Crypto Market Focuses on Security Incidents and the Growth of Stablecoin Payments
📰 Crypto Evening News | 2026-10-03 21:00

🔥 Major Events
1. Arbitrum pauses new Stylus contract activation to deal with attack threats — According to monitoring by Arbitrum’s security committee, Arbitrum urgently blocked Arbitrum… at around 23:30 on Oct 2.
2. New explosion reported in the Strait of Hormuz — Reports from overseas media indicate another explosion occurred in the Strait of Hormuz. The tense situation in the area has drawn attention, but no further details about the specific cause or impact have been disclosed.
3. U.S. Treasury Secretary says Iran will have no oil on water this week — U.S. Treasury Secretary Bessent said on the Iran issue that since Iran began producing oil, this will be the first time that it will have no oil on water this week…
4. Head of OpenAI security systems team has resigned — According to Business Insider, David Robinson, head of OpenAI’s security systems team, has resigned…

📊 Market Data
1. Visa stablecoin-linked card payments up nearly 200% year over year — Visa said payments for its stablecoin-linked card program grew by nearly 200% year over year. The program currently supports over 160 consumer, enterprise, and business card programs…
2. Glassnode: Selling pressure from short-term Bitcoin holders becomes apparent — Glassnode noted in a post that Bitcoin investors who bought at recent highs are now selling…
3. Strive executive models that Strategy BTC holdings could reach $16.18 billion — Strive’s investment VP Adam Livingston estimated that if gold rises 15% to $4,760 per ounce…
4. Solana Meme coin HOOKED surges more than 110% in 24 hours — According to GMGN data, the market cap of the Solana Meme coin HOOKED once broke $17 million and is currently around $13.96 million…

🏛️ Regulatory Policy
1. Greece dismantles crypto investment scam group; over €8 million involved — Greek police dismantled a crypto investment scam ring and arrested 17 people, including 9 military personnel. Preliminary investigation shows about 10,000 people participated in the investment…

💡 Project Updates
1. TRON DeFi Summer S3 launches tomorrow; total prize pool $2 million — TRON DeFi Summer announced that S3 will start at 08:00 SGT on Oct 4, with a total prize pool of $2 million…
2. Stonk launches a community token reward mechanism — Stonk launched a community token reward mechanism: users who hold specified Solana community tokens can receive rewards from newly issued Meme coins…

📊 Market Snapshot:
BTC $84,846 (-2.26%), funding rate 0.0007%
ETH $2,681.38 (-2.63%), funding rate 0.0023%
📍 Daily buy/sell levels:
$BTC Daily sell point $86,541 | Daily buy point $83,133
$ETH Daily sell point $2,748.22 | Daily buy point $2,617.12
BNB Daily sell point $782.25 | Daily buy point $757.84

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