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ESMA files its Sep 30 MiCA review response seeking DeFi gateway rules, unauthorized-stablecoin service bans, and binding token classification opinions.
Jack Butcher opens Credits Statement assembly October 1 at 8pm ET; burn 80 Credits for one of 1,526 max Statements.
Axie Infinity Origins Season 19 goes live with an 80,000 bAXS prize pool shared by the top 2,000 ranked players.
Bubblemaps flags Super Inu wallets that sold about 32 percent of SI for roughly $24,000, now worth near $15 million.
Rug & Recovery Room
MistTrack flagged a Bitget-linked address that still swapped DAI into USDT then bridged those proceeds onto Tron on October 1.
Researcher Kaden says 18 of 19 MetaMask validators diverted about 0.36 ETH in block fees after the precautionary Lido exits.
Drift Foundation says about $9.2 million of the April $295.4 million theft is frozen, with legal recovery still pending now.
Bitget says its Protection Fund is back above $300 million, meeting the one-week replenish vow after the September 24 breach.
On-Chain Culture
Bubblemaps flags Super Inu wallets that sold about 32 percent of SI for roughly $24,000, now worth near $15 million.
Nasdaq-listed Lion Group sold all Solana and some Bitcoin for about 38,102 HYPE, now holding roughly 232,900 worth $20.1 million.
BAYC and Stonrok stage a Seongsu Seoul pop-up for Korea Blockchain Week with Anchor Drop merch exclusive this week.
UsePaid docs say X Money payouts are paused after claiming $1.54 million in fees with temporary $750 daily payout caps.
Real-World Utility
Backpack CEO Armani Ferrante sets a 10,000-symbol tokenized stock target on Solana with one brokerage-to-DeFi API and no date given.
Seven Coinbase Mag-7 tokenized stocks are now live as USDC loan collateral on Aave V4 Base for eligible non-U.S. users.
Solana takes 36 percent of tokenized commodities spot DEX volume while Ethereum still holds about 95 percent of assets today.
Token Terminal data puts tokenized real-world assets at $46 billion as Ethereum holds a leading 48.4 percent market share now.
Ape Index
US spot crypto ETFs took $68.8 million Tuesday as Bitcoin led and Ether flipped to first outflows after six days.
US spot crypto ETFs cool to about $64.8 million on Monday, down roughly eighty percent versus Friday's combined inflow total.
BitMine Immersion Technologies tops 6,001,302 ETH after buying another 17,362 ether last week, now holding 4.9 percent of Ethereum supply.
A dormant Bitcoin whale moved 4,500 BTC worth about $378.79 million to a new wallet after four years of inactivity.
Plain English Policy
The UK FCA opened its full crypto authorisation gateway on September 30 with firm applications due by February 28 2027.
ESMA files its Sep 30 MiCA review response seeking DeFi gateway rules, unauthorized-stablecoin service bans, and binding token classification opinions.
Stablecoin Settlement Desk
Open Standard's OUSD goes live on Ethereum, Solana, Base and Tempo with over one billion dollars in partner liquidity commitments.
Bitget reopens USDT withdrawals at 08:00 UTC September 30 across Ethereum, BSC, Solana, and Tron after the September 24 hack.
Bitget publishes a 131 percent overall Proof of Reserves ratio after the hack, with USDT still covered at 107 percent.
Citi expands Coinbase partnership for new U.S. stablecoin payment rails with Virtual Accounts plus Spring merchant checkout acceptance today.
Marketplace Watch
1inch launches reDeFine Money digitally on Written today with ten NFT-cover editions as all digital sale proceeds go to charity.
Jack Butcher opens Credits Statement assembly October 1 at 8pm ET; burn 80 Credits for one of 1,526 max Statements.
Quit warns Limit Break Payment Processor V2 attacks continue, citing a wallet that lost 0.15246 WETH after accepting an offer.
Robinhood Chain Wallet free gas ends September twenty-nine as memecoin traders and Pons launch users begin paying full ETH fees.
Phygital & Vaulted
Coinbase teases phone-ripped Pokémon packs backed by physical cards users can vault or ship, with no launch date set yet.
Collector Crypt's CARDS token unlocks about 59.62 million tokens worth roughly $10.91 million in this week's Odaily unlock roundup today.
ThisGenGaming puts Solana on-chain trading card games past $1 billion in cumulative volume near 64 percent global TCG share now.
A PSA 10 First Edition Base Set Charizard sells for one million dollars on Beezie as an on-chain TCG record.
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