Crypto for Saturday, October 3, 2026

• Crypto Hacks Hit $766M in September With Bitget and Liquid Leading Losses
• Bankers sue to overturn OCC trust-bank rule used by crypto firms
• US Banking Group Sues OCC After Wave of Crypto Trust Bank Approvals
• Hedge funds built a $1.2 trillion Treasury trade on money they have to keep borrowing
• Ripple Price Analysis: XRP’s Tightening Consolidation Puts $2 Breakout in Focus
• XRP Price Prediction: Ripple Range-Bound at $1.50, Breakout Soon?
• Chainalysis Used AI to Trace the $387M Bitget Hack Back to North Korea
• BTC Price Analysis: Is Bitcoin Gearing Up for $96K or a Retest of $82K?
• OpenAI Banned PewDiePie Twice While He Built Ajax, an Uncensored AI That Will Run on Your PC
• ESMA proposes ending EU custody and transfer services for non-compliant stablecoins
• Crypto job postings triple to over 1,200 in September, but applications fall
• Payments firm OpenPayd targets year-end Nasdaq listing to fund U.S. expansion and acquisitions
• Trump Is Hosting Yet Another Meme Coin Dinner: Here Are the Details
• Cathie Wood says smart investors need to start watching where AI agents spend money
• Citi Turns More Bullish on Bitcoin and Strategy: Here Are the New Targets
• Elon Musk Grok AI Predicts a Wild End to 2026 for Bitcoin
• Six US banks have failed in 2026 but the numbers look nothing like 2023
• The Pope Has Thoughts on AI Art—And They're Not Flattering
• BlackRock offers a glimpse of how tokenization may change your investment portfolio
• Crypto's Sisyphean struggle
• Bitcoin’s $87K Rally Was a Trap: Could $82.5K Be the Real Buying Opportunity?
• NEAR Intents recovers entire stolen $3.8M after ultimatum to exploiter
• Leveraged funds’ Bitcoin futures shorts fall by 5,300 BTC-equivalent as longs shrink
• QNT and NIGHT Continue to Defy Market Correction, BTC Settles After Wild Ride: Weekend Watch
• Arbitrum pauses new Stylus activations over AI-assisted attack risks
• Community banks sue OCC over trust bank charters of crypto firms
• We Asked ChatGPT: How High Can Ripple (XRP) Go Under Bullish Q4 Conditions?
• Plunging GPU prices threaten AI hosts, and new hedges step in
• Trump is expected to appoint Jay Clayton as new AI czar: Reports
• Massive Ethereum Awakening: Why 580M in Dormant ETH Just Moved Without Crashing Price
• October Could Be Wild for Bitcoin: 5 Events Every Crypto Trader Should Watch
• US judge kills Milei’s LIBRA memecoin lawsuit, leaving investors stranded
• New SEC crypto rules threaten small advisers, but big firms win