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Binance Research expects the tokenized stocks market to reach about $349 billion by 2030 under its base-case scenario, according to Crypto Briefing. As of Sept. 15, the market stood at $4.43 billion, up 390.4% since the start of this year, Binance Research said. Under a conservative scenario, the market could grow to $61 billion, while a bullish scenario projects expansion to $987 billion. Binance Research added the real-world asset market is moving beyond simple token issuance toward practical use in on-chain finance, including liquidity pools, lending, and collateral.

Chainlink (LINK) has been selected as the price oracle for Open Standard’s dollar-pegged stablecoin OUSD, CoinDesk reported. Chainlink will provide price data infrastructure for lending, decentralized exchange, and derivatives applications that use OUSD.

South Korea’s digital asset market ranks second globally by trading volume after the U.S., but only 12th out of 15 countries in overall market competitiveness, Edaily reported, citing data from The Block. According to a preview of The Block’s Global Competitiveness Index for Crypto Assets, or GCCI, unveiled for the first time by The Block CEO Steve Chung at Block Festa 2026 in Seoul today, South Korea scored 1.81 out of five overall. The report said South Korea placed 13th in regulation and accessibility, ranked last in cross-border openness, and faced a warning that it could lose even its uniquely strong domestic market demand unless it urgently advances regulation.

ETH validators operated by MetaMask Staking and participating in Lido are expected to complete their exit by Oct. 7 at the latest, Decrypt reported. According to Lido, the process of exiting, withdrawing ETH, and rejoining the Lido protocol could take as long as 45 days. The move is a precautionary step following an earlier security incident involving part of MetaMask’s infrastructure. Lido said stETH holders do not need to take any separate action.

Citi raised its 12-month price targets for Bitcoin and Ethereum, citing increased cryptocurrency market activity, a favorable macroeconomic backdrop and renewed net inflows into ETFs, Reuters reported. The bank lifted its BTC target to $113,000 from $82,000 and its ETH target to $3,028 from $2,240.

a16z Crypto head of policy and legal Miles Jennings said focusing on fintech firms rather than banks in issuing won-denominated stablecoins could create a more competitive market, while a bank-centered issuance model would differ little from the existing financial system. Speaking at the a16z Crypto Korea Summit held today, Jennings said the U.S. allows not only banks but also government-authorized nonbank operators to issue stablecoins, according to Money Today Broadcasting.

A U.S. federal court dismissed 15 of 16 claims in a lawsuit brought by the Celsius bankruptcy estate against blockchain analytics firm Chainalysis, according to Cointelegraph. The court allowed one claim to proceed, alleging Chainalysis aided and abetted breaches of fiduciary duty by Celsius insiders. The lawsuit centers on allegations that Chainalysis was involved in promoting its 2020 estimate of Celsius assets under management at about $3.3 billion as if it were an audit and an independent validation. The related allegations have not yet been proven.

Solana-based liquid staking protocol Marinade Finance said an attacker attempted to seize control of its DAO on Sept. 25 by exploiting a bug in the voting program, but the council rejected the two related proposals. No funds were moved and no losses occurred, while mSOL, native staking and SAM, Marinade’s stake auction marketplace where its total TVL is distributed, were unaffected. Marinade said it has applied measures to prevent further exploitation of the bug and plans to introduce additional security safeguards.

BDACS, a digital asset infrastructure company, demonstrated a StableFX trade swapping dollar stablecoin USDC for won-denominated stablecoin KRW1 on Circle’s institutional blockchain Arc testnet at the Bridging Finance Onchain event held today, Edaily reported. StableFX is Circle’s foreign exchange trading service. The initiative is designed to enable onchain foreign exchange transactions between the Korean won and global stablecoins, allowing South Korean companies and institutions to use won liquidity within the Arc ecosystem.

Major cryptocurrency whales have taken diverging positions over the past week as the broader market moved largely sideways, according to trader Ali Martinez on X. Martinez said BTC whale holdings fell by around 30,000 BTC ($2.52 billion), while ETH whales accumulated about 60,000 ETH ($162 million). XRP whale holdings showed little change at around 3.9 billion XRP, Martinez said, adding BTC whales were reducing exposure, ETH whales were buying, and XRP whales were largely staying on the sidelines as the market looked for its next direction.

South Korean exchange Bithumb announced it will temporarily suspend deposits and withdrawals of FirmaChain (FCT2) at 2:00 a.m. UTC on Oct. 2 to support a network upgrade.

Zcash (ZEC) holders approved $8.39 million in retroactive grants, with 17 of 37 proposals selected for funding, according to The Block. The approved awards include a $1.5 million grant tied to a severe counterfeiting vulnerability in the Orchard pool disclosed this year. A total of 2.18 million ZEC participated in the vote.

Joseph Chalom, CEO of SharpLink, one of the corporate holders of Ethereum, said in an interview with Maeil Business Newspaper that South Korea could become a digital finance hub linking East and West if it establishes three regulatory pillars: a won-based coin, tokenized securities, and a structured market for tokenized assets. Chalom added that South Korea has already shifted from a retail-driven crypto trading market to one where financial firms are directly building blockchain infrastructure.

