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📢 Ethereum staking has reached a record 43.8M $ETH, representing 35.9% of total supply, even as staking yields and validator numbers decline, according to a Bitwise report.

📢 Ethereum staking reached a record 43.8M $ETH, representing 35.9% of supply, while 69% of $SOL was staked by the end of Q3, according to Bitwise.

📢 CryptoQuant CEO Ki Young Ju says new capital is flowing into Bitcoin, noting that this typically occurs only during bull markets.

📢 Solana has rolled out Alpenglow on mainnet, marking the largest consensus upgrade in the network’s history.

📢 Chainlink, Hedera, Aptos Labs, Ava Labs, Stellar, and the Cardano Foundation are calling on the SEC to formally define “digital commodity” classifications in its official rules.

📢 CoinDCX denies reports of a new breach, stating that the recent activity involves wallets compromised in July 2025 and is unrelated to the exchange.

📢 Pump.fun has deposited another 129,798 $SOL worth $14.07M to Kraken, bringing its total $SOL sales to 5.48M, valued at approximately $875.5M, according to Arkham data.

📢 A whale has sold 1,917.7 $BTC worth $159M and purchased 64,545 $ETH valued at $155M over the past 11 days, according to Lookonchain.

📢 Bitcoin is retesting its ETF cost basis near $81K. According to @glassnode, a close below this level could open the door to a drop into the mid-$70Ks.

📢 ZachXBT claims $15.8M in CoinDCX user deposits remain unaccounted for following its 2025 incident. CEO Sumit Gupta says investigations are ongoing and assures users that no funds will be lost.

📢 Uniswap introduces Aggregator Hooks across Ethereum, Base, and Robinhood Chain, allowing v4 pools to access external liquidity while directing protocol fees toward $UNI token burns.

📢 Tokenized corporate credit surged 3,156% and private equity grew 1,340%, while U.S. Treasuries recorded the largest increase in value, adding $8.56B, according to Chainalysis.

📢 Bitcoin’s hashrate is climbing again as miners ramp up operations, a bullish sign according to CryptoQuant CEO Ki Young Ju.

📢 Bitwise reports that Europe-based validators control 72.8% of the total staked $SOL on Solana.

📢 An early Ethereum investor who bought 3,000 $ETH at $18.83 each nine years ago has sold the holdings for approximately $7.23M, securing a 128x return, according to Arkham data.

📢 The U.S. Department of War has published its seventh release of declassified UFO records, with more documents set to be made public.

📢 Over 230,000 $BTC worth more than $21B moved on-chain in the largest Bitcoin transaction of 2026 so far, likely involving transfers between wallets rather than exchange deposits, according to a CryptoQuant analyst.

📢 Ethereum saw net exchange outflows of around 169,770 $ETH, its largest in over four months, as market participants keep an eye on the $2,400 level, according to Santiment.

📢 Circle has issued an additional $250M worth of $USDC on the Solana network.