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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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Circle, Ripple and Standard Chartered back OKX at unchanged $25 billion valuation
OKX raised new funding at a $25 billion valuation from Circle, Ripple, SC Ventures and London quant firm QRT, Bloomberg reported. That's the same price ICE paid when it invested in March.
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Self-styled 'Godfather' Adam Iza gets 78 months for $37 million Meta fraud
Adam Iza, who called himself "The Godfather," was sentenced to 78 months for defrauding Meta of over $37 million, the DOJ said, with the term running concurrently with a 15-year bitcoin robbery sentence.
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GOP's Senate Leadership Fund commits $8.2M to defend Roger Marshall in Kansas
The Senate Leadership Fund set aside $8.2 million in ads backing Kansas Sen. Roger Marshall as Democrat Adam Hamilton draws even in recent polls, according to a Crypto Briefing report.
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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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Aave's Pendle PT collateral nears Oct. 8 maturity as December rollover market forms
About 67.4 million Pendle principal tokens backing Aave loans on Monad mature Oct. 8, and risk adviser LlamaRisk has named a newer December PT market as the rollover destination.
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Bond market's MOVE Index nears March high as bitcoin volatility stays muted
The MOVE Index, the bond market's version of the VIX, was hovering around 116 near its March high, CoinDesk reported, while bitcoin's BVIV and the S&P 500's VIX sat near year-to-date lows.
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XRP Ledger payment volume rebounds 386% in a day, U.Today reports
XRP Ledger daily payment volume rose 386% to about 583.3 million XRP, according to U.Today. The figure is still slightly below the 30-day average of roughly 638 million XRP.
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'Crypto Godfather' Adam Iza sentenced to 78 months over $37M Meta ad fraud
Adam Iza, the self-styled "Crypto Godfather," was sentenced on October 5, 2026, to 78 months for wire fraud tied to roughly $37 million from Meta ad accounts, tax evasion and conspiracy against rights, Crypto Briefing reported.
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Arkham data shows Pump.fun's $2.8 billion on-chain holdings are mostly PUMP
Arkham Intelligence data reported by Crypto Briefing ties $2.838 billion in on-chain assets to Pump.fun, with about $2.19 billion of it in the platform's own PUMP token and the rest mostly SOL and stablecoins.
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Binance weekly BTC outflow hits highest since June 2023 as whales deposit stablecoins
Binance saw a net outflow of 23,137 BTC in the week through Sept. 27, its biggest since June 2023, per CryptoQuant data, while whale stablecoin inflows to the exchange rose 40% since mid-August.
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OKX launches OKX Money app for stablecoin savings, up to 10% yield and card spending
OKX introduced OKX Money, an app that converts more than 50 local currencies into dollar stablecoins, offers up to 10% APY on eligible USDG balances and adds virtual and physical cards.
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Chainalysis estimates $176 billion in China crypto activity, 59.1% peer-to-peer
Chainalysis estimates China generated at least $176 billion of crypto activity in the year through June 2026, with 59.1% moving through domestic peer-to-peer transfers, CryptoSlate reported.
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US spot Bitcoin ETFs post $89.9M outflows as BTC slips below $86,000
US spot Bitcoin ETFs posted $89.9 million in net outflows on Monday (Oct. 5), per SoSoValue data, as BTC slipped below $86,000, roughly 32% under its $126,080 all-time high, according to CoinGecko.
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Cardano founder Hoskinson renews push for Gemini to list ADA on its 11th anniversary
Cardano founder Charles Hoskinson replied "List ADA" to Gemini's 11th-anniversary post on X, reviving a campaign that dates to 2022. Gemini has never publicly addressed ADA specifically, U.Today reported.
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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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Spiko raises $90 million Series B led by NEA to expand tokenized money market funds
Paris-based Spiko closed a $90 million Series B led by NEA on October 6, 2026, Crypto Briefing reported, as the tokenized money market fund issuer pitches itself as a challenger to BlackRock in cash funds.
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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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DeepSeek nears $12 billion raise ahead of planned 2027 STAR Market IPO
DeepSeek is close to raising at least $12 billion before a planned 2027 listing on Shanghai's STAR Market, Bloomberg reported, according to Crypto Briefing. LeoDex News couldn't independently verify the report.
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Bitcoin slips to $85,600 after third rejection at $87,000 since Sept. 23
Bitcoin fell 1.2% to about $85,600 after sellers turned it back from $87,000 for the third time since Sept. 23, even as the Nasdaq 100 closed at a record, according to CoinDesk.
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Polymarket unveils Protocol V2, moves all new markets to it on November 2
Polymarket's Protocol V2 replaces the Gnosis Conditional Tokens Framework with a single ERC-1155 positions contract, pUSD-only collateral and pluggable oracles, and takes over all new markets on November 2.
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OKX launches OKX Money stablecoin app with up to 10% APY on USDG balances
OKX has launched OKX Money, a stablecoin savings and payments app, in parts of Latin America, Africa, South Asia and the Middle East. Qualifying users can earn up to 10% APY on eligible USDG balances.