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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

Crypto News | Bitcoin’s Next Rally Around the Corner as Stablecoin Liquidity Expands: CryptoQuant Mandy Williams | usagoldmines.com

Historical data has shown that growing stablecoin liquidity is associated with sustained gains in the crypto market. This means that bitcoin’s next rally could be around the corner because stablecoin liquidity is expanding.

According to a CryptoQuant report, liquidity impulse for Tether (USDT) and USD Coin (USDC) have begun to expand again, with the latter experiencing a growth pace not seen in a year.

Bitcoin Rally Around the Corner

Since Donald Trump won the U.S. presidential election, liquidity conditions in the crypto market have improved. The total value of stablecoins in circulation has received a boost, which is often associated with a rally in prices.

The total market cap of United States dollar-denominated stablecoins has surpassed the $200 billion mark and now sits at an all-time high of $204 billion. It crushed the $200 billion milestone last week. The market cap has increased by $37 billion since Trump emerged victorious in early November.

USDT is the primary asset driving the expansion in stablecoin liquidity; however, USDC has also gained significant traction. USDT currently has a market cap of $139.4 billion, following a 15% ($19 billion) rise since November 4. On the other hand, the market cap of USDC has surged 48% (by $17 billion) over the same period and now hovers above $53.3 billion.

USDT Deposits Grow on Exchanges

CryptoQuant revealed that USDT’s liquidity impulse, which refers to the 30-day percentage change in market capitalization, has become slightly positive after declining by 2% in early 2024. USDC’s liquidity impulse has expanded much more, rising 20% for the first time in almost a year.

“Historically, whenever the liquidity impulse is growing a rally in crypto prices follows…A further acceleration typically drives crypto prices higher,” the analytics platform stated.

While stablecoins are growing, their liquidity expansion has extended to centralized crypto exchanges. The total value of USDT deposited on these trading platforms is now at record levels, rising from $30.5 billion on November 4 to $43 billion today. This represents a 41% increase ($12.5 billion).

“The total value of stablecoins is an important source of liquidity for trading on exchanges, and its expansion is generally associated with higher crypto prices,” CryptoQuant added.

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  With expanding stablecoin liquidity historically linked to price gains, another Bitcoin rally may be on the horizon because USDT and USDC market caps have been increasing. BTCEUR, BTCGBP, BTCUSD, BTCUSDT, Crypto News, featured1, Bitcoin (BTC) Price, Stablecoins, Tether (USDT), USDC 

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