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    Metal Pay (@metalpaysme)

    Crypto News - 9 October 2026 The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission proposed a new regulatory framework on October 5 that would allow cryptocurrency exchanges offering leveraged or margined trading to operate under federal oversight. The proposal introduces a category of regulated venues called crypto asset markets, with requirements covering proof of reserves, market manipulation safeguards and customer protections. Exchanges could opt into this framework rather than relying primarily on separate state money-transmitter licenses. The move follows Congress's failure to advance broader crypto market legislation and represents another attempt to establish clearer rules for digital asset trading. However, the proposed framework remains subject to the regulatory process and does not replace comprehensive legislation. Samsung Brings USDC Payments to Galaxy Wallets Samsung announced plans this week to introduce USDC stablecoin transfers directly through Samsung Wallet and Samsung Pay for eligible Galaxy users in the United States. The service, scheduled to begin rolling out in late October, will use blockchain infrastructure including Solana to support cross-border payments without requiring a separate cryptocurrency application. Users will be able to transfer USDC to compatible wallets and send funds to eligible bank accounts in more than 60 countries, with local currency conversion available. The initiative involves infrastructure provider Bastion and Coinbase, which will support custody services. Samsung's announcement highlights the growing integration of stablecoins into everyday financial applications and consumer payment systems. NYSE Parent Backs 24/7 Tokenized Stock Trading OKXICE, a joint venture between cryptocurrency exchange OKX and New York Stock Exchange parent Intercontinental Exchange, disclosed plans on October 5 for a regulated tokenized stock trading platform in the United States. The proposed venue would initially support blockchain-based versions of shares in more than 60 publicly listed companies, allowing round-the-clock trading and potentially faster settlement. Tokenized shares would retain traditional shareholder rights, including dividends and voting, under the proposed structure. The initiative builds on a new SEC innovation exemption designed to support regulated experimentation with blockchain-based securities. The platform has not yet launched and remains subject to regulatory conditions, but the announcement signals growing interest from established financial market operators in tokenization. U.S. spot Bitcoin ETFs opened Monday with USD 89.8 million in net outflows, as withdrawals from ARK 21Shares' ARKB (USD 85.2 million) and Fidelity's FBTC (USD 74.5 million) outweighed BlackRock's IBIT inflows of USD 69.9 million. Tuesday brought a reversal with USD 118.8 million in net inflows, led by IBIT (USD 122.0 million). Wednesday recorded the week's heaviest selling at USD 484.9 million in net outflows, driven by IBIT (USD 207.7 million), FBTC (USD 105.1 million) and ARKB (USD 101.7 million). Thursday extended the decline with another USD 244.1 million leaving the funds, including USD 197.1 million from FBTC. Overall, Bitcoin ETFs recorded approximately USD 700.0 million in net outflows across Monday through Thursday, signaling renewed institutional selling pressure. Friday's figures remain incomplete and are awaiting final issuer reporting, including IBIT. U.S. spot Ethereum ETFs began Monday with USD 50.8 million in net outflows, led by BlackRock's ETHA (USD 31.9 million) and Fidelity's FETH (USD 18.9 million). Selling accelerated Tuesday as ETHA recorded USD 201.9 million in withdrawals, bringing the day's net outflow to USD 201.9 million. Wednesday remained under pressure with USD 160.9 million in net outflows, driven by ETHA (USD 116.1 million) and Grayscale's ETHE (USD 25.8 million), alongside smaller withdrawals across other funds. Thursday saw another USD 72.5 million leave the market, although Fidelity's FETH attracted USD 5.5 million in inflows. Overall, Ethereum ETFs registered approximately USD 486.1 million in net outflows from Monday through Thursday, reflecting persistent institutional selling throughout the week. Friday's figures remain incomplete and are awaiting final issuer reporting. Cardano (ADA) led this week's tracked assets with a modest 0.8% gain, followed by Metal DAO (MTL), up 0.2%, and Metal Blockchain (METAL), up 0.1%. These were the only three assets in the tracked group to finish the seven-day period in positive territory. Loan Protocol (LOAN) declined 1.6%, while Bitcoin (BTC) slipped 2.3% and XPR Network (XPR) fell 3.5%. Larger losses were recorded across several major cryptocurrencies, including Ethereum (-6.7%), Solana (-7.5%) and Hedera (-8.4%). The broad pullback coincided with heavy outflows from U.S. spot Bitcoin and Ethereum ETFs, although market sentiment remained in Greed territory. The Crypto Fear & Greed Index stood at 59 on October 9, down from 72 a week earlier, suggesting optimism had cooled despite the index remaining above neutral.

