It’s the last Friday of the month, and of the third quarter. That means futures have expired earlier today, but quite unusually bitcoin didn’t care.

Usually it falls on the expiry week, but while stocks dived, pound yoyo-ed, bonds crashed, bitcoin sort of said F U lot. Sources at the Bitcoin HQ say he’s off to Winchester having a pint until it all blows over. Raising the question: is the bear now too tired, and has he even maybe left?