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Your day-ahead look for Oct. 14, 2026 This is an excerpt from CoinDesk newsletter 'Daybook.' Sign up here, if you haven't already. U.S. inflation is due at 8:30 a.m. ET. Economists surveyed by Dow Jones estimated September’s consumer price index rose 0.6% month-on-month and 3.6% year-on-year. Core CPI, which excludes volatile food and energy prices, is forecast to increase 0.2% from August and 2.5% annually. The numbers are widely watched.

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Bitcoin briefly reached $84,000 before easing back, while the CoinDesk 80 fell 0.6% since midnight as traders waited for U.S. inflation data. Bitcoin BTC$83,212.45 was trading around $83,450 in the European morning after briefly spiking to $84,000 at 08:00 UTC, having bounced from a low of $80,970 on Tuesday. Altcoins struggled to follow, with the CoinDesk 80 falling 0.6% since midnight UTC while the CoinDesk 20 added 0.2%, leaving close.

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Hypercall, an exchange built on Hyperliquid, says most of its $640 million in volume since June has come from the index. Talk about options on the S&P 500 index, and you are discussing a beast of a market that trades trillions of dollars in notional volume every day. Crypto traders now appear to want to access it over a blockchain. Hypercall illustrates the demand. The options platform built on Hyperliquid,.

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A brief run at $84,000 faded within the hour as tech stocks stalled and the chip selloff rolled on. Traders are waiting on the September CPI print. A brief run at $84,000 faded within the hour as tech stocks stalled and the chip selloff rolled on. Traders are waiting on the September CPI print. A brief spike to $84,000 early Wednesday faded within the hour, leaving bitcoin down 0.5% at.

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Chainalysis CEO in France Francois Volpoet warned the proposed 31.4% tax on regulated stablecoins could push traders toward unmonitored offshore channels. France’s legislators introduced a new proposal to expand its 31.4% crypto capital gains tax to include trades involving European Union (EU)-regulated stablecoins, a move Chanalysis warns could drive investors toward stablecoins outside the bloc’s rules. The proposal is part of France's 2027 budget, which lawmakers began debating last week.

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The bank manages custody and settlement in-house via a closed-loop model, removing the need for separate crypto wallets. Standard Chartered (STAN) introduced a crypto trading service for affluent clients in the United Arab Emirates, allowing eligible investors to buy and sell bitcoin BTC$83,478.64 and ether ETH$2,517.68 through their existing bank accounts. The service will initially be available to clients classified as professional investors, and the London-based lender said it is.