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An early Ethereum investor who bought 3,000 ETH eight years ago at $18.8 per token sold another 1,000 ETH worth $2.68 million today, according to Lookonchain. The investor still holds 1,000 ETH valued at $2.67 million.

Illia Polosukhin, co-founder of NEAR Protocol, warned the crypto industry could be pushed out of the mainstream market by indiscriminate regulation if it fails to address crime on its own and build a more mature ecosystem. Polosukhin said it is inaccurate to claim developers of decentralized systems can do nothing to prevent crime. Banks use AI for fraud detection, Polosukhin said, but rely on centralized structures and know-your-customer checks, while KYC also fails to solve practical problems. Polosukhin added the crypto industry can use better data and talent to build systems that effectively curb criminal activity without KYC while preserving freedom for ordinary users. Polosukhin also said industry-wide cooperation could eradicate criminal activity in the crypto ecosystem, adding decentralization does not mean disorder.

Independent lawmaker Han Dong-hoon said crypto taxation should be delayed immediately, arguing a failure to act could drive South Korean investors out of domestic channels and into areas beyond the reach of tax authorities. In a Facebook post titled "가상자산 과세 유예, 즉시 해야" at 12:45 a.m. UTC today, Han said the Democratic Party government under President Lee Jae-myung still does not appear to grasp the seriousness of crypto taxation. Han said 2027 is only three months away and a decision on a delay should be made quickly. Han said Binance and Bybit, which are widely used by South Korean investors, are based in the United Arab Emirates, while Gate is based in the Cayman Islands and Bitget in Seychelles. Under the Crypto-Asset Reporting Framework, or CARF, the United Arab Emirates and Seychelles would only be able to conduct their first information exchange in 2028, Han said. Han added South Korean investors could leave domestic platforms over the remaining three months and move into decentralized spaces beyond the reach of tax authorities. He said delaying taxation by at least two years would allow authorities to collect transaction data generated on overseas exchanges through CARF, while also creating more time to address second-phase virtual asset legislation. Han added that disclosing detailed crypto tax measures at year-end could trigger public backlash similar to the response to a housing tax overhaul proposal.

Kakao Group has unveiled a business plan to establish a won-denominated stablecoin as part of everyday financial infrastructure and proposed forming a consortium with domestic and overseas financial institutions and companies to jointly design the ecosystem, Yonhap News Agency reported. At the opening keynote of the Next Finance Korea event held on Sept. 28 in Seoul’s Gangnam district, KakaoBank CEO Yoon Ho-young, who also serves as co-head of Kakao Group’s stablecoin task force, identified three key priorities for digital financial transformation: expanding distribution of won-denominated stablecoins, building digital-asset-based payment and settlement infrastructure, and creating a sustainable ecosystem through corporate collaboration. Son Kyung-hee, senior vice president in charge of KakaoPay’s digital asset group, said the goal of Kakao Group’s digital asset business is to make won-denominated stablecoins easy to use in everyday services people use daily.

Near Intents, a cross-chain intent protocol built on NEAR, blocked an attempted transfer of more than $50 million linked to the Bitget hack, Cointelegraph reported. According to Near Intents head Alex Shevchenko, a significant share of the stolen funds moved to the Ethereum network through multiple blockchains. During that process, Near Intents detected and blocked transfers worth about $50 million through its in-house security system, Shield. The blocked funds were later found to have moved to other service providers.

Strategy transferred 3,568 BTC worth about $297 million to an external address over the past nine hours, Lookonchain reported. Lookonchain added, "마이클 세일러의 Strategy가 BTC를 다시 매도하는 것인지, 아니면 새 지갑으로 자금을 옮기는 것인지 확실하진 않다".

A proposal to launch a WLFI governance participation incentive program at World Liberty Financial, the Trump family’s DeFi project, has passed. Under the proposal, holders of unlocked WLFI tokens will be eligible for rewards only if they lock up their tokens for at least 180 days and directly take part in at least one governance vote every 90 days. Delegated voting does not count toward the participation requirement. The program is set to take effect before Oct. 1. WLFI is currently trading at $0.05609.

Bitcoin layer-two payments protocol Spark has allocated a total of $210 million to BTC-backed institutional lending in partnership with Anchorage Digital. Institutions can borrow USDC while keeping pledged collateral with a custodian. Spark provides the loan capital, while Anchorage Digital manages collateral through Atlas, a secure automated network that provides 24/7 margin monitoring, settlement and tri-party services within a regulatory framework.

According to CoinNess market monitoring, BTC has fallen below $83,000. BTC is trading at $82,999 on the Binance USDT market.

Aave founder Stani Kulechov said on X that Aave is considering a program that would add burns to its buyback plan as part of a Tokenomics 3.0 update. Aave has operated a program since last year to buy back AAVE tokens using part of protocol revenue, but burns were not included. The AAVE buyback program has been temporarily suspended since April 19, 2026, according to the source. AAVE was trading at $149.08, down 2.76%, according to CoinMarketCap.

South Korean Democratic Party lawmaker Kim Hyun-jung of the National Assembly’s National Policy Committee will hold a policy forum today on governance and market ecosystem building for won-denominated stablecoins through overseas case studies, Edaily reported. The event is scheduled for 1:00 a.m. UTC on Sept. 29 at the National Assembly Members’ Office Building in Yeouido, Seoul, and is being organized by the Digital Finance Law Forum. Presentations are set to include Kivalliq CEO Jan-Oliver Sell on the state of EU stablecoin regulation and a bank-backed euro stablecoin, Circle Asia-Pacific Vice President for Strategy and Public Policy David Alan Katz on U.S. stablecoin regulation and trends in the development of the dollar stablecoin ecosystem, and UniKA Chairman Ryu Chang-bo on building a desirable won stablecoin ecosystem. UniKA was described as a South Korean banking-sector stablecoin alliance.

