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73 itemsOctober 2, 2026
- CryptoSlate
Blast shuts down $20M layer-2 network, forcing Oct. 26 exit deadline
Ethereum layer-2 network built around native yield Blast said on Oct. 2 that it will shut down because maintaining the chain costs more than it earns. The project asked users to move their assets to Ethereum mainnet by Oct. 26 to withdraw through its normal interface. Blast said in its shutdown anno...
- CryptoSlateScore: 90
Bitcoin sees big overnight rally as ETF demand returns before the next US jobs test
Bitcoin retook $86,000 by the morning of Oct. 2 as demand for US spot Bitcoin ETFs recovered, with short covering a plausible accelerator for the advance ahead of the US jobs report. Bitcoin traded at $86,325.44 at 08:40 UTC, up 3.67% over 24 hours. The advance carried it beyond the Sept. 30 rebound...
- CryptoSlateScore: 85
Crypto hackers have taken $2.7 billion in 2026 and the losses are alarmingly concentrated
Crypto firms and users have lost nearly $2.7 billion to security incidents this year, with North Korea-linked thefts exceeding $1 billion. Blockchain security firm CertiK recorded 658 incidents through September, with about $420.4 million of stolen assets frozen or returned. That leaves adjusted los...
- CryptoSlateScore: 85
Bitcoin’s $85,000 sell wall is gone and traders are now betting on $100,000
Bitcoin’s rally is approaching a $90,000 test as a rare accumulation pattern reappears and sell-side liquidity thins. On Oct. 2, Bitcoin registered an intraday high at $87,000 after buyers broke through a sell wall around $85,000 that had stalled several previous attempts to advance. Glassnode said ...
- CryptoSlateScore: 85
Crypto hackers exploit third-party Aave tool to steal 114 ETH
A third-party lending adapter built on Aave was exploited to steal about 114 ETH, worth over $300,000, while the protocol itself remained unaffected. On Oct. 2, blockchain security firm SlowMist said the attacker compromised two Safe multisig wallets through a flaw in the FlashLoopAdapter used with ...
- CointelegraphScore: 85
SEC moves to clear custody hurdle for advisers offering crypto
Custody requirements have kept some investment advisers from offering certain crypto to clients, a regulatory hurdle the SEC’s proposal could remove.
- CointelegraphScore: 85
Core Lightning warns attackers are targeting unpatched Bitcoin nodes
Node operators running version 26.06.7 or earlier were told to upgrade immediately.
- The BlockScore: 85
Spot bitcoin ETFs log $2.7 billion in September inflows as institutional demand holds
US spot bitcoin ETFs recorded $2.65 billion in net inflows in September, their second-largest monthly inflow since October 2025.
- CryptoSlateScore: 85
Bitcoin’s $113,000 case strengthens as US regulators push 9 crypto actions
The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) proposed a custody framework on Oct. 1 that would let investment advisers and regulated funds hold crypto under rules written for it. It is the latest of nine agency actions since Aug. 18 that span most of an asset's life, from fundraising to safekeepi...
- CryptoSlateScore: 85
US targets $17 billion Russia-linked crypto payment network using USDT as an escape route
The US sanctioned the Russia-linked A7 Network and proposed new restrictions to cut its crypto intermediaries off from global markets. On Oct. 1, the Treasury Department designated A7 as a significant transnational criminal organization, extending blocking sanctions beyond individual companies previ...
- DecryptScore: 85
US Designates Russia's A7 Network as Transnational Criminal Organization
Treasury's proposed rule aims to cut A7's front companies off from U.S. finance—including crypto, where its ruble token moved $179 billion.
- CryptoSlateScore: 85
Unpatched Eclair Bitcoin Lightning nodes could crash again every time they restart
A newly disclosed unfunded-channel flaw could leave Eclair, a Bitcoin Lightning implementation, crashing repeatedly without an attacker spending BTC on-chain. The flaw affected reachable nodes running v0.14.0 and earlier, with saved channel records making a restart insufficient to restore service. R...
