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A Satoshi-era address transferred 100.02 BTC after 16 years of inactivity, according to Galaxy Research. According to ChainCatcher, Bankless founder David Hoffman said the move may have been intended to prepare for quantum-resistant security measures.

On Oct 08, 2026, 12:34 PM(UTC). According to Binance Market Data, BNB has dropped below 760 USDT and is now trading at 759.919983 USDT, with a narrowed 0.82% decrease in 24 hours.

Tom Lee said at the Token2049 conference in Singapore that BitMine has set a hard cap of 5% of ETH’s circulating supply and will stop buying once it reaches that level. According to Odaily, BitMine still needs to buy about 100,000 ETH to reach the limit.
As of its latest purchase on October 4, BitMine held about 6.0164 million ETH, or roughly 4.9% of circulating supply, leaving it about 90,000 to 100,000 ETH short of the cap. Based on last week’s buying pace, Tom Lee said it would take another six to seven weeks to reach the limit. He also said BitMine would no longer need to finance ETH purchases after it stops adding to its holdings, and shareholders may be relatively better positioned if ETH rises.

Demand for tokenized stocks and private-market products is huge, Binance co-CEO Richard Teng said at Singapore's TOKEN2049 conference, according to Cointelegraph, though poor information flow is still holding some private markets back.He also wrote in a post on X that he believes finance is moving toward a multi-rail financial system in which traditional and onchain infrastructure coexist and complement each other.

According to the announcement from Binance, the exchange is launching the Next Stop: BBW Referral Challenge, a campaign that will reward eligible participants with a fully sponsored Binance Blockchain Week 2026 experience in Bangkok, Thailand. The promotion is designed for users who bring qualified new referrals through their Binance referral links and climb the leaderboard during the Promotion Period. The top 5 eligible participants with the highest number of qualified referrals will receive the trip reward, which includes return flight to Bangkok, 3-night hotel accommodation, access to Binance Blockchain Week 2026, and an exclusive Binance global blockchain ecosystem experience. The Promotion Period runs from 2026-10-08 00:00 (UTC) to 2026-10-20 23:59 (UTC). To take part, users must have a verified Binance account and a valid referral link, register for the promotion, and share their unique referral link with friends and community members. Referred users must register through the participant’s referral link or code, complete KYC, and complete a minimum deposit or trade of $25 equivalent during the Promotion Period. Participants must generate at least 100 qualified referrals to enter the final ranking, and the top 5 participants with the highest totals will be selected as winners.
Binance said the campaign is open only to eligible Binance community members, affiliates, and approved participants, and it will be geoblocked and available only in eligible MENAP markets. In the event of a tie, the participant who reached the qualified referral count earlier may rank higher. Winners will have 72 hours to respond after being notified, and if there is no response, Binance will assign the reward to the next eligible user from the leaderboard. The reward is non-transferable, non-exchangeable, and cannot be redeemed for cash or any other alternative. Winners are responsible for valid travel documents, visa eligibility where required, and any personal expenses not expressly included, such as additional travel, meals outside the planned itinerary, visa fees, insurance, and medical expenses. Binance also said it may disqualify participants or referrals involved in dishonest, abusive, suspicious, or fraudulent activity, including duplicate accounts, self-referrals, fake registrations, bulk account creation, bot activity, or manipulation. Final rankings and winner selection will be based on Binance’s internal data validation.

A whale accumulated $8.09 million worth of altcoins over the past 4 hours, with the purchases focused mainly on artificial intelligence and cross-chain infrastructure tokens. According to BlockBeats On-chain Detection, the address 0x129…72EbE built positions in ZRO, WLD, and CHIP during the period.
The wallet acquired 2.55 million ZRO at an extraction price of $2.08, 4.41 million WLD at an extraction price of $0.5189, and 10 million CHIP at an extraction price of $0.04928.

Analyst Darkfost said Bitcoin short-term holders are showing clear signs of panic, with more than 50,000 BTC transferred to exchanges at a daily peak over the past 24 hours. According to Odaily, more than 29,500 BTC were sent to exchanges at a loss, accounting for about 59% of total BTC inflows and marking the largest loss-making volume for short-term holders in nearly four months.
Darkfost added that Bitcoin’s price has not shown significant volatility despite the larger loss-selling pressure. BTC is trading at about $82,000 and is retesting the prior high area formed in May.

