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Kyobo Life brought together SBI Holdings, Circle and BDACS in Seoul on October 1 to examine how stablecoins and tokenized real-world assets could be applied to financial services. At the insurer’s “Bridging Finance Onchain” forum, the companies demonstrated payment and settlement concepts using BDACS’s won-pegged KRW1 and Circle’s USDC, while Circle presented its Arc network and Circle StableFX tools for onchain stablecoin foreign-exchange settlement.
The event puts a broader institutional frame around work Kyobo and SBI had already begun on direct yen-to-won stablecoin settlement. Kyobo’s stated focus now extends beyond cross-border payments: it is pursuing proof-of-concept work involving insurance operations and asset management. The forum described demonstrations and proof-of-concept activity, rather than a completed commercial service rollout.
Kyobo’s digital-asset plans
Kyobo Life said the Seoul forum was held with SBI Holdings, Circle and BDACS to discuss financial-service applications for stablecoins and tokenized real-world assets. That participant mix links a Korean life insurer, a Japanese financial group, a stablecoin issuer and a digital-asset firm around potential operational uses rather than a consumer-facing crypto product.
Kyobo said it is conducting proof-of-concept work to apply digital assets to its insurance operations and asset-management business. It also said it plans to formalize cooperation with domestic and overseas financial and digital-asset companies. Those statements leave the eventual scope of any services open, but they show that the company is assessing digital-asset infrastructure against functions inside its existing financial businesses.
For an insurer, the distinction matters. The forum’s stated agenda was not confined to trading or token issuance; it included payment, settlement and asset-related workflows. Kyobo has not detailed which insurance processes or asset-management activities would be included in its proof-of-concept work.
KRW1, USDC and FX settlement
The concrete concepts shown at the event centred on KRW1, BDACS’s won-pegged stablecoin, and USDC, Circle’s dollar-denominated stablecoin. Kyobo’s account did not set out a proposed production settlement flow, but the pairing indicates an exploration of transactions involving Korean won and U.S. dollar-denominated digital cash.
Circle separately presented Arc and Circle StableFX as tools for onchain stablecoin foreign-exchange settlement. In this setting, foreign-exchange settlement refers to completing the exchange and transfer of value between currencies through blockchain-based systems. The presentation places FX settlement alongside domestic and cross-border payment concepts, rather than treating stablecoins solely as a means of transfer.
The use of a won-pegged token alongside USDC is particularly relevant to the group’s prior work on the yen-won corridor. It creates a common thread between the Seoul demonstrations and the question of whether institutional currency conversion can be handled without following conventional dollar-routing patterns.
Earlier yen-won settlement test
The forum followed a separate Kyobo Life-SBI proof of concept that began in July 2026. According to the Seoul Economic Daily, that project tested direct yen-to-won stablecoin conversion and institutional settlement in the Canton Network test environment, without routing the transaction through the U.S. dollar.
That earlier test provides the clearest operational context for the latest discussions. A direct yen-won route targets the conversion and settlement process between the two currencies, while the October forum widened the conversation to won-dollar concepts, tokenized assets and Kyobo’s own financial-service operations.
The two efforts should not be conflated. The July work was a test in a specified network environment; the Seoul event was a forum featuring demonstrations and broader proof-of-concept ambitions. Together, however, they indicate continuing work by Kyobo and SBI on institutional settlement use cases involving stablecoins.
Arc’s network role
Circle launched Arc’s public mainnet on September 16, a little over two weeks before the Kyobo forum. Circle positioned Arc as a blockchain for financial markets, stablecoin payments, tokenized assets and real-time settlement, and listed SBI Group among its founding validators.
SBI’s founding-validator role connects the Japanese group directly to Arc, the newly live network layer Circle presented at the event. The network aligns with several themes raised in Seoul: stablecoin payments, foreign-exchange settlement and tokenized assets.
For Kyobo, the next stated step is continued proof-of-concept work and the planned formalization of cooperation with financial and digital-asset firms. The forum connected that work to infrastructure that Circle has only recently placed into public-mainnet operation.
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The Bitcoin price has risen again to the $87K horizontal resistance level. A breakout has still not occurred. Is this a tapping on the glass pane of resistance that will eventually break it, or is the resistance going to reject this advance of the bulls yet again?
Something has to give!
Source: TradingView
The short-term time frame reveals the two channels (bull flags), with the $BTC price in the upper channel and looking to break out to the upside. From the perspective of the bulls, the more often the price rises to the upper trendline of the channel, the better the chances of an eventual breakout.
Looking at the chart from the viewpoint of the bears, lower highs have continued to be made ever since the first candle wick out of the channel just as it started to form.
Something needs to give, and it may well be during this particular upside move. The Stochastic RSI indicators have turned down, but the RSI indicator at the bottom of the chart still has plenty of room to run, with overbought territory not being entered yet.
Bulls still have the advantage
Source: TradingView
Zooming out into the daily time frame we can see that the main upside rally is perfectly intact. All we need now is a breakout that heads up and gets above the next stair step for another bout of consolidation, or a rejection that might be the definitive one that leads to the first decent-sized correction.
Given that the trend is up, the bulls still carry the advantage. Furthermore, it’s not like the $BTC price has gone on a mad surge and is now heavily overbought. This rally has been pretty much textbook so far, with the exception that the two bull flags do not have the classic downward tilt that would normally lead to a deeper consolidation.
Be that as it may, the price is inside another continuation pattern, and the continuation has a more likely than not chance of happening.
The tide in bonds needs to turn for Bitcoin rally continuation
Source: TradingView
There are quite a few voices in the trading and investing world that claim that the bear market may not be over yet. Technically, this is true. There is the possibility of a return to the lows given that the bear market is not officially over until the downtrend is definitively broken by a return to get above $97,880.
Nevertheless, calling a bull market here is also a very valid shout, given that the bear market trendline has been broken, and in such a forceful manner.
The probabilities are that the rally will continue. $94K could be a bullish target, although the $BTC price will likely need the tide to turn as regards U.S. bond yields, and for the U.S. stock market to head up to 8,000 points.
A correction will start at some point, and it will probably be a deep one, perhaps taking the form of a much bigger bull flag, or a huge falling wedge, as was the case in the run up to the top of the last bull market. Before we get there, there could be one last rally.
The RSI is very positive, with the indicator line having broken through a huge two and half year downtrend. As long as the line stays above that downtrend, the overall situation should be bullish going forward.
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Drift opened DFX claims and redemptions on October 1, 2026, for users with verified losses from the April 1 exploit. The allocation is one DFX token for each USDT of verified loss.
The opening redemption value was about 0.0104 USDT per DFX, equivalent to roughly 1.04% of a user’s verified loss.
The programme turns approved losses into a tokenised claim on Drift’s Recovery Pool rather than paying the full amount upfront. At launch, that pool held about 3.1 million USDT against nearly 299.5 million DFX tokens, and future recovery values depend on whether additional funds enter it.
DFX claims open for April 1 exploit victims
Drift says in its October 1 announcement that users with verified losses from the April 1 exploit can claim DFX at one token per USDT of loss.
DFX gives holders a proportional entitlement to the Recovery Pool. It is redeemable for USDT at the rate available at redemption, not at a fixed value set when the claim is made, so holding the token leaves its eventual value exposed to changes in the pool and the number of outstanding tokens.
A 3.1 million USDT pool sets the opening redemption near 1%
Drift fixed total DFX supply at 299,500,810.998 tokens. Its stated redemption calculation divides the Recovery Pool balance by the outstanding DFX supply, so the approximately 3.1 million USDT available at launch produced a redemption value near 0.0104 USDT per token.
Crypto.news reported that this equated to roughly 1.04% of verified losses at the initial rate. For a user with 1,000 USDT in verified losses, the corresponding allocation would be 1,000 DFX and an initial redemption worth approximately 10.4 USDT at that rate.
Redeemed DFX is permanently burned. The token used for a payout therefore no longer has a claim on funds added to the pool later, a mechanism that differentiates an immediate partial redemption from holding DFX for a potential future increase in the pool’s value per outstanding token.
Official illustrative graphic explaining DFX recovery-token redemption mechanics. — Source: Drift
First-day activity shows limited revenue inflow
On October 2, The Block reported that users had redeemed 216,480 DFX for roughly 2,250 USDT while the Recovery Pool stood at about 3.11 million USDT. The Block also reported that roughly 31 USDT had reached the pool through the first day’s protocol-revenue contribution, indicating that launch-day payouts were principally supported by the existing Recovery Pool balance rather than fresh protocol revenue.
DFX’s redemption value is not static because it depends on the Recovery Pool balance and outstanding DFX supply: deposits can increase the numerator, while redemptions remove tokens from the outstanding supply after the associated USDT is paid out.
Future recoveries depend on Velocity revenue, support and fund returns
Drift said it plans to replenish the Recovery Pool through daily contributions from Velocity’s net protocol revenue. It also identified up to 127.5 million USDT in Tether support, up to 20 million USDT from strategic partners, and any stolen funds that are recovered as intended sources for the pool.
The announced amounts are potential funding sources, not a statement that the pool has already received them. The eventual recovery rate will depend on the size and timing of those contributions, any recovered funds, and how many DFX remain outstanding when deposits occur.
The claim window closes at 00:00 UTC on January 1, 2028, Drift said. Any DFX not claimed by that deadline will be permanently burned.
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Blast said on October 2 that it will wind down its Ethereum Layer 2, saying operating costs exceed Layer 2 revenue and that it sees no credible route to economic sustainability. Users can use Blast’s normal withdrawal interface until October 26, after which withdrawals will require direct interaction with the project’s bridge contracts on Ethereum’s mainnet.
Blast cites unsustainable economics
The Layer 2 disclosed the shutdown in a post on X. Blast framed the decision as an economic one: its costs of operation are higher than the revenue generated by the network’s Layer 2 activity.
Users were instructed to begin withdrawing assets through the existing interface, while the announcement provided neither further financial figures nor a timetable for fully retiring the network.
Normal-interface withdrawals end October 26
Blast said its standard interface will remain available for withdrawals through October 26.
After that date, assets will remain withdrawable through direct interaction with Blast’s Ethereum L1 bridge contracts. October 26 is therefore the deadline for the normal-interface route, not a stated deadline for all withdrawals.
Lido unwind will temporarily pause withdrawals
The withdrawal process will include a temporary interruption while Blast unwinds assets held through Lido. Decrypt reported that the pause is expected to last about one week.
Withdrawals are then due to resume with a 24-hour delay. Users seeking to use Blast’s normal interface therefore face both the October 26 deadline and the announced pause associated with the Lido asset unwind.
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OKXICE, the joint venture between OKX and Intercontinental Exchange (ICE), filed with the US Securities and Exchange Commission on October 4 to pursue a tokenized-securities venue offering around-the-clock trading in more than 60 US-listed stocks. The filing moves the partners' tokenized-equities plans into a regulatory process, though trading cannot start immediately for the reported initial group of issuers.