- CointelegraphScore: 80
South Korea advances tokenized securities rules ahead of 2027 rollout
South Korea’s financial regulator proposed detailed rules for tokenized securities, including capital requirements, OTC trading licenses and retail investment limits.
- CointelegraphScore: 80
Bitcoin reaches for $87K as short liquidations top $120M
Bitcoin buyers broke through a wall of ask liquidity to reach new October BTC price highs near $87,800, with the area immediately above now a new resistance hurdle.
- DecryptScore: 80
'Uptober' Off With a Bang as Bitcoin Surges to $86K
Cooler inflation and two dovish Fed speakers have shifted the odds toward a rate hold, with payrolls due and CPI landing on October 14.
- The BlockScore: 80
Bitcoin nears highest level since January as $85,000 sell wall clears, US jobs data disappoints
Bitcoin climbed back toward $87,000 on Friday as sellers cleared out around $85,000, according to Glassnode.
- CointelegraphScore: 80
$4.2B crypto bank Anchorage Digital cuts 17% of workforce: Report
The reported cuts come as Anchorage expands its institutional footprint, including stablecoin issuance and a $100 million investment from Tether.
- CoinDeskScore: 80
Bank group sues U.S. regulator over granting crypto trust charters
The Independent Community Bankers of America sued the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, accusing the regulator of overstepping its legal authority.
- CryptoSlateScore: 75
Solana enters US banking with 90 North Dakota banks leading it
North Dakota’s banks and credit unions are getting a dollar settlement route on Solana as banking technology provider Fiserv brings its digital asset platform into production. In its Oct. 1 announcement, the company identified Roughrider Coin, an interbank payment token overseen by the Bank of North...
- CoinDeskScore: 75
Why rising perpetual funding rates signal growing bullish leverage as bitcoin crosses $86,500
Rising open interest and funding rates signal renewed demand for bullish bitcoin exposure.
- CryptoSlateScore: 75
Bitget restores $300M fund after absorbing $388M security breach
Bitget said on Sept. 30 that it had restored its Protection Fund to more than $300 million after absorbing the Sept. 24 security breach's financial impact. The exchange describes the fund as an additional safeguard for customers, separate from reserves backing their account balances. In its announce...
- CryptoSlateScore: 75
Electrum patches Lightning flaw, but old Bitcoin backups break
Electrum’s latest security update fixes a Lightning backup defect, but some Bitcoin wallet users still need to replace saved backups. Older backups from wallets with non-deterministic Lightning keys lack information needed to reclaim funds from anchor channels, a Lightning channel type, after a remo...
- CointelegraphScore: 75
Bitcoin ETFs kick off ‘Uptober’ with $103M inflow
Bitcoin ETFs returned to inflows with $103 million, while Ether funds recorded a third straight day of net outflows.
- The BlockScore: 75
ECB outlines three models for putting central bank money onchain
The ECB outlined three models for bringing central bank money onchain as financial institutions explore settlement infrastructure.
- CoinDeskScore: 75
Live updates: Bitcoin rises, re-taking $86,000 ahead of key U.S. jobs data
U.S. stock index futures were also gaining as oil fell more than 3% and yields continued to ease from recent highs.
- CryptoSlateScore: 75
Bitcoin survived 5% yields but crypto’s cheap-money era did not
The US 10-year Treasury yield touched 5.34% on Oct. 1, its highest since 2002, capping a third quarter in which it climbed almost 90 basis points, the largest quarterly rise this century. Bitcoin gained about 43% over the same three months and Ethereum about 71%. Bitcoin trades in the mid-$80,000s, ...
- DecryptScore: 75
Once a $2.3 Billion Network, Ethereum Layer-2 Blast Is Shutting Down
Blast said operating costs now exceed the revenue its Ethereum layer-2 generates and asked users to withdraw their assets to mainnet before Oct. 26.
- CoinDeskScore: 75
Once a $2 billion Ethereum layer-2, Blast is shutting down after assets plunge 98%
Once home to more than $2 billion in crypto assets, Blast is shutting down as activity fades, costs rise, and bigger platforms like Coinbase and Robinhood build networks of their own.
