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MCap $2.9T -0.1%24h Vol $96.5B -11%Fear & Greed 74/100Alts Index 55/100
BTC.D 58.5% +0.1%Stable.D 9.2% 0%ETH.D 11.4% 0%Others.D 20.9% -0.1%
BP$1.487+23.22%•BTW$1.422+22.6%•CAP$0.0771+22.25%•MON$0.0325+14.73%•VELO$0.00590664+14.2%•NIGHT$0.0423+12.49%•STX$0.3745+12.44%•PURR$0.1621+10.81%•JASMY$0.00577193+10.64%•HUMA$0.0330+8.25%•
STONK$0.2313-20.63%•AI$0.1487-17.91%•USELESS$0.2244-12.85%•2Z$0.0575-10.85%•MET$0.2964-10.53%•QNT$271.41-10.15%•KMNO$0.0407-10.11%•WLD$0.5126-9.92%•PENGU$0.00944487-9.55%•GRASS$0.6687-9.39%•
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near:native Intents says a security incident caused about $3.8 million...
Visa Reports Nearly 200% Increase in Stablecoin Card Transactions
NEAR Intents Confirms Security Breach Involving Over $3.8 Million
NEAR INTENTS EXPLOITED, SITE STATUS SHOWS ONGOING INCIDENT IMPACTING MULTIPLE EVM CHAINS: ZACHXBT...
US stocks open, Nasdaq up 0.24%
MetaMask unstakes $1.4B of ETH after validator rewards stolen
Bitcoin Price Hovers Near $84K as Oscillators Throw Cold Water
Robinhood Wallet integrates Arcus RFQ system for stock token swaps
Minecraft, Candy Crush Among 11 Games in EU Virtual Currency Crackdown
Hyperliquid Policy Center Submits Feedback to European Commission on MiCA Review
Robinhood Wallet Integrates Arcus RFQ System for Stock Token Exchanges
NEAR Intents Reports $3.8 Million Loss Due to Smart Contract Exploit
Greywick signs MOU with Litecoin Foundation, plans to launch cLTC on Canton by end of 2026
authors of EIP-8363 withdrew Ethereum issuance proposal from consideration for
Solana Ecosystem Prepares for Significant Token Unlocks in October 2026
zachxbt SAYS “NEAR INTENTS WAS EXPLOITED FOR $3.8M+ AFTER ITS BSC HOT WALLET SAW MULTIPLE...
Citi Raised Its Forecast for Bitcoin and Ethereum
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Bitcoin Chart Echoes Cycle That Delivered 400% Gains: Analyst
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Bond yields hitting highs & European backlash on stablecoin reward bans
XRP News : Armada II Shareholders Approve Evernorth XRP Treasury Deal
Illinois agrees to delay 0.2% crypto tax by 6 months, still pending court approval
CFTC Moves to Put Event Contracts Beyond State Gambling Rules
The MetaMask Team Reported a Security Incident
CFTC Wins More Than $30 Million Judgment in Fundsz Digital…
Senate tax bill frees stablecoin spending while Bitcoin stays on IRS forms
Zombie CryptoPunk #3609 Sells for $875,000 on GONDI
Nearly 17% of Visa's $V stablecoin-linked card volume came from business and commercial
U.S. Initial Jobless Claims Fall to 197,000
A UNI-holding address adds another ~$1.29 million, with cumulative unrealized profit of ~$1.19 million
US Initial Jobless Claims for Week Ending Sept. 26 at 197,000, Slightly Below Expectations
ZEC, NEAR Drive Explosive September Gains for Privacy Coins
Sensex hits 2026 low as foreign selling, high oil prices, IPO liquidity drain and RBI rate-hike...
Injective Launches Demo of CypherOS Privacy Platform
US spot Bitcoin ETFs see $148.7 million net outflow, ending 9-day net inflow streak
XRP News: Brazil Deal Meets ‘Lunacy’ Price Drop As $1,000 Predictions Lose Their Pull
Morning Minute: Crypto Gives Up on Congress and Goes After Senators
400,000,000 $XRP (597,516,412 USD) locked in escrow at #Ripple...
BitMart Proposes Court-Backed Repayment Plan for Users Affected by 2021 Hack
Citi Lifts 12-Month Bitcoin Target to $113K, Ethereum to $3K
PERPTools discloses $8 million raised across two rounds, plans TGE in Q4
300,000,000 $XRP (447,851,372 USD) locked in escrow at #Ripple...
