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According to CoinDesk, data from the cryptocurrency recruitment platform CryptoJobsList shows that the number of job postings by cryptocurrency companies in September increased from 382 in July to 1,241, continuing to rise from 886 in August, and surpassing the most active month earlier this year, January, which had 573 postings. The number of companies posting jobs in September rose to 125, up from 107 in July, and briefly dropped to 77 in August.The platform believes that the recovery in hiring in September aligns with the seasonal pattern of business returning to normal after the summer off-season in the Northern Hemisphere, but the data indicates that seasonality is not the only reason: the number of job postings in August had already doubled compared to July, and there was no similar surge from August to September in 2025; the most active month that year, October, had only 373 postings, with data from July to September remaining basically flat.In contrast to the increase in job postings, the number of applications fell from 25,700 in July to 24,631 in August, and further declined to less than 20,000 in September. CryptoJobsList interprets this divergence as a tightening competition for professional talent. Over the past three months, finance has been the largest recruitment category, followed by engineering and trading, with stablecoins, AI, security, and compliance also making the top ten; the most requested blockchain skills are Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Solana.

Bitcoin Magazine reported that the Chief Business Officer of the cryptocurrency exchange platform Coinbase stated that the company is working with advisors from six globally systemically important banks to increase exposure to Bitcoin.Coinbase Chief Business Officer: The company views this as an opportunity to expand the market and provide individuals with more ways to access Bitcoin. Globally systemically important banks are large banks identified by the Financial Stability Board that have a significant impact on the global financial system.

Visa stated that its stablecoin-linked card program's payment volume has increased by nearly 200% year-on-year, currently supporting over 160 consumer, business, and commercial card programs. Since the beginning of the 2026 fiscal year, approximately 17% of the stablecoin-linked card transaction volume has come from business and commercial card programs. Mark Nelsen, Visa's Global Head of Products, Commercial, and Cash Flow Solutions, stated that businesses are seeking reliable and trustworthy methods of fund transfer, and stablecoins are increasingly appearing in commercial applications such as vendor payments, treasury operations, and cross-border commerce.Allium research shows that payments are the fastest-growing use case for stablecoins, with annual payment volume estimated between $401 billion and $527 billion, including service fees, payroll, and vendor payments of $56 billion, $43 billion, and $28 billion respectively, with B2B cross-border payments accounting for 43%.

Bonk Guy posted an analysis of the Robinhood chain ecosystem on X, urging Robinhood to strengthen its efforts on ecosystem tokens. He believes that the previous rise of the chain primarily relied on Robinhood's large retail user base and the narrative surrounding token listings, rather than technical advantages, thus creating a flywheel effect.Bonk Guy pointed out that the Robinhood chain has recently weakened, with reasons including the need for a correction after the previous large increase in ecosystem tokens, funds being diverted due to the recovery of Solana, and Robinhood's insufficient follow-up on ecosystem projects like PONS and AI.He stated that the absence of a collapse in the ecosystem after the HOOD Summit is a positive signal, and he remains optimistic about the user base and the flywheel effect of token listings in this ecosystem; if Robinhood increases listing catalysts and strengthens the distribution effect of token listings, on-chain activities will warm up in a bull market, and the next wave of increases will arrive soon.

According to Blockworks data, Solana processed a record 14.2 billion non-voting transactions in the third quarter, an increase of 45% compared to the second quarter.

CryptoQuant CEO Ki Young Ju posted on the X platform that this round of the Bitcoin bull market will bring a 3-5 times increase, rather than another round of parabolic surge exceeding 10 times, followed by a milder bear market.Ki Young Ju pointed out that in this cycle, the MVRV has never fallen below 1. Even at the lows, BTC has remained above the average on-chain cost basis for holders. Some investors have incurred losses, but overall holders have never fallen into a loss.

According to the market information platform Liquid24/7.xyz, the Hyperliquid address 0xefe4c0...194b has increased its BTC long position by 311.65 coins, with a nominal value of approximately 26,329,800 USD. After the increase, this address currently holds a BTC long position of 486.6 coins, with a total nominal value of approximately 41,110,800 USD.At the time of writing, the marked price of BTC is approximately 84,486 USD, and the average opening price of this long position is about 85,974 USD, currently resulting in an unrealized loss of approximately 724,100 USD.

The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) reported that for the week ending September 29, stock fund speculators increased their net short positions in the S&P 500 CME by 575 contracts, bringing the total to 355,697 contracts; stock fund managers reduced their net long positions in the S&P 500 CME by 33,658 contracts, bringing the total to 901,255 contracts.

According to Gate market data, Tesla (TSLA.O) stock price increase has expanded to over 5%.

Bitcoin Treasuries posted on platform X that Strive's SATA Bitcoin accumulation has been initiated, and sufficient funds have been raised to purchase over 1,270 Bitcoins this week. STRC is approaching a face value of 100 USD.

