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According to Catcher Predict monitoring on-chain data, it predicts significant capital movements in the market Polymarket. A large whale invested $107,897.47 in a single transaction for "Spread -3.5" during the "Eagles vs. Bears" event. Based on the current transaction price, the latest corresponding winning probability for this target is 52%.

The criminal trial of Aiden Pleterski, who calls himself the "King of Crypto," regarding allegations of cryptocurrency fraud will begin on October 5 in the Ontario Superior Court of Canada. He is accused of raising funds from investors between 2021 and 2022 by making false promises of "smart investments yielding high weekly profits," with the fraud amounting to approximately $30 million. Canadian authorities have filed charges of fraud and money laundering against him in May 2024.According to CBC News, Pleterski failed to obtain a postponement to hire a lawyer and is expected to represent himself in court. The trial is expected to last about four weeks, and if convicted on the fraud charge alone, he could face up to 14 years in prison.In December 2022, several men (some of whom are reportedly victims of the scam) allegedly kidnapped and tortured Pleterski for three days, threatening his and his family's safety, and forcing him to record a video detailing his role in the alleged fraud. Pleterski is one of many high-profile figures in the cryptocurrency industry facing criminal charges during the market downturn in 2022, with executives from the now-bankrupt FTX and Celsius also facing charges in the United States thereafter.

According to Bloomberg, citing informed sources, the cryptocurrency exchange and wallet service provider Blockchain.com plans to complete its initial public offering (IPO) this year, aiming to raise approximately $500 million, with a target valuation range of $4 billion to $6 billion.Informed sources stated that if the listing process requires it, the company is also willing to accept a smaller issuance plan. Blockchain.com reached a valuation of $14 billion during the last peak of the cryptocurrency market, and this target valuation is significantly lower than that level. In May of this year, the company secretly submitted a draft registration document to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission to pave the way for a potential IPO, at that time not disclosing the number of shares to be issued or the price range.This listing plan comes as the capital market environment for cryptocurrency companies is reopening. Since mid-August, when the U.S. Treasury announced a significant increase in long-term Treasury bond repurchases, the price of Bitcoin has risen by more than 30%, driving an overall rebound in the cryptocurrency market. However, market conditions remain challenging; according to Bloomberg data, the stock prices of recently listed companies Gemini, BitGo, and eToro have fallen by about 50% to 80% from their post-listing highs.

Market news reports that AMD has agreed to acquire Fei-Fei Li's artificial intelligence startup World Labs for $8.2 billion.

Goldman Sachs has connected its approximately $100 billion government bond fund FTIXX to the digital asset settlement network Lynq, providing a new subscription channel for institutional-level crypto companies. The fund will be listed on Lynq, with trading handled by tZERO Securities, a broker-dealer registered with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. This is the first external fund introduced to the Lynq network, which previously only had a single investment product.Unlike most blockchain-based fund products on Wall Street, FTIXX has not been tokenized. BlackRock's BUIDL is a tokenized fund, and Franklin Templeton offers tokenized shares of money market funds through BENJI, while Goldman Sachs retains the traditional fund format of FTIXX, with Lynq opening new access channels for digital asset companies. Lynq CEO Jerald David stated that there is a convergence occurring between traditional market participants and digital asset market participants.For institutions using Lynq, FTIXX provides a place to store cash and earn returns during trading gaps, redeemable when needed. David mentioned that clients have been looking for government bond assets on the platform that offer yields different from existing tools. Lynq's partners include B2C2, Wintermute, Galaxy, FalconX, Crypto.com, and Fireblocks. The network operates on a private permissioned Avalanche Layer 1 blockchain and has connected over 30 institutional digital asset companies, with assets exceeding $89 million.

According to Saudi media outlet Hadass, sources say that Iran has agreed to stop uranium enrichment in exchange for the United States easing sanctions.

According to Catcher Predict monitoring, in the market prediction on Polymarket for the event "Counter-Strike: NIP vs GamerLegion," the "NIP" option in the sub-market "Match Winner" has experienced a drastic fluctuation in winning probability, dropping from 61.5% one hour ago to the current 43.5% (a fluctuation of 18%). Please note the impact of related breaking news.

The political action committee (PAC) Defend American Jobs, allied with the cryptocurrency industry and primarily funded by the industry, disclosed in documents submitted to the Federal Election Commission (FEC) that it has spent $11.4 million on media advertising to support Republican Jon Husted and oppose Democrat Sherrod Brown in the campaign for the Ohio U.S. Senate seat.This PAC is affiliated with Fairshake, which is supported by Coinbase and Ripple Labs. This advertising expenditure is part of Fairshake's commitment to initially invest $30 million to prevent Brown from returning to the Senate. Brown, a former chairman of the Senate Banking Committee, is one of the critical voices in Congress regarding cryptocurrency legislation and policy.In the 2024 Ohio Senate election, the showdown between Brown and Republican Bernie Moreno attracted over $300 million in spending from external groups like Fairshake, with cryptocurrency-related PACs and their affiliates spending about $41 million opposing Brown and supporting Moreno, who ultimately won with 50.2% of the vote. Husted's seat was appointed by Ohio Governor Mike DeWine, succeeding JD Vance, who was elected as the Vice President of the United States in 2024.

The Arbitrum Foundation announced the launch of the Arbitrum Security Program, providing smart contract audit subsidies for teams building projects on the Arbitrum platform, covering applications on the testnet, mainnet projects, projects migrating from other blockchains, and exclusive Arbitrum chains.

