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Oct 14
Bitcoin ‘bear trap’ sees BTC price near $20K as daily gains top 9%

Bitcoin (BTC) delivered more surprises on Oct. 14 as the reaction to macro triggers saw a sudden run at $20,000. BTC/USD 1-hour candle chart (Bitstamp). Source: TradingView Stocks, crypto smoke shorts Data from Cointelegraph Markets Pro and TradingView showed BTC/USD climbing to one-week highs, gaining almost $2,000 in hours. After the United States Consumer Price […]

Oct 14
Stocks end sharply lower Friday to cap off volatile week, but Dow books second weekly gain

U.S. stocks finished a week of extreme volatility sharply lower on Friday, even as the Dow posted a second weekly advance after inflation data showed little signs of pulling back from its roughly 8% advance in September from a year ago. The Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA, -1.34% fell about 400 points, or 1.3%, ending […]

Oct 14
Alfi stock loses more than half its value after bankruptcy filing

Shares of Alfi Inc. ALF, -74.45% plummeted 54.7% toward a record low in afternoon trading Friday, after the advertising software company disclosed that it filed for bankruptcy, about 17 months after going public. The company said considered all strategic alternatives before filing for bankruptcy. Under terms of the filing, all assets and liabilities will be […]

Oct 14
Yellen: No decision made yet on dollar level for Russian oil price cap

No decisions have been made yet on a dollar level for a price cap on Russian oil, U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen told reporters on Friday. Speaking at a news conference as part of this year’s meetings of the IMF and the World Bank, Yellen said a price cap “will help stabilize global energy prices,” […]

Oct 14
Amazon stock extends selloff after BofA sees Prime Early Access sales less than Prime Day

Shares of Amazon.com Inc. AMZN, -4.60% slumped 3.8% toward a 3 1/2-month low in afternoon trading Friday, after BofA Securities analyst Justin Post said he believes sales from the ecommerce giant’s recent Prime Early Access event were less than the Prime Day event in July. The stock extended the 0.3% decline on Thursday, which came […]

Oct 14
Gold prices settle lower, down more than 3% for the week

Gold futures declined on Friday, settling 3.5% lower for the week and at their lowest price month to date. “Wall Street is nowhere near feeling confident they have a handle on how high the [Federal Reserve] will take rates and that is bad news for bullion,” said Edward Moya, senior market analyst at OANDA. “Gold’s […]