Bitcoin gains 46% in Q3 2026 but is still down for the year
The quarter's review: change since June and year to date, Treasury buybacks, ETFs, the Fed and what to watch in Q4.
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Educational readings on crypto, stocks, currencies and commodities. Every figure carries its own label: verified with a source, calculated, estimated, or a hypothesis with no measured basis. Never a buy or sell recommendation.
Bitcoin, Ethereum and the rest of the market, with market cap and a source on every figure.
StocksIndices and individual stocks, with the context behind every move.
CurrenciesThe main pairs, with the macro and central-bank context behind them.
CommoditiesGold, oil, lithium and the rest of the commodities we cover.
The most closely tracked analysis: dated corrections, comparisons and, where it adds something, our own calculations.
The quarter's review: change since June and year to date, Treasury buybacks, ETFs, the Fed and what to watch in Q4.
Reference guide: USD/JPY through 2026 with dates, the year's high and low, the Bank of Japan, the Fed, interventions and the rate gap.
The quarter's review: change since June and year to date, high and low, the Fed, ETFs and what to watch in Q4.
S&P 500 as of September 28, 2026, with its month and third-quarter performance against the Dow Jones and the Nasdaq.
Gold's price, its drop since August 25, the gold/silver ratio and the Fed's effect.
Bitcoin as of September 29, 2026: change since August 25, distance from its all-time high and ETF inflows.
PayPal's (PYPL) price and the context of Advent and Stripe's abandoned buyout.
Nvidia's actual second-quarter fiscal 2027 results, published August 26, 2026.
Ethereum's price and market cap, updated on September 13, 2026.
In-depth explainers built on official data and our own calculations. Kept up to date, they don't expire.
The rest of the catalog, at a glance — same source-and-date discipline on every figure.
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