Ethereum ETF Approval: Can It Drive Demand This Week?
A new prediction market tracking Ethereum's price for the week of October 5-11, 2026 shows the below-$2,400 outcome currently leading at 15.5%, raising a pointed question for Southeast Asian
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3 Best Crypto to Invest In as Six UK Banks Go On Chain: Can Pepeto Deliver a Pepe Style Run?
Anyone hunting for the best crypto to invest in wants one thing. A coin that pays before everyone else piles in. This week the shortlist reads Ethereum, Solana and Pepeto. On October 6, the U
HSBC and Ant Digital Pilot AI-Agent Payments With Tokenized Deposits
HSBC and Ant Digital Technologies say they have successfully tested an AI-agent payment workflow that uses tokenized bank deposits, with settlement occurring in real time on a blockchain test
DOJ Probes Binance Settlement Over Iran Sanctions
The U.S. Department of Justice is examining whether Binance violated the terms of its 2023 guilty plea agreement, with scrutiny centered on possible Iran sanctions breaches. The review poses
Markets collapsing... $STRK doesn't care.
It has been a bruising week for crypto prices, but @Starknet's native token $STRK has been a clear exception. At around 11am UTC on October 9, the token was trading up more than 71% on the se
PENGU and UNI suffering more than most.
Very few crypto tokens are having a good week, but @Uniswap and @pudgypenguins are faring worse than most. $UNI is down roughly 19% on the week and more than 5% on the day, while $PENGU has s
Starknet's onchain fees jump as price surges
Fee Revenue Hits a Weekly High @Starknet posted $13,685 in onchain fees on October 8, marking its highest daily revenue figure over the prior seven days. According to @Chainspect data, that r
Ondo officially launches pre-IPO trading.
Ondo Private Markets Goes Live @Ondo has officially launched its Ondo Private Markets platform, marking a significant step in the real-world asset (RWA) tokenization space. On October 6, 2026
Circle Launches CCTP V2 On Sui Network
@Circle has deployed its Cross-Chain Transfer Protocol V2 (CCTP V2) on @SuiNetwork, bringing native $USDC routing to the Move-native Layer-1 blockchain. The integration means $USDC can now mo
Robinhood Chain is now live on NEAR Intents.
As first flagged by @MSBIntel, @RobinhoodCrypto Chain is now fully live on @NEARProtocol's @near_intents, opening up bridgeless cross-chain swapping for Robinhood users across a wide range of
Pepeto, SUI and AERO: Best Crypto to Buy Now as $500M Rushes Into Sui's Hashi
Searching for the best crypto to buy now usually means digging through hype. This week, three names have real news behind them: Pepeto, SUI and AERO. More than $500 million is lined up for Su
Strive Buys 638 Bitcoin With Preferred-Stock Cash
Strive Asset Management's preferred-stock trading activity this week generated sufficient cash proceeds to fund the acquisition of 638 Bitcoin, extending the firm's pattern of using equity-ma