📰 Ethereum’s Glamsterdam Upgrade Set for Sepolia on October 6

Glamsterdam upgrade hits Ethereum's Sepolia testnet on 6 October. Geth v1.17.6 and Nethermind 2.0 carry the date; mainnet timing is not set yet.

#Crypto #Ethereum

📰 XRP Ledger Batch Transactions Set to Go Live on October 9

XRP Ledger batch transactions and permission delegation pass the 80% validator vote and could go live 8-9 October. Servers must run xrpld 3.4.1.

#Crypto #XRP

📰 Bitmine Crosses 6 Million ETH, Now 98% of Its 5% Supply Goal

Bitmine ETH holdings passed 6 million on 27 September: 4.9% of supply, 17,362 ETH bought last week and 84% staked for a projected $358M a year.

#Crypto #Ethereum

📰 Stablecoin Supply Climbs to $311.5B but Stays Below May Record

Total stablecoin supply reached about $311.5 billion on 28 September 2026, up $2.8 billion on the week but still 2.9% below the May record.

#Bitcoin #Crypto

📰 Sky Protocol and Galaxy Digital Announce Strategic Partnership Across Lending and Capital Markets

Sky Protocol and Galaxy Digital deepen onchain lending: Galaxy adds $100M sUSDS to treasury, approves it as collateral on a $1.4B loan book.

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📰 NEAR Intents Says It Turned Away $50M in Bitget Hack Funds

NEAR Intents says its SHIELD layer turned away $50M+ in Bitget hack transfers and froze $503K, while THORChain says it does not censor by design.

#Blockchain #Crypto

📰 Chainlink Launches CCIP 2.0, Letting Issuers Add Their Own Bridge Verifiers

Chainlink's CCIP 2.0 lets token issuers require their own verifier on cross-chain transfers, adds compliance checks and retires its separate risk network.

#Chainlink #Crypto

📰 Fake GIWA Mainnet Bridge Drains 766 ETH From DYORSWAP Users

Scammers cloned GIWA's chain ID and got DYORSWAP to list a bridge to a mainnet that does not exist, then drained 766 ETH from 1,335 addresses.

#Crypto #Ethereum

📰 Goldman Sachs Opens Its $105B Treasury Fund to Crypto Desks on Lynq

Qualified US crypto firms can now hold cash in Goldman Sachs' $105B FTIXX Treasury fund via Lynq and tZERO. The fund itself is not tokenized.

#Blockchain #Crypto

📰 South Korea Weighs Legalizing Crypto Market Making After JPYC Spike

Korea's FSC will review allowing crypto market making and public oversight of exchanges, citing the JPYC listing where 21,219 Upbit users overpaid.

#Analysis #Crypto

📰 Strategy Buys 1,665 BTC but Spends More Buying Back STRC Preferred

Strategy lifted its bitcoin holdings to 847,666 BTC last week, but spent more on buying back STRC preferred stock ($151.7M) than on bitcoin ($142.7M).

#Bitcoin #Crypto

📰 SEC Staff Limit Token Buyback Relief to Networks With No Central Party

SEC staff revised their crypto FAQ on 28 September: token buybacks avoid securities treatment only on functional networks with no central party.

#Analysis #Crypto

📰 Blockchain.com Targets $500M IPO at Less Than Half Its 2022 Valuation

Blockchain.com is seeking about $500M in a US IPO this year at a $4B-$6B valuation, Bloomberg reports, far below its $14B peak in 2022.

#Blockchain #Crypto

📰 Bitwise NEAR ETF Starts Trading as NRR, but Fees Take a Third of Staking Rewards

Bitwise's spot NEAR ETF, NRR, began trading on NYSE Arca on 29 Sept. It charges 0.75% and stakes in-house, but fees take 33% of the staking rewards.

#Crypto #Trade

📰 ECB Invites Firms to Test AI Agents and Micropayments for the Digital Euro

The ECB wants companies to test AI agents, micropayments and conditional payments for a digital euro in 2027. Applications close Nov. 9. What's covered.

#Crypto #StableCoins

📰 Morgan Stanley Sets Up Digital Asset Lab to Test Stablecoins and DeFi

Morgan Stanley has set up a Digital Asset Lab to test stablecoins, tokenized deposits and DeFi vaults away from its core systems, Bloomberg reports.

#Crypto #StableCoins

📰 Compound Foundation Denies Misusing $8.42M in DAO Reserves

A delegate says the Compound Foundation turned 8.42M DAI of DAO reserves into COMP and voted with it. The Foundation says it acted within its mandate.

#Blockchain #Crypto

📰 South Korean Lawmakers Push to Delay 2027 Crypto Tax Again

South Korea's 22% crypto tax starts Jan. 1, 2027, but lawmakers from both main parties want another delay, one of them to 2030. What they argue and why.

#Crypto

📰 Aztec Relaunches zk.money Private Wallet With a $2,500 Cap per Payment

Aztec Labs relaunched zk.money, a private DAI wallet on its Ethereum layer 2. Every payment is capped below $2,500, with a $50,000 daily deposit limit.

#Crypto #Ethereum

📰 Coinbase Lets US Users Borrow Up to $100K Against HYPE and ZEC

Coinbase added HYPE and ZEC as collateral for USDC loans via Morpho on Base. Morpho data shows about $2.2M of collateral in their main markets so far.

#Crypto #StableCoins

📰 Balancer Holders Approve Wind-Down, Pools Go Withdrawal-Only on 30 October

BAL holders voted to wind down Balancer. Pools go withdrawal-only on 30 October, and treasury claims open in May 2027 at about $0.158 per BAL, unaudited.

#Blockchain #Crypto #Ethereum