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Greek police dismantled a cryptocurrency investment fraud gang and arrested 17 people, including 9 military personnel. Preliminary investigations by the police show that about 10,000 people participated in the investment, with an average investment of around 800 euros per person, and the amount involved is estimated to exceed 8 million euros.The gang operated by recruiting new members to obtain higher returns, exhibiting clear "pyramid" characteristics. In addition, the gang recently froze the withdrawal function and claimed that investors could receive double their principal back after 50 days if they doubled their investment. The police have currently seized about 280,000 euros, and the investigation is ongoing.

According to the market intelligence platform Liquid24/7.xyz, the Hyperliquid address 0x7fdafd...17d1 currently holds a short position of 33,717.52 ETH, with a nominal value of approximately 90.35 million USD; at the same time, it holds a short position of 448.65 BTC, with a nominal value of approximately 37.93 million USD.At the time of writing, ETH is quoted at 2,679.60 USD, and BTC is quoted at 84,547 USD. The average opening price for the ETH short position is approximately 2,642.84 USD, and the average opening price for the BTC short position is approximately 84,469 USD. Currently, the total unrealized loss for both positions is approximately 1.2742 million USD.

Illia Polosukhin, co-founder of NEAR, stated that recently the activity of developers within the ecosystem has increased and the development threshold has further lowered, focusing on what kind of applications to build and how to establish distribution channels.In this regard, he proposed a series of potential construction directions, covering AI electronic pets that combine NEAR AI on-chain verifiable reasoning with non-fungible tokens (NFTs), a universal checkout component that supports full-chain intent payments, a decentralized encyclopedia that combines prediction markets with AI-generated content, a privacy off-chain trading (OTC) market based on NEAR Intents and management of anti-liquidation lending and perpetual contracts, a cross-chain activity registration custody tool in the form of a staking deposit, privacy code review agents, enterprise equity structure management tools, Delta neutral strategy management, privacy tracking single transactions based on view keys, end-to-end encrypted medical auxiliary diagnostic systems, privacy voice transcription desktop applications, and AI benchmarking based on private test sets.Regarding product distribution, he suggested combining NEARLegion with community channels like X, achieving multi-chain wallet compatibility through Aurora Intent Connect to lower cross-chain thresholds, and actively expanding across communities and platforms like Product Hunt.

Renowned trader Killa posted that he expects Bitcoin's peak this year to reach $97,000, with most of the year remaining below that price level in a range-bound movement.Killa stated that in the short term, $80K-$83K is critical for Bitcoin. If it falls below that, the next possible range will be $74K-$77K. That could very well be the last capitulation bottom before pushing towards $97K.However, if the strength continues, the pullback could be much shallower, possibly only down to the low of $80K, followed by the next wave of increase.

According to the West Midlands Police in the UK, a young couple experienced a suspected premeditated burglary at their residence in Smith's Wood, Birmingham. On December 13, 2025, when the couple returned home and opened the door, three men got out of a nearby vehicle and forcibly entered the residence, demanding that the couple transfer a large amount of cryptocurrency. During this time, a fourth person provided instructions to the attackers via video call.The police stated that the husband was beaten and seriously injured, while his pregnant wife was also threatened with a knife. After obtaining the cryptocurrency and several high-value watches, the attackers fled in a suspected black BMW X3. Currently, Crimestoppers is offering a reward of up to £10,000 for information, with the reward applicable to information that ultimately leads to the arrest and conviction of those involved.

Renowned trader Killa stated that the current Bitcoin trend has clearly shifted, yet we are still at the peak stage of the "market skepticism bull market."In the 2023 bull market, if one went long every time there was a sweep below the "established low" (meaning a low that has been confirmed by the market and has shown support), the price only dropped a maximum of 8% below that low; in some cases, it only dropped 4-5% before immediately rebounding.Our current "established low" is 82.5K; based on historical performance, the expected downward deviation will be very small. Killa, as a quantitative trader focused on BTC, predicted the peak of this bull market in May 2025 and has over 200,000 followers on platform X. In mid-April, he shorted Bitcoin at 74,688 USD and turned to long during the market-wide decline on June 5.

Aave founder Stani Kulechov tweeted that Aave has processed a total loan amount exceeding 1.1 trillion USD.He pointed out that traditional finance relies on backend teams, settlement departments, intermediaries, and legal agreements, while Aave coordinates lending through code and calls for more lending activities to be moved on-chain.

