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92 stories that broke on 30 September 2026 (UTC), the best-sourced first.
Cointelegraph reports Bitcoin ETF inflows reached a third straight week while Ether ETFs swung to outflows and Zcash funds posted their first weekly outflow. Farside Investors posts daily flow figures for individual funds including Grayscale ETHE, Grayscale ZCSH and Bitwise BITB.
Farside Investors reported daily US dollar flow figures for several Solana ETFs, including a negative flow for Morgan Stanley's MSOL and a positive flow for Bitwise's BSOL, with several other funds showing zero flows.
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Binance New Listings states that Binance added bStocks trading pairs for Adobe, Forward Industries, Hewlett Packard, PDD Holdings, SharonAI, Wendy's and Zoom on Binance Spot/Convert.
Eric Balchunas recalls a crypto podcast exchange in which Jim Bianco argued that rising bond yields will eventually attract cash, a phrase Balchunas says was used in an upcoming book.
Farside Investors (onchain) reports that a Bitcoin chain split has been detected, with multiple blocks found at height 969298.
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Strategy (primary) states that daily dividends are proposed for $STRC, subject to shareholder approval, and that every calendar day would count.
DefiLlama announced that it now tracks real-world asset (RWA) perpetuals for over 700 assets across 35 venues.
Eric Balchunas (onchain) states that a new stablecoin function called RWAS<GO> launched today on the terminal, powered by on-chain data from Allium, tracking supply, mints and burns, transfers, and velocity across 70+ stablecoins and chains, updated hourly.
NVIDIA and CoreWeave announced that CoreWeave is bringing the next generation of NVIDIA infrastructure to production, building on nearly a decade of co-engineering. The announcement was made at CoreWeave Fully Connected in San Francisco.
OpenAI announced a partnership with America's SBDC to expand hands-on AI training and local support for small businesses, alongside a new report on how small teams are using AI.
Solana News reports that Open USD is live on Solana, allowing businesses to mint and burn it 1:1 for dollars at no cost, with over $1 billion committed to liquidity.
DefiLlama announced a no-code custom dashboard builder that offers four ways to create dashboards, including templates, an AI prompt, manual charts, and chain/protocol comparisons.
Eric Balchunas says bitcoin bears are demoralized because ETF flows have returned to former glory and price grinded higher despite negative sentiment, Clarity failing and rising yields. He frames this as his read on the situation.
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Eric Balchunas says bitcoin ETF lifetime cumulative flows are getting close to a new high water mark, which he calls astonishing given the past 11 months.
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Michael Saylor states that Strategy ($MSTR) and Strive ($ASST) share a Bitcoin foundation, and that broader adoption can strengthen balance sheets, lower credit costs, and expand equity valuations. He says they are building Digital Capital, Digital Credit, and Digital Equity together.
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DefiLlama announced a new crypto card dashboard that compares 30 cards side-by-side on features such as cashback, FX fees and self-custody.
Eric Balchunas (onchain) reports that Defiance has filed for Convexity and Ultra Convexity ETFs based on growth stocks, $DRAM and semis.
Eric Balchunas claims $BIL is outperforming 87% of bond ETFs this year and 83% over five years, and that money market funds hold $8t in AUM with inflows unlikely to leave until rates fall below 3%.
Eric Balchunas states that money market mutual funds grew from $4t to $8t over the past three years, yet their percentage of the US stock market is falling and near all-time lows.
Eric Balchunas reports that Morgan Stanley is closing the Calvert Diversity, Equity and Inclusion ETF (CDEI), describing it as another ESG ETF shutting down.
DefiLlama reports that over the past year NEAR's cumulative revenue as a percent of cumulative emissions grew from 0.89% to 2.11%, largely driven by Intent Revenue launched last November.
The US Bureau of Labor Statistics states that no prior work experience was required for 90 percent of workers across 26 occupations in 2025.
DefiLlama announced an upgrade to its Universal Token Rating, adding more granular information about insider identities and wallet disclosures and allowing users to click into ratings to see underlying details.
Multiple newswires report that the UK's Financial Conduct Authority has opened a crypto authorization application window, with a February 28, 2027 deadline, ahead of a new regime planned for 2027. Posts also state that existing money laundering registrations will not convert into FCA authorization.
The CFTC sent two proposed rules on swaps definitions to the White House for review, seeking to define event contracts as swaps and assert exclusive federal jurisdiction over prediction markets amid state gambling claims.
