Anchorage Digital expands USD accounts and SWIFT access through Standard Chartered
Anchorage Digital expanded USD accounts and SWIFT payments for international institutions through a partnership with Standard Chartered.
Metaplanet boosts Bitcoin holdings to 44,000 BTC after third-quarter trades
Metaplanet's strategic Bitcoin transactions aim to enhance creditworthiness, potentially broadening access to diverse capital markets.
Near co-founder says liquidity remains the biggest challenge for tokenized stocks
NEAR co-founder Illia Polosukhin says fragmented liquidity remains a major obstacle for tokenized stocks as NEAR Intents looks to connect...
Backpack launches tokenized Brazil ETF amid post-election market rally
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Midterm gridlock could clear the way for a risk-on rally, Tom Lee says
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Strategy buys 334 Bitcoin as holdings hit 848,000 BTC
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Powerus went public Thursday. By Friday, its shares were on Solana
OCTOBER 2, 2026 • 7 MIN READThe SEC is turning crypto custody into a fight over asset coverage
The SEC's proposal could reshape the crypto custody landscape, emphasizing asset coverage and integration over regulatory status alone.
Crypto is down 1.2% in the last 24 hours
Total market cap
$2.89T
Crypto down −1.22% today
Of 252 coins: 53 up · 199 downFear & Greed index
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Prediction Markets
Likely NO ↑South carolina Senate election winner86%
Trump endorses Darline Graham in 2026 South Carolina Senate race
12m Likely NO ↑OpenAI IPO timeline95%
OpenAI seeks $30B funding at $1.4T valuation with UAE, BlackRock: Bloomberg
✓ 230m Likely YES ↑Anthropic valuation by december 3194%
Anthropic plans to spend ~$518 billion on AI compute over the next decade
1h Likely YES ↑Michigan Senate election winner74%
Obama to campaign with El-Sayed in Michigan Senate race this month
1h Likely NO ↑OpenAI valuation by december 31100%
OpenAI sued by LASST over alleged hacking of Hugging Face
1h Likely YES ↑Best AI model by october 202633%
Reflection AI unveils open-source tool to rival Chinese AI models
✓ 22h Likely NO ↑Best AI model by october 202645%
US labs lead AI rankings with Anthropic, OpenAI, Google at the top
2h Likely NO ↑Anthropic IPO market cap predictions31%
Anthropic targets IPO this year, potential November debut
3h Likely YES ↑Cornell 7 felony sex crime30%
New York AG reopens Cornell gang rape case, possible grand jury involvement
✓ 25h YES ▲1¢Bitcoin future price predictions37%
CFTC proposes first dedicated crypto market rules with Regulation CTX and CAM
+12✓ 175h YES ▲3¢Spain snap election markets30%
Spain’s Sánchez calls snap election for Nov 29 amid housing protests
✓ 36h Likely YES ↑Hyperliquid price predictions for 202676%
Bloomberg Terminal adds Hyperliquid perpetual futures quotes for live tracking
6h Macro
Binance will require Brazilian users to explain cross-border crypto transfers from Nov. 1
Changpeng Zhao details life after prison in exclusive NYT report
Community bankers sue OCC over crypto trust charters
Bitcoin jumps 42.9% in Q3 2026, leaving gold and stocks behind
El Salvador’s Bitcoin stash sits at $618 million despite IMF strings
BitGo CEO warns crypto one-stop shops pose major risks
A7 denies Iran links after US Treasury sanctions the Russian payments network
US sanctions A7 network for allegedly aiding Iran’s sanctions evasion
Shinhan Bank completes stablecoin pilot for corporate overseas remittances on Solana
San Francisco Fed study finds stablecoin Treasury growth offsets China’s retreat
Congressional Research Service report flags shaky ground for banks dealing in Bitcoin
Bitcoin’s win rate against the S&P 500 climbs back above 50%
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Bitcoin
Ethereum
Ethereum prepares Glamsterdam testnet upgrade, targeting higher L1 throughput and efficiency
Ethereum developers propose measures to secure ETH staking against quantum threats
Bitmine hits 97% of its Ethereum target after latest buy
Bitmine adds 9,926 ETH as treasury nears 5% of total supply
Ethereum researchers propose EIP-8361 to end staking issuance at 50%
Finance
Prediction Markets