According to Coinglass data, the total contract open interest for ETH has increased by 5.18% in the past 24 hours, with the current total open interest at 35.304 billion USD. Among them, Binance's open interest is 10.208 billion USD, OKX's open interest is 1.973 billion USD, Bybit's open interest is 2.71 billion USD, and Gate's open interest is 2.326 billion USD.

According to Gate market data, the altcoin sector has seen a widespread increase.SAND is currently priced at 0.06998 USD, with a 24-hour increase of 62.52%; ENJ is currently priced at 0.03729 USD, with an increase of 27.88%; GTC is currently priced at 0.12388 USD, with an increase of 22.10%; MANA is currently priced at 0.1054 USD, with an increase of 19.10%.SKY is currently priced at 0.09402 USD, with an increase of 18.94%; GALA is currently priced at 0.002655 USD, with an increase of 17.53%; MAGIC is currently priced at 0.0605 USD, with an increase of 15.02%; SUPER is currently priced at 0.2275 USD, with an increase of 14.96%.

According to Gate market data, after the non-farm payroll data was released, spot gold rose by about 40 dollars, reaching a high of 4,226 dollars per ounce; spot silver broke through 62 dollars per ounce, with an intraday increase of 1.67%.

According to Cointelegraph, Arthur Hayes stated that U.S. policymakers may support the AI industry and government debt financing by increasing the money supply, driving up cryptocurrency prices. If China shifts from limited tightening to large-scale monetary stimulus, it may also boost demand for scarce assets. He is also paying attention to financial pressures in France, including credit default swaps related to BNP Paribas and the spread of French government bonds.Catrina Wang, General Partner at Portal Ventures, stated that banks and asset management companies have an advantage in on-chain financial markets due to existing customer relationships. Todd McDonald, co-founder of R3, pointed out that public chains can help institutions reach customers beyond their own networks. Justin Kugel, Executive Vice President of Growth at World Liberty Financial, mentioned that the demand for asset management and investment evaluation still leaves room for intermediaries.Chetan Karkhanis, Senior Vice President of Digital Asset Client Relations at Franklin Templeton, stated that the company has no intention of issuing its own stablecoin and hopes to provide investment returns through tokenized money market funds. Haonan Li, co-founder and CEO of Codex, stated that trade routes connecting Latin America, Sub-Saharan Africa, and Asia are driving demand for stablecoin payments, with buyers paying eastward and manufactured goods flowing westward.Ilya Podoynitsyn, co-founder and CEO of FinHarbor, stated that companies need to confirm they have long-term idle funds that do not affect daily operations before allocating cryptocurrency assets. Michael Camarda, Chief Development Officer of SharpLink, an Ethereum treasury company, stated that both stock buybacks and increasing ETH holdings can enhance the per-share ETH ownership, and the company employs both methods to meet the preferences of institutional and retail investors.

According to GMGN data, the privacy narrative token MASK on the Solana chain has a market capitalization exceeding 35 million USD, setting a historical high, with a 24-hour increase of over 70%. The current market capitalization is 34.91 million USD, with a trading volume of 2.7 million USD during the same period.MASK uses ZEC as the base pair and provides liquidity through the ZEC/MASK trading pair, aiming to offer ZK privacy services for any cryptocurrency activities. The prices of related tokens are highly volatile, and investment should be approached with caution.

According to The Block, Forward Industries increased its holdings by nearly 949,000 SOL in the last quarter, bringing its total holdings to 8.5 million SOL, accounting for approximately 1.4% of the circulating supply of SOL.The company stated that the average cost of the SOL acquired during the quarter was $83.

Cryptocurrency analyst @AxelAdlerJr stated that the buying pressure indicator in the Bitcoin futures market has risen to 4.9, the highest since August 19; the contract open interest has increased by nearly 9,000 BTC within 24 hours.This indicator reading means that the accumulated buying pressure over the past 12 hours is nearly five standard deviations higher than the average level of the past week. @AxelAdlerJr indicated that if the Bitcoin price remains above $85,000 while the upward momentum weakens, the upward trend is likely to continue; if the price falls below $83,000, the liquidation of newly established long positions may accelerate the decline.

At 20:30 Beijing time tonight, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics will release the non-farm payroll report for September.Market consensus expects that 84,000 new jobs were added in September, the unemployment rate remains at 4.1%, and the average hourly wage year-on-year is 3.1%; the previous value for August was an increase of 162,000 jobs. The market is particularly focused on the extent of the decline in new jobs, wage growth, and whether the August data will be revised down.

On-chain analyst Darkfost posted on X that the inflow of whale funds transferring over 1 million dollars in stablecoins to Binance has significantly increased recently.According to the 30-day cumulative calculation, the amount of stablecoins this group has transferred to Binance has risen from 21.7 billion dollars to 30.5 billion dollars over the past month, an increase of over 40%.Darkfost stated that the inflow of stablecoins to exchanges usually indicates that funds are preparing to enter the market, so this change may correspond to potential buying pressure. However, compared to last October when inflows once exceeded 61 billion dollars, the current deployment of whale funds remains relatively cautious.