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Gathered from the major desks

The Wire

Headlines as they are published, grouped when several desks report the same story, with paid posts left out. Each one links to the desk that wrote it.

Tuesday, October 6, 2026

  1. CoinDesk
    Live updates: A drop below $84,000 could put $80,000 in play for bitcoin

    BTC

  2. CoinDesk
    Smaller altcoins shine as bitcoin stills trades around $85,000

    BTC

  3. Cointelegraph
    Binance BTC outflows hit highest since mid-2023 as whales deposit stablecoins

    BTC

  4. CoinDesk
    Why bitcoin is down 'just' 32% a year after its record high of $126,000

    BTC

  5. CointelegraphNotable
    Bitcoin ETFs shed $90M as BTC sits 32% below year-old ATH

    BTC

  6. CoinDesk
    Bitcoin keeps getting rejected at $87,000 as stocks hover near records

    BTC

  7. CryptoSlate
    Bitcoin futures drop $1.4B, but spot buyers step in to help

    BTC

  8. CryptoSlate
    Bitcoin treasury Strive risks cash reserve to fund $500M buyback and trim dividends

    BTC

Monday, October 5, 2026

  1. Decrypt
    Strive Adds $169M Bitcoin in Its Biggest Buy in Four Months

    BTC

  2. Bitcoin MagazineMajor
    Coinbase’s Ryan VanGrack: CFTC Approval “Opens Many Doors” for Bitcoin

    BTC

  3. Bitcoin Magazine
    Coinbase Business Chief: Big Banks Increasing BTC Exposure | Shan Aggarwal

    BTC

  4. Bitcoin Magazine
    TD Cowen’s Lance Vitanza: BTC to $132k in 2027 & MSTR Price Outlook

    BTC

  5. Bitcoin Magazine
    Lyn Alden: Nothing Stops This Train – BTC, AI Equities, Bond Market Analysis

    BTC

  6. Bitcoin Magazine
    Caitlin Long: Fiscal Dominance, Stablecoins & the Macro Case for Bitcoin

    BTC

  7. Bitcoin Magazine
    $1.3B iTrust Capital CEO: 50% of Clients are Buying Bitcoin | Kevin Maloney

    BTC

  8. Decrypt
    Why a 4chan Bitcoin Prophecy Says Today Is the End of Crypto Winter

    BTC

  9. Bitcoin Magazine
    VanEck’s Matthew Sigel: Path to $500k BTC Runs Through Gold

    BTC

  10. Bitcoin Magazine
    CryptoQuant: BTC “Bull Run Has Started” – 3x to 5x Cycle Outlook | Ki Young Ju

    BTC

  11. Bitcoin Magazine
    Jim Rickards: Stabelcoins “Dangerous” for Bond Market – $10,000 Gold Outlook

    BTC

  12. Bitcoin Magazine
    Coinbase Asset Management President: Bitcoin to $300k by 2030 | Anthony Bassili

    BTC

  13. CryptoSlate
    US credit spreads eased on October 2 after widening beyond the weakest borrowers

    BTC

  14. Bitcoin MagazineNotable
    Bitcoin ETFs Bring in $241M To Kick Start ‘Uptober’

    BTC

  15. Bitcoin Magazine
    Japanese Bitcoin Treasury Metaplanet Sold BTC Last Quarter To Demonstrate Liquidity

    BTC

  16. DecryptMajor
    SEC Clears 3x Leveraged Bitcoin and Ethereum Funds for Trading

    ETHBTC

  17. Bitcoin Magazine
    Top Bitcoin Blockchain Visualizers For Your Home And Office

    BTC

  18. CryptoSlateNotable
    Strategy buys just 334 Bitcoin as preferred-share buybacks reach $1.45 billion

    BTC

  19. Bitcoin MagazineNotable
    CFTC Proposes New Crypto Oversight Rules

    BTC

  20. Cointelegraph
    Treasury yields at 5% threaten extending Bitcoin’s best quarter since 2017

    BTC

  21. Bitcoin Magazine
    Strategy Reports Quarterly Profit on Bitcoin Rally

    BTC

  22. Decrypt
    Bitcoin Just Flashed a Second, Stronger Golden Cross: Here's What That Means

