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Latest in DeFi & Markets
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Bitcoin stalls near $86,500 after best weekly close in eight months
Bitcoin hovered around $86,000 after Monday's Wall Street open, failing to clear its weekly open near $86,500 after its highest weekly close since late January, as US bond yields kept rising.
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Kaiko: EUR stablecoins take 7.46% of euro crypto volume as fiat pairs dominate
Kaiko's European market report, as covered by Crypto Briefing, found that EUR-backed stablecoins made up just 7.46% of euro trading volume on centralized exchanges. Plain EUR fiat pairs carried most of the €362 billion traded in 2025.
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Stripe plans stablecoin card expansion to more than 100 countries by year-end
Stripe expects its stablecoin card programs to reach more than 100 countries by year-end, crypto lead Henri Stern told CoinDesk, as card spending in stablecoins tripled year over year, per Paymentscan.
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Draper Associates leads Xverse round to build self-custodial Bitcoin neobank
Xverse, a Bitcoin wallet and web3 gateway, raised an undisclosed strategic round led by Tim Draper's Draper Associates to build a self-custodial Bitcoin neobank, the company said Monday.
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Metaplanet adds net 1,000 bitcoin in Q3 after sell-and-rebuy, now holds 44,000 BTC
Metaplanet added a net 1,000 BTC in the third quarter to reach 44,000 BTC ($3.8 billion). It got there by selling 10,000 BTC and then buying back 11,000 at higher prices, according to CoinDesk.
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U.S. dollar index hits 18-month high near 102.5 as bitcoin holds around $86,000
The U.S. Dollar Index reached roughly 102.5 on Monday, its highest in nearly 18 months, while bitcoin held around $86,000, CoinDesk reported, as euro weakness and rising yields lifted the dollar.
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Cardano's ADA climbs 10% to highest since May as bitcoin stays range-bound
Cardano's ADA rose 10% in 24 hours to trade above 27 cents, its highest since May, per CoinDesk data, while bitcoin and ether posted small gains within familiar ranges on Oct. 5.
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Peter Brandt's XRP chart read as possible cup-and-handle; $1.6572 in focus, U.Today says
Veteran trader Peter Brandt posted an XRP chart next to a coffee cup image. U.Today read it as a possible cup-and-handle pattern, unconfirmed while XRP stays below $1.6572.
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Kraken parent Payward plugs into Singapore Gulf Bank network for 24/7 USD settlement
Payward, the company behind Kraken, integrated Singapore Gulf Bank's real-time clearing network so select institutional clients in Asia and the Gulf can settle U.S. dollar crypto transactions around the clock.
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21Shares, Canary file new SEC amendments for proposed Injective ETFs
21Shares and Canary Capital filed fresh SEC amendments in September for proposed US ETFs tied to Injective's INJ token. Canary's fund targets staking at least 90% of holdings, while 21Shares keeps staking optional.
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Bitcoin ETFs log third straight week of inflows as Ether ETFs shed $138 million
US spot Bitcoin ETFs drew $241.1 million in net inflows last week, their third straight positive week per SoSoValue data, while Ether ETFs flipped back to $138 million in net outflows.
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Plume launches nBND vault backed by Fidelity Total Bond ETF (FBND), report says
Plume has launched nBND, a vault on its Nest protocol backed by Fidelity's Total Bond ETF (FBND) and aimed at institutions seeking tokenized exposure to actively managed bonds, Crypto Briefing reported.
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Bitcoin nears $87,000 eight-month high, then slips back under $86,000
Bitcoin climbed to nearly $87,000 on Monday, about $500 shy of its eight-month high according to CoinDesk, then reversed to just under $86,000. It's the second rally in a week to stall.
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Ether beat bitcoin in Q3, but CoinGecko data shows its order books got thinner
Ether rose 70% in the third quarter versus bitcoin's 42%, CoinDesk reported, yet CoinGecko data shows ether's median daily market depth fell to just 35% to 45% of bitcoin's.
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Greenfield Capital files Swiss regulator complaint over Safe foundation governance
Early Safe investor Greenfield Capital has filed a complaint with Switzerland's foundation supervisor over governance at the Safe Ecosystem Foundation, alleging board shortfalls and conflict-of-interest concerns.
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Safe investor Greenfield Capital asks Swiss watchdog to review foundation board
Greenfield Capital said it filed a supervisory complaint with Switzerland's foundation watchdog, seeking changes to Safe Ecosystem Foundation's board after months of pressing the foundation directly.
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Ethereum order-book depth falls to 35–45% of Bitcoin's, CoinGecko data shows
A CoinGecko analysis of eight major exchanges, reported by Crypto Briefing, found Ethereum's market depth fell to 35–45% of Bitcoin's, down from above 60% a year earlier, as Bitcoin's order books deepened.
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Bitwise launches PAPY-USDC vault on Circle's Arc for RWA-backed lending
Bitwise brought its Premium RWA Vault (PAPY) to Circle's Arc on September 16, lending USDC on Morpho against tokenized real-world assets with a 5-6% variable APY target, Crypto Briefing reported.
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Bitcoin, Ethereum and XRP enter October on ETF inflows, U.Today outlook says
Bitcoin and Ethereum each gained about 7% in September, according to U.Today's October outlook, which points to ETF flows, Ethereum's Oct. 6 Glamsterdam testnet and elevated bond yields as the month's key factors.
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Spot Bitcoin ETFs draw $134.4 million in first two days of October
U.S. spot Bitcoin ETFs took in $134.4 million in net inflows over October's first two days, according to Decrypt's tracker, reversing a $148.7 million outflow on Sept. 30.
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SEC approves Cboe rule to list Volatility Shares' 3x Bitcoin, Ether funds
The SEC on Oct. 2 approved Cboe BZX's rule change to list VS Trust's 3x Bitcoin and 3x Ether futures funds, but registration effectiveness and a first trading date remained unconfirmed as of Oct. 4.
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Tempo stablecoin supply jumps 161% in a week after Open USD launch
Stablecoin supply on Tempo, the Stripe- and Paradigm-incubated Layer 1, rose about $450 million (161%) in one week to roughly $729 million after Open USD launched, per DefiLlama data.
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Fed hike to 3.75%-4% can help stablecoin issuers, squeeze Bitcoin borrowers: analysis
A CryptoSlate analysis says the Fed's Sept. 16 hike to 3.75%-4% can lift reserve income for stablecoin issuers like Circle while raising interest costs for companies that borrow to buy Bitcoin.
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Michael Burry says AI bubble could burst within a year, swaps shorts for puts
Investor Michael Burry wrote in late-September Substack posts that a serious AI correction could arrive within a year, and has swapped Micron and Nebius shorts for 2027 put options, Crypto Briefing reported.