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According to the Iranian Fars News Agency, the Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy has taken action against at least 7 "violating" oil tankers in the Strait of Hormuz over the past 5 days. Although the United States claims that the strait remains open and under its control, Iran takes action against multiple oil tankers on average every day.

According to Catcher Predict monitoring, in the market prediction on Polymarket for the event "Counter-Strike: G2 vs Natus Vincere (BO3) - ESL Pro League Group Stage," the "G2" option in the sub-market "Map 3 Rounds Handicap: G2 (-3.5) vs Natus Vincere (+3.5)" has experienced a drastic fluctuation in win rate, dropping from 74.5% an hour ago to the current 50% (a fluctuation of 24.5%). Please note the impact of relevant breaking news.

According to Catcher Predict monitoring, in the market prediction event "LoL: LOUD vs FURIA Esports - CBLOL Playoffs" on Polymarket, the "Yes" option for the sub-market "Both teams kill a dragon" has experienced a dramatic fluctuation in win rate, dropping from 99.95% an hour ago to the current 50% (a fluctuation of 49.95%). Please note the impact of related breaking news.

ARK Invest CEO Cathie Wood stated at a summit hosted by Robinhood in Houston that investors have traditionally "followed developers" to gauge technological trends, but now they may need to "follow agents." The AI agents she refers to are software that can perform tasks on behalf of humans, rather than just answering questions or generating text. This statement came towards the end of a discussion on AI, private markets, and technology investments.As AI agents shift from answering questions to executing operations and spending funds, the type of financial infrastructure they will use has become a focal point. SharpLink co-CEO and former BlackRock digital asset head Joseph Chalom believes that the financial system used by AI agents should not be controlled by a few banks or tech companies. He cited the example of authorized agents booking hotels, pointing out that users should be able to set spending limits, revoke authorizations at any time, and view the agents' transaction records. Additionally, users should be able to transfer the agents' identities, financial information, and permissions between different financial service providers, similar to mobile number portability.Chalom believes that open blockchains like Ethereum can provide a universal financial network for different agents, applications, and companies to use collectively, eliminating the need for each AI company to build its own closed payment system. A report from BlackRock in September also noted that AI agents could create new demands for machine-oriented payment systems, such as payment API calls, purchasing data, or renting computing power, with stablecoins and blockchain being one of the viable solutions. Coinbase's x402 is designed to enable machines to pay for online services like data or APIs.

The co-founder of the real-world asset perpetual contract protocol Ostium, Kaledora, published a statement explaining the financial and revenue model of the protocol. She stated that approximately $44.7 million in total revenue over two years on Dune comes from four on-chain fees: $20.39 million in opening fees, $16.5 million in spreads, $4.75 million in rollover fees, and $3.35 million in liquidation fees.Of the aforementioned revenue, $22.14 million (49.6%) flows to the OLP treasury, $19.55 million (43.8%) is for liquidity costs, including $16.05 million for hedging and $3.49 million in hedging interest, leaving a gross profit of $2.96 million (6.6%). She noted that the total on-chain revenue does not include off-chain hedging costs, and prior to the liquidity upgrade in April, the protocol did not have the capability to monetize traffic; a security incident occurred just months after the system was upgraded.In terms of financing, Ostium raised $300,000 in 2022, $3.6 million in 2023, $4.1 million in 2024, and $19.4 million in 2025. The team is expected to expand from about 12 people in 2025 to 35 people by the second quarter of 2026, investing in costs related to data authorization, marketing, cloud infrastructure, auditing, and AI. She mentioned that the company has not reserved a balance sheet sufficient to cope with such incidents and that the silence has been too long. The next step will allow the remaining 345 OLP holders to share in business growth, with plans to announce the second phase recovery plan in the coming week.

According to monitoring by Catcher Predict, in the market prediction event on Polymarket for "LoL: GAM Esports vs Team WE - Demacia Cup Global Invitation Group Stage," the "Yes" option for the sub-market "Both teams kill a dragon" has experienced a drastic fluctuation in win rate, soaring from 52% an hour ago to the current 90.55% (a fluctuation of 38.55%). Please note the impact of related breaking news.

Grayscale Research Director Zach Pandl published an article on September 28, 2026, in the company's column The Stack. The article states that among American investors, Generation Z starts investing at an average age of 19, Millennials at 25, Generation X at 32, and Baby Boomers at 35. Based on a retirement age of 65, Generation Z has an investment horizon of 46 years, which is over 50% longer than the 30-year horizon when Baby Boomers started investing.Zach Pandl: Starting to invest earlier not only benefits from compound interest but also expands the capacity to take on risk. When young, labor capital accounts for a larger proportion of wealth, and a longer horizon means more time to recover from fluctuations, as well as more future income available for continued saving and investing, thereby expanding the lifetime risk budget. He believes that the returns on digital assets are both volatile and potentially asymmetric, making them more suitable for longer and more flexible horizons.Zach Pandl also mentioned that for early investors, the cost of recent volatility may be less than the opportunity cost of missing out on long-term upside. With decades available for rebalancing, adding funds, and compounding across cycles, early starters may allocate a higher proportion to digital assets while keeping their lifetime risk balanced. Starting to invest earlier gives investors more time to absorb fluctuations, potentially enhancing the utility of digital assets in long-term portfolios.

According to Catcher Predict monitoring, in the market prediction event on Polymarket "LoL: RED Canids vs Natus Vincere - Demacia Cup Global Invitation Group Stage," the "Yes" option for the sub-market "Both sides kill Baron" has experienced a dramatic fluctuation in winning probability, soaring from 0.5% an hour ago to the current 48% (a fluctuation of 47.5%). Please note the impact of relevant breaking news.

