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Whale Alert flags 900 BTC, worth about $77M, leaving Binance for an unidentified wallet
Whale Alert reported that 900 BTC, valued at about $77.3 million, moved from Binance to an unknown wallet. Large withdrawals from exchanges are often read as coins going into self-custody.
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Whale Alert flags roughly $60M in BTC shifted from Kraken to Coinbase
According to Whale Alert, 699 BTC, worth about $60 million, was moved from Kraken to Coinbase in a single transfer. The reason for the move was not disclosed.
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OKX–ICE joint venture tells SEC it plans tokenized US equities trading venue
According to The Block, OKXICE, a joint venture between OKX and NYSE owner ICE, has informed the SEC that it plans to launch a venue for trading tokenized securities under the agency's innovation exemption.
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Ethereum staking entry queue reaches ~25 days as exit line hits 2026 high
CoinDesk reports nearly 1.5M ETH is waiting to be staked, about a 25-day wait. That backlog is down more than 25% since early September, while the validator exit queue has hit its longest point of 2026.
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US spot ETFs: Bitcoin, Solana and XRP funds take in money last week while Ether funds lose $138M
Cointelegraph reports that last week US spot Bitcoin ETFs took in about $241M net. Solana funds added roughly $2.4M and XRP funds about $4.7M. Ether ETFs had net outflows of around $138M.
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Ethereum ICO-era whale sells another 13,330 ETH, its first sale in six months
According to Lookonchain, ICO participant wallet 0xa2F6 sold 13,330 ETH (about $36.4M) after six months without selling. The wallet got 170,000 ETH at $0.31 each, which cost about $52.7K.
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Whale drops ETH short after $471K loss and opens a $64M long at 25x leverage
Lookonchain reports trader 0x914b closed a short on about 14,976 ETH at a loss of roughly $471K. The trader then opened a 25x long on about 23,734 ETH (around $64.3M) that gets liquidated near $2,650.
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Pump.fun edges past Hyperliquid in 30-day protocol earnings, per AMBCrypto
AMBCrypto reports Pump.fun generated about $55.5M over the past 30 days, slightly above Hyperliquid's roughly $54.34M, putting Pump.fun third among protocols by total earnings.
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Glassnode: Bitcoin's largest short-liquidation cluster sits around $90K
Glassnode data cited by Cointelegraph shows Bitcoin's heaviest concentration of short liquidation levels is near $90K. If the price reaches that area, leveraged short positions could be forced to close.
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Fed and ECB minutes headline this week's macro calendar as markets weigh more rate hikes
Wu Blockchain's weekly preview says the Fed and ECB will release meeting minutes this week, alongside U.S. services data, oil inventory figures and consumer inflation expectations. It warns that a more hawkish tone could push yields up first and then put pressure on richly valued tech stocks.
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Hassett presses Powell to leave Fed board after internal report faults HQ renovation management
According to Cointelegraph, Kevin Hassett, President Trump's top economic adviser, called for former Fed Chair Jerome Powell to step down from the Fed board. The call came after an internal report pointed to management failures in the renovation of the Fed's headquarters.
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Japan puts Russian crypto exchange Garantex on its sanctions list
Cointelegraph reports that Japan has put Russia-based crypto exchange Garantex on its sanctions list. The move is part of a new round of asset freezes connected to the war in Ukraine.
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OKX-ICE joint venture seeks to offer 24/7 tokenized U.S. stock trading
According to CoinDesk, OKXICE, a joint venture between OKX and Intercontinental Exchange, has filed to launch tokenized U.S. equities that trade around the clock. It is relying on the SEC's new innovation exemption.
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Zcash NU7 brings 25-second block times to public testnet, ahead of planned November mainnet debut
According to CoinDesk, Zcash's NU7 upgrade is now running on the public testnet earlier than expected. It cuts target block time from 75 to 25 seconds, so exchanges and wallets can test it before a planned November mainnet launch.
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Bloomberg Intelligence: US AI lead over China shrinks to record low after DeepSeek V4.1 Flash release
Bloomberg Intelligence reports that leading Chinese AI models now score only about 3% below top US models on benchmarks. That is the narrowest US lead on record, and it follows DeepSeek's release of V4.1 Flash.
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Bitcoin briefly nears eight-month high close to $87K before sellers drag it back
According to CoinDesk, bitcoin rose to within roughly $500 of its late-September peak, then fell back below $86,000. It's the second rally this week to stall.
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US spot Bitcoin ETFs post third straight week of net inflows as Ether ETFs bleed $138M
Wu Blockchain reports US spot Bitcoin ETFs took in about $241M net for Sept 28–Oct 2, a third consecutive weekly gain. Spot Ether ETFs saw roughly $138M in net outflows, with Fidelity's FETH accounting for about $74M.
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Zcash NU7 upgrade goes live on testnet, with mainnet activation planned for November
Cointelegraph reports Zcash has activated its NU7 network upgrade on testnet. Developers now have several weeks to test changes such as 25-second block times before the planned November mainnet launch.
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ETH beat BTC in Q3, but CoinGecko data shows its market liquidity got thinner
CoinDesk reports that ether did better than bitcoin in the third quarter. Over the same period, CoinGecko data shows ETH market liquidity shrank, which suggests the rally rested on thinner order books.
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Kraken parent Payward partners with Singapore Gulf Bank on round-the-clock institutional settlement
Cointelegraph reports that Payward, the parent company of Kraken, is working with Singapore Gulf Bank. The deal will give institutional clients in Asia and the Gulf instant settlement for digital asset trades, available 24/7.
