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The move marked Bitcoin's second failed attempt in a week to break through the late-September high. - MSTR and CRCL gained around 3% in premarket trading, while COIN and BMNR rose roughly 2.5%. - …

The move marked Bitcoin's second failed attempt in a week to break through the late-September high. - MSTR and CRCL gained around 3% in premarket trading, while COIN and BMNR rose roughly 2.5%. - MSTR was the only one of the four crypto-linked stocks with ret… The move marked Bitcoin's second failed attempt in a week to break through the late-September high.- MSTR and CRCL gained around 3% in premarket trading, while COIN and BMNR rose roughly 2.5%.- MSTR …

Wall Street's favorite screen now shows prices from a decentralized derivatives exchange, though trading it is another matter The Bloomberg Terminal now displays live quotes from Hyperliquid. Users can pull up real-time prices for …

Wall Street's favorite screen now shows prices from a decentralized derivatives exchange, though trading it is another matter The Bloomberg Terminal now displays live quotes from Hyperliquid. Users can pull up real-time prices for select Hyperliquid perpetual futures by typing WSL HYPE <GO>. The coverage goes well beyond crypto. The feed includes contracts tied to equities, commodities, foreign exchange, indices and digital assets. What Bloomberg actually turned on Bloomberg’s Michael McDonough first flagged the feature on September 29, 2026. It officially went live on October 5, 2026. The contracts on display read like a cross-section of a macro trader’s watchlist. Oil, gold, Brent crude, the S&P 500, NVIDIA-related contracts, Bitcoin and the EUR/USD currency pair are all part of the mix. Advertisement A perpetual future, or “perp,” is a contract that tracks the price of an asset but never expires. Traders can hold a position for as long as they like, which is why perps became the dominant way to trade crypto with leverage. What makes this feed unusual is the hours. Hyperliquid’s markets run 24/7, so Terminal users get pricing data around the clock. That includes contracts on assets like gold and the S&P 500, whose traditional venues keep regular business hours. AI, tech, and the markets they move—in one daily briefing. Daily. Free. Join 34,000+ readers across crypto, finance, and policy. Email address Subscribe free We respect your privacy. Unsubscribe anytime. There is no trade execution, so a portfolio manager can look at a Hyperliquid quote on their Terminal but cannot place an order through it. The pitch for institutions is comparison. Desks can line up Hyperliquid’s pricing against traditional benchmarks side by side, without toggling between platforms or opening a crypto-native dashboard. How Hyperliquid got here Hyperliquid runs decentralized perpetual futures trading on its own Layer-1 blockchain. The platform supports more than 100 assets. The launch came shortly after President Trump made public comments about the CFTC’s regulatory efforts concerning Hyperliquid’s operations in the United States. Meanwhile, Hyperliquid still geo-blocks users in the US. What this means for Hyperliquid and institutional traders The most immediate effect is reputational rather than financial. Appearing on the Terminal positions Hyperliquid as a credible price reference inside institutional data infrastructure. The research behind this launch points to no immediate inflows tied to the integration. Without execution and with US users blocked, there is no direct pipe from a Terminal screen to Hyperliquid’s order books. Some market analysts suggest the data-only setup could be a preliminary step towards deeper engagement with institutional investors. Bloomberg has not announced trading functionality.

A Federal Reserve working paper links large Bitcoin transfers to sharp, short-lived jumps in smaller wallet activity, while Ethereum barely reacts When a Bitcoin whale moves, the minnows apparently notice. A new working paper …

