Crypto Newsletter

  • Biget to resume all withdrawals tomorrow

  • Solana’s monthly app revenue hit a 9-month high of $180M in September leading all chains

  • Strong USD, oil won't crush BTC: Schwab

  • Hayes outlines path to $1M BTC by 2030

  • Base completes Cobalt upgrade

  • MetaMask Staking is pulling all its Ethereum validators out of Lido after someone broke into its infrastructure; exits finish by October 7, with the ETH taking up to 45 days to cycle back

  • Metaplanet directors defend exec share plan

  • Lubin-linked wallet moves 133.3K ETH

  • Security incident hits MetaMask infra

  • Zcash holders approved $8.39 million in grants for work already done, funding 17 of 37 proposals, including $1.5 mill

  • Zcash approves $8.4M retroactive grants

  • OUSD launches on Uniswap with over 200 partners

  • Quant founder moves $7M QNT after 7 years

  • Decrypt is becoming The Information Exchange, pairing its reporting with markets on Solana so readers can trade on a story without leaving it; the MYR token ties it together, with products rolling out over the coming weeks into Solana Breakpoint

  • Open USD launches with BlackRock reserves

  • The CFTC is investigating Adam Kinzinger over Kalshi trades

  • UK intros strict licensing for crypto exchanges

  • EU scrutinises Binance's MiCA exemption use

  • South Korea proposes tokenization rules

  • Citi Bank raised its end-of-year Bitcoin target to $113,000 and ETH to $3,028, citing ETF flows, DAT buybacks and SEC rule changes

  • Lloyds settled $750,000 with Visa using USDC in a seven-day test, marking Visa's first stablecoin settlement trial with a major UK bank

  • Bitget Fund tops 300M USD as withdrawals resume

  • HSBC names Hong Kong stablecoin RedCoin

  • Open USD goes live on Tempo

  • Blockchain Association launches Vaults Workstream

AI & NFTs

  • Google unveils long awaited Gemini 4 Argon

  • Gemini 4 Argon has 1M-token output window

  • Pump led onchain protocols in revenue again with $2.39M followed by Hyperliquid with $1.25M and Stonk with $1.17M

  • Google prices Gemini 4 well below rivals

  • Gemini 4 limited only to 'trusted cyber defenders

  • zkSNARK #6858 sold for 10 ZEC

  • OTC Desks (+88%) and Hypurr (+12%) led top movers

  • Gemini 4 reportedly struggles on coding

  • Meta's Muse AI hits 5M downloads

  • Trump's AI lunch included all big tech but Apple

  • NFT leaders were mixed; Punks -1% at 33 ETH, BAYC +2% at 6.2 ETH, Pudgy -3% at 3.19 ETH

  • AI could displace 11M US workers by 2035: Report

  • OpenAI flags alleged Chinese model-copying push

  • DeepSeek open-sources tools for Huawei AI chips

  • OnChain Hoodies enable free token gating

  • AI agents targeted Canada’s government networks

  • A Zombie CryptoPunk sold for $875,000 overnight, the biggest Punk sale since August 2025

  • Hackers steal millions of US military records

  • Humanoids may need 200GB+ of DRAM: Micron

  • McDonald's using AI to price

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