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Morning Edition · Sunday, October 18, 2026Published at 1:40 AM EDT · New York
Bitcoin trades near $82,000 before the October 28 Federal Reserve decision as hot inflation keeps rate hikes in play
Capital Economics expects gold to fall for the rest of the year as the Fed keeps hiking, and all ten of the largest layer-2 networks tracked by L2Beat lost value secured over the past week.
Bitcoin entered the final weeks of October near $82,000 after briefly falling below $80,000, crypto.news reported. The outlet names three tests for the recovery: the Federal Reserve decision on October 28, uneven demand for US spot bitcoin…
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Inflation Reacceleration Reopens the Hiking Cycle
US core inflation prints keep coming in above consensus, forcing markets to price renewed Fed tightening rather than the cuts that underpinned 2025 risk-asset positioning, so each upside CPI surprise repeats the same transmission — higher front-end rates, a firmer dollar, and compressed multiples on long-duration and leveraged assets.
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