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Crypto analyst alicharts combines long-term K-line charts of mainstream crypto assets to predict the potential peaks of various mainstream cryptocurrencies in this bull market from a technical analysis perspective as follows: The first target for Bitcoin is the previous high of $125,000. If this high is broken, it may reach the upper boundary of the ascending channel—close to $190,000. The Ethereum monthly chart shows the ascending channel it has followed over the past 5 years, with the upper boundary around $5,000 being a level to watch. If this level is broken, the expected trend will point towards $8,800.The SOL monthly chart appears to be forming a cup and handle pattern, with the neckline around $295. If the monthly close breaks this line, it will strengthen the bullish case, with the potential target of this pattern expected to be close to $2,744.

According to SoSoValue data, the total net outflow of Ethereum spot ETFs yesterday was $55.3727 million.The Ethereum spot ETF with the highest single-day net inflow was Grayscale Ethereum Trust ETF ETH, with a single-day net inflow of $1.5463 million, and the total historical net inflow for ETH has reached $2.022 billion.The Ethereum spot ETF with the highest single-day net outflow was Fidelity ETF FETH, with a single-day net outflow of $23.5039 million, and the total historical net inflow for FETH has reached $2.364 billion.As of the time of publication, the total net asset value of Ethereum spot ETFs was $17.714 billion, with an ETF net asset ratio (market cap as a percentage of total Ethereum market cap) of 5.38%, and the historical cumulative net inflow has reached $13.839 billion.

According to The Block, the Ethereum Foundation has launched zkAPI on the Ethereum mainnet, a solution co-authored by Vitalik Buterin.zkAPI allows users to pay for artificial intelligence and other APIs using pre-stored ETH or USDC through zero-knowledge proofs, making it impossible for service providers to associate specific requests with the payer.

EIP-8363 co-sponsor Jérôme de Tychey announced the withdrawal of the application to include the proposal in the Hegotá hard fork, and the discussion on the related issuance policy will shift to an independent topic.

According to a report by Reuters, Citigroup has raised its price forecasts for Bitcoin and Ethereum over the next 12 months, citing reasons such as increased activity in the cryptocurrency market, a supportive macroeconomic environment, and the resumption of ETF fund inflows.Citigroup has raised its 12-month target price for Bitcoin from $82,000 to $113,000, and its target price for Ethereum from $2,240 to $3,028.In a report released on Wednesday, Citigroup stated that it expects inflows into the cryptocurrency market to resume, but at a slower and more stable pace than before, as advisory firms and brokerages gradually increase their Bitcoin allocations, which is likely to sustain the inflows.Citigroup anticipates that there will be $5 billion in inflows into the cryptocurrency market over the next 12 months. The U.S. Senate failed to advance the CLARITY Act last week. This bill aims to establish a regulatory framework for digital assets, and its blockage poses a certain setback for the entire cryptocurrency industry. Following the U.S. Treasury's recent repurchase of long-term government bonds, the dollar weakened, reigniting the upward momentum in the cryptocurrency market.

According to SoSoValue data, yesterday (Eastern Time September 30) the total net outflow of Ethereum spot ETFs was $59.5825 million.The Ethereum spot ETF with the highest single-day net outflow yesterday was Fidelity ETF FETH, with a single-day net outflow of $26.6020 million. Currently, FETH has a historical total net inflow of $2.388 billion.The second was Grayscale Ethereum Trust ETF ETH, with a single-day net outflow of $25.4762 million. Currently, ETH has a historical total net inflow of $2.020 billion.As of the time of publication, the total net asset value of Ethereum spot ETFs was $17.596 billion, with an ETF net asset ratio (market value as a percentage of Ethereum's total market value) of 5.37%, and the historical cumulative net inflow has reached $13.895 billion.

Bitmine Chairman Tom Lee stated that Ethereum DAT currently holds 7% of the ETH supply, and this proportion may rise to 15% during this cycle.

According to Farside Investors, yesterday the Bitcoin ETF had a net outflow of 148.7 million dollars, ending a streak of nine consecutive trading days of net inflows. Additionally, the Ethereum ETF had a net outflow of 59.6 million dollars yesterday.

According to Coinglass data, Ethereum's return rate in the third quarter of 2026 reached 70.8%, setting the highest record since 2016, while the return rate in the third quarter of 2025 reached 66.55%, ranking second.

The Block cited Lookonchain data stating that a wallet associated with Ethereum co-founder and Consensys CEO Joseph Lubin transferred a total of 133,298 ETH a few hours ago.Based on the price reported, the scale of the transfer is approximately 356.4 million dollars. Consensys declined to comment on this ETH transfer.

According to Catcher Predict monitoring, in the market prediction event "Ethereum September Price Prediction" on Polymarket, the "Yes" option in the sub-market "Above $2,700" has experienced a sharp fluctuation in winning probability, dropping from 34.5% an hour ago to the current 15.5% (a fluctuation of 19%). Please note the impact of related breaking news.