Several newswires report that a cooler-than-expected PCE inflation reading lifted bitcoin briefly above $85,000 while Treasury yields stayed near multi-decade highs. Later posts describe the gains fading and bitcoin trading in the $82,000-$85,000 range.
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Standard Chartered initiated coverage of Ethena's ENA token with a $2 target for end-2028, citing USDe scaling and token buybacks. The bank also expects USDe supply to reach $40 billion by 2028.
Base has launched its Cobalt upgrade, which adds conditional transactions and new functions for assets issued under its B20 standard, according to The Block, The Defiant and Cointelegraph.
Reuters reports, via The Defiant and Cointelegraph, that Kalshi is in advanced talks to raise about $1 billion at a $40 billion valuation. The posts state Sequoia and Wellington are in talks to lead the financing and that Kalshi was valued at $22 billion four months earlier.
CoinDesk and Decrypt report that attackers behind the Bitget heist moved stolen ZEC into Zcash's Ironwood privacy pool, with Decrypt adding that Near Intents rejected swaps. The posts describe the transfers as making the funds harder to trace.
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Stand With Crypto, a crypto advocacy group, rolled out its first round of Senate endorsements after the Clarity Act stalled in the Senate. Decrypt reports the Coinbase-backed group endorsed Republicans Jon Husted and Ashley Hinson and Democrat Chris Pappas two weeks after the Clarity Act's collapse.
CoinDesk and Cointelegraph report that Brazil's Petrobras is using Cardano in research projects to track sustainability claims for aviation fuel and renewable diesel. Petrobras developed two Cardano-based applications as part of an ongoing research collaboration.
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A Dune report published Wednesday found tokenized real-world assets reached $34.5 billion at the end of August, with tokenized Treasury funds making up half and equities generating most spot volume. Cointelegraph reports Dune found tokenized markets show different trading patterns from traditional markets.
The Block and The Defiant report that Lloyds used USDC to settle $750,000 of payment obligations with Visa during a seven-day live cross-border pilot. The Defiant adds that the test sent funds from Jersey to the US in under an hour, including over the weekend, with Lloyds using Canton and Visa a separate blockchain.
DogeOS, from the team behind the MyDoge wallet, opened a public testnet for a layer that lets developers build lending platforms and games on Dogecoin. CoinDesk reports the applications still rely on selected operators rather than Dogecoin miners.
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Nick Timiraos of WSJ reported August PCE inflation data, including core PCE at +0.25% month-over-month and headline PCE at +0.31%. He also noted methodological changes adding uncertainty to year-over-year figures.
CoinDesk reported Bitcoin below $84,000 ahead of PCE inflation data and Micron earnings, then flat near $84,000 after closing its best quarter since 2024. Both posts cite traders awaiting US economic data.
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Chainlink introduced Fulcrum, a solution for connecting financial institutions to onchain financing, according to The Defiant and a community post. The Defiant reports a financing workflow demonstrated with DTCC at Sibos, while integrations with financing venues remain under way.
Decrypt reports Google's Gemini 4 Argon tops 12 of 18 benchmarks in Google's own table and resists hijacking best. An r/stocks post says Alphabet rolled out Gemini 4 Argon, setting records in software engineering benchmarks and tying for first in cybersecurity defense.
Cointelegraph reports that a Trump accord calls for tech firms to 'self police' their own frontier AI, placing much of the responsibility for managing frontier AI risks on developers.
The Defiant reports that Abracadabra has proposed a Snapshot vote to liquidate the protocol, swap remaining collateral into ether and pay MIM holders pro rata, with recoverable backing of about $900,000 against $21 million of bad debt.
Cointelegraph reports that Binance Pay will allow overseas users to spend USDT at most PayPay-supported merchants in Japan through HIVEX, with stores receiving yen.
Cointelegraph reports that Crypto.com's AI agent remains in 'stealth mode' nearly eight months after its Super Bowl debut, with users still wondering about the promised agent.
Cointelegraph reports that Illinois has published draft rules specifying how its 0.2% digital asset transaction tax would apply to stablecoins, DeFi platforms, crypto bridges and self-custody transfers.
CoinDesk reports that a trend gauge tracked by CryptoQuant is near its ceiling and that buyers who drove BTC to an eight-month high are pulling back.