According to Matthew Sigel, the head of digital asset research at investment management company VanEck, Bitcoin is currently in the early stages of a bull market, with strong market performance. VanEck has set a mid-term target for Bitcoin's market capitalization to reach half of gold's market capitalization (approximately $500,000) and believes that in the long term, if Bitcoin can capture a significant share of global energy trade, its price could reach $3 million by 2050.Sigel pointed out that the correlation between Bitcoin and gold has reached a multi-year high, and the continuous inflow of institutional investors through channels such as spot ETFs has provided support for the market. Additionally, Bitcoin mining companies, due to their possession of scarce electricity resources in the AI economy, have seen a significant increase in the value of their mining equipment and energy contracts, providing new opportunities for investors. Regarding the quantum computing risk that the market is concerned about, Sigel stated that while this is a problem that needs to be addressed, the community has already begun to pay attention and actively respond, and this does not constitute a reason to sell Bitcoin.

According to Catcher Predict monitoring, the predicted market on Polymarket for the event "Counter-Strike: Legacy vs PARIVISION - ESL Professional League Group Stage" shows that the "Legacy" option in the sub-market "Map 1 Round Spread: Legacy (-3.5) vs PARIVISION (+3.5)" has experienced a significant fluctuation in win probability, rising from 38.5% an hour ago to the current 60% (a fluctuation of 21.5%). Please note the impact of relevant breaking news.

Analyst Ali posted on platform X that Bitcoin recently faced resistance at $87,000, during which whales took profits and sold over 30,000 BTC. At the same time, $87,000 is also the upper boundary of the price channel that has been suppressing BTC for more than the past two weeks.Ali stated that in the short term, attention should be focused on the lower boundary of the channel at around $82,500. If BTC falls back to this level and whales begin to accumulate again, it will serve as a confirmation signal for considering buying on dips, with the next rebound target looking towards $87,000.

According to on-chain analyst Yu Jin's monitoring, the largest short position established the day before Changxin Storage (Changxin Storage) went public has been completely closed 10 hours ago.This address shorted at a price of $6.5 and closed the position at a price of $8.5 after holding for 2 months, resulting in a total loss of $10.98 million, including a funding fee loss of $5.18 million and a price change loss of $5.8 million.

Bloomberg ETF analyst Eric Balchunas posted on X platform that Canary has just revised the Pepe ETF application documents again, which may be another sign that the crypto winter has ended. A few months ago, the market wouldn't even consider launching the Pepe ETF, but now the market feels safer for testing.

According to The Information, citing informed sources on Friday, Anchorage Digital, a federally chartered digital asset bank in the United States, has laid off 17% of its workforce. CEO Nathan McCauley informed employees of this decision earlier this week. Anchorage was valued at $4.2 billion earlier this year, and as of February, the global workforce was approximately 400 people, meaning this layoff affects about 68 positions.The Information attributes this layoff to the ongoing downturn in the cryptocurrency market that has lasted for a year. Bitcoin briefly rose above $87,000 on Friday but remains far below the peak of $126,000 reached in October last year.At the time of the layoffs, Anchorage is continuing to expand its presence in the regulated U.S. cryptocurrency industry. The company became the first cryptocurrency firm to obtain a national trust charter from the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency in 2021 and has since developed into a major cryptocurrency custodian. Recently, its business has expanded into the stablecoin issuance sector, including participation in Tether's newly launched U.S. stablecoin USAT; earlier this year, the company also received a strategic investment of $100 million from Tether.

The Chief Information Security Officer of Slow Fog Security, 23pds, stated that Alex Shevchenko, the General Manager of NEAR Intents, indicated that the exploiters of the NEAR Intents vulnerability transferred 1 BNB to the recovery wallet and left a message expressing willingness to cooperate and requested the other party to provide a Signal contact.This transfer came from the same address that previously moved approximately 3.8 million USD. About an hour ago, that address also transferred 0.295 ETH on the Ethereum network and sent the same message.

According to Lookonchain monitoring, ens.eth was sold again 4 hours ago for 1,097 ETH, worth 3 million dollars, at a transaction price of 2,743 dollars.

Tesla (TSLA.O) deployed 13.7 gigawatt-hours of energy storage products in the third quarter.

According to monitoring by Lookonchain, trader 0xd9A2 went long on 2900 ETH with 20x leverage on Aster DEX, with a position value of approximately 7.97 million USD.Currently, the unrealized profit of this position has exceeded 1 million USD, with a return rate of 251.68%.

According to CoinDesk, Cboe is exploring the launch of perpetual futures linked to the VIX index, which is still in the early stages, with no contract specifications yet and no filing documents submitted. This news comes from Bloomberg.The VIX index measures the expected volatility over the next 30 days as reflected by the pricing of S&P 500 options. As investors buy options to hedge against sharp market declines, the demand for options during downturns surges, thereby raising the index, which is why it is regarded as Wall Street's "fear gauge." Perpetual futures were first proposed by economist Robert Shiller in 1993 and were subsequently commercialized by the cryptocurrency industry.A mature derivatives ecosystem has already formed around the VIX, covering futures, options, and exchange-traded products tracking the index. However, futures come with expiration dates, and when contracts terminate, traders must roll over their positions or shift their bets to the next available contract. This rolling operation is costly and erodes returns, which was a major criticism faced by Bitcoin futures ETFs when they debuted at the end of 2021.In contrast, perpetual swaps never settle and instead anchor contract prices to the spot index through a funding rate mechanism, theoretically providing investors with the closest investment channel to the actual VIX spot price. Martin Lee, Head of Market Insights at DWF Labs, told CoinDesk that traders do not need to worry about expiration and value decay, as they can focus solely on assessing the direction of the underlying asset. He expects a strong trend of "perpetualization" to emerge in the coming months.