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OKX and NYSE parent file for tokenized US equities platform under SEC innovation exemption
Cointelegraph reports that OKX and the NYSE's parent company have filed to launch a platform offering tokenized shares of more than 60 US-listed companies. The filing relies on the SEC's newly introduced innovation exemption.
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Kraken parent Payward partners with Bahrain-regulated Singapore Gulf Bank on 24/7 institutional settlement
According to Wu Blockchain, Payward has plugged into SGB Net, Singapore Gulf Bank's clearing network, so select institutional clients in Asia and the Gulf can settle instantly around the clock. Support starts with USD and is set to expand. SGB will also tap Kraken Prime for digital-asset liquidity.
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Greenfield Capital takes Safe Foundation board dispute to Swiss regulator
Greenfield Capital, an investor in Safe, has asked Swiss authorities to step into a governance dispute at the Safe Ecosystem Foundation. According to Cointelegraph, the firm says it pressed for board changes for months before going to the regulator.
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Lookonchain: Machi Big Brother's 12-win streak on PUMP trades nets $2.14M in a week
Lookonchain reports that trader Machi Big Brother made $2.14M from 12 straight winning trades over the past week. He reportedly still holds longs of about $93M in ETH, $39M in BTC, $16M in HYPE and $2.7M in PUMP.
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OKX seeks SEC approval for tokenized US stock trading platform, Bloomberg reports
Bloomberg reports, as relayed by Cointelegraph, that crypto exchange OKX has filed with the US SEC to offer trading of tokenized US equities.
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OKX reportedly seeks SEC approval to offer tokenized US stock trading
According to Watcher.Guru, OKX has filed with the US SEC to launch trading in tokenized US equities. That would widen the exchange's US offerings into blockchain-based stocks.
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OKX-ICE joint venture seeks SEC approval for tokenized NYSE stock trading
Bloomberg reports that OKXICE LLC, a joint venture between OKX and NYSE parent ICE, has filed with the SEC to offer tokenized shares of 63 NYSE-listed firms. Issuers get 30 days to opt out before trading can start, under the SEC's temporary exemption framework.
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Persian Gulf crude exports top 14M barrels a day for first time since Iran war began
Cointelegraph reports that crude shipments from the Persian Gulf went above 14 million barrels per day last week. That is the first time since the Iran war began, and it puts exports at about 80% of pre-war levels.
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Binance to require purpose and counterparty details for Brazilian cross-border crypto transfers from Nov. 1
According to a CryptoSlate report cited by Wu Blockchain, Binance will hold back cross-border withdrawals by Brazilian users until they fill in a purpose and counterparty questionnaire. It will report these transfers to Brazil's central bank every month under Resolution BCB 521/2025.
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Tron TVL rose $3.3B in Q3 2026, a 13.2% gain, per Lookonchain
Lookonchain reports that total value locked on Tron grew by about $3.3 billion in the third quarter of 2026, roughly a 13.2% increase.
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Zcash NU7 network upgrade goes live on testnet
Cointelegraph reports that Zcash's NU7 network upgrade went live on testnet at block 4,465,026. Testnet activation usually comes before a mainnet rollout.
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Tokenized stock trading favors L2s over Ethereum mainnet, AMBCrypto data shows
AMBCrypto reports that tokenized securities now make up about 12% of DEX volume. It says Ethereum mainnet has almost no share of tokenized stock activity, with Robinhood Chain, Arbitrum and Base taking most of it.
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S&P Global Ratings introduces framework to assess risk in onchain lending vaults
Cointelegraph reports that S&P Global Ratings has launched a Vault Risk Assessment framework for evaluating onchain digital asset lending vaults. Deposits in these vaults are now about $10B.
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Zcash-linked lobbying effort registers in Washington, targeting the CLARITY Act and crypto tax bills
Cointelegraph reports that a newly registered lobbying operation for Zcash will work in Washington on the CLARITY Act and two proposals on digital asset taxes.
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Lookonchain: POAP founder Patricio Worthalter moves 4,000 ETH to Gemini
On-chain tracker Lookonchain reports that Patricio Worthalter sent 4,000 ETH, worth about $10.8M, to the Gemini exchange around eight hours before its post.
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Zcash advocacy group Pretty Good Policy registers its first US lobbyist
Punchbowl reports that Pretty Good Policy for Zcash, a policy group focused on Zcash, has registered executive director Divij Pandya as its first lobbyist in the US.
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Unidentified whale moves roughly $150M in USDC into Aave
Whale Alert flagged a transfer of about 149.6M USDC (around $149.6M) from an unlabeled whale wallet to Aave. That could mean a large lending deposit or a collateral move.
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Altman argues some AI harms are an acceptable cost of keeping the technology widely available
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman reportedly said society should tolerate some negative outcomes to keep AI broadly accessible. He said catastrophic risks such as losing control of AI are the limit, and that no single lab should control the technology.
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Sam Altman says society may need to tolerate some AI harms to get its benefits, Politico reports
According to Politico, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman argued that society should be prepared to accept some negative outcomes in return for the benefits artificial intelligence brings.
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Departing SEC Commissioner Peirce says financial privacy should be the default, not a red flag
In a September 27 interview with Scott Melker, outgoing SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce argued that financial privacy is a right that should be respected. She said blockchain transparency makes privacy protections necessary, though law enforcement still needs to be able to do its job. She also reportedly said strict regulation ended up favoring meme coins.
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