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According to Gate market data, ETH/USDT is currently priced at $2704.23, with a 24-hour increase of 0.61%.

Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin released the plan for "The Computer of the Crypto World," stating that the Hegota fork scheduled for next year may be Ethereum's last "regular" fork, with subsequent upgrades introducing recursive STARK, automated formal verification, optimized consensus, and quantum security capabilities.He indicated that Ethereum will transition from a blockchain to a hybrid architecture that integrates modern cryptography. This roadmap aims to shorten transaction finality to 8 to 32 seconds, significantly reduced from the current approximately 200 seconds with 12 confirmations, and will adjust verification, consensus, and block construction mechanisms through PeerDAS, SNARK, and FOCIL.

Onchain Lens reported that BlackRock has withdrawn approximately $126.95 million in crypto assets from Coinbase Prime in the past 40 minutes.This includes about 1,150 Bitcoins, worth approximately $95.43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

Cryptocurrency analyst Ali posted on platform X, stating that ETH seems to be forming a bullish trend on lower time frames, as long as $2640 continues to act as a support level, this pattern remains tilted towards the bulls.Ali further pointed out that the current focus is on the $2700 level. If ETH closes above $2700 on an hourly basis, it may confirm an upward breakout and open up further space to test $3000.

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.

According to Coinglass data, in the past 24 hours, the total liquidation across the network was $393 million, with long positions liquidated at $304 million and short positions liquidated at $89.4363 million. Among them, Bitcoin long positions were liquidated at $78.0919 million, Bitcoin short positions at $14.9278 million, Ethereum long positions at $40.4948 million, and Ethereum short positions at $19.0626 million.In addition, in the last 24 hours, a total of 125,113 people were liquidated globally, with the largest single liquidation occurring on Binance - BTCUSDT worth $6.5404 million.

A survey by the Democratic Party of the U.S. Senate claims that the stablecoin USDT issued by Tether has become a major payment method for Iran. The survey shows that among over 800 sanctioned cryptocurrency wallets, about 84% primarily or exclusively use USDT.The U.S. Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations had previously stated that its review of blockchain records, sanctions lists, and asset seizure notices found that the sanctioned wallets are mainly distributed across the Tron and Ethereum networks and have conducted USDT transactions.

According to PR Newswire, Ethereum treasury company BitMine increased its holdings by 17,362 Ethereum last week, with total ETH holdings surpassing 6 million for the first time. As of September 27, 2026, its total Ethereum holdings reached 6,001,302, accounting for approximately 4.9% of the total Ethereum supply, with uninterrupted weekly increases since the launch of the ETH treasury strategy on June 30, 2025, in less than 15 months.Currently, the total value of cryptocurrencies, cash, and other investment assets held by BitMine is approximately $17.2 billion, which includes $672 million in cash and securities, 213 Bitcoin, $180 million in equity assets from Beast Industries, and a $115 million investment in Eightco Holdings (ORBS). In addition, the number of staked Ethereum remains at 5,067,309 (84% of total holdings), valued at approximately $13.7 billion, with a current annualized staking yield of about $358 million.Tom Lee stated in the company's weekly report that so far in the third quarter, ETH has outperformed the S&P 500 by over 6,728 basis points, making it the best macro asset globally; he believes that the crypto bull market began in late June, and institutions are currently underweight in crypto assets, expecting to significantly increase their holdings in the last few months of 2026. Additionally, Lee will deliver a keynote speech at the Korea Blockchain Week (KBW) on September 30.

According to official news, Tether announced a partnership with the fintech company Shiga to utilize its open-source Wallet Development Kit (WDK) to launch self-custody financial products for individuals and institutions in Africa and the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) region.The two parties will launch two core products: the self-custody wallet ENTA for individuals and businesses, which supports deposits in fiat currency or Bitcoin, and holds and transfers Tether (USDT), Bitcoin, and Tether Gold (XAUT); and the infrastructure Pulse for banks and financial institutions, aimed at assisting institutions in customizing digital asset services for specific payment channels and fund settlement processes, and supporting institutions in deploying in a private environment to retain key control.In addition, Shiga is currently completing the final approval process for the digital asset license in Nigeria, and once approved, will conduct compliant digital asset trading, brokerage, and custody services in the country.

According to Onchain Lens monitoring, the market maker Wintermute currently holds a short position of 126.25 million USD on the decentralized trading platform Hyperliquid.The main positions include: ETH short of 46.92 million USD, SOL short of 11.3 million USD, HYPE short of 10.03 million USD.

According to Coinglass data, if ETH breaks through $2,779, the cumulative short liquidation intensity on mainstream CEX will reach $1.002 billion. Conversely, if ETH falls below $2,529, the cumulative long liquidation intensity on mainstream CEX will reach $633 million.

