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According to Coinglass data, the cryptocurrency Fear and Greed Index is currently at 58, down 5 points from yesterday. The average over the past 7 days is 66, and the average over the past 30 days is 67.

On October 8, the XRP Ledger activated the PermissionDelegationV1_1 feature, allowing account owners to authorize other accounts to perform specific tasks without relinquishing control of the account's master key. According to the monitoring site XRPL Dashboard, such upgrades require over 80% support from trusted validators for two consecutive weeks; based on the current 35 validators, at least 29 must support it. The countdown for this feature was reset in September due to the support rate falling below the threshold.This feature allows enterprises to split permissions by function. Stablecoin issuers can authorize compliant accounts to approve new customers while keeping the master key offline. Authorized accounts use their own keys to sign and can only perform the granted operations; owners can change or revoke these permissions at any time. Each authorized account can receive up to 10 permissions, which limit the types of operations they can perform, rather than automatically setting spending limits. Banks have previously separated payment and compliance responsibilities at the employee level, and this upgrade enforces such division at the ledger level.According to a report shared by Evernorth, a subsidiary of XRP Treasury, the network held an average of $3.72 billion in tokenized assets and $539 million in Ripple's RLUSD stablecoin in the second quarter, totaling approximately $4.26 billion. Official guidance advises users not to delegate PaymentBurn permissions before separately fixing activation; this permission is intended for assistants to destroy tokens but, under certain conditions, also allows for the creation of new tokens. This warning pertains to tokens issued on the ledger rather than newly minted XRP.

The cryptocurrency trading platform Robinhood's Robinhood Crypto posted on X that it is exploring the launch of a stock token linked to an actively managed ETF on the Robinhood Chain, in partnership with T. Rowe Price Digital Assets.Robinhood Crypto stated that T. Rowe Price is one of the largest asset management companies in the world, managing $1.9 trillion in assets. If this exploration is successful, the related product will become the first stock token of its kind. The company also mentioned that institutions are entering, and its underlying channel is ready.

According to the Financial Times, SoftBank is seeking funding in the Gulf region to expand its investment bets in the field of artificial intelligence.

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) of Thailand has completed the formulation of relevant rules, allowing cryptocurrency exchange-traded funds (ETFs) to be listed and traded on the Stock Exchange of Thailand, initially limited to Bitcoin and Ethereum. The rules will take effect on October 16, 2026.Initially, products such as depositary receipts linked to overseas cryptocurrency ETFs are not allowed, and Thai brokers are still prohibited from assisting retail investors in investing in overseas cryptocurrency ETFs; institutional investors and ultra-high-net-worth individuals are not subject to this restriction. Mutual funds and private equity funds can invest in cryptocurrency ETFs established in Thailand. The relevant ETFs must adopt a passive investment approach, tracking the prices of the invested crypto assets, and ensure that the average net exposure of a single cryptocurrency reaches at least 80% of the net asset value within each accounting year. Brokers are not allowed to provide margin financing, and fund assets must be custodied by a digital asset custodian regulated by the SEC.

According to Ai Yi's monitoring, addresses holding for over a year are suspected of liquidating 4.47 million dollars of ONDO. The address mcaavebank.eth deposited 9 million ONDO to OKX 6 hours ago, with a deposit price of 0.4963 dollars.

According to the token unlocking data from the crypto asset data platform RootData, vana (VANA) will unlock approximately 2.57 million tokens at 19:00 Beijing time on October 16, worth about 2.58 million USD.

According to the token unlocking data from the crypto asset data platform RootData, Alaya (AGT) will unlock approximately 164.17 million tokens at 0:00 Beijing time on October 16, with a value of about 4.39 million USD.

According to a report by The Wall Street Journal, SpaceX will acquire the mobile spectrum licenses of Grain Management for approximately 8 billion dollars in cash.

As the institutional market gradually develops towards the separation of custody and trading, Bitget is expanding its open custody and over-the-counter settlement infrastructure for institutional clients, providing more flexible asset custody, fund management, and trading access options.Currently, Bitget has partnered with institutions such as Copper ClearLoop, Cactus Custody Oasis, Fireblocks Off Exchange, OSL MirrorEX, Bitfire PrimeMirror, and Sygnum Protect to meet the differentiated needs of institutions in asset isolation, custody options, settlement efficiency, and liquidity access through diversified custody and settlement models.Bitget's CEO Gracy Chen stated that different types of institutions have varying needs for custody, settlement, and capital management. Bitget aims to allow institutions to choose solutions based on their operational models through open and compatible infrastructure, enhancing fund utilization efficiency and liquidity access capabilities while achieving asset risk isolation. This expansion is also an important part of Bitget's UEX strategy, with institutional services continuing to be a strategic focus to further enhance capital utilization efficiency and accelerate the integration of crypto assets with tokenized traditional financial infrastructure.

According to DeFiLlama data, Bitget has seen a net inflow of $675 million in the past 7 days, ranking first among centralized exchanges (CEX).

According to the market intelligence platform Liquid247.xyz, Coinbase spot BTC has approximately 67.53 sell orders at the price level of $82,289, with a nominal value of about $5.56 million, which is an increase of about 0.43% from the mid-price of approximately $81,933 at that time. The total sell orders at the near end amount to about $21.49 million, while the buy orders are about $19.41 million.The net sell orders at this venue exceed by about $2.08 million, accounting for 5.08% of the total depth. The Coinbase spot sell orders are slightly heavier compared to the buy orders, and the sell orders near $82,289 represent the most prominent resistance at the near end.

According to informed sources, OpenAI expects its annual revenue to reach or exceed $70 billion by the end of this year, driven by growth in its enterprise business. As of the end of September, OpenAI's annual revenue was approximately $50 billion. OpenAI disclosed this data to investors during discussions about its latest round of financing.

