Odaily reports that market analysts are divided on whether Bitcoin can return to $100,000 before the end of 2026.

Ryan Rasmussen, Head of Research at crypto asset management firm Bitwise, believes that factors such as institutional demand through ETFs and corporate Bitcoin purchases, concerns over inflation and government debt, and an improving regulatory environment are expected to push Bitcoin to higher levels by year-end, potentially even breaking through $100,000.

Adam Morgan McCarthy, Head of Research at London-based crypto trading and market data firm LO:TECH, expects Bitcoin to trade mainly in the $85,000 to $95,000 range through year-end. He noted that inflation pressures and the possibility of further rate hikes by the Federal Reserve will continue to weigh on Bitcoin's performance. U.S. consumer prices rose 0.6% month-over-month in September, with core CPI up 0.3% month-over-month, complicating the outlook for monetary policy.

Luca Invernizzi, Senior Derivatives Trader at Nomura's crypto unit Laser Digital, said Bitcoin will remain primarily driven by macroeconomic factors and U.S. long-term Treasury yields in the near term. However, market leverage has been largely flushed out, and if Bitcoin effectively breaks above $90,000, it could trigger a new round of short-covering. James Butterfill, Head of Research at CoinShares, also believes that the contradiction between inflation and a weakening job market will influence the Fed's subsequent policy decisions and Bitcoin's trajectory. (CoinDesk)

Odaily reports: “AI Stock God” Leopold Aschenbrenner’s fund Situational Awareness will disclose its equity holdings as of the end of the third quarter on November 16, covering the period from July 1 to September 30. The fund is said to have achieved a 439% return in the first half of this year, mainly by betting on SanDisk (SNDK) and Micron (MU) and using about 4x leverage. However, during the AI concept stock decline in July, its portfolio is said to have fallen by about 67% at one point, after which it sold the related stocks, and Citadel is said to have bought a considerable portion of them. In addition, Situational Awareness has also bought stocks including AMD, Bloom Energy (BE), CoreWeave (CRWV), and SanDisk, involving an amount of about $315 million.

Odaily: According to Ki Young Ju, founder of CryptoQuant, the team behind TRUMP earned $779 million to $1.16 billion in profits from token holders, while buyers lost 97%.

Odaily News: Harvard University's annual financial report shows that its endowment grew 27.1% in fiscal year 2026, marking its strongest investment return performance in five years. The fund's total size is now close to $68 billion.

Harvard's Chief Financial Officer Ritu Kalra and Treasurer Timothy Barakett wrote in the annual report: "This return will strengthen the endowment's ability to support the university's development over the long term. Strong investment returns will, through future fund distributions, gradually provide support for Harvard University's various endeavors." In its second-quarter 13F holdings report filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, Harvard University disclosed that it holds SpaceX shares worth $2.2 billion, its largest single holding by market value, followed by TSMC, with a holding value of slightly less than $350 million.

According to previous reports, Harvard's endowment disclosed as early as 2018 that it had begun investing in cryptocurrencies.

Odaily reports: According to MSX.COM data, CoreWeave's stock price plunged 15% on Wednesday and rebounded somewhat on Thursday.

It is reported that the three co-founders of AI compute leasing provider CoreWeave have cumulatively sold off $3.3 billion worth of company stock since last year's U.S. IPO, with $2.4 billion of that cashed out this year alone. As credit risks continue to mount, investors grow increasingly cautious about AI spending, and stock prices swing wildly, the three are locking in gains through large-scale cash-outs.

In March of last year, CoreWeave's stock price soared after completing its IPO, and the three founders — Chairman and CEO Michael Intrator, Chief Strategy Officer Brian Venturo, and Chief Development Officer Brannin McBee — joined the ranks of the Bloomberg Billionaires Index's global top 500 richest people. (Bloomberg)

Odaily News: The artificial intelligence task force led by U.S. President Donald Trump, named the "Super Intelligence Force," convened its first meeting and agreed to prioritize assessing AI risks in areas including cybersecurity, biosecurity, and "model control and accountability." The White House stated that the task force will commission the President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST) to produce a report on these risks and other potential issues.

The task force also plans to establish a mechanism requiring AI laboratories to provide early warnings and systematic notifications to the government regarding security vulnerabilities, hacks, jailbreaks, and other issues, and to form an enforcement and consumer protection coordination committee involving the U.S. Department of Justice, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), and other agencies. The White House said the task force has not yet discussed drafting new laws or regulatory rules.

Although Trump has repeatedly opposed strengthening AI regulation, arguing it could weaken U.S. competitiveness with China in the AI field, AI safety issues are drawing increasing attention from bipartisan lawmakers in the U.S. as concerns grow over AI's potential to cause mass unemployment, humanity losing control of AI, and data centers driving up electricity prices. (Bloomberg)