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According to monitoring by Lookonchain, a certain whale is making a large bullish bet on the decentralized perpetual contract platform Hyperliquid, with long positions reaching $140.88 million, including going long on 1,236 BTC ($102.2 million) and 15,928 ETH ($38.67 million).

According to data from mempool.space, Bitcoin completed its latest mining difficulty adjustment at block height 971712, with the difficulty increased by 5.92% to 140.58T. The previous adjustment was a slight decrease of 0.03% to 132.72T.

According to a report by Reuters, the Russian government press office announced that Finance Minister Anton Siluanov, Energy Minister Sergei Tsivilev, and First Deputy Prime Minister Denis Manturov have joined the board of directors of the Russian payment company A7. In the context of Western sanctions affecting traditional banking channels, A7's role in maintaining trade relations between Russia and partners such as China is expanding.A7 was established in 2024 by the Russian bank PSB, which primarily serves the defense sector, to provide cross-border transaction settlement services for Russian enterprises. Due to Western sanctions, traditional banks have difficulty processing many payments related to Russia, especially trade payments with Russia's largest trading partner, China. A7 estimates that currently, up to 80% of Russia's foreign trade payments are completed through alternative channels.A7 has been subjected to multiple Western sanctions. The U.S. Treasury imposed sanctions on it on October 1, stating that it has established a global network of affiliated companies that "disguises payments related to sanctioned industries and individuals as ordinary business activities." A7 uses the ruble stablecoin A7A5 for settlements. This token was launched in 2025 in Kyrgyzstan and is backed by ruble deposits held at PSB Bank. According to PSB's estimates, the cumulative transaction volume of A7A5 has reached approximately $14 billion.

According to Coinglass data, in the past 24 hours, the total liquidation across the network was 140 million dollars, with long positions liquidated at 81.1417 million dollars and short positions liquidated at 58.8602 million dollars. Among them, Bitcoin long positions were liquidated at 8.3832 million dollars, Bitcoin short positions at 11.7261 million dollars, Ethereum long positions at 10.4508 million dollars, and Ethereum short positions at 10.1375 million dollars.

According to SoSoValue data, yesterday (Eastern Time October 6), the total net inflow of XRP spot ETF was $3.1404 million.Among them, Bitwise XRP ETF (XRP) had a net inflow of $10.5514 million in a single day, with a historical total net inflow of $688 million. Franklin XRP ETF (XRPZ) had a net outflow of $4.0702 million in a single day, with a historical total net inflow of $501 million.As of the time of writing, the total net asset value of the XRP spot ETF is $1.697 billion, with an XRP net asset ratio of 1.79%, and the historical cumulative net inflow has reached $1.794 billion.

According to data from paymentscan.xyz (first shared by The Kobeissi Letter), the payment volume processed by crypto cards has surged to a record $12.5 billion, a 140% increase year-to-date, and 247% higher than the levels in October 2025.The Kobeissi Letter indicates that this growth is driven by the increased use of stablecoins as a payment channel and the push for cheaper and faster cross-border transactions. QR code payments are another highlight, with demand for QR code consumption driving a 55% month-over-month increase in the number of activated cards for Jupiter Spend, which is one of the largest on-chain card providers.Major players are also entering the crypto card space. Fold Holdings (NASDAQ: FLD) announced earlier this year that it has begun issuing the Fold Bitcoin Credit Card to select members of its waitlist. This card operates on the Visa network and is supported by Stripe Issuing, usable at 175 million merchants, offering 1.5% Bitcoin cashback, up to 4%. Aven has launched the Aven Bitcoin Visa Card, allowing cardholders to borrow up to $1 million against Bitcoin collateral, with interest rates starting at 7.99%.

According to market data, OKB briefly surpassed 140 USD, currently reported at 139.48 USD, with a 24-hour increase of over 10%.