Mike Belshe, co-founder and CEO of digital-asset custodian BitGo, said investment in digital assets by Wall Street financial firms has already become a prevailing trend, according to The Korea Economic Daily TV. Belshe added Bitcoin is an asset that rises forever over a long time horizon and said that view still holds, while some of the massive capital that flowed into the AI industry this year is now expected to return to digital assets.

Digital Asset reported that executives from virtual asset, or digital asset, exchanges were not included on the witness and reference list for the National Assembly’s National Policy Committee audit. The outlet said the omissions came despite major pending issues including large-scale hacks and erroneous payouts. The National Assembly committee held a plenary meeting on Oct. 1 and adopted 18 general witnesses and two reference witnesses for the audit. Lawmakers from the People Power Party walked out in protest over the witness selections.

Starting this month, payment suspensions and refund procedures will be allowed for voice-phishing losses involving virtual assets, while food delivery app operators must also inform merchants on their platforms about country-of-origin labeling rules. South Korea’s Ministry of Government Legislation said on Oct. 1 that a total of 84 laws and regulations took effect this month, according to News1. A special law on preventing telecommunications financial fraud and refunding victim assets, which took effect today, expanded its scope from financial companies to cryptocurrency exchanges, creating a legal basis for related refunds.

EVM security researcher kaden.eth said on X that on-chain analysis suggests some block rewards from MetaMask validators were diverted to addresses linked to an attacker, and MetaMask appears to have proactively withdrawn about 17,000 validators, or roughly 523,000 ETH. Of 19 validators that received rewards, 18 sent those rewards to addresses linked to Tornado Cash funds, with the stolen amount estimated at about 0.36 ETH. Kaden.eth said it was unlikely the attacker had also secured withdrawal rights to the staked ETH, but added that, depending on how signing access was obtained, the attacker could still trigger slashing, a penalty that cuts a portion of staked ETH for rule violations. Another 821 potentially affected validators have not yet been withdrawn, and three of them were identified as validators that were actually attacked. MetaMask had previously said a security incident affected part of its infrastructure and that it was proactively withdrawing impacted validators, while no immediate threat to wallets had been identified.

If BTC rises above $84,639, about $564.02 million in short positions could be liquidated across major centralized exchanges, according to CoinGlass data. If BTC falls below $82,910, about $454.98 million in long positions could face liquidation.

About $766.4 million was lost to cryptocurrency hacking and phishing in September, marking the largest monthly total this year, blockchain security firm CertiK said, according to The Defiant. The bulk of the losses came from Bitget at $387.5 million and LiquidNetwork at $318.7 million. CertiK’s dashboard showed 98 security incidents in September, with $273.2 million frozen or returned, bringing the adjusted loss total to about $495.3 million.

The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas ordered DCPay Philippines, the e-wallet operator for local crypto exchange Coins.ph, to temporarily stop receiving funds through InstaPay and PESONet. As a result, person-to-person transfers from external banks or e-wallets to Coins.ph, as well as InstaPay QR deposits, have been restricted. Under BSP guidelines, DCPay’s outbound transfers and merchant payments using QR codes remain allowed, local media outlet BitPinas reported. Coins.ph, however, has separately suspended peso deposits and withdrawals for system maintenance and plans to resume external transfers later. The exchange’s cryptocurrency trading and custody services are operated by a separate entity, Betur, and are not a direct target of the measure.

An anonymous address withdrew 5,000 ETH, worth about $13.43 million, from Binance, according to Lookonchain. It was the address’s first ETH withdrawal from Binance in about five months. Exchange withdrawals are typically interpreted as a sign of holding intent.

An address believed to belong to an institution that made $124 million by selling ETH in early September recently withdrew 3.125 million UNI, worth about $24.2 million, from an exchange and moved the tokens to two newly created wallets, according to on-chain analytics firm Hupzy, formerly Spot On Chain. Exchange withdrawals are typically interpreted as a sign of holding intent. The average purchase price was $7.7.

Bitcoin’s MVRV Z-score has remained above its 365-day moving average, preserving a long-term bullish structure, according to a CryptoQuant analysis by contributor Trader_Gemini. Trader_Gemini said the 365-day moving average has historically served as a key support level in bull markets after the MVRV Z-score breaks above it. While a short-term pullback remains possible, the structure still favors further gains as long as the indicator holds above the 365-day average, the analyst said. A clear break below that level without a recovery, however, would be a major warning sign that the long-term bullish structure is weakening.

Global bond yields are hitting their highest levels in decades, with the U.S. 10-year Treasury yield reaching 5.34% and the UK 30-year yield touching 6%, according to Solid Intel. Brent crude has also risen above $100 a barrel.

The amount raised yesterday by Strive’s preferred stock SATA is enough to buy more than 400 BTC, according to Bitcoin Treasuries.