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Bumble is in advanced talks to go private in a deal worth about $1 billion, Reuters reported on Monday, October 12, 2026. Ithaca Holdings is the prospective buyer. The talks come as Bumble tries to win back users with AI. Neither company has confirmed a deal. Both declined to comment. Still, Bumble shares surged roughly 50% to $3.80 that Monday, their biggest one-day percentage gain on record. A $1 billion price tag for a $14 billion debut Founded by Whitney Wolfe Herd in 2014, Bumble went public in 2021 at a valuation of about $14 billion. Five years later, the proposed price tells a very different story. Paolo Pescatore, an analyst for PP Foresight, said the potential agreement is proof of Bumble’s difficulties, adding that: Going private looks less like a strategic masterstroke and more like an admission that Bumble’s current strategy is failing. The numbers a buyer would inherit Bumble’s Q2 results indicate the reasons for the investors’ concerns. Its revenue declined by 15.2% year-over-year to $210.5 million. The number of paying users also dropped by 16.4% to 3.2 million. Bumble reported a net loss of $127.9 million of which $169.3 million were impairment charges, even though the adjusted EBITDA represented $72.9 million. The slide started earlier. In 2025, the company registered a near 10% drop in revenue that amounted to approximately $966 million, while its paying user base declined by more than 11% to approximately 3.7 million. Bumble Revenue and Paying Users Decline in 2025 and Q2 2026 Industry fatigue, or a Bumble problem Bumble’s competitor, Match Group, appears to be doing better as revenue fell only 1% to $853 million in the second quarter. Meanwhile, net income increased by 36% to $171 million. Tinder also showed signs of improvement. Daily active users dropped by only 4% year-on-year, which was the smallest decline in the last 10 quarters. Hinge’s revenue has increased by 22%. Match aims to bring Hinge’s annual revenue to $1 billion by 2027. Dating-app fatigue remains a challenge. But Match’s results suggest Bumble’s issues range beyond just the users getting bored with swiping. Bumble vs Match Group Q2 2026: Revenue, Profit and User Trends Can AI pull users back, or push them away Bumble hopes its AI-led Bumble 2.0 can change that. The redesign brings richer, chapter-style profiles and the possibility of swipe-free dating. Its March unveiling helped send shares up more than 40%. Wolfe Herd had earlier floated AI dating concierges, as Cryptopolitan reported. Whether users want that help is less clear. A peer-reviewed study suggests confidence in algorithms can encourage AI dating adoption. Yet an SSRN working paper reported 54% fewer usage minutes and 62% fewer app openings among the AI adopters studied. Those findings do not represent all daters. At the same time, less expensive AI will make companion chatbots more attractive than dating apps. However, the use of these chatbots raises privacy and security issues, as noted by the Congressional Research Service. The opportunity remains substantial: Grand View Research estimates a $10.7 billion global dating-app market in 2026, reaching $17.9 billion by 2033. The challenge is converting AI features into users who stay, pay, and trust the platform Micah Abiodun | usagoldmines.com
October 13, 2026

AVAX Price Continues To Consolidate Around $35 — Here Are The Levels To Watch Opeyemi Sule | usagoldmines.com

The AVAX price has been mostly quiet since the start of 2025, mirroring the climate of the altcoin market so far in the new year. After reaching a local high of $55 in early December 2024, the Avalanche token has been in a steady decline, reaching as low as $32.2 on Wednesday, January 29.

Investors, Watch Out For These Price Levels

In a new post on the X platform, popular crypto analyst Ali Martinez revealed the key on-chain levels that could prove pivotal to the future trajectory of AVAX price. This on-chain observation focuses on the average cost basis of several Avalanche investors.

In cost-basis analysis, a zone’s capacity to serve as support or resistance depends on the total amount of tokens last purchased by investors at the level. As shown in the chart below, the size of the dot represents and is directly proportional to the number of AVAX tokens acquired within each corresponding price range.

AVAX price

According to data from IntoTheBlock, around 302,100 addresses purchased approximately 14.26 million AVAX tokens within the price range of $34.01 and $35.15. As highlighted by Martinez, this has led to the formation of a crucial support cushion within this price region.

The $34.5 region is able to act as a crucial support level due to the number of investors with their cost basis in and around it. The rationale is that when the AVAX price returns to $34.5, investors with their cost basis around this zone are likely to double down and defend their position by acquiring more tokens, allowing prices to quickly recover.

Furthermore, IntoTheBlock data shows that the $39.49 – $40.54 price bracket is currently thick with investors. According to data from IntoTheBlock, more than 233,000 addresses bought over 12.33 million AVAX between the price range.

Martinez noted that this $39.49 – $40.54 price region is a major resistance zone because investors are always likely to make a move when an asset returns to their cost basis. In this scenario, investors who were in the red before may want to quickly sell their holdings as soon as they enter profit, which could place downward pressure on the AVAX price.

The price action of the AVAX around two regions could make or mar its performance over the next few weeks. Hence, investors might want to pay extra attention to the altcoin whenever it approaches these support and resistance zones.

AVAX Price At A Glance

As of this writing, the price of AVAX stands at around $34.8, reflecting a mere 1% increase in the past 24 hours. The premier cryptocurrency’s performance is even more sluggish on larger timeframes. According to data from CoinGecko, the Avalanche is down by nearly 3% in the past seven days.

AVAX price

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