Onchain Lens reported that BlackRock has withdrawn approximately $126.95 million in crypto assets from Coinbase Prime in the past 40 minutes.This includes about 1,150 Bitcoins, worth approximately $95.43 million, and about 11,840 Ethereums, worth approximately $31.52 million.

According to Catcher Predict monitoring, the "Eagles vs. Bears" event is currently among the hottest trades on the prediction market Polymarket, with a total pool size reaching 3.5668 million dollars. The option with the highest market consensus is "O/U 24.5," corresponding to a winning probability of approximately 92.5%.

Solana posted on platform X that it has gradually reduced the target Slot Time from 400 ms to 250 ms, during which the network's block skipping rate remained stable, and the downtime caused by continuous block skipping has also been shortened.However, the shorter Slot Time has led to an increase in voting delays, with nodes in Asia and South America being the most affected. Therefore, further reducing it to 200 ms before the launch of Alpenglow still requires caution.

According to Bitcoin Magazine, Bitcoin software provider Breez announced that applications built on its Breez SDK now support users receiving stablecoin payments from over 30 networks using their Bitcoin balance.Breez stated that after the recipient selects the network and amount of the payer, the SDK generates a deposit address and displays the amount received, while the payer pays from their wallet as usual; Flashnet completes the exchange in the background, and the funds ultimately enter the recipient's non-custodial wallet in the form of Bitcoin, or in the form of USD if the stable balance feature is used.In June of this year, Breez launched the ability to send USDT/USDC, allowing a single Breez-powered balance to transfer stablecoins bi-directionally across almost all networks. This update is the latest in a series of usability upgrades, following the rollout of features such as Passkey login, Cash App instant account opening, and stable balance. Breez also launched a reference application called Glow in August to showcase the capabilities of the SDK.The Breez SDK is a developer toolkit that allows applications to add Bitcoin payments without having to build their own payment infrastructure, covering wallet creation, sending and receiving, and Lightning Network payments. Developers can provide Bitcoin functionality with minimal code, without needing to run nodes or manage liquidity.In July of this year, Breez announced a partnership with Turnkey, allowing developers to add non-custodial Bitcoin support to wallet applications running on their own servers.

According to on-chain data, whale Lee Goon Wang has just sold 15,000 ZEC on Hyperliquid through a limit sell order, worth approximately 23 million dollars.The sell order was placed at a price about 30 dollars lower than the market price at that time, a decrease of about 2%.

Ledger CTO Charles Guillemet stated that he disagrees with the view that "only about 30% of BTC faces quantum computing risks, while the remaining approximately 70% is secure due to public key hashing."Glassnode data shows that currently about 30.2% of BTC has exposed spending public keys on-chain, but Guillemet pointed out that this only reflects the static state on-chain; unexposed public keys may still exist in xpub, devices, PSBT, logs, or backups; and once a BTC transaction is initiated, the public key will be revealed before the transaction is confirmed.Guillemet cited research from Google Quantum AI stating that under currently non-existent high-speed quantum computer models, attacks on secp256k1 could be completed in about 9 minutes. Therefore, simply hiding public keys cannot solve the quantum risk, and Bitcoin will ultimately need to migrate to post-quantum cryptography.

The issuer of the stablecoin USDT, Tether, stated on September 28 that actions involving USDT in 2026 have frozen approximately $550 million, with the related wallets identified by U.S. authorities as being associated with the Central Bank of Iran and the Iranian sanctions network. Tether claimed that its cooperation with U.S. and international authorities has supported over 2,900 investigations globally, with more than 1,600 involving U.S. law enforcement agencies.According to Tether, in April 2026, it assisted in freezing over $344 million USDT across two addresses based on information provided by the U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) and U.S. law enforcement agencies. The next day, OFAC listed these addresses as digital currency identifiers of the Central Bank of Iran, with the sanctions entry associated with the Quds Force of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps and Hezbollah. In July 2026, the Treasury expanded the designated scope to four additional TRON addresses, with over $130 million USDT frozen across the four wallets.Tether CEO Paolo Ardoino stated that USDT is not a safe haven for sanctioned actors, terrorist organizations, or criminal networks, and that public blockchains allow authorities to see the flow of funds, enabling Tether to take action when law enforcement provides credible information. Tether also mentioned that it collaborates with over 340 law enforcement agencies in 67 countries, and its wallet freezing policy has been aligned with the OFAC Specially Designated Nationals list.

SpaceX (SPCX.O) has established connections with all 26 V3 satellites.

According to Catcher Predict monitoring, in the market prediction event "Bitcoin September Price Prediction" on Polymarket, the "is" option for the sub-market "below $82,500" experienced a dramatic fluctuation in winning probability, soaring from 58.5% an hour ago to the current 84.5% (a fluctuation of 26%). Please note the impact of related breaking news.

According to Cointelegraph, the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has released its work plan for 2027, which will coordinate the regulation of Crypto Asset Service Providers (CASP) across countries, focusing on operational resilience, outsourcing risks, liquidity, reverse solicitation, and asset classification. ESMA Chair Verena Ross stated that the focus of MiCA has shifted from rule-making to regulation and convergence.ESMA intends to unify the reports that CASPs submit regularly to national regulatory authorities and promote common risk indicators and regulatory dashboards. ESMA will advance the centralized crypto market monitoring system MIDAS, which will be used to monitor potential market abuse under the MiCA framework.The first phase of the system is expected to be fully operational by 2027. ESMA plans to enhance the analytical capabilities of MIDAS and expand the types of data available in the fourth quarter, pending approval from the Council, while incorporating regulatory experience into the European Commission's MiCA review expected to be completed by June 2027.