Crypto for Friday, October 2, 2026

• Blast shuts down $20M layer-2 network, forcing Oct. 26 exit deadline
• North Dakota’s Roughrider Coin Goes Live on Fiserv and Solana
• Stablecoin issuers have replaced 40% of China’s lost US Treasury demand
• Bank group sues U.S. regulator over granting crypto trust charters
• California Subpoenas OpenAI Over AI Models That Hacked Their Way Out of a Test
• European crypto users have ‘more faith’ in regulated firms under MiCA: Bitpanda co-CEO
• Bitcoin’s $85,000 sell wall is gone and traders are now betting on $100,000
• Ethereum Foundation and OA Launch zkAPI for Private AI Payment
• Ethereum Now Lets You Pay for AI Without Revealing Who You Are
• Circle Pushes Back on MiCA's Bank-Deposit Mandate for Stablecoins
• Crypto hackers exploit third-party Aave tool to steal 114 ETH
• This AI Is Already Fooling People on Video Calls Into Thinking It's Human, Company Says
• Bitcoin Crashes Below $84K as Crypto Liquidations Near $600M
• SEC Proposes Rules That Could Change How Funds Custody Crypto
• $4.2B crypto bank Anchorage Digital cuts 17% of workforce: Report
• Blast to wind down Ethereum L2 after costs outpace revenue
• Evernorth’s Nasdaq XRP treasury is approved, but its real buying power isn’t the $300 million expected
• Once a $2.3 Billion Network, Ethereum Layer-2 Blast Is Shutting Down
• BNY in talks with Kraken parent Payward over infrastructure partnership
• Pi Network (PI) in October: 3 AIs Speculate What Will Happen With the Price
• Nvidia Hits Record High as Market Value Reaches $5.7 Trillion
• XRP Price, $300M ETF Demand, and 45% Q3 Supply Overhang
• Once a $2 billion Ethereum layer-2, Blast is shutting down after assets plunge 98%
• Trump’s potential AI czar, Jay Clayton, helped pioneer the SEC’s crypto crackdown
• Bitcoin Heads Higher on Macro Moves: Where Does BTC Go Next?
• Why Strategy’s STRC calculator shows $210 for a share it can redeem at $101
• 71% of UK finance leaders expect tokenization to reshape financial services: Lloyds
• NEAR Intents Identifies $3.8M Hacker, Gives Them 48 Hours to Return Funds
• Unpatched Eclair Bitcoin Lightning nodes could crash again every time they restart
• Crypto’s billions are back, but the premiums aren’t
• Bitcoin briefly hits $87K as weak US jobs data sends bond yields lower
• Bitcoin Rejected at $87K Despite Soft PCE and Jobs Data as QNT, NIGHT Explode: Weekly Crypto Recap
• Ethereum Price Analysis: ETH Bulls Eye $3K Again – Can They Finally Break Through?
• Why an $88 billion bank reserve drop doesn’t prove a Bitcoin liquidity squeeze – yet
• Tokenized Stocks, Investor Rights, and Their Crypto Role
• ‘Euro stablecoin isn’t enough’: EU issuers make case for USD tokens
• Bull Market Targets for BTC, ETH, XRP, and SOL: Analyst
• Cardano’s DeFi has shrunk by more than half and RealFi is betting credit can revive it
• Furious debate about THORChain vs NEAR shows idealism has limits
• America at a crossroads: Commissioner Peirce’s parting challenge
• 'Uptober' Off With a Bang as Bitcoin Surges to $86K
• Bitcoin Price Reacts Immediately to Weaker-Than-Expected US Jobs Report
• U.S. added just 29,000 jobs in September, with unemployment rate rising to 4.2%
• Circle urges EU to revise stablecoin reserve rules in MiCA review
• Travala’s Crypto Loyalty Program Passes 170,000 Members, Sets Long-Term Goal of 30% of AVA Supply Locked
• Bitcoin survived 5% yields but crypto’s cheap-money era did not
• Morning Minute: NEAR Intents Hacked for $3.8M - Was It A Bullish Hack?
• Major Quant (QNT) Volatility, Important Cardano (ADA) Price Warning, and More: Bits Recap October 2
• BNB Chain crosses $1B in tokenized stocks, ETFs as market hits $3.7B
• Bitcoin sees big overnight rally as ETF demand returns before the next US jobs test
• Cboe wants to turn VIX into a never-ending trade
• US Designates Russia's A7 Network as Transnational Criminal Organization
• Ethereum Price Prediction: ETH Scraps Staking Burn for Hegotá
• Live updates: Bitcoin rises, re-taking $86,000 ahead of key U.S. jobs data
• US targets $17 billion Russia-linked crypto payment network using USDT as an escape route
• Bitcoin treasuries may struggle to match Strategy, says Ammous
• Crypto traders are in risk-on mode as bitcoin dominance nears return to 60%
• CONNECT recap: Arthur Hayes on money printing, Wall Street moves onchain
• ETH, XRP Sentiment Turns Deeply Negative – But Could Fear Set Up a Rebound?
• XRP Price Prediction: Ripple Teases Special Announcement in Korea Blockchain Week
• Coinbase completes Deribit switch, ending International Exchange trading
• Bitcoin reaches for $87K as short liquidations top $120M
• Aave founder says V3 unaffected after third-party adapter exploit drains $305K
• Porsche’s ‘long haul’ Web3 project ends in less than four years
• El Salvador Agrees to Halt Further Bitcoin Accumulation Under IMF Deal
• Bitcoin open interest jumps $2.3 billion as traders pay more for bullish positions
• Spanish Police Arrest 16-Year-Old Accused of Running KillSec Ransomware Group
• Bitcoin’s $113,000 case strengthens as US regulators push 9 crypto actions
• Tether's USDT is 'coming home' to Bitcoin this month over a decade after debut there
• Bitcoin ETFs kick off ‘Uptober’ with $103M inflow
• Bitcoin tops $86,000 ahead of U.S. jobs report
• EIP-8363 Authors Pull Ethereum Staking Reward Burn From Hegotá Upgrade
• Solana enters US banking with 90 North Dakota banks leading it
• Lowest Fee Bitcoin ATMs Announces Launch of More Than 400 ATMs Nationwide
• Two Safe Wallets Lose $305,000 in FlashLoopAdapter Attack
• Evernorth XRP Treasury Clears Vote, Awaits October Closing
• Bitcoin Price Prediction: Understanding and Predicting 2026 Uptober
• South Korea crypto exchange profits fall 78% in H1 amid trading slump
• Top Ethereum (ETH) Price Predictions as Whales Keep Buying
• Electrum patches Lightning flaw, but old Bitcoin backups break
• South Korea advances tokenized securities rules ahead of 2027 rollout
• Zano exploiter created 36.9M unauthorized ZANO before blockchain rollback
• Core Lightning warns attackers are targeting unpatched nodes
• XRP Outflows Spike Above 320M, Echoing August Rally Setup
• PropAMMs lower Solana trade costs, and public pool returns crash
• Ethereum’s zkAPI brings privacy-preserving API payments to mainnet
• Bitget restores $300M fund after absorbing $388M security breach
• NEAR Intents says it’s identified the hacker, gives 48-hour ultimatum
• SEC moves to clear custody hurdle for advisers offering crypto
• Crypto hackers have taken $2.7 billion in 2026 and the losses are alarmingly concentrated