Crypto Markets & On-Chain Ecosystem Developments

According to Foresight News, Streamis, the account management platform for Based crypto cards, suffered unauthorized access between October 3 and 5, resulting in the leak of user personal data. Accessed information includes full names, birthdates, phone numbers, nationalities, residential

From 06:15 to 06:30 on October 8, 2026 (UTC), BTC plunged 0.38% within 15 minutes, with its price falling from 82,927.9 USDT to 82,583.3 USDT and an Ampl of 0.42%. The market showed a weak range-bound pattern, with participation declining significantly. The main driver of this move was a sharp increase in macro risk aversion. The situation in the Middle East worsened further, with Houthi forces attacking Riyadh airport with ballistic and cruise missiles. The US-Iran conflict continued to escalat

According to Polymarket data monitored by the PPP Prediction Market Tool, the probability of Anthropic releasing its next Fable model (version 5.2 or higher) before October 12 has dropped to 17%, down 31% over the past 24 hours. The prediction market will resolve to Yes if Anthropic publicly opens a

According to Odaily, at TOKEN2049 Singapore conference, Franklin Templeton CEO Jenny Johnson said the company's BENJI tokenized fund cuts transaction costs to $1.13 per trade compared to $150 using traditional methods, and enables yield calculations by the second. BENJI, launched in 2021, is the

According to BlockBeats, on October 8, Ripple entered the leveraged stock financing market through its Prime brokerage unit, Ripple Prime, providing financing services for leveraged ETFs tracking individual stocks including Nvidia and SanDisk. The move allows Ripple to compete in a business

GLMR surged 10.34% in the past hour to reach $0.012799, climbing from $0.0116 to a high of $0.013405. The sudden uptick occurred as trading volume reached $8,826,102.95, indicating heightened market activity. The price movement is attributed to significant whale accumulation and large wallet activit

According to BlockBeats and TradingBeats monitoring, a whale opened three short positions totaling approximately $21.87 million in value today (Oct 8), with a paper loss of about $129,000 as of reporting time. The short positions include: PUMP (5x leverage) with 1.5 billion coins short valued at $9

From 06:00 to 06:15 UTC on October 8, 2026, ETH staged a short-term recovery, with Return % reaching +0.38%. The price ranged from 2559.87 to 2572.09 USDT, with an Ampl of 0.48%. Previously, ETH had experienced a significant pullback amid a hawkish shock from the Fed, falling approximately 2.02% over 24 hours and reaching an intraday low of $2,537.47. The primary driver of this move was the unexpectedly hawkish signal in the Fed’s September meeting minutes—the first 25-bps rate hike since July 2

Kyrgyzstan has officially shut down USDKG, a state-backed gold stablecoin project valued at $50 million, and ordered the liquidation of its issuer EVA and the country's first state-owned crypto exchange Coin Nomad. The closure follows UK sanctions imposed on EVA in May 2026, which alleged the

According to WuBlockchain, Kyrgyzstan has ordered the liquidation of EVA, the issuer of its state-backed USDKG stablecoin worth $50 million, and has also shut down Coin Nomad, the country's first state-owned crypto exchange. The closure follows UK sanctions imposed on EVA in May 2026 over alleged su

According to BlockBeats, DA Davidson raised Micron's (MU) price target to $3,000 from $2,100 on October 8, a 42.9% increase, while maintaining a buy rating. Following the announcement, MU on Hyperliquid rebounded sharply, gaining 8% from recent lows to $1,089.1, with trading volume around $86.65

DigitalX, the digital-asset investment platform operated by Mirae Asset, published a report on Oct. 8 titled 'Prediction Markets: Between Gambling and Finance,' finding that forecasting reliability varies significantly by event type and observation timing. The study analyzed approximately 2,870

According to its official announcement, PancakeSwap reached 200 million users and completed a $50 million fundraising round in September 2026, with the funds raised in 1 minute and 36 seconds. The platform's Infinity pools now allow liquidity providers to retain 90% of transaction fees, marking a si

According to Lookonchain monitoring, trader 0xdd6a opened 20x leveraged short positions on October 8 across Bitcoin, Ethereum, Solana, XRP and Dogecoin on the Aster platform. The position is currently profitable with a total notional exposure of $26.5 million and unrealized gains of $586,000.

Bank of Korea Deputy Governor Kwon Min-soo emphasized that financial asset tokenization can significantly enhance trading, clearing, and settlement efficiency, but policymakers must also prepare for new financial stability vulnerabilities it may introduce. Speaking at the International Monetary

According to Lookonchain, a whale's long position in 98,089 ETH, valued at approximately $252.3 million, faces liquidation on October 8 at price levels of $2,446.48 and $2,424.47.

Grayscale's Zcash exchange-traded fund surpassed $1 billion in assets under management within 30 trading days of its launch, according to The Block's Oct. 7 report. Krista Lynch, Grayscale's managing director for trading and capital markets, stated at the Token2049 conference in Singapore that the Z

According to Lido, the project is developing Lido Lend, a decentralized lending market built on a modified fork of Morpho Blue with an isolated market design. Lido Lend will be governed by Lido DAO and requires voting approval. The platform limits blue-chip assets, encourages stETH/ETH trading