Crypto News. October 1, 2026

Oct 01, 2026

Standard Chartered initiated research coverage of Ethena, forecasting USDe could grow about 8x over the next 2 years

Standard Chartered has initiated research coverage of Ethena. They forecast potential USDe growth of ~8x in the next 2 years as the convergence of DeFi and TradFi accelerates. Unclear why they are so bearish, but worth a read regardless:

8:46 AM · Sep 30, 2026 · 146K Views

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Drift said it has frozen about $9.2M of the $295.4M stolen on April 1 and launched a 10% recovery bounty with Bybit

Drift Foundation@DriftFDN

Drift Recovery Update An update on the ~$295.4M taken from Drift users on 1 April, and where recovery efforts stand. Drift Foundation will continue pursuing efforts to track, trace, and recover stolen funds. Recovered funds, whether they come back through a freeze, bounty, or…

2:21 PM · Sep 30, 2026 · 14.5K Views

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Ostium launched OLP recovery plan, repaying in full the 90% of wallets with losses of 1,000 USDC or less, larger holders choose by Oct. 30 between a flat 1,000 USDC or a Stage 2 pro-rata plan

Ostium@Ostium

https://t.co/2bMdRBAhxe

3:00 PM · Sep 30, 2026 · 93.6K Views

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Base launched Cobalt, its third network upgrade, bringing Validity transactions and B20 enhancements to mainnet

Base@base

Introducing Base Cobalt, our third network upgrade of 2026 Validity Transactions and B20 enhancements are now live on mainnet Read the full breakdown ↓

7:34 PM · Sep 30, 2026 · 84.8K Views

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Chainlink launched Fulcrum, connecting major financial institutions to onchain financing with 24/7 collateral mobilization and risk management

Chainlink@chainlink

Introducing Chainlink Fulcrum: the gateway connecting the world’s largest financial institutions to onchain financing. As tokenized assets and financing venues expand across public and private blockchains, institutions need to mobilize collateral and access liquidity without …

12:32 PM · Sep 30, 2026 · 363K Views

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ESMA proposed expanding MiCA to cover DeFi gateways, staking and crypto lending, with tighter limits on services involving unauthorized stablecoins

Cointelegraph@Cointelegraph

🇪🇺 LATEST: ESMA proposes expanding MiCA rules to cover DeFi gateways, staking and crypto lending, alongside stricter restrictions on services involving unauthorized stablecoins.

5:00 PM · Sep 30, 2026 · 46.3K Views

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Hyperliquid community event to take place October 5 in Singapore, RSVP acceptance required

Hyperliquid@HyperliquidX

The Hyperliquid community event will take place on the evening of October 5 in Singapore: luma.com/HL2026Community This is a chance to spend time with the builders and users who've shaped the ecosystem The event is oversubscribed; you will only be able to attend if your RSVP was …

6:06 AM · Sep 30, 2026 · 113K Views

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Open USD (OUSD), the stablecoin from Coinbase, Mastercard, Stripe, Visa and others, is now live

Zach Abrams@zcabrams

OUSD is live Build with OUSD at Stripe/Bridge, Mastercard (BVNK), Visa’s VSP & Coinbase Stablecoins should be better money. Today, they fall short. OUSD is built to change that. We’re off to a great start. The network will get stronger every day Build: joinopenstandard.com

Open Standard @openstandard

$OUSD is live. Build with OUSD via @Coinbase @Mastercard @Stripe and @Visa. Each integration path supports 1:1 USD conversion at no cost. Read the announcement: https://t.co/177w9TlM77.