According to Onchain Lens monitoring, a newly created address (0xbcd...bbc) went long on 54.1 BTC with 40x leverage on Hyperliquid, with an opening price of $81,778.6, a liquidation price of $80,819.1, an unrealized loss of $1,200, and a total loss of $20,200.

According to Journal du Coin, France's 2027 budget bill was submitted to the National Assembly on October 1, and the Finance Committee began voting on ten cryptocurrency amendments starting October 7. As of October 8, three have been approved: the inclusion of stablecoin exchanges as taxable events (effective January 1, 2027), a departure tax applicable to crypto assets exceeding 800,000 euros, and the ability to defer crypto losses for ten years; a proposal to expand the personal wealth tax to include crypto assets was rejected; a tax reduction amendment submitted by Paul Midy was ruled invalid for violating Article 40 of the Constitution (which prohibits reducing public revenue).In addition, the EU DAC8 directive will require platforms to collect user identity and transaction data starting January 1, 2026, and will report to tax authorities for the first time by June 15, 2027, taking effect without a parliamentary vote. Another proposal aims to require reporting for self-custody wallets valued over 100,000 euros, with a maximum fine of 10,000 euros for non-compliance. The aforementioned amendments have not yet become law, and the full assembly will review them from October 13 to 19, with the final vote scheduled for November 17.

User obchakevich_ published 23 months of on-chain data for MoonPay Commerce, a subsidiary of the payment company MoonPay, covering the period from November 2024 to September 2026. MoonPay announced the acquisition of the payment service Helio on January 13, 2025, which was later renamed MoonPay Commerce, with products still operating under the pre-acquisition smart contracts; the parties did not disclose the price, but Fox Business reported it to be $175 million, while Fintech Futures referred to it as an all-equity transaction. Helio was founded in London in 2022 and claimed to have over 6,000 merchants and cumulative transactions exceeding $1.5 billion at the time of acquisition, integrating with Discord, Shopify, and WooCommerce.The on-chain transaction volume three months before the acquisition was $100.3 million, with fees of $1.08 million, resulting in an annualized fee of about $4.3 million, with the reported price being approximately 40 times that annualized fee. The total transaction volume for the entire year of 2025 was $141.9 million, with fees of $1.59 million; the transaction volume over the past 12 months was $90.7 million, with fees of about $930,000, making the reported price approximately 190 times the latter. Monthly transaction volume decreased from $39.8 million in January 2025 to $9.6 million in March, and $7.3 million in September 2026, with an effective fee rate maintained between 1.05% and 1.20% over the 23 months.

According to Catcher Predict monitoring, in the market prediction event "Cleveland Guardians vs. Chicago White Sox" on Polymarket, the option "Cleveland Guardians" in the sub-market "Cleveland Guardians vs. Chicago White Sox" has experienced a sharp fluctuation in winning probability, plummeting from 50.5% an hour ago to the current 19.5% (a fluctuation of 31%). Please note the impact of related breaking news.

The next phase upgrade of Ethereum, Glamsterdam, was activated on the Sepolia testnet on October 6, completing block finality during the switch without any critical failures. This upgrade consists of the consensus layer Gloas and the execution layer Amsterdam, incorporating a total of 18 EIPs, designed with a gas limit of approximately 200 million, which is about 3.3 times the current mainnet limit of 60 million. The upgrade will not automatically raise the limit but will allow for larger blocks to be produced safely, with validators deciding whether to increase it.Key changes include EIP-7732, which embeds the separation of proposers and builders in the protocol, extending the time for most validators to check transactions from about 4 seconds to about 9 seconds; EIP-7928 requires blocks to include the touched state and updated values, facilitating client data prefetching and parallel validation; EIP-7954 raises the contract code limit from 24 KiB to 64 KiB; EIP-8037 increases the cost of creating new storage slots from 20,000 gas to 97,920 gas, while regular ETH transfers remain at 21,000 gas.The gas limit for the first relevant block on Sepolia was 60 million, reaching 200 million about 11 hours later and maintaining that level. Ethereum Foundation researcher Toni Wahrstätter stated that the speed at which various clients handle gas units has improved compared to before the upgrade, with Geth's execution time for a 40 million gas block reduced from about 115 milliseconds to about 30 milliseconds. The Hoodi testnet is tentatively scheduled for deployment on October 27, with the mainnet target set for the fourth quarter of 2026;

The perpetual contract trading platform Extended announced that it will migrate its settlement network to Arc, a Layer 1 blockchain built for financial markets by Circle. The migration is scheduled to take place during the week of October 19, 2026, with specific timing to be announced closer to the date, and trading will continue during the migration. Accounts, sub-accounts, positions, orders, transaction history, points, and keys will remain unchanged.If any sub-account holds USDT or wBTC valued over 1 USD, users must convert or withdraw by 12:00 UTC on October 21, 2026, as these two assets will not exist on Arc. In-app conversion to USDC or cirBTC will be available at a 1:1 ratio, with Extended covering a 0.50% premium and no exchange fees; the premium will be credited within 8 hours after migration. Recharge for these two assets has been closed since 16:00 UTC on the announcement date. ETH will be automatically converted to wETH on Arc at a 1:1 ratio, and USDC will migrate as native USDC.Recharge and withdrawal are expected to be paused for no more than approximately 2 hours during the migration, while transfers between sub-accounts will remain available. If the relevant assets exceed 1 USD and the deadline is missed, the entire account will be restricted during processing, and the relevant sub-account positions will be liquidated at the mark price at the time of processing without any fees. The Arc mainnet will go live on September 16, 2026, with institutions such as BlackRock, DTCC, ICE, Visa, and Mastercard as its founding validators.