MetaMask Staking began precautionary validator exits after an infrastructure compromise. MetaMask says its ongoing investigation has found no indication that wallets, recovery phrases or funds held in wallets were affected.
Bitget CEO Gracy Chen expects to recover little of the $388 million stolen in the hack. The exchange says it restored its Protection Fund above $300 million and tightened approval and vendor checks.
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.
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.
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%.
U.S. Bitcoin ETFs took in $102.7 million on October 1. BlackRock's IBIT added $195.6 million, offsetting outflows led by Fidelity's FBTC and Grayscale's GBTC.
U.S. spot Bitcoin ETFs took in $2.65 billion in September, bringing year-to-date net flows back above zero. BlackRock’s IBIT and Fidelity’s FBTC drew $2.49 billion, or 94% of the monthly total.
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.
U.S. payrolls rose 29,000 in September against roughly 90,000 expected, and unemployment reached 4.2%. Bitcoin remained below $87,000 after a roughly $3,000 intraday swing.
The TRUMP team is offering a November 22 dinner for the top 185 buyers, a VIP reception for the top 29 and gold watches for the top four. The token briefly rallied on the announcement before falling back near its starting price.
Kinetiq is offering kPoints holders 50 million KNTQ at $0.26 each through a 10-day paid claim instead of a free token distribution. KNTQ was down 23% from its pre-announcement price by early October 2.
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.
PUMP is retesting former resistance after consolidating above its August highs. Traders disagree on the breakout's strength, and a move to new highs remains conditional on that level holding as support.
Blast plans to shut down and asks users to move funds to Ethereum by October 26 through its normal interface. Withdrawals will pause during a roughly week-long Lido unwind, but Blast says assets remain recoverable through bridge contracts after the cutoff.
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.
Porsche ended its Web3 project launched in 2023. Holders keep their 911 NFTs, but the PIONΞERS Discord will become read-only and the project's X account will stop posting.
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.
Bitcoin gained roughly 43% in Q3 as U.S. spot ETFs took in $6.3 billion. Bitfinex says ETF buying fell to 1.8 times daily miner issuance by September 29 and the next rally needs fresh spot demand.
Hyperliquid activated AQAv2 revenue from yield on USDC reserves, adding another source of HYPE buybacks and burns alongside its existing assistance fund.
CryptoQuant's CEO says Bitcoin's bear market ended this summer and projects a possible 3–5x rise from the cycle low. Other cycle analysis places the low on June 30 and the breakout roughly two months earlier than in prior cycles.
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.
Seedphrase sold CryptoPunk #8348, the only seven-trait Punk, through Gondi. Gondi put the sale at $3 million, but Seedphrase said the price was undisclosed.
SIGH is live on BNB Chain. Early activity reached 500 holders and $500,000 in trading volume.
BitMON backers have started claiming and revealing NFTs from Lucréce's Fake World Assets launch. The collection has 75 monster types and five legendaries.