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Anthropic plans to spend $518 billion on cloud and infrastructure ahead of a potential public listing, despite a $42 billion 2025 loss. Pre-IPO perpetual futures implied a valuation near $2 trillion and fell only modestly as broader crypto markets weakened.
Coinbase received CFTC approval to launch Coinbase Clearing LLC, allowing it to clear fully collateralized futures, options on futures and swaps in the US. The authorization completes a broader derivatives structure combining its own exchange, brokerage and clearing operations.
Compound DAO reserves helped acquire 344,780 COMP shortly before Proposal 582’s voting snapshot, giving supporters a 50.1% majority. The Foundation says the move served governance continuity, while a delegate alleges it breached the reserve mandate.
NEAR Intents says its SHIELD system blocked more than $50 million in attempted transfers linked to the Bitget hack, while the incident intensifies debate over whether permissionless crypto protocols should selectively restrict suspected stolen funds.
Bitget processed more than 4,000 BTC in withdrawals after restoring Bitcoin access, while tracked reserves fell by nearly 5,000 BTC. The outflow follows a $387.5 million hack and comes as investigators trace assets moved through cross-chain and privacy services.
Belarus has registered its first crypto banks under a legal framework introduced in January, though the institutions must still receive accreditation from the National Bank before operating. The initiative extends the country’s broader policy of supporting regulated digital-asset activity and Bitcoin mining.
UK Chancellor John Healey compared Reform UK leader Nigel Farage with former Prime Minister Liz Truss, calling him “Liz Truss with a Bitcoin account.” The attack comes as Farage faces scrutiny over crypto donations and a police investigation into alleged overseas-donation rule breaches.
Lido’s committee can now change a 1,500 ETH reserve that prioritizes validator deposits over some withdrawal liquidity. No motion had opened by Sept. 27, while modeling showed larger reserves could lengthen stETH finalization times during periods of heavy demand.
Ether.fi is ending its final structural link with EigenLayer as restaking yields weaken and risks rise. The protocol is shifting toward cards, borrowing and vaults after the wider sector’s profits and fee generation declined sharply.
Breez’s latest SDK feature lets apps accept stablecoin payments from more than 30 crypto networks while delivering recipients bitcoin or a dollar balance. The update is intended to simplify cross-network payments without requiring users to manage different wallets or blockchain infrastructure.
Altcoins are showing early signs of a possible new season, but buying remains selective. Traders are favoring revenue-generating protocols, privacy, AI, tokenized assets and some memecoin projects rather than entering one broad market-wide trade.
Bitmine Immersion Technologies now holds 6,001,302 ETH worth about $16.2 billion, equal to 4.9% of Ethereum’s circulating supply. The company bought another $47 million of ETH last week and has staked 84% of its holdings.
Strategy bought 1,665 Bitcoin for $142.7 million, lifting its holdings to 847,666 BTC. The company funded the acquisition with MSTR share sales while also repurchasing STRC preferred stock and drawing on its US dollar cash balance.
The SEC’s corporate-finance division says buyback announcements by functional crypto networks do not automatically constitute promises of managerial efforts under the Howey test. The guidance could clarify the position of revenue-generating protocols, while leaving projects without functioning networks exposed if they promote buybacks as returns.
Bitcoin remained under pressure after Iran denied a report of peace progress, while the U.S. 10-year Treasury yield rose above a new cycle high of 5.27%. Moneyiar data showed BTC at $83,820.05, down 0.61% over 24 hours but up 3.20% over seven days.
Hong Kong’s SFC and AFRC signed a memorandum expanding cooperation on financial reporting, audits and compliance oversight to licensed virtual asset service providers and other regulated financial entities.
South Korea’s financial regulator is reconsidering whether to allow formal crypto market makers after yen-backed stablecoin JPYC surged from 12 won to 37.6 won on Upbit, exposing liquidity concerns and renewing debate over market-manipulation safeguards.
Researchers are pursuing three ways to address Bitcoin’s hypothetical quantum threat: cheaper quantum-resistant transactions, a possible protocol upgrade and custody-layer protections. No quantum computer can currently attack Bitcoin, and none of this week’s developments makes the network quantum-safe on its own.
