The Daily Brief

Crypto over the weekend

Bitcoin, Ether, Solana and XRP showed mixed moves over the rolling 24 hours, with the four crypto prices and 24-hour moves reported as of Oct 11, 05:44 UTC. Bitcoin was $82,995.00 and rose 0.35% over 24 hours, five-session change -4.54%. Ether was $2,503.92 and rose 0.31% over 24 hours, five-session change -8.81%. Solana was $109.40 and fell 0.66% over 24 hours, five-session change -10.24%. XRP was $1.3900 and fell 1.20% over 24 hours, five-session change -8.22%.

Weekend developments

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Oct 9 proposed amendments to the Investment Company Act cross-trading rule, the SEC said. The Federal Reserve released results of the 2025 Survey of Consumer Finances, the Federal Reserve said. The Federal Reserve announced an enforcement action against American Express Company, the Federal Reserve said. The Bank of England reported CMORG completed a biennial SIMEX26 simulation exercise on a global cloud services disruption. FoxBusiness published two items reporting Scott Bessent’s responses to Senator Elizabeth Warren. Other media items covered UK Labour budget concerns and market commentary on yields and AI trading.

• SEC Proposes Expanding Securities Eligible for Cross Trading by Registered Funds — U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, Oct 9, 14:59 UTC
• Federal Reserve Board releases results of the 2025 Survey of Consumer Finances, which provides the public and policymakers with detailed insights into the economic condition of American families — Federal Reserve, Oct 9, 14:00 UTC
• Federal Reserve Board announces enforcement action against American Express Company to address, among other things, the firm’s failure to sufficiently detect and report certain suspicious activity related to money laundering — Federal Reserve, Oct 8, 20:30 UTC
• CMORG holds sector-wide cloud outage simulation exercise — Bank of England, Oct 9, 09:00 UTC
• Scott Bessent responds to Elizabeth Warren letter requesting information on rise in the 10-year treasury yield — foxbusiness.com, Oct 10, 22:21 UTC

The week ahead: macro and earnings

Twelve events are listed as upcoming, including 4 macro and 8 earnings, with 10 flagged high importance. Early-week US bank results are scheduled before the open on Tue Oct 13, including GS, JPM and WFC among others. The US Consumer Price Index is scheduled on Wed Oct 14 at 12:30 UTC. Retail sales and the Producer Price Index are scheduled for Thu Oct 15, with times not fully confirmed for retail sales.

• Tue Oct 13 (before the open) — UNH Q3 2026 earnings · EPS estimate 4.19
• Tue Oct 13 (before the open) — JPM Q3 2026 earnings · EPS estimate 5.92
• Tue Oct 13 (before the open) — JNJ Q3 2026 earnings · EPS estimate 2.59
• Tue Oct 13 (before the open) — C Q3 2026 earnings · EPS estimate 2.73
• Tue Oct 13 (before the open) — WFC Q3 2026 earnings · EPS estimate 1.88
• Tue Oct 13 (before the open) — GS Q3 2026 earnings · EPS estimate 15.05
• Wed Oct 14 (before the open) — BAC Q3 2026 earnings · EPS estimate 1.16
• Wed Oct 14 (before the open) — MS Q3 2026 earnings · EPS estimate 3.17

Last five sessions

Breadth tracked 32 names: 24 up, 7 down, 1 unchanged. US equity ETFs were reported as of Oct 9, 20:00 UTC: the SPY ETF was $778.57, five-session change +1.16%; the QQQ ETF was $751.27, five-session change +0.23%; the DIA ETF was $516.11, five-session change +0.98%; the IWM ETF was $278.94, five-session change -0.92%. Among stocks reported as of Oct 9, 20:00 UTC, Microsoft five-session change +3.39%, Amazon +4.34%, NVIDIA -2.00%. Commodities five-session moves included the GLD ETF +1.17% and the BNO ETF +10.07%.

Key levels and themes to monitor

Trend signals show mostly neutral readings across crypto and commodities. Bitcoin status neutral with 50-day SMA 80715.367 and long SMA 71848.302 (last close 82564.29409505568 on 2026-10-10). Ether status neutral with 50-day SMA 2553.9713 and long SMA 2129.7559 (last close 2485.704908841487). Solana status neutral with 50-day SMA 108.20436 and long SMA 86.621379 (last close 109.07429952013544). EUR/USD is bearish with 50-day SMA 1.150622 and long SMA 1.1598365 (last close 1.1206 on 2026-10-09). Signal counts: total 12, bullish 0, bearish 1, neutral 11.

Trend status is a rules-based classification of moving averages and MACD on daily closes (as of Oct 10, 22:40 UTC); it is not a recommendation.

What matters next

GS, JPM and WFC are scheduled to report Q3 2026 earnings before the open on Tue Oct 13. The US Consumer Price Index is scheduled for Wed Oct 14 at 12:30 UTC; Retail Sales and the Producer Price Index are scheduled for Thu Oct 15.

• Next central-bank decision: Wed Oct 28, 18:00 UTC — FOMC rate decision (US) (source)
• Next high-impact data: Wed Oct 14, 12:30 UTC — Consumer Price Index (US) (source)
• Next major earnings: Tue Oct 13 (before the open) — UNH Q3 2026 earnings · EPS estimate 4.19
• Next US cash session: 2026-10-12

Sources and data

• Finnhub (market data) — market data
• CoinGecko (market data) — market data
• European Central Bank (euro reference rates) (primary source) — market data
• U.S. Treasury and Federal Reserve Board via FRED (primary source) — Yields and dollar index
• U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (primary source) — calendar
• U.S. Energy Information Administration via FRED (primary source) — calendar
• Federal Reserve (primary source) — calendar
• Bank of England (primary source) — calendar
• U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (primary source) — SEC Proposes Expanding Securities Eligible for Cross Trading by Registered Funds
• foxbusiness.com (secondary source) — Scott Bessent responds to Elizabeth Warren letter requesting information on rise in the 10-year treasury yield

Market data as of Oct 11, 05:44 UTC; report generated Oct 11, 06:00 UTC. All times are UTC. Each table row shows its own timestamp and provider.

This report was produced by the MarketAlleys Research Desk using automated data processing and language tools from the sources listed above, and checked against our automated-content validation rules. It is for information only and is not investment advice.