Bitcoin briefly topped $87,000 after September payrolls rose by just 29,000, then fell back toward $85,000. The 10-year Treasury yield also reversed, rebounding to 5.26% from 5.15%.
Blast is shutting down and will pause withdrawals for about a week to pull assets from Lido, then cut the withdrawal delay to 24 hours. After October 26, users will have to withdraw through its bridge contracts on Ethereum instead of the normal interface.
The NEAR Intents attacker returned the full $3.8 million stolen, and the team is stopping its investigation. The exploit affected the swap service, not the NEAR protocol.
Garrett Jin closed his full 38,000 ZEC short for a $35.44 million loss. He still holds 202,078 ZEC spot worth about $309 million, with roughly $221 million in unrealized profit.
Bitcoin cleared the $85,000 sell wall but pulled back after reaching roughly $87,000. Traders put support near $82,000, with holder cost bases around $88,350–$89,200 posing another potential source of selling.
The SEC proposes letting advisers hold client crypto when no permitted custodian is available, subject to safeguards and quarterly rechecks, and allowing qualifying state trust companies to act as custodians. A 60-day public comment period starts when the proposal reaches the Federal Register.
Bitcoin's rally stalled as Treasury yields rebounded, despite gains of 29.8% since August 18. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent announced more long-dated bond purchases, which analysts say could support further Bitcoin gains.
The CLARITY Act remains stalled, but the SEC says more crypto regulatory proposals are coming. Agency rulemaking could address some of the industry's demands without the bill passing.
Bitcoin begins October after posting gains in 10 of the 13 completed Octobers from 2013 through 2025. CoinGlass puts the average return across those months at 18.53% and the median at 12.73%.
Bitquery traced 90.5% of the XRP stolen in Bitget's roughly $387.5 million hack into Bitcoin through THORChain as of September 29. Chainalysis attributed the attack to North Korea-linked attackers.
TxFlow announced Points Season 1 and says it will recognize traders who used the platform before the season. Points are expected to go live on October 12.
SOL held above $120, close to its 30-day high of $124.60. Open interest reached $7.27 billion, up 4.44% in a day.
STONK fell another 7% on the day to a $202 million market cap, roughly 50% below its peak. Traders describe repeated selling into breakouts, leaving the correction unresolved.
Ethereum failed to break resistance and remains range bound, with Coinbase Markets quoting spot at $2,696. Its largest cluster of net long positions entered at $2,538, and 21% of net long notional entered above that spot price.
Citi raised its 12-month targets to $113,000 for Bitcoin and $3,028 for Ether, from $82,000 and $2,240. The bank expects roughly $5 billion in net ETF inflows over that period, citing stronger crypto activity and a more supportive macro backdrop.
A federal judge dismissed the LIBRA and M3M3 class action with prejudice, ending the case against Hayden Davis, Kelsier Ventures, Ben Chow and Meteora. The ruling rejected the alleged RICO pattern and treating Meteora's exchange software as a partnership.
NEAR closed the month above its roughly five-year downtrend, with a retest needed to establish the old trendline as support. Several traders expect a pullback or consolidation after its run toward $5.50.
The TRUMP token team announced a November 22 dinner for the top 185 holders at Trump's D.C.-area golf club. The top 29 also receive access to a VIP reception.
Trump has floated renewed strikes on Iran or a deal, and traders linked crypto selling to speculation about another attack. Brent was quoted near $106 as Trump claimed the war would end soon.
ETH/BTC has traded sideways for weeks after rising since June. Some traders call its nine-year downtrend breakout confirmed, but others still see ETH losing ground against BTC.
Jumper's JUMP sale on Legion ended with about $48.6 million deposited by 9,689 participants against a $3 million hard cap. Deposits exceeded the cap by roughly 16 times.
Bitcoin is gaining relative strength as recent leaders such as NEAR, ZEC and HYPE weaken. Traders warn that a Bitcoin rally may leave altcoins flat or falling rather than lift the whole market.
The Ethereum Foundation and Open Anonymity Project launched zkAPI on Ethereum mainnet. Users prepay ETH or USDC for AI and other metered APIs, then use zero-knowledge proofs so providers cannot link requests to the payer.
Robinhood launched trading agents that research markets and execute trades from dedicated accounts, with per-trade approval on by default. Token Terminal supplies crypto data, and CEO Vlad Tenev says some users can enable fully autonomous trading loops.
MetaMask Staking began precautionary validator exits after an infrastructure compromise, and Ethereum’s exit queue reached 773,447 ETH. MetaMask says its ongoing investigation has found no indication that wallets or customer funds were affected.