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The IMF El Salvador Bitcoin waiver is official. The International Monetary Fund has approved roughly $139 million for El Salvador even though the country missed a program target tied to Bitcoin accumulation. The money arrived with a clear message: no more public-sector Bitcoin buying beyond documented private donations.

https://bitnxt.io/crypto-news/imf-el-salvador-bitcoin-waiver-139-million-disbursement

The crypto fear and greed index eased to 67 on October 3, suggesting that optimism has cooled without giving way to fear. CoinNess reported that CoinMarketCap’s sentiment gauge fell two points from the previous day while remaining in “greed” territory. CoinMarketCap’s own website also displayed a reading of 67 out of 100 when checked.

https://bitnxt.io/crypto-news/crypto-fear-and-greed-index-67-greed-october-3-2026

Crypto liquidations reached approximately $164 million in a 24-hour snapshot reported on October 1, with leveraged long positions taking the larger hit. PANews, citing CoinGlass, put long-side liquidations at $107 million. Phemex republished the figures in a brief market update.

https://bitnxt.io/crypto-news/crypto-liquidations-hit-164m-as-long-positions-take-the-hit

Bitcoin was trading around $84,600 in market data retrieved on October 3, leaving $86,000 within reach while keeping the recovery case unsettled. Buyers have a relatively short distance to cover. The harder task is holding the ground they regain.

https://bitnxt.io/crypto-news/bitcoin-price-84600-86000-recovery-outlook

Binance EU scrutiny has put a narrow exception in Europe’s crypto rulebook under the spotlight. Regulators are reportedly questioning whether the exchange can continue serving customers through reverse solicitation after the end of MiCA’s transitional arrangements. Binance says it complies with applicable regulatory requirements and is “actively working toward becoming MiCA-authorised.”

https://bitnxt.io/crypto-news/fca-crypto-gateway-uk-authorisation-february-2027

The FCA crypto gateway has opened, giving businesses a route to apply for permission under the UK’s incoming crypto regulatory regime. The Financial Conduct Authority began accepting applications on September 30, with firms intending to continue operating in the market encouraged to submit by February 28, 2027. The new framework takes effect on October 25, 2027.

More: https://bitnxt.io/crypto-news/fca-crypto-gateway-uk-authorisation-february-2027

🔥 Osmosis is taking deflation seriously.

The proposals:
🔥 Burn ~17.4M OSMO
🏊 Pull idle liquidity out of the community pool
📈 Raise total burned supply by ~65%

Token burns are cheap signaling, unless real revenue backs them.

#OSMOSIS #Cosmos #defi

🪙 The biggest XRP treasury company lists next week.

Evernorth (ticker: XRPN):
💰 ~473M XRP at close
💵 ~$300M gross proceeds
🤝 Backers: Ripple, SBI, Pantera, Kraken

The Saylor playbook, now for XRP. Does it work without Bitcoin's story?

#XRP #Ripple #crypto

🏠 USDT is going back to Bitcoin, where it began in 2014.

Coming this month via Utexo (RGB protocol):
🔒 Private transfers
🔄 Direct BTC↔USDT swaps
🏦 BTC-backed loans

Compliance freezes specific UTXOs, not whole wallets.

#Tether #USDT #bitcoin

🤖 Ethereum just shipped a privacy tool for the AI era.

zkAPI lets you pay for AI models in ETH or USDC without the provider linking your prompts to your identity.

Caveat: your IP and writing style can still leak.

AI privacy: crypto's next killer use case?

#Ethereum #Aİ #ZK

💡 Saylor's pitch: Bitcoin vs a $318.5 TRILLION market.

🌍 Global equities: $157.8T
📜 Global bonds: $160.7T

"One tenth of one percent of either market is roughly $160 billion."

Will "digital credit" backed by BTC take a real share?

#bitcoin #Saylor #MSTR

⚠️ BitGo's CEO: crypto has a risk "worse than Lehman."

Exchanges are becoming one-stop shops: trading, custody, clearing, credit.

"Imagine if that had been the New York Stock Exchange... and the whole New York Stock Exchange went down."

#CLARITYAct #crypto #Risk

🫧 Arthur Hayes: the AI bubble pops in 12–18 months.

His logic:
🏗️ Data centers run on debt
🏦 Insurers hold that debt
🖨️ Defaults force multi-trillion bailouts
₿ Money printing then lifts Bitcoin

A crash first, then a rally.

#Aİ #bitcoin #Macro

⛓️ Zano rewound its blockchain by 30 days.

A bug let an attacker mint $200M+ in fake tokens. Privacy tech then mixed them across 117,941 outputs, so nobody could trace them.

Fix: erase a month of history.

Is a chain that can rewind still immutable?

#ZANO #Privacy

🧭 Crypto is shifting into risk-on:

📈 BTC dominance: near 60%
📉 USDT dominance: 6.3%
📊 Open interest: $22.4B
💸 Funding: 9–10% annualized
💥 Liquidations: $344M

Cash is moving into BTC, often with leverage.

#bitcoin #crypto #trading

🎲 How prediction markets see Bitcoin in October (Polymarket):

📈 $90K: 59.5%
📈 $95K: 26.5%
📈 $100K: 10.5%
📉 $80K: 49.5%
📉 $75K: 21.5%

The crowd sees a coin flip on $80K and only 1-in-10 on $100K.

#bitcoin #Polymarket

📊 Citi raises its 12-month targets:

₿ BTC: $82K → $113K
⟠ ETH: $2,240 → $3,028

It expects $5B in ETF inflows, "slower but steadier."

The catch: even $113K would sit ~10% below Bitcoin's Oct 2025 record of ~$126K.

#bitcoin #Ethereum #etf

⚖️ Bitcoin now has a real rival: 5% bonds.

📉 BTC: -29.7% over 12 months
📉 ETH: -38.4%
📉 XRP: -49.6%
🏦 10Y Treasury yield: ~5.17%

At near-zero yields, holding BTC cost little. At 5%, waiting has a price.

#bitcoin #Bonds #Macro

🏦 Trump says the Fed was wrong to raise rates. Bitcoin disagrees.

Since the Sept 16 hike:
📈 BTC: ~$75.6K → ~$85.5K (+13%)
📈 10Y yield: 5.01% → 5.29%

A priced-in hike doesn't move markets. Surprises do.

#bitcoin #Fed #Macro #TRUMP