Today's top crypto stories 👇
1. EU tells crypto firms to drop @tether's $USDT by January 2027
2. @HyperliquidX Labs unstakes 3.75M $HYPE, worth about $330M, for an OTC sale
3. @SuiNetwork launches Hashi, its $BTC finance layer, with $500M committed $SUI
4. @ethereum's Glamsterdam hits 200M gas per block on Sepolia $ETH
5. Greece drafts a flat 10% capital gains tax on crypto
https://t.co/SRSzYCoCA7
DeFi protocol @aave ($AAVE) has launched a Model Context Protocol server that connects directly with @MetaMask Agent Wallet.
It lets AI agents interact autonomously with onchain lending markets across Aave V3 and V4.
https://t.co/KJCJFfUqlN
Hardware wallet maker @Ledger is investigating reports that customers in Southeast Asia had funds drained after buying devices from reseller CryptoBillis.
Onchain analysts estimate losses exceed $86 million across $BTC, $ETH and $TRX.
https://t.co/v9fs0tPg1a
BVT still mints at $1.00 par on ASX Capital, where 71% of the supply is staked into a farm adding about 280% a year in ASX tokens on top of the monthly distribution.
1,481 BVT have been minted so far, with 11 days left in the current staking epoch.
Mint BVT at $1.00: https://t.co/vc0E0Jx6Yp
Greece's Ministry of Economy and Finance has proposed a flat 10% capital gains tax on cryptocurrencies including $BTC, $ETH and $XRP, with a €500 annual exemption.
The draft law heads to parliament in November 2026.
https://t.co/lUlkrOxSa9
The @Aptos Foundation is proposing a tokenomics overhaul that would permanently lock 210 million $APT, halve staking rewards, raise gas fees tenfold and introduce a 2.1 billion hard supply cap.
https://t.co/Ag3Q4cLdcO
THORChain the DOMINANT force in cross-chain swaps.
Since @THORChain launched in April 2021, the platform's DEX has processed a cumulative volume of $127.4 BILLION, according to DefiLlama data.
Official Platform: https://t.co/DunoPkmd2r
With a robust pipeline of asset listings, and brand-new support for @Zcash $ZEC, we'd certainly expect that figure to keep growing and growing fast as we head into Q4...
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$USDC issuer @circle is adding Transak to its Arc blockchain for debit card and Apple Pay wallet funding, and signing on perpetual DEX Extended, which will use Arc as its settlement layer.
Extended has surpassed $200 billion in lifetime trading volume.
https://t.co/h2tLKWckom
Crypto exchange @binance will restrict eight services and delist 22 tokens for users in Brazil starting October 27, as the $BNB exchange moves to comply with Brazil's central bank licensing deadline.
https://t.co/egRECJ2Wjt
Thailand's securities regulator has finalized its crypto ETF framework, clearing $BTC and $ETH ETFs to trade on the Stock Exchange of Thailand from October 16, 2026.
The framework sets custody, suitability and margin rules for the funds.
https://t.co/JGsUznne4y
Trader Machi Big Brother closed leveraged longs in $BTC, $HYPE and $PUMP at a loss and consolidated the entire position into a $73.64 million @ethereum perpetual long.
The $ETH position carries a liquidation price of $2,486.33.
https://t.co/82lO0GbMNG
$XRP whale withdrawals from @binance have reached a seven-month high on a 30-day basis, according to CryptoQuant data.
Analyst Arab Chain tied the surge to increased large-holder activity around the $1.50 level.
https://t.co/uezNykLP7o
Gulf Labs, the digital infrastructure and venture arm of Thailand's $27 billion GULF Group, has gone live as an institutional validator on @injective ($INJ).
https://t.co/LWZY2ji2S1
Multicoin Capital transferred 760,580 $HYPE, @HyperliquidX's token, worth roughly $63 million to @coinbase Prime over four weeks, according to on-chain data.
https://t.co/l6tr1CYr28
Shark Tank investor Kevin O'Leary endorsed @avax ($AVAX) at the 2026 Avalanche Summit in New York, saying he understands the merits of the token and that major US companies recognize the network's advantages.
https://t.co/JYom6yjxC9
LayerZero ($ZRO) added nearly $3.9 billion in total value locked in a single day, climbing from $7.85 billion to $11.71 billion between October 2 and 3.
That ranks among the largest single-day TVL moves in DeFi this year.
https://t.co/awKPGffFC8
Ondo Finance ($ONDO) has launched Ondo Private Markets, an onchain layer offering tokenized exposure to pre-IPO companies, starting with AI.
The platform runs 24/7 secondary market trading, with plans to add robotics and cybersecurity.
https://t.co/gJRx0czc6q
Starknet ($STRK) is weighing a shift off @ethereum ($ETH) to become a Layer 1 network by 2027, driven by quantum computing and AI threats to elliptic curve cryptography.
StarkWare CEO Eli Ben-Sasson revealed the plan at Token2049 Singapore.
https://t.co/yViaXiQXFR
The gap between @ethereum staking entries and exits is narrowing, with 1.38 million $ETH queued to stake and more than 815,000 waiting to unstake.
The spread has been collapsing since early May.
https://t.co/uNB72XMPp3