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Jito, a Solana-based block-building infrastructure project, upgraded its Block Assembly Marketplace, or BAM, reducing bundle submission latency by about 50 milliseconds, Crypto Briefing reported. Average rewards per bundle successfully submitted to the network rose 72%. A bundle is a package of multiple transactions submitted together for inclusion in a block, while Jito’s BAM serves as a marketplace where bundles compete for block space. The change follows Solana’s recent move to reduce its target slot time to 200 milliseconds starting from epoch 1053.

ARK Invest kept its long-term Bitcoin price target of $1 million for 2030 after reviewing its 2026 outlook, Crypto Briefing reported. It also maintained its previous forecast that the total digital asset market capitalization will reach $28 trillion by 2030, with Bitcoin accounting for about 70% of the market. Despite weak price performance this year, ARK Invest said the long-term growth case remains intact. Lorenzo Valente, head of digital assets at ARK Invest, and CEO Cathie Wood identified Bitcoin’s core functions as digital gold and "permissionless money." In its forecast model, ARK Invest reflected two offsetting changes. As gold’s market capitalization rose 64.5% in 2025, it raised its estimate of the digital gold market Bitcoin could target by 37%. At the same time, it cut its estimate for Bitcoin’s potential penetration as a safe-haven asset in emerging markets by 80% to reflect the spread of stablecoins. The two revisions offset each other, leaving ARK Invest’s 2030 Bitcoin target unchanged at $1 million.

BNY, formerly Bank of New York Mellon, and Citadel Securities have completed a triparty repurchase agreement transaction using tokenized U.S. Treasurys. Citadel Securities bought a two-year U.S. Treasury through BNY on the Tradeweb platform, with the tokenized form of the security recorded on BNY’s private digital ledger, and settlement was completed within minutes. Citadel Securities then raised funding through an overnight triparty repo using the Treasury as collateral, while BNY provided the cash. BNY also announced plans to roll out digital cash and deposit token functions to support on-chain settlement and financial transactions, and to expand the operating hours of its existing settlement platform to European and Asian trading hours next year.

Most stock token trading on Solana and BNB Chain takes place outside regular U.S. stock market hours, Cointelegraph reported. Data showed that more than 70% of stock token trading volume on BNB Chain occurred outside U.S. trading hours, compared with 63% on Solana and 60% on Base. Cointelegraph said the figures suggest investors are not simply mirroring activity during regular market hours, but are using stock tokens to trade when traditional U.S. exchanges are closed. The outlet added that 24-hour trading is emerging as one of stock tokens’ biggest advantages.

The three major U.S. stock indices closed lower today. - S&P 500: -0.02% - Nasdaq: -0.15% - Dow Jones: -0.35%

Whale Alert reported that 247,998,274 USDC has been transferred from Coinbase Institutional to Coinbase. The transaction is valued at about $248 million.

Large loans on crypto lending platforms are surging, as USDT borrowing backed by more than $10 million in Bitcoin collateral rose 83% over the past month, CryptoQuant CEO Ki Young Ju said on X, citing CoinRabbit data. Ki said whale investors are borrowing funds against Bitcoin to buy more cryptocurrencies or other assets, suggesting they are leaning more toward further upside than betting on an additional market drop, while risk appetite for volatile assets has expanded.

Strategy founder Michael Saylor said in an interview with Bloomberg that the current Bitcoin bull market is only just beginning. Saylor said Bitcoin has risen 25% after rebounding slightly from just below its 200-week moving average, adding that the asset has emerged from its downtrend and entered a new upward phase. He also said bank adoption of Bitcoin and tokenized securities will trigger the next sharp rally, and expects Bitcoin to move back above $100K.

Kalshi has asked the Sixth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to rehear a ruling that allowed state gambling laws to be enforced against sports prediction contracts, CoinGape reported. On Sept. 25, a three-judge panel of the Sixth Circuit found Kalshi had not presented sufficient grounds to have its sports prediction contracts recognized as swaps. The panel therefore upheld a decision denying Ohio’s request for an injunction and lifted an injunction against Tennessee regulators.

Mastercard has announced the launch of Open USD, or OUSD, a Solana-based stablecoin aimed at shortening cross-border payment times and improving opaque transaction fee structures, Crypto Briefing reported. Visa, Coinbase, Stripe, and Shopify are participating in the project as partners, according to the report.

Bitcoin could face additional selling pressure as short-term holders take profits and market liquidity weakens, according to an AMBCrypto analysis. The outlet said about 86% of the Bitcoin sent to exchanges in early October came from short-term holders sitting on gains, signaling some recent buyers may move to lock in profits. If selling outweighs buying demand, routine profit-taking could turn into heavier selling pressure, it said. AMBCrypto added that more investors moved into profit after September’s price recovery, while average daily trading volume in the spot market and U.S. spot Bitcoin ETFs remained around $6.8 billion, indicating liquidity was not strong enough. BTC has repeatedly tested support around $80,000 over the past two weeks, and if that level breaks, the next major support would be $75,000, according to the analysis.

Nasdaq-listed Super League bought its first BTC for $83,041.40 on Oct. 10, according to Crypto Briefing, which cited an SEC Form 8-K filing disclosed by the company on Oct. 13. The company said it is considering Bitcoin as a treasury asset to hold alongside cash, but it has not made an official announcement confirming a broader purchase plan. In August, Super League signed an investment agreement with Metaplanet, a Japan-listed company focused on a Bitcoin accumulation strategy, tied to the launch of U.S. Bitcoin treasury platform Superplanet. Once the third-party allotment capital increase is completed, Super League will change its name to Superplanet, Inc., while Metaplanet will secure about 95.7% of Superplanet’s issued shares and consolidate it as a subsidiary. Media coverage said Super League’s purchase of 1 BTC before receiving the 2,100 BTC appears intended to prepare custody and accounting processes.

