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According to Blockworks, trading volume for tokenized stocks on Solana reached $4.4 billion in September 2026, marking a record monthly high. Raydium and Orca were among the key contributors to the volume surge, as on-chain asset diversity continues to drive growth in this emerging asset category within the Solana ecosystem.

According to Senator Cynthia Lummis, Democrats voted against including memecoins in the Clarity Act despite negotiations to explicitly address memecoins and network tokens in the proposed regulation. Lummis emphasized the necessity of covering these assets to prevent them from falling through regulatory gaps.

According to FinanceFeeds, Russia's Ministry of Finance paid employees in digital rubles for the first time on October 1 through accounts on the Bank of Russia's digital ruble platform. Participation remained voluntary, and the ministry did not disclose how many employees received wages in the currency or the total amount distributed. The move extends the digital ruble from earlier payment trials into recurring government payroll following the country's mass rollout that began September 1, when

According to TradingBeats monitoring, on October 4, trader Loracle holds a short position of approximately 15,800 SNDK shares at 10x leverage with an average entry price around $1,485.67, resulting in an unrealized loss of approximately $3.7 million. The position is currently worth around $27.2 million with a return rate of approximately -135%. SNDK is trading at approximately $1,717, representing a gain of about 15.6% from the trader's entry price, according to bit.com market data.

According to Kuai Keji, on October 4, Huawei's Yu Chengdong released a video publicly explaining Tao's Law through the self-developed Kirin 9050 chip. The presentation featured four generations of Mate devices—Mate 60, Mate 70, Mate 80, and Mate 90—each equipped with Kirin chips, displayed side by side. Yu noted that 381 chip product iterations laid the foundation for the Kirin 9050, which is built on Tao's Law. Rather than following the traditional Moore's Law approach of shrinking transistors

Recent data reveals that U.S. job growth nearly stalled in September, adding only 29,000 positions. This slowdown has significantly reduced the likelihood of an October Federal Reserve interest rate hike, with odds dropping from 64% to 22%. The easing of rate hike expectations could provide relief for Bitcoin and other risk assets.

Microsoft confirmed that its official X account was compromised earlier today to promote an unauthorized cryptocurrency tied to Clippy, the company's former Office assistant. The account, which has over 13 million followers, briefly followed and reposted content from a Clippy impersonation account, and its profile picture was replaced with the paperclip character. One account involved promoted a $CLIPPY token, falsely claiming its liquidity pool was paired with Microsoft stock ($MSFT). The incid

According to futures market data, over $62.71 million in positions were liquidated across global markets in the past 24 hours, with short positions accounting for the majority of the liquidations.

According to Odaily, a crypto asset vault on Base had approximately 1,783 wstETH transferred out on October 4, incurring losses exceeding $6 million. The vault is controlled by a 3-of-7 Safe multisig, with the identities of all seven signers remaining undisclosed. Security firms noted that attackers borrowed aBaswstETH from the vault and swapped it for wstETH via Aave; Base and Aave core contracts themselves were not identified as compromised.

According to the United Nations World Food Programme, one of its humanitarian aid convoys was struck by airstrikes early on October 3 in South Kordofan state in southern Sudan, resulting in the death of one driver.

According to Treasury data and the Institute of International Finance, U.S. federal debt crossed $40 trillion by August 2026, now exceeding the combined government debt of China ($22.3 trillion), Japan ($9 trillion), UK ($4.4 trillion), and France ($4.1-4.3 trillion). The total includes roughly $32.3 trillion held by the public and $7.8 trillion in intragovernmental holdings. Global debt reached a record $365.5 trillion by end of June 2026, rising over $10 trillion in the first half of the year.

According to a Sunday post on Truth Social, President Donald Trump announced the formation of a new Super Intelligence Force, led by national intelligence director Jay Clayton. The task force will have 120 days to create a report on the risks and opportunities presented by artificial intelligence.

According to Korea Exchange data, Hyundai Motor and Kia fell 14.13% and 13.82% respectively from September 1 through October 2, while the KOSPI index gained 2.69% over the same period. The KRX Securities index declined 3.80% from early September, with analysts citing reduced vehicle sales and currency headwinds as pressures on automotive stocks. High-interest-rate environments have reduced the relative performance of automakers compared to semiconductor stocks, which benefit from strong demand o

According to Grant Cardone and reported by PANews, major technology companies including Meta, Google, and Amazon have issued approximately $66 billion in high-yield bonds with rates reaching as high as 9.75% to finance artificial intelligence research and development, as confirmed on October 4. The issuance reflects intense competition in the AI sector, with tech giants prioritizing substantial investment in the field to maintain market relevance.

According to Binance founder CZ, on Oct 4, the SAFU fund's $270 million unrealized gain may be purely a matter of luck. The fund had purchased $1 billion worth of Bitcoin at an average price of $66,666.66.

Chainlink has announced a migration of over $15 billion in assets to its Cross-Chain Interoperability Protocol (CCIP) 2.0, according to the company. The upgrade enhances cross-chain asset distribution through improved security and enables institutions to distribute tokenized assets across multiple networks using a unified standard. CCIP 2.0 creates a standardized framework for seamless integration of tokenized assets across different blockchain networks.

According to @tokenterminal, Tempo's stablecoin transfer volume surged by $2.5 billion over the past week, positioning it among the top five chains for absolute growth in this category.

According to Korea Economic TV, foreign investors sold 20 trillion won net from South Korea's stock market over the past month (September 1 - October 2), with heavy selling concentrated on chipmakers SK Hynix (-12.01 trillion won) and Samsung Electronics (-5.19 trillion won). The selloff reflects profit-taking following gains in semiconductor stocks in the first half of the year, compounded by geopolitical tensions and rising interest rates globally. Meanwhile, the liquidated capital flowed into

According to Decrypt's Bitcoin ETF tracker, U.S. spot Bitcoin ETFs drew $134.4 million in net inflows on Thursday and Friday (Oct. 1-2), with $102.7 million on Thursday and $31.7 million on Friday. The strong start followed a $148.7 million outflow on Sept. 30, which ended a nine-session inflow streak that began Sept. 17.

According to UKMTO, a tanker transiting the Strait of Hormuz was struck by an unknown projectile on Oct. 4, suffering engine-room damage. All crew were reported safe with no environmental impact identified. This marks the fourth vessel hit in the latest sequence of attacks around the waterway since early October. Despite the incident, Middle East crude shipments have rebounded to around 17.5 million barrels per day (98% of pre-war levels), according to JPMorgan estimates. Flows through the strai