🔐 END-OF-DAY MARKET REPORT — OCTOBER 14, 2026 ━ 🌐 TOP NEWS U.S. September CPI: 3.7% y/y (3.6% expected; August 3.4%), 0.6% m/m; core 2.6% y/y, 0.3% m/m. 10-year yields hit 5.33%; Fed hike odds rose from 22% to ~44%. Stocks: S&P 500 -0.7%, Nasdaq -0.9%, Russell 2000 -1.4%. Brent topped 106 $, WTI 95.8 $ amid Hormuz attacks. Gold fell below 4,100 $. BlackRock saw 7.9B $ digital-asset inflows; AUM reached 79.6B $. ━ ₿ BITCOIN $BTC fell from 84,000 $ to 81,500–81,900 $ after CPI, down ~2%; 250M $+ liquidated in 24h, mostly longs. Spot BTC ETFs received 175.6M $ on Oct. 13 after 680M $ weekly outflows. Support: 81,000 $, then 80,000–80,300 $; below, 75,000 $. Resistance: 84,000 $. ━ 🔷 ETHEREUM & ALTCOINS $ETH fell ~3% to 2,440 $; resistance 2,500 $. Spot ETH ETFs saw 24.8M $ inflows. SOL: 104.6 $, XRP: 1.34 $, HYPE: 80–81 $. Altcoin Season Index fell from 60 to 55. Starknet -4.5%, Optimism -4.2%, Kaia -3.8%, Celestia -3.7%; Pyth and Kite outperformed. ━ 📋 KEY CRYPTO NEWS Payward, Kraken’s parent, agreed to buy Lithuania’s Saldo Bank, pending approval; closing expected in 2027. Dutch regulators licensed Qivalis, a 37-bank consortium preparing a MiCA euro stablecoin. Strive bought 2,822 BTC for 235M $, bringing holdings to 35,595 BTC. MediaMarkt and Saturn halted Ledger sales after a reported implant stole recovery phrases via eSIM; losses above 86M $ remain unconfirmed. EasyA announced a 2027 IPO at 1.1B $ valuation. ━ 🔓 TOKEN UNLOCKS STRK — Oct. 15: 127M (~10M $), ~1.7% of circulating supply; early contributors. Pressure: 🟡 SEI — Oct. 15: ~3.4M $, ~0.84% of supply; ecosystem reserve. Pressure: 🟢 ARB — Oct. 16: 92.65M (~16.9M $), ~1.56% of circulating supply; team/investors. Pressure: 🟡 ━ 🔭 OUTLOOK U.S. PPI tomorrow could lift hike odds and yields above 5.3%, threatening BTC’s 80,000–84,000 $ range. Key dates: Oct. 27–28 FOMC; Oct. 29 PCE; Nov. 3 midterms. Hormuz attacks and Trump’s possible end to the pause remain oil/inflation risks. Watch STRK/ARB unlocks.