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CoinDesk reports that a regulated Brazilian operator is mirroring ownership of selected investment funds on the XRP Ledger while keeping its existing database as the official record.
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The Defiant reports that Morgan Stanley has set up an internal testing program for stablecoins and DeFi using its innovation-lab network, and that E*Trade already offers eligible clients spot crypto trading through zerohash.
The Defiant reports that Robinhood's in-app perpetual futures will be offered by its own futures commission merchant through Bitstamp, and that LIT is down 22% over seven days.
Cointelegraph reports that European stablecoin issuer AllUnity is launching USDAU, its fourth fiat-backed stablecoin, expanding a MiCA-regulated lineup that already covers the euro, Swiss franc and Swedish krona.
The Block reports that Kalshi will end its liquidity incentive program amid wash trading allegations, and that its monthly volume reached an all-time high in September.
Kalshi filed to end its volume incentive program, according to The Defiant. The report states the reward pools exclude members with market-maker agreements and that Kalshi cited separate liquidity payments to explain clustered ether perpetual trades.
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CoinDesk reports that asset management platform HANetf has listed ETCs in London, Frankfurt and Paris offering pound sterling and euro-hedged bitcoin exposure, aimed at European investors avoiding U.S. dollar risk.
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CoinDesk reports that Winklevoss-owned Gemini switched Zcash software ahead of faster 25-second blocks, with new Zakura nodes catching up with the network in just over six hours versus close to a day for the previous software.
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The Defiant reports that HSBC has named its Hong Kong dollar stablecoin 'RedCoin' ahead of a retail rollout. The token is planned for the second half of 2026, with initial distribution limited to PayMe and the HSBC HK Mobile App.
SlowMist identified malicious activity weeks before the Bitget theft, involving a zero-day vulnerability, two security products and a custom withdrawal tool.
Stable announced a Visa Direct integration for bank and mobile wallet payouts, according to The Defiant. The same post notes Visa previously announced stablecoin funding and payout pilots and that Stable has not specified timing or markets.
The Defiant reports that Gate BEN market logged 92 liquidations after a scheduled dividend adjustment, citing two self-identified Gate managers who said a same-name asset error affected 200 accounts and that balance displays were being restored.
Metaplanet's independent directors cited management's financial risk and restructuring role in defending a controversial executive payout plan, while leaving questions about Gerovich's exercised shares and MMXX Ventures unanswered.
CoinDesk reports that six companies signed a voluntary White House safety pact covering hacking and biological threats, with no penalties or deadline for implementing the checks.
Cointelegraph reports that the European Commission's MiCA review consultation has closed, framing the question as whether Europe's crypto rulebook protects the market without making it too costly to build in.
CoinDesk published an opinion piece by Fairmint's Joris Delanoue arguing that the SEC is modernizing transfer-agent rules and warning that fragmented ownership data could create a blockchain-era paperwork crisis.
Nick Timiraos of WSJ reports that U.S. mortgage rates reached their highest level since November 2023, at 7.3% for the 30-year fixed loan in the MBA survey last week. He also reports that mortgage applications for purchase loans are down more than 10% over the last four weeks versus the year-earlier period.
Decrypt reports that McDonald's uses machine-learning models to set an 'optimal price' per item per restaurant, widening price gaps between nearby branches.
Cointelegraph reports that CryptoQuant flagged potential selling pressure as deposit transactions and depositing addresses reached their highest counts since October 2025.
A Decrypt report says the CFTC is investigating former congressman Adam Kinzinger over Kalshi bets tied to his own pardon. Kinzinger says he made $823 on the trades, had no inside information, and had checked the platform's rules first.
CertiK Alert states that combining all September incidents, it confirmed approximately $766.4M lost to exploits and phishing, and that September saw the highest recorded losses and most incidents in 2026.
Cointelegraph reports that Singapore's crypto economy grew 55.4% to $284 billion, with institutional-platform activity surging 94%, while the Philippines, Thailand and Vietnam stood out for small-value P2P transfers.
Cointelegraph reports that THORChain will not or cannot block addresses linked to the $387.5 million Bitget hack, and asks whether developers could be prosecuted for money laundering, citing crypto lawyer Yuriy Brisov who says it is complicated.
Hyperliquid co-founder Jeff Yan said at Korea Blockchain Week 2026 that around-the-clock trading is not what sets onchain venues apart from traditional exchanges, noting crypto never needed conventional market hours because the asset class is inherently international.
