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Things I’m looking at today…

ETH could hit $8k by 2026, CPI in focus today, BIGTIME soars

Crypto

• BTC: $26.8k (-2%), ETH: 1545 (-2%)

• BTC erases ‘Uptober’ gain, OI rises with funding

• BTC miners selling most since April

• ETH gas hits new 2023 low

• ETH could hit 8k by 2026: Standard Chartered

• ETH whales selling aggressively vs BTC whales

• Optimistic BTC miners into halving: JP Morgan

• BTC Google search trend back to 2020 levels

• ARK amends BTC ETF filing in ‘good sign’

• Grayscale decision Friday may ‘greenlight’ ETFs

• Coinbase spot trading down 50% in 2023

• Barnbridge votes to comply with SEC order

• CoinMarketCap launches ChatGPT plug-in

• McRib return may be start of bull-run

• Ellison: FTX collapse was a relief from lying

• Alameda paid $150m bribe to Chinese officials

Macro & General

• Stocks continue to rise despite hot PPI data

• Today: CPI Inflation at 8.30am ET, 3.6% expected

• Fed Minutes see restrictive policy remaining

• Biden warns Iran over Hamas involvement

• Dollar uptrend in focus after recent dip

• Oil back down to local lows $85 after inventory build

• IMF warns US debt situation ‘unsustainable’

• 50% of US stocks have negative profit margins

• China state fund increases stake in Big Four banks

• Birkenstock down 12% in another bad sign for IPOs

• X could face EU expulsion over ‘misinformation’

• Microsoft owes $29bn in taxes says IRS

NFTs & Low-Cap

• Stars Arena recovers 90% of stolen funds

• Onchain social-fi app Farcaster goes live on iOS

• BIGTIME up 300% after Coinbase & OKX launch

• BRICK Reddit token up 70%

• RLB whale linked to Avi Felman

• Binance x Cristiano Ronaldo NFTs released

• Yat offers new NFT fantasy trading game

• World of Women launch Monopoly version

• Tokenised Pokemon cards coming to Magic Eden

• Crypto horse-racing fantasy game raises $5m

• Metaverse economy to be $4T by 2032: Acumen

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