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The ARK Invest CEO says the US dollar is much stronger than investors think and could appreciate significantly over the next few years. Why is it important for investors? A stronger dollar could pressure gold, reshape bond positioning, and test Bitcoin’s recent ability to rise rapidly. Wood Says Investors Are Watching the Wrong Dollar Chart Most traders follow the US Dollar Index (DXY), which tracks the dollar against six major currencies. ARK argues that measure is outdated. The Federal Reserve’s broader index covers 26 countries and updates its weights annually. On that measure, Wood says the dollar has gained 36%…

All $3.8 million drained from NEAR Intents was fully returned on October 2, ahead of the 48-hour deadline set by the project after announcing it had identified the exploiter. The incident stemmed from a bug between the Omni deposit/withdrawal infrastructure and smart contracts on BNB Chain, forcing cross-chain services to temporarily pause before the vulnerability was patched and systems resumed operation.NEAR Intents Traces Exploit to Omni Infrastructure BugNEAR Intents identified the preliminary cause as a bug in how the Omni deposit/withdrawal infrastructure interacts with the protocol’s smart contracts. According to NEAR co-founder Illia Polosukhin, the incident only affected USDT in…

Daily analysis of crypto markets and the forces shaping them, from the Nexo research desk.Bitcoin eyes $87,000 as softer labor market pushes Fed hold odds above 80%Inflation cooled earlier this week, with core PCE softening though still above the Fed’s 2% target, and today’s jobs report delivered another dent in the case for further hikes. Nonfarm payrolls rose just 29,000 against a forecast of 89,000, well below August’s initially reported 162,000, while unemployment ticked up to 4.2% from 4.1% and average hourly earnings rose 0.1% against 0.3% expected, softer readings on both sides of the Fed’s dual mandate. Bitcoin pushed…

The biggest IPO in history, a memory-maker up 277% this year, and an Ethereum treasury closing in on 5% of supply are set to define this quarter. These 5 companies across AI and crypto carry the stories investors will follow through December. 1. Anthropic Anthropic, the company behind Claude AI, filed to go public in the US after its last funding round was valued at $965 billion. Recently, its prospectus gave investors a look at the numbers behind the company. Revenue increased 12x to nearly $4.6 billion by the end of 2025 Net loss also increased to $42 billion The…

On Oct. 2, the SEC approved the Cboe BZX exchange’s listing proposal for VS Trust’s 3x Bitcoin ETF and 3x Ether ETF. The decision clears an exchange-rule hurdle for products sponsored by Volatility Shares that seek amplified daily crypto futures exposure.The order covers six funds, including products tied to gold, silver, crude oil and natural gas. It advances the proposal CryptoSlate covered in August, when the exchange was still seeking permission.For brokerage investors, the change opens a listing path for a higher daily leverage target. Cboe’s generic commodity-trust standards exclude products that seek specified multiples of a benchmark, so these…

TL;DR Polymath and Chicago-based CineCity Studios are exploring a platform for financing independent film through regulated digital securities. Polymath would provide issuance, investor onboarding, compliance and lifecycle infrastructure, while CineCity contributes production-industry access. The platform is being explored; it is not yet a launched investment marketplace. Real-world asset tokenization is moving into a category that rarely appears beside Treasury bills and private credit: film production. Polymath and CineCity Studios announced on October 1 that they will explore a tokenized film-investment platform designed to connect independent productions with investors through regulated digital securities. The idea attacks a genuine financing problem. Independent…

In brief Near Intents recovered the full $3.8 million stolen in Thursday’s exploit, general manager Alex Shevchenko said Friday, and the team has ended its investigation. The return came after Shevchenko publicly told the attacker “We have identified you, sir” and gave them 48 hours to return the funds. An on-chain message that appears to come from the exploiter said “we were in the wrong” and urged others to use bug bounties. Near Intents got its money back.The cross-chain swap service said Friday that the roughly $3.8 million drained in an exploit on Thursday has been returned in full. The…

Las Vegas, NV, October 1st, 2026, Chainwire Lowest Fee Bitcoin ATMs announced the launch of more than 400 cryptocurrency ATMs across the United States. The machines allow customers to purchase Bitcoin, Ethereum, USDT and USDC with cash at a stated flat 5% fee. Customers can also pre-register online before visiting an ATM. Lowest Fee Bitcoin ATMs, a new nationwide low-fee Bitcoin ATM operator, launched today with an initial rollout of more than 400 Bitcoin ATMs across the United States, a footprint that places it amongst the largest Bitcoin ATM operators in the country on its first day. It also launched…

The European Commission came out swinging. Consumer authorities across the EU launched coordinated actions against ten video game companies over pricing and virtual currency practices that regulators say leave players — especially kids — in the dark. Why It MattersThe European Commission’s crackdown on in-game currency practices underscores a growing regulatory scrutiny within the gaming industry, particularly concerning consumer transparency and protection. This coordinated action may set a precedent for similar regulatory measures in other regions, potentially reshaping how game developers monetize their products and impacting market dynamics. As consumer awareness of hidden costs increases, companies may need to adapt…

Uniswap’s StablePair fee hook is designed to keep more of the value from rebalancing stablecoin pools with liquidity providers.Yet the rule deciding which trade counts as a correction depends on a configured reference rate.StablePair is a Uniswap v4 hook, a contract that changes a pool’s behavior. Its fee logic compares a cached pool price with a reference stored in the hook’s configuration. The design prices trades around that benchmark, leaving providers exposed if a token’s economