Tether froze 93% of THORChain's Tron USDT, then undid it
Tether blacklisted four THORChain Tron vaults holding ~1.45M USDT, then lifted it hours later. What happened and why
Sepolia's 200M gas limit isn't automatic. Validators must
Glamsterdam is live on Sepolia. How validators opt in to a 200M gas limit, what the 18 core EIPs change, and what it
Bitcoin ETFs took $119M in while BTC fell below $84K
Spot Bitcoin ETFs added $119M on Oct 6 as BTC slid under $84K, while Ether ETFs lost $408M over six sessions.
Strategy swung from an $8B loss to a $21B gain in one quarter
Strategy's October 8-K shows a $20.91B Q3 2026 gain on digital assets, 848,000 BTC holdings, and a $70.82B carrying
Arbitrum just bought a stake in its own stablecoin float
Paxos' USDG stablecoin goes live on Arbitrum as a DAO proposal seeks 100M ARB for DRIP to seed USDG liquidity and
Bitcoin flat, the 3x ETF is down 9%: the decay math explained
SEC approved 3x leveraged Bitcoin and Ether ETFs in October 2026, but daily-reset math means losses even when Bitcoin ends the week flat.
Strip out stablecoins and Bitcoin's real share jumps to 64%
Bitcoin dominance sits near 59%, but stripping out $300B+ in stablecoins puts BTC's real market share closer to 64%.
SEC calls it self-custody. You still can't hold your own keys.
The SEC's October 2026 proposal would let advisers self-custody client crypto under strict, conditional rules.
One ETF soaked up 81% of Bitcoin's $6.3B Q3 inflows
US Bitcoin ETFs added $6.3B in Q3 2026 as BTC rose 43%; BlackRock's IBIT captured about 81% of inflows.
MetaMask's hack netted $967. Lido exited validators anyway.
MetaMask disclosed a security breach Sept 30, 2026 and began exiting validators on Lido over $967 in diverted rewards.
Altcoin exchange deposits just jumped 160% in two weeks
CryptoQuant: altcoin exchange deposits rose ~160% in two weeks, the highest level since October 2025.
Strategy now owns more than 4% of Bitcoin's entire supply
Strategy's Sept 21-27 8-K: 1,665 BTC for $142.7M, holdings hit 847,666 BTC — over 4% of BTC supply.