💰 DEX GRVT powered by ZKsync raises $19M Series A. theblock

🔁 #ETH The Ethereum developer confirmed the update dates for the testnet and mainnet are Holesky Testnet on October 1, Sepolia on October 14, Hoodi on October 28, and the mainnet will be updated on December 3.

💰 #ETH Ethereum Foundation intends to support the "Columbia Ethereum Center for Blockchain Protocol Research" with up to $500,000 in donations annually for the first three years. x

🔍🐳 Whale Transactions:

1. 0x4c64 bought another 155,455 #UNI ($1.51 million) and 16,606 #LINK ($412k). He accumulated a total of 1.13 million #UNI ($11 million) and 74,281 #LINK ($1.84 million);
2. 0xD3DA sold 20.92 million #APX (now $12.3 million) on Aster. He deposited 20.92 million APX on Aster 2 days ago and then withdrew 10.75 million #USDT from Aster;
3. 0x60F3 bought 3.59 million #ASTER ($2.11 million) and withdrew it from Aster.

🏦 Nubank plans to integrate stablecoins for credit card transactions. cointelegraph

😱🤑 Fear&Greed Index for #BTC and #ETH

💰 IG Group buys a majority stake in Australian crypto exchange Independent Reserve for $72 million. coindesk.com

🍿 #FF Andrei Grachev is intriguing

📊 CQ: Coinbase reserves reached $112 billion in #BTC, #ETH and stablecoins - the highest in 4 years. The recovery of reserves to this level can be seen as a signal that the market is entering a new phase of demand and accumulation of major crypto assets. In past cycles, reserve growth on major exchanges such as Coinbase often coincided with rising liquidity and prices.

📊 Glassnode: #BTC Liquidation Heatmap

Post FOMC, we can see that $BTC shorts at 117k were taken out, and long liquidations are appearing at 112.7k.

Bitcoin traders are leaning net short, with data indicating a net short position of -485 BTC in aggregate. This skew highlights lingering caution, even as spot price holds above $117k.

💰 Grvt raises $19M for onchain finance privacy. coindesk.com

📈🤔 Altcoins are breaking out from a 4-year accumulation.

🆕 #ASTER Binance Futures Will Launch USDⓈ-Margined ASTERUSDT and TRADOORUSDT Perpetual Contracts (2025-09-19). binance

📊 #IMX Santiment: Immutable's market capitalization is up over 70% in the last two weeks. Note the following metrics:
- 309 new IMX wallets created in one day (highest since March);
- 7.33% supply on exchanges (lowest since May).

🎮 #IMX Immutable have launched the Immutable Mobile Gaming Division.

🕵️‍♂️ #ETH A wallet associated with Matrixport transferred 434 ETH ($402 million) to Binance

🕵️‍♂️ #ETHFI Arthur Hayes transferred 1.08 million ETHFIs worth $1.67 million to Binance.

💰 #ENA #USDE Mega Matrix (#MPU) acquired ENA for ~$3M more.

🥳 #ENA YZi Labs increases its stake in Ethena Labs

🦊👀 #HYPE MetaMask will launch wallet futures trading using Hyperliquid