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Bitcoin
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Affairs
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No. 155 · 29 Oct 2026
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MARKET SNAPSHOT
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BTC / USD
$80,045
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24H CHANGE
-0.7%
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ALL-TIME HIGH
$124,749
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FROM ATH
-35.8%
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US PCE inflation reaccelerates, challenging hopes for a friendlier year-end Fed
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The Fed’s preferred inflation gauge accelerated in September, with headline PCE rising 3.6% year over year and 0.5% month over month, while core PCE picked up to 3.1% from 3.0%. For bitcoin, the hotter print keeps higher-for-longer rate risk alive and raises the odds that yields and the dollar stay a headwind into year-end.
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Bitcoin Core discloses AI-found node crash flaw and urges patched upgrades
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Bitcoin Core disclosed a medium-severity flaw that could let a malicious peer crash nodes on Windows, macOS, or BSD, and said patched versions are now available. The episode highlights infrastructure risk on the network’s edges and a faster disclosure policy for vulnerabilities that AI tools can readily find.
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US warns allies on possible Iran strikes, keeping oil risk elevated
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The US warned allies to prepare for possible strikes on Iran and retaliation after the election, while regional attacks on Saudi energy infrastructure have already raised supply concerns. For bitcoin, the immediate channel is macro: higher oil risk can harden inflation expectations and complicate the rates outlook.
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Lagarde’s early ECB exit adds new uncertainty to Europe’s rates path
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ECB President Christine Lagarde said she will step down on February 7, leaving early as the euro area grapples with inflation pressure and French bond-market strain. The leadership change adds fresh uncertainty around Europe’s policy path and sovereign-spread risk, both relevant to global liquidity and crypto sentiment.
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COMMENTARY
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🚨BREAKING: Bitcoin falls below $80,000 and Ethereum slips under $2,300 after the Fed holds rates steady.
More than $100 MILLION in long positions were reportedly liquidated in two hours as persistent inflation, rising oil prices and geopolitical tensions weigh on risk assets. https://t.co/9ddG56xiqT
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SUMMARY OF FED CHAIR WARSH'S STATEMENT:
1. Fed to eliminate 1 interest rate-setting vote beginning in Fall 2027
2. Fed expects to hold just 6 policy-setting meetings in 2028, down from 8 currently
3. Overwhelming consensus is that the "monetary medicine is starting to work"
4. Warsh says he is "unwilling and unable" to call financial conditions tight
5. Warsh says that inflation remains elevated in the US
6. The Fed awaits more information in determining policy path
The Fed is now in "wait and see" mode.
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🚨 FED JUST GOT A STRONG REASON TO HIKE RATES.
US PCE inflation and Q3 GDP data were released, and both came in favour of hiking rates.
PCE inflation rose to 3.6%, its highest level in 3 months.
US Q3 GDP data came in at 3.4%, higher than expectations of 3.2%.
This means the economic growth is strong while inflation is picking up.
This gives the Fed more room to hike rates without stopping economic growth.
Right now, December's rate hike odds are at 83%, and it'll go up after today's data.
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🚨 CRYPTO SCAMMER WHO STOLE $13M CAUGHT AFTER BRAGGING ABOUT IT ON DISCORD
A Canadian man who began stealing cryptocurrency at just 17 has been sentenced to 25 months in prison after pleading guilty to conspiracy to commit money laundering.
Trenton Johnston and an accomplice allegedly stole 185 $BTC, worth approximately $13 million, from a California victim.
Investigators discovered that Johnston had openly bragged about the thefts and even demonstrated his methods through Discord screen-sharing.
He reportedly spent his stolen fortune on:
• Lamborghini Aventador SVJ and two BMWs
• Private jet rentals
• Luxury jewelry
• Miami nightlife and parties
Johnston was arrested in March 2026 while riding in a Rolls-Royce Cullinan.
He has since surrendered approximately $3.8 million in stolen cryptocurrency and is expected to be deported to Canada.
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⚠️ ALERT: Allium, the blockchain data provider serving Visa, Stripe and Coinbase, discloses a security breach into its systems.
The company detected the breach on October 25, notified affected customers and brought in an independent cybersecurity firm.
The full scope and whether customer data was exposed remain undisclosed.
Core services are back online, but existing API keys are being revoked, and access to uploaded data remains disabled.
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🚨 BREAKING: Three new Bitcoin Core vulnerabilities discovered including a bug allowing attackers to remotely brick nodes.
The vulnerabilities include two medium-severity flaws that could allow malicious peers to exhaust node memory and a third that could corrupt blockchain undo data under extreme conditions. @ProjectLoupe, an AI-powered security initiative at @spiral_xyz, independently identified the vulnerabilities alongside other researchers, including @L0RINC of the #Bitcoin Red Team 🟥.
Fixes have been released in Bitcoin Core versions 29.5, 30.4, 31.2, and 32.1, although certain 32-bit and FAT32 configurations remain vulnerable to the third issue.
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