Graham Platner exits Maine Senate race amid rape accusation, Troy Jackson favored
▲ Maine democratic Senate nominee on july 27
OpenAI and Anthropic face scrutiny over mission-driven governance: WSJ
▲ Anthropic valuation by december 31
Silicon Valley billionaires oppose California wealth tax ahead of 2026 vote
▲ Billionaire wealth tax in california 2026
Macro
US CPI rises 3.4% in August as gasoline prices jump
Treasury’s $935B cash pile could flood markets with liquidity, and crypto is already celebrating
Headline PCE falls for first time in six years, core inflation remains elevated
Fed leaves rates steady but policymakers split over inflation risks
Markets hold their breath as Fed decision looms over a messy macro backdrop
Tech
Kyrgyzstan’s central bank taps CertiK for digital som security and oversight
X users report wave of suspicious password reset emails following X Money rollout
Meta sheds 10% in premarket as revenue outlook misses estimates
X Money rolls out to US Premium users with 6% yield and Visa card
Alphabet posts $119.8B revenue as Google Cloud surges 82%
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Regulation
UK FCA begins accepting crypto authorization applications
House expands prediction market insider trading probe to Hyperliquid and Crypto.com
Blockchain.com targets up to $6B valuation in planned IPO this year: Report
SEC staff says certain crypto buybacks and staking tokens fall outside securities laws
KelpDAO developer sues LayerZero, CEO over $292 million exploit and blame-shifting
Web3
The Bitget hack split the cross-chain market into two products
DeFi Development Corp. launches State of Solana dashboard to track network health in real time
Maya Protocol exploited for $1.7M as attacker drains 48.87M CACAO tokens
Helius acquires Light Protocol to build Solana’s onchain privacy layer
Aptos powers B2B stablecoin corridor pilot between MENA and Africa
AI Agents
xAI launches Grok 4.7 with stronger coding and knowledge work performance
Payouts.com partners with Casper to enable AI agent transactions
Alibaba Cloud launches Agent Native Cloud to scale enterprise AI agents
BNB Chain launches AI agent platform built with AWS
OKX debuts AI marketplace for agent discovery and tasks
DeFi
Standard Chartered initiates Ethena coverage, sees ENA at $2 by 2028
Ondo’s onchain portfolios carry the BlackRock name. The fine print tells a different story.
DeFi protocol Aero set to launch on Oct. 21 across seven chains
NEAR partners with Ondo to bring tokenized stocks and ETFs to near.com
OpenEden brings BNY high-yield bond fund to BNB Chain with RedStone
Press Releases
Sweat Wallet and the SWEAT Token as they exist today end on 30 December 2026
Blackboard and Aster announce first trading competition with up to $100,000 in prizes
Travala’s crypto loyalty program passes 170,000 members, sets long-term goal of 30% of AVA supply locked
OpenPayd recognised among Financial Times’ UK’s fastest growing companies 2027
Sparkling launches the trading app that comes with an agent
NFTs
Binance to shutter NFT service and accelerate migration to decentralized wallet
Bored Ape Yacht Club NFT prices surge as crypto revival reignites risk appetite
Justin Bieber’s Bored Ape NFT drops 99% from $1.3M to $12K
Gemini to close NFT marketplace Nifty Gateway as it sharpens focus on super app vision
Moonbirds to launch BIRB token in early Q1 2026
Press Releases
Stockhunt unveils CoinIQ, an AI-powered self-custody DEX, at TOKEN2049 Singapore
B2B crypto payments are growing up: licensing, stablecoins and settlement speed
AirnodeHub goes live: API3 builds a verifiable data layer for AI agents
Bitmine adds 15,112 ETH as treasury passes 6 million tokens
Fractl gathers 150 founders and investors and 60 fund managers and limited partners in Singapore
Crypto’s next growth phase will be driven by utility, not speculation
Umia opens its platform to outside projects, with Slop Cash from elizaOS creator Shaw Walters the first to be announced
Coinpayments founder Alex Alexandrov appointed Group CEO as company strengthens executive team
Travala’s crypto loyalty program passes 170,000 members, sets long-term goal of 30% of AVA supply locked
Lowest fee Bitcoin ATMs announces launch of more than 400 ATMs nationwide
After 2049 confirms headliners Claptone and Crusy for Singapore Grand Prix weekend kickoff