John Williams, president of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, said one additional interest rate hike this year would be appropriate. Williams said the rationale for a September rate increase starts with risk management.

According to CoinNess market monitoring, BTC has fallen below $83,000. BTC is trading at $82,984.01 on the Binance USDT market.

Base has launched Earn & Borrow, a program offering stablecoin yield and crypto-backed lending solutions for platforms. Through the program, Base can provide eligible users with variable-rate stablecoin yields and crypto-collateralized loans using its own infrastructure and third-party lending markets. Returns for users who deposit stablecoins such as USDC are generated mainly from loan interest paid by borrowers who post excess collateral. The program is compatible with lending protocols including Morpho and Aave, and the average yield on USD stablecoins in Base lending markets is 4.45%, excluding incentives.

U.S. investment advisory firm Wealth Enhancement Advisory Services increased its Bitcoin spot ETF holdings to $33 million from $22 million, Crypto Briefing reported. According to the firm’s second-quarter 13F filing with the U.S. SEC, the value of those Bitcoin ETF holdings rose by about 50%.

Bitcoin holdings on cryptocurrency exchanges have continued to decline, potentially creating conditions favorable for further price gains, according to a CryptoQuant analysis. CryptoQuant researcher Rei Researcher said in a recent report that exchange-held Bitcoin fell to 2.67 million BTC from 2.8 million BTC in February. If buying demand recovers while exchange supply remains low, the resulting supply-demand imbalance could support a longer-term price rise, Rei Researcher said. The researcher added that the continued decline in exchange reserves despite Bitcoin’s recent rebound from local lows suggests the tradable supply available in the market is still shrinking.

Investors who bought near prior highs are still limiting Bitcoin’s upside, according to Glassnode. As Bitcoin moved higher, investors who bought one to two years ago sold on a large scale, Glassnode said. Since then, Bitcoin’s rally has stalled near $88,000, the average cost basis of investors who bought six to 12 months ago, and has failed to break above that level. Glassnode added that selling by the one- to two-year cohort has since slowed sharply.

Ondo Finance announced on its official X account that assets in its tokenized U.S. Treasury products have exceeded $3 billion. The total combines assets in USDY, OUSG and tokenized U.S. Treasury ETFs, putting Ondo Finance first among tokenized U.S. Treasury platforms tracked by real-world asset data platform RWA.xyz.

The U.S. SEC’s move to ease its quorum requirement could make it easier to advance cryptocurrency-related rulemaking, Cointelegraph reported. The outlet said the SEC and the U.S. CFTC are currently pursuing regulatory decisions affecting the roughly $3 trillion crypto market with just three commissioners in total, as leadership vacancies persist at both agencies, which were each designed to have five commissioners. The SEC announced a final rule on Sept. 30 changing its quorum requirement, and the measure took effect on Oct. 2. Under the revision, if certain conditions are met when only two commissioners remain, one commissioner can constitute a quorum. Meanwhile, as passage of a digital asset market structure bill has been delayed in the U.S. Congress, the SEC and CFTC are moving to draft their own rules using existing legal authority, according to the report. The CFTC also said it would pursue a crypto regulatory proposal related to exchanges in October. The White House has not announced additional nominees to fill vacancies at either agency, and Cointelegraph said decision-making power in crypto rulemaking at the SEC and CFTC is likely to remain concentrated in a small number of commissioners for the time being.

Bitcoin financial platform Mezo announced a schedule to end support for cross-chain withdrawals for some assets. According to Mezo, cross-chain withdrawals for swBTC and USDe ended on Oct. 13, while withdrawals for SolvBTC and xSolvBTC will remain available through Oct. 29. Deposits for all four tokens — swBTC, USDe, SolvBTC, and xSolvBTC — are currently suspended.

Starknet (STRK) announced on its official X account the launch of Shadow Accounts, a feature designed to protect links between users’ main wallets and decentralized finance activity. On Starknet, Shadow Accounts are separate pseudonymous addresses managed directly by users, allowing participation in DeFi services without exposing connections to their main wallets.

MediaMarktSaturn, Europe’s largest consumer electronics retailer, has stopped selling Ledger hardware wallets at more than 1,000 stores across 11 countries as of Oct. 13, according to Crypto Briefing. The company said the decision was tied to concerns over unauthorized hardware modifications related to Ledger products and potential spyware risks.

Spot trading volume across 14 major global cryptocurrency exchanges rose 36.5% from August to $696.7 billion in September, according to Wu Blockchain. Wu Blockchain data showed total spot volume at the 14 exchanges increased from $510.4 billion in August, with all 14 posting month-over-month gains. Binance ranked first with $307.8 billion in spot volume, accounting for 44.2% of the total. OKX followed with $65.8 billion and a 9.5% share, while Coinbase ranked third with $61.3 billion and 8.8%.

Crypto exchange MNX has launched futures contracts tied to the valuations of private AI companies including OpenAI, Anthropic, DeepSeek and Moonshot, CoinDesk reported. Unlike Bitget’s perpetual futures, which have no expiration date, MNX offers contracts that expire at the end of 2027 and do not charge periodic funding fees, according to CoinDesk. Another rival, OKX, also offers non-expiring contracts, although its method for calculating funding costs differs. MNX supports trading with up to three times a user’s capital, U.S. residents are not eligible to use the service, and the exchange plans to expand the offering into markets tied to the broader AI economy.