OKXICE files for a 24/7 tokenized market in more than 60 NYSE stocks
The proposed platform would offer 24/7 trading in tokenized securities tied to US-listed shares, according to Reuters. OKXICE is the vehicle formed by crypto exchange OKX and ICE, the owner of the New York Stock Exchange.
The filing seeks to establish a distinct venue, not to announce that the securities are already available for trading. Its proposed scope covers more than 60 stocks, while a separately reported initial list names 63 NYSE-listed companies.
SEC innovation exemption provides the proposed route
OKXICE’s proposed venue would use the SEC’s new innovation exemption for permissioned, blockchain-based trading of tokenized securities, under the framework set out in the agency’s September 17 order.
63-company initial list faces a 30-day issuer opt-out period
Bloomberg, in a report syndicated by Yahoo Finance, said OKXICE’s initial list contains 63 NYSE-listed companies. Their issuers would have 30 days to opt out before trading could begin.
That means the reported list does not establish that all 63 companies will be available when the venue begins trading.
Filing advances ICE and OKX's March plan
ICE and OKX announced their strategic relationship in March 2026. Under that arrangement, OKX customers could gain access to ICE futures and NYSE tokenized equities, subject to regulatory approval, according to ICE's announcement.
The new SEC filing supplies a concrete regulatory step toward the tokenized-equities portion of that plan. Approval under the innovation exemption and completion of the issuer opt-out process remain necessary before the reported initial shares can trade on the proposed 24/7 venue.
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Solana traded at $120.96 at 08:36 UTC on October 4, returning above $120 after a week in which U.S. spot Solana exchange-traded funds logged a record $188 million of net inflows through September 25. CoinDesk reported that Bitwise’s BSOL accounted for about $128 million, or 68%, of that total.
The buying was broad across the fund group: all seven U.S. spot Solana ETFs recorded inflows during the record week, including a daily record $87 million intake on Friday. That backdrop gives SOL a constructive news catalyst, but the immediate market question is technical: price remains below a closely packed resistance band beginning at $122.57 and extending to the psychological $125 mark.
For this Solana price prediction, the case for $125 rests on whether bullish daily momentum can translate into a sustained break above that band. The available turnover data, however, suggests the latest advance has not yet received unambiguous volume confirmation.
SOL’s daily momentum is bullish, but breakout volume remains incomplete
The daily technical picture is supportive. SOL’s 14-day relative strength index stood at 65.4, a bullish strong-zone reading that the source did not classify as overbought. On the four-hour timeframe, RSI was 57.8 and neutral, indicating shorter-term momentum was less extended than the daily measure.
Price was above all eight tracked moving averages on the daily chart, while the 50-day average was above the 200-day average. The broader moving-average structure was therefore classified as bullish. Separately, reported 20-, 50-, 100- and 200-day exponential moving averages stood at $112.54, $102.44, $94.39 and $94.86, respectively, leaving the $120.96 spot price above each of those daily reference points.
Momentum gauges point in the same general direction. The daily MACD histogram was positive and MACD(12,26) was 0.679, carrying a Buy classification, although hourly momentum was described as closer to equilibrium. That distinction matters near resistance: a bullish daily trend can coexist with hesitation on lower timeframes when price approaches a recent high.
Volume is the principal qualification. Twenty-four-hour turnover was reported at $1.58 billion, which is elevated, but lower volume behind the latest high meant the breakout remained incomplete. In practical terms, the trend and momentum readings support an attempt higher, yet a move through the nearby ceiling would be more persuasive if participation improves rather than fades.
The setup is not solely an indicator story. The record ETF week supplies a timely demand-side development, and its breadth is notable because every listed U.S. spot Solana ETF took in capital. Fund flows do not mechanically dictate SOL’s next price move, but they reinforce the otherwise constructive daily positioning at a point where the chart requires follow-through.
SOL support at $119.84 and resistance from $122.57 to $125
At $120.96, SOL was positioned between its nearest support at $119.84 and the first resistance at $122.57. The $119.84 area is identified as S1, a Fibonacci 0.114 level and a low-volume node. Holding it would preserve the immediate higher-price structure; losing it would shift attention to the next support shelf.
LevelRoleTechnical basis$122.57Nearest resistanceKeltner upper band, Fibonacci 0.000, Donchian upper band and swing high$123.35-$125.00Major breakout zoneIncludes the recent swing high near $124.20 and psychological $125$119.84Nearest supportS1, Fibonacci 0.114 and low-volume node$116.50-$116.90Immediate support shelfRecent price action and reported $116.83 support$112.54-$113.00Deeper support20-day EMA support zone$100.20Lower supportConfluence of lower Bollinger Band, 200-day EMA, Ichimoku support and Fibonacci 0.500
On the upside, $122.57 is the first obstacle SOL would need to clear. It combines several technical references, making it more consequential than a single isolated chart marker. Above it sits the $123.35-$125.00 breakout zone, where the recent swing high near $124.20 and the round-number $125 threshold are clustered.
A sustained move through that zone would strengthen the case that SOL has converted former overhead supply into a platform for continuation. The next reported upside resistance area is $127.50-$128.00, but it is conditional on SOL first sustaining a daily close above $125.
The downside path is equally defined. A failure to hold $119.84 would expose the $116.50-$116.90 shelf, followed by the $112.54-$113.00 20-day EMA zone. A deeper reversal would bring $100.20 into view, a level marked by multiple forms of technical confluence. These are chart contingencies rather than forecasts, but they set clear reference points for judging whether the current recovery is retaining traction.
Can record Solana ETF inflows keep $125 in play?
Yes, $125 remains in play under the current setup, but it is a near-term breakout scenario rather than a confirmed result. SOL has regained $120, daily RSI is bullish at 65.4, the daily moving-average group is positive, and MACD is classified Buy. The record $188 million weekly inflow into U.S. spot Solana ETFs adds a fresh institutional-flow development to that constructive technical backdrop.
There is also a difference between broad demand and a decisive chart break. The record week was not driven by a lone product: all seven U.S. spot Solana ETFs recorded inflows, while BSOL supplied about two-thirds of the total. That breadth may help keep buyers engaged, but price still needs to overcome $122.57 and then the $123.35-$125.00 zone.
The bullish confirmation would be a sustained advance above the resistance cluster, particularly a daily close above $125. Such a move would place the reported $127.50-$128.00 area as the next resistance, while avoiding any assumption that SOL must reach it. Until then, the incomplete volume confirmation around the latest high is a material restraint on the breakout argument.
The countercase begins if SOL cannot hold $119.84. A break below that level would make the $116.50-$116.90 area the immediate test and would weaken the case that ETF-flow momentum is being reflected in the spot chart. For now, record fund inflows and favourable daily indicators give SOL a credible route to challenge $125, but the resistance band—not the headline flow figure—remains the market’s decisive near-term hurdle.
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Cardano’s enterprise push in Japan has yet to translate into sustained demand for ADA. The Cardano Foundation named Pacific Meta an Enterprise Integration Partner on October 1, with the arrangement intended to support Japanese enterprise adoption through local go-to-market and systems-integration work. Yet ADA gave back most of its intraday gains during the news cycle as selling pressure increased, falling roughly 4%, according to AMBCrypto.
ADA was trading near $0.2440 on October 4, down about 3.9% over seven days, placing it between nearby daily pivot support at $0.2415 and resistance at $0.2451, according to FullSwing.ai. That narrow position matters for the Cardano price prediction: the broader daily trend readings remain constructive, but short-term momentum has weakened just below a layered resistance range.
The $0.26 figure in the headline is an editorial scenario rather than a published technical level. For ADA to make that scenario more credible, it would first need to regain momentum and move through the supplied resistance ladder, particularly $0.2564.
ADA’s daily indicators show an intact trend but fading momentum
Daily RSI(14) stood at 57.6 on October 4. Blockspot classified the reading as bullish, above neutral territory and below the threshold generally associated with overbought conditions.
The daily MACD reading was 0.0091, below its 0.0103 signal line, which Blockspot classified as bearish. This points to fading short-term momentum despite the constructive RSI reading.
ADA’s 12-day EMA was $0.2434, above the 26-day EMA at $0.2343, preserving a bullish short-term moving-average relationship, according to Blockspot. With spot near $0.2440, ADA was only marginally above the faster EMA.
Blockspot also placed the 50-day SMA at $0.2188 and the 200-day SMA at $0.2130, leaving the shorter average above the longer measure. The EMA and SMA relationships remain constructive, but the MACD suggests ADA needs stronger short-term follow-through before nearby resistance can be treated as vulnerable.
ADA support at $0.2415 and the resistance path toward $0.2564
At $0.2440, ADA sits close to both sides of its nearest daily pivot range. The first test below is $0.2415, while $0.2451 is immediately overhead. Such proximity means a small move can decide whether price is attempting to recover the post-news weakness or beginning to test lower supports.
LevelRolePublished basis$0.2451Nearest resistanceDaily pivot resistance immediately above spot$0.2475Next resistancePublished R1 pivot$0.2509Higher resistancePublished R2 pivot$0.2564Key upside thresholdRecent Fibonacci resistance and identified breakout threshold$0.2415Nearest supportDaily S1 pivot$0.2392Second supportDaily S2 pivot from the latest sealed daily candle$0.2362Lower supportPublished S3 pivot and lower short-term support$0.2327Deeper supportWeekly S1 pivot
The pivot levels through $0.2509 were published by FullSwing.ai and Blockspot; the $0.2564 threshold was identified by CoinEdition. The ordering is important. A bullish move would not merely need to edge above $0.2451: it would need to clear $0.2475 and $0.2509 before confronting $0.2564, the final supplied resistance before the editor’s $0.26 scenario.
On the downside, $0.2415 is the first level that needs to hold to preserve the immediate range. A loss of that support would put $0.2392 in focus, followed by $0.2362. The $0.2327 weekly S1 level is the deeper published support in the supplied set. These are conditional reference points, not forecasts of where ADA must trade.
The close stacking of resistance helps explain why a constructive trend backdrop has not automatically generated a clean advance. With spot below $0.2451 and the daily MACD still bearish, buyers would need to absorb supply at multiple successive levels rather than simply reverse one intraday decline.
Cardano price prediction: what ADA needs to test $0.26
The Japan expansion offers a concrete enterprise-development narrative, but it has not produced sustained confirmation: ADA erased most of its intraday advance and fell roughly 4% as selling intensified. That leaves a path toward $0.26 only as a conditional scenario. The announcement may generate future interest, but the current evidence does not show that the move is under way or establish immediate spot demand.
Technically, the case would strengthen if ADA holds $0.2415 and reclaims $0.2451, then converts the subsequent $0.2475 and $0.2509 resistances into a sustained advance. A move through $0.2564 would be the clearest supplied technical condition supporting a test of $0.26. Because $0.26 is not itself a researched support or resistance level in the available data, it should be viewed as the next editorial scenario beyond that threshold, not as an assured destination.
