📝 What you need to know
Bitcoin is entering “Uptober” off the back of a surprisingly positive September, with a packed calendar of catalysts that could potentially propel it upwards. The September jobs report drops Friday, FOMC minutes next Wednesday, CPI on the October 14, and the Fed rate decision on October 28.
Meanwhile, Citigroup has raised its 12-month price target for Bitcoin to $113,000, up from $82,000, while also revising its Ethereum target from $2,240 to $3,028, in a new research note.
The bank pinned its price forecast on stronger activity across crypto markets, as well as a supportive macro backdrop, with the failure of the Clarity Act to pass the Senate blunted by a wave of rulemaking from the SEC and CFTC. It also pointed to the return of ETF inflows as a factor—although their nine-day positive streak came to an abrupt end Wednesday.
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| Bitcoin (BTC) | October 1, 2026 |
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📊 Myriad Insight of the Day
| Myriad prediction market | October 1, 2026 |
| Who will be Google's most-searched person of 2026? | | Resolves on Google's 2026 Year in Search list |
| Lindsay Clancy | 28% | | | Erling Haaland | 19% | | | Bad Bunny | 10% | | | Field (all others) | 37% | |
| Why it matters | | Lindsay Clancy, the Massachusetts mother charged in her three children's 2023 deaths, leads at 28% after her five-week trial ended in a September 4 mistrial. Erling Haaland sits second at 19%, with Bad Bunny, February's Super Bowl halftime headliner, at 10%. The rest of the field holds 37% combined, and Google's list is roughly two months away—time enough for a late-breaking story to reshape the race. | | Source: NPR |
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