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According to PANews on October 1, Arkham tagged Robinhood wallets across 12 blockchains, including Bitcoin network and Robinhood Chain, with approximately $24.96 billion in crypto assets. The tagged holdings include 185,185 BTC worth about $15.59 billion and approximately $2.88 billion in DOGE.

On Thursday (October 1), ICE UK natural gas futures fell 1.70% in European evening trading, while TTF Dutch natural gas futures rose 0.65% and EU carbon emission allowance futures gained 0.56%.

SpaceX's Dragon spacecraft launched four astronauts aboard a Falcon 9 rocket on October 1 at 11:10 a.m. ET (11 p.m. PT Beijing time) from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida, beginning the Crew-13 mission to the International Space Station. The spacecraft is scheduled to dock with the ISS approximately 8 hours after launch.

According to Visa, approximately 17% of its stablecoin-linked card transaction volume in fiscal 2026 comes from enterprise and commercial card programs. The company supports over 160 stablecoin-linked card projects, with related payment transaction volume growing nearly 200% year-over-year. Visa noted that enterprises are exploring stablecoins for settlement, treasury management, payments, and cross-border commercial transactions.

Near Intents paused service on Thursday after an attacker drained about $3.8 million through a bug in its Omni deposit and withdrawal layer. According to on-chain analyst ZachXBT, the funds were transferred to KuCoin and bridged to Bitcoin. The team stated the incident was reported to law enforcement and promised full compensation. The NEAR token fell 8.93% to $4.86 following the exploit, occurring just two days after Near Intents blocked a $50 million swap attempt from a North Korea-linked hack

According to reports from Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, Ukraine has deployed its domestically-produced FP-7 ballistic missile in combat for the first time.

According to Yonhapinfomax, on October 1 at 8:53 a.m. ET, the U.S. Treasury yield curve steepened as short-dated bonds rallied while longer-dated securities fell. The 10-year yield rose 0.20 basis points to 5.295%, while the 2-year yield declined 2.30 basis points to 4.864%. The 30-year yield climbed 1.50 basis points to 5.653%, marking new highs not seen since June 2002. The spread between 10-year and 2-year yields widened to 43.1 basis points from 40.6 basis points the previous day.

According to Catherine Mann, Monetary Policy Committee member of the Bank of England, speaking on October 1 at the Nomura Conference in London, the central bank needs to raise its base rate at some point to maintain credibility and prevent inflation expectations from rising further. Mann stated that monetary policy risk management calls for such action amid concerns that financial conditions remain too accommodative to curb inflation spikes. She noted that real financial conditions are not suffi

According to Bloomberg, UK 30-year gilt yields broke 6% for the first time since 1998 on October 1, hitting 6.029% intraday, up 7.5 basis points from the previous close. UK 10-year yields also briefly exceeded 5.5%. The move marks the first time G7 long-end sovereign yields have exceeded 6% since Italy's 2012 eurozone crisis peak. France's 10-year yield climbed to 4.963% intraday, approaching 5% for the first time since July 2002. The Germany-France 10-year spread widened to 132.86 basis points,

According to a federal judge's ruling on Sept. 29, Chainalysis defeated most of a lawsuit brought by Celsius Network's litigation administrator, with 12 claims dismissed with prejudice. However, U.S. District Judge Margaret Garnett allowed one central claim to proceed: that Chainalysis knowingly helped Celsius insiders promote a misleading $3.3 billion asset "audit" in a December 2020 press release. The judge found the complaint sufficiently alleged Chainalysis knew the statements were false or

According to informed sources, the German government upgraded its 2026 economic growth forecast to 1.3% on October 1, compared to 0.5% projected in April.

According to PANews, Reddit announced on October 1 that it will discontinue RSS subscription support on November 13, citing RSS as a common entry point for large-scale scraping and automated abuse. Additionally, Reddit plans to shut down its public API on March 2027 and encourage developers and third-party applications to migrate to its Developer Platform.

According to CCTV International News, Russia's presidential spokesperson Dmitry Peskov warned on October 1 that if NATO attempts to blockade Kaliningrad region, Russia will deploy all available means, including nuclear weapons, to defend the territory. Peskov emphasized that Kaliningrad is an inseparable part of the Russian Federation and that any pressure on the region is unacceptable. The warning follows recent NATO exercises targeting the Russian enclave on the Baltic coast.

According to Stand With Crypto, Illinois has announced a six-month delay for its planned 0.2% digital asset tax, postponing implementation to July 1 pending court approval. The postponement provides temporary relief to businesses from immediate compliance costs associated with the tax, while advocacy efforts continue for a permanent repeal of the measure.

The MSCI Nordic Countries Index declined 1% today, hitting 383.23 points and marking its worst single-day performance since September 18. Among the ten sectors, the Nordic industrial sector posted the largest decline.

On October 1, major European stock indexes closed lower. Spain's IBEX35 led declines with a 2.28% drop to 18,984.14 points, followed by Italy's FTSE MIB down 2.25% to 50,218.50 points. The UK's FTSE100 fell 1.73% to 10,422.36 points, France's CAC40 declined 1.62% to 7,835.31 points, while Germany's DAX30 dropped 1.03% to 24,939.12 points.

According to Reuters, Bridgewater's Pure Alpha fund gained 18.4% during the first nine months of 2026, while its AIA Marco Fund returned 16.4% over the same period.

According to Guru Club, the U.S. Dollar Index broke above the 102 level on October 1, rising 0.53% intraday.

General Motors delivered 670,974 vehicles in the United States during the third quarter of 2026, down 5.5% compared to the same period last year.

In September, Toyota's electric vehicle sales reached 58.2% of total vehicle sales. U.S. new vehicle sales grew 8.4% to 201,306 units, while electric vehicle sales surged 37.8% year-over-year to 117,215 units.