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U.S. government shutdown would delay jobs data that Bitcoin traders need to track Fed rate moves

LegalOct 1

The U.S. government might shut down again this week, and Bitcoin traders are stuck waiting. If Congress doesn’t agree on a funding deal by midnight Tuesday, large parts of the federal government will stop running. The shutdown would freeze economic reports, delay key data, and make life harder for anyone trying to predict what the Federal Reserve will do next with interest rates. That uncertainty would rattle Bitcoin and the wider crypto market. Traders are especially focused on the jobs report. It’s supposed to drop this Friday, but if there’s no funding, it won’t. That’s a problem, because employment data…

KuCoin Lists FF Token of Falcon Finance, Extending Access to Revolutionary Stablecoin Protocol

ExchangesOct 1

KuCoin has declared the global launch of FF token of FalconStable Stable that is a major move towards this innovative DeFi protocol. Trading is about to start on September 29, 2025, and the FF/USDT pair will be made immediately. Through the listing, Falcon Finance exposes its open-source universal collateralization infrastructure and synthetic overcollateralized ecosystem in a worldwide market. The Universal Collateralization Model of Falcon Finance Falcon Finance enables the liquid assets to be used as a security on onchain liquidity within any financial sector. This protocol was the first to introduce a revolution to the stablecoin mechanics, introducing USDf, a…

PAAL AI Unveils PaaLLM 0.6, A Crypto Specific LLM

BlockchainOct 1

PAAL AI, a popular blockchain+AI entity that merges AI tools with Web3, has announced its exclusive upgrade, PaaLLM 0.6. With PaaLLM 0.6, the PAAL AI intends to redefine the interaction between users and Web3. As PAAL AI’s official X announcement reveals, the latest release incorporates discovery, building, conversations, and research in a unified platform. Hence, the update is set to eliminate the complexities related to the crypto market to offer a simplified Web3 experience with more accessibility. Introducing PaaLLM 0.6. ChatGPT changed how we write. Claude changed how we code. AI got smarter, but crypto just got harder. Not anymore.…

Perpetual DEXs Heat Up as Hyperliquid Smashes $106M Revenue and $400B Volume. Can It Replicate Solana’s Q4 2024 Growth?

DeFiOct 1

Analyst firm Altcoin Buzz has described perpetual DEXs as the most dynamic part of today’s decentralized finance (DeFi) market. Investor Cathie Wood has gone further, calling Hyperliquid crypto the platform most likely to replicate Solana’s growth from the last cycle. That comparison gained weight in August when Hyperliquid posted $400 billion in monthly trading volume and a record $106 million in revenue, a 23% jump from July, according to DefiLlama. Bitcoin Cycles Drive DeFi Rotations Every move in DeFi trends still ties back to Bitcoin. Analysts tracking Bitcoin’s four-year rhythm see a likely dip toward $106,000 in October or early…

Ethereum Below $4,000 as BlackRock Trims Holdings and ETF Outflows Accelerate

EthereumOct 1

Ethereum is going through a tense market environment after back-to-back days of heavy institutional outflows and a sharp dip below $4,000. BlackRock sold ETH for the second time in seven days, while exchange-traded funds shed more than $315 million in just two sessions. Short-term sentiment turned defensive, but on-chain flows suggest long-term buyers are quietly accumulating supply. $315 Million ETF Exodus in 48 Hours Ethereum exchange-traded funds (ETFs) recorded significant capital outflows between September 24 and 25. September 24: $79.4 million in redemptions September 25: $251.2 million in withdrawals, marking a sharper sell-off This two-day total of more than $315…

Banking giants now forecast at least two interest rate cuts in 2025

RegulationOct 1

Several financial institutions and market analysts are now projecting the US Federal Reserve, the country’s central bank, will slash interest rates from the current target rate of 4.25%-4.5% at least twice in 2025. The banking forecasts followed a weak August jobs report that saw only 22,000 jobs added for the month, versus expectations of about 75,000. Analysts at Bank of America, a banking and financial services company, reversed their long-held stance of no rate cuts in 2025 and are now projecting two 25 basis point (BPS) cuts, one in September and another in December, according to Bloomberg. Economists at Investment…

DoubleZero Receives No-Action Letter for 2Z Token from SEC

LegalOct 1

Key Highlights U.S. SEC has issued a “No-Action Letter” to DoubleZero for its token ‘2Z’ The letter means that the SEC will not go for enforcement action, and the project does not have to register as a class of “equity securities.” This decision shows a positive U.S. regulatory environment that could encourage more infrastructure and utility-based The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), a major U.S. financial regulator, has given a major project a green light, declaring that its digital token is not a security. (Source: sec.gov) The project, called DoubleZero, received a “No-Action Letter” from the Securities and Exchange Commission…

Corporate Clients Hold Up to 15% of Assets on Mercado Bitcoin, Exchange Exec Says

ExchangesOct 1

Corporate clients, mainly small and medium enterprises, account for between 10% and 15% of all assets under custody on Mercado Bitcoin, Brazil’s largest crypto exchange, according to Daniel Cunha, the firm’s head of corporate development. “These companies barely move more than 10% of their holdings at any given time,” Cunha told CoinDesk in an interview at the exchange’s DAC 2025 conference. “They’re here to hold, not trade.” The firms are primarily using bitcoin to protect their cash reserves from global volatility, he said, citing growing concern over inflation, currency devaluation and geopolitical instability. The trend grew when companies like Strategy…

Trustlessness In Blockchain Still Can’t Be Trusted. But It Can Be Improved

BlockchainOct 1

When we talk about trustless systems, we’re implying some kind application that doesn’t require users to trust it. The idea is that it just works, accurately and fairly, every single time, without ever cheating users. They’re designed in such a way that there’s no need for users to trust any single human or entity. Trustless systems are an alternative to the centralized applications in use today, which are totally reliant on trust. Take your mobile banking application, for example. No doubt, you’re fairly confident that nobody is going to steal your life savings, because you trust that the bank itself…

Bitcoin Staking Debuts on Ethereum Layer-2 Starknet With STRK Incentives

DeFiOct 1

Bitcoin became a core part of Starknet’s ecosystem on Tuesday, as the Ethereum layer-2 network began using the asset as a way to secure itself, according to a press release. Starknet users can now participate in the process of validating transactions by delegating Bitcoin to the network in order to earn rewards, StarkWare, the network’s developers, said. Previously, Starknet users could only stake its native STRK token. The company also said that RE7, a London-based investment firm, is building a Bitcoin-denominated yield product on Starknet. The Starknet Foundation is planning on using 100 million STRK to encourage Bitcoin-related activity on…