XRP fell 3.7% over the past 24 hours as analysts weighed whether the token may be nearing a local bottom. According to NS3.AI, chart analyst Ali Martinez said the move could mark a potential local bottom, while Cryptoinsightuk said XRP may see at least a relief rally after its four-hour relative strength index reached deeply oversold levels.
Cryptoinsightuk cautioned that oversold conditions do not necessarily confirm a market bottom. A break below the trading range lows remains possible, with $1.22 still viewed as a downside target.

A trader sold 500,000 UNI seven hours ago at $7.78 each, realizing a profit of $1.89 million. According to Odaily, Lookonchain monitored the transaction.

On Oct 08, 2026, 15:19 PM(UTC). According to Binance Market Data, Ethereum has dropped below 2,500 USDT and is now trading at 2,496.429932 USDT, with a narrowed 2.57% decrease in 24 hours.

Vitalik said users should not rush to move funds to new wallets, but should take seriously the risks that AI-accelerated mathematical computation may pose to cryptography. According to PANews, he said dependence should be reduced on cryptographic schemes that may be vulnerable not only to quantum attacks but also to AI attacks.
He identified ML-DSA, fully homomorphic encryption, and lattice-based cryptography as new core risk areas. Vitalik said this is another reason, beyond the quantum threat, why ECDSA security may break down faster than expected, which has led to suggestions to use new addresses.
He said many people still believe elliptic curve algorithms may be broken while hash algorithms and lattice-based algorithms remain safe, but AI progress in mathematics over the next two years could significantly weaken the practical security of lattice-based algorithms. Vitalik recommended choosing hash-based schemes over lattice-based ones when possible, being highly cautious about parameter sizes for any lattice-based scheme, and avoiding putting encrypted notes on-chain for privacy protocols by using off-chain transmission through third-party mechanisms instead.
He also said that if it is not inconvenient, storing funds in an address that has not been used for any transaction is a good idea. For multisig wallets, he said off-chain confirmation is preferable to on-chain confirmation because signatures from signers’ wallets would not be exposed on the public network. If ECDSA is broken earlier than expected because of AI progress, he said the multisig setup could at least degrade to a 1-of-1 mode, where the party collecting signatures controls the funds, rather than allowing funds to be taken by anyone.
Earlier, Justin Drake said ECDSA could be broken within months in the worst case and suggested large holders move assets to new addresses.

NEAR was trading at about $5.333 on October 8, rising roughly 7.96% over the past 24 hours. According to BlockBeats On-chain Detection, two whales currently hold a combined NEAR long position of about $5.764 million on Hyperliquid, with unrealized gains of about $70,000, and both placed large orders today.
Between $5.487 and $5.987, one long position holder placed 99 reduce-only sell orders this morning, totaling about $4.459 million and covering roughly 98% of the current position. The account holds about 791,600 NEAR long, with a value of about $4.222 million, an average entry price of $5.29984, and unrealized gains of about $27,000. Its first take-profit level is $5.4876, about 2.9% above the current price, suggesting the exit plan could begin triggering soon.
In addition, between $5.108 and $5.18, another address added 15 buy orders this morning, with total order value of about $8.324 million, planning to add more long exposure after NEAR falls about 2.9% to 4.2% from the current price. The account currently holds about 289,100 NEAR long, valued at about $1.542 million, with an average entry price of $5.18547 and unrealized gains of about $43,000. Its pending buy size is about 5.6 times its current position.

The IMF said tokenized repo markets have average daily trading volume of about $300 billion to $350 billion, while other tokenized assets are worth about $65 billion. According to Odaily, the IMF said the tokenized market is growing quickly but remains small and highly fragmented.
The IMF said safe growth will require legal certainty, a clear regulatory framework, and interoperability. It also warned that as the market expands, traditional financial risks such as sell-offs, liquidity runs, and contagion could intensify. The IMF said policymakers should define the legal rights of tokenized assets, ensure consistent regulation for similar activities, and keep monitoring interconnectedness, leverage, and liquidity risks.