    BTC

  23. Cointelegraph
    Bitcoin price fails to break higher after best weekly close in eight months

    BTC

  24. The Block
    Strive adds 2,000 bitcoin in biggest buy since June, closes in on MARA

    BTC

  25. CryptoSlate
    Bitcoin gets a 20-day window to see whether energy relief can move the Fed

    BTC

  26. DecryptNotable
    Strategy Posts $21B Q3 Gain, Buys $29M in BTC, Repurchases $176M in STRC

    BTC

  27. Cointelegraph
    Strategy opts for bigger spending on STRC buybacks over BTC purchases

    BTC

  28. Cointelegraph
    Metaplanet reveals net income strategy to fuel Bitcoin accumulation

    BTC

  29. The Block
    ‘More orange than ever’: Michael Saylor’s Strategy buys 334 bitcoin for $28.7 million as total holdings top 848,000 BTC

    BTC

  30. Decrypt+2 desks
    Metaplanet Sold 10,000 Bitcoin and Bought Back 11,000 to Prove a Point

    BTC

  31. CoinDeskMajor
    SEC approves a 3x fix for bitcoin and ether traders who miss the wild swings

    BTCETH

  32. CoinDesk
    Metaplanet added 1,000 bitcoin net in the third quarter bringing holdings to 44,000 BTC

    BTC

  33. CoinDesk
    U.S. dollar climbs to 18-month high as bitcoin holds firm around $86,000

    BTC

  34. CoinDesk
    Live updates: Bitcoin above $86,000 as traders price out an October Fed hike

    BTC

  35. CoinDesk
    Technicals signal bitcoin shift, Ethereum gears up for Glamsterdam: Crypto Week Ahead

    ETHBTC

  36. Cointelegraph
    BTC price fights to reclaim 2026 open: Three things to know in Bitcoin this week

    BTC

  37. CointelegraphNotable
    Bitcoin ETFs notch third inflow week as Ether ETFs shed $138M

    BTCETHZEC

  38. CoinDesk
    Bitcoin is about to get a major bullish signal it hasn't had in over a year

    BTC

  39. CoinDesk
    Bitcoin zooms toward $87,000, nearly setting an eight-month high, then reverses

    BTC

  40. CoinDesk
    Ether's bitcoin-beating Q3 rally came with a catch. Liquidity thinned.

    BTCETH

  41. CryptoSlate
    El Salvador’s $666 million Bitcoin reserve survives IMF review

    BTC

Sunday, October 4, 2026

  1. CointelegraphNotable
    Former SEC boss made AI Czar, Bitcoin may hit $600K this cycle: Hodler’s Digest

    BTCXRP

  2. CryptoSlateMajor
    Bitcoin’s $85,000 recovery awaits proof that ETF investors kept buying after payrolls

    BTC

  3. CryptoSlate
    Bitcoin Core’s new fix closes gap that could redirect funds without stealing keys

    BTC

  4. DecryptNotable
    'Uptober' Starts Green as Bitcoin ETFs Draw $134 Million

    BTC

  5. CryptoSlateNotable
    3x Bitcoin and Ether futures funds clear SEC listing hurdle

    BTCETH

  6. CryptoSlateNotable
    The same Fed rate hike can help stablecoins and hurt Bitcoin borrowers

    BTC

  7. Cointelegraph
    El Salvador receives $138 million from IMF after Bitcoin waivers granted

    BTC

Saturday, October 3, 2026

  1. CoinDesk
    Crypto job postings triple to over 1,200 in September, but applications fall

    ETHBTCSOL

  2. CryptoSlate
    Leveraged funds’ Bitcoin futures shorts fall by 5,300 BTC-equivalent as longs shrink

    BTC

Friday, October 2, 2026

  1. Bitcoin Magazine
    IMF Praises El Salvador — But Still Tries To Scale Back Its Bitcoin Project

    BTC

  2. Bitcoin Magazine
    When the Banks Don’t Work, Bitcoin Does: Cornell University’s Adoption Index

    BTC