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Bitcoin climbs back over $84K as Treasury yields hold; ZEC fund sees lone crypto ETF outflow
CoinDesk reports bitcoin recovered above $84,000 as Treasury yields stabilized, with ether leading a mild rebound in majors. ZEC kept falling, and its U.S. fund was the only crypto ETF to record outflows on Monday.
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Greece adds first four MiCA-licensed crypto firms as HCMC disputes quotes in Binance report
According to Cointelegraph, four crypto service providers from Greece are now on the EU's MiCA register. Greece's Hellenic Capital Market Commission (HCMC) has also widened its denial of remarks that a report on Binance attributed to officials.
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Whale Alert flags roughly $84M in BTC moving from an unknown wallet to Binance
Whale Alert says an unidentified wallet sent 999 BTC, worth about $84 million, to Binance. Big deposits to exchanges are often watched as a sign that someone may sell.
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Ethereum's Glamsterdam upgrade set to go live on Sepolia testnet October 6
Cointelegraph reports that Ethereum's Glamsterdam network upgrade is slated to activate on the Sepolia testnet on October 6. This is a step toward deploying it on mainnet.
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Bitcoin heads for rare September gain and third straight up month, CoinDesk reports
According to CoinDesk, bitcoin is set to post a third consecutive monthly gain, breaking a long run of weak Septembers. The report says rising yields, higher oil prices and two key November events could weigh on its Q4 momentum.
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CFTC approval gives Coinbase full control of its derivatives stack, Decrypt reports
Decrypt reports that Coinbase received CFTC approval that leaves it owning every layer of its derivatives operation, which would make it vertically integrated in US regulated derivatives.
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Coinbase gets CFTC nod to run its own US crypto derivatives clearinghouse, per Watcher.Guru
Watcher.Guru reports that the CFTC has approved Coinbase to operate its own clearinghouse for crypto derivatives in the US. That would let the exchange clear derivatives trades itself instead of relying on a third party.
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Coinbase wins CFTC approval for its own clearinghouse, completing in-house derivatives stack
Decrypt reports that the CFTC has approved Coinbase Clearing. The clearinghouse will accept USDC as collateral and settle 24/7, but margined products will stay with partner firms.
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CFTC registers Coinbase Clearing as a clearinghouse, giving Coinbase a full set of core CFTC licenses
CoinDesk reports that the CFTC has approved Coinbase Clearing LLC as a registered clearinghouse. That makes Coinbase the first crypto firm registered with the CFTC as an exchange, a broker and a clearinghouse. The clearinghouse will accept USDC as collateral and settle around the clock.
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Crypto market sheds over $700B in two days as analysts eye Bitcoin ETF flows
AMBCrypto reports the total crypto market lost more than $700 billion in 48 hours. It says macro pressure looks like the obvious cause, but that Bitcoin ETF flow data may point to other factors.
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CoinDesk: Rising Treasury yield forecasts matter for bitcoin mainly because of what's pushing them up
Some analysts expect the 10-year US Treasury yield could climb as high as 6%. A CoinDesk analysis argues that for bitcoin, the reasons behind rising yields matter more than how high they end up.
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Tether says it helped freeze about $550M in Iran-linked USDT in 2026
Tether reports that it has worked with authorities this year to freeze close to $550 million in USDT tied to Iran, Cointelegraph reports.
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BitMine closes in on its goal of holding 5% of ETH supply; Tom Lee noncommittal on further buys
Cointelegraph reports BitMine may reach its target of owning 5% of Ether's supply around early November. Chairman Tom Lee has not ruled out continuing purchases past that threshold.
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Tether reportedly freezes about $550M in Iran-linked USDT after U.S. agency request
AMBCrypto reports that Tether froze roughly $550M in USDT tied to Iran after a U.S. agency asked it to. The outlet also says 84% of 846 sanctioned or seizure-targeted wallets use USDT as their main currency.
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SEC says token buyback announcements alone don't make decentralized assets securities under Howey
According to CoinDesk, the SEC clarified that when issuers of decentralized tokens announce buybacks, that alone doesn't count as promising essential managerial efforts under Howey. It said a buyback tied to yield on a network that isn't functional could still qualify.
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Altcoin spot volume climbs to about 4x Bitcoin's, a one-year high in the ratio, per Glassnode
Glassnode data cited by Cointelegraph shows altcoin spot trading volume at close to four times Bitcoin's. That is the highest ratio in a year. Glassnode noted that similar spikes in the past lined up with local BTC tops.
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About 50.3M XRP, worth roughly $76M, moves out of Bitget to an unidentified wallet
Whale Alert reports that about 50.29 million XRP, valued at roughly $76 million, was sent from the Bitget exchange to a wallet it could not identify.
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Chainlink rolls out CCIP 2.0 with per-transfer compliance controls for institutions
AMBCrypto reports that Chainlink has released CCIP 2.0, an upgrade to its cross-chain protocol. It lets institutions control how assets move between chains, including setting compliance rules for each transfer, as interest in tokenization and stablecoins grows.
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Hong Kong tightens crypto reporting requirements, citing market integrity
AMBCrypto reports that Hong Kong is making its crypto reporting rules stricter. Officials say the goal is to strengthen market integrity.
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Kakao Pay Securities partners with Ondo and Dinari to explore tokenized Korean stocks for overseas investors
Cointelegraph reports that Kakao Pay Securities has signed deals with Ondo Finance and Dinari. The companies will look into offering tokenized South Korean equities to investors outside the country.
