Chainlink rose 8.03% to $14.92 on 29 September as most of the top 50 closed lower, on turnover of $1.39 billion, 3.55 times its 30-day median.

Zcash fell 9.51% to $1,399.59 on 29 September while the median top-50 asset barely moved, yet it is still up 67.46% over the past thirty sessions.

Blockchain.com is seeking a $500M IPO this year at a $4B-$6B valuation, Bloomberg reports, well below the $14B it reached at the last crypto market peak.

Glassnode says spot volume is near 4x Bitcoin's, the highest since September 2025, as traders shift to altcoins. Similar demand has often matched local tops.

Strive bought 1,107 BTC at about $85,396 each from Sept. 21 to 25, lifting its holdings to 27,462 BTC, and CEO Matt Cole said SATA funded 85% of capital raised.

Strategy bought 1,665 BTC at an average of $85,681 from Sept. 21 to 27, funded by MSTR stock sales, and used $151.7M to repurchase STRC preferred shares.

Chainlink released CCIP 2.0, letting issuers add their own verifiers, set confirmation thresholds, and apply KYC and sanctions checks to cross-chain transfers.

Ethereum is up about 73% this quarter versus Bitcoin's 44%, on track for its best Q3 on record as US spot Ethereum ETFs drew $3.1 billion.

Bitcoin price fell below $84,000 as crypto traders lost $392 million in leveraged longs while oil and yields rose, with most of the losses outside Bitcoin.

On-chain analyst Wazz alleges a single operation extracted at least $18.43M from 53 Robinhood Chain launches, with nearly every launch sniped for 70% or more of supply.

Riot Platforms repaid a $200M credit facility from Coinbase Credit, releasing pledged BTC, USDC, and cash. An SEC filing shows no early termination fees.

Zano restarted its chain at block 3,833,000 after a Gateway Address flaw let unauthorized ZANO and fUSD into circulation. Users must upgrade to follow the recovered chain.

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Researchers from Alloc Init published a proposal for Shielded Bitcoin, a protocol that hides transfer amounts and parties on Bitcoin's base layer without a soft fork.

Bitwise filed a final prospectus for a spot NEAR ETF and published a 39-page report projecting NEAR could reach $155 by 2030 under its base case scenario.

Michael Saylor proposed a digital asset bill of rights covering custody, tokenized securities, financial privacy, and bank access, criticizing the CLARITY Act's approach.

A seven-day inflow streak pushed Bitcoin ETF flows positive for 2026, reversing a CLARITY Act sell-off and lifting the average holder back into profit.

Vitalik Buterin outlined how Ethereum will evolve into a "cryptographic world computer" after the Hegota fork, combining blockchain with advanced cryptography.