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1144 ET - The respite from September payrolls was brief. Treasury yields resume their rise as markets turn attention to inflation data due in a couple of weeks. "For the Fed, the mediocre September jobs report isn't bad enough to shift the focus away from inflation," Fifth Third's Bill Adams writes.
One of crypto's bigger gainers right now is also one of its smallest market sectors, says Zach Pandl of Grayscale in a note. The AI Crypto Sector, or tokens that use AI tools as part of their blockchain platforms, posted gains that outshined larger peers - led by NEAR, which rose 183% in September,
In XRP news today, the token trades near $1.53, up about 4% over 24 hours, as traders look ahead to Ripple’s conference in Seoul. A scheduled “Special Announcement” has revived $100 price targets, but the agenda does not say what Ripple plans to reveal.The session runs from 2:15 p.m. to 2:35 p.m. on
London, United Kingdom, October 2nd, 2026, ChainwireCOINPAYMENTS, the global digital assets payments infrastructure provider, has announced the appointment of founder Alex Alexandrov as Group CEO. Alexandrov founded the company in 2013 and has served as Chairman for much of its growth.Since its laun
Nearly three-quarters of major UK financial institutions expect tokenization to reshape financial services, as banks and asset managers increasingly explore blockchain-based infrastructure for payments, settlement and liquidity management.The finding comes from an annual survey by Lloyds Banking Gro
New York, New York, October 2nd, 2026, ChainwireUmia launches projects together with the legal wrapper, noncustodial treasury and decision-market governance they run on after the sale. Slop Cash, the first project revealed from the opening cohort launching on Umia, pays open-source contributors only
Blast, a crypto network that held $2.24 billion in June 2024, is shutting down. In the past day, it earned $110 in chain revenue.Blast is a Layer 2 (L2), a cheaper side network that runs on top of Ethereum. It paid interest on deposits and promised a token reward. The money came for the reward. The
Ethereum Layer 2 Blast said it will wind down its network because operating costs exceed revenue and it sees no credible path to economic sustainability.The project now has a little over $32 million in total value locked, according to DeFiLlama, down sharply from more than $2 billion in TVL ahead of
MetaMask Staking is precautionarily exiting roughly 17,000 Ethereum validators, representing about $1.4 billion in staked ETH, from the Lido protocol after an infrastructure compromise. The final validators are scheduled to exit by the end of October 7, 2026, with ETH returning gradually over a peri
IoTeX's Zanzibar hardfork (v2.5.0) is scheduled to activate at block 53,533,081, estimated for October 19, 2026, at 02:00 UTC. The upgrade moves staking rewards fully on-chain under IIP-59, tightens EVM gas precision, and requires BLS proof-of-possession for candidate registration and update operati
SMBC Nikko is building a new trading venue on Uniswap, with an onchain launch planned for mid-2027. Compliance will run inside a hook so each pool is built to Japan's regulatory requirements for investors. Uniswap Labs is advising on liquidity for the venue.The venue could channel regulated Japanese
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