Bitcoin was little changed on Friday, limping toward a rare negative October as a bout of global risk aversion\u2014stoked by U.S.\u2013China trade tensions and macro uncertainty\u2014kept dip-buyers on the sidelines. The largest cryptocurrency slipped 0.3% to $110,012.4<\/strong>, leaving it down 3.7%<\/strong> for the month and on track to snap the \u201cUptober\u201d pattern that has historically favored gains.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Traders found scant comfort in this week\u2019s optics from the Trump\u2013Xi meeting: upbeat rhetoric failed to translate into concrete timelines or deliverables, muting any durable improvement in risk sentiment. The macro undertone also turned heavier after the Federal Reserve delivered a widely expected quarter-point cut but signaled that a December move is not<\/strong> a given\u2014guidance that nudged real yields and the dollar firmer and typically weighs on non-yielding assets like Bitcoin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Seasonality didn\u2019t help. After years of lore around \u201cUptober,\u201d BTC looks set for its first October decline since 2018<\/strong>. The month opened with a flash crash from record highs amid resurgent U.S.\u2013China frictions, and every subsequent rally attempt above $110,000<\/strong> has faded as on-chain and derivatives positioning show little appetite for large directional bets. October also showcased a decoupling from U.S. mega-cap tech: Wall Street\u2019s AI-driven melt-up pushed the Nasdaq toward a ~4% monthly gain, but the optimism failed to spill over into crypto.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Corporate news painted a brighter micro backdrop. Strategy Inc (NASDAQ:MSTR)<\/strong>\u2014the largest corporate holder of Bitcoin\u2014posted stronger-than-expected third-quarter results, sending its shares up as much as 6%<\/strong> after hours. Chair Michael Saylor<\/strong> reiterated a bullish outlook, projecting $150,000<\/strong> for BTC by end-2025. Coinbase (NASDAQ:COIN)<\/strong> also topped expectations on robust trading volumes, lifting the stock in late trading. These milestones underscore ongoing institutionalization\u2014even if macro currents are dictating near-term price action.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Broader tokens mirrored Bitcoin\u2019s tone. Ether<\/strong> fell to $3,849.69<\/strong> (\u22121.8% on the day, \u22127% in October). XRP<\/strong> slid 3%<\/strong> (\u221212.6% MTD), Solana<\/strong> is down 11%<\/strong> for the month, and Cardano<\/strong> underperformed with a 24%<\/strong> October drop. BNB<\/strong> bucked the trend with a ~9%<\/strong> monthly gain, while among memecoins Dogecoin<\/strong> fell 20%<\/strong> and $TRUMP<\/strong> advanced ~9%<\/strong> on token-specific catalysts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Bitcoin was little changed on Friday, limping toward a rare negative October as a bout of global risk aversion\u2014stoked by U.S.\u2013China trade tensions and macro uncertainty\u2014kept dip-buyers on the sidelines. The largest cryptocurrency slipped 0.3% to $110,012.4, leaving it down 3.7% for the month and on track to snap the \u201cUptober\u201d pattern that has historically …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":99111,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[40,36],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-120488","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-cryptocurrencies","category-market-updates"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/noortrends.ae\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/120488","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/noortrends.ae\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/noortrends.ae\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/noortrends.ae\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/noortrends.ae\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=120488"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/noortrends.ae\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/120488\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":120489,"href":"https:\/\/noortrends.ae\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/120488\/revisions\/120489"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/noortrends.ae\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/99111"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/noortrends.ae\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=120488"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/noortrends.ae\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=120488"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/noortrends.ae\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=120488"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}