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Big week ahead for Bitcoin, bros.

  • Tuesday: Bank earnings kick off,

  • Wednesday: U.S. September CPI Inflation Data,

  • Thursday: PPI, retail sales, jobless claims, and Fed Chair Kevin Warsh.

  • Friday brings the MSCI decision on Strategy/Metaplanet plus a $1.28B BTC options expiry.

Hot inflation could strengthen December hike bets and push $BTC ( ▼ 0.12% ) below $83K, while softer data could ease that pressure and reopen a move toward $86K. Macro + MSCI = plenty of volatility fuel.

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Here’s what we got for you today:

  • 👀 Rebuild TradingView indicators with AI

  • ⭐ CPI week: pause or one last hike?

  • ⭐ Blur shuts down after a 99% volume collapse

  • 🔥 Burning hot takes for the road

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10 Stocks at the Center of AI’s $1 Trillion Boom

AI’s growth story is much bigger than chatbots.

The market was already valued at an estimated $800 billion by late 2025, and continued adoption could push it beyond $1 trillion in the years ahead. That growth will require more data centers, computing power, software, networking and intelligent devices.

But the most obvious AI names may not be the only companies positioned to benefit.

MarketBeat’s free 10 Best AI Stocks to Own in 2026 report identifies ten publicly traded companies helping power the next phase of the AI buildout. Some are established leaders. Others occupy less obvious corners of the expanding AI ecosystem.

This free report names 10 stocks positioned to ride that wave before the rest of the market catches on.

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Most traders see a closed-source indicator and think: “If I can’t see the code, I can’t test the strategy.”

That’s not always true anymore. If the indicator’s values are visible on TradingView, you can export the data, feed it to AI, and rebuild the logic into Pine Script. In this lesson, we break down:

  • The 5-step method for recreating closed-source indicators

  • How to prompt AI to reverse-engineer indicator logic

  • How rebuilt strategies can be tuned for lower drawdown and better returns

And the results get interesting: 3 rebuilt indicators produced very different profit and drawdown profiles on Bitcoin since 2018.

👇 Read the full walkthrough and see how the indicators were rebuilt with AI.

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📉 MAKE OR BREAK CPI: WILL THE FED PAUSE OR COOK THE MARKETS WITH ONE LAST HIKE?

This week’s biggest macro test lands Wednesday.

CPI print is the ultimate market catalyst before Fed Chair Kevin Warsh and the FOMC convene later this month.

After raising rates by 25 bps last month, the Fed dropped hints about one more hike in 2026.

But with Middle East energy disruptions and AI data center supply shocks bumping up headlines, everyone is asking: Is inflation getting sticky again, or can we finally breathe?

1/ Headline CPI may rise to 3.6%

Forecasters are expecting a bit of a split personality from September's CPI data:

  • CPI: Expected to tick up to 0.5% MoM (from 0.4% in Aug) and 3.6% YoY (up from 3.4%). Blame spiking oil and diesel prices for driving up transport costs.

  • Core CPI (Excluding Food & Energy): Forecasted at a cooler 0.2% MoM and holding flat at 2.4% YoY.

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Because the Fed focuses heavily on Core CPI, a steady 0.2% MoM would show that underlying inflation isn't spiraling - even if gas pumps are hurting consumers.

2/ AI data centers & Oil: The new inflation drivers

The Fed is watching whether expensive oil and diesel start leaking into everything else. So far, the clearest impact has been in areas like airfares, while broader pass-through looks limited.

Policymakers are also explicitly flagging AI data center buildouts as an inflation pressure point. Demand for chips and networking gear is keeping electronics prices elevated.

However, labor market data shows wages aren't driving inflation. Weakening job growth gives the Fed room to be patient - if core numbers cooperate.

3/ The market is already backing away from an October hike

Following last month’s hike, market odds of an October rate increase sat around 55%. Soft jobs data knocked those odds down toward 20%.

  • Scenario A (Cool Core CPI ≤ 0.2%): Confirms the slowdown. Rate hike fears fade, giving $BTC and risk assets a massive green relief bounce toward $86K.

  • Scenario B (Hot Core CPI ≥ 0.3%): BofA warns this re-ignites hawkish bets. Treasury yields spike, equities bleed, and $BTC could test support down near $83K.

🧠 Read core. Don't panic buy the headline

Headline inflation will look ugly because of oil, but Core CPI is what rules Fed decisions. Don't jump into leveraged positions the second the top-line number drops on Oct. 14, 2026, at 8:30 AM.

If core holds at 0.2%, the Fed likely stays on pause, giving crypto the runway for a Q4 rally. Stay cautious, guys!

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Learn to automate tasks, enhance decision-making, and foster innovation with the power of AI.

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💀 BLUR SHUTS ITS FRONTEND AFTER 99% VOLUME COLLAPSE. $BLUR DUMPS 33%

Blur was once big enough to knock OpenSea off the top spot in NFT trading… Now its website is shutting down.

Blur says blur.io will close on Nov. 12, while Blend - its NFT lending protocol - will stop matching new loans on the same day.

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Important distinction, bros: Blur itself isn’t disappearing completely. Its onchain marketplace contracts will keep running, and $BLUR ( ▼ 35.21% ) will still control the protocol’s fee switch. But the numbers explain why this is happening.

1/ From $1.43B volume to under $7M

Blur exploded in 2023 with zero trading fees, pro-trader tools, airdrops, and aggressive incentives. At its peak in March 2023, monthly NFT trading volume hit roughly $1.43B.

By March 2026? Less than $7M. That’s a collapse of more than 99.5%.

After the shutdown announcement, $BLUR ( ▼ 35.21% ) dropped around 33% in 24 hours to around $0.012, pushing its market cap down to roughly $38M.

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The NFT bear market didn’t just cool Blur down. It basically emptied the room. 🥶

2/ Blend borrowers now have a deadline

Blend will also stop accepting new loans on Nov. 12.

More than 1,000 $ETH ( ▼ 2.45% ) worth of loans have reportedly been recalled, meaning borrowers need to repay before the deadline or risk default and liquidation of the NFTs used as collateral.

That creates another headache. If borrowers can’t repay, some NFTs could be forced back onto an already weak market - exactly when liquidity isn’t great.

Blur says a separate withdrawal tool will be provided afterward to help users recover assets from Blend.

3/ Don’t forget old NFT approvals

Security researchers say they haven’t found a current exploit in Blur’s contracts, but previously granted NFT approvals can remain active.

Because some contracts are upgradeable, users have been advised to review old permissions and revoke anything they no longer need with tools like Revoke.cash.

Yuga Labs CEO Figge and Pudgy Penguins CEO Luca Netz echoed that advice.

🧠 My take

The incentives disappeared, traders disappeared, and eventually the volume disappeared too. The biggest lesson for users now is this: when a protocol starts winding down, check your loans, collateral, withdrawals, and approvals before everyone else rushes for the same exit.

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🔥 BURNING HOT TAKES FOR THE ROAD

Binance rolled out its personalized AI trading assistant to all English-language users worldwide starting Oct. 12. Read more

South Korea blocked 27 unregistered foreign crypto platforms, including KuCoin, MEXC, and BingX. Read more

Citi will let institutional clients accept stablecoin payments at checkout, with Coinbase instantly converting them to fiat. Read more

Trump said oil could “drop like a rock” once the Iran war ends, which he claimed could happen very soon. Read more

🤡 SPICY MEME

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RIP RJ Mitte, 34

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