Altcoins gave back a morning bounce and kept trending lower, with traders describing broken price structures. Crypto open interest remains near yearly highs despite the selloff, according to one trader.
Pump.fun's a1lon9 says Callout Rewards changes take weeks to show up and past payouts cannot be reversed, even if deemed unjustified. Critics allege callers farm rewards through bundled coins and side wallets.
Papertrade deposits reached $36 million ahead of trading scheduled for October 10, with the five largest depositors contributing $7.8 million. The HyperEVM venue offers BTC and ETH perpetuals with up to 1,000x leverage.
A crypto tracer estimates losses linked to Ledger reseller CryptoBilis at about $91 million across Bitcoin, Ethereum-related networks and Tron. Ledger has asked CryptoBilis to pause sales and shipments; the link between the losses and hidden device implants remains unconfirmed.
Citrini published a crypto investment basket built around tokenized assets and AI agents trading onchain. It favors businesses and tokens that collect trading, lending and payment fees, without assuming BTC or ETH reach new highs.
Lookonchain puts Machi's weekly loss at $8.44 million and his account value below $1 million. He still holds a 9,950 ETH long worth $24.68 million, with a liquidation price of $2,431.59.
Bitcoin bounced from $80,400 to above $82,000, with Trump's pledge to hold off strikes on Iran helping the rebound. Iran also claimed it struck an LPG tanker in the Strait of Hormuz, with oil rising and equity futures falling.
PONS generated $540,000 in fees on October 8, down 95% from $11.4 million on September 5. Traders also report sharply lower token launches and trading volume on Robinhood Chain.
Pump.fun now lets new tokens pair with any coin launched on the platform. BRACAT uses BATON as its paired token, routing buys through BATON and potentially through PUMP via BATON's deepest pool.
Unvault is offering free cross-chain setup to Abstract NFT collections ahead of the chain's December 15 shutdown. Holders need a supported route and completed settlement to move assets, and some routes may close earlier.
NEAR rose 83% over the 28 days through October 9, despite a 1.5% decline in the final week. A technical analyst says it is retesting its former multi-year downtrend as support and needs to hold above it to confirm the breakout.
ESMA urged national regulators to require EU crypto firms to exit non-MiCA stablecoin exposure by January 8, 2027. The guidance covers trading, custody, transfers and advice, allowing only supervised wind-down services.
The FT revised its OpenAI report to distinguish $50 billion in annualized net revenue from $70 billion in gross revenue at September's end. The revision undercuts the apparent revenue shortfall that had added pressure to Bitcoin.
PaperDAO's PULP rebounded after presale selling at its October 8 launch, with a holder reporting repeated moves above $1 million market cap. Participants now report allocations worth roughly three to six times their deposits.
ZEC has rebounded after a 34% pullback, and ZEC/BTC has returned to its range after slipping below support. PostyXBT may take profit near former support at $1,280 if the rebound weakens.
Starknet is considering leaving Ethereum to become a quantum-resistant L1 so it can set its own security upgrade timeline. The transition remains under discussion.
Securitize launched 12 tokenized U.S. stocks on Solana with USDC settlement for eligible investors. Tokens are backed one-for-one by shares and preserve dividends and applicable voting rights; trading starts with extended hours, with 24/7 access planned.
Cambria's Viceroy charters rose from 0.06 ETH to roughly 0.49 ETH, with only 512 in that tier. The 4,096-piece Royal Charter collection sold out ahead of Cambria Genesis.
October Fed hike odds fell to 19.4% after the minutes. Bitcoin lost the $82,000 level with about $1 billion in daily liquidations, as oil traded above $100 and another hike remained on the table.
Grass launched its Contents API to turn public webpages into data AI agents can use at prompt time. Grass says it retrieved 98% of pages in its latest hard-domain benchmark.
Ondo launched Private Markets, with its OpenAI-linked OPAIPon note now trading around the clock on the Ondo Perps spot order book. The note pays out based on OpenAI's per-share value at a qualifying liquidity event, such as an IPO.
U.S. government-linked wallets moved over 17,000 BTC from October 6 to 8, with some reaching Coinbase Prime. The transfers drew selling fears during Bitcoin's roughly 7% pullback, but deposits with the Marshals' custodian do not confirm a sale.
Bitcoin holders realized $3.3 billion more in profits than losses during October 2–8. Exchange inflows during the drop from $87,000 came almost entirely from coins last moved within a week, with few coins held for six months or longer reaching exchanges.
Tether unfroze four THORChain vaults on Tron after roughly three hours, releasing about $1.45 million USDT. The freeze halted Tron swaps and liquidity operations; THORChain said trading would resume soon.
Reclaiming $83,000 could carry Bitcoin toward $85,000; losing $82,500 could expose $80,500 because orders between those levels are thin. Short covering reportedly drove most of the rebound, with little spot buying.