U.S. overall inflation in September likely to see its largest increase in five months, putting October's interest rate hike expectations to the test.

According to an official announcement, Binance will launch spot trading pairs for BBB/USDT, MDBB/USDT, PENGB/USDT, and UVXYB/USDT at 12:00 UTC on October 14, 2026, while simultaneously rolling out its spot algorithmic trading bot service. The rebalancing bot will be activated within 24 hours of the launch. Additionally, users can trade bStocks pairs with BTC, USDT, and other tokens on Binance's Spot Exchange with zero fees, and enjoy zero maker fees for the aforementioned trading pairs. This promotion is valid until 23:59 UTC on October 31, 2026. Withdrawals for BBB, MDBB, PENGB, and UVXYB will open at 13:00 UTC on October 14, 2026.

Bitcoin has pulled back from around $86,000 since early October, trading in a range of $81,000 to $84,000 in recent days, as the U.S. dollar strengthens and U.S. Treasury yields stay at high levels. Against this backdrop, Cloud, chief analyst at Huobi HTX, believes the range is more likely to break downward. The September ISM Services Prices Paid Index rose to 74.0, the highest since July 2022, while the University of Michigan’s 1-year inflation expectation for October rebounded to 4.7%. The concurrent rise in price sub-indexes and inflation expectations signals a high probability that this Thursday’s CPI will exceed market expectations. If that materializes, bets on a year-end interest rate hike will strengthen further, and the $81,000 lower bound will be tested first. Only if CPI comes in below expectations will a breakout above the $84,000 upper bound be sustainable. Recent sustained declines in chip stocks mainly stem from a repricing of AI capital expenditure timelines and hardware profit expectations within the sector, an industry-specific alpha event. In contrast, Bitcoin’s pullback has been far smaller, indicating its current pricing anchor leans more toward macro liquidity, with its connection to AI narratives weakening—their respective drivers are diverging. However, this divergence is temporary; once the U.S. dollar and long-term rates regain pricing dominance, their correlation will strengthen rapidly, with Thursday evening’s CPI release serving as the latest test window. Note: This article does not constitute investment advice, nor is it an offer, solicitation, or recommendation for any investment product.

Patricio Worthalter (@worthalter) continues to dump $ETH, depositing another 10,000 $ETH ($25.05M) into #Gemini 40 mins ago.

It appears a whale bought 1,162 $BTC ($96.77M) via Wintermute. Over the past 12 hours, 5 newly created wallets received 1,162 $BTC ($96.77M) from Wintermute.

According to Lookonchain’s monitoring, a crypto whale purchased 1,162 BTC worth $96.77 million via Wintermute. Over the past 12 hours, five newly created wallets received this asset from Wintermute.

Beating AI News Flash: The viral AI reverse tool REA has been maliciously counterfeited. On October 13, a developer issued a warning in REA’s official GitHub repository, noting that a fake repository had been set up offering a Windows installer suspected of containing a Trojan horse. REA recently surpassed 200,000 GitHub stars, and the fake installer had amassed 172 downloads at the time of reporting. The counterfeiter registered a GitHub repository named `rea-tools/rea`—closely resembling REA’s official website `rea.tools`—and directly copied the official README. They added a "Windows Standalone Version" download entry to the original documentation, providing an 82.6 MB compressed package. The reporter’s scan found that Microsoft Defender flagged both the compressed package and its executable as the Wacatac Trojan, with 8 out of 45 VirusTotal security engines marking it as malicious. Sandbox analysis also uncovered suspicious behaviors in the file, including debugging environment detection and delayed execution. REA’s maintainers then merged a fix pull request (PR) on October 13, adding a download source warning to the official README to remind users to obtain the software via the official GitHub repository, official website, or npm. The reported fake repository is currently inaccessible.