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Latest in Ethereum & Altcoins
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Raoul Pal says pauses in AI stocks let capital rotate into crypto
Real Vision founder Raoul Pal told Cointelegraph's Trade Secrets that pauses in the AI stock trade have let capital rotate into crypto, and that AI agents could push more activity to Ethereum and Solana.
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3x Ether ETF ETHK would hit CME's 8,000-contract level at $362M, CryptoSlate says
CryptoSlate calculated that Volatility Shares' proposed 3x Ether ETF, ETHK, would reach CME's 8,000-contract accountability level with $362.1 million in assets, based on ETHU's Oct. 6 futures valuation.
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Shiba Inu burns 297.68 million SHIB as one transaction drives 6,847% rate jump
Shiba Inu's 24-hour burn rate rose 6,847.52% after 297.68 million SHIB left circulation, per Shibburn data reported by U.Today. A single transaction of 297,572,672 SHIB made up nearly all of it.
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Ethereum Economic Zone completes first atomic L1-to-L2 transaction, per report
Ethereum Economic Zone completed its first atomic L1-to-L2 cross-layer transaction on mainnet, according to a @WuBlockchain post cited by Crypto Briefing, though LeoDex News couldn't independently verify the report.
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Bitcoin, Solana spot ETFs post October 5 outflows as Ethereum funds see inflows
US spot Bitcoin and Solana ETFs posted net outflows on October 5 while Ethereum funds took in money, per Crypto Briefing. SoSoValue weekly data showed $241.09 million into Bitcoin ETFs and $138.02 million out of Ethereum ETFs.
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Peter Brandt sets $2.16 XRP target, flags heavy overhead supply
Veteran trader Peter Brandt set a $2.16 measured-move target for XRP based on a cup-and-handle pattern, while warning in the same post that the token has a large amount of overhead supply to work through.
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Artizen moves to payout-only model, tells users to claim payouts or withdraw funds
Artizen, the community-voted art, science and culture funding platform, switched to a payout-only model on October 5, 2026, according to a notice reported by Crypto Briefing, and told users and creators to claim payouts or withdraw funds without giving a reason.
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Solana Foundation launches open-source DvP settlement program with J.P. Morgan input
The Solana Foundation announced Solana DvP, an open-source escrow program giving institutions a standardized API for delivery-versus-payment settlement, with design input from J.P. Morgan.
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XRP holds near $1.52 below resistance as ADA clears September high, U.Today says
XRP traded near $1.52 below its $1.60-$1.65 resistance zone on October 6, while ADA moved above its September high and ZEC hovered near $1,330, according to a U.Today technical analysis.
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Aave lifts GHO borrow rate to 4.5% on Ethereum Core after USDC GSM depletion
Aave's Ethereum Core market now charges 4.5% to borrow GHO, matching the sGHO savings rate, after TokenLogic reported a depleted USDC GHO Stability Module on Oct. 2, CryptoSlate reported.
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Bitmine buys 15,112 ETH, holdings top 6 million at 99% of its 5% goal
Bitmine Immersion Technologies said Monday it bought 15,112 ETH worth about $41 million, lifting its holdings to 6,016,414 ETH, or 4.9% of supply and 99% of its 5% goal by its own count.
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Shiba Inu trading volume rises 171.8% after reported Solana launch
Shiba Inu's 24-hour trading volume topped $95.89 million, up 171.8%, after the meme coin's reported October 4 launch on Solana, according to CoinMarketCap data cited by U.Today. The data shows timing, not cause.
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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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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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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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XRP coils under $1.53 resistance as whale balances hold at 3.9B, U.Today says
XRP traded in a tight $1.48–$1.51 range near the tip of a 4-hour symmetrical triangle, according to U.Today, which put whale balances flat at 3.9 billion tokens and named $1.53 as its breakout trigger.
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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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Vitalik Buterin tests three-layer privacy setup for querying frontier AI
Ethereum co-creator Vitalik Buterin said in an X post he used a local AI model, zkAPI and Tor to get diet and exercise advice from frontier models without leaking his private data.
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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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Hyperliquid's top-earning traders tilt $60M net short as smaller wallets stay long
Hyperliquid wallets with more than $1 million in profit held about $60 million more in shorts than longs, U.Today reported, while every smaller profit cohort stayed heavily long.
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Arbitrum Security Council pauses new Stylus activations, citing AI-assisted attacks
Arbitrum's Security Council blocked new Stylus activations on Arbitrum One and Nova on October 2, citing AI-assisted attack risks. Live Stylus apps and Solidity contracts are unaffected.
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DOGE, ADA and AAVE hold above key moving averages after rebound, U.Today says
An October 3 U.Today analysis put DOGE near $0.0954, ADA near $0.252 and AAVE near $182, with DOGE and ADA now trading above long-term moving averages that previously acted as resistance.
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XRP ETFs log $4.07M inflow as Ethereum ETFs shed $55.37M on October 1
XRP ETFs drew about $4.07 million in net inflows on October 1 while Ethereum ETFs saw a $55.37 million net outflow, a one-day flow gap of roughly $59.44 million, according to SosoValue data reported by U.Today.
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NEAR Protocol proposal would cut max token issuance to 1.6% over 24 months
A NEAR governance proposal from SVRN CEO Sal Ternullo would lower the network's maximum annual issuance from 2.5% to 1.6% over 24 months. A House of Stake vote is tentatively set for mid-October.