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    Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump)

    I have just concluded a highly successful discussion with President Vladimir Putin, of Russia, wherein it was agreed that Russia will immediately supply over 300,000 Tons of Diesel Fuel to the American and Global Marketplace, another 500,000 Tons during the month of November, and 1,000,000 Tons immediately thereafter. Additionally, based on the condition of their Diesel Refineries, Russia will then deliver, within a short period of time, 3,000,000 Tons of Diesel Fuel. Between our TOTAL CONTROL of the Strait of Hormuz, and this great announcement on Russian Energy, Diesel Prices for Americans and, indeed, the World, will be COMING DOWN, IN RECORD NUMBERS, AND FAST! Lower prices for Americans, especially our Great Farmers, Ranchers, and Truckers, is my Greatest Priority. This is a very big and important announcement. Additionally, it must be understood, that Iran will not have a Nuclear Weapon! Thank you for your attention to this matter. President DONALD J. TRUMP

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    CoinDesk (@CoinDesk)

    LATEST: Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent says the U.S. expects to seize $1B in Iran-linked crypto this week, part of an “absolute isolation campaign” targeting the regime’s access to financial channels.

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    Richard Teng (@_RichardTeng)

    We're concerned by reports of significant losses affecting Ledger users, and our thoughts are with everyone impacted. As investigations continue, the focus must be on supporting affected users, tracing funds, and assisting recovery efforts wherever possible. Security is a shared responsibility, and Binance stands ready to support the industry's collective efforts.

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    The Big Whale 🐳 (@TheBigWhale_)

    At our latest Corporate Breakfast in Paris, 80 registrants from 66 organisations, all clients of @TheBigWhale_, discussed stablecoins for treasury and cross-border payments with @ArcelorMittal, @herclegroup, @utila_io and @zama. What we learned: https://www.thebigwhale.io/article/corporate-treasury-onchain-the-tech-is-ready-the-organisation-isnt 👉 The ROI comes first, not crypto. ArcelorMittal restarted its work on stablecoins on one condition set by its CFO: only use cases with a clear ROI. The one it kept is international intercompany transfers. 👉 The stablecoin sandwich works on the right corridors. On Europe–Nigeria, Hercle measures about 13 minutes end to end, against 2 to 3 days via SWIFT. For one client, avoiding a 50 bps FX premium means €250k saved on a €50M transfer. 👉 Security is no longer the main blocker. Governance is. "The question is no longer only who holds your keys, but who can make your keys sign" (Utila, on the $1.5B Bybit hack). 👉 Privacy is the missing piece. Zama keeps balances and amounts encrypted on Ethereum, and the application decides who can decrypt them. 👉 Move cash with stablecoins, don’t hold it in them. No accounting rule in Europe yet treats stablecoins as a cash equivalent. Tokenized money market funds already count as one. 👉 Banks will set the pace. One custody contract went through legal, the DPO, cyber and ESG. One bank stayed silent for seven months: "not ready yet." "On the technology, the solutions are there. The hard part is change management." - Fabricio Bezerra, Arcelormittal Treasury We’ll pick up all of these topics at the Geneva Summit on November 12–13! https://lnkd.in/dK5sk-sX

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    Defi App (@defiapp)

    Standard Chartered just launched institutional custody for crypto, stablecoins, and tokenized real-world assets. A 160-year-old bank now safeguards tokenized assets as a core service. The red days come and go. The infrastructure being built doesn’t care about this week’s candle.

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    BlackRock (@BlackRock)

    What if tokenization could help enable faster, more efficient and around-the-clock movement of money? On The Bid #podcast, host Oscar Pulido speaks with Beccy Milchem, BlackRock’s Global Head of Cash Distribution and Head of the International Cash Management business, about how tokenized cash could change the way money moves through financial markets. They break down the differences between stablecoins and tokenized cash, the growing role of digital wallets and how blockchain could modernize payments and settlement. Listen: https://1blk.co/4hBYgev

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    Lido (@LidoFinance)

