Chain, Crude & Chips
Chain, Crude & Chips: October 21, 2026
Oil, bitcoin and AI chips in three short updates.
Crude: Brent flat at $108.82, WTI down 67 cents
Brent settled at $108.82 a barrel, up 3 cents, and U.S. crude settled at $97.15, down 67 cents. See our Brent story and the Dusk Ledger.
Chain: bitcoin holds near $84,000
Bitcoin traded around $84,000 to $84,500 late in the day, up from overnight lows near $82,400. Levels vary by source and time of day.
Chips: a rally after the selloff
Chip stocks rallied as Super Micro jumped on a forecast above Wall Street estimates and SpaceX posted its first profit as a public company. The rally followed an eight-session selloff. See our SpaceX story.