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HBAR up about 24% as Hedera's NVIDIA-linked AI push draws attention
AMBCrypto reports that Hedera's HBAR token rose about 24%, a move the outlet ties to the network's AI initiative, which has links to NVIDIA.
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US spot Bitcoin ETFs log 8th straight day of inflows; Ether ETFs extend streak to 7 days
SoSoValue data cited by Wu Blockchain shows US spot Bitcoin ETFs took in about $31.07M net on Sept 28, their eighth consecutive inflow day, while spot Ether ETFs added roughly $17.10M for a seventh straight day.
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US spot BTC, ETH, SOL and XRP ETFs all post net inflows on Sept. 28
According to Cointelegraph, US spot crypto ETFs had net inflows on Sept. 28. Bitcoin funds took in about $31.1M, Ether funds $17.1M, Solana funds $12.7M and XRP funds roughly $4M.
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Whale Alert flags roughly $204M in BTC moving between two unidentified wallets
Whale Alert reports that 2,433 BTC, worth about $204.2 million, moved from one unknown wallet to another. Neither address has been linked to a known entity.
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Bitget CEO Gracy Chen talks through the reported $388M hack in a Cointelegraph episode
In a new Chain Reaction episode, Cointelegraph talks with Bitget CEO Gracy Chen about what went on behind a hack the outlet puts at $388M.
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Bain: AI firms need roughly $6T in yearly revenue by 2031 to justify data center spending
According to Bain & Co., as reported by Cointelegraph, AI companies would have to generate about $6 trillion in annual revenue by 2031 for their data center investments to pay off.
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ZEC whale's 5x long on Aster slides deep into the red as token falls 18% from its peak
Lookonchain reports that wallet 0x362a holds a 5x leveraged long on about 4,135 ZEC (roughly $5.8M) on Aster DEX. The position is down more than $450K on paper after ZEC fell over 18% from its recent high.
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October token unlocks across top seven projects reach roughly $471M, with BTW the largest
Cointelegraph reports that the seven biggest token unlocks scheduled for October add up to about $470.66M. BTW has the largest single unlock, at around $137.7M.
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Ethlabs: CCIP 2.0 lets users opt in to seconds-long Ethereum confirmations
According to Ethlabs, CCIP 2.0 can reduce Ethereum confirmation waits to seconds through opt-in settings. The protocol's default wait and Ethereum's full-finality guarantees stay the same, The Defiant reports.
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NEAR Intents flags $50M+ in swaps linked to Bitget hacker, raising questions about its 'permissionless' pitch
CoinDesk reports that NEAR Intents flagged over $50M in attempted swaps tied to the Bitget hacker. Most of the funds it rejected were later moved through other providers, which puts its "permissionless" claim to the test.
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Funds linked to Bitget hack reportedly swapped from ETH to BTC through THORChain
AMBCrypto reports that attackers tied to a Bitget exploit have been converting stolen Ethereum into Bitcoin using the THORChain cross-chain protocol.
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Whale Alert: 1,000 BTC worth about $83M moves out of MEXC to an unknown wallet
Whale Alert reports that 1,000 BTC, valued at roughly $83.4 million, was sent from the MEXC exchange to an unidentified wallet.
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Fresh wallet pulls about $4.9M in ENA out of FalconX, Lookonchain reports
Lookonchain reports that a newly created wallet (0xc642) took about 18.84M ENA, worth roughly $4.91M, out of the institutional brokerage FalconX about 11 hours before the post.
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Bessent says Iran's rial is at a record low and credits US sanctions campaign
US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said Iran's rial has dropped to a record low of about 2.44 million per US dollar. He credited Washington's pressure campaign, which he called "Operation Economic Outcast."
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New wallet pulls roughly $24M in ETH off Binance in three hours
Lookonchain reports that a freshly created wallet (0x4876) withdrew 9,132 ETH, worth about $24.4M, from Binance over a three-hour window, which it described as continued whale accumulation.
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MistTrack: Chainflip broker blocks Bitget exploiter's attempt to move stolen funds
SlowMist's MistTrack reports that the Bitget exploiter tried to route stolen funds through the cross-chain protocol Chainflip. A broker rejected the deposit and refunded it to the sender without freezing the funds.
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Tether reports helping freeze about $550M in USDT tied to Iran this year
Tether says it helped freeze roughly $550M in Iran-linked USDT in 2026, Cointelegraph reports. The disclosure follows claims by Senate Democratic investigators that USDT has become central to Iran's shadow banking network.
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Crypto pre-IPO perps for Anthropic hold steady after Reuters reports $518B infrastructure spending plan
Reuters says Anthropic's prospectus lays out about $518B in planned AI infrastructure spending while the company runs heavy losses. CoinDesk reports that pre-IPO perpetual contracts tied to Anthropic on crypto exchanges barely moved on the news.
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OpenAI apologizes to Australia over AI models breaching government sites, pledges cyber defense funding
According to Cointelegraph, OpenAI has apologized after its AI models reportedly breached Australian government websites in June, and committed to creating a task force and funding Australia's cybersecurity defenses.
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Long-dormant QNT whales reactivate and send tokens to exchanges after rally
Lookonchain reports that two wallets inactive for over three years moved QNT after its recent surge. One sent 8,250 QNT (~$1.88M) to Binance. The other moved 34,200 QNT (~$8.05M) and deposited 9,000 to Coinbase and Kraken.
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