According to CNBC, AI agent startup Manus has raised more than $500 million in its first funding round since Meta was forced to abandon its acquisition of the company. Butterfly Effect, Manus' parent company, said the round was led by Boyu Capital and IDG Capital, with follow-on investment from Tencent, HSG and ZhenFund. The company did not disclose its post-funding valuation. Bloomberg reported last month that Manus was set to double its valuation to $4 billion in the financing round.
The fundraising came after Beijing blocked Meta's short-lived $2 billion acquisition, which had been aimed at integrating Manus' team and technology into Meta's system. Manus said earlier this month that it had resumed independent operations after the split and that its founding team would continue developing generative AI agents for users globally. The startup launched in early 2025 in China, later moved staff to Singapore after winning backing from Benchmark, and has since unveiled Manus 2.0 and the Cue personal-agent app.

Europol is urging the cryptocurrency industry to start preparing wallet and protocol upgrades to defend against quantum threats, warning that a coordinated migration could take years. According to NS3.AI, the agency said the cryptographic keys controlling funds are the main exposure and recommended a phased shift to quantum-resistant cryptography.
Europol's European Cybercrime Centre said quantum computers capable of breaking the relevant cryptography do not yet exist, and their arrival remains uncertain. The agency also advised users to move funds to quantum-resistant wallets as suitable options become available.

On Oct 08, 2026, 15:38 PM(UTC). According to Binance Market Data, Bitcoin has dropped below 81,000 USDT and is now trading at 80,987.046875 USDT, with a narrowed 2.77% decrease in 24 hours.

On October 8, TradingBeats monitoring showed that Huang Licheng, known as "Machi" and identified by wallet 0x020c, is holding about 36,200 ETH long positions with 25x isolated leverage. According to BlockBeats On-chain Detection, the position is worth about $92.88 million, with an average entry price of $2,646.1 and an unrealized loss of about $2.828 million.
ETH was trading near $2,568, while Huang's liquidation price stood at $2,508.2, leaving a gap of about $59.7. If ETH falls another 2.3%, the position is expected to reach its liquidation level.
Other leveraged longs are also facing near-term risk. One 20x isolated long holds about $2.362 million in ETH, with an average price of $2,774.1 and a liquidation price of $2,541.5, or about 1.0% below the current price, according to wallet 0xf25a.
Two additional 25x isolated longs hold positions worth about $9.581 million and $2.096 million, with average entry prices of $2,575.7 and $2,575.1. Both have set full-position stop-loss orders at $2,523, according to wallets 0x634f and 0xa516. The two stop-loss orders cover about 4,547.2 ETH in total and would be worth about $11.473 million if triggered.

NEAR Intents users have paid more than $29 million in fees since the fee mechanism was adjusted in February, with about $5.3 million used for open-market NEAR buybacks, according to data cited by former NEAR core member Vadim from Bitwise research. According to Foresight News, August buybacks totaled $723,000, while September buybacks reached $1.84 million, about one-third of the total buyback amount and 2.5 times higher than the previous month.
The increase was attributed to buyback trades taking a portion of transaction fees as trading volume rose sharply. Intents recorded $4.8 billion in trading volume over the past 30 days, nearly nine times higher year over year. In September, tokenized stocks from Hyperliquid and Ondo were added and are now live on Intents.

CrowdStrike said a suspected attacker behind recent South Korean bank breaches asked Claude where breach data sells and sought Korean Telegram groups that trade such data, according to BeInCrypto, after finding session logs in open directories on attacker-controlled servers. The firm said the campaign used ARTEX, a Chinese-built AI penetration testing tool, and multiple models including DeepSeek v4.1-flash, Zhipu AI's GLM-5.3 and xAI's Grok 4.6.

Bitmine Chairman Tom Lee said asset tokenization could make the main driver of this crypto bull market stronger than in previous cycles. According to NS3.AI, he said real-world assets and traditional financial assets moving on-chain may offer more upside than earlier retail-driven narratives.
Lee said bringing 10% of about $160 trillion in equities, bonds and credit on-chain would create a market of about $16 trillion. He also said every $1 of assets tokenized or locked in a layer-1 blockchain ecosystem typically creates about $1 of value for that blockchain.

