⭐️ Bitcoin, Ether ETFs draw $2.6B, best week since October

🌐 U.S.-listed spot Bitcoin and Ether ETFs have attracted $2.61 billion across five trading sessions, recording their strongest combined week since October 2025. BlackRock’s iShares Bitcoin Trust, or IBIT, received $239 million during the final session, accounting for nearly 78% of the daily total. Fidelity’s Wise Origin Bitcoin Fund, or FBTC, ranked second with $30.19 million.

📣 Friday’s result completed a week in which inflows accelerated as Bitcoin’s price climbed. The funds received $297.56 million on Aug. 17, followed by $189.30 million on Aug. 18 and $517.19 million on Aug. 19. Another $606.29 million entered the products on Aug. 20 before the pace eased to $307 million. Adding the five sessions produces approximately $1.917 billion in net inflows. Bitcoin funds accounted for about 73% of the $2.615 billion that entered the two leading U.S. crypto ETF categories during the week.

🔗 One week earlier, investors had withdrawn $389.7 million from Bitcoin ETFs between Aug. 10 and Aug. 14. The latest result therefore represents a $2.31 billion improvement from one five-day period to the next, rather than a conventional percentage increase because the earlier figure was negative.

⚠️ Bitcoin price eyes $83K after clearing 200-day SMA

📌 Bitcoin price held near $79,500 on Aug. 27 after a rapid breakout from the $63,000 area, with ETF demand and U.S. policy developments supporting the rally even as technical indicators warned that momentum may be stretched. According to data from cryptonews, Bitcoin price was trading at approximately $79,473 at the time of writing. The price reached an intraday high of $80,520 after opening near $79,024.

🌐 BTC has gained roughly 25% since breaking out of a narrow range near $63,000 on Aug. 19. The advance took the asset above $80,000 before sellers blocked attempts to extend the rally through the $81,000–$82,000 region. The daily chart shows Bitcoin trading above its four tracked simple moving averages. The 20-day SMA stood at $69,711, while the 200-day SMA was near $69,257. The 50-day and 100-day averages were positioned at $66,457 and $66,224, respectively.

📊 Trading above all four averages supports the broader recovery, but the moving averages have not yet produced a confirmed bullish golden cross. The 20-day average remains only slightly above the 200-day line, leaving traders to watch whether the separation expands or reverses. The daily relative strength index reached 81.14, well above the conventional overbought threshold of 70. Such a reading shows strong buying momentum but also raises the possibility of profit-taking after the steep advance.

📌 Ethereum price risks pullback as MACD flattens

➡️ Ethereum price remained trapped between $2,400 support and $2,500 resistance on Sept. 1, with weak trend strength and fading momentum raising the risk of another liquidity-driven pullback. According to data from cryptonews, Ethereum price was trading near $2,460 at press time, little changed over the previous 24 hours and down about 1% over the past week. The token had retreated from an Aug. 27 high near $2,564 after buyers failed to extend its late-August breakout.

📊 Trading activity has also cooled. CoinGecko data showed that Ethereum’s 24-hour volume had fallen by about 21% to approximately $11.35 billion, indicating lower participation as the price consolidated. ETH remains caught between support around $2,400 and resistance extending from $2,500 to $2,565. A break from that range could determine whether the August rally resumes or gives way to a deeper correction.

🔖 ETH remains above the 78.6% Fibonacci retracement level at $2,340, which now serves as the main higher-timeframe support. Holding above that level would preserve most of the structure created by the August breakout. However, momentum has weakened considerably. The daily moving average convergence divergence indicator is close to producing a bearish crossover. The MACD line stands at 143.58, only slightly above the signal line at 143.46, while its histogram has narrowed to almost zero.

❗️ Tether-backed Orionx closes over $7m custody gap

🔔 Chilean crypto exchange Orionx began permanently closing its operations on Sept. 3 after a forensic audit identified a custody shortfall exceeding $7 million. The company suspended customer withdrawals and said it could not guarantee that every client would recover 100% of their assets.

