A River of News

Crypto headlines, Friday, October 2, 2026

58 items. Times are UTC.

21:00 UTC 2

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    Bank group sues U.S. regulator over granting crypto trust charters CoinDesk by Jesse Hamilton story
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    California Subpoenas OpenAI Over AI Models That Hacked Their Way Out of a Test Decrypt by Jose Antonio Lanz story

20:00 UTC 2

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    European crypto users have ‘more faith’ in regulated firms under MiCA: Bitpanda co-CEO Cointelegraph by Cointelegraph by Nate Kostar
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    Ethereum Now Lets You Pay for AI Without Revealing Who You Are Decrypt by Jose Antonio Lanz story

19:00 UTC 2

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    Circle Pushes Back on MiCA's Bank-Deposit Mandate for Stablecoins Decrypt by Decrypt Agent story
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    This AI Is Already Fooling People on Video Calls Into Thinking Its Human, Company Says Decrypt by Jose Antonio Lanz

18:00 UTC 4

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    Porsche scraps NFT project with floor price down 96% Protos by Jacob Lyon story
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    $4.2B crypto bank Anchorage Digital cuts 17% of workforce: Report Cointelegraph by Cointelegraph by Sam Bourgi story
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    Blast to wind down Ethereum L2 after costs outpace revenue Cointelegraph by Cointelegraph by Nate Kostar story
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    US jobs data revised lower after Fed rate hike Protos by Aaron Wise story

17:00 UTC 6

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    Once a $2.3 Billion Network, Ethereum Layer-2 Blast Is Shutting Down Decrypt by Guillermo Jimenez story
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    BNY in talks with Kraken parent Payward over infrastructure partnership CoinDesk by Will Canny
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    Nvidia Hits Record High as Market Value Reaches $5.7 Trillion Decrypt by Jose Antonio Lanz story
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    Once a $2 billion Ethereum layer-2, Blast is shutting down after assets plunge 98% CoinDesk by Krisztian Sandor story
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    Possible next crypto czar, Jay Clayton, began crypto's regulation-by-enforcement at SEC CoinDesk by Jesse Hamilton story
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    Drift opens exploit recovery claims with initial payouts of just over 1% of user losses The Block by Kyle Baird

16:00 UTC 3

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    Paradigm-backed Layer 2 Blast to wind down network as costs exceed revenue The Block by Jason Shubnell story
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    Bitcoin Heads Higher on Macro Moves: Where Does BTC Go Next? Decrypt by Jose Antonio Lanz story
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    71% of UK finance leaders expect tokenization to reshape financial services: Lloyds Cointelegraph by Cointelegraph by Nate Kostar story

15:00 UTC 2

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    Crypto’s billions are back, but the premiums aren’t Cointelegraph by Cointelegraph by Sam Bourgi story
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    Bitcoin briefly hits $87K as weak US jobs data sends bond yields lower Cointelegraph by Cointelegraph by William Suberg story

14:00 UTC 1

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    ‘Euro stablecoin isn’t enough’: EU issuers make case for USD tokens Cointelegraph by Cointelegraph by Helen Partz story

13:00 UTC 4

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    Bitcoin nears highest level since January as $85,000 sell wall clears, US jobs data disappoints The Block by James Hunt story
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    Tavus call bot sparks AI scam, psychosis fears Protos by Jacob Lyon
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    Furious debate about THORChain vs NEAR shows idealism has limits Cointelegraph by Cointelegraph by Christina Comben story
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    America at a crossroads: Commissioner Peirce’s parting challenge CoinDesk by William Schwartz

12:00 UTC 5

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    'Uptober' Off With a Bang as Bitcoin Surges to $86K Decrypt by Decrypt Agent story
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    U.S. added just 29,000 jobs in September. with unemployment rate rising to 4.2% CoinDesk by James Van Straten story
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    BitGo CEO says Clarity’s failure left capital markets exposed to risk potentially worse than Lehman The Block by Danny Park story
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    Circle urges EU to revise stablecoin reserve rules in MiCA review Cointelegraph by Cointelegraph by Yohan Yun story
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    Morning Minute: NEAR Intents Hacked for $3.8M - Was It A Bullish Hack? Decrypt by Tyler Warner story