The CertiK security data dashboard shows that a total of 247 security incidents occurred in the third quarter of 2026, an increase of 12.8% compared to the previous quarter; the total loss was approximately 1.26 billion USD, an increase of 53.9% from 819.4 million USD in the second quarter.

According to financing data statistics from RootData, there were a total of 47 financing events disclosed in the crypto primary market in September, of which 34 disclosed amounts that can be accurately counted, with a total financing amount of approximately $1.114 billion. This represents an 85.0% increase compared to about $602 million in August, and a 9.0% increase compared to about $1.022 billion in September 2025; the number of financing events decreased by 4.1% compared to 49 in August, and decreased by 25.4% compared to 63 in the same period last year.From the perspective of sectors, infrastructure had the most financing events in September, with a total of 14 financings completed, disclosing an amount of approximately $263 million; both CeFi and DeFi completed 11 financings, disclosing amounts of approximately $394 million and $369 million, respectively. The three major sectors of CeFi, DeFi, and infrastructure accounted for about 92.0% of the disclosed financing amount this month.The three highest financing amounts in September were Polymarket ($300 million), Félix ($200 million), and Jeeves ($110 million), totaling $610 million, which accounted for about 54.8% of the total financing amount this month; Kraken also received a $100 million investment from Nasdaq. The financing amount this month showed a significant rebound, mainly driven by a few large financings, while the overall number of financing events in the market did not increase correspondingly.In September, a total of 8 RWA-related financing events were disclosed, of which 6 disclosed specific amounts, totaling approximately $52.75 million, accounting for about 17.0% and 4.7% of the number of financing events and total financing amount this month, respectively. Compared to 2 events and $14 million in August, the number of events increased by 300%, and the financing amount increased by approximately 276.8%. The top three projects by amount were OpenReserve ($25 million), Tare ($13.25 million), and CatchBack ($8 million), which together accounted for approximately 87.7% of the disclosed amount in the RWA sector.Additionally, 11 merger and acquisition events were disclosed in September, an increase of 57.1% compared to 7 in August, and a decrease of 42.1% compared to 19 in the same period last year. Among them, the tools and information services sector had a total of 4 events, making it the most active sector for mergers and acquisitions. Representative transactions include MoonPay acquiring North Capital, CoinMarketCap acquiring CoinGlass, Circle acquiring Tazapay, and S&P acquiring OpenZeppelin.In terms of investment institutions, Coinbase Ventures participated in 6 financings, making it the most active institution this month; a16z and Maven11 each participated in 3. Overall, in September, funds mainly flowed towards payments, prediction markets, trading and data infrastructure, CeFi, and RWA, among other directions.

USD.AI announced that USDai and sUSDai have now been extended to Solana through LayerZero's OFT standard, allowing them to circulate as unified assets across supported networks.LayerZero stated that in addition to Solana, the two assets also support Arbitrum, Ethereum, Plasma, and Base; as of now, the cumulative cross-chain transfer amount achieved through the OFT standard has exceeded 2 billion dollars.

According to Bitget data, the platform's deposit amount in the past 24 hours reached 231 million USD, close to the average daily deposit amount of 245 million USD in August this year.In terms of trading data, on September 29, Bitget's contract trading volume reached 9.2 billion USD, with a contract open interest of 4.4 billion USD, and the market share remained stable.

Renowned trader Killa posted that the current market trend is popular for comparing Bitcoin's movement with the pullback after the rebound to $25,000 in 2023, but there are significant differences in market structure between the two. In 2023, BTC only formed an equal high around $25,000 and failed to effectively close above that level, subsequently dropping quickly. In contrast, BTC has currently formed a higher high on the weekly level and is oscillating above the previous high after the breakout.Additionally, the maximum drawdown in the last bear market was about 77%, while this round is approximately 54%. Killa believes that if diminishing returns and the pullback amplitude gradually narrow are considered, the main correction in this bull market may be closer to 10% to 15%, corresponding to about $78,000 and $74,000, respectively. Killa stated that even if the price repeats a similar trend, it may not necessarily break below the previous low as clearly as in 2023. Currently, the open interest has been reset, and the price remains above the previous high, which he views as a relatively healthy market structure. He has not positioned for a significant pullback and still targets the $90,000 range.

