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DeepSeek and Moonshot attract fresh capital ahead of planned listings, while OpenAI courts major investors.

he product converts more than 50 local currencies into stablecoins, offers rewards of up to 10% on eligible USDG balances and includes virtual and physical payment cards.

This shallower decline isn’t limited to the one-year anniversary. The bear market itself has been milder with past downturns seeing prices plummet 77% to 85%.

FinCEN withdrew two proposals that had hung over self-custody and crypto mixers for years without ever taking effect.

One of Ethereum’s main validator clients updated its software hours before a Sepolia test that will raise the amount of work each block can hold to 200 million gas.

BTC fell back to about $85,600 after sellers turned it away from $87,000 for the third time since Sept. 23, while Nasdaq closed at a record and Treasury yields kept climbing.

Solana Foundation launched an open-source program that lets institutions settle trades in seconds, not days. JPMorgan provided key inputs.

The super PAC shared a list of more than 30 incumbent candidates it’s backing, with about a million dollars going to three names from each party.

The planned 24/7 venue will offer dozens of tokenized U.S. stocks, with trades conducted against stablecoins through blockchain-based liquidity pools rather than a traditional order book.

The derivatives regulator is proposing two rules meant to cover the waterfront of crypto activity and exchanges, as long as it’s not simple, direct trading.

The payments giant is planning a major global expansion for its stablecoin cards business, and is exploring tokenized deposits and DeFi use cases, new crypto head Henri Stern said.

Armada Acquisition Corp. II rose about 270% last week, leaving the thinly traded shell at nearly four times its roughly $10.50 trust value before merging with Evernorth, an XPR treasury company.

Your day-ahead look for Oct. 5, 2026

The Treasury Department said the network raised more than $2 million through purported humanitarian charities, including hundreds of thousands of dollars sent in crypto.

The Japanese firm sold 10,000 BTC before buying 11,000 BTC, demonstrating liquidity as it seeks recurring income from preferred securities.

A stronger dollar and rising bond yields could be headwinds as fiscal concerns in France and political uncertainty in Spain weigh on the euro.

A weak September jobs report may have taken a rate hike off the table, but bitcoin is still stuck below $87,000, with FOMC minutes due Wednesday.

Your look at what’s coming in the week starting Oct. 5.

The two firms will initially roll out the digital assets settlement service to select institutional clients in Asia and the Gulf region with around-the-clock U.S. dollar settlement.

Key price averages are on the verge of confirming a major bullish configuration for the first time in over a year.

Ether waiting to enter staking has fallen by more than a quarter since early September, while the exit queue hit its longest of 2026.

OKXICE, the joint venture of OKX and ICE, plans to launch tokenized U.S. stocks under SEC’s new innovation exemption.

NU7 cuts the target block time from 75 seconds to 25, giving exchanges, wallets and developers a live rehearsal before a planned November mainnet launch.

Bitcoin came within about $500 of its late-September peak before sellers pushed it back under $86,000. It’s the second rally in a week to stall.

Ether beat bitcoin in the third quarter, but its market liquidity got thinner, according to Coingecko.

Congress is gone from Washington for the final pre-election recess, and it’s time to take stock of what’s going on ahead of November.

Crypto firms have spent years building financial products on blockchains. Getting people to use them — and keep using them — is becoming the next challenge.

Crypto M&A has hit record levels, but the Clarity Act’s Senate setback leaves dealmakers weighing how much regulatory uncertainty still matters.

CEO Iana Dimitrova said OpenPayd aims to launch in the U.S. by April 2027 and is eyeing deals to add licenses and technology.

Finance, engineering and trading led hiring demand, while Bitcoin, Ethereum and Solana were the most frequently requested blockchain skills.