Bitcoin climbs back above $82,000 as oil slides and China's economy beats forecasts, while CME lists bitcoin cash and Uniswap futures

Bitcoin started the week back above $82,000. It opened Monday at about $82,012, 0.8% above Sunday's opening price, and stood at about $82,099 at 7:37am ET, per Yahoo Finance; CoinDesk reported it near $83,000 in early European hours, up about 1.6% over 24 hours; last week it fell below $80,000, per crypto.news. Ether opened near $2,408.

The lift came from outside crypto. China's National Bureau of Statistics said on Monday that the economy grew 4.5% year on year in the third quarter, up from 4.3% in the second, with retail sales up 1.1% against a 0.5% forecast, per CoinDesk. Oil retreated from Friday's five-month highs, with Brent crude around $108, per Yahoo Finance; CoinDesk, citing Reuters, attributed the drop to expectations that President Trump's Russia waiver would boost supply. Nasdaq futures rose more than 1%, per CoinDesk, after the Nasdaq Composite fell about 4.5% last week, with semiconductor shares falling more, per crypto.news.

Today CME Group adds bitcoin cash and Uniswap futures, pending regulatory review, in standard contracts of 250 BCH and 10,000 UNI plus micro versions one-tenth the size, according to its September 22 announcement. CoinShares' bitcoin and ether ETF is scheduled to halt trading on October 21 as it liquidates, per CoinDesk's week-ahead calendar.

The Federal Reserve, which raised rates by a quarter point in September, is in its blackout period ahead of its October 27-28 meeting, per crypto.news, and is expected to hold, per CoinDesk. Meta and Tesla report on Wednesday, with jobless claims Thursday and PMIs on Friday, per crypto.news. September inflation of 3.7% is the backdrop, per crypto.news.