According to SoSoValue data, as of 8 AM Eastern Time on September 28, 2026, the total net purchase of Bitcoin by global listed companies (excluding mining companies) for the week was $239 million, an increase of 30.4% compared to last week.Strategy (formerly MicroStrategy) purchased 1,665 Bitcoins last week at a price of $85,681, spending approximately $143 million, bringing its total holdings to 847,666 Bitcoins.The Japanese listed company Metaplanet did not purchase any Bitcoin last week, marking eleven consecutive weeks without a purchase.In addition, three other companies announced Bitcoin purchases or holdings last week. The French Bitcoin company Capital B announced on September 28 that it purchased 13 Bitcoins at a price of $85,693.40, bringing its total holdings to 3,538 Bitcoins; asset management company Strive announced on September 28 that it spent approximately $94.53 million last week to purchase 1,107 Bitcoins at a price of $85,396, bringing its total holdings to approximately 27,462 Bitcoins.As of the time of publication, the total amount of Bitcoin held by the listed companies worldwide (excluding mining companies) is 1,159,755 Bitcoins, an increase of 0.32% compared to last week, with a current market value of approximately $9.674 billion, accounting for 5.7% of Bitcoin's circulating market value.

According to monitoring by Onchain Len, Huang Licheng has opened a leveraged long position of 99.7 BTC (approximately 8.31 million USD) at a price of about 83,007 USD multiple times, and the current floating profit of this position is about 34,900 USD, with the total amount of open long positions rising to approximately 127.33 million USD.The current unrealized profit and loss of this position is -43,800 USD, and its historical cumulative profit and loss is -29.22 million USD.

According to RootData's popular stock CEX share data, as of the time of publication, among the popular stock assets with high trading volume in the last 24 hours, Gate ranks in the top three for market share in QQQ, SNDK, and SKHYNIX assets.Among them, Gate ranks second in the QQQ asset with a 24-hour trading volume of approximately 25.05 million USD and a share of 22.27%; ranks third in the SNDK asset with a trading volume of approximately 53.07 million USD and a share of 8.22%; and ranks third in the SKHYNIX asset with a trading volume of approximately 50.48 million USD and a share of 7.21%.

According to CoinGlass data, QNT is currently priced at $265.23, with a 24-hour increase of +52.21% and a 7-day increase of up to +309.1%. The contract trading volume reached $8.248 billion, while the spot trading volume was $597.5 million, showing a significant increase in trading volume.In terms of positions, the open interest is approximately $163.4 million. Liquidation data shows a total liquidation of $25.3467 million in the last 24 hours, with short liquidations amounting to $17.1941 million and long liquidations amounting to $8.1526 million.

According to on-chain analyst Onchain Lens (@OnchainLens), the address 0xc745...1464 deposited 177,500 HYPE to OKX and Bybit 1 hour ago, worth approximately 16.08 million USD, suspected to be preparing for sale.Two days ago, the same address transferred 89,050 HYPE to Binance, Kraken, OKX, and Gate, worth approximately 8.21 million USD. The two transactions combined transferred a total of 266,600 HYPE, with a total value of approximately 24.29 million USD.

Blockworks co-founder Jason Yanowitz shares the judgment of Apollo's chief economist: agents may trigger bank runs by aggregating household cash.The chief economist stated that agents could transfer household cash from accounts with a national average interest rate of 0.1% to accounts paying 3% to 5%, causing banks to lose a significant portion of their cheap deposits.

DYORSWAP update on compensation progress, all affected addresses have been reviewed.Addresses with cross-chain amounts below 5 ETH will be uniformly compensated at 40% of the cross-chain amount, regardless of whether the funds were used for trading; addresses with cross-chain amounts exceeding 5 ETH will be reviewed separately, some of which may involve phishing or fraudulent cross-chain activities. If you believe you are a legitimate affected user, please contact the official team directly for verification.The official team emphasizes that they will never ask users to send funds, sign suspicious transactions, or pay any fees to receive compensation. Further details will be continuously announced.

FastBiz officially stated that the project has entered the continuous operation and ecological construction phase. As of now, FastBiz has accumulated a total construction amount of 15.9436 million USD, with over 37,000 participating users. Users can participate in ecological construction using USDT and UNI according to the agreement rules. As the scale of participation continues to expand, FastBiz is accelerating community building, ecological applications, and global market layout, promoting more users and business resources to enter its Web3 business ecology.It is reported that FastBiz is positioned as a new type of business infrastructure connecting real-world commerce and the Web3 value network, committed to creating the next generation of decentralized business networks that connect global goods, supply chains, payments, communities, and digital assets. The project connects real-world business scenarios with the Web3 digital asset system, exploring the integration of diverse scenarios such as goods circulation, supply chain collaboration, digital payments, community participation, and digital assets, further constructing an open value network aimed at global users and business entities.