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Black Monday Explained: Will Wall Street Crash Again On October 19, And Will Bitcoin Price Follow?

Black Monday Explained: Will Wall Street Crash Again On October 19, And Will Bitcoin Price Follow?

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“Black Monday” is trending on social media ahead of Wall Street’s open on October 19, 2026, the 39th anniversary of the worst single-day crash in stock market history. Weekend liquidations in tokenized AI stocks, high oil prices and rising bond yields are behind the talk. On October 19, 1987, the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 22.6% in one session. It is still the largest one-day percentage drop on record, worse than any day of the 1929 crash, the reopening after the September 11 attacks, or the 2008 financial crisis. There was no single cause.

Source: Coinpedia

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