- CointelegraphScore: 75
Blast to wind down Ethereum L2 after costs outpace revenue
Once among Ethereum’s largest layer-2 networks by total value locked, Blast is urging users to move their assets to mainnet ahead of the shutdown.
- DecryptScore: 75
Circle Pushes Back on MiCA's Bank-Deposit Mandate for Stablecoins
The USDC issuer told the European Commission that MiCA's reserve mandates and concentration caps keep the largest global stablecoins outside Europe's perimeter—siding with the ECB in calling for more flexible rules.
- DecryptScore: 75
Ethereum Now Lets You Pay for AI Without Revealing Who You Are
Ethereum's zkAPI lets users prepay in USDC and query AI models through cryptographic proofs, so no single party sees both who they are and what they ask.
- CryptoSlateScore: 75
Stablecoin issuers have replaced 40% of China’s lost US Treasury demand
Stablecoin issuers are emerging as a new source of demand for US government debt as foreign official holdings lose ground. Tether and Circle have increased their Treasury securities and repurchase-agreement holdings by about $200 billion over the past five years, equivalent to more than 40% of the d...
- The BlockScore: 70
Ethereum Foundation launches zkAPI to let users pay for AI models without revealing identity
Users deposit funds into an Ethereum vault and authorize spending with zero-knowledge proofs, so the API provider can't link requests to a payer.
- CointelegraphScore: 70
Ethereum’s zkAPI brings privacy-preserving API payments to mainnet
Ethereum’s zkAPI is now live on mainnet, turning an earlier zero-knowledge API payment proposal into a working implementation for private, prepaid access.
- CointelegraphScore: 70
Zano exploiter created 36.9M unauthorized ZANO before blockchain rollback
The unauthorized coins were indistinguishable from legitimate ZANO, leaving the team unable to remove them without rolling back the blockchain.
- CoinDeskScore: 70
Bitcoin tops $86,000 ahead of U.S. jobs report
Bitcoin is up roughly 3% in October as traders await September’s jobs data, while rising bond yields, a stronger dollar weigh on broader markets.
- CointelegraphScore: 70
Aave founder says V3 unaffected after third-party adapter exploit drains $305K
Aave founder Stani Kulechov said Aave v3 was unaffected after an attacker exploited a third-party adapter to drain about $305,000 from two Safe multisig wallets.
- CointelegraphScore: 70
BNB Chain crosses $1B in tokenized stocks, ETFs as market hits $3.7B
Tokenized stocks and ETFs on BNB Chain reached $1.1 billion as the broader market climbed to $3.7 billion, putting the network’s share at roughly 30%.
- DecryptScore: 70
Morning Minute: NEAR Intents Hacked for $3.8M - Was It A Bullish Hack?
Hacks are never good, but a rapid response, user compensation and 1-hour bug fixing seems to top the spectrum of team reactions.
- CointelegraphScore: 70
Bitcoin briefly hits $87K as weak US jobs data sends bond yields lower
Bitcoin climbed after weaker-than-expected payrolls pushed Treasury yields lower, but order-book resistance kept BTC from reaching new macro highs.
- CoinDeskScore: 70
BNY in talks with Kraken parent Payward over infrastructure partnership
The potential agreement could span digital assets, custody, trading, payments and other financial-market infrastructure.
- CointelegraphScore: 70
European crypto users have ‘more faith’ in regulated firms under MiCA: Bitpanda co-CEO
Speaking on Cointelegraph’s Chain Reaction, Christian Trummer said MiCA has increased trust in regulated platforms and called for stricter enforcement against noncompliant firms.
- CryptoSlateScore: 65
Evernorth’s Nasdaq XRP treasury is approved, but its real buying power isn’t the $300 million expected
Evernorth’s shareholder vote has advanced its plan to become a publicly traded XRP treasury. Its next round of token buying hinges on cash left at closing: disclosed delayed subscriptions, conditional notes and expected trust proceeds imply roughly $88.5 million in gross sources if all three settle,...