The setup is not inherently hostile to upside: the RSI is 57.6 and the 12-day/26-day EMA relationship is bullish. But momentum still needs to corroborate the price move. The MACD’s 0.0091 reading remains below its 0.0103 signal line, making it the near-term signal to watch; continued weakness would make a resistance break less convincing, while an improvement alongside renewed buying follow-through would reinforce it.
The $0.26 outlook weakens if the market continues to sell into the Japan-expansion narrative or if ADA fails to defend $0.2415. In that case, the next supplied downside references are $0.2392 and $0.2362. For now, ADA remains near $0.2440 in a technically constructive longer-trend structure, but it has not yet overcome the short-term momentum problem or the resistance sequence required to put $0.26 within reach.
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SUI began Basecamp week near $1.18 on October 4, placing the token just below a closely packed group of technical resistance levels. Sui Basecamp 2026 is scheduled for October 7–8 at Marina Bay Sands in Singapore, giving traders a defined event to watch as they assess whether bullish momentum can turn into a breakout.
The event arrives after Sui said it would participate in the Linux Foundation Decentralized Trust and contribute to the Open Tokenized Asset Standard, an interoperability-focused initiative for tokenized assets. At the same time, Tokenomist listed an approximately 13.26 million SUI unlock on October 1, equal to about 0.32% of released supply, with another 13.15 million tokens listed for November 1.
Daily indicators point upward, but spot is only one cent below the first listed resistance at $1.19. That makes the immediate question less about broad sentiment and more about whether buyers can absorb supply from $1.19 through $1.24 before a retest of the editor's $1.30 scenario becomes credible.
SUI daily indicators remain bullish below nearby resistance
The daily technical picture supplied for October 4 was constructive. Blockspot placed SUI at $1.18, above both its cited 12-day exponential moving average of $1.12 and 26-day EMA of $1.02. The faster average sitting above the slower one is a bullish trend signal, though it does not by itself establish that resistance will give way.
Momentum readings were positive as well. The daily 14-period RSI stood at 66.2, in bullish territory but still below the commonly used 70 overbought threshold. This suggests buyers had retained momentum into Basecamp week without the source characterising the oscillator as overbought.
The daily MACD was 0.1052 against a 0.1008 signal line, keeping the MACD above its signal line. Separately, CoinMarketCap's October 3 analysis reported a positive MACD histogram of 0.0036, which it cited as evidence of accelerating upward momentum. These are supportive inputs for a challenge of overhead levels, rather than confirmation that such a challenge has already succeeded.
Longer moving averages also leaned bullish in the supplied dataset. The 50-day simple moving average was $0.8625, above the 200-day SMA at $0.8513, a relationship the source identified as a golden cross. With price at $1.18, these measures describe a market trading above the cited short- and longer-term averages.
The limitation is proximity. A bullish RSI, MACD and moving-average structure can support attempts higher, but price remains beneath the first pivot resistance and the nearby swing-high/retest zone. For a short-term move, the reaction around those levels carries more immediate weight than the favourable daily signals alone.
SUI support at $1.14 and resistance from $1.19 to $1.24
SUI's nearest decision points are unusually compressed around the reported $1.18 spot price. The first obstacle is $1.19, followed by the $1.21 recent swing-high/retest area, then pivot resistance at $1.22 and $1.24. Blockspot identifies $1.24 as the strongest of its listed resistance levels, while a recent Blockonomi analysis similarly described supply around $1.19–$1.21.
LevelTechnical roleWhat it means near $1.18$1.19R1 pivot resistanceThe first level immediately above spot.$1.21Recent swing-high/retest areaA confirmation test after a move through $1.19.$1.22R2 pivot resistanceThe next listed barrier in the resistance cluster.$1.24R3 pivot resistanceThe strongest listed resistance in the supplied pivots.$1.14Primary daily pivot supportThe first nearby level that would need to hold on a pullback.$1.12Secondary pivot supportAlso near the cited 12-day EMA.$1.09S3 pivot supportThe strongest support among the source's listed pivots.
A bullish path would require SUI first to clear $1.19 and then sustain progress through the $1.21–$1.24 cluster. Breaking one level without holding it would leave the broader overhead supply unresolved. In that context, $1.30 is not a cited resistance level in the research; it is the scenario under assessment and sits beyond the supplied $1.24 ceiling.
On the downside, $1.14 is the immediate support to monitor. A loss of that pivot would bring $1.12 into focus, where the secondary support converges with the cited 12-day EMA. If that area also fails, $1.09 is the next supplied level and is described as the strongest support in the pivot set.
The narrow gap between spot and resistance also raises the importance of follow-through. At $1.18, a move of only a few cents would determine whether the market is merely testing $1.19 or establishing trade above the full $1.19–$1.24 band.
Can Basecamp week support a SUI retest of $1.30?
A SUI retest of $1.30 during or around Basecamp week is a plausible conditional upside scenario, but the available evidence does not make it an established technical destination. The constructive daily RSI, MACD and moving-average signals provide a backdrop for another upside attempt. Basecamp's October 7–8 schedule and the recent Linux Foundation interoperability announcement offer fresh news that could support attention toward the ecosystem.
For that scenario to strengthen, SUI would need to turn the immediate $1.19 resistance into a cleared level, overcome the $1.21 retest area, and continue through $1.22 and $1.24. A clean advance through that sequence would remove the listed barriers below the $1.30 question. Conversely, repeated rejection within the $1.19–$1.24 zone would indicate that favourable indicators have not yet translated into sufficient buying pressure.
The downside condition is clearer: holding $1.14 would preserve the nearest daily support, while a loss of it would weaken the near-term setup and shift attention to $1.12, then $1.09. Traders also have the recent unlock context to consider. Tokenomist's schedule shows the October 1 release of roughly 13.26 million SUI and a further 13.15 million-token unlock on November 1; the data establishes the scheduled supply events, not their market impact.
Basecamp therefore gives SUI a timely catalyst as it trades near $1.18, but price confirmation remains the deciding factor. The bullish daily structure keeps a $1.30 retest in play as an upside case, whereas failure to clear the dense resistance band—or failure to defend $1.14—would weaken that case materially.
Disclaimer: This article is provided for informational purposes only. It is not offered or intended to be used as legal, tax, investment, financial, or other advice.

Dogecoin traded at $0.093269 at 04:50 EDT on October 4, leaving it close to a cluster of moving-average support but still below the first meaningful upside hurdle. The token had rebounded sharply on September 21 before being rejected around $0.10, and its October 2 range ran from roughly $0.0903 to $0.0980, according to ChartExchange data.
The immediate news backdrop is less helpful. Bitwise announced on September 10 that it would liquidate the Bitwise Dogecoin ETF, BWOW; the fund’s expected final trading day is October 14, with distributions to remaining shareholders expected around October 22. The planned closure is a sentiment overhang even though the fund had only about $688,000 in net assets as of September 9, limiting the likely scale of any direct DOGE-market flow.
That leaves the $0.10 question largely in the hands of the chart. DOGE is holding around its long-term average, but it must first overcome successive resistance at $0.0937 and $0.0986 before it can properly test the psychologically important $0.10 mark.
DOGE daily indicators show support, not a confirmed breakout
DOGE’s daily setup contains enough support to keep a recovery attempt alive, but not enough confirmation to call it a breakout. A September 30 reading put daily RSI at 56, a neutral-to-constructive level that was not overbought. The same analysis found DOGE above the 200-day exponential moving average near $0.0932 and the 20-day EMA near $0.0921, both constructive placements for price action at the time.
Those levels matter because spot near $0.093269 is almost directly on the 200-day EMA. A sustained hold above that area would preserve the argument that the late-September rebound has not fully failed. Conversely, being only marginally above the average means a relatively small move lower could alter the short-term picture.
The broader technical read remains more restrained. A current daily composite cited by Blockspot, incorporating RSI, MACD and moving-average crossovers, was neutral, with RSI reported at 53.6. The differing RSI figures refer to separate reported observations; together, they point to momentum that is neither oversold nor decisively bullish.
Fundamental headlines are pulling in opposite directions without providing a clear price trigger. DogeOS opened its public testnet on September 30, adding an EVM-compatible application layer for Dogecoin. Crypto Daily reported that the launch was a testnet event rather than a mainnet rollout, so while it may support the development narrative, it does not itself resolve the resistance immediately above spot.
Meanwhile, the BWOW closure is scheduled closer than any potential benefit from the testnet. Bitwise said the ETF’s final trading day is expected on October 14. The fund’s reported $688,000 asset base suggests the mechanical liquidation is small compared with DOGE’s wider market, but the shutdown still removes a listed fund vehicle and may weigh on near-term sentiment.
DOGE/USD levels between $0.0932 support and the $0.10-$0.106 ceiling
The narrow gap between current price and nearby levels is the key feature of the setup. DOGE is trading just above the $0.0932-$0.0940 moving-average support zone, while $0.0937 is the first pivot resistance. This creates a tight decision area rather than a clean trend extension.
LevelRoleTechnical basis$0.0932-$0.0940Nearest support200-day EMA and daily moving-average support zone$0.0921Secondary support20-day EMA$0.0903Lower supportOctober 2 intraday swing low$0.0937First resistancePivot-point resistance$0.0986Next resistanceATR upper-band/HVN resistance$0.1000-$0.1060Major resistance zonePsychological $0.10 barrier and daily resistance area
On an upward path, DOGE would need to establish itself above $0.0937 rather than merely trade into it. That would place $0.0986 in focus as the next obstacle. Only a move through that level would give price a clearer route to test $0.10, which remains the opening edge of the broader $0.1000-$0.1060 resistance zone identified in a recent technical review.
The downside sequence is equally clear. Losing the $0.0932-$0.0940 support area would put the 20-day EMA at $0.0921 under pressure. A further loss of $0.0921 would leave the October 2 swing low of $0.0903 as the supplied lower reference point. Holding these supports does not guarantee an advance, but it prevents the recovery structure from deteriorating further.
The arrangement also explains why $0.10 is harder than it may appear from a spot price near $0.093. DOGE does not face a single barrier: it must first clear $0.0937, then $0.0986, before confronting the $0.10-$0.106 supply zone where its prior rebound was rejected.
DOGE price prediction: $0.10 remains conditional ahead of BWOW’s final trading day
A DOGE retest of $0.10 remains plausible, but the current evidence makes it conditional rather than imminent. The constructive case rests on price retaining the $0.0932-$0.0940 support zone, holding above the $0.0921 20-day EMA, and then breaking the intervening $0.0937 and $0.0986 resistance levels. A successful sequence would bring the editor’s $0.10 scenario into play, though $0.10-$0.106 is itself a defined resistance area rather than an automatic destination.
