Wall Street’s Bitcoin bears quietly retreated despite recent plunge toward $80,000

CryptoSlate · Mon, 19 Oct 2026 18:00:34 GMT

Hype 0/100 · Market impact 25/100 · Breaking 48/100

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Commodity Futures Trading Commission data for Oct. 13 showed that rising spread legs lifted gross long positions even as outright longs declined, without establishing that spot buying occurred.

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