A Federal Reserve working paper links large Bitcoin transfers to sharp, short-lived jumps in smaller wallet activity, while Ethereum barely reacts When a Bitcoin whale moves, the minnows apparently notice. A new working paper from the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia finds that smaller Bitcoin wallets sharply increased trading activity within 15 minutes of large transfers being publicly flagged. What the Philadelphia Fed found The paper, catalogued as WP 26-42, examines how whale transactions relate to the behavior of non-whale wallets on Bitcoin (BTC) and Ethereum (ETH). The sample runs from December 2017 through December 31, 2025, covering a stretch of crypto history that includes multiple boom and bust cycles. Researchers paired on-chain data with public notifications from Whale Alert, a service that broadcasts large crypto transfers. The analysis covered more than 6,600 BTC transactions and 5,000 ETH transactions. The definition of a whale was strict. Only wallets making transfers above $50 million qualified, and exchanges and smart contracts were excluded so the focus stayed on individual large holders rather than institutional plumbing. The headline result: small and medium Bitcoin wallets lifted their buy participation by 14.81 to 23.72 percentage points in the first 15 minutes after whale buy signals. Sell participation rose by 12.95 to 29.52 percentage points after whale sell alerts. Both results were statistically significant at the 1% level. Advertisement The raw numbers tell a similar story. Activity among small wallets jumped from 18.6% to 33.2% after whale alerts, while medium wallet activity climbed from 33.8% to 57.9%. Ethereum shrugs Ethereum traders, by contrast, mostly ignored the giants. ETH and Wrapped Bitcoin (WBTC) showed little to no measurable reaction to whale alerts. The news moving money, markets, and the world—before your day starts. Daily. Free. Join 34,000+ readers across crypto, finance, and policy. Email address Subscribe free We respect your privacy. Unsubscribe anytime. The strongest ETH response came from the largest non-whale sellers, who shifted participation by just 0.76 percentage points. Volatility followed the same split. Bitcoin saw a brief volatility surge after alerts, with the paper noting a 24-hour volatility spike following whale activity and the peak coming after WBTC alerts. Ethereum volatility stayed lower and more stable after massive transfers. The researchers frame this as evidence of structural and informational asymmetries between the two markets. Correlation, not a trading manual One crucial caveat sits at the center of the paper. The authors do not claim that traders acted because of the alerts, and they do not assess whether following whales was profitable. The paper offers a possible explanation for the BTC versus ETH gap. Bitcoin’s transaction structure is simpler, so a large transfer may be easier to read as a meaningful signal. Ethereum activity is tangled up with exchanges and smart contracts, which may make it harder for observers to interpret and act on. The decay of the effect is also telling. Directional participation drifted back toward baseline within an hour. What this means for traders and markets The sell-side numbers deserve attention. Sell participation rose by as much as 29.52 percentage points after whale sell alerts, the widest range in the study. The WBTC result adds a wrinkle worth watching. Wrapped Bitcoin itself showed little participation response, yet Bitcoin volatility peaked after WBTC alerts, suggesting cross-asset links that future research could unpack. The open questions are the ones the authors deliberately left alone. Whether alerts actually drive these trades, and whether the smaller wallets that pile in come out ahead, remain unanswered.

Softer hiring and slower wages weaken the labor case for another Fed hike, while inflation and household employment complicate the outlook. The post US jobs revision turns July’s 21,000 gain into a 10,000 loss …

Softer hiring and slower wages weaken the labor case for another Fed hike, while inflation and household employment complicate the outlook. The post US jobs revision turns July’s 21,000 gain into a 10,000 loss appeared first on CryptoSlate. The US Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) revised July and August payroll gains down by 60,000 on Oct. 2, weakening the labor-based case for another Federal Reserve hike and potentially easing one poli…

Every aspect of the Federal Reserve’s job requires balance: Even its legal mandate of maximum employment versus inflation at 2% requires a trade-off between the two when setting the U.S. interest rate.One conundrum the …

Every aspect of the Federal Reserve’s job requires balance: Even its legal mandate of maximum employment versus inflation at 2% requires a trade-off between the two when setting the U.S. interest rate.One conundrum the central bank—specifically, the rate-sett… Every aspect of the Federal Reserves job requires balance: Even its legal mandate of maximum employment versus inflation at 2% requires a trade-off between the two when setting the U.S. interest rate…

The 10-year Treasury yield opened the week at 5.283% after pulling back from a level not seen since 2002. - WTI crude traded near $91 after OPEC+ kept November production targets unchanged, while Brent …

The 10-year Treasury yield opened the week at 5.283% after pulling back from a level not seen since 2002. - WTI crude traded near $91 after OPEC+ kept November production targets unchanged, while Brent ended last week above $102. - Applied Digital is among th… The 10-year Treasury yield opened the week at 5.283% after pulling back from a level not seen since 2002.- WTI crude traded near $91 after OPEC+ kept November production targets unchanged, while Bren…

Binance's new AI stack brings personalized market data, executable strategies and developer infrastructure into its financial ecosystem. Binance has unveiled Binance Intelligence, an AI product stack that brings financial education, strategy creation and developer …