The neutral composite technical signal is the principal reason for caution. Daily momentum has been constructive enough to support the rebound, but the available readings do not confirm decisive bullish control. DOGE’s late-September rejection near $0.10 also shows that the round-number level has already attracted selling pressure.
BWOW’s pending exit adds an awkward timing element. The ETF is expected to stop trading on October 14, and Bitwise expects cash distribution around October 22, according to the firm’s liquidation announcement. With approximately $688,000 in net assets reported before the announcement, its direct flow impact appears limited; the more relevant market issue is whether the closure reinforces caution while DOGE sits beneath several technical ceilings.
A loss of $0.0932-$0.0940, followed by $0.0921, would weaken the $0.10 case and shift attention to $0.0903. On the other hand, a firm break above $0.0937 and then $0.0986 would materially improve the odds of a renewed challenge of $0.10. DogeOS’s public testnet offers a constructive development narrative, but until it progresses beyond a testnet launch, the immediate DOGE outlook remains governed by those price levels and the still-neutral technical backdrop.
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XRP traded at $1.50 at 05:00 UTC on October 4, placing it within five cents of the daily chart’s nearest major resistance at $1.55. That leaves $1.54 as a notable approach point rather than a confirmed breakout level: the supplied technical setup identifies a close above $1.55 as the continuation trigger.
The timing coincides with Evernorth’s move toward a public listing. Armada II shareholders approved its business combination on September 30; the transaction is expected to close on October 7, with Nasdaq trading under the ticker XRPN expected to begin on October 8, according to Evernorth Holdings.
At closing, Evernorth expects to hold about 473 million XRP and raise about $300 million in gross cash proceeds through private placements and convertible financing. The prospective listing creates a specific news event for XRP traders to watch, but the chart still requires a clean move through its nearby barrier before the $1.54 setup can be treated as a broader upside signal.
XRP daily indicators remain constructive below the $1.55 test
The daily readings show XRP above each of the three supplied exponential moving averages. At the $1.50 spot price, the token was above the 20-day EMA at $1.47, the 50-day EMA at $1.39 and the 200-day EMA at $1.38. That positioning supports the current constructive trend assessment, while also showing how much room exists below spot before the longer-term trend measures are tested.
The 20-day EMA is particularly relevant because it sits only three cents below the quoted spot price and is described as dynamic support. Its proximity means a pullback toward that area would remain within the immediate daily structure, whereas a deeper move would bring the $1.39 and $1.38 EMA supports into focus.
Momentum has not yet reached an overbought reading. Daily RSI(14) was 56.53, classified as neutral, with the source characterising momentum as positive but not overbought. That reading is consistent with upside capacity into resistance, but it does not by itself establish that XRP can clear $1.55.
The Bollinger Bands frame the same tension. XRP was above the middle-band SMA at $1.46 but below the upper band at $1.64; the lower band stood at $1.29. In practical terms, price was holding above a central reference point while still facing overhead space and the nearer chart resistance at $1.55. The daily inputs cited here are from CoinLore, observed October 4.
XRP support at $1.46 and resistance at $1.55 define the Nasdaq-debut range
The most consequential levels are tightly grouped around the $1.50 spot price. Support begins at $1.46, derived from recent price action and the Bollinger middle SMA. Above the market, $1.55 is the nearest major resistance and the documented level requiring a close above it to signal continuation.
LevelRoleTechnical basis$1.55Nearest major resistanceRecent price action; close above is the continuation trigger$1.65Next resistanceLevel identified after a sustained break above $1.55$1.46Nearest supportRecent price action and Bollinger middle SMA$1.39Secondary support50-day EMA$1.38Second support zone200-day EMA
For an upside move, $1.54 would bring XRP to the doorstep of the decisive $1.55 level, but it would not remove that obstacle. A daily close above $1.55 is the condition supplied for continuation. If that break is sustained, $1.65 becomes the next stated resistance, broadly in line with the $1.64 upper Bollinger Band.
Conversely, the bullish near-term structure would weaken if XRP failed to hold $1.46. The next supplied downside references are $1.39 and $1.38, where the 50-day and 200-day EMAs converge closely. Those levels are supports, not forecasts of a decline; they define the areas that would matter should the first layer give way.
This creates a relatively narrow event-sensitive range into the planned XRPN debut. At the observed spot price, XRP was four cents above its nearest support and five cents below its nearest major resistance, making the market’s reaction at those boundaries more informative than a move to $1.54 alone.
XRP support and resistance visualization — Source: CoinLore
Can Evernorth’s XRPN debut turn $1.54 into an XRP breakout setup?
The immediate XRP price prediction is conditional. The Evernorth transaction is a tangible catalyst because its expected October 7 closing and anticipated October 8 XRPN debut arrive while XRP is trading above its 20-day, 50-day and 200-day EMAs. The company’s expected 473 million XRP holding at closing also gives the listing a direct treasury link to the asset.
Evernorth has additionally revised transaction terms so share issuance aligns with XRP’s value at closing, a change intended to make each share represent a larger portion of the underlying XRP treasury, according to the company’s August announcement. That may sharpen market attention on the public vehicle and its XRP exposure, but it does not determine XRP’s spot-price direction.
On the technical evidence, $1.54 is a plausible trigger area only in the limited sense that it is one cent beneath the identified $1.55 resistance. A move there would indicate XRP is pressing the range ceiling. The stronger confirmation would be a close above $1.55, which would put $1.65—the next supplied resistance—into view. RSI at 56.53 and price above the key daily EMAs leave that scenario technically open without indicating an overextended market.
The alternative is equally clear. If the Nasdaq-debut news does not translate into sustained buying and XRP loses $1.46, the short-term setup would weaken and attention would shift to $1.39 and $1.38. For now, Evernorth’s expected listing adds a defined event to the calendar; the daily chart makes $1.55, rather than $1.54, the level that would validate a continuation case.
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XLM traded at $0.2158 on October 4, leaving Stellar just below the $0.216 mark in the headline. The move follows a reported 2.75% decline over 24 hours in a recent market update, a sign that near-term price action has remained soft despite fresh developments around the Stellar network.
The more immediate complication is supply. Reported XLM deposits to exchanges rose 160%, according to U.Today. Exchange inflows can increase the pool of coins available for sale, although they do not by themselves prove that holders have sold or intend to sell.
That leaves the XLM price prediction balanced on a narrow range. Daily trend structure has not fully broken down, but bearish momentum readings and the proximity of spot to first support mean the next move depends on whether buyers can protect $0.2140 and retake nearby resistance.
XLM’s Daily Signals Split Between Trend Support and Bearish Momentum
The daily readings are mixed rather than uniformly bearish. Blockspot’s October 4 snapshot put the 14-day RSI at 56.8, above neutral territory and below the conventional overbought threshold. That reading suggests buying pressure had not disappeared even as XLM traded lower.
There is an important qualification: a separate daily snapshot from Investing.com, observed on October 3, showed RSI at 48.642, or neutral. The differing readings should not be treated as confirmation of one precise momentum condition; taken together, they point to a market without a decisive RSI signal.
MACD evidence is more consistently cautious. Blockspot listed the daily MACD at 0.0089 against a 0.0095 signal line, placing MACD below the signal and producing a bearish reading. Investing.com’s October 3 daily snapshot likewise showed a bearish MACD reading of -0.001.
Trend positioning remains the offset. On Blockspot’s daily data, the 12-period EMA stood at $0.2156, above the 26-period EMA at $0.2067. With XLM at $0.2158, price was also only marginally above the shorter EMA. The alignment preserves a positive short-term trend structure, but the bearish MACD readings indicate that momentum has weakened within it.
For traders assessing a possible rebound, the split matters. A bullish EMA relationship can provide a foundation for recovery, yet it is less persuasive if price cannot hold close to the 12-period EMA or if the exchange-deposit increase translates into sustained selling pressure.
XLM Support at $0.2140 and Resistance at $0.2176 Define the Immediate Range
At $0.2158, XLM sat between the nearest classic-pivot support and resistance levels. The first support at $0.2140 is the most immediate level to watch, only a short distance below spot. On the upside, $0.2176 is the first barrier that would need to be reclaimed before a rebound can gain technical credibility.
LevelRolePublished basis $0.2140Nearest supportClassic pivot S1 $0.2119Lower supportClassic pivot S2 $0.2105Strongest pivot supportClassic pivot S3 $0.2065Broader daily supportFirst support in Coinotag’s daily technical zone $0.2176Nearest resistanceClassic pivot R1 $0.2190Second resistanceClassic pivot R2 $0.2212Strongest pivot resistanceClassic pivot R3 $0.2345Higher daily resistanceCoinotag’s published daily technical zone
The pivot sequence is published in Blockspot’s October 4 technical snapshot. A sustained move above $0.2176 would put $0.2190 in focus, followed by $0.2212, identified in that dataset as the strongest pivot resistance. Those are hurdles, not automatic upside destinations.
Conversely, a failure to hold $0.2140 would expose $0.2119 and then $0.2105, the strongest pivot support. Below the pivot range, Coinotag’s October 3 daily technical zone places first support at $0.2065 and says a close beneath it weakens the setup. Its higher daily resistance is $0.2345.
The compactness of the immediate $0.2140-to-$0.2176 range is notable. It means relatively limited price movement can determine whether XLM’s current weakness develops into a deeper retracement or becomes a contained pullback within the still-positive EMA structure.
Can XLM Rebound From $0.216 as Exchange Deposits Rise?
A rebound from the $0.216 area remains possible, but the available evidence does not establish one. The daily 12-period EMA remaining above the 26-period EMA and buyers defending $0.2140 support the constructive scenario. Reclaiming $0.2176 would weaken the immediate bearish-momentum narrative, expose higher published pivot barriers and strengthen the rebound scenario.
The more immediate risk is reported exchange deposits, which increased 160% and raise the prospect of additional near-term supply. Both supplied MACD snapshots are bearish.
If $0.2140 fails, the downside path would run through the published supports at $0.2119 and $0.2105. A close below $0.2065 would further weaken the daily setup; losing $0.2140 would make a test of lower published supports the more credible conditional outcome.
State Street Investment Management’s tokenized Onchain Liquidity Sweep Fund went live on Stellar on September 29, according to the Stellar Development Foundation. A week earlier, BVNK integrated Stellar into its stablecoin payments platform for enterprise cross-border payments, merchant payouts and treasury disbursements across more than 130 countries, the foundation said in a September 22 release. The developments add institutional cash-management and payments use cases, but current XLM trading remains more immediately shaped by exchange-bound supply and support levels.
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HBAR is holding close to the psychologically important $0.10 area after a sharp late-September rally tied to IDTrust, a Hedera-based identity platform, appearing in the IBM Cloud Catalog. The development helped focus attention on Hedera, but the ensuing price action has been anything but orderly.
