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Strive bought 2,000 Bitcoin for about $169 million between Sept. 28 and Oct. 2, its largest purchase since May. Its holdings reached 29,462 BTC, while the company reported $284.7 million in cash and no debt.
DeFi Development Corp. added about 26,203 SOL, worth roughly $3 million, between Sept. 28 and Oct. 2, lifting its holdings to 2.56 million SOL and equivalents. The purchase pace slowed from the prior two weeks as the company continued its Solana-focused treasury strategy.
A Florida woman was arrested after Anthropic’s Claude safety systems flagged alleged threats against the Lee County Sheriff’s Office. A human review team reported the messages to police, highlighting how AI providers’ policies can allow user conversations to be disclosed in serious-risk cases.
A 4chan post that correctly identified Bitcoin’s October 6, 2025 peak also predicted a cycle bottom on October 5, 2026. BTC has reached that date but remains well below its record, while analysts disagree on whether another decline is possible.
FinCEN has withdrawn proposed rules that would have required reporting on some self-custody wallet transactions and international crypto mixing. Coin Center welcomed the decision but warned that Treasury retains authority to pursue similar regulations in the future.
Fairshake is backing 32 incumbent House lawmakers—13 Democrats and 19 Republicans—in November elections, including six candidates receiving about $1 million each. The crypto super PAC is targeting members of committees central to future digital-asset and tax legislation.
Crypto investigator ZachXBT says he fronted $349,700 in USDC to pose as a client of a Chinese laundering syndicate allegedly serving North Korean hackers. He says the operation exposed more than $12 million linked to the Bybit exploit and helped trigger a 442,000-USDT freeze.
The SEC has approved Cboe’s request to list six Volatility Shares funds targeting three times the daily performance of Bitcoin, Ethereum, gold, silver, crude oil and natural gas futures. The products have no launch date yet and will require effective registration statements before trading.
OKX and Intercontinental Exchange plan a blockchain venue that could offer more than 60 tokenized U.S. stocks around the clock. The shares would be backed one-for-one, traded against stablecoins through liquidity pools, and face corporate, regulatory and liquidity hurdles.
The CFTC has proposed two regulatory frameworks that could bring leveraged crypto exchanges under federal oversight. The plan would create a crypto asset market license, while non-leveraged platforms could remain under state licensing as public comments are sought.
Bitcoin’s weak start to the week followed a softer U.S. jobs report that sharply reduced expectations for an October Federal Reserve rate hike. A new 100-day/200-day golden cross and continued bitcoin ETF inflows added to the bullish backdrop, though Bitcoin remained below $87,354.
NEXTPredict will bring journalists, regulators, exchanges and financial-market participants together in New York as prediction markets gain mainstream attention. The conference will address market structure, insider trading and the gap between broad media interest and uneven platform participation.
The CFTC has proposed rules for crypto trading involving leverage, margin and financing, including a new category of federally regulated crypto asset markets. The plan would not fully cover direct spot trading, leaving a central regulatory gap unresolved.
Bitmine has purchased another 15,112 ETH, worth about $41 million, bringing its holdings to 6,016,414 tokens and 4.9% of Ethereum’s supply. The company says it is 99% of the way to its 5% target while continuing to stake most of its holdings.
Strategy bought 334 Bitcoin for $28.7 million and lifted its holdings to 848,000 BTC, but spent more than six times as much repurchasing preferred stock. The company also estimated a $20.91 billion third-quarter digital-asset gain and $1.88 billion in deferred tax expense.
Metaplanet sold 10,000 BTC and repurchased 11,000 in the third quarter to demonstrate to creditors that it could turn Bitcoin into cash. The transaction lifted holdings to 44,000 BTC, but the company paid more to buy back the coins.
Bitcoin opened October higher, reaching $86,500 before easing to about $86,100, while Ethereum and several altcoins gained. Bitcoin ETF inflows returned after September outflows, and Pump.fun and Hyperliquid led weekly protocol revenue, as Blast prepared to shut down.
Two Greek servicemen are among nine suspects in an alleged cryptocurrency pyramid scheme that police say collected about $8 million from roughly 10,000 investors. Participants were reportedly promised doubled returns after investing €800 or €5,000 as VIPs.
