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Morning Edition · Thursday, October 22, 2026Published at 1:48 AM EDT · New York
Bitcoin Falls Back to About $82,800 After Briefly Breaking $84,000 as ETF Inflows Lag the Pace of Past Rallies
US spot bitcoin funds took in $1.08 billion over three days, below the roughly $235 million a day seen during past steep rallies. Separately, Tesla and SpaceX merger talks could put 30,221 BTC under one company.
Bitcoin broke above $84,000 late Wednesday and then fell back toward the $82,500 level that analysts are watching, as US technology futures declined after earnings from Tesla and Meta. Early Thursday, Goku Crypto News listed bitcoin at $82,…
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