The official ether.fi account posted on the X platform, stating that it has learned about a previous security incident related to Ethereum node operators. WEETH has no risk exposure and will not be affected. All funds are safe.Metamask announced earlier today that it is dealing with a security incident affecting some of Metamask's infrastructure. No direct threats to the MetaMask wallet have been identified at this time.As a precaution, Metamask is actively working with customers, partners, and security consultants to withdraw affected validators to maintain the security of Metamask's non-custodial staking business.

Ethena founder Guy Young posted on social media that he is aware of the current "security incident involving a certain Ethereum node operator."The supported assets of USDe currently do not include any direct exposure to stETH or any other liquid staking tokens. It is expected that there will be no impact on Ethena.

The liquidity staking protocol Lido announced that MetaMask Staking (formerly Consensys Staking) has taken precautionary measures to protect customer assets related to its Ethereum validators after investigating an infrastructure breach incident. The related measures include withdrawing its Ethereum validators from the Lido protocol, which may result in some loss of rewards. If the validators go offline recently to reduce potential network slashing risks, it may also incur downtime penalties.Lido stated that the related validators have begun to withdraw, with the last batch expected to complete the withdrawal by October 7, 2026, but full withdrawals may not be completed by then. stETH holders do not need to take any action. The ETH withdrawn from the validators operated by MetaMask Staking is expected to gradually return to the protocol during the cycle of the validators completing the withdrawal, withdrawing, and re-entering, with the estimated maximum duration of this process being about 45 days due to extended queuing times.Lido reminds that staking operations are non-custodial, and MetaMask does not manage withdrawal keys on behalf of customers. The diversified node operators of the Lido protocol and other security mechanisms, including a temporary reserve of over 6,750 stETH, are designed to control and mitigate disruptions to the normal operation of the protocol. A comprehensive investigation is ongoing, and further updates will be announced separately.

According to on-chain analyst @ai_9684xtpa, an ancient whale that purchased 560,000 ETH in 2015 transferred ETH worth $356 million, with a cost as low as $0.31.5 hours ago, he transferred 133,298 ETH to the new address 0x69e...27e93, marking the whale's first single transaction worth over $100 million in 4 years.

According to SoSoValue data, the total net outflow of Ethereum spot ETFs is $2.8086 million. The Ethereum spot ETF with the highest single-day net inflow is Grayscale Ethereum Trust ETF ETH, with a single-day net inflow of $12.8343 million, and the total historical net inflow for ETH has reached $2.046 billion.The Ethereum spot ETF with the highest single-day net outflow is Blackrock ETF ETHA, with a single-day net outflow of $8.9408 million, and the total historical net inflow for ETHA has reached $13.29 billion. As of the time of writing, the total net asset value of Ethereum spot ETFs is $17.792 billion, and the ETF net asset ratio (market value as a percentage of Ethereum's total market value) is 5.42%, with a total historical cumulative net inflow of $13.954 billion.

The digital asset post-quantum security infrastructure company Project Eleven announced the acquisition of Riva Labs to enhance its capabilities in post-quantum signatures, wallets, multi-party computation (MPC), and account abstraction. This acquisition also includes the technology and intellectual property developed by Riva on Ethereum and other public chains.Riva Labs' work encompasses hash-based post-quantum signatures, post-quantum MPC, account abstraction, wallet infrastructure, and hardware signing, and has demonstrated post-quantum signatures on consumer-grade hardware. Project Eleven stated that the relevant teams and technologies will be integrated into its research and product work in post-quantum cryptography, digital asset custody, and blockchain security. Riva will also bring its practices of using artificial intelligence in research and engineering processes into the company.Project Eleven's CEO and co-founder Alex Pruden stated that the acquisition will strengthen the research and engineering teams and accelerate the transition of digital assets to post-quantum security. Riva Labs co-founder Matteo Vena mentioned that both parties share a similar judgment on the tools needed in the industry, and joining Project Eleven will allow for a larger-scale advancement of public chain upgrades.

According to monitoring by Catcher Predict, in the market prediction event "Ethereum September Price Prediction" on Polymarket, the "Yes" option for the sub-market "2,800 USD" experienced a sharp fluctuation in winning probability, dropping from 39.5% an hour ago to the current 17% (a fluctuation of 22.5%). Please note the impact of related breaking news.

Ethlabs stated that with the Ethereum rapid confirmation rules, the Chainlink cross-chain protocol CCIP 2 can reduce Ethereum transaction confirmation times to 12 to 24 seconds.This acceleration is an optional setting that needs to be actively enabled, and its security guarantees differ from the default path; the Ethereum full finality guarantee and the CCIP default waiting time remain unchanged.

The Ethereum Foundation announced that the Ethereum network upgrade Glamsterdam will be activated on the Sepolia testnet on October 6 at 21:53:36 Beijing time, corresponding to epoch 353024 and slot 11296768. The activation date for Hoodi and the mainnet has not yet been determined.Glamsterdam combines the execution layer Amsterdam upgrade and the consensus layer Gloas upgrade. Key changes include the embedded proposer-builder separation and block-level access lists to enhance L1 throughput, as well as adjustments to gas billing to better reflect the costs of execution and state growth. Node operators must update their execution layer and consensus layer clients before activation. Contracts relying on fixed gas assumptions may need to be modified.