4:26 PM · Sep 30, 2026 · 19.5K Views

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Solana Company HSDT prices a $15M stock offering with warrants at a 5% premium to NAV, holding 2.3M SOL worth roughly $273.5M

The Block@TheBlockCo

THE BLOCK: Solana Company $HSDT priced a $15 million stock offering with warrants, selling the shares at a 5% premium to net asset value. The firm is the fourth-largest publicly traded Solana treasury company, with 2.3 million SOL worth roughly $273.5 million. It plans to use …

6:51 PM · Sep 30, 2026 · 10.9K Views

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DogeOS launched a public testnet for its ZK rollup, bringing EVM smart contracts to Dogecoin with DOGE as gas

DogeOS@DogeOS

1/ DogeOS Testnet is Open to Builders! Millions of Dogecoin holders are waiting for more things to do with DOGE. What are you going to build for them? Start here ↓

2:03 PM · Sep 30, 2026 · 153K Views

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CFTC filed two rulemakings with the White House’s OIRA targeting event contracts, one excluding casino-style gambling products from the swap definition, the other including event contracts

Daniel Wallach@WALLACHLEGAL

🚨JUST IN: The CFTC has submitted an interim final rule titled “Further Definition of ‘Swap’ to Exclude Casino-Style Gambling Products” and a proposed rule titled “Further Definition of ‘Swap’ to Include Event Contracts” to the White House’s Office of Information and Regulatory …

5:23 AM · Sep 30, 2026 · 39.8K Views

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Stand With Crypto rolled out its first round of Senate endorsements after the failed Clarity vote

The Wolf Of All Streets@scottmelker

🚨 STAND WITH CRYPTO ISSUES FIRST SENATE ENDORSEMENTS FOLLOWING SEPT. 15 CLARITY ACT FAILURE SEN. JON HUSTED (OH), ASHLEY HINSON (IA), CHRIS PAPPAS (NH)

7:00 PM · Sep 30, 2026 · 25.6K Views

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Abracadabra governance is considering an orderly wind-down of the protocol, citing roughly $21M in MIM bad debt

Pharos@PharosWatch

BREAKING: Abracadabra just voted to shut MIM down. MIM holders are getting roughly 4 cents on the dollar. Prior to MIM losing its peg on June 8, Pharos had already flagged thin exit liquidity and imbalanced pools with no active redemption backstop. https://t.co/qhGIk9zXww On…

Pharos @PharosWatch

UPDATE: MIM's Abracadabra-controlled Safes moved approximately $8.3M in treasury assets on July 14 with no public explanation. Around 2,142 ETH and WETH went to a Binance-tagged deposit address. Approximately $4.30M in USDC and USDT went to an unlabeled address that immediately

6:43 PM · Sep 30, 2026 · 7.36K Views

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Balancer BAL holders approved an orderly wind-down after BIP-928 passed and the fork failed, V3 pools stay live until Oct. 30 and the first treasury distribution is set for May 2027

Balancer@Balancer

BAL holders approved an orderly wind-down. BIP-928 passed and BIP-929, the fork proposal, did not. Pools keep working as usual until October 30th, and withdrawals stay open the whole way through. Here's the timeline and what it means for LPs and BAL holders.

6:47 PM · Sep 29, 2026 · 11.3K Views

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Australia’s ASIC is preparing to regulate digital asset and tokenised custody platforms under a regime starting April 2027

The Block@TheBlockCo

THE BLOCK: Australia's ASIC is preparing to regulate digital asset and tokenised custody platforms under a regime due to start in April 2027. The regulator said it will issue consultation papers, guidance and draft rules while monitoring market integrity and risk management.

7:37 AM · Sep 30, 2026 · 12.8K Views

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HSBC named its upcoming HKD stablecoin HSBC RedCoin, launching in H2 2026 via PayMe and the HSBC HK app

ALLINCRYPTO@RealAllinCrypto

🚨Global Banking Giant HSBC is launching RedCoin, its own HKD-backed stablecoin for everyday payments and tokenised investments. 🔥 And the connections are VERY interesting, HSBC already uses @Ripple owned Metaco for digital-asset custody and as we speak is working with …

4:01 PM · Sep 30, 2026 · 7.08K Views

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MoonPay CLO Caroline Pham said real tokenized securities listed on NYSE or Nasdaq will come onchain much faster than expected, and that stablecoins’ role relative to tokenized deposits is overestimated