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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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Tom Lee says crypto is now in a bull market
Fundstrat's Tom Lee has said he thinks the crypto market is now in a bull phase, Watcher.Guru reports. The post didn't include any details about what his view is based on.
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Binance Pay goes live at PayPay merchants across Japan
According to Cointelegraph, PayPay merchants across Japan now accept Binance Pay, so users can spend crypto at those merchants nationwide.
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Spot Bitcoin ETFs add $66M on Sept. 29 as Ether funds see slight net outflow
SoSoValue data shows U.S. spot Bitcoin ETFs took in about $66.2M net on Sept. 29, with BlackRock's IBIT contributing $51.1M. Spot Ether ETFs lost a net $2.8M despite $12.8M flowing into Grayscale's Ethereum Mini Trust.
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Crypto.com-linked ai.com agent still hasn't launched, eight months after its Super Bowl ad
Cointelegraph reports that the AI agent promoted by ai.com in a $15M Super Bowl ad in February has not been released to users and remains in "stealth mode." The ad brought so much traffic that the site crashed.
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Joe Lubin at KBW 2026: onchain culture and institutions will fuel crypto's next wave
Speaking at Korea Blockchain Week 2026, Ethereum co-founder Joe Lubin said cultural use cases like onchain gaming and social networks, together with institutional adoption, will drive crypto's next major growth phase, Cointelegraph reports.
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Binance Pay adds USDT payments at PayPay merchants across Japan, per Watcher.Guru
Watcher.Guru reports that Binance Pay has launched USDT payments at PayPay-supported merchants across Japan. That could cover millions of locations.
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Tom Lee tells Korea Blockchain Week he believes a crypto bull market has begun
Speaking at Korea Blockchain Week 2026, Tom Lee argued a crypto bull run is underway. He pointed to Bitcoin climbing above its 200-day moving average, renewed institutional inflows, tokenization, generational wealth transfer and AI agents using digital money, Cointelegraph reports.
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Hyperliquid's Jeff Yan calls private markets a big opportunity at Korea Blockchain Week
Speaking at Korea Blockchain Week 2026, Hyperliquid CEO Jeff Yan said private markets are a major opportunity. He argued that much of today's wealth creation is gatekept away from most people, Cointelegraph reports.
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SlowMist: Suspected North Korean hackers laundering Bitget hack funds via CoW Protocol and Chainflip into BTC
SlowMist's Cos says its MistTrack tool found suspected North Korean actors using scripted CoW orders that pay directly into Chainflip deposit addresses. This sends stolen Bitget assets into cross-chain swaps that end in BTC. Who carried out the roughly $350M hack is still under investigation.
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Arthur Hayes unveils Flop, a project aiming to build a payments network for AI agents
BitMEX co-founder Arthur Hayes says his new project, Flop, is designed to serve as a payments network for AI agents, according to Cointelegraph. He likened Flop to fuel that powers autonomous agents.
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Binance says Binance Pay now works at PayPay merchants across Japan
Binance says its Binance Pay service is now accepted at PayPay merchants throughout Japan. The integration lets users, including visitors, pay with crypto at local shops.
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Two whale wallets trade about $4.26M of WBTC for AAVE, Lookonchain reports
Lookonchain reports that two wallets swapped 50.95 WBTC, worth about $4.26M, for roughly 25,502 AAVE today.
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Robinhood adds perpetual futures and weekend stock trading for US users, plus in-app AI agents
According to The Block, Robinhood plans to offer perpetual futures and weekend stock trading to US customers. It also unveiled Robinhood Agents, a feature for building custom AI agents inside the app.
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Arthur Hayes: The currency for AI agent payments hasn't been built yet
At Korea Blockchain Week, Arthur Hayes said AI agents will end up paying with whatever currency can be swapped directly for compute. He added that no such currency exists today, according to Cointelegraph.
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Whale Alert: roughly $51.6M in BTC moves from Coinbase Institutional to an unidentified wallet
Whale Alert reports that 619 BTC, valued at about $51.6M, was sent from Coinbase Institutional to an unknown wallet. The recipient and purpose of the transfer have not been identified.
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Michael Burry says he hopes a sharp market drop derails the OpenAI and Anthropic IPOs
According to Cointelegraph, investor Michael Burry said a steep market decline would benefit humanity if it stopped OpenAI and Anthropic from going public.
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Binance Pay users from abroad can now pay with USDT at PayPay merchants in Japan
Cointelegraph reports that Binance Pay, working through HIVEX, will let overseas visitors pay with USDT at most merchants that accept PayPay in Japan. The merchants will receive their payments in yen.
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Whale Alert: 750 BTC (~$62.7M) moved from an unknown wallet to Coinbase Institutional
Whale Alert reports that an unidentified wallet sent 750 BTC, worth about $62.7 million, to Coinbase Institutional.
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Brazil's CSD BR teams up with Ripple to record securities ownership on XRP Ledger
Cointelegraph reports that Brazilian central securities depository CSD BR is working with Ripple to replicate securities ownership records on the XRP Ledger. The first assets covered are fund shares from BTG Pactual.