US police arrest two suspects accused of posing as delivery drivers in home-invasion robberies targeting crypto holders
Blockstream CEO Advocates for Covenant Opcodes as Final Soft-Fork for Bitcoin
Nvidia vs. SpaceX: BofA Sees SPCX Up 61%, Nvidia Joins $668M AI Deal
MetaMask Takes Action Following Security Incident, Ensures User Funds Remain Safe
834,532,678 $USDC (834,662,865 USD) transferred from unknown wallet to unknown...
Philippine Central Bank Limits Peso Transfers to Coins.ph Crypto Platform
Stacks Price Surges 28% as Muneeb Ali Returns — Can STX Break $0.40?
Live Updates: Bitcoin flat near $84,000 after closing out best quarter since 2024
Illinois agrees to six-month delay of crypto tax as industry continues court battle
MetaMask Confirms Security Incident and Begins Validator Exits to Protect Client Assets
Travala’s Crypto Loyalty Program Passes 170,000 Members, Sets Long-Term Goal of 30% of AVA Supply Locked
Ethereum is preparing a 200 million gas push as its Layer 1 scaling strategy accelerates
Strategy Maintains 12% Dividend Rate for STRC in October 2026
Citi Raises 12-Month Bitcoin Target to $113K, Ether to $3,028Citigroup raised its 12-month price...
950 $BTC (79,680,484 USD) transferred from #Kraken to unknown wallet...
Ethena: USDe supply increased by over $700 million in September
MetaMask updates security incident investigation: No indication wallets or client funds affected so far
Trump Suggests Potential Intensification of Military Action Against Iran
MetaMask Exits Ethereum Validators Following Security Incident
Binance Alpha Trading Competition: Trade Concrete (CT) and Share $200K Worth of Rewards (2026-10-01)...
Monerium, Frax and Capa Launch EURe/frxUSD On-Chain FX Pool on Polygon
The Man Behind One of the World’s Most-Played Shooters Was Just Hit With a Record $1.9 Billion Divorce Bill
834,532,678 $USDC (834,642,419 USD) transferred from unknown wallet to unknown...
Crypto lost $1.26 billion in hacks while bitcoin bulls enjoyed a monster quarter
Uranium Finance Trial Opens as Prosecutors Tell Jury $53 Million Drain Was Spalletta’s Work
Bitwise Explained the Crypto Market’s Rise After the CLARITY Act Failed
CHART: Time taken for the average US worker to earn one BTC tops 12 months
It currently takes over one year of full-time work for the average US worker to earn enough money to buy one BTC. But this wasn’t always the case.
Below is a chart of pre-tax and pre-living expense calculations, assuming an average US private sector employee working full-time using all wages to buy BTC.
As lofty and unattainable as today’s BTC cost is, it’s actually cheaper on a wage basis than it was at its peak in July 2025.
That month, the average price of BTC was $115,101, equating to 394 full-time working days or 1.6 years for the average US employee .
The price of BTC denominated in average US wages has actually been declining from its 1.6 year peak in July 2025.
Read more: Boomer gold outperformed digital rival BTC by 70% over the past year
Protos built this chart using wage averages from private sector employee pay rates per the US Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Data starts on October 12, 2009, when New Liberty Standard paid Martti Malmi $5.02 for 5,050 BTC, the first sale of BTC for US dollars. Prior to this date — and for more than a year afterward — the price of BTC remained trivial or free.
Since 2009, BTC has rallied from sub-pennies to a luxury expense worth several years of post-tax, post-living expense savings.
Work required to buy one BTC
- October 2009: Less than one second
- October 2010: 14 seconds
- October 2011: 10 minutes
- October 2012: 30 minutes
- October 2013: Six hours
- October 2014: 15 hours
- October 2015: 11 hours
- October 2016: 25 hours
- October 2017: 202 hours (five weeks)
- October 2018: 235 hours (six weeks)
- October 2019: 297 hours (seven weeks)
- October 2020: 402 hours (two and a half months)
- October 2021: 1,860 hours (11 months)
- October 2022: 601 hours (four months)
- October 2023: 873 hours (five months)
- October 2024: 1,849 hours (11 months)
- October 2025: 3,100 hours (18 months)
- September 2026: 2,127 hours (12 months)
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