⭐️ The exchange said the audit found transactions that moved assets under its custody to wallets it did not control. Orionx has filed a criminal complaint with Chilean prosecutors and launched a restitution process intended to return as much as possible to customers. The allegations have not been proven in court. The two former executives named in the complaint have denied wrongdoing and said the cause of the shortfall remains unresolved.

📣 The exchange said it would never request private keys, two-factor authentication codes or transfers by telephone, WhatsApp, email or social media. The warning is relevant because customers waiting to recover funds can become targets for phishing and fraudulent recovery services. According to information Orionx provided to clients, the shortfall affects Bitcoin, Ether, XRP and Polygon balances. These assets appeared as available in Orionx’s internal records but could not be fully verified at addresses controlled by the company.

⚠️ Solana founder questions motives behind AI slowdown

🔖 Solana co-founder Anatoly Yakovenko has questioned the financial motives behind an AI slowdown proposal backed by Dario Amodei, Sam Altman and Elon Musk on Sept. 13. Yakovenko’s comment presented profitability as a possible motive for slowing model development, but the Solana co-founder framed the idea as a sarcastic observation. His post contained no evidence that Anthropic, OpenAI or xAI had coordinated their statements for financial reasons.

📣 No named company has confirmed that its support for slower development depends on reaching a $1 trillion valuation. Amodei’s proposal instead cites model-control failures, cyber risks and the speed at which AI systems are helping create newer systems. Reuters reported that Anthropic and OpenAI were preparing for potential initial public offerings. The report described financial incentives surrounding model development but did not establish that either company had reached a $1 trillion market capitalization or had made profitability contingent on that valuation.

📊 Because the companies remain privately held, references to market capitalization can only describe estimates from private transactions or proposed listings. Yakovenko did not explain whether his figure referred to Anthropic, OpenAI, xAI or the frontier AI sector collectively. His statement therefore represents personal commentary, not a disclosed financial projection from Solana Labs, Anthropic, OpenAI or xAI. No Solana Foundation statement connected the blockchain network or its SOL token to the AI policy dispute.

❗️ Crypto trail leads UAE, Sweden to $7.1 million laundering network

🌐 Police in the United Arab Emirates and Sweden have arrested seven people after investigators traced cryptocurrency transactions through an international money laundering network that allegedly handled 70 million Swedish krona ($7.1 million) and had financial links to organized crime and contract killings. The suspected leader, a Swedish national, had fled Sweden and was wanted under an Interpol Red Notice. UAE authorities tracked his location after what the ministry described as extensive searches, investigations and monitoring carried out through intelligence sharing with Swedish police.

📣 Investigators said the network moved roughly 70 million Swedish krona over a 10 month period. Cash generated from criminal activity was allegedly collected and redirected to other criminal groups, while cryptocurrencies were used to transfer and move the value of some of the funds. Tracing the network’s cryptocurrency transactions became part of the investigation into where the money was moving and who was connected to it.

⭐️ The Ministry of Interior said analysis of the crypto transfers and other digital evidence helped investigators identify financial connections with other alleged criminal activity, including organized crime and contract killings. Authorities did not identify the cryptocurrencies involved or disclose the wallets, exchanges or transaction amounts traced during the investigation.

⚠️ Bitpanda and RBI build crypto framework for 18 million bank customers

🔖 Raiffeisen Bank International has partnered with Bitpanda Enterprise to create a common digital asset framework for its Central and Eastern European banking network, potentially bringing crypto services within reach of up to 18 million customers. The arrangement expands a model already used by Raiffeisen banks in Austria, where customers have been given access to cryptocurrencies through their existing banking environment. Instead of requiring customers to open a separate account with a crypto platform, Bitpanda provides the infrastructure behind the service offered through the bank.

⭐️ RBI operates subsidiary banks across 11 Central and Eastern European markets and serves more than 18 million customers. Bitpanda Enterprise will provide the underlying digital asset technology for the network, creating a common setup that participating banks can use when introducing their own services. Raiffeisen’s work with Bitpanda began at Raiffeisenlandesbank Niederösterreich-Wien, or RLB NÖ-Wien, which became one of the early traditional European Union banks to give customers access to cryptocurrencies within its existing banking setup.

