[2026-10-07] The latest IT, economic, blockchain and coin news

Bitcoin had a rough morning. It opened today at $85,543.66, slid as low as $82,776.30, and now sits at $83,178.54. The drop appeared to scare off traders as the movement threatened to break a key support as BTC fell sharply within a few hours. That 3.2% drop left leveraged traders holding the bag. Roughly $969 million in crypto positions were liquidated over the past 24 hours of which $644.47M were long positions, according to CoinGlass. Myriad: How low will Bitcoin go? Click to make your predi...