World Assets Ltd., a subsidiary of the Worldcoin Foundation, announced it signed over-the-counter sales agreements for WLD worth a total of $49 million over the past month. All tokens sold under the deals are subject to a one-year lockup, restricting sales during that period. Some transactions have already been settled, and delivery and settlement for the remaining amount are set to be completed this week.

CoinMarketCap’s altcoin season index fell two points from yesterday to 62. The index is calculated by comparing the price performance of Bitcoin with that of the top 100 coins by market capitalization, excluding stablecoins and wrapped coins. A CoinNess analysis shows the market is considered to be in altcoin season when 75% of the top 100 coins outperform Bitcoin over the past 90 days, while the opposite is regarded as Bitcoin season. The closer the reading is to 100, the more firmly the market is seen as being in altcoin season.

South Korea’s Government Public Ethics Committee published the asset disclosures of eight current and former senior public officials appointed or retired in June in the official gazette on Sept. 28, showing that Seong Gi-hong, the newly appointed senior presidential secretary for public relations and communication, reported holding Bitcoin worth 71.86 million won ($53,000). The combined assets of six newly disclosed presidential aides came to about 25.8 billion won ($19.0 million), or an average of about 4.3 billion won ($3.2 million) per person. Seong was the only aide among them to report holding Bitcoin.

Jim Ferraioli, an analyst at U.S. financial firm Charles Schwab, said at the Bitcoin Treasury Conference that Bitcoin has no central authority and its principles do not change based on who holds power or whom voters elect. From a monetary perspective, Ferraioli said, Bitcoin is fundamentally stable and unique.

Spot CVD is an order-book analysis chart for the BTC/USDT spot trading pair. The upper section shows the volume heatmap, while the lower section shows cumulative volume delta, or CVD. - The volume heatmap tracks trading volume at each price level. The background color becomes brighter when the price stays in a specific range for an extended period or moves sharply. Brighter zones may act as support or resistance levels. - The cumulative volume delta indicator reflects buy and sell orders by order size. As buy orders increase, the line for the corresponding color rises. The yellow line is based on orders between $100 and $1,000, while the brown line is based on large orders between $1 million and $10 million.

CoinMarketCap’s in-house crypto fear and greed index came in at 70, down two points from yesterday, with the market remaining in greed territory. A reading closer to zero signals extreme fear, while a reading closer to 100 indicates extreme optimism. CoinMarketCap calculates the index based on price moves among the top 10 cryptocurrencies by market capitalization, market volatility, derivatives-market indicators including the put-call ratio, the stablecoin supply ratio, or SSR, and CoinMarketCap’s own search data.

Deposits in DeFi tied to tokenized stocks have surpassed $252 million, according to Token Terminal. By platform, Uniswap held $82.1 million across v3 and v4, followed by Solana-based lending protocol Kamino Lend with $51.3 million and Pendle with $33.8 million.

Coinbase said it will soon launch a new service in its mobile app that lets users open packs of physical trading cards and trade them. Under the model, when users draw a digital card on a smartphone, a one-to-one matching physical card is stored in a secure vault. Collectors will be able to hold and trade the cards as digital assets on-chain and within the platform, or choose to have the physical cards delivered.

Crypto asset manager Bitwise Asset Management has filed a securities registration statement with the U.S. SEC seeking approval for a spot Chainlink ETF, Cointelegraph reported.

The IRS warned that ETFs holding cryptocurrencies have used a transaction structure to avoid recognizing taxable gains and said the corrective measure could be applied retroactively to past trades. Under U.S. tax law, funds must earn more than 90% of their income from traditional assets such as stocks and bonds to maintain tax-exempt status. The IRS moved to block what it described as a loophole used by some conventional funds, which transferred crypto holdings in kind to Wall Street authorized participants, or APs, instead of recording trading gains on their books to avoid taxes. Bitcoin spot ETFs using a grantor trust structure, including BlackRock’s, as well as funds operating through offshore subsidiaries, are excluded from the enforcement action.

Short-term Bitcoin holders sharply increased loss-taking sales as BTC fell in the short term, according to a CryptoQuant analysis. Based on on-chain data, about 23,000 BTC was deposited to exchanges by short-term investors at a loss immediately after the price decline, while around 14,300 BTC flowed to exchanges over the same period from holders taking profits.

Coinbase has received approval from the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission for the launch of Coinbase Clearing LLC, its in-house derivatives clearing organization, completing a full-stack infrastructure that allows the company to handle issuance, trading and clearing for derivatives within the CFTC regulatory framework. With the new DCO approval, alongside its existing futures commission merchant and designated contract market licenses, Coinbase said the new clearinghouse will be the first USDC-native platform to support a 24/7 real-time settlement structure. The approval is expected to help Coinbase speed up the launch of new regulated derivatives, including single-stock perpetual futures, and expand its on-chain financial infrastructure.

U.S. prosecutors are investigating efforts to recover 110,000 USDT believed to be linked to scammers who accessed a text message scam victim’s Coinbase account, Cointelegraph reported.

U.S. real estate investor Grant Cardone said at the Bitcoin Treasury Conference that the $390 trillion real estate market is a Trojan horse for Bitcoin, adding that he wants both future rental income and future Bitcoin.