ROLLUP: Uptober Green Light? | Robinhood Goes All-In | $400M Bitget Hack | Prediction Markets to SCOTUS

October 2, 2026

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This week on Bankless, the macro picture delivered a genuine paradox: inflation cooled, but bond yields spiked violently in the opposite direction. Bitcoin closed its weekly and monthly candles above the May high, breaking the bearish market structure, while Robinhood rolled out a suite of new products at its Hood Summit that signal a full-on convergence of TradFi and crypto. A $400 million Bitget hack sparked a debate about permissionless infrastructure, and prediction markets took two legal hits that make a Supreme Court showdown feel inevitable.

The Macro Paradox: Cool Inflation, Hot Yields

The week’s defining market tension came from a split signal. Inflation data printed better than expected — annualized inflation came in at 3.1% versus the 3.3% forecast — and July's numbers were revised downward. Normally, that would push long-term bond yields lower. Instead, the 10-year yield shot up to 5.3% and the 30-year hit 5.64%, levels not seen since 2022, with the fastest acceleration of the move occurring this week.

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What you'll learn

1 ROLLUP: Uptober Green Light? | Robinhood Goes All-In | $400M Bitget Hack | Prediction Markets to SCOTUS
2 (00:04) **Bitcoin Weekly & Monthly Candle Breakout** - Bearish market structure breaks as weekly and monthly candles close above May high
3 (04:09) **Altcoin Mean Reversion** - Lighter down 30%, Zcash down 20%, UNI down 17% as altcoin season index pulls back from near-full zone
4 (06:48) **The Yield Paradox** - Inflation comes in cooler than expected at 3.3% annualized, yet 10-year yields rocket to 5.3% and 30-year to 5.64%
5 (12:14) **The MOVE Index & Global Liquidity Watch** - Michael Howell warns that bond market volatility (the MOVE index) could signal a liquidity crunch before the next cycle begins
6 (16:06) **Inflation Gerrymandering & Oil at Wartime Highs** - Kobeissi flags methodology changes that may have knocked 20 basis points off inflation; oil sits at $93/barrel
7 (19:39) **David's Robin Hood Hood Summit Report** - David explains why he went to the TradFi conference and what Robin Hood is shipping

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Guests on this episode

Jim Bianco Michael Howell Michael Nato

Show Notes

Bitcoin just broke its bearish market structure, but surging bond yields could still test the rally. Ryan and David unpack Uptober, Robinhood’s trading push, the Bitget hack, and prediction markets’ path to the Supreme Court.

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