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We cover Bitcoin, Ethereum, DeFi, regulation, markets and Web3. We link our sources, flag provisional data, and make no price predictions.
Start here:
- What is a spot Bitcoin ETF? https://mabonchain.com/news/what-is-a-spot-bitcoin-etf/
- How stablecoins work: https://mabonchain.com/news/how-stablecoins-work/
- How to spot a crypto scam, seven red flags: https://mabonchain.com/news/how-to-spot-crypto-scams/
Daily Brief (free email): https://mabonchain.com/newsletter/
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MABOnChain publishes news and education. Nothing here is financial advice. Crypto is volatile and you can lose money. Do your own research.
Global crypto & Web3 news, explained clearly.
What you'll get here:
- Breaking crypto and Web3 news with a link to the sourced article
- A plain-English explainer most days
- A teaser for the MABOnChain Daily Brief, our free daily email
We cover Bitcoin, Ethereum, DeFi, regulation, markets and Web3. We link our sources, flag provisional data, and make no price predictions.
Start here:
- What is a spot Bitcoin ETF? https://mabonchain.com/news/what-is-a-spot-bitcoin-etf/
- How stablecoins work: https://mabonchain.com/news/how-stablecoins-work/
- How to spot a crypto scam, seven red flags: https://mabonchain.com/news/how-to-spot-crypto-scams/
Daily Brief (free email): https://mabonchain.com/newsletter/
Website: https://mabonchain.com
X: https://x.com/MABOnChain
Scam alert: we will never DM you first, ask for your seed phrase, or ask you to send crypto. Anyone who does is not us.
MABOnChain publishes news and education. Nothing here is financial advice. Crypto is volatile and you can lose money. Do your own research.
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What Is a Spot Bitcoin ETF? A Plain-English Guide
A spot Bitcoin ETF lets investors get exposure to Bitcoin's price through an ordinary stock-market account, without holding coins themselves.
US spot Bitcoin ETF flows, week of Sept. 28 to Oct. 2 (provisional)
- Net inflow of $82.9M per Farside Investors, versus about $2.39B the week before.
- Sept. 30 was the one outflow day: $148.7M net, which ended a nine-day, roughly $3.1B inflow run (The Block).
- BlackRock's IBIT had no entry for Oct. 2 on Farside's table as of Oct. 4, so the weekly total is incomplete and may be revised.
Daily numbers and sources: https://mabonchain.com/news/bitcoin-etf-inflow-streak-ends/
Information only, not financial advice.
- Net inflow of $82.9M per Farside Investors, versus about $2.39B the week before.
- Sept. 30 was the one outflow day: $148.7M net, which ended a nine-day, roughly $3.1B inflow run (The Block).
- BlackRock's IBIT had no entry for Oct. 2 on Farside's table as of Oct. 4, so the weekly total is incomplete and may be revised.
Daily numbers and sources: https://mabonchain.com/news/bitcoin-etf-inflow-streak-ends/
Information only, not financial advice.
MABOnChain
US Bitcoin ETFs End 9-Day Streak; Weekly Total Provisional
After a nine-day, $3.1B run, US spot Bitcoin ETFs saw $148.7M in net outflows on Sept. 30. Weekly flows are provisional and net positive so far.
US spot Bitcoin ETF flows, week of Sept. 28 to Oct. 2 (provisional)
- Net inflow of $82.9M per Farside Investors, versus about $2.39B the week before.
- Sept. 30 was the one outflow day: $148.7M net, which ended a nine-day, roughly $3.1B inflow run (The Block).
- BlackRock's IBIT had no entry for Oct. 2 on Farside's table as of Oct. 4, so the weekly total is incomplete and may be revised.
Daily numbers and sources: https://mabonchain.com/news/bitcoin-etf-inflow-streak-ends/
Information only, not financial advice.
- Net inflow of $82.9M per Farside Investors, versus about $2.39B the week before.
- Sept. 30 was the one outflow day: $148.7M net, which ended a nine-day, roughly $3.1B inflow run (The Block).
- BlackRock's IBIT had no entry for Oct. 2 on Farside's table as of Oct. 4, so the weekly total is incomplete and may be revised.
Daily numbers and sources: https://mabonchain.com/news/bitcoin-etf-inflow-streak-ends/
Information only, not financial advice.
MABOnChain
US Bitcoin ETFs End 9-Day Streak; Weekly Total Provisional
After a nine-day, $3.1B run, US spot Bitcoin ETFs saw $148.7M in net outflows on Sept. 30. Weekly flows are provisional and net positive so far.
