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SOON token rallies about 40% after CZ's cryptic 'Soon...' post, per AMBCrypto
AMBCrypto reports the SOON token rose roughly 40% after a vague 'Soon...' post from CZ drew trader attention. Trading volume climbed about 130% and open interest reached around $92M.
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Standard Chartered puts out a bullish long-term view on Ethena's ENA, citing yield-bearing stablecoins
Cointelegraph reports that Standard Chartered has issued a bullish outlook on Ethena's ENA token through 2028. The bank ties its view to the expected growth of yield-bearing stablecoins.
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US job openings drop to 7.08M and consumer confidence slides as Fed hike odds fall
According to AMBCrypto, US job openings fell to 7.08 million and consumer confidence dropped to its lowest level since 2014. Markets are now pricing lower odds of a Fed hike, which the outlet says could be a positive for Bitcoin.
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OKX's 47th proof-of-reserves report shows about 139.9K BTC in user holdings
OKX has released its 47th proof-of-reserves report, Cointelegraph reports. The report lists 139,865 BTC held as user assets on the exchange.
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Whale Alert reports about $140M worth of QNT moved between two unidentified wallets
Whale Alert says roughly 492.7K QNT, valued at about $139.6M, moved between two unidentified wallets. The purpose of the transfer and who owns the wallets are unknown.
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OpenAI reportedly pursues new funding at about $1.4T valuation after pushing back IPO
CoinDesk reports that OpenAI is seeking a new funding round at a valuation of roughly $1.4 trillion after delaying its planned public listing. The ChatGPT maker continues to expand its AI tools as safety concerns grow.
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Zcash developers ship Udon release aimed at proposed network scaling upgrade
According to CoinDesk, Zcash developers have released Udon, work tied to a proposed scaling upgrade. It is part of Project Tachyon, which has a long-term goal of handling 50,000 private transactions per second.
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Intercepta brings sanctions screening and fund tracing to the privacy-focused Canton Network
Cointelegraph reports that compliance firm Intercepta now supports Canton Network. It offers sanctions screening, transaction monitoring and fund tracing that work with Canton's selective-disclosure privacy model, including private institutional deployments.
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HANetf rolls out GBP- and EUR-hedged bitcoin ETCs in London, Frankfurt and Paris
According to CoinDesk, asset manager HANetf has listed bitcoin exchange-traded commodities in London, Frankfurt and Paris. The products are hedged to sterling and the euro, which lets European investors hold BTC without exposure to swings in the U.S. dollar.
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Gemini moves to Zakura node software for Zcash ahead of shift to 25-second blocks
CoinDesk reports Gemini has adopted Zakura nodes for Zcash ahead of the planned move to faster 25-second blocks. In Gemini's deployments, the new nodes synced in about six hours, compared with nearly a day for its previous software.
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Bitcoin whale wallets add roughly 41K BTC over 10 days, Santiment data shows
According to Santiment, wallets holding between 10 and 10,000 BTC accumulated more than 41,000 BTC over the past 10 days, lifting their combined holdings to the highest level in six weeks.
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OKX's 47th reserves report shows user BTC holdings up about 4% since August
Wu Blockchain reports OKX's Sept. 8 snapshot showed about 139.9K BTC in user assets, up 4.07%. User ETH rose to 1.786M and USDT to 8.49B. Reserve ratios were 109% for BTC, 101% for ETH and 105% for USDT.
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Zano deploys network hotfix and pledges to fully restore affected user balances
AMBCrypto reports that Zano has confirmed it put out a hotfix for its network. The privacy-focused project says it will restore affected user balances in full.
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Kalshi moves to scrap its volume incentive program in new filing
According to The Defiant, Kalshi has filed to end its volume incentive program, whose reward pools exclude market makers with agreements. The company pointed to separate liquidity payments to account for clustered ether perpetual trades.
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Kalshi to end its liquidity incentive program after wash trading allegations
The Block reports that Kalshi will wind down its liquidity incentive program as it faces claims of wash trading. The prediction market's monthly volume hit a record of about $53B in September, counting data through Sept. 29.
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DeFi total value locked up 38% in Q3, AMBCrypto reports
AMBCrypto reports that total value locked across DeFi protocols grew about 38% over the third quarter, and asks whether the sector is recovering.
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Lookonchain: Likely single whale pulled ~24.7K ZEC off Binance and Gate over past month
Lookonchain reports two wallets, probably controlled by one entity, withdrew about 24,706 ZEC (~$28.2M) from Binance and Gate over the last month, at an average cost near $1,140, even as ZEC's price fell.
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AllUnity adds a dollar-pegged token, USDAU, to its MiCA-regulated stablecoin lineup
According to Cointelegraph, European issuer AllUnity is launching USDAU, a fiat-backed US dollar stablecoin. It is the company's fourth MiCA-regulated token, alongside its euro, Swiss franc and Swedish krona stablecoins.
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US spot ETFs on Sept. 29: money flowed into Bitcoin and Solana funds and out of Ether funds
Cointelegraph reports that on Sept. 29, US spot Bitcoin ETFs took in about $66.2M net and Solana ETFs about $5.4M. Ether ETFs lost roughly $2.8M net.
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Strive bought about 6,100 BTC over the past month, Lookonchain reports
Lookonchain reports that Strive bought 6,106 BTC, worth about $490.8M, between Aug 24 and Sept 25. The average price was about $80,375 per coin.
