Crypto News. October 3, 2026

Oct 03, 2026

Volantis raised $88M Series A to tackle AI’s memory bottleneck with photonics

Excited to announce Volantis's $88M Series A. We are solving Al's memory bottleneck by using optics, enabling chips with huge amounts of fast & cheap memory. By boosting both the memory bandwidth and capacity per chip by orders of magnitude, we enable ultra-fast inference (up …

2:00 PM · Oct 1, 2026 · 957K Views

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Blast L2 announced its shutdown over unsustainable costs, with users required to withdraw to Ethereum before October 26

Blast@blast

Blast will be shutting down. We launched Blast with the goal of building a self-sustaining chain for users and developers. Unfortunately, the economics of operating the chain no longer make sense: the ongoing costs of maintaining Blast exceed the revenue generated by the L2, and…

2:45 PM · Oct 2, 2026 · 1.11M Views

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South Korea unveiled rules letting stocks, bonds and funds move onchain from February 2027, with its securities depository building connectivity on Avalanche

Cointelegraph@Cointelegraph

🇰🇷 JUST IN: South Korea unveils rules allowing stocks, bonds and funds to move onchain from February 2027, with its securities depository building infrastructure connectivity on Avalanche.

9:40 PM · Oct 2, 2026 · 51.5K Views

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SMBC Nikko, one of Japan’s largest securities firms, said it was building a trading venue on Uniswap with compliance running inside a hook, set to launch mid-2027

Uniswap@Uniswap

SMBC Nikko, one of Japan's largest securities firms, is building a new trading venue on Uniswap Compliance runs inside a hook, so each pool is built to Japan's regulatory requirements for investors Launching onchain mid-2027

2:27 PM · Oct 2, 2026 · 103K Views

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26 new tokenized stocks landed on Base, tradable 24/7

Base@base

26 new tokenized stocks just landed on Base Tradable 24/7 and composable across Base's DeFi ecosystem

2:05 PM · Oct 2, 2026 · 91.2K Views

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Zcash got two independent full-node implementations, Zebra and Zakura

Zcash 🛡️@Zcash

Zcash now has two independent full-node implementations enforcing the same rules: Zebra: github.com/ZcashFoundatio… Zakura: github.com/zakura-core/za… Does a second client actually change how decentralized the network is, or is hashpower still the only thing that matters? $ZEC

4:42 PM · Oct 2, 2026 · 11K Views

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Silicon Exchange launched GPU cluster financing for AI compute, built on Stripe, Tempo, Privy and OUSD

Imran@lmrankhan

Introducing Silicon Exchange (@silicon_exch) a new way to finance the GPUs powering AI. Anyone can now help bring new compute online by financing GPU clusters. AI companies rent and put the hardware to work, with the economics flowing back to those who financed it. Under the…

5:53 PM · Oct 2, 2026 · 24.6K Views

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New York and Wyoming regulators agreed to jointly oversee crypto firms, sharing exam data and fast-tracking licenses for established companies

Cointelegraph@Cointelegraph

🇺🇸 LATEST: New York and Wyoming financial regulators agree to jointly oversee crypto firms in both states, sharing exam data and fast-tracking licenses for established companies. ct.com/news/new-york-…

ct.com

NYDFS, Wyoming Strike Digital Asset Supervision Agreement

12:30 AM · Oct 2, 2026 · 44.5K Views

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Lido EarnUSD updated its fees to a cap of 0.5% AUM + 20% performance, set to launch at 0.2% AUM + 15% performance, down from 1% AUM + 10%

Lido@LidoFinance

Lido EarnUSD: Introducing Flexible Fees The fee model for Lido EarnUSD will be updated with lower fixed fees, more flexibility, and fees directly tied to vault performance. Previously, EarnUSD fees were weighted toward the platform side (1% AUM + 10% performance). The new model …

2:14 PM · Oct 2, 2026 · 6.87K Views

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BNB Chain became the first blockchain to surpass $1B in tokenized stocks and ETFs

Watcher.Guru@WatcherGuru

JUST IN: $BNB Chain becomes the first blockchain to surpass $1,000,000,000 in tokenized stocks and ETFs.