Today on MABOnChain (Oct. 4)
- US spot Bitcoin ETFs end a nine-day inflow streak; weekly totals are provisional: https://mabonchain.com/news/bitcoin-etf-inflow-streak-ends/
- SEC proposes crypto custody rules for advisers and funds (a proposal, not final): https://mabonchain.com/news/sec-proposes-crypto-custody-rules/
- Fed proposes GENIUS Act rules for stablecoin issuers (comments due Nov. 30): https://mabonchain.com/news/fed-proposes-genius-act-stablecoin-rules/
- Ethereum's Glamsterdam upgrade is scheduled for the Sepolia testnet on Oct. 6: https://mabonchain.com/news/ethereum-glamsterdam-sepolia-october-6/
Free Daily Brief email: https://mabonchain.com/newsletter/
- US spot Bitcoin ETFs end a nine-day inflow streak; weekly totals are provisional: https://mabonchain.com/news/bitcoin-etf-inflow-streak-ends/
- SEC proposes crypto custody rules for advisers and funds (a proposal, not final): https://mabonchain.com/news/sec-proposes-crypto-custody-rules/
- Fed proposes GENIUS Act rules for stablecoin issuers (comments due Nov. 30): https://mabonchain.com/news/fed-proposes-genius-act-stablecoin-rules/
- Ethereum's Glamsterdam upgrade is scheduled for the Sepolia testnet on Oct. 6: https://mabonchain.com/news/ethereum-glamsterdam-sepolia-october-6/
Free Daily Brief email: https://mabonchain.com/newsletter/
MABOnChain
US Bitcoin ETFs End 9-Day Streak; Weekly Total Provisional
After a nine-day, $3.1B run, US spot Bitcoin ETFs saw $148.7M in net outflows on Sept. 30. Weekly flows are provisional and net positive so far.
MABOnChain Daily Brief, Mon Oct 5
• 🇺🇸 Illinois has agreed to delay its 0.2% crypto tax by six months, to July 1, 2027. A court still has to approve it, and the legal challenge continues. (Decrypt, CryptoSlate)
• SEC custody proposal: what changes for investment advisers. It's a proposal, not a final rule.
https://mabonchain.com/news/sec-proposes-crypto-custody-rules/
• Ethereum's Glamsterdam upgrade hits the Sepolia testnet on Tuesday, Oct 6.
https://mabonchain.com/news/ethereum-glamsterdam-sepolia-october-6/
Market mood: Crypto Fear & Greed Index at 70 (Greed), per Alternative.me.
Free, plain-English, no hype: https://mabonchain.com/newsletter/
• 🇺🇸 Illinois has agreed to delay its 0.2% crypto tax by six months, to July 1, 2027. A court still has to approve it, and the legal challenge continues. (Decrypt, CryptoSlate)
• SEC custody proposal: what changes for investment advisers. It's a proposal, not a final rule.
https://mabonchain.com/news/sec-proposes-crypto-custody-rules/
• Ethereum's Glamsterdam upgrade hits the Sepolia testnet on Tuesday, Oct 6.
https://mabonchain.com/news/ethereum-glamsterdam-sepolia-october-6/
Market mood: Crypto Fear & Greed Index at 70 (Greed), per Alternative.me.
Free, plain-English, no hype: https://mabonchain.com/newsletter/
🇺🇸 The SEC has approved the first 3x leveraged Bitcoin and Ether ETFs in the US, CoinDesk reports.
The Oct. 2 order clears a Cboe BZX rule change for six Volatility Shares funds (BTC, ETH, gold, silver, crude oil, natural gas). US crypto funds were previously capped at 2x.
They can't trade yet: the SEC still has to declare the registration statement effective, and no deadline is set. The funds hold futures, not BTC or ETH, and reset daily.
Source: CoinDesk https://www.coindesk.com/daybook-us/2026/10/05/sec-approves-a-3x-fix-for-bitcoin-and-ether-traders-who-miss-the-wild-swings
Daily Brief: https://mabonchain.com/newsletter/
The Oct. 2 order clears a Cboe BZX rule change for six Volatility Shares funds (BTC, ETH, gold, silver, crude oil, natural gas). US crypto funds were previously capped at 2x.
They can't trade yet: the SEC still has to declare the registration statement effective, and no deadline is set. The funds hold futures, not BTC or ETH, and reset daily.
Source: CoinDesk https://www.coindesk.com/daybook-us/2026/10/05/sec-approves-a-3x-fix-for-bitcoin-and-ether-traders-who-miss-the-wild-swings
Daily Brief: https://mabonchain.com/newsletter/