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Bitcoin Price at $81,500 Leaves Bulls and Bears at a Standoff

Key Takeaways Bitcoin’s price traded near $81,500 on Oct. 17, with $81,000 support and $82,500 resistance defining the battle. BTC’s oscillators remained largely neutral, while shorter-term moving averages favored sellers. Bitcoin retained bullish longer-term averages, but a break below $80,714 would expose $79,694. Bitcoin Price Stalls at $81,500 as Short-Term Bears Challenge Longer-Term Bulls Bitcoin’s…

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Shield Swap partners with Flowdesk for confidential institutional trading

Shield Swap has announced a collaboration with Flowdesk to provide liquidity for institutional and professional traders while keeping their positions and strategies confidential. Summary Flowdesk will supply liquidity for institutional and professional traders using Shield Swap. Shield Swap says participant identities stay off the public ledger and portfolio balances remain encrypted. Every trade creates an…

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French Assembly Narrowly Adopts Stablecoin Swap Tax Proposal

Key Takeaways French lawmakers narrowly passed a proposal to tax crypto-to-stablecoin swaps with capital gains tax. The measure targets a tax loophole, which could limit traders’ ability to park gains tax-free. The controversial rule faces an upcoming Senate vote before potentially taking effect in January 2027. France’s National Assembly Adopts Crypto-To-Stablecoin Exchange Taxation France is…

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$7.15M Cash, Guns, Cold Wallets, and Luxury Goods Seized

Turkish intelligence and police tracked Richard Heart to Istanbul, where officers arrested him and his wife and seized cash, weapons and jewelry. Turkish authorities have arrested Richard James Schueler, better known as Richard Heart, in an Istanbul operation targeting an internationally wanted crypto fugitive. Heart was detained on Wednesday morning along with his wife,…

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