11:00 UTC 5

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    Nike warns of layoffs as stock hits 13-year low Protos by Aaron Wise story
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    BNB Chain crosses $1B in tokenized stocks, ETFs as market hits $3.7B Cointelegraph by Cointelegraph by Helen Partz story
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    Cboe wants to turn VIX into a never-ending trade CoinDesk by Omkar Godbole
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    US Designates Russia's A7 Network as Transnational Criminal Organization Decrypt by Decrypt Agent story
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    Live updates: Bitcoin, gold and tech futures edge higher as markets await U.S. jobs report CoinDesk by James Van Straten story

10:00 UTC 4

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    Bitcoin treasuries may struggle to match Strategy, says Ammous Cointelegraph by Cointelegraph by Yohan Yun story
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    Crypto traders are in risk-on mode as bitcoin dominance nears return to 60% CoinDesk by Omkar Godbole story
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    CONNECT recap: Arthur Hayes on money printing, Wall Street moves onchain Cointelegraph by Cointelegraph by Yohan Yun story
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    ECB outlines three models for putting central bank money onchain The Block by Brian Danga

09:00 UTC 5

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    Bitcoin reaches for $87K as short liquidations top $120M Cointelegraph by Cointelegraph by William Suberg story
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    Aave founder says V3 unaffected after third-party adapter exploit drains $305K Cointelegraph by Cointelegraph by Ezra Reguerra
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    Porsche’s ‘long haul’ Web3 project ends in less than four years Cointelegraph by Cointelegraph by Ezra Reguerra story
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    Why rising perpetual funding rates signal growing bullish leverage as bitcoin crosses $86,500 CoinDesk by James Van Straten story
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    Spanish Police Arrest 16-Year-Old Accused of Running KillSec Ransomware Group Decrypt by Decrypt Agent story

08:00 UTC 3

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    Tether's USDT is 'coming home' to Bitcoin this month over a decade after debut there CoinDesk by Jamie Crawley story
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    Bitcoin ETFs kick off ‘Uptober’ with $103M inflow Cointelegraph by Cointelegraph by Helen Partz story
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    Bitcoin tops $86,000 ahead of U.S. jobs report CoinDesk by James Van Straten story

05:00 UTC 5

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    South Korea crypto exchange profits fall 78% in H1 amid trading slump Cointelegraph by Cointelegraph by Ezra Reguerra
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    Spot bitcoin ETFs log $2.7 billion in September inflows as institutional demand holds The Block by Timmy Shen story
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    South Korea advances tokenized securities rules ahead of 2027 rollout Cointelegraph by Cointelegraph by Ezra Reguerra story
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    SEC’s innovation exemption poses constraint on bringing stock tokens to US, Robinhood crypto chief says The Block by Danny Park story
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    Zano exploiter created 36.9M unauthorized ZANO before blockchain rollback Cointelegraph by Cointelegraph by Felix Ng

04:00 UTC 1

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    Core Lightning warns attackers are targeting unpatched Bitcoin nodes Cointelegraph by Cointelegraph by Felix Ng

03:00 UTC 1

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    Ethereum’s zkAPI brings privacy-preserving API payments to mainnet Cointelegraph by Cointelegraph by Ezra Reguerra story

02:00 UTC 1

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    NEAR Intents says its identified the hacker, gives 48-hour ultimatum Cointelegraph by Cointelegraph by Felix Ng story

01:00 UTC 1

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    SEC moves to clear custody hurdle for advisers offering crypto Cointelegraph by Cointelegraph by Felix Ng story

00:00 UTC 1

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    Ethereum Foundation launches zkAPI to let users pay for AI models without revealing identity The Block by Zack Abrams story