A wallet identified as 0x129…72EbE accumulated $8.09 million worth of altcoins over the past 4 hours, according to Ai Yi monitoring. According to ChainCatcher, the position build focused mainly on artificial intelligence and cross-chain infrastructure tokens.
The wallet bought 2.55 million ZRO worth about $5.3 million at a withdrawal price of $2.08, 4.41 million WLD worth about $2.29 million at a withdrawal price of $0.5189, and 10 million CHIP worth about $492,000 at a withdrawal price of $0.04928.

On Oct 08, 2026, 13:43 PM(UTC). According to Binance Market Data, Bitcoin has dropped below 82,000 USDT and is now trading at 81,849.109375 USDT, with a narrowed 1.51% decrease in 24 hours.

Polkadot has announced that its stablecoin dotUSD is now live on the Polkadot network. According to Odaily, the token has no single issuing company or controlling entity and is managed by the DOT DAO through the OpenGov on-chain governance mechanism.
Polkadot said dotUSD is intended to serve as a native stablecoin governed by the network itself and to reduce reliance on centralized issuers.

A whale's 98,089 ETH long position is set to be liquidated at $2,446.48 and $2,424.47, according to Lookonchain monitoring. According to Foresight News, the position is held by a whale and involves 98,089 ETH.

According to CNBC, President Donald Trump said Wednesday that the U.S. does not believe the death of a Russian laboratory worker from a suspected plague case was caused by a bioweapon. He also said he planned to call Russian President Vladimir Putin later in the day, noting that Wednesday was Putin's 74th birthday. Trump made the comments at an Oval Office event promoting Trump Accounts, tax-deferred savings and investment accounts that more than 60 million American children under age 18 have been automatically enrolled in. Russian media reported earlier this week that nearly 200 people were placed under medical observation in Russia's Irkutsk region in eastern Siberia after a female worker at an anti-plague research institute in Irkutsk fell ill and died.

Santiment says Solana network growth has jumped 124% since early September, adding about 1.71 million new wallets daily and lifting daily active addresses 58% to roughly 4.27 million. according to BeInCrypto, the analytics firm said that expanding user activity supports a long-term bullish case for SOL, even as US spot Solana ETFs have shed $17.7 million over three straight sessions and SOL has fallen 1.6% in the past week.
Spot Solana ETFs drew $188.2 million in the week ending September 25, but inflows slowed to $2.4 million the next week before outflows on October 5, 6 and 7.

Aptos said on X that the Aptos Foundation has committed to locking and permanently staking 210 million APT, or about 37% of the APT it held at mainnet launch. According to ChainCatcher, the tokens will not be sold or distributed.
The foundation said its operations will be funded by staking rewards generated from those tokens rather than by selling the locked assets. Aptos added that it will release further updates and shared a full tokenomics update.

On Oct 08, 2026, 10:18 AM(UTC). According to Binance Market Data, Bitcoin has dropped below 83,000 USDT and is now trading at 82,992.007813 USDT, with a narrowed 1.00% decrease in 24 hours.

The European Securities and Markets Authority has urged EU crypto firms to stop offering services tied to stablecoins that do not comply with the Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation framework, giving them three months to address existing exposures. According to Cointelegraph, ESMA said national regulators should ensure companies deal with any remaining exposure to non-compliant stablecoins as soon as possible and no later than Jan. 8, 2027. The guidance applies to crypto-asset service providers authorized under MiCA and covers trading platforms, exchange services, order execution, custody, transfers, investment advice and portfolio management. ESMA said firms should use technical, contractual and organizational controls to prevent EU clients from acquiring or increasing exposure to unauthorized stablecoins, while allowing only limited and temporary services to help clients exit positions under close supervision.
The regulator said crypto firms may provide restricted support for liquidation, conversion, withdrawal, transfers and safekeeping when needed to unwind existing holdings, but those activities must remain temporary and closely monitored. ESMA’s latest update builds on its January 2025 guidance, which already called for limits on trading and exchange services involving non-compliant stablecoins. The new position reinforces the bloc’s broader effort to align crypto-asset services with MiCA requirements and reduce exposure to assets that fall outside the framework. ESMA’s statement places responsibility on both firms and national regulators to ensure that non-compliant stablecoins are phased out of EU-facing services without delay, while still allowing an orderly exit for clients who already hold such assets.

