Bitcoin slips below $82K after Tesla and Meta results unsettle tech markets
Bitcoin gave back a late run to about $85,000 and was flat just under $82,800 on Thursday Asian morning, CoinDesk reported, after mixed Tesla and Meta results sent Nasdaq futures lower. Cointelegraph said the retreat followed Tesla's lower-than-expected Q3 capital expenditure.
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Key facts
Attributed sources: CoinDesk Cointelegraph
BTC after this site detected it
- 5 minutes+0.13%Gate · USDT
- 1 hour+0.04%Gate · USDT
- 24 hours—Window not complete
Claims and open questions
What sources claim
- CoinDesk reported bitcoin cleared $84,000, topped out near $84,800 late Wednesday, then dropped more than $2,000 in about six hours to around $82,600, sitting on $82,500 support.
- CoinDesk reported Nasdaq 100 futures fell 1.1% and South Korea's Kospi dropped 2.2% as tech shares retreated.
- Cointelegraph reported bitcoin reversed a run toward $85,000 after Tesla reported lower-than-expected capital expenditure in Q3.
Still unresolved
- Tesla's reported capital expenditure figure is not given; its Q3 filing or earnings release would confirm the amount and its comparison with expectations.
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Source evidence
www.coindesk.com
Published 22/10/2026, 03:51 · Received 22/10/2026, 03:55
cointelegraph.com
Published 22/10/2026, 10:38 · Received 22/10/2026, 10:48
Original source titles remain in their source language. Full articles are not republished.
Market reaction after detection
Returns start at the sample closest to site detection (within the same minute up to 10 minutes later), using the same data source and quote currency. Actual sample times are shown; missing observations remain blank.
| Window | Return | Actual sampled interval / source |
|---|---|---|
| 5 minutes | +0.13% | 22/10/2026, 03:55 → 22/10/2026, 04:00 (UTC) Gate · USDT |
| 1 hour | +0.04% | 22/10/2026, 03:55 → 22/10/2026, 04:55 (UTC) Gate · USDT |
| 24 hours | — | Awaiting a complete valid window |
Historical market context
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Closed hourly candles from the 30 days before this event observation. Different venues are kept separate.
| Metric | Value |
|---|---|
| Hourly coverage | 100.0% (720/720) |
| Median absolute 1h return | 0.15% |
| 99th percentile of absolute 1h returns | 1.23% |
OKX · USDT · Context as of 22/10/2026, 03:55 · Last included candle closed 22/10/2026, 03:00
Hourly descriptive statistics, not minute-move probabilities. Backfilled history never moves the observation cutoff above.
Event timeline
Source publication, receipt and analysis times are separate. All times UTC.
Source published: CoinDesk
Source received: CoinDesk
Event first detected by this site
Evidence record updated
Source published: Cointelegraph
Source received: Cointelegraph
Additional source received; evidence recalculated
English explanation generated
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