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Abracadabra floats MIM wind-down that would repay holders roughly 4 cents per token
According to The Defiant, a Snapshot proposal would liquidate Abracadabra, convert leftover collateral to ETH and distribute it pro rata to MIM holders. The team estimates about $900K in recoverable backing versus $21M of bad debt.
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BitMine expands its Ethereum treasury with about 17,000 more ETH
AMBCrypto reports that BitMine bought roughly 17,000 more ETH for its treasury. Separately, some analysts are watching ETH's strength against BTC as Q4 begins.
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Cathie Wood attributes rising rates to real yields and stronger growth, not inflation
Cathie Wood of ARK Invest says rising interest rates are driven more by real yields than by inflation, according to Cointelegraph. She links this to real economic growth coming in above expectations as the tech revolution plays out.
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Whale Alert reports $250M in new USDC minted at the USDC Treasury
According to Whale Alert, 250 million USDC, worth about $250M, was freshly minted at the USDC Treasury. That adds to the stablecoin supply on-chain.
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Trump plans to name a superintelligence czar within days, with Jay Clayton reportedly in contention
Citing Axios, Cointelegraph reports that President Trump said he will name a new superintelligence czar in the next three or four days. It says Jay Clayton, identified as DNI, has emerged as a contender.
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Whale adds nearly 8M ENA after buying 30M tokens three days earlier, per Lookonchain
Lookonchain reports that wallet 0x9a80 purchased about 7.96M ENA (~$1.99M) today, following an earlier buy of 30M ENA worth roughly $8.3M three days ago.
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Trump signs White House AI accord with Google, Anthropic, Meta, OpenAI, xAI and Nvidia on frontier-model oversight
Cointelegraph reports that President Trump signed a White House agreement with six major AI firms. Under the deal, the companies commit to internal controls, independent audits and board-level oversight of their frontier AI models.
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Wallet tied to Quant founder moves about $7M in QNT after seven years of inactivity
Lookonchain reports that a wallet it links to Quant Network's founder moved 25,776 QNT (about $6.97M) to new addresses. The wallet had been inactive for seven years and still holds about 600,000 QNT, worth roughly $160M.
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Machi locks in $827K from PUMP long, then opens a new 10x long worth about $5.26M
Lookonchain reports that trader Machi closed a PUMP long for about $827K in profit. Right after, he opened a 10x leveraged long on 900M PUMP, worth roughly $5.26M.
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Trump-backed voluntary AI accord leaves frontier model risk oversight largely to developers
According to Cointelegraph, a voluntary accord from the Trump administration calls on tech companies to police themselves on frontier AI. It puts most of the job of managing risks from advanced models on the developers.
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Whale moves about $172M in USDC into Aave, per Whale Alert
Whale Alert reported that an unidentified whale wallet sent roughly 171.9 million USDC, worth about $172M, to the Aave lending protocol.
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Robinhood adds round-the-clock weekend trading for some US stocks and ETFs, launches perps for US users
According to Cointelegraph, Robinhood is expanding to 24/7 trading, including weekends, for a selection of US equities and ETFs, and is introducing perpetual futures for eligible US customers.
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CZ says HYPE's earlier custody and circulation setup may not have met Binance's counterparty-risk rules
In an interview on When Shift Happens, CZ said Binance welcomes more decentralized exchanges and that first movers don't always win long term. He said HYPE's earlier circulation and custody arrangements may not have met Binance's counterparty-risk standards, but noted this may have changed since.
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Aave's Stani Kulechov says token burn under consideration for Aavenomics 3.0
According to Cointelegraph, Aave founder Stani Kulechov said a burn mechanism for the AAVE token is being weighed as part of the protocol's upcoming Aavenomics 3.0 tokenomics overhaul.
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US spot crypto ETF inflows drop sharply Monday after $3.3B week, but inflow streaks continue
Cointelegraph reports US spot Bitcoin, Ether, Solana and XRP ETFs took in a combined $64.8M on Monday. That is roughly 80% below Friday's total and follows a $3.3B week, though the funds' inflow streaks are still going.
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SEC staff guidance: token buyback plans on functional networks don't by themselves make tokens securities
Decrypt reports that new SEC staff guidance says announcing a token buyback on an operational network does not count as a promise that makes the token a security. One attorney argued the change makes securities laws seem "opt-in."
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Ethereum's Glamsterdam upgrade goes live on Sepolia testnet Oct 6, mainnet date not yet set
CoinDesk reports that Ethereum's Glamsterdam upgrade will activate on the Sepolia testnet on October 6. It adds enshrined proposer-builder separation (ePBS), block-level access lists and changes to gas pricing. A mainnet date has not been confirmed yet.
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Bitcoin rebounds to around $84K as the US 30-year Treasury yield hits its highest level in 24 years
Cointelegraph reports that BTC steadied near $84K after losses earlier in the week and held a key support zone. At the same time, the US 30-year bond yield climbed to a 24-year high.
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Blockchain.com aims to raise $500M in IPO at valuation of up to $6B
CoinDesk reports that London-based Blockchain.com is seeking about $500 million in its IPO, valuing the firm at as much as $6 billion. Earlier this year the company filed confidentially with the SEC.
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