Ethereum spot ETFs recorded $161 million in total net outflows yesterday, October 7, US Eastern Time, according to SoSoValue data. According to NS3.AI, the funds have now posted net outflows for seven consecutive days.
BlackRock's ETHA saw the largest single-day net outflow at $116 million. Ethereum spot ETFs had a total net asset value of $16,402 million as of press time, according to SoSoValue data.

Vietnam’s Decision No. 1413/QD-TTg, signed in July 2026, proposes exploring an independent regulatory framework for digital assets as part of reforms to modernize the financial system and align it with global markets. According to Odaily, Vietnam is also advancing the development of international financial centers in Ho Chi Minh City and Da Nang, while expanding financial technology and capital markets.

Demand for an Nvidia-backed data center company’s initial public offering has plunged, according to Bloomberg, exposing fresh cracks in the AI funding boom.

ZEC briefly fell below $1,200 before recovering slightly and was last reported at $1,204.29. According to Odaily, the token was down more than 7.5% over the past 24 hours.

On Oct 08, 2026, 15:16 PM(UTC). According to Binance Market Data, BNB has dropped below 750 USDT and is now trading at 748.27002 USDT, with a narrowed 2.40% decrease in 24 hours.

The Cardano Foundation announced the mainnet launch of CIP-0113 on October 7, introducing a standard that allows issuers to freeze, seize and restrict native tokens on-chain. According to NS3.AI, the controls apply only to tokens whose issuers choose to adopt the standard, and ADA itself cannot be frozen.
The standard is aimed at stablecoins, tokenized funds and other regulated assets. ADA traded at $0.253, down 8.71% over the past 24 hours, as a broader cryptocurrency market decline added to the token's losses.

Data from CoinAnk showed that total liquidations across the crypto market reached about $385 million over the past 24 hours, with long positions accounting for about $335 million and short positions for about $50.13 million. According to Foresight News, Bitcoin liquidations totaled about $131 million, while Ethereum liquidations came to about $64.92 million.

European Parliament lawmakers have called on the European Commission to include corruption risks tied to crypto assets, opaque ownership structures and digital tools in its upcoming anti-corruption strategy. According to Odaily, the European Parliament passed a nonbinding resolution on Thursday outlining policy priorities for the strategy.
Lawmakers also urged stronger rules on tracking, freezing, confiscating and recovering criminal proceeds, along with tighter standards for public procurement, conflicts of interest, lobbying and political financing. They called for stronger protections for whistleblowers and investigative journalists.
The European Commission plans to adopt its first anti-corruption strategy by the end of 2026. The strategy will complement the EU anti-corruption directive that took effect in May and standardized member states' definitions of corruption offenses and minimum penalty requirements.

THORChain generated roughly $1.9 million, or about 63% of its September system income, during a five-day trading surge linked to the Bitget hack. According to NS3.AI, September system income reached $3.01 million, the highest since March 2025, while about $1.37 billion, or 57% of monthly swap volume, moved across the network between September 25 and September 29.
THORChain rejected calls for selective intervention after the hack, saying the protocol is decentralized and permissionless. Wallet growth remained modest, and income and trailing yields could fall sharply if trading activity returns to pre-hack levels.

A well-known OG whale identified as mk4 has opened a leveraged long position on NEAR, with the position's return reaching about 1,320%. According to BlockBeats On-chain Detection, the address 0x7737 currently holds about 5.839 million NEAR long contracts on Hyperliquid, using 10x leverage.
The position was opened on September 6, before NEAR began its latest accelerated rally on September 16, and has been held since then. The average entry price is about $2.35, while NEAR has risen to around $5.46, leaving the position with unrealized gains of about $18.16 million.

On Oct 08, 2026, 17:25 PM(UTC). According to Binance Market Data, BNB has dropped below 720 USDT and is now trading at 719.179993 USDT, with a narrowed 6.78% decrease in 24 hours.