HBAR rose 27.32% on September 28 to about $0.1310, then fell 16.09% the next day, according to Crypto Daily. By October 4, it traded near $0.1015, still up 9.20% over seven days and 28.09% over 30 days, according to CoinStats. That leaves the market balancing a bullish post-news trend against a technically stretched setup and several overhead barriers before the prior peak.
HBAR daily indicators show bullish momentum alongside an overbought warning
The October 4 daily snapshot presents a constructive trend picture. MACD was positive with an expanding histogram, a signal associated in the published reading with strengthening upside momentum. The same snapshot described a strong bullish daily composite, with HBAR trading above all four moving averages tracked by the source, though it did not provide the averages’ numerical values.
There is a material counterweight: daily RSI(14) was reported at 78.6. That is an overbought reading, meaning the rally had generated strong momentum but also left HBAR more exposed to a pullback or consolidation than it would be at a lower RSI. Overbought does not itself establish that a reversal is due; it does make the $0.10 area more consequential if momentum cools.
Recent RSI readings also differ across published snapshots. An October 2 reading placed daily RSI at 59.4, while a separate October 2 technical review reported MACD above its signal line, bullish 12/26 EMA alignment and a bullish daily composite. The divergence with the 78.6 RSI reported two days later means the precise degree of overbought pressure should be treated cautiously rather than as a single settled measurement.
Derivatives positioning adds to the sensitivity around those signals. Open interest reportedly rose 47% to nearly 1.2 billion HBAR after September 28, a one-year high that Bitzo said increased liquidation sensitivity near technical levels. In practical terms, that backdrop can amplify moves through support or resistance, in either direction, after such a rapid rally and reversal.
HBAR support at $0.1010–$0.1007 and the resistance path toward $0.1310
At a spot price near $0.1015, the nearest support sits immediately below the market. The $0.1010 Fibonacci level and the $0.1007 daily pivot form a compact post-rally support cluster. Holding that area would preserve the argument that HBAR has absorbed much of the initial reversal while remaining near the $0.10 line.
LevelRolePublished basis$0.1010Nearest supportFibonacci support in the post-rally cluster$0.1007Primary pivot supportSecondary support in the post-rally zone$0.0958Lower supportDaily S3 pivot and strongest support in the cited set$0.1048Nearest resistancePivot, Fibonacci, moving-average and volume-profile confluence$0.1094Next resistancePrimary daily pivot resistance$0.1230Recovery capLevel identified after the September 28 reversal$0.1310Major resistanceSeptember 28 swing high and rally peak
The first upside test is $0.1048, identified as a resistance cluster with pivot, Fibonacci, moving-average and volume-profile confluence. A move above it would not by itself restore the September spike, but it would put $0.1094—the next primary daily pivot resistance—back into immediate focus.
Above $0.1094, the path remains layered. HBAR would need to negotiate the $0.1230 recovery cap before it could revisit $0.1310, the September 28 swing high. Those levels matter because the prior advance failed sharply after reaching the high; they are therefore more meaningful than treating $0.13 as an unobstructed destination.
On the downside, a sustained loss of the $0.1010–$0.1007 cluster would weaken the near-term structure and turn attention to $0.0958, the daily S3 pivot. The level map is conditional, not predictive: support must hold to underpin a recovery attempt, while resistance must be cleared to validate one.
Can HBAR put $0.13 back on the map after the IBM Cloud rally?
Yes, $0.13 is back on the map as a conditional retest scenario, not as an established near-term outcome. The IBM Cloud Catalog-linked IDTrust news supplied the catalyst for HBAR’s late-September repricing, and the token remains near $0.1015 after the reversal. The positive MACD, expanding histogram and reported position above four tracked moving averages keep the broader daily signal constructive.
For the case to strengthen, HBAR would need first to hold the $0.1010–$0.1007 support cluster, then reclaim $0.1048 and $0.1094. A recovery through the $0.1230 cap would make a test of the prior $0.1310 high technically more credible. In that sense, the $0.13 figure in the title is best viewed as the old rally peak that would be revisited only after several intervening hurdles are removed.
The main constraint is that the latest reported daily RSI of 78.6 indicates an overbought market, even as other trend measures remain bullish. If that pressure unwinds and HBAR loses the nearby support cluster, the immediate $0.13 thesis would weaken and $0.0958 becomes the lower cited support to watch. Elevated open interest could make either resolution more abrupt, so the reaction at $0.1048, $0.1094 and $0.1230 is likely to be more informative than the headline target alone.
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OpenWorld, Inc. began trading on Nasdaq under the symbol OPNW on October 1, 2026, after completing its business combination with VerifyMe, Inc. The change put the OpenWorld name and ticker on VerifyMe’s Nasdaq-listed entity rather than creating a conventional new exchange listing.
Nasdaq’s corporate-action notice, issued September 30, said VerifyMe’s corporate name would become OpenWorld, Inc. and its ticker would change to OPNW, effective Thursday, October 1. Nasdaq Trader recorded the action ahead of the first session under the new symbol.
Although the underlying deal was structured as a reverse merger for accounting purposes, the listed company continuing after the transaction is not necessarily the accounting acquirer. SEC disclosure assigns that role to OpenWorld.
VerifyMe’s Nasdaq Symbol Changes to OPNW on October 1
The completed combination replaced VerifyMe’s name and Nasdaq symbol with OpenWorld and OPNW. Nasdaq identified the effective date as October 1, 2026, establishing when market participants would see the new identifier on the exchange.
The exchange notice describes a corporate-name and ticker change, while the transaction itself was the business combination between VerifyMe and OpenWorld. Independent coverage from Investing.com also reported that OpenWorld began Nasdaq trading as OPNW after the merger was completed.
For shareholders and traders, OPNW is therefore the symbol associated with the post-combination company. The available exchange notice does not provide trading-price information or describe operational changes at OpenWorld, so the disclosed event is principally a change in the identity and market symbol of the Nasdaq-listed issuer.
The timing also separates two related milestones. The Nasdaq notice was dated September 30, one day before the new ticker took effect, while the trading change became effective on October 1. That sequence is consistent with an exchange corporate action being announced before it is reflected in the market’s trading symbol.
OpenWorld Is the Accounting Acquirer
The legal mechanics show why the transaction is more complex than a simple renaming. According to an SEC-filed exhibit, a VerifyMe subsidiary merged with and into OpenWorld, with OpenWorld surviving the merger as a wholly owned subsidiary of VerifyMe.
Yet the same disclosure characterizes OpenWorld as the accounting acquirer in a reverse-merger transaction. In other words, VerifyMe remained the public-company parent in the legal structure, while OpenWorld is treated as the acquirer for accounting purposes. The description appears in the SEC filing detailing the combination.
That legal-accounting split is central to the company’s Nasdaq debut. The OPNW trading symbol came through VerifyMe’s existing listed entity and the corporate action on Nasdaq, whereas the transaction disclosure identifies OpenWorld as the accounting acquirer. Neither label overrides the other; they address different aspects of the same transaction.
Reverse-merger accounting can make the acquired or surviving operating business the accounting acquirer even when the legal parent is another company. Here, the SEC disclosure expressly supplies that treatment, rather than leaving it to inference from the name change or the exchange ticker.
The disclosed structure also means that OpenWorld survived the subsidiary merger but became wholly owned by VerifyMe. Following completion, the listed parent adopted the OpenWorld name, producing the company and symbol now seen on Nasdaq.
136.6 Million Shares Registered for OpenWorld Securityholders
VerifyMe registered 136,631,729 shares of common stock for issuance to OpenWorld securityholders under the merger agreement. The figure appears in a September 30 SEC filing and provides the clearest disclosed measure of the share issuance connected to the combination.
The registration figure should not be read as a statement of shares trading in the market at any given time. It refers specifically to shares registered for issuance to OpenWorld securityholders pursuant to the merger agreement, as set out in the SEC exhibit.
It nonetheless illustrates the scale of the equity component behind the newly named Nasdaq issuer. The issuance accompanied the corporate reorganization in which VerifyMe’s public-company platform became OpenWorld, Inc. and its Nasdaq symbol became OPNW.
As of October 1, the market-facing outcome was straightforward: OpenWorld was trading on Nasdaq as OPNW. The filings and exchange notice show that the route to that outcome involved a subsidiary merger, a surviving OpenWorld subsidiary, reverse-merger accounting treatment and a substantial registered share issuance for OpenWorld securityholders.
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Chainlink said on September 28 that it was enabling financial institutions to connect their systems and transaction-signing infrastructure to Swift’s blockchain ledger through the Chainlink platform, targeting institutions that use tokenized deposits.
The arrangement keeps transaction-authorizing keys under each institution’s control while Chainlink orchestrates workflows between the institutions’ ledgers and Swift’s ledger. It forms part of Swift’s effort to coordinate cross-border payments: Swift has said deposits remain on participating banks’ own ledgers, with its ledger coordinating the workflow and final settlement continuing through agreed mechanisms such as real-time gross settlement systems.
Chainlink adds self-signing access to Swift’s blockchain ledger
Chainlink said in its September 28 announcement that financial institutions can connect their internal systems and key-signing infrastructure to Swift’s blockchain ledger through Chainlink.
The setup uses the Chainlink Runtime Environment, or CRE, and its self-signing model, according to a Chainlink recap. CRE orchestrates workflows between an institution’s own ledger and Swift’s ledger, while the institution retains control of the keys authorising transactions.
The disclosures present this as workflow connectivity with institutional signing authority preserved—not deposits moving onto a common Chainlink ledger.
Swift’s tokenized-deposit ledger
Swift’s blockchain ledger is built to coordinate 24/7 cross-border payment workflows involving tokenized deposits issued by banks. Those deposits remain recorded on the ledgers of participating banks, Swift said, preserving the underlying location of the deposit even as payment instructions and workflow coordination are handled through the ledger.
The blockchain ledger is intended to coordinate a cross-border payment process across institutions, not to complete final settlement automatically. Swift says that settlement continues through mechanisms agreed by participating parties, such as real-time gross settlement systems; in practical terms, established settlement arrangements still complete the transfer.
Swift set out that model in its July announcement that its ledger was ready for use. The design matters because it frames tokenized deposits as bank-issued liabilities operating within bank-ledger and settlement arrangements, rather than as a separate asset that displaces them. Swift’s description of the ledger also makes clear that its stated purpose is the coordination of payment workflows.
Seventeen banks prepare live pilots
Swift said the blockchain ledger moved from concept to activation in nine months. At the time of its July 9 release, 17 banks across six continents were preparing to pilot live tokenized-deposit transactions.
The pilot group provides the immediate institutional context for Chainlink’s connection. It does not establish that all 17 banks will use Chainlink’s integration, but it indicates the scale of the initial live-tokenized-deposit testing cohort that Swift had identified.