    September 2026 Validator Set Highlights Curious about what's happening inside the Lido validator set? September was a milestone month for Lido Core, as the first 0x02 validators became active following a long entry queue since July, and the first consolidation kicked off the migration of approximately 8.4m ETH from the legacy Curated Module to Curated Module v2. Meanwhile, the launch of Lido DAO-funded ValOS introduced a new industry-wide standard for running Ethereum staking infrastructure according to established best practices. Together, these developments reflect Lido's ongoing efforts to support a more decentralized, resilient, and efficient Ethereum validator ecosystem. This article covers only the key highlights (reading time less than 2 minutes). Lido Node Operators are encouraged to explore the full September Update on the Node Operator Portal for deeper context, technical details, and useful links. September Highlights Staking Modules Q3 Stats Q3 brought further progress across the Lido validator set with continued growth in permissionless validation through the Community Staking Module (CSM) and the launch of Curated Module v2 (CMv2), which has already seen its first validator activations and consolidations from the legacy Curated Module. ICS & IDVTC Assessment Results, 0x02 CSM Around the Corner Independent validation through CSM continued to grow in September, with a total of 404 approved Identified Community Staker (ICS) applications and two additional Identified DVT Clusters (IDVTC) qualifying in the latest assessment rounds. Meanwhile, following a successful public testnet rollout, 0x02 CSM is approaching mainnet, introducing a new permissionless pathway for running validators with effective balances of up to 2,048 ETH through Lido Core. Curated Stake Migration Underway The migration of approximately 8.4m ETH from the legacy Curated Module to CMv2 is officially underway, with the first validator consolidations successfully completed in September. By the end of the month, approximately 917.4k ETH had already been migrated to CMv2, while the successful enablement of top-up deposits paved the way for the next phase of the migration. Explore the full progress in the September Validator Set Update. Updated stVaults Documentation Center The stVaults Documentation Center has been updated with resources covering everything from introductory concepts to technical deep dives, operational guides, references and more! Whether you're exploring stVaults for the first time or preparing to run your own, find the resources you need to get started. ValOS: The Blueprint for Staking Excellence ValOS (Validator Operations Standard) officially launched in September, introducing an open-source, community-driven standard for running Ethereum validators according to industry best practices. By establishing a shared standard for validator operations, the initiative aims to encourage higher standards, better risk management, and greater transparency across the validator ecosystem preserving Ethereum's decentralization and stability over time. Lido Goes to Devcon 🇮🇳 नमस्ते मुंबई! Devcon week is coming soon! Find out where to catch Lido contributors speaking, hosting, and joining discussions across Mumbai, and come say hi. With over a dozen events lined up, there's something for everyone. Subscribe to Lido on Luma to stay up to date on upcoming events throughout the week, and never miss a moment with the Lido staking community afterwards. All Validator Set Updates in One Place Explore previous Monthly Validator Set Updates on the Node Operator Portal. Stay informed. Stay aligned. Keep securing Ethereum together.

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    Wu Blockchain (@WuBlockchain)

    World’s Largest Hardware Wallet Maker Ledger Investigates Wallet-Draining Reports; Onchain Analyst Estimates Losses Above $86M Ledger, the world’s largest hardware wallet manufacturer, said it is investigating reports of stolen funds involving users in Southeast Asia who purchased devices from reseller CryptoBilis. The company has asked CryptoBilis to pause sales and shipments during the investigation and advised customers who bought devices from the reseller within the past 90 days not to initialize them. Users who have already set up their devices were advised to move assets to a new Ledger signer using a new seed phrase. Separately, onchain investigator Specter said he traced suspicious addresses receiving funds from hundreds of victim wallets across Ethereum, TRON and Bitcoin, estimating total losses at more than $86 million. The common attack vector has not yet been confirmed, and there is currently no evidence that Ledger hardware wallets or Ledger’s core infrastructure were directly compromised.

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    The Block (@TheBlockCo)

    THE BLOCK: Ledger said it is investigating reports of lost funds involving users in Southeast Asia who purchased devices from reseller CryptoBilis. Ledger said it has asked CryptoBilis to pause sales and shipments while the investigation continues. It advised customers who bought devices from the reseller in the past 90 days not to set them up, or to move their assets to a new Ledger signer with a new seed if already set up. Onchain investigator Specter estimated that more than $86 million had been drained from hundreds of wallets across Bitcoin, Ethereum and Tron. Security researcher tanuki42 earlier put the losses at more than $72 million and said the figure was increasing. $BTC, $ETH, $TRON

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    The Block (@TheBlockCo)