According to BBX data, yesterday global US and European listed companies disclosed the latest official accounts regarding digital asset treasury allocation and secondary market increases, with the core updates as follows:BitMine's Ethereum holdings surpassed the milestone of 6 million coins, with total assets reaching 17.2 billion USD: Nasdaq-listed mining company BitMine disclosed that it increased its holdings by 17,362 Ethereum last week, pushing its total ETH holdings to a historic high of over 6 million coins. As of September 27, 2026, its total Ethereum holdings reached 6,001,302 ETH (approximately 4.9% of the total Ethereum supply). Since launching its ETH treasury strategy on June 30, 2025, the company has achieved continuous weekly increases in less than 15 months. Currently, the total value of cryptocurrencies, cash, and other investments held by BitMine is approximately 17.2 billion USD (including 672 million USD in cash and securities, 213 BTC, 180 million USD in Beast Industries equity, and a 115 million USD investment in Eightco Holdings). The staked Ethereum remains at 5,067,309 coins (84% of total holdings), corresponding to a value of approximately 13.7 billion USD, with an annualized staking yield of about 358 million USD.Strategy (NASDAQ: $MSTR) spent 142.7 million USD to buy 1,665 BTC, holding a total of 847,000 coins: According to the latest 8-K filing submitted by Strategy, the company purchased 1,665 Bitcoin at an average price of approximately 85,681 USD from September 21 to 27, totaling about 142.7 million USD. During the same period, the company sold 1,469,200 shares of MSTR common stock through its ATM program, raising approximately 246.2 million USD (of which 142.7 million USD was used to purchase Bitcoin and 103.5 million USD for repurchasing STRC preferred stock); additionally, it used 151.7 million USD to repurchase 1,534,500 shares of STRC preferred stock (including 103.5 million USD from ATM fundraising and 48.1 million USD in USD cash), leaving a remaining repurchase capacity of approximately 723.5 million USD. As of September 27, Strategy has accumulated 847,666 Bitcoin (with a total holding cost of approximately 63.95 billion USD, at an average price of approximately 75,437 USD), with a USD Reserve balance of 5.02 billion USD and a USD Cash balance of 1 billion USD.Strive (NASDAQ: $ASST) increased its holdings by 1,107 Bitcoin, raising total holdings to 27,462 coins: According to the 8-K filing submitted to the SEC, Strive purchased 1,107 Bitcoin at an average price of approximately 85,396 USD from September 21 to 25. As of September 25, Strive's total Bitcoin holdings reached 27,462 BTC. Additionally, its balance sheet holds 505,000 shares of Strategy STRC preferred stock (fair value approximately 49.76 million USD) and approximately 248.8 million USD in cash reserves.DeFi Development Corp (NASDAQ: $DFDV) increased its holdings by over 47,000 SOL, surpassing 2.53 million coins: According to documents submitted to the SEC, Solana treasury company DeFi Development Corp increased its holdings by 47,706 SOL and SOL equivalents from September 21 to 25. As of September 25, its total holdings reached 2,538,010 coins, representing a week-on-week growth of approximately 2%, continuously generating yield and liquidity deployment on-chain through staking and validating node networks.Capital B completed ATM fundraising, spending 970,000 Euros to increase holdings by 13 BTC: French Bitcoin treasury listed company Capital B (Euronext: $ALCAP) announced that it completed fundraising through an ATM equity financing plan signed with the well-known asset management firm TOBAM at a price of 5.68 Euros per share (approximately 6.44 USD), raising approximately 980,000 Euros (about 1.11 million USD). The company subsequently used approximately 970,000 Euros (about 1.1 million USD) in full to increase its holdings by 13 Bitcoin in the secondary market.

ARK analyst Lorenzo Valente stated that Uniswap completed approximately 140 million transactions in August this year, surpassing the total number of transactions on both the Cboe BZX and NYSE American trading platforms. NYSE American, a subsidiary of the New York Stock Exchange, has been operating since 1908, while Uniswap was launched in 2018; five years ago, Uniswap's monthly transaction volume was only about 2 million transactions.Valente noted that in terms of transaction volume, the next target for Uniswap to catch up with is NYSE Arca, which completed approximately 232 million transactions in August.

Since its founding by Amazon founder Jeff Bezos in 2000, Blue Origin has invested approximately $30 billion. Blue Origin is undergoing its first external financing, having raised about $10 billion, with the company valued at $140 billion. The company plans to achieve growth through rocket launches, satellite communications, and artificial intelligence satellite services.

According to court documents, the Bitcoin mining company Hut 8 has made a bid of $140 million to become the winning bidder for the two data center sites of the bankrupt mining company Poolin located in Texas. The bid includes cash and other considerations, covering Poolin's Pyote and Tarbush sites. The transaction must be approved by the bankruptcy court in New Jersey before it can be completed, with a sale hearing scheduled for September 29.Hut 8's bid is nearly three times the initial bid of $52 million from Thor CALAP, which offered $15 million for the Pyote site and $37 million for the Tarbush site. Additionally, DigiPower X bid $36.5 million for Pyote, while Pecos Industrial Development, designated by the AI infrastructure company Fluidstack, bid $100.5 million for Tarbush. Poolin and its two U.S. affiliates filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in July after shutting down mining and hosting operations at the Texas sites. Court documents indicate that its debts amount to approximately $173.1 million, of which about $163.7 million are unsecured promissory notes owed to Poolin Wallet users after withdrawals were frozen in 2022.This acquisition will further expand Hut 8's data center footprint. The former Bitcoin mining company is deeply investing in AI infrastructure, with its second-quarter financial report released in August showing a development pipeline of approximately 8.7 gigawatts, an increase of about 300 megawatts quarter-over-quarter.

