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More →NEAR Protocol halted trading following a $3.8 million hack, with the price falling about 8% to $4.91.
According to CoinWorld news, the NEAR protocol suspended trading due to a $3.8 million NEAR Intents hack, with the price falling about 8% on October 1 to $4.91. The incident forced the cross-chain transaction service to be suspended while engineers investigate the vulnerability. NEAR Intents attributed the loss to an integration error and said it had fixed the contract flaw and would fully compensate affected users. The hack interrupted NEAR's strong rebound toward $5.50 in September. The team expects NEAR Intents and the NEAR protocol to restore core trading services within about 1 hour, but deposit and withdrawal services for 11 networks are expected to remain suspended for about another 12 hours. Blockchain investigator ZachXBT said the abnormal withdrawals came from a BNB Chain hot wallet connected to the protocol, and the stolen assets had reached KuCoin before being bridged to Bitcoin. The team promised to track the funds and release a detailed incident report.
SEC Chairman Atkins says the cryptocurrency market has reached a scale of trillions of dollars.
According to CoinWorld news, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman Atkins stated that the cryptocurrency market has evolved from a "niche curiosity" into a multi-trillion-dollar asset class.
US tech companies' $220 billion AI borrowing pushes bond yields to highest since 2002
According to Reuters, major U.S. tech companies have issued $220 billion in debt this year to fund AI data centers and models, double the amount from the same period last year, pushing U.S. bond yields to their highest level since 2002. Higher yields have raised borrowing costs from mortgages to auto and student loans. Major economies now spend more on interest payments than the world invests in AI.
Peter Todd: Serving as head of MARA Slipstream, private mempools are gradually rising.
CoinWorld data: Peter Todd has become the head of MARA Slipstream, a service designed to redirect transactions to the MARA pool without going through Bitcoin's public peer-to-peer network. Todd has contributed to Bitcoin Core development for many years and has extensive experience in transaction relay and fee policy. Slipstream is designed to handle transactions that may not pass smoothly through the standard mempool. Todd pointed out that the use of private mempools can, in some cases, prevent transactions from being publicly viewed, thereby reducing the risk of attack. The MARA Foundation stated that Slipstream has successfully transferred more than 9,000 BTC, and the service is still conducting experimental transactions.
The SEC proposes allowing more companies to hold customer digital assets.
Coin World News: The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has proposed allowing more companies to hold digital assets on behalf of clients. According to a proposal published on October 1, investment managers would be permitted to hold clients' crypto assets if they determine that no other qualified custodian is available. State trust companies would also be eligible. The 760-page proposal aims to bridge the gap between the rapid development of new types of crypto securities and the qualified custodians willing and able to hold these assets on behalf of clients. Current rules stipulate that only qualified custodians, typically banks or broker-dealers, may hold client assets. SEC Chairman Paul Atkins said custody capacity may lag asset listings by months. The rule is intended to provide protection for crypto investors by requiring custodians to have the ability to protect clients' digital wallets from hacking or accidental loss. If an investment adviser later determines that a bank or broker-dealer is available to hold client assets, it must transfer the assets to that custodian. The SEC will seek public comment on the measure for 60 days, after which the feedback will be incorporated into the final version of the rule.
South Korea's core CPI rose 2.8% year-on-year in September, down from 3.4% in August.
CoinWorld data: According to the Office for National Statistics, South Korea's core consumer price index (CPI) rose 2.8% year-on-year in September, down from 3.4% in August.
South Korea's CPI rose 0.3% month-on-month in actual terms.
Crypto World data: According to financial media Financial Juice, South Korea's Consumer Price Index (CPI) for September actually rose 0.3% month-on-month, below the market expectation of 0.4%, with the previous value at 0.2%.
Putin: Russian forces took control of 1,301 square kilometers in the special military operation zone in September.
According to news from Biquan, on October 1 local time, Russian President Putin said at the annual meeting of the Valdai Discussion Club regarding the special military operation that the Russian military's offensive is intensifying, and in September it took control of 1,301 square kilometers in the area of the special military operation. Putin said that making Ukraine a neutral state remains one of Russia's goals. Russia hopes to end the Ukraine conflict as soon as possible and is willing to conduct peace negotiations based on national interests. However, it was the Ukrainian side that interrupted the negotiations, and Ukraine has no willingness to stop military operations.
Data center operator Firmus is sprinting toward an IPO, aiming to raise A$5 billion.
According to CoinWorld news, data center operator Firmus Grid plans to seek a valuation of A$43.7 billion (approximately US$30.3 billion) in its Australian IPO this month, with an issue price set at A$11 per share. The company's underwriters have informed investors that they have already received indicative bids sufficient to subscribe to A$5 billion in fundraising at an issue price of A$11 per share. The size of this fundraising may also increase by an additional A$500 million. Firmus's listing is expected to become one of the largest IPOs in Australian history, comparable in scale to Medibank's IPO in 2014. Data shows that fundraising in Australia's primary market this year is currently slightly above A$1 billion, while in the past two years it exceeded A$2 billion in both years. Firmus plans to list on the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) on October 23. The company will begin accepting bids from institutional investors on Tuesday and close on Friday.
AMD off-exchange short sale volume ratio reported at 55.91%
BiJie Web US Stock Data: During AMD's regular trading session that day, short selling accounted for 55.91% of the trades reported to US off-exchange trading reporting facilities. This is the short selling volume ratio for the day, not the proportion of open short positions. Market making, risk hedging, and reporting coverage can all affect the reading, and it should not be directly interpreted as the proportion of investors holding a bearish view. Data date: 2026-10-01.