    THE BLOCK: Ledger said it is investigating reports of lost funds involving users in Southeast Asia who purchased devices from reseller CryptoBilis. Ledger said it has asked CryptoBilis to pause sales and shipments while the investigation continues. It advised customers who bought devices from the reseller in the past 90 days not to set them up, or to move their assets to a new Ledger signer with a new seed if already set up. Onchain investigator Specter estimated that more than $86 million had been drained from hundreds of wallets across Bitcoin, Ethereum and Tron. Security researcher tanuki42 earlier put the losses at more than $72 million and said the figure was increasing. $BTC, $ETH, $TRON

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    Mike Selig (@ChairmanSelig)

    The @CFTC's proposed crypto asset regulatory regime would institute a federal regulatory framework designed to protect exchange customers from fraud, manipulation, and theft of customer funds as we saw with FTX. Ironically, by denouncing our efforts to bring market-based regulation to crypto exchanges and supporting the status quo, our critics find themselves on the side of the fraudsters, manipulators, and looters-dangerously inviting the next Sam Bankman-Fried to run roughshod over the American people.

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    Lookonchain (@lookonchain)

    A gambler (or possibly a hacker) sold 262.78 $ETH for 643K $USDC and deposited it into Hyperliquid, then opened a 40x short on 305.51 $BTC ($25.4M) 40 minutes ago. Liquidation price: $84,086.03 https://hypurrscan.io/address/0xf15d41724e10e3d64d2e292fb6fd5e45ae7bddf9#txs https://arkm.com/explorer/address/0xF15d41724E10E3D64D2e292fB6Fd5E45AE7BDdf9

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    Common Knowledge Base Association (CKBA) (@ckba_build)

    You may have noticed that Crypto Twitter has spent much of this week arguing about whether AI could break the cryptography most crypto wallets rely on. You may also have struggled to follow the elliptic curves, ECDSA, lattice-based commitments and P = NP stuff. That makes you completely normal. Fear not: nothing has been broken, as far as anyone knows. Here is what happened, what is still unknown, and why it matters. On Tuesday, OpenAI released 722 mathematical manuscripts, written by an internal model it has not made public, covering hundreds of open problems. Mathematicians are still working out what they represent. Fewer than half have computer-checked main results, and a computer check confirms the logic, not the significance. Three papers were withdrawn within a day over a sign error. OpenAI has not claimed an attack on wallet cryptography. One result nevertheless drew serious attention: claimed progress toward the Riemann hypothesis, a puzzle about prime numbers unsolved since 1859. Rutgers mathematician @AlexKontorovich said that if a human had done it, it would be "an instant Fields Medal, no questions asked." The crypto world noticed. On Wednesday, Ethereum Foundation researcher @drakefjustin asked the industry to "calmly begin planning for bunker mode": preparing for the elliptic-curve signatures protecting most Bitcoin and Ethereum wallets to be broken by ordinary mathematics before quantum computers can do it. His worst case: "months not years." @VitalikButerin took the concern seriously but cautioned: "don't rush anything." He advised favoring hash-based schemes where possible, adding: "I personally have lost more money in botched migrations than I have lost in all hacks combined." In three bullets, the central idea: ⦿ Your wallet has a private key you keep secret and a corresponding public key ⦿ A signature made with the private key authorizes a payment; anyone can check it against the public key ⦿ The security rests on one-way math: easy to go forward, believed practically impossible to reverse on today's computers, so nobody can realistically work out your private key from your public key Nobody has proved that last step cannot be reversed; it has resisted every known attempt on today's computers. The worry is that AI might find a shortcut. There is a precedent for mathematical shortcuts: decades of work made factoring large numbers far easier than the obvious method suggested. Vitalik asks whether elliptic curves, and the newer lattice-based schemes built to resist quantum computers, hide shortcuts humans have missed but machines might find. Not everyone is convinced. Coinbase's head of cryptography, @LindellYehuda, says there is "no evidence whatsoever" that the assumptions behind elliptic curves have been weakened, and called the warning FUD. Nobody claims a breakthrough has happened; the dispute is over how seriously to prepare for one. However you weigh the risks, there are two clocks running. One is a quantum computer powerful enough to break this cryptography. It doesn't exist yet, and its development involves engineering milestones we can track. The other is a hypothetical mathematical breakthrough, which could arrive without notice and run on machines already available. Nobody can confidently date either. What would be at risk if an attacker could recover private keys from public keys? The most immediately exposed funds would be those controlled by keys that are already public. On Bitcoin, many address types hide the public key until you spend, and good wallets send change to a fresh address. On Ethereum, people commonly keep using one address, and its public key can be recovered as soon as it signs a transaction or a message. Bitcoin also has exposed keys in older outputs, Taproot outputs and reused addresses. That distinction explains Drake's advice to move funds to fresh addresses that keep their public keys hidden behind a hash. A new address is not automatically safe, though: Taproot outputs, for example, include a public key from the start. Sensible preparation starts with the ability to change. A blockchain may need to swap how it checks ownership as confidence in existing methods shifts, ideally without a network-wide upgrade. That is what crypto-agility means: engineering for flexibility. On CKB, ownership checks are programs, so new ones can be added without changing the network's rules. A signature scheme built from hash functions, the family Vitalik advises favoring where possible, is already live on mainnet: SPHINCS+. Our Chief Architect, Jan Xie, covers the quantum timeline and the challenges of migration in notes from a recent talk: https://jan.la/posts/pqc-migration-talk-notes/