- CointelegraphScore: 65
NEAR Intents says its identified the hacker, gives 48-hour ultimatum
“We have identified you, sir,” NEAR Intents general manager Alex Shevchenko said on Friday after the protocol was hacked for $3.8 million.
- The BlockScore: 65
SEC’s innovation exemption poses constraint on bringing stock tokens to US, Robinhood crypto chief says
Robinhood's Johann Kerbrat told The Block that Robinhood is still working through the SEC's latest innovation exemption on tokenized stocks.
- CoinDeskScore: 65
Tether's USDT is 'coming home' to Bitcoin this month over a decade after debut there
A Tether-backed project, Utexo, plans to support private USDT transfers, direct swaps between BTC and USDT and loans backed by BTC, while keeping most transaction data off Bitcoin’s public ledger.
- CointelegraphScore: 65
Circle urges EU to revise stablecoin reserve rules in MiCA review
Circle wants the EU to replace mandatory bank-deposit minimums with more flexible liquidity rules and preserve cross-border stablecoin issuance.
- CointelegraphScore: 60
South Korea crypto exchange profits fall 78% in H1 amid trading slump
South Korean crypto exchange operating profits fell 78% in the first half of 2026 as trading volumes, market capitalization and customer deposits declined.
- CryptoSlateScore: 60
Coinbase completes Deribit switch, ending International Exchange trading
Coinbase completed the migration of Coinbase International Exchange to Deribit on Oct. 1, ending trading on its former international venue. The old exchange is now read-only, with its trading activity moved to Deribit. Coinbase's migration status report marked maintenance complete at 10:02 UTC on Oc...
- CoinDeskScore: 60
Crypto traders are in risk-on mode as bitcoin dominance nears return to 60%
Bitcoin dominance is closing in on 60% while USDT's has slipped to 6.3%, pointing to a market growing more comfortable with risk.
- The BlockScore: 60
BitGo CEO says Clarity’s failure left capital markets exposed to risk potentially worse than Lehman
BitGo CEO Mike Belshe warned that Clarity's failure left systemic risks arising from one firm holding exchange, brokerage, and custody functions.
- CryptoSlateScore: 60
Cardano’s DeFi has shrunk by more than half and RealFi is betting credit can revive it
Cardano’s “bank the unbanked” push went live with RealFi, putting real-world credit behind a new dollar-token system. On Oct. 1, RealFi launched USDrf and its yield-bearing counterpart, sUSDrf, on Cardano, moving a project Cardano's founder Charles Hoskinson has spent years describing as a bridge be...
- CointelegraphScore: 60
Crypto’s billions are back, but the premiums aren’t
Kalshi seeks a $40 billion valuation, while Blockchain.com targets an IPO and crypto treasury companies struggle to maintain their once-high valuations.
- DecryptScore: 60
Bitcoin Heads Higher on Macro Moves: Where Does BTC Go Next?
A jobs report miss just erased the odds of an October rate hike, and BTC is now knocking on the door of its yearly ceiling.
- CoinDeskScore: 60
Trump’s potential AI czar, Jay Clayton, helped pioneer the SEC’s crypto crackdown
The former SEC chairman who may be tapped to oversee the Trump administration's AI work has a potentially divisive history as a watchdog of tech innovation.
- CoinDeskScore: 55
U.S. added just 29,000 jobs in September, with unemployment rate rising to 4.2%
Bitcoin held earlier gains following the report, up more than 2% over the past 24 hours and just below $87,000.
- DecryptScore: 50
Spanish Police Arrest 16-Year-Old Accused of Running KillSec Ransomware Group
A second suspect faces extradition to Puerto Rico, while Investigators are tracing the proceeds of ransoms the group demanded in crypto.
- The BlockScore: 50
Drift opens exploit recovery claims with initial payouts of just over 1% of user losses
DFX holders can cash out now or wait for more funding, with no firm timeline for full repayment.
