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Oct 2, 2026

Helen Partz

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Christina CombenOct 2, 2026

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Stablecoins can drain from banks and nations at lightning speed

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Bitcoin treasuries may struggle to match Strategy, says Ammous

Yohan YunOct 2, 2026

Core Lightning warns attackers are targeting unpatched nodes

Oct 2, 2026

Felix Ng

Bitcoin trapped below $86K as PCE changes cloud inflation reading

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Bitcoin ETFs draw $6.3B in Q3 as BTC price rises nearly 43%

Oct 1, 2026

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Ethereum’s zkAPI brings privacy-preserving API payments to mainnet

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Sep 29, 2026

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Vitalik Buterin says Hegotá could be Ethereum’s last ‘normal’ fork

Sep 28, 2026

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Altcoins

Blast to wind down Ethereum L2 after costs outpace revenue

Nate KostarOct 2, 2026

LATAM stablecoin liquidity may depend on few providers, investor says

Oct 1, 2026

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Standard Chartered sees Ethena’s USDe reaching $40B, ENA hitting $2

Sep 30, 2026

Nate Kostar

Altcoin exchange deposit count jumps 160% in 2 weeks

Sep 30, 2026

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Tether says it helped freeze $550M in Iran-linked USDT this year

Sep 29, 2026

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Blockchain

71% of UK finance leaders expect tokenization to reshape financial services: Lloyds

Nate KostarOct 2, 2026

Aave founder says V3 unaffected after third-party adapter exploit drains $305K

Oct 2, 2026

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Porsche’s ‘long haul’ Web3 project ends in less than four years

Oct 2, 2026

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Zano exploiter minted more than a quadrillion fUSD before blockchain rollback

Oct 2, 2026

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Tokenized assets don’t always mirror traditional markets, Dune finds

Oct 1, 2026

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Russia’s Finance Ministry pays wages in digital rubles for first time

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Community banks sue OCC over trust bank charters of crypto firms

Oct 3, 2026

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Here’s what happened in crypto today

Russia’s Finance Ministry pays wages in digital rubles for first time

NEAR Intents recovers entire stolen $3.8M after ultimatum to exploiter

Community banks sue OCC over trust bank charters of crypto firms

Trump expected to appoint Jay Clayton as new AI czar: Reports

European crypto users have ‘more faith’ in regulated firms under MiCA: Bitpanda co-CEO

Top crypto news today

RWA WEEK Singapore announces new wave of institutional speakers as October event draws closer

ViaBTC supports Bitcoin education at the Catholic University of Córdoba

Crypto’s billions are back, but the premiums aren’t

China warns foreign spies about crypto, Singapore dominates Asia: Asia Express

El Salvador receives $138 million from IMF after Bitcoin waivers granted

Japan adds Garantex to list of Russia sanctions over Ukraine war

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Russia’s Finance Ministry pays wages in digital rubles for first time

Here’s what happened in crypto today

NEAR Intents recovers entire stolen $3.8M after ultimatum to exploiter

Community banks sue OCC over trust bank charters of crypto firms

Trump expected to appoint Jay Clayton as new AI czar: Reports

Markets

BNB Chain crosses $1B in tokenized stocks, ETFs as market hits $3.7B

Bitcoin reaches for $87K as short liquidations top $120M

Bitcoin ETFs kick off ‘Uptober’ with $103M inflow

Bitcoin fights for local uptrend as US bond yields drop from new 24-year highs

Magazine

China warns foreign spies about crypto, Singapore dominates Asia: Asia Express

Stablecoins can drain from banks and nations at lightning speed

Could THORChain face prosecution over stolen Bitget funds? Legal opinion

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Core Lightning warns attackers are targeting unpatched nodes

Bitcoin trapped below $86K as PCE changes cloud inflation reading

Bitcoin ETFs draw $6.3B in Q3 as BTC price rises nearly 43%

Bitcoin think tank questions MSCI’s ‘invisible committee’ over Strategy, Metaplanet rule

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Ethereum schedules Glamsterdam upgrade on Sepolia for Oct. 6

BitMine could hit its 5% Ether supply target within weeks — then what?

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LATAM stablecoin liquidity may depend on few providers, investor says

Standard Chartered sees Ethena’s USDe reaching $40B, ENA hitting $2

Altcoin exchange deposit count jumps 160% in 2 weeks

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Blockchain

Aave founder says V3 unaffected after third-party adapter exploit drains $305K

Porsche’s ‘long haul’ Web3 project ends in less than four years

Zano exploiter minted more than a quadrillion fUSD before blockchain rollback

Tokenized assets don’t always mirror traditional markets, Dune finds

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Community banks sue OCC over trust bank charters of crypto firms

Trump expected to appoint Jay Clayton as new AI czar: Reports

European crypto users have ‘more faith’ in regulated firms under MiCA: Bitpanda co-CEO

Circle urges EU to revise stablecoin reserve rules in MiCA review