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The Defiant reports that Ostium's recovery plan repays wallets that lost $1,000 or less in full, while 345 wallets holding at least 86% of the $23.8 million loss must choose between a $1,000 payment and a pro-rata claim on unrecovered funds.
Decrypt reports that former NCA officer Paul Chowles must repay $2.4 million for 50 BTC he took from a Silk Road 2.0 seizure in 2017, with prosecutors valuing the theft at over 30 times its original worth.
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Open Standard CEO Zach Abrams said the "overwhelming majority" of Open Standard's equity will be distributed over time to partners based on how much they help grow the Open USD stablecoin.
Decrypt reports that Trump unveiled a one-page AI accord signed by OpenAI, Google and Nvidia, which he called "morally binding" and which asks companies to adopt internal controls, independent audits and board oversight. The report states the pact carries no penalties and drew criticism for its thin detail.
Decrypt announced the launch of the Information Exchange on Solana, describing Decrypt as the destination, Myriad as the infrastructure and MYR as the token for a connected media ecosystem.
CoinDesk reports that the crypto industry gave $8 million to Clarity Act lobbyists in the first half of the year, with most lobbying tied to pushing the U.S. market structure bill to a goal it never reached.
The Defiant reports that Aave V4 total value locked rose 82% in September and that Arc reached $181 million, while V4 contributed 2% of Aave's trailing 30-day protocol revenue.
The Defiant reports that Open USD has launched as Stripe's default stablecoin, with Mastercard routing through BVNK, Visa offering limited beta access, and Coinbase scheduled to follow on Oct. 1.
DogeOS launched a public testnet for its zero-knowledge rollup that brings EVM smart contracts to Dogecoin, with DOGE used for gas fees.
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The Defiant reports that Arc has packaged USDC funding and Morpho lending for apps, with Borrow Kit enabling cirBTC-backed loans and Onramp requiring provider identity checks and regional eligibility.
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Cointelegraph reports that Bloomberg has introduced an Allium-powered dashboard giving Terminal users hourly stablecoin data. The dashboard covers stablecoin supply, issuance, transfers and activity across blockchain networks.
A crypto advocacy group announced its endorsements for US House and Senate races, according to Cointelegraph. The report notes that many polls showed Democrats favored to regain control of both chambers in 2027.
Decrypt reports that the U.S. government's new AI chatbot produces a roughly 1,800-word bureaucratic remix of Minecraft's ending poem when asked about the game, describing it as an easter egg rather than a hallucination.
The Defiant reports that Senator Daines unveiled the ADAPT Act, a crypto tax bill that would exempt qualifying stablecoin purchases and crypto-paid transaction costs of $10 or less from gain-or-loss recognition while restricting loss harvesting.
Uniswap Labs plans an OUSD rewards hook for liquidity providers, according to The Defiant. OUSD is already available across Uniswap's protocol, apps and API, while the rewards mechanism awaits its full design.
The CFTC secured a court judgment of over $30 million against defendants in the Fundsz fraud case, according to The Block. The agency said two defendants participated in a crypto scheme they then tried to walk back.
An internal FBI memo warned employees that ShinyHunters, the group claiming it hacked the bureau's jobs site, may hold their private details, according to Decrypt.
The Defiant reports that OFAC sanctioned a Tren de Aragua ATM network and listed seven Tron addresses. Chainalysis says the wallets' counterparties had exposure to laundering networks used by Mexican and Colombian cartels and Venezuelan launderers.
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Bitwise CIO Matt Hougan claims the Clarity Act's defeat left crypto with fewer restrictions and faster SEC action.
Posts on r/stocks and r/investing state that the 30-year Treasury touched 5.62% and closed at 5.59%, and that only Micron among the 10 biggest US companies has a forward earnings yield above the long bond. The posts ask whether the risk-free rate changes holding decisions.
Posts report Micron's Q4 results beat analyst estimates on EPS and revenue and that its Q1 guidance exceeded consensus, while the stock fell about 2%.
A r/solana post reports that Bitwise ETF clients purchased $5.75 million worth of SOL.
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US senators from both parties said they reached a deal to reform permitting laws for large energy and infrastructure projects, with a vote not occurring before the midterm elections. Senator Sheldon Whitehouse said more work on amendments is needed before a vote.