- The BlockScore: 50
Paradigm-backed Layer 2 Blast to wind down network as costs exceed revenue
Ethereum L2 Blast is winding down after costs outpaced revenue. Users have until Oct. 26 to withdraw via the app.
- CointelegraphScore: 45
CONNECT recap: Arthur Hayes on money printing, Wall Street moves onchain
Arthur Hayes said money printing could lift crypto prices, while CONNECT Seoul speakers examined Wall Street’s competitive edge onchain.
- CryptoSlateScore: 40
Why an $88 billion bank reserve drop doesn’t prove a Bitcoin liquidity squeeze – yet
Bitcoin’s quarter-end liquidity signal changes direction depending on which reserve measure is used. Federal Reserve data released Oct. 1 show bank reserves falling $88.236 billion between Sept. 23 and Sept. 30 Wednesday snapshots, while their weekly average rose $17.897 billion. Reserves are balanc...
- DecryptScore: 40
Nvidia Hits Record High as Market Value Reaches $5.7 Trillion
The AI chipmaker's stock topped its May peak on Friday, helped by a record $150 billion buyback and a weak jobs report that cooled bets on Fed rate hikes.
- CryptoSlateScore: 40
PropAMMs lower Solana trade costs, and public pool returns crash
A trader can get a better Solana (SOL) swap price while a passive pool depositor remains exposed to traders picking off stale quotes, and a Sept. 29 preprint measures that divide. For quiet-market SOL/USDC fills, propAMMs, pools controlled by professional operators, had a reference-relative executio...
- CointelegraphScore: 40
Porsche’s ‘long haul’ Web3 project ends in less than four years
Porsche is winding down its Web3 project and Pioneers Circle community as trading activity in its 911 NFT collection falls sharply from early levels.
- CointelegraphScore: 40
Furious debate about THORChain vs NEAR shows idealism has limits
The furious debate over Bitget’s $387.7M of hacked funds comes down to whether ideals around “permissionless and decentralized” tech means never intervening — even if you could.
- CointelegraphScore: 40
71% of UK finance leaders expect tokenization to reshape financial services: Lloyds
A Lloyds survey found that faster payments and settlement are the most significant perceived benefits of tokenization, as the UK builds infrastructure for tokenized finance.
- CointelegraphScore: 30
Bitcoin treasuries may struggle to match Strategy, says Ammous
Strategy’s scale and cash reserves give it an edge over treasury rivals, according to Saifedean Ammous, author of “The Bitcoin Standard.”
- CoinDeskScore: 30
America at a crossroads: Commissioner Peirce’s parting challenge
It is incumbent upon us to continue Commissioner Peirce’s mission, writes Will Schwartz, policy associate at the Blockchain Association.
- CointelegraphScore: 30
‘Euro stablecoin isn’t enough’: EU issuers make case for USD tokens
European issuers say Europe cannot ignore demand for dollar stablecoins as businesses seek USD liquidity for global payments and settlement.
- CryptoSlateScore: 30
Why Strategy’s STRC calculator shows $210 for a share it can redeem at $101
Strategy’s Bitcoin credit calculator produced an illustrative STRC price of $210.90 on Oct. 2, while displaying a market-price input of $99.50 for the perpetual preferred stock. The issuer also retains the option to redeem shares at $101, or a higher amount it chooses, plus applicable unpaid dividen...
- CoinDeskScore: 20
Cboe wants to turn VIX into a never-ending trade
Your day-ahead look for Oct. 2, 2026
- DecryptScore: 20
This AI Is Already Fooling People on Video Calls Into Thinking Its Human, Company Says
Tavus says 26 of 54 people on a one-minute video call thought its new Griffin model was human. The results are the company's own, and the model isn't going to retail customers yet.
- DecryptScore: 20
California Subpoenas OpenAI Over AI Models That Hacked Their Way Out of a Test
California's attorney general wants answers from OpenAI about AI models that escaped a locked test environment and hacked Hugging Face—and whether the company can be held legally accountable.