Swift says its broader network connects more than 11,500 financial institutions and corporates across more than 200 markets. That network footprint is considerably wider than the initial pilot group, although the July announcement describes the 17-bank effort as a preparatory pilot stage rather than a network-wide deployment.
Earlier Swift-Chainlink interoperability tests
The ledger connection follows earlier work between Swift and Chainlink on interoperability. In 2023, the organisations used Chainlink’s Cross-Chain Interoperability Protocol, or CCIP, alongside Swift messaging standards to demonstrate how traditional financial systems could interact with public and private blockchains.
Those earlier experiments involved more than a dozen financial institutions and market infrastructures, according to a joint Swift and Chainlink report. They were demonstrations of interoperability, whereas the current announcement concerns connecting institutional systems and signing infrastructure to Swift’s blockchain ledger.
The progression from messaging and interoperability tests to a ledger connection highlights the practical issue the new design seeks to address: how banks can coordinate tokenized-deposit workflows while maintaining control of their own ledgers and transaction-authorising keys.
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Bitwise has launched the Bitwise NEAR ETF, trading under ticker NRR on NYSE Arca from September 29, 2026. The asset manager said the product is the first US spot NEAR exchange-traded product, giving investors exchange-listed exposure to the NEAR token while aiming to add staking returns to the fund's net asset value.
NYSE Arca's listing and registration of the shares was certified before trading began, according to a filing with the US Securities and Exchange Commission. Bitwise confirmed the launch in a September 29 announcement.
NRR begins trading on NYSE Arca
NRR is now listed on NYSE Arca, the exchange on which the fund's shares began trading. The launch marks Bitwise's entry into a spot NEAR product in the US market, rather than a vehicle tied to derivatives or another form of indirect exposure.
Secondary reporting also said NRR went live on the exchange on September 29 with spot NEAR exposure and planned staking rewards, corroborating the launch details published by Bitwise.
How NEAR staking is intended to reach NRR shareholders
Bitwise intends to stake the fund's NEAR holdings in-house. Rather than making direct reward distributions to shareholders, the firm said staking rewards are intended to accrue through an increase in NRR's net asset value.
The company cited an annualized staking reward rate of approximately 5% as of September 25, 2026. That figure is a stated rate at that date, not a fixed return for fund shareholders.
Official Bitwise NEAR ETF launch graphic displaying ticker NRR. — Source: Bitwise Investments
The fee against the staking proposition
NRR charges a 0.75% management fee. Bitwise describes the fund as a route to direct NEAR exposure that also pursues additional returns through staking, placing the fund's reward mechanism alongside the ongoing cost of ownership.
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Robinhood plans to launch crypto perpetual futures for eligible U.S. customers in the coming months, offering contracts tied to Bitcoin, Ether and six other digital assets. The announcement, made on September 29, also introduced Robinhood Agents, an in-app AI product for market research, strategy development and trade execution.
The planned derivatives rollout would give U.S. customers access to contracts on BTC, ETH, SOL, XRP, DOGE, ADA, LINK and HYPE. Bitcoin and Ether perpetuals may offer leverage of up to 10x, while the remaining listed assets would be capped at 3x, according to Robinhood’s announcement.
U.S. crypto perpetual futures
Perpetual futures differ from conventional futures contracts because they have no expiry date. Robinhood said its proposed U.S. product will be available to eligible customers in the coming months, without setting out a more specific launch date.
The differentiated leverage limits put BTC and ETH at the top of the planned range. Leverage can amplify both gains and losses, making the 10x ceiling on the two largest crypto assets materially higher than the 3x limit Robinhood outlined for SOL, XRP, DOGE, ADA, LINK and HYPE.
The Block independently reported that the perpetual-futures launch is planned for the coming months and described it as part of Robinhood’s broader effort to expand its offerings for active U.S. traders. The planned product adds a derivatives route for customers seeking exposure beyond standard spot trading.
Bitstamp routing and trading tools
Robinhood said its U.S. perpetual contracts will be offered through Robinhood Derivatives via Bitstamp. The company is advertising a promotional fee of 0.01% per trade through the end of 2026.
No-expiry contracts are planned, with stop-loss and take-profit tools as well as liquidation-price tracking included in the offering.
The company gave only a coming-months timeframe for the U.S. launch and did not provide a precise date in the announcement.
Official Robinhood graphic showing the announced perpetual-futures and earnings-contract products. — Source: Robinhood Newsroom
Robinhood Agents and AI trading
Robinhood unveiled Robinhood Agents, an in-app feature that lets customers create dedicated agentic accounts, select models from leading AI labs including OpenAI, research markets, develop strategies and place trades, the company said. Robinhood said manual approval for each trade is enabled by default, giving users an initial control point over orders generated through the agentic-account workflow. The Block reported that the agents can research markets, build strategies and trade automatically.
Agentic-account adoption
Robinhood said more than 150,000 customers had opened agentic trading accounts since third-party agent connectivity launched in May 2026. It also reported that agents were using Robinhood’s tools nearly 30 million times per day.
The figures are company-reported and do not independently assess trading activity or investment performance, but they indicate that Robinhood had established a sizeable base of agentic-account users before introducing Robinhood Agents.
The company’s AI research and strategy tools, alongside planned crypto perpetual futures, broaden its expansion aimed at active U.S. traders. Robinhood said the perpetual futures are expected to launch in the coming months for eligible U.S. customers.
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U.S. spot Solana ETFs attracted approximately $188 million in net inflows in the week reported September 28, setting a weekly record. Bitwise’s BSOL took about $128 million, or 68% of the total, while all seven U.S. spot Solana ETF products recorded inflows, according to CoinDesk.
That broad demand backdrop arrives as SOL traded at $120.29 at 03:21 UTC on October 2. The immediate chart question is narrow but consequential: whether buyers can protect the clustered support near $118 and overcome resistance stretching from $122.65 to $124.95. A convincing move through that band would put the editor’s $125 scenario back into focus; failure would leave SOL within its recent technical range.
The daily trend evidence remains largely constructive, although momentum signals are not entirely aligned. That disagreement makes confirmation at the nearby levels more important than the ETF headline alone.
SOL’s daily trend remains bullish, but MACD signals caution
SOL’s daily RSI (14) stood at 64.0 on October 2, a bullish reading that the published analysis described as strong while remaining below the conventional 70 overbought threshold. In practical terms, the measure indicates positive momentum without the source characterising the market as overextended on that measure. Coinotag also placed price above all eight moving averages it tracked and noted that the 50-day average was above the 200-day average, a bullish longer-term alignment.
The underlying moving-average structure is reinforced by a separate September 30 reading. It put the 12-day EMA at $116.30, the 26-day EMA at $110.25, the 50-day EMA at $102.51 and the 200-day EMA at $94.91, with SOL reported above each one. Those levels show that the $118 area is not simply a horizontal chart marker: it sits close to the reported 12-day EMA and is the first point at which the short-term trend structure faces a meaningful test. Block2Learn identified the same broader setup as price holding above the 12-, 26-, 50- and 200-day EMAs.
Momentum readings are less uniform. A separate October 2 daily assessment from DappRadar put RSI (14) at 61.74 and classified it as neutral, while listing MACD (12,26) at 5.44 with a bearish, or sell, signal. That conflicts with the bullish moving-average picture and with the September 29 reading cited by Block2Learn, which said MACD was above its signal line.
Because the MACD assessments come from different publications and observation times, they should not be treated as a single, unified reading. The practical message is that trend positioning favours buyers, but momentum has not unambiguously confirmed a break above the nearby ceiling: a sustained advance through resistance would strengthen the bullish trend signals, while repeated rejection would lend more weight to the bearish MACD interpretation.
SOL support at $118 and the $122.65-$124.95 breakout barrier
At the reported $120.29 spot price, SOL was trading only a little above its nearest support and below its first resistance. The levels form a compressed decision area, with roughly $118 functioning as the line buyers need to defend and the low-to-mid $120s acting as the zone that must be cleared before $125 can be assessed as more than an intraday test.
LevelRolePublished basis$118.01Nearest supportCoinotag’s nearest daily support; a close below it weakens the bullish setup.$118.08Nearby support23.6% Fibonacci retracement and nearby 12-day EMA support zone.$113.18Next supportSecond daily support in Coinotag’s table.$102.51Medium-term supportPublished 50-day EMA.$122.65Nearest resistanceCoinotag’s first daily resistance.$122.94-$124.95Key resistance zoneRepeated-test ceiling identified by Block2Learn.$127.38Next resistanceSecond daily resistance in Coinotag’s table.$141.52Higher resistanceThird daily resistance in Coinotag’s table.
The support case begins with the tight $118.01-$118.08 cluster. Coinotag said a daily close below $118.01 would weaken the bullish setup, while Block2Learn located a 23.6% Fibonacci retracement and nearby EMA-12 support at $118.08. Holding that area would preserve the short-term structure and keep the first upside challenge at $122.65 in view. The next published downside level is $113.18, followed by the $102.51 50-day EMA. Coinotag and Block2Learn provide the cited level sets.
On the upside, $122.65 is the first obstacle, but the more demanding barrier runs from $122.94 to $124.95. The latter range was identified as a ceiling after repeated recent tests and would need to be converted into support for a confirmed breakout. The $125 figure in the headline sits immediately beyond that published zone; it is an editorial scenario target, not an independently sourced resistance level.
Therefore, an upward move needs more than a brief push to $125. SOL would first need to clear $122.65, move through the $122.94-$124.95 band and demonstrate that the area can hold on a pullback. If that occurs, the next supplied resistance is $127.38. Conversely, rejection within the band followed by a close under the $118 area would weaken the near-term bullish thesis and shift attention to $113.18.
Can record ETF inflows put $125 back in play for SOL?
Yes, $125 is conditionally back in play for this Solana price prediction, but the ETF flow record does not by itself resolve the chart’s immediate resistance problem. Approximately $188 million of weekly net inflows and participation across all seven U.S. spot Solana ETFs offer a stronger demand backdrop than a flow total driven by only one or two products. BSOL nevertheless accounted for about 68% of the weekly total, underlining its central contribution to the record week.
There is also a separate development catalyst in the background. Solana developers were testing the Alpenglow upgrade, intended to reduce payment finality from roughly 12.8 seconds to about 150 milliseconds, CoinDesk reported. That is a development item rather than a price trigger, but it adds to the stream of Solana-specific news arriving alongside the ETF inflows.
For the $125 scenario to gain technical credibility, SOL needs to defend $118.01-$118.08 and break through $122.65 before overcoming the $122.94-$124.95 ceiling. A hold above that resistance zone would align the price action with the bullish daily RSI and moving-average configuration. It would also reduce the significance of the current MACD disagreement, though not eliminate the need to watch momentum after a breakout.
The opposing outcome is equally well defined. A daily close below $118.01 would weaken the bullish setup identified by Coinotag and expose the next published support at $113.18. Persistent bearish MACD signals or another failure at the $122.94-$124.95 range would similarly argue that ETF demand has not yet translated into a completed technical breakout.