Binance's new AI stack brings personalized market data, executable strategies and developer infrastructure into its financial ecosystem. Binance has unveiled Binance Intelligence, an AI product stack that brings financial education, strategy creation and developer tools into its exchange ecosystem. The offering includes Binance AI for personalized market information and Binance AI Pro for finance-focused agents, alongside the recently launched Binance Agent OS for developers, Binance Co-CEO Richard Teng and VP of Product Jeff Li said Oct. 5. The products are aimed at addressing the gap between retail users and professional market participants as financial information becomes increasingly fragmented across crypto and traditional markets, according to Binance. Advertisement Binance AI provides a free, personalized experience that adjusts financial information and tools to each user’s interests, activity and level of market knowledge, the exchange noted. The product combines signals from charts, news, social media, on-chain data and research, while an agentic framework coordinates specialized agents to gather data, generate insights and keep information updated. Features include an AI-generated Market Brief refreshed every four hours, Smart Tool Tips, market and portfolio widgets and Master Trade profiles. AI, tech, and the markets they move—in one daily briefing. Daily. Free. Join 34,000+ readers across crypto, finance, and policy. Email address Subscribe free We respect your privacy. Unsubscribe anytime. “Finance has always been built for the people who already understand it,” said Teng. “Binance Intelligence closes that gap by giving everyone an intelligent partner that meets them where they are — right inside the Binance app they already use. Blockchain is giving everyone access to markets; AI gives everyone the knowledge to navigate them.” Binance AI Pro adds automated strategy development, allowing users to describe financial ideas in natural language and have an agent turn them into editable visual workflows without coding, the exchange stated. Recommendations draw on Binance market data, while live strategies can run continuously on the platform. Users can review and modify workflows before execution, while premium users can test strategies through paper trading. Each live strategy operates through a dedicated sub-account funded manually by the user, preventing the agent from moving funds independently. “Binance AI Pro is powerful because it’s native to Binance and built for finance. Unlike general-purpose AI, which just talks about the market, our agent puts Binance’s market data, execution, research, and curated third-party sources to work,” Li stated. “Users bring their ideas in plain language; everything a strategy needs is already built in.” The service will begin rolling out in the second half of October under a freemium model. Standard users will receive free monthly credits for queries and strategy previews, while the $19.99 USDC-a-month Premium plan will include live strategy deployment, paper trading, access to available frontier AI models and additional credit purchases. Binance said users remain responsible for deciding whether, when and what to execute. Binance Agent OS, which provides infrastructure that connects AI agents with Binance’s market data, trading, wallet, payments and on-chain services, has surpassed 280,000 daily calls since its launch in August. The platform incorporates Binance APIs, Wallet Agentic Hub, x402 programmable payments and Skill Hub, alongside Model Context Protocol support. Developers can use tools including ChatGPT, Claude Code, Codex and Cursor to authorize agents to access account information, market data and supported trading functions, with permissions configurable and revocable by users.

The AI boom pushed the global billionaire count to 3,795 and their combined fortunes to $15.1 trillion, though signs of cooling are emerging Artificial intelligence has been very, very good to the people who …

The AI boom pushed the global billionaire count to 3,795 and their combined fortunes to $15.1 trillion, though signs of cooling are emerging Artificial intelligence has been very, very good to the people who already owned a lot of stock. The AI investment boom of 2025 and 2026 pushed the global billionaire population to a record 3,795, with collective net worth hitting $15.1 trillion. The twist: Bloomberg reports that the peak of this wealth surge has likely been reached. The numbers behind the AI money machine The billionaire headcount rose 8.2% year over year in 2025. Their combined fortunes grew even faster, climbing 12.8%. The engine was equity. Billionaires holding large stakes in firms building foundation models, AI infrastructure, and AI applications saw those holdings swell. Companies with AI exposure posted valuation gains that ran 23% faster than their non-AI peers across 2024 and 2025. Nvidia and Alphabet stood among the biggest beneficiaries. The surge was fueled on two fronts: private investment pouring into AI startups and public market investors bidding up anything tied to the technology. Advertisement The startup side minted fresh fortunes at speed. More than 50 new billionaires emerged in 2025 from stakes in AI-focused companies, with Anthropic among the notable sources. The names at the top of the leaderboard Elon Musk remains the gravitational center of the billionaire universe. His net worth reached approximately $900 billion, driven by holdings across SpaceX, Tesla, and xAI. AI, tech, and the markets they move—in one daily briefing. Daily. Free. Join 34,000+ readers across crypto, finance, and policy. Email address Subscribe free We respect your privacy. Unsubscribe anytime. By October 2026, the Bloomberg Billionaires Index put Musk’s fortune at $977 billion amid stock volatility. Alphabet’s founders also had a strong year. Larry Page and Sergey Brin gained over $100 billion combined in 2025, tied to Alphabet and its Gemini AI push. The wealth wave was not confined to the ultra-rich either. In the US, high-net-worth wealth set records, with assets held by millionaires and above growing 9% to $98.3 trillion in 2025. Background: how a technology became a wealth event What stands out about the AI cycle is concentration and speed. The gains flowed heavily to a relatively small set of companies building chips, cloud capacity, and models, and to the founders and early investors who held large stakes in them. Private markets played an unusually large role. Startups like Anthropic created paper billionaires before ever touching a public exchange, which means a portion of this wealth rests on private valuations rather than daily trading prices. What this means: a boom with a speed limit The central question now is whether the AI wealth surge has topped out. Bloomberg’s assessment that the peak has likely been reached lines up with signs of a slowdown in new wealth creation as of late 2026. The 23% valuation premium AI-exposed firms earned is a double-edged sword. Premiums reward expectations. If expectations slip, the premium is usually the first thing to go. The pace of more than 50 new AI billionaires in a single year set a high bar. If new wealth creation is slowing, late-stage investors may need to rethink entry prices and expected returns.

