its Willow quantum chip has cut errors about 40-fold when preparing special states used in quantum calculations, tackling a costly step toward building machines powerful enough to crack bitcoin wallets. The result, published in Science this week, deals with something that rarely comes up in the bitcoin quantum debate — which usually focuses
Bitcoin’s price has dropped this week as new inflation data has come in hot. But while the largest cryptocurrency’s near-term setup is difficult, it’s not “fundamentally bearish,” according to European asset manager CoinShares’ Head of Research, James Butterfill. In a report Friday, the analyst said that bitcoin’s near-term challenge stems from a macro environment that’s
Bitcoin risks wiping out the results of many years of growth entirely and returning to fundamental support at the $10,000 level. The largest digital asset, which has served as the main indicator of risk appetite since 2009, is showing signs of a global trend reversal. The key trigger for this scenario would be a large-scale
Despite Bitcoin ($BTC) falling more than 5% over the past 2 weeks, trading at approximately $82,166 on October 16, 2026, popular pseudonymous crypto analyst Captain Faibik, or CryptoCove, expects a renewed bull run after a breakout above a short-term falling channel. Captain Faibik stated that for Bitcoin’s uptrend to recommence it must consistently close above