📊 Bitpanda supplied the technology behind that service, allowing customers to access digital assets while continuing to use their bank as the main point of contact. The latest RBI agreement takes the same approach beyond an individual Austrian bank and creates a framework that can be used across multiple markets.

🔖 Bitget wants stolen funds blocked. Who can make a cross chain network comply?

🌐 Bitget has asked THORChain to refuse addresses linked to a $387.5 million wallet breach. THORChain says its emergency halt is for protecting the network, not selectively freezing a user’s swap. The two positions expose different kinds of control: an issuer can immobilise its own stablecoin, an exchange can close an account, and THORChain node operators can pause routes. None is a universal switch for stolen assets once they cross networks.

📣 The freshest dispute in Bitget’s recovery effort is a question of who controls the next transaction. CEO Gracy Chen called on THORChain to refuse service to addresses linked to the Sept. 24 breach. GoPlus Security disputed the analogy THORChain drew with base chains, pointing to the validator set’s role in managing vaults and pausing network functions.

📈 The dollar figure needs care. Bitget initially put the loss at $351.6 million, then raised its estimate to approximately $387.5 million after adding Zcash and TRON transactions identified in a fuller accounting. The revision is Bitget’s own estimate of assets moved to attacker-controlled addresses. It is not an independent final loss determination or a statement that another $35.9 million disappeared after the first disclosure. The company says customer balances remain intact and its protection fund will absorb the impact; those are company statements, not an independent audit of recovery.

⚠️ Greek police arrest 17 in crypto fraud scheme exceeding $8M

‼️ Greek police have arrested 17 people in an alleged cryptocurrency investment scheme that authorities estimate collected more than $8 million from at least 10,000 participants. Hellenic Police said in an Oct. 2 statement that investigators in Katerini uncovered a suspected pyramid operation using company structures and an online platform to present cryptocurrency investments as legitimate.

📊 Citing information obtained by reporter Giorgos Gerafentis, the broadcaster said members received bonuses for bringing new participants into the platform. Its account described a hierarchy in which alleged leaders controlled the operation while recruits helped attract further investment. According to ERT’s reporting, the operators initially gave participants the impression that their investments could generate profits, before failing to return the money they had deposited.

🔗 The broadcaster placed the suspected network’s offices in Katerini, Thessaloniki, Larissa, Patras and an island in the Dodecanese. ERT also reported that the case file included nine additional Greek suspects, among them another member of the armed forces. In the police account, the operation had been active since at least 2025 and offered guaranteed high returns with little or no risk. Investigators alleged that the platform lacked the required authorization and promised to double invested capital within 50 days.

📌 U.S. government sends $770M BTC to Coinbase, why now?

📣 The U.S. government has moved roughly 9,261 Bitcoin worth $770 million to Coinbase Prime over two days, including thousands of coins linked to criminal seizures and 2,456 BTC from wallets not previously identified as government holdings. Galaxy Research reported in its Oct. 8 on-chain analysis that almost half of the transferred Bitcoin came from funds recovered from the 2016 Bitfinex hack. Another portion was traced to previously known Binance-related seizures, while the source of 2,456 BTC had not appeared in the research firm’s earlier government-wallet labels.

⭐️ Galaxy said the previously unidentified coins “may represent new law enforcement seizures.” The assessment comes from their transfer path into the same Coinbase Prime deposit address used for government assets. No Department of Justice or U.S. Marshals Service statement reviewed for this report has confirmed a new seizure involving the 2,456 BTC. The latest movement combines Bitcoin connected with different federal cases instead of a single $770 million seizure. Galaxy tracked roughly 834 BTC moving on Oct. 6 before a much larger transfer on Oct. 7 brought the two-day total to around 9,261 BTC.

