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Morning Edition · Tuesday, October 20, 2026Published at 1:39 AM EDT · New York
Bitcoin Trades Near $82,700 as ETF Outflows Slow and Bitfinex Analysts Warn of Another Liquidation Wave
Strategy bought 267 BTC and repurchased $193 million of preferred shares, while BlackRock filed for a bitcoin buffer ETF.
Bitcoin rose 0.8% to around $82,700 on October 19, after China's gross domestic product beat estimates and Nasdaq futures rose. The price is still down about 2% for October. Bitcoin Magazine attributes the decline to investors who sold exch…
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