🔥 DAILY CRYPTO MARKET OVERVIEW – OCTOBER 3, 2026 🔥
💥 Market Overview
BTC is currently trading around $84.6K, as the crypto market sees fresh developments across blockchain infrastructure, security, stablecoins and digital assets.
⭐️ Breaking Crypto News
✅ Blast to shut down its Ethereum Layer-2 network
Blast, the Ethereum Layer-2 backed by Paradigm, announced that it will wind down its network after operating costs began exceeding revenue. Users can withdraw assets through the normal interface until October 26, after which withdrawals will require direct interaction with Ethereum bridge contracts.
✅ BNY reportedly in talks with Kraken parent over infrastructure partnership
BNY, one of the world's major custody banks, is reportedly discussing a potential infrastructure partnership with Payward, the parent company of Kraken. The talks could cover digital assets, custody, trading and payments infrastructure.
✅ NEAR Intents identifies attacker behind $3.8M exploit
NEAR Intents has reportedly identified the hacker responsible for the recent $3.8 million exploit and given the attacker 48 hours to return the funds. The exploit was isolated to USDT on BNB Chain, while the core NEAR blockchain and NEAR token were not affected.
✅ Aave-related third-party adapter exploited for 114 ETH
A third-party adapter built on Aave v3 was exploited, resulting in the theft of approximately 114 ETH, worth more than $300,000. Aave's core contracts were reportedly not affected, with the incident linked to external infrastructure rather than the underlying protocol.
✅ Tether-backed project brings USDT back to Bitcoin
Tether-backed Utexo is preparing to support USDT on Bitcoin, including private transfers, direct BTC-USDT swaps and BTC-backed lending. The initiative is designed to keep much of the transaction data off Bitcoin's public ledger.
⚠️ This content is for market updates only and is not financial advice. DYOR.
💥 Market Overview
BTC is currently trading around $84.6K, as the crypto market sees fresh developments across blockchain infrastructure, security, stablecoins and digital assets.
⭐️ Breaking Crypto News
✅ Blast to shut down its Ethereum Layer-2 network
Blast, the Ethereum Layer-2 backed by Paradigm, announced that it will wind down its network after operating costs began exceeding revenue. Users can withdraw assets through the normal interface until October 26, after which withdrawals will require direct interaction with Ethereum bridge contracts.
✅ BNY reportedly in talks with Kraken parent over infrastructure partnership
BNY, one of the world's major custody banks, is reportedly discussing a potential infrastructure partnership with Payward, the parent company of Kraken. The talks could cover digital assets, custody, trading and payments infrastructure.
✅ NEAR Intents identifies attacker behind $3.8M exploit
NEAR Intents has reportedly identified the hacker responsible for the recent $3.8 million exploit and given the attacker 48 hours to return the funds. The exploit was isolated to USDT on BNB Chain, while the core NEAR blockchain and NEAR token were not affected.
✅ Aave-related third-party adapter exploited for 114 ETH
A third-party adapter built on Aave v3 was exploited, resulting in the theft of approximately 114 ETH, worth more than $300,000. Aave's core contracts were reportedly not affected, with the incident linked to external infrastructure rather than the underlying protocol.
✅ Tether-backed project brings USDT back to Bitcoin
Tether-backed Utexo is preparing to support USDT on Bitcoin, including private transfers, direct BTC-USDT swaps and BTC-backed lending. The initiative is designed to keep much of the transaction data off Bitcoin's public ledger.
⚠️ This content is for market updates only and is not financial advice. DYOR.