🌐 Nearly half was linked to Bitcoin recovered from Ilya Lichtenstein and Heather Morgan following the 2016 Bitfinex hack, according to Galaxy. The Justice Department said Lichtenstein stole 119,754 BTC from Bitfinex and later attempted to launder the funds through exchanges, mixers and other services. Federal agents seized more than 94,000 BTC in 2022 after obtaining private keys to a wallet holding part of the stolen funds.

📣 XRP price dips as futures activity hits 8-month high

⚠️ XRP has fallen 8.28% over the past seven days to $1.38, while declining futures activity and bearish technical indicators have raised questions about whether the cryptocurrency can defend its $1.30 support level. CoinGecko market data showed XRP trading at $1.38 at press time, down 2.48% over 24 hours, with daily trading volume reaching $2.15 billion. Its market capitalization stood at approximately $86.8 billion, supported by a circulating supply of roughly 63 billion XRP. A later October 13 market snapshot placed the token closer to $1.36, confirming continued price fluctuations.

📊 Following its recent decline, XRP has struggled to maintain gains above the $1.45–$1.50 region. The supplied daily chart showed the cryptocurrency trading near $1.3766, following a recovery from lows recorded earlier in the year. Its longer-term price structure remained under pressure after retreating from levels above $2.20 in late 2025. The Relative Strength Index stood at 43.28 in the supplied technical reading, below its moving average of 49.61. With the indicator remaining beneath the neutral 50 level, the chart showed weaker buying momentum. However, the RSI remained above 30, meaning XRP had not entered oversold territory under the conventional interpretation of the indicator.

➡️ Meanwhile, the Moving Average Convergence Divergence indicator showed its main line at -0.01196, below the signal line at 0.00763. The histogram registered -0.01959, confirming negative momentum at the time of the chart. A move above $1.50 would improve the short-term technical structure, while losing $1.30 could expose XRP to another test of lower support. The latest daily reading presented a different picture. Open interest had declined to approximately $467 million while XRP traded near $1.41 at the time of the analyst’s observation. The figure was $44 million below the monthly average, suggesting that outstanding futures positions had decreased from their recent elevated levels.

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➡️ CoinDCX denies second hack claims as ZachXBT questions wallet activity

📊 Indian cryptocurrency exchange CoinDCX has denied allegations of a new security breach involving nearly $16 million in cryptocurrency transfers, although blockchain investigator ZachXBT has challenged the company’s explanation of the suspicious wallet activity. CoinDCX said in an October 22 statement that claims circulating on X were misleading because the transactions involved wallet addresses created in January 2025 and compromised during its July 2025 security incident.

🔔 The exchange maintained that customer funds remained safe and that the addresses identified in the latest allegations were no longer part of its active wallet infrastructure. However, ZachXBT disputed the explanation, claiming that at least one of the addresses continued handling deposits and interacting with CoinDCX’s current hot wallets several months after the previous breach.

⭐️ The disagreement followed allegations from blockchain investigator Darcy, who flagged transactions involving approximately 15.99 million USDT and 5,783.81 TRX on the TRON network. According to Darcy, the suspicious transactions occurred on October 21 at approximately 23:35 UTC+8, when funds from wallets identified as CoinDCX deposit addresses and hot wallets moved to a separate TRON address.

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🌐 Loopscale halts operations after 30,000 daily malicious API requests

⭐️ Solana-based lending protocol Loopscale has temporarily suspended operations after a week-long campaign of malicious requests targeting its SOL and USDC vaults, although the team says user deposits remain safe. The team described the campaign as the work of a sophisticated actor and said it immediately paused protocol activity to limit the impact. The attempts specifically targeted its SOL and USDC Genesis Vaults, which hold assets deposited by users of the lending platform.

🔗 He reiterated that the affected vaults had been made whole and no users had incurred losses, while the team continued investigating the incident and working to restore full functionality. Loopscale has not disclosed the amount of funds affected during the campaign or provided details about how the attacker attempted to compromise the vaults. Normal operations will remain suspended while the team determines the full scope of the incident and introduces additional security measures.

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