The dollar's ascent continues, climbing to a 17-month peak as the likelihood of a Federal Reserve rate increase diminishes. Meanwhile, European currencies face challenges, notably the euro, burdened by rising concerns over France’s debt …

The dollar's ascent continues, climbing to a 17-month peak as the likelihood of a Federal Reserve rate increase diminishes. Meanwhile, European currencies face challenges, notably the euro, burdened by rising concerns over France’s debt and political instabil… The dollar started the week on a firm footing, hovering near a 17-month high on Monday as traders weighed receding odds of a Federal Reserve rate hike this month after soft US jobs data while fiscal …

Rupee trades near 96 paise against US dollar mark Rupee began the week on a cautious note, struggling to move away from the 96-per-dollar level, as high crude oil prices and continued foreign fund …

Rupee trades near 96 paise against US dollar mark Rupee began the week on a cautious note, struggling to move away from the 96-per-dollar level, as high crude oil prices and continued foreign fund selling keeping the currency under pressure. On Monday, rupee opened at 96.20 against the US dollar before weakening to 96.26, down 1 paisa from its previous close.The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has been stepping in periodically to limit excessive intraday swings, forex traders said. However, higher import bills and sustained strength in the greenback continued to weigh on sentiment.The rupee's latest move follows a sharp fall on Thursday, when it closed at 96.25 per US dollar after slipping below the psychologically important 96 level. Currency and equity markets were shut on Friday for Mahatma Gandhi Jayanti."The rupee closed at its weakest in over two months, and carries an upward bias for the pair within 95.50–96.50 on oil above $100, US yields at multi-year highs and heavy foreign portfolio selling," said Anindya Banerjee, Head of Commodity and Currency Research, Kotak Securities.The scale of the RBI's intervention can be seen in the country's foreign exchange reserves, which fell by $18 billion to $748 billion.Official data released on Friday showed reserves had dropped $18.343 billion to $747.557 billion in the week ended September 25. This followed a decline of $14.881 billion to $765.901 billion in the previous reporting week.The RBI's monetary policy committee is also scheduled to meet this week, with most economists expecting a 25 basis point rate increase to 5.50 per cent.Markets are now watching several developments for their potential impact on the USD/INR pair. These include US services data, the Federal Reserve minutes and the RBI's policy decision on Wednesday, besides any confirmation from Saudi Arabia on weekend damage.Banerjee said a Fed decision to remain on hold in October and an RBI hike are already priced in. However, confirmed damage to Saudi infrastructure is not priced in and could push Brent towards the upper end of its range quickly, he added.The dollar index was at 102.47, up 0.54 per cent. Brent crude futures, meanwhile, were trading 0.89 per cent lower at $101.34 a barrel."Though we wait for RBI action on rupee, as dollar buying by oil companies will continue while FPIs will continue to remain in sell mode…," said Anil Kumar Bhansali, head of treasury and executive director, Finrex Treasury Advisors LLP.Foreign selling remained another pressure point for the currency. Foreign Institutional Investors offloaded equities worth Rs 9,484.22 crore on a net basis on Thursday, according to exchange data.Dalal Street, however, began Monday's session on a positive note. BSE Sensex rose 413 points to 72,315, while NSE Nifty gained 131.55 points to trade at 22,554.20 in early trade.