According to official news, OKEx Lite will launch the "Tether USDT Staking Earn Coin" event from September 29, 2026, 15:00 to October 4, 15:00 (UTC+8). During the event, users who purchase ETH can share a total airdrop reward of 400,000 USDT, with a minimum purchase amount of 0.01 ETH.Users can pre-purchase starting from September 28, 18:00 (UTC+8). During the pre-purchase period, users can still earn simple staking interest, while the USDT airdrop rewards will start counting after the event officially begins. Rewards are calculated hourly, and users can redeem their funds at any time; after the event ends, ETH that has not been actively redeemed will continue to participate in the simple staking products.

According to on-chain analyst Yu Jin's monitoring, a certain whale opened a long position of 20,000 ETH at a price of $1,936 when this round of market began, currently with an unrealized profit of $14.06 million.This whale increased its short position in BTC, opening a short of 650 BTC at a price of $84,057, valued at $53.68 million, currently with an unrealized profit of $950,000.

The GoPlus security team disclosed that a high-risk fraudulent Meme factory was recently discovered on the Robinhood Chain, with a transaction volume exceeding 9 million dollars in the past 30 days, involving hundreds of fraudulent Memes. The asset aggregation address is 0x8c3Bad30cc7563A2D0357F49509FFd063666bb00. As of September 28, 2026, the address balance is approximately 56.0635 ETH, equivalent to about 148,000 dollars; the address has a total of about 1,385 transactions, with the latest 400 transactions generating approximately 1,728.02 ETH in income and transferring out approximately 1,861.12 ETH; the two-way transaction volume is about 3,589.14 ETH, equivalent to about 9.49 million dollars.Direct evidence of "authorizing or selling tokens ---> liquidating ETH ---> transferring to the same aggregation address" was found in the high-risk associated Memes. The amount is the gross amount transferred into the aggregation system from the same project batch and does not represent net profit. The fraudulent Meme factory model mainly includes "new accounts shipping out ---> layered aggregation ---> fund recycling: 1. Creating Tokens based on industry hotspots; 2. Allocating Tokens to a large number of new EOAs with only 4 to 11 transactions; 3. Selling in segments through PonsV2Helper / UniversalRouter; 4. Emptying ETH to local aggregators or the main aggregation address (0x8c3bad); 5. Providing funds for the next round of projects, new wallets, and trading operations. The key to this fraud model is: 1. Using a large number of new wallets to hide the actual concentration of chips; 2. Segmentally selling by these wallets to create the illusion of multiple independent traders; 3. After the shipment is completed, funds flow into the same aggregation system; 4. Reinvesting the profits from old projects into the next round.On-chain researcher Wazz recently disclosed that a suspected continuous Rug gang initiated at least 53 Robinhood Chain Memes within about two months and extracted approximately 18.43 million dollars from them. Their main tactic is to control most of the token supply using 70 to 200 wallets, then reinvest the profits from the previous round into the next round. This case is similar to the fraudulent model in this case, but there is currently no evidence to indicate that it is the same gang.

Bitget has officially opened the phased withdrawal feature as scheduled, and BTC withdrawal services are now available. According to the previously announced timeline, ETH-related networks will open for withdrawals on September 29 at 16:00, and USDT-related networks will open for withdrawals on September 30 at 16:00.Withdrawals for other tokens, fiat currency, and C2C services will gradually resume starting from October 2 at 16:00. Currently, Bitget's CEO Gracy Chen and the head of the Greater China region, Xie Jiayin, are reviewing and explaining this security incident through a public live broadcast, updating on the latest developments, and answering user questions on-site.

According to on-chain analysts, the address casualpig.eth has once again accumulated Ethereum (ETH) after a year. This address withdrew 1,754 Ethereum from the cryptocurrency exchange Bybit a few hours ago, worth approximately 4.65 million dollars.The last Ethereum transaction record for this address was between August and October 2025, when it bought at a high of about 4,751.74 dollars and recharged back to the exchange when it dropped to 4,433.1 dollars, expecting a final loss of about 449,000 dollars.

Binance Chinese posted on platform X that the Binance wallet now supports using USDT to pay for Gas fees, covering BNB Smart Chain, Ethereum, Solana, and Tron, with plans to support more public chain networks in the future.

According to Gate market data, ETH/USDT is currently priced at $2650, with a 24-hour decline of 1.97%.

According to SoSoValue data, last week's trading day saw a net inflow of $690 million into Ethereum spot ETFs. The Ethereum spot ETF with the highest net inflow last week was Blackrock ETF ETHA, with a weekly net inflow of $326 million, bringing ETHA's historical total net inflow to $13.28 billion.Following that was Fidelity ETF FETH, with a weekly net inflow of $174 million, and FETH's historical total net inflow currently stands at $2.42 billion. As of the time of writing, the total net asset value of Ethereum spot ETFs is $17.78 billion, with an ETF net asset ratio (the market value as a percentage of Ethereum's total market value) reaching 5.42%, and the historical cumulative net inflow has reached $13.94 billion.