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The total crypto market cap recovered from a $50 billion macroeconomic dip to finish the week nearly flat. The altcoin market cap dropped slightly from $1.3 trillion to $1.285 trillion due to mixed overall altcoin performance
Reviewed by Reviewed by Saman Waris Updated 19:00 EDT October 4, 2026 Share Share Share Back to Top USELESS is once again respecting one of its most closely watched technical levels. After finding support at the Fibonacci golden zone, the token has recorded two days of consistent gains, with the most recent being a 10% surge in the past 24 hours
Coin Metrics rebuilt ETH Standard flows, but an outflow trading claim still needs the data available at the decision time
SEC Chair Paul Atkins’ statements come as the agency proposes a new regulatory framework regarding the custody of crypto assets. He stressed that the SEC is taking on the crypto-regulation task after the Senate failed to pass the CLARITY Act last month
Reviewed by Reviewed by Renuka Tahelyani Updated 18:00 EDT October 4, 2026 Share Share Share Back to Top This week was mixed but still a reset for crypto
Reviewed by Reviewed by Renuka Tahelyani Updated 17:00 EDT October 4, 2026 Share Share Share Back to Top After consolidating around $0.041 for more than a week, Starknet [STRK] finally broke out. It cleared the $0.05 resistance and climbed to a five-month high of $0.056
On-chain data providers have confirmed that a large amount of assets were stolen from a vault on the Base network. Here's what's known
Reviewed by Reviewed by Saman Waris Updated 16:00 EDT October 4, 2026 Share Share Share Back to Top The prediction markets fight has escalated to the U.S. Supreme Court (SCOTUS) amid conflicting rulings by lower courts over Kalshi’s sports event contracts
The safeguard blocks a narrow PSBT case where a valid signature could survive changes to the intended payment destination
What is the truth about Ethereum, which some sources claim will undergo a major token unlock operation tomorrow?
Washington is changing how Treasury trades clear, and stablecoin issuers depend on that machinery to turn reserves into cash
Crypto analyst Ali Martinez recently shared his expectations for XRP and Dogecoin in a published analysis
Reviewed by Reviewed by Saman Waris Updated 14:00 EDT October 4, 2026 Share Share Share Back to Top The market is still heavily betting on altcoins
Reviewed by Reviewed by Renuka Tahelyani Updated 12:00 EDT October 4, 2026 Share Share Share Back to Top After falling to $1.70, LayerZero [ZRO] bounced back, defended $2, and climbed to a six-month high of $2.14. At press time, ZRO traded around $2.03, up 15% on the daily charts
A higher entry bond lowers collateral per ETH at full balance, but funding and operator profiles determine fee-efficiency gains
A $6 million crypto vault was drained on Base on Oct. 4, yet the strangest part may be who owned it. Nobody publicly knows. Security firms traced about 1,783 wstETH out of the vault, while onchain records point to an anonymous seven-signer Safe. Base itself wasn’t hacked, Aave’s core contracts haven’t been blamed, and the vault’s owner still hasn’t come forward
Reviewed by Reviewed by Saman Waris Updated 11:00 EDT October 4, 2026 Share Share Share Back to Top Axie Infinity [AXS] has had a significant spike in the past day as the price added a 13% gain within the past 24 hours. The gain has been an effect of the buyers’ momentum in the market, which has pushed the price further upwards
In South Korea, a cryptocurrency hub, the list of altcoins with the highest trading volume has been revealed
Reviewed by Reviewed by Saman Waris Updated 10:00 EDT October 4, 2026 Share Share Share Back to Top Ondo’s tokenized asset growth is shifting from a single-network model toward a broader distribution of liquidity
President Donald Trump has named Jay Clayton, US director of national intelligence, to lead the country’s new Super Intelligence Force, according to a post on Truth Social on Sunday
Higher rates can hurt crypto prices while quietly increasing the income earned on billions of stablecoin reserves
The Japanese government has added Russian cryptocurrency exchange Garantex to its expanded list of sanctions against Russia, citing the continuing war in Ukraine
Ethereum will soon begin testing its highly anticipated new update. Here's what you need to know
Reviewed by Reviewed by Renuka Tahelyani Updated 08:00 EDT October 4, 2026 Share Share Share Back to Top Bitcoin is up 46% from its July low and could reclaim its all-time high (ATH) of $126K by Q1 2027. According to Ecoinometrics, historical drawdowns and recoveries suggest Bitcoin could take 60 to 230 days to reclaim its previous ATH
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