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Lighter's LIT slides as Robinhood picks its own FCM and Bitstamp for in-app perps
The Defiant reports that Robinhood will offer perpetual futures in its app through its own futures commission merchant, using Bitstamp. Lighter's LIT token is down about 22% over the past week.
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Kalshi reportedly nears $1B funding round valuing it at $40B, with Sequoia and Wellington in talks to lead
Citing Reuters, The Defiant reports that prediction market Kalshi is in advanced talks to raise $1B at a $40B valuation. Sequoia and Wellington may lead the round, which would put Kalshi's value about 82% above its confirmed May round.
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Robinhood rolls out in-app AI agents for crypto and stock trading
The Defiant reports that Robinhood has launched AI agents inside its app for trading crypto and stocks. By default, users must approve each trade. A planned "Loops" feature would let users run recurring strategies around the clock.
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Morgan Stanley launches internal lab to experiment with stablecoins and DeFi
The Defiant reports that Morgan Stanley is testing stablecoins and DeFi internally through its innovation-lab network. Separately, its E*Trade unit already lets eligible clients trade spot crypto via zerohash.
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Whale Alert flags roughly $72M in BTC withdrawn from Kraken to an unidentified wallet
Whale Alert reports that 866 BTC, valued at about $72.1 million, moved out of Kraken to an unknown wallet. Exchange outflows of this size are often read as possible custody or accumulation moves, but the purpose has not been confirmed.
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HSBC reportedly brands its planned Hong Kong stablecoin as "HSBC RedCoin"
According to Cointelegraph, HSBC has picked the name "HSBC RedCoin" for the stablecoin it plans to launch in Hong Kong. The token's first uses are expected to be peer-to-peer transfers and merchant payments.
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Whale Alert flags roughly $110M BTC transfer between unidentified wallets
Whale Alert reported that 1,324 BTC, worth about $110.2 million, moved from one unidentified wallet to another. Neither the sender nor the recipient has been identified.
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Altcoin spot trading volume reportedly runs about four times Bitcoin's
AMBCrypto reports that spot trading volume in altcoins is now about four times Bitcoin's, which has revived talk of an altcoin season and questions about how long it can last.
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Ex-CFTC Commissioner Quintenz: SEC and CFTC Exemptive Powers Could Deliver Crypto Clarity Without the Clarity Act
Speaking at Korea Blockchain Week 2026, former CFTC Commissioner Brian Quintenz argued that the Clarity Act isn't the only route to regulatory certainty. He said the SEC and CFTC could use their exemptive authority to fill the gap.
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Robinhood unveils always-on AI trading agent and adds crypto perpetuals with up to 10x leverage
CoinDesk reports Robinhood plans to offer customers an AI agent that can trade for them around the clock. The company is also rolling out crypto perpetual futures with leverage of up to 10x.
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Kalshi reportedly nears funding deal at $40B valuation, per Reuters
Reuters reports that prediction market Kalshi is in advanced talks for a new raise valuing it at about $40B. Four months ago it raised $1B at a $22B valuation.
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Euro drops to 16-month low near $1.13 as dollar firms on expectations of more Fed hikes
Cointelegraph reports the euro has fallen to about $1.13, its weakest level in 16 months, as growing expectations of additional Federal Reserve rate hikes push the US dollar higher.
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HSBC names its upcoming Hong Kong stablecoin 'RedCoin,' starting with P2P and merchant payments
According to Wu Blockchain, HSBC will launch its stablecoin as HSBC RedCoin. It will start with peer-to-peer transfers and merchant payments, then expand to corporate and institutional use. An HSBC survey found 74% of Hong Kong customers could name at least one use for stablecoins.
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Trump reportedly backs AI industry self-regulation, urging Americans to trust AI firms
According to Watcher.Guru, President Trump told Americans they should rely on AI companies to regulate themselves. This points to a light-touch federal approach to AI oversight.
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Brazilian fund operator with $4T under oversight begins mirroring fund ownership on XRP Ledger
CoinDesk reports that a regulated Brazilian operator overseeing about $4 trillion is now copying ownership records for some investment funds onto the XRP Ledger. Its existing database remains the official record.
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Polymarket brings on former Goldman Sachs executive Lisa Mantil to drive institutional expansion
Polymarket CEO Shayne Coplan announced that Lisa Mantil, formerly of Goldman Sachs, has joined the prediction market platform to lead its institutional growth efforts, according to Cointelegraph.
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Illinois draft rules show how 0.2% crypto transaction tax would hit DeFi, stablecoins and bridges
According to Cointelegraph, Illinois has published draft rules explaining how its proposed 0.2% tax on digital asset transactions would apply to stablecoins, DeFi platforms, cross-chain bridges and transfers to self-custody wallets.
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CryptoQuant bull-score gauge nears its maximum as buyers behind BTC's eight-month high start to ease off
CoinDesk reports that CryptoQuant's on-chain bull score for bitcoin is close to its ceiling. The same report says the buying that lifted BTC to an eight-month high is already starting to fade.
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Pump.fun co-founder describes near-zero-fee app built to widen token distribution beyond its own launchpad
Pump.fun co-founder Alon says the platform's near-zero-fee app is meant to give tokens launched on Pump.fun wider reach. He says it will still let users access tokens from other chains and launchpads, according to Cointelegraph.
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Lubin: MetaMask still weighing a native token, but no near-term MASK launch planned
Ethereum co-founder Joe Lubin said MetaMask is still weighing options for a native token but has no immediate plans to launch MASK, Cointelegraph reports.
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