• Bitcoin (BTC): Steadies near $82,500 to $BTC 83,000 following a 7% drop and a wider market flush. Short-term holders have moved approximately 45,600 BTC to exchanges.

• Ethereum ($ETH ETH): Slips below $2,600 amid continued institutional headwinds. Spot Ethereum ETFs posted $161 million in net outflows (led by BlackRock's ETHA), extending a seven-day outflow streak.

• XRP (Ripple): Tests critical support levels below $1.40, with analysts watching lower target supports at $1.26 and $1.10.

• Altcoins: Assets like Aptos (APT) and Stable (STABLE) faced sharp intraday pullbacks during the broader risk-off move.

Major Industry Headlines

• MARA Holdings transferred $81.1 million in Bitcoin to Galaxy Digital as its corporate strategy shifts toward artificial intelligence.

• Meanwhile (backed by Sam Altman) raised $37.5 million in a funding round led by Bain Capital Crypto for its Bitcoin-native life insurance business.

• Thailand SEC approved locally listed Bitcoin and Ethereum ETF rules officially set to take effect on October 16, 2026.

• U.S. Government Holdings fell by 17,468 BTC as authorities moved $1 billion in Bitcoin tied to the historical Bitfinex hack.

• Core Lightning released a critical security patch fixing payment delays and node protection bugs.

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