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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.

Friday's soft employment report alone isn't likely to push the Fed off its rate-hike cycle.

In traditional markets, the U.S. Dollar Index jumped to 102.53 early today, the highest since April 2025, extending its rise from the Sept. 9 low of 98.60.

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.