According to SoSoValue data, during the last trading week (Eastern Time from September 14 to September 18), the Ethereum spot ETF experienced a net outflow of $140 million. The Ethereum spot ETF with the highest net outflow last week was Blackrock ETF ETHA, with a weekly net outflow of $56.0456 million, and the historical total net inflow for ETHA has reached $12.96 billion; followed by Bitwise ETF ETHW, with a weekly net outflow of $33.0821 million, and the historical total net inflow for ETHW has reached $394 million.The Ethereum spot ETF with the highest net inflow last week was Grayscale Ethereum Trust ETH, with a weekly net inflow of $16.2324 million, and the historical total net inflow for ETH has reached $1.93 billion. As of the time of writing, the total net asset value of Ethereum spot ETFs is $16.72 billion, with an ETF net asset ratio (the market value as a percentage of Ethereum's total market value) reaching 5.2%, and the historical cumulative net inflow has reached $13.25 billion.

Arbitrum's investment strategy director Brendan Ma stated: Arbitrum's weekly revenue has risen to third globally, with treasury revenue exceeding 4.3 million dollars in the past 30 days, of which over 50% came from the previous week. Revenue in Q3 to date is approximately 140% higher than Q2, with sources including Arbitrum One transaction fees, Robinhood Chain AEP licensing fees, and treasury income.Arbitrum leads in the number of RWA deployments, exceeding 4,500, with AUM reaching 1 billion dollars. The 30-day transaction volume grew by 124% to 395 billion dollars, and tokenized stocks doubled to over 200 million dollars. Arbitrum One's cumulative transaction volume exceeded 2.8 billion transactions, with Chain GDP reaching 1.8 billion dollars, a year-on-year increase of 22%, and perpetual contract positions peaking at 1.8 billion dollars.In terms of the ecosystem, Carbon's cumulative transaction volume exceeded 100 million dollars, T3tris TVL reached 13.4 million dollars, and USD.AI TVL reached 500 million dollars. Venmo, Stripe, Shopify, and Cash App have supported USDC or PYUSD-related functionalities on Arbitrum.

According to monitoring by Catcher Predict, in the event "Number of Musk Tweets from August 25 to September 1, 2026" on the prediction market Polymarket, the "Yes" option in the sub-market "140-159" experienced a sharp fluctuation in winning probability, soaring from 5.95% an hour ago to the current 31.6% (a fluctuation of 25.65%). Please note the impact of related breaking news.

Co-founder of the cryptocurrency trading app Fomo, Se Yong Park, announced the completion of the first round of financing, which involved 140 angel investors. Currently, there are over 200 angel investors on the cap table.He stated that early founders almost always misunderstand the dynamics between the company and angel investors, and should view angel investors as call options for product success. Even if the cap table includes tech CEOs, celebrities, athletes, etc., the likelihood of them providing help early on is close to zero. As the scale expands and a product is created that angel investors are truly willing to use and proudly share, more and more people will naturally recommend the product to the outside world.

According to Bloomberg, AI security startup Alice announced the completion of a $140 million financing round, led by the private equity firm Apax Partners through its fund Apax Digital, with investments from cybersecurity company SentinelOne and Samsung Electronics. After this round of financing, the company's valuation is close to $1 billion.Alice primarily provides security protection for AI models, helping enterprises reduce the risks of AI systems being abused, attacked, and exhibiting abnormal behavior. Currently, the company has partnered with leading AI industry firms including Anthropic and Google.

According to Cointelegraph, Bernstein analysts believe that USDC shows signs of "digital dollar re-inflation," with its supply surging by $2 billion in seven days.The institution maintains an outperform rating on Circle (CRCL), setting a target price of $140, and points out that USDC's trading volume share has surpassed that of USDT.

According to GMGN market data, Robinhood's on-chain ecological tokens have collectively risen, with Index increasing over 140% during the day, currently valued at $16.3 million; AI rising over 72% during the day, currently valued at $28.3 million; PONS rising over 70% during the day, currently valued at $50.4 million; StonkBroker rising over 36% during the day, currently valued at $44.8 million; and CASHCAT rising over 21% during the day, currently valued at $145 million.On-chain token prices are highly volatile and can be easily affected by market sentiment and hot events, please be aware of trading risks.

According to Hyperbot data, Huang Licheng has just made multiple adjustments to his positions, with a total long position value of 144 million USD.Current positions are as follows: 40x BTC long position: position value of 90.46 million USD, unrealized loss of 535,000 USD; 25x ETH long position: position value of 47.49 million USD, unrealized gain of 2.02 million USD; 10x HYPE long position: 6.28 million USD, unrealized gain of 86,000 USD.

According to Onchain Lens monitoring, Jump Crypto transferred 1,140 bitcoins to Binance in the past 30 minutes, worth approximately $88.98 million, for sale.