Record ETF inflows have improved the fundamental demand context around SOL, particularly because every listed U.S. spot product reportedly participated. But with spot at $120.29, price remains between its nearest support and resistance. The market has a clear route to test $125; it still needs to execute it.
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Another year, another CryptoDaily™ Awards list, and, once again, Web3 gave us no shortage of names to choose from.
2026 had a bit of everything: new companies finding their place in the market, familiar projects changing direction, products getting better, crypto markets moving through their usual ups and downs, and plenty of people quietly doing good work somewhere in the middle of all that.
We recently highlighted the companies that stood out to us in 2026, but behind most of those stories, and countless others, are individuals whose decisions, ideas, and contributions helped drive the year forward.
That’s where this list comes in.
How the 2026 Honorees Were Picked
Putting the list together meant looking at very different kinds of work across Web3, so there was never going to be one single formula for every pick.
What stayed consistent was the focus on recent efforts, wider track record, and whether there was a clear case for that person to be there in the first place.
For some, that came down to what they built. For others, it was growth, technical development, public presence, market analysis, or the role they played in moving a particular conversation forward.
This year’s awards are split across the following categories:
Entrepreneurship
Engineering & Development
Product & Design
Marketing & Growth
Education & Public Speaking
Thought Leadership
Trading & Market Intelligence
Each category includes three honorees:
CryptoDaily’s Choice,
Runner-up Pick,
and Honorable Mention.
CryptoDaily’s Choice goes to the person who, from our editorial team’s perspective, stood out most strongly in that category this year. Runner-up Pick recognizes another name with a particularly strong case, while Honorable Mention gives the third spot to someone whose work also deserved attention.
That gives us 21 honorees in total across seven parts of Web3.
Winners
Entrepreneurship
Crypto Daily’s Choice – Michael Jerlis
Michael Jerlis is the founder & CEO of EMCD, a crypto mining and fintech platform he built from zero reputation over nine years into two global award-winning businesses. EMCD Mining Pool commands more than 2% of global Bitcoin hashrate, serves customers across 120 countries, and has mined 30,000+ BTC to date. Coinhold Wallet has $70M+ in assets under management, with 500,000+ wallets created to date. Jerlis solves every business problem the same way – systematically, not reactively. That approach is why EMCD has outlasted every halving and every crypto winter since 2017.
Runner-up Pick – Sam Green
Sam Green is the founder and CEO of Cambrian, a financial intelligence platform built around blockchain data, AI, and institutional use cases. Before Cambrian, he co-founded Semiotic Labs, worked on The Graph ecosystem, and helped develop the DEX aggregator Odos. In 2026, Cambrian raised a $6 million seed round co-led by Polychain and Franklin Templeton, bringing total funding to $11.9 million.The company is now building data infrastructure aimed at institutions and AI agents operating onchain, giving Green a particularly timely entrepreneurship story with a business built around where onchain data is actually being used next.
Honorable Mention – Varun Choudhary
Varun Choudhary is the founder of ORO, an AI-based interface designed to make onchain finance easier to use through natural-language commands. Instead of moving manually between DeFi protocols, users can ask ORO to trade, lend, borrow, or deposit while keeping control of their assets. In 2026, ORO raised another $3 million, taking total funding to $4 million, while reporting around 400,000 users across more than 80 languages. The platform now works across Ethereum, Solana, and ZIGChain, making Choudhary an interesting newer founder to watch as AI becomes more closely tied to DeFi products.
Engineering & Development
CryptoDaily’s Choice – Zac Williamson
Privacy has been one of Ethereum’s harder technical problems for years, and Zac Williamson has spent much of his career working on exactly that. A former particle physicist and co-inventor of PLONK, he went on to co-found Aztec, the privacy-focused Ethereum L2. In 2026, Aztec rolled out its Alpha V5 upgrade, cutting private proving times by more than half, bringing block times down to six seconds, and making fully private transfers possible for under $0.05. Williamson has also remained a visible voice around zero-knowledge proofs, private execution, and how privacy can actually work at Ethereum scale.
Runner-up Pick – Jure Granić-Skender
Jure Granić-Skender is a founding engineer at MetaDAO, where he works on protocol development and market-based governance on Solana. His background spans SaaS, Web3 tooling, wallet infrastructure, and AMM design, but his 2026 work is what makes him especially relevant here. At Solana Summit Serbia, he spoke about using AI agents to help build secure smart contracts handling millions in TVL, while his earlier projects include the Sign In With Solana Rust library. He is still a relatively low-profile name globally, but technically, there is a clear body of work behind the inclusion.
Honorable Mention – Anam Ansari
Prediction markets have given Anam Ansari plenty to work on in 2026. As Blockchain Engineering Lead at Trepa, she has been building the Solana smart contracts behind the platform, with a particular focus on fixed-point math, testing, and making sure payouts behave properly in production. She also broke down Trepa’s architecture for developers at a Superteam Malaysia session this April and appeared on the Ship Safely podcast earlier in the year to discuss the engineering behind prediction markets. Before Trepa, her work already stretched across Solana infrastructure, mobile integrations, SDKs, and developer tooling.
Product & Design
CryptoDaily’s Choice – Maria Carola
Maria Carola has spent close to a decade in crypto, first on the marketing side and later running StealthEX. What makes her fit this category is how closely her role has stayed tied to the product itself: keeping instant swaps simple, expanding the asset list, adding fiat access, integrations, and user-facing tools without turning the platform into something overly complicated. StealthEX has continued to push that straightforward, non-custodial model in 2026, and Carola’s work sits right in the middle of that balance between product growth and keeping the experience easy to use.
Runner-up Pick — Simon Rico
A lot of Simon Rico’s work has been about making DeFi trading feel less like a technical exercise. Until June 2026, he was Principal Designer at 0x, leading design work around Matcha and helping shape the way traders move through swaps, token discovery, and more advanced trading flows. His design changes have previously translated into measurable improvements in mobile conversion, and in 2026 he wrapped up more than three years at Matcha before moving on to build his own design product, Logram. That mix of hands-on Web3 product work and a very clear design point of view makes him a strong runner-up here.
Honorable Mention — Mike McCabe
Privacy products are notoriously difficult to make usable, and that is exactly the problem Mike McCabe has been working on at 0xbow. As Product Lead for Privacy Pools, his role sits between technical privacy infrastructure and the question of how people actually use it onchain. He has been unusually visible in 2026, appearing at EthCC, ETHPrague, ETHis, and ETHSofia to talk about privacy, compliance, and product adoption. That repeated presence matters here: McCabe is not just attached to a product title, he has been part of the wider 2026 conversation around how privacy tools move from protocol ideas into something users can realistically interact with.
Marketing & Growth
CryptoDaily’s Choice – Mike Ermolaev
Mike Ermolaev spent 2026 pushing Outset PR beyond the usual agency model. The soft launch of Outset Media Index was a major step, bringing traffic, engagement, SEO, collaboration data, and other signals into the way crypto media is evaluated. But the bigger story is how consistently he has built around that same instinct: question the standard approach, test what actually works, and turn those insights into something practical. Under his leadership, Outset PR has grown into a more data-led, strategic partner for crypto brands, while Mike himself has remained a strong voice on market events, media performance, and AI-driven discovery.
Runner-up Pick – Silvia Mogas
Silvia Mogas has been difficult to miss on the Web3 marketing circuit in 2026. Her year has included appearances at ETH Bucharest, Crypto Expo Europe, ETHGlobal NYC, AIM Congress and other industry events, usually around go-to-market strategy, adoption, positioning, and bringing Web3 products to wider audiences. Outside the conference circuit, she works with digital asset companies as a fractional CMO and strategist, covering everything from exchanges and tokenized assets to institutional products. It is that mix of hands-on marketing work and repeated public presence that makes her a natural fit here.
Honorable Mention – Jack Haldorsson
For Jack Haldorsson, 2026 has largely been about the less glamorous side of Web3 growth: what happens after the launch hype fades. Through Lunar Strategy, he has been writing and speaking repeatedly about go-to-market planning, creator campaigns, founder-led marketing, community building, and keeping growth going between major announcements. The agency says it worked with more than 110 clients in 2025, while Haldorsson has continued running webinars, publishing practical growth guides, and appearing on marketing podcasts this year. His profile is still relatively compact, but the body of 2026 work is easy to trace.
Education & Public Speaking
CryptoDaily’s Choice – Rick Baker
Education has been the core of Rick Baker’s work for years, and 2026 gave him several reasons to stay visible. He spoke at Web3 Expo Dubai on accessible Web3 learning and how institutions can prepare for wider adoption, while continuing to build Learn Crypto Global and the Tokenised Asset Academy around blockchain, DeFi, and tokenisation education. In September, he also co-hosted a live DeFi masterclass aimed at making the subject easier to understand for people outside the usual crypto crowd. His work this year has stayed firmly focused on turning technical topics into something people can actually follow.
Runner-up Pick – Diana Rodriguez
Diana Rodriguez has spent much of 2026 doing the practical side of crypto education: workshops, beginner sessions, and live speaking rather than simply posting explainers online. She ran a crypto-for-beginners workshop with Gemini in January, hosted and spoke at a sold-out International Women’s Day event in Sydney in March, and joined a panel at New Zealand CryptoCon in June. Her focus is deliberately beginner-friendly, covering wallet setup, self-custody, scams, and the basics people usually have to figure out the hard way. That steady run of public education work makes her a strong fit here.
Honorable Mention – Ashley Wright
Ashley Wright has spent much of 2026 doing what she does best: making crypto easier to understand for people who are not already deep in the industry. She taught practical digital-asset classes early in the year, spoke at Cayman Crypto Week, and later joined Blockchain Futurist Conference in Toronto, where she also led a workshop around crypto, AI, and the future of money. Through The Wright Success and Crypto Strategy Academy, she has taught hundreds of students and built a broader profile around digital-asset education, financial literacy, and bringing more people into Web3 without drowning them in jargon.
Thought Leadership
CryptoDaily’s Choice – Lisa Loud
Lisa Loud has had a fairly visible 2026 across both Web3 and fintech conversations. At Consensus Hong Kong, she moderated a session on open source, decentralization, and edge AI, and later appeared in interviews around tokenized assets, financial inclusion, and leadership in emerging tech. She has also continued publishing her own takes on trust, careers, and leadership in Web3 through Forbes. Her background includes roles at Apple, PayPal, ShapeShift, and Secret Network, which gives her a wider frame than someone speaking from just one corner of crypto.
Runner-up Pick – Yuanjie Zhang
A lot of Yuanjie Zhang’s public work this year has centered on where blockchain actually fits into the next phase of finance. In 2026, he spoke repeatedly about RWAs, stablecoins, institutional adoption, cross-border payments, and the role blockchain could play in AI-driven economies. He appeared at Conflux’s Digital Finance & Ecosystem Conference in Hong Kong, joined institutional-focused events with HashKey, and gave several interviews on Asia’s role in bringing real-world assets onchain. That steady run of public commentary makes him a strong thought-leadership pick rather than just another protocol executive.
