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Latest in DeFi & Markets
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Liquid Network keeps Bitcoin peg-outs halted as reserve sits about 603 BTC short
Liquid, Blockstream's Bitcoin sidechain, still hasn't resumed L-BTC peg-outs after a September 6 Elements bug drained roughly 4,000 BTC. Its reserve reportedly covered about 86% of supply in mid-September.
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Kyrgyzstan orders liquidation of gold-backed USDKG issuer and Coin Nomad Exchange
Kyrgyzstan's Cabinet ordered the liquidation of OJSC EVA, issuer of the gold-backed USDKG stablecoin, and state-owned Coin Nomad Exchange, Crypto Briefing reported. Holders have no redemption deadline yet.
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Bitcoin hedge funds can face Hyperliquid liquidation despite CME profits, analysis says
A CryptoSlate analysis shows how a Bitcoin hedge fund that's profitable overall can still lose half its hedge when CME profits can't cover Hyperliquid losses in a downturn.
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Bitcoin ETFs down $386.3M in October as Ethereum funds log nine-day outflow streak
U.S. spot Bitcoin ETFs are down a net $386.3 million through seven October trading days, while Ethereum funds extended their outflow streak to nine days, according to Decrypt's ETF tracker.
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Trump claims Russia-Ukraine 'energy ceasefire'; Zelensky says it's news to him
President Trump said on Truth Social that an energy ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine was effective immediately. Zelensky told Axios the announcement was news to him, according to CoinDesk.
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XRP ETFs log 13th straight week of inflows as BTC, ETH, SOL funds lose $1.25B
US-listed XRP ETFs drew $11.31 million in the week ended Oct. 9, extending their inflow streak to 13 weeks, while Bitcoin, Ethereum and Solana funds lost nearly $1.25 billion, per SoSoValue data.
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IMF finds tokenized stocks 1.5 times as volatile as the shares they track
An IMF report found that tokenized U.S. stocks trade mostly outside market hours and in fractional sizes, but they're about 1.5 times as volatile and far less liquid than the equities they track.
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Hyperliquid chip-index perp tests who sets stock prices after Wall Street closes
A CryptoSlate analysis looks at a Paragon perpetual futures contract on Hyperliquid tied to a US semiconductor index, and the pricing risk of trading stocks while their primary exchanges are closed.
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BitMine completes $350 million buyback of 21 million shares, Tom Lee says
BitMine repurchased 21 million shares for roughly $350 million between mid-July and August 17, 2026, according to Executive Chairman Tom Lee, who called it the largest buyback ever by a crypto stock.
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Filecoin's six-year insider vesting ends October 15, shrinking new FIL supply
Filecoin's six-year vesting for Protocol Labs and the Filecoin Foundation ends October 15, which Crypto Briefing estimates will cut yearly FIL additions from about 89 million to 21 million.
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Uniswap v4 and v3 handle 47.2% of $161.4 billion in stablecoin DEX volume
Uniswap v4 and v3 together accounted for 47.2% of the $161.4 billion in stablecoin trading on decentralized exchanges over 30 days, Crypto Briefing reported, with v4 leading stable-to-stable swaps.
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CFTC moves to define event contracts as swaps, carves out casino-style gambling
The CFTC issued two measures Friday: a proposed rule defining event contracts as swaps and an interim rule excluding casino-style gambling. Together they sharpen the agency's claim to exclusive jurisdiction over prediction markets.
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Luxor's 6–13% Bitcoin financing spread hinges on hashrate delivery, CryptoSlate says
Luxor reported a 6–13% annualized Bitcoin financing spread in its September lookback. CryptoSlate's analysis says repayment still depends on miners delivering hashrate and on both hedge legs matching.
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Ledger probes CryptoBilis wallet loss reports; Bitcoin insurer Meanwhile raises $37.5M
Ledger told Southeast Asian reseller CryptoBilis to pause sales while it investigates reported wallet losses. Bitcoin life insurer Meanwhile raised $37.5 million, and ESMA opened a review of tokenized collateral.
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Bitcoin ETFs post $681M weekly outflow, ending three-week inflow streak
Bitcoin ETFs saw about $681.10 million in net outflows in the trading week ending October 9, 2026, according to U.Today, ending a three-week inflow streak as Fidelity and ARK 21Shares led withdrawals.
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Bitcoin, Ethereum, Solana beat stocks, commodities over 3 months: Coin Bureau
Bitcoin, Ethereum and Solana outperformed traditional equities and commodities over three months, per Coin Bureau data reported by Crypto Briefing, while prediction markets priced ETH at $3,000 by end-2026 at 42%.
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Aerodrome's AERO gains 48% in 30 days ahead of Oct. 21 Velodrome merger
Aerodrome's AERO token rose about 48% over 30 days, ahead of Bitcoin and Ether per The Defiant, as the Base DEX nears an October 21 merger with Velodrome into a new multichain protocol called Aero.
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Bitcoin's $200,000 odds sit at 2% on Kalshi as traders trim rally bets
Kalshi priced Bitcoin's chance of topping $200,000 by January 1, 2027, at 2% as of October 2026, while Polymarket odds ran from under 1% to 2%, down from about 4%, Crypto Briefing reported.
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Robinhood Chain fees fall 97% from peak as memecoin trading cools
Robinhood Chain's daily fees fell 97% from an early-September peak of about $8 million, CoinDesk reported via Crypto Briefing, while DEX volume and roughly $1 billion in TVL held up better.
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BlackRock's IBIT logs $22.4 million net inflow on October 9, Farside data shows
BlackRock's iShares Bitcoin Trust recorded a $22.4 million net inflow on October 9, 2026, per Farside Investors data reported by Crypto Briefing, after a $207.7 million outflow on October 7.
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Ledger theft-linked wallet swaps 14.7M USDT to USDD, beyond Tether's freeze reach
A wallet tied to thefts from Ledger hardware wallet users swapped roughly 14.7 million USDT into USDD on October 9, according to on-chain investigators, moving the funds outside Tether's freeze controls.
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Tether blocklist freezes four THORChain TRON vaults before swaps resume
Researcher Khal reported a USDT blocklist hit four of THORChain's six TRON vaults on Oct. 9, freezing about 1.45 million USDT by his estimate and halting TRON trading until swaps resumed that afternoon.
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Bitcoin holders realize $1.03 billion in profits on Oct. 8, Santiment data shows
Bitcoin holders realized about $1.03 billion in profits on October 8 after BTC climbed above $87,000, the second-highest daily total of the year, according to Santiment data reported by Crypto Briefing.
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XRP holds $1.39 as Bitcoin hits October low after $1.48B US transfer
Bitcoin bounced off an October low of $80,420 to trade near $83,000 after U.Today reported a 17,733 BTC U.S. government transfer to Coinbase Prime, while XRP held a tight $1.39–$1.40 range.