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OKX brought Circle, Ripple and Standard Chartered’s venture arm onto its cap table as the crypto exchange broadens its push into stablecoin-based financial services.On Oct. 6, the exchange’s Chief Executive Officer, Star Xu, confirmed that the company completed a strategic investment from Circle, Qube Research & Technologies, Ripple and SC Ventures by Standard Chartered at a $25 billion pre-money valuation, extending a March round led by Intercontinental Exchange, the owner of the New York Stock Exchange. OKX did not disclose how much it raised in the latest transaction.The valuation was unchanged from March, when ICE invested about $200 million. The…

Ethereum’s institutional demand is weakening around the same time derivatives positioning shows traders are selling aggressively without yet breaking the broader price structure.US spot ETH exchange-traded funds recorded $50.76 million of net outflows on Oct. 5, extending their losing streak to five consecutive sessions, according to SoSoValue data. The products have shed $205.88 million since Sept. 29, reducing cumulative net inflows to about $13.75 billion.The streak followed a $17.1 million inflow on Sept. 28 and has coincided with ETH trading near $2,711, leaving one of the market’s major sources of incremental demand in retreat.Yet the pressure has not spread uniformly…

United States Mint collectors can order the 2026 Semiquincentennial Proof Set beginning today at noon ET, adding another major release tied to America’s 250th anniversary. The US Mint 2026 Semiquincentennial Proof Set includes 10 coins struck at the San Francisco Mint and housed in two protective lenses Limited to 480,000 sets, the 10-coin collection is struck at the San Francisco Mint and features one-year-only designs and Semiquincentennial elements throughout. Exclusive Proofs It is also the only 2026 Mint product offering proof versions of the standard-composition Emerging Liberty dime, five Semiquincentennial quarters and Enduring Liberty half dollar. Silver proof versions of…

At ETHU’s Oct. 6 disclosed futures valuation, a 3x Ethereum ETF with $362.1 million in assets would target about $1.09 billion of exposure. If held entirely in standard CME Ether futures, that would equal 8,000 contracts, CME’s single-month and all-month accountability level.The SEC approved Cboe BZX’s rule change to list Volatility Shares’ proposed ETHK on Oct. 2; ETHK’s first trading date is pending. The sponsor’s live fund shows that Volatility Shares’ existing ETHU held 19,204 October CME Ether futures contracts worth $2.61 billion as of Oct. 6, against $1.31 billion of net assets as of Oct. 5.Those holdings imply $135,800…

Aave is approaching a $67 million collateral rollover as one of its fastest-growing fixed-yield trades reaches maturity.About 67.4 million PT-AUSD-8OCT2026 tokens were supplied as collateral on Aave V3’s Monad market as of Oct. 2, according to risk adviser LlamaRisk. The Pendle principal tokens mature Oct. 8, when each becomes redeemable for one AUSD and its fixed-yield appreciation ends.A replacement is already being prepared. Pendle deployed a Dec. 17 AUSD principal-token market last month, and TokenLogic has proposed listing it on Aave so borrowers can move into the next maturity without giving up the collateral utility that helped the October market…

Armada Acquisition Corp. II shares closed at US$39.42 (AU$56.76) on 2 October after opening the week at US$10.58 (AU$15.24), with an intraday high of US$53 (AU$76.32). Evernorth expects about US$48 million (AU$69.1 million) in trust proceeds from the merger, out of roughly US$241.9 million (AU$348.3 million) the trust held at the 20 August record date. The deal is due to close on 7 October, with Evernorth trading on Nasdaq under XRPN from 8 October and the shell’s 11.5 million public warrants exercisable at closing after a 5 October amendment. Shares of Armada Acquisition Corp. II, the shell merging with XRP…

Cardano’s proposed programmable-token standard could let a freeze on one asset temporarily block unrelated tokens held in the same transaction output.CIP-113, merged into Cardano’s main improvement-proposal repository on Sept. 29, is designed to add issuer-controlled transfer rules to native assets without abandoning the network’s extended unspent transaction output, or eUTXO, model.The Cardano Foundation has positioned programmable tokens as infrastructure for regulated financial assets, including stablecoins, securities and real-world assets that may require transfer restrictions, freezes and other compliance controls.The framework could therefore broaden Cardano’s appeal to institutional issuers while introducing new dependencies for wallets and DeFi applications when several assets…

Key takeaways Bitcoin has dropped below $86,000 on Tuesday after gaining more than 12% across three consecutive positive weeks. U.S. spot bitcoin ETFs recorded an outflow of $90 million following last week’s massive inflow.  Resistance stands at $87,599 and near $90,000, while $85,000 remains immediate support. Bitcoin consolidates after three weeks of gains Bitcoin held below $86,000 on Tuesday, preserving a recovery of more than 12% since mid-September as ETF demand and shifting interest-rate expectations supported sentiment. The cryptocurrency has recorded three consecutive weekly gains and is approaching resistance that could determine whether buyers extend the advance toward $90,000. Its…

The CFTC plans CTX and CAM frameworks for crypto trading platforms using its existing authority under the Commodity Exchange Act. Initial oversight would focus on retail crypto trading involving leverage, margin or financing, while ordinary spot exchanges would not automatically be covered. Proposed rules could include proof-of-reserves requirements, customer-asset safeguards and clarification of when self-custody transfers qualify as actual delivery. CFTC Chair Michael Selig said the agency would pursue crypto market regulation despite Congress failing to pass the CLARITY Act. The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) is pressing ahead with plans for a federal crypto framework despite Congress failing…

The Australian Financial Complaints Authority said on 1 October that users of cryptocurrency, stablecoins, wrapped tokens, tokenised securities and digital asset wallets can bring unresolved disputes to it where the firm is a member. AFCA’s release lists 67 digital asset businesses as members, including Coinbase Australia, Kraken’s Bit Trade, Swyftx, CoinSpot and Binance Australia. ASIC’s no-action letter required retail-facing digital asset firms to join AFCA before lodging licence applications by 30 September; firms that missed the deadline risk fines of up to 10% of annual turnover. Australians using crypto, stablecoins or tokenised securities can now take disputes to the Australian…