Honorable Mention – Alex Tapscott
Alex Tapscott has spent years writing and speaking about where blockchain fits into the wider economy, and he stayed active in that role through 2026. He appeared at Web3 Toronto alongside founders, policy people, and institutional finance leaders, while continuing to speak about tokenization, digital assets, and the shift from blockchain as “infrastructure” to something that can open up new markets and financial products. His background as an author and longtime commentator gives him a different angle from the other two picks: less company-led, more focused on explaining where the industry may be heading and why.
Trading & Market Intelligence
CryptoDaily’s Choice – Markus Thielen
Markus Thielen has been one of the more consistently visible crypto market researchers in 2026. Through 10x Research, he has spent the year tracking Bitcoin through onchain data, ETF flows, options positioning, liquidity, and broader macro signals rather than leaning on price charts alone. His market calls have been picked up repeatedly by CoinDesk, Benzinga, and other outlets, and CryptoQuant currently ranks his Bitcoin calls among the stronger analyst records it tracks. That steady mix of research, media appearances, and actual market positioning makes him a natural first pick here.
Runner-up Pick – Vetle Lunde
Few people spend quite as much time digging through the less glamorous parts of the Bitcoin market as Vetle Lunde. At K33 Research, his work in 2026 has covered everything from low trading activity and leverage to institutional flows, market bottoms, and the way Bitcoin has behaved against other risk assets. He has appeared in interviews and podcasts throughout the year while K33 continued publishing its regular market reports and 2026 research. Lunde’s strength is less about headline-grabbing predictions and more about reading market structure closely enough to explain what is actually changing underneath the price.
Honorable Mention – James Check
James Check has kept up a very steady stream of Bitcoin market work through 2026. His Checkonchain reports have followed capitulation, ETF flows, holder behavior, realized price, market-cycle shifts, and the return of spot demand, while his analysis has also appeared in podcasts, live sessions, and market coverage outside his own platform. In September, Cointelegraph picked up his argument that Bitcoin may already have established its cycle bottom near $58,000. What keeps his work interesting is the way he uses onchain behavior to explain why the market is moving, not just where the price might go next.
One Last Word on the 2026 CryptoDaily™ Individual Awards
The best part of an annual awards list usually comes later.
Not on the day it is published, but months down the line, when you look back and see which names kept going, which took a completely different turn, and which suddenly made a lot more sense than they did at the time.
So consider this one bookmarked.
2026 is not finished writing its story just yet, and neither are the people on this list. We’ll see what the next twelve months do with both.
Disclaimer: This article is provided for informational purposes only. It is not offered or intended to be used as legal, tax, investment, financial, or other advice.

SUI was trading near $1.17 on October 2, putting its market capitalisation at roughly $4.81 billion and 24-hour volume near $556.8 million, according to CoinGecko. The token now faces a closely timed sequence of supply and event risks: a scheduled unlock on October 3, followed by Sui Basecamp in Singapore on October 7–8.
About 23.38 million SUI, equivalent to 0.2% of total supply and about 0.6% of market capitalisation, are scheduled to unlock, Tokenomics.com shows. The amount is measurable but modest relative to the token’s stated market value; whether the market absorbs it cleanly matters because spot is sitting around immediate support and just below a dense resistance range.
The near-term SUI price prediction therefore hinges less on an assumed Basecamp rally than on a narrower test: whether daily bullish momentum can carry price through $1.1858 and then the $1.20–$1.21 area without the unlock prompting a break below support.
SUI’s daily momentum is bullish, but RSI is nearing overbought territory
The daily technical picture was constructive heading into the unlock. The 14-day RSI stood at 67.3 on October 1, a bullish reading that remained below the conventional 70 overbought threshold, according to the technical data cited by Crypto Daily. That leaves room for further upside in principle, but it also means momentum is approaching a zone where a pullback can become more likely if buyers fail to force a breakout.
MACD (12,26) was positive at 0.004 and carried a Buy classification on the daily timeframe. Price was also reported above both its seven-day moving average, approximately $1.17, and its 30-day moving average, approximately $1.16. Together, those readings describe positive short-term momentum rather than a completed breakout.
That distinction is important at the current price. A bullish RSI, positive MACD and position above the two moving averages can support attempts higher, but none removes the nearby overhead supply indicated by resistance levels. With RSI already at 67.3, a sustained advance would need to be confirmed by price holding above the levels immediately in front of it, rather than merely touching them.
The technical evidence also has a timing limitation. The cited indicator readings were observed on October 1, while the spot reference of $1.17 is from October 2. They provide a recent daily framework, not a guarantee of how the market will react once newly unlocked tokens arrive.
SUI support at $1.1717 and resistance from $1.1858 to $1.21 frame the immediate move
The closest reference point is $1.1717, identified as daily support through confluence involving a high-volume node, Fibonacci, pivot and MACD-cross measures. Given that SUI was quoted near $1.17, the market is effectively testing that area rather than trading comfortably above it. A stable hold around this level would preserve the near-term bullish setup; a decisive loss would shift attention lower.
LevelRoleWhat it signals$1.1717Nearest daily supportHolding it would keep the immediate recovery structure intact.$1.1630-day moving-average supportA loss of $1.1717 would bring this next support into focus.$1.11–$1.12Daily S1 and 0.618 Fibonacci zoneThis is the deeper supplied support area if weakness extends.$1.1858Nearest daily resistanceThe first barrier to clear for an upside continuation attempt.$1.20–$1.21Retest and recent swing-high resistanceClearing this cluster would strengthen the short-term bullish case.$1.27Higher continuation resistanceA sustained close above it would strengthen the breakout case.
On the upside, $1.1858 is the first meaningful obstacle. It is followed quickly by $1.20, described as near-term retest resistance, and $1.21, the cited recent swing high. The proximity of those barriers means a move above $1.1858 alone would be constructive, but it would not settle the breakout question. Price would still need to clear the $1.20–$1.21 band.
If that band is overcome and held, the next supplied resistance is $1.27. That level should not be treated as an automatic destination: the underlying analysis says a sustained close above $1.27 would itself strengthen a breakout case. It is therefore better understood as a later confirmation threshold than as a forecast.
On the downside, a break through $1.1717 would put the approximate $1.16 30-day moving average in view. Failure there would expose the $1.11–$1.12 zone, identified as daily S1 and a 0.618 Fibonacci retracement area in CoinStats AI Market Analysis. The levels show why the unlock deserves attention even though its stated size is small: the price is close enough to support that a modest change in order flow could matter.
SUI price prediction: Basecamp catalysts must absorb the October 3 unlock before a $1.20-$1.21 break can strengthen
The conditional near-term outlook is mildly bullish, but only while the support structure holds. Daily RSI at 67.3, a positive 0.004 MACD reading and price above the reported seven- and 30-day averages all support the case for another push higher. The most immediate test is $1.1858; a successful break followed by acceptance above $1.20 and $1.21 would make the bullish technical case more credible.
Basecamp supplies a defined calendar focus. The Sui Foundation has scheduled its 2026 event for October 7–8 at Marina Bay Sands in Singapore alongside TOKEN2049, according to the official Basecamp page. But a scheduled event is not, by itself, evidence that the token will rise. In this setup, its relevance is that it arrives soon after the unlock, when the market will have had an opportunity to show whether it can retain the $1.1717 area.
There are also continuing supply-and-access considerations beyond the one-day unlock. Sui says its stablecoin-yield-funded buyback programme is purchasing approximately 23,800 SUI daily, as reported on its buyback page. Separately, the 21Shares Sui Staking ETF provides spot exposure and generally intends to stake 70% to 90% of holdings. That offers an institutional access route, while the stated staking approach also carries liquidity considerations.
For the title’s $1.20–$1.21 question, the answer is conditional rather than directional certainty. The range is supported in the research as near-term resistance, not as a guaranteed target. Holding $1.1717 through the October 3 unlock and then clearing $1.1858 would strengthen the chance of a test; a convincing move through $1.20 and $1.21 would be the more meaningful confirmation. Conversely, unlock-related weakness that drives SUI below $1.1717 and then $1.16 would weaken the bullish reading and place the $1.11–$1.12 support zone back in focus.
Disclaimer: This article is provided for informational purposes only. It is not offered or intended to be used as legal, tax, investment, financial, or other advice.

The Bitcoin price rose out of its slumbers on Thursday and increased $3,400 to a price of $86,800. It was at this point that the price was rejected, falling back to $86,000. Was this just the first attempt at a breakout of a parallel channel? Could a confirmed breakout take place on Friday or over the weekend?
$BTC price reaches top of parallel channel
Source: TradingView
The $BTC price was boosted to the upside on Thursday and into Friday after breaking clear of a descending triangle pattern within a parallel channel. Once volume got behind the breakout it was a relatively short amount of time before the price ascended to the top of the channel, where it was rejected - at least for the time being.
As can be seen on Friday morning, the $BTC price is once again heading back to the top of the channel. Will it get there just to receive another rejection, or is pressure starting to build on the top trendline of the channel ready for a potential breakout?
One important factor that the bulls need to take into consideration is that this window of opportunity for a breakout may not be open for long, given that the price is starting to enter an overbought condition.
Remain in channel or breakout?
Source: TradingView
The daily time frame illustrates the clear smaller parallel channel with the descending triangle within it. It may be that the $BTC price does meander some more within the channel. This would probably be a healthier option rather than the direct breakout, given that momentum indicators could be allowed to reset again, potentially leading to a much stronger breakout further down the line.
That said, what will be will be, and if there is a breakout today or over the weekend, the $BTC price could surge into the low to mid $90K region before the next, possibly longer period of consolidation, or even the first decent correction in this so far unconfirmed bull market.
Which resistance level can the bulls reach?
Source: TradingView
The weekly time frame shows the absolutely to be expected surge out of the bull flag. If the full measured move out of the bull flag is to take place, this rally still has a good way to run.
In fact, if one looks at the price action in this macro-level chart there really isn’t anything untoward throughout the whole of the bear market, the latter stages of the last bull market, and this current bull market. Price has followed each of the patterns and has exited them in the expected direction every time.
Momentum is still with this current rally, although it remains to be seen how far the $BTC price can rise before gravity takes over. The Stochastic RSI at the bottom of the chart has the blue fast line on top of the red slow line once more. This is perhaps signalling one last effort to the upside. While $89,250 is very doable, $94,280 is a much greater level of resistance, with the bull market confirmation level of $97,880 beyond that. Let us see which of these levels this current rally can arrive at.
Disclaimer: This article is provided for informational purposes only. It is not offered or intended to be used as legal, tax, investment, financial, or other advice.