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Bitcoin’s $1.65T market cap dwarfs Dogecoin’s $13B

By Drooid · Oct 9, 2026, 10:30 PM UTC · How we work

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Bitcoin Dwarfs Dogecoin

Bitcoin’s market cap of $1.65 trillion dwarfs Dogecoin’s $13 billion, showing a massive valuation gap.
Bitcoin issues about 164,000 BTC each year, adding roughly $13.5 billion of new value.
Dogecoin mints roughly 5.3 billion coins annually, worth about $443 million, inflating at 3.4 %.
Bitcoin trades near $82,400 on Oct 9 2026, while Dogecoin hovers around $0.08.
Bitcoin’s inflation rate is about 0.8 %, set to drop to ~0.4 % after the 2028 halving.

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AlphaPepe Raises

AlphaPepe’s presale raised $2.92 million and gathered 12,400 holders ahead of its fifth CEX partnership reveal.
AlphaSwap, the AI-powered DEX for AlphaPepe, launched in Early Access with auto-trade registration open.
Europol warned crypto wallets are a primary exposure to future quantum attacks.
Ethereum researchers and Vitalik Buterin urged the industry to address AI-accelerated cryptography threats.
Remittix opened its PayFi platform to 1,000 invited RTX holders for EUR and USD crypto-to-fiat testing.

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Himanshu Sahay Issues

Arch Lending co-founder Himanshu Sahay says the firm issued over $750 million in Bitcoin loans despite market drawdowns.
Loans can reach 60% loan-to-value and trigger margin calls at 70% and partial liquidation at 80%.
A 14% Bitcoin price drop on a 60% LTV loan initiates a margin call under Arch’s policy.
Forced collateral sales are taxable events, potentially adding tax bills to borrowers’ losses.

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Historical Context

The 2012 Bitcoin halving, when block rewards fell from 50 to 25 BTC, marked the first major supply contraction. That reduction cut annual issuance to roughly 7.3 million BTC, worth about $1 billion at the then $140 price, noted in Satoshi Nakamoto’s whitepaper. Today, Bitcoin’s 2026 market cap of $1.65 trillion and Arch Lending’s $750 million loan portfolio echo the halving’s legacy of scarcity driving institutional finance and derivative products. Consequently, regulators like Europol warn of quantum-risk attacks while Ethereum, led by Vitalik Buterin, tightens cryptographic standards, shaping future valuation and lending risk.

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Bitcoin Dwarfs Dogecoin

Bitcoin’s market cap of $1.65 trillion dwarfs Dogecoin’s $13 billion, showing a massive valuation gap.
Bitcoin issues about 164,000 BTC each year, adding roughly $13.5 billion of new value.
Dogecoin mints roughly 5.3 billion coins annually, worth about $443 million, inflating at 3.4 %.
Bitcoin trades near $82,400 on Oct 9 2026, while Dogecoin hovers around $0.08.
Bitcoin’s inflation rate is about 0.8 %, set to drop to ~0.4 % after the 2028 halving.

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