5:23 PM · Oct 2, 2026 · 314K Views

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Core Lightning warned node operators on version 26.06.7 or earlier to upgrade immediately as attackers targeted unpatched nodes

Core Lightning ⚡️@Core_LN

Urgent security update: If you’re running version 26.06.7 or earlier, please upgrade to the latest release as soon as possible. We’ve received reports that attackers are targeting unpatched nodes. Keeping your node up to date is an important step in protecting your funds.

Core Lightning ⚡️ @Core_LN

Core Lightning 26.06.8 is out, and every node runner should upgrade. This release fixes vulnerabilities responsibly reported over recent weeks. There is no embargo period: the release and fixes are available right now. A number of tests are being held back temporarily to make

1:42 AM · Oct 2, 2026 · 88.5K Views

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ZEC pool went live on THORChain

THORChain@THORChain

The $ZEC pool is now live on THORChain. The network churned and every node is watching the Zcash chain. @Zcash now has a truly permissionless venue. Trading is the next step. Liquidity is shallow for now and will grow over time, so trade with caution in the early days.

9:29 AM · Oct 2, 2026 · 104K Views

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PUSA, the onchain common stock of Powerus, went live on Solana via Sunrise, issued by Backpack Securities, redeemable one to one for the Nasdaq-listed share

Powerus@powerus_usa

We're now live on Solana. $PUSA is our common stock onchain, redeemable one to one for the Nasdaq-listed share, trading nights, weekends and holidays.

Solana @solana

BREAKING: $PUSA is live on Solana via @sunrise, issued by @Backpack Securities. @powerus_usa is now a public company following its merger.

3:46 PM · Oct 2, 2026 · 100K Views

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Chainalysis attributed the $387M Bitget hack to DPRK actors, with funds moved across Ethereum, XRP, Zcash and Tron

Chainalysis@chainalysis

1/ What happens when North Korea steals $387M in crypto and starts laundering it at machine speed? We put that question to the test after the September 24 Bitget theft. Here’s what our investigators found 🧵

1:09 PM · Oct 2, 2026 · 4.33K Views

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bitFlyer announced Cooldown, starting October 15, which restricts external crypto transfers for 48 hours after JPY deposits for users within 90 days of verification

CoinPost（仮想通貨メディア）@coin_post

bitFlyerが「クールダウン」導入、入金後48時間の暗号資産出金を制限 ✅入金額から10万円を除き送付制限

coinpost.jp

bitFlyerが「クールダウン」導入、入金後48時間の暗号資産出金を制限

8:01 PM · Oct 2, 2026 · 38.9K Views

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Tether-backed Utexo said it planned to launch USDT on Bitcoin this month, built on RGB with private transfers, native BTC-USDT swaps and BTC-backed lending

CoinDesk@CoinDesk

JUST IN: @tether is bringing $USDT back to $BTC this month via @utexocom, adding private transfers, direct BTC-USDT swaps, and BTC-backed loans with most data kept off Bitcoin's public ledger.

10:00 AM · Oct 2, 2026 · 75.9K Views

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Aave v3 Loop Safe Module was exploited for about 114.09 ETH via an access-control flaw in FlashLoopAdapter, per SlowMist

SlowMist@SlowMist_Team

🚨SlowMist TI Alert🚨 💸 @aave v3 Loop Safe Module Loss: ~114.09 ETH 🔍 Root Cause: FlashLoopAdapter's open()/close() access control only checks ISafe(msg.sender).isModuleEnabled(address(this)), which is spoofable via a fake Safe that always returns true. Its _swap() then…

2:59 AM · Oct 2, 2026 · 45.8K Views

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Near announced that $3.8M stolen in the NEAR Intents exploit was returned in full

NEAR Intents@near_intents

The funds from the $3.8M NEAR Intents exploit have been returned, just one day later, and the investigation is closed.

Illia (root.near) (🇺🇦, ⋈) @ilblackdragon

The funds from the $3.8M NEAR Intents exploit have been returned, just one day later, and the investigation is closed. Thanks to SHIELD, the AI security layer on Intents, along with some aggressive detective work, the Intents team identified the party responsible less than 24h

6:53 PM · Oct 2, 2026 · 5.47K Views

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Fiserv’s digital asset platform went live with Bank of North Dakota’s dollar-backed coin on Solana as its first use case, covering 90+ banks and credit unions