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    The Block (@TheBlockCo)

    THE BLOCK: The upcoming "tokenization supercycle" will be spearheaded by tokenized equities and non-dollar stablecoins, according to Base creator Jesse Pollak. "People are really sleeping on non-dollar currencies … Countries are going to remain sovereign, they're gonna have their own currencies and people are going to keep spending most of their day-to-day lives in those currencies," Pollak told The Block during an interview at Token2049 Singapore.

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    Wu Blockchain (@WuBlockchain)

    Empire Market Co-Founder Sentenced to 40 Years, Forfeits 1,230 BTC According to the U.S. Department of Justice, Empire Market co-founder Raheim Hamilton was sentenced to 40 years in federal prison for a drug conspiracy offense and fined $5 million. From 2018 to 2020, the darknet marketplace facilitated more than 4 million transactions worth over $430 million, including nearly $375 million in net drug sales. The platform required all transactions to be conducted in cryptocurrency and encouraged users to use mixing services. Hamilton pleaded guilty and agreed to forfeit about 1,230 BTC, 24.4 ETH and three properties. Co-founder Thomas Pavey also previously pleaded guilty and agreed to forfeit about 1,584 BTC and other assets, with sentencing expected later this month.

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    CoinDesk (@CoinDesk)

    @andrewcuomo on why the CLARITY Act failed, onstage at @okx Now: "It was murder on the Orient Express for a number of reasons, but basically it was politics." "It's right before the midterms. If it passes, does one side claim victory?"

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    Wu Blockchain (@WuBlockchain)

    WuBlockchain Weekly: OKX Raises at $25B, CFTC Unveils First Crypto Rules, Vitalik Warns of AI Risks OKX raises at a $25 billion valuation, the CFTC unveils its first crypto market rules, and Vitalik warns AI could weaken cryptographic security faster than expected. This week also saw new moves in stablecoins, tokenized finance, crypto banking and institutional infrastructure.

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    The Block (@TheBlockCo)

    THE BLOCK: Thailand's SEC issued 11 notifications establishing rules for crypto ETFs, with the framework taking effect Oct. 16. Initial eligible assets are bitcoin $BTC and ether $ETH, with funds required to maintain average net exposure of at least 80% of net asset value to a single asset.

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    The Block (@TheBlockCo)

    THE BLOCK: Robinhood is exploring a new stock token with T. Rowe Price, which manages $1.9 trillion in assets. The proposed token would be linked to an actively managed ETF and launched on Robinhood Chain, subject to regulatory approvals and final terms.

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    The Block (@TheBlockCo)

    THE BLOCK: U.S. spot Bitcoin $BTC ETFs recorded $244.1 million in net outflows on Thursday, extending their negative streak to two consecutive sessions. Ether $ETH ETFs shed another $72.5 million, extending their outflow streak to eight sessions, while $XRP ETFs attracted $8.2 million in net inflows.

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    Arkham (@arkham)

    FIDELITY HAS BOUGHT $354M OF BITCOIN Fidelity's FBTC ETF bought $354.1M of BTC over the past 20 trading days. Its other crypto funds bought in the same period too: $66.6M of ETH and $18.2M of SOL. How much will they buy this week?

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    Wu Blockchain (@WuBlockchain)

    Bitcoin Spot ETFs See $244 Million in Net Outflows on October 8 On October 8 (ET), U.S. spot Bitcoin ETFs recorded total net outflows of $244 million, with only the Franklin Bitcoin ETF (EZBC) reporting a net inflow. Spot Ethereum ETFs saw total net outflows of $72.544 million, marking their eighth consecutive day of net outflows.

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