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Bitcoin is under pressure Friday, sliding roughly four percent and holding below seventy thousand dollars even as October's producer price index came in cooler than expected. The muted reaction tells you traders were hoping for a stronger catalyst, and without one, crypto risk appetite is fading into the weekend.
Stepping back from the near-term noise, Dragonfly Capital's Haseeb Qureshi is pushing back hard on the million-dollar Bitcoin call, saying it's almost certainly not happening by twenty thirty. His reasoning is straightforward — the capital required to sustain that valuation simply isn't realistic on that timeline. He puts a more grounded ceiling at three hundred to four hundred thousand dollars, which is still a significant move from current levels but grounded in supply and demand math.
On the equities side, Liftoff Mobile was the standout mover of the session, surging more than twenty seven percent after the mobile advertising company beat third-quarter estimates and raised its twenty twenty six revenue outlook above what Wall Street had penciled in. The company credited strong advertising demand and improvements to its Cortex AI platform — a reminder that AI-adjacent ad tech is still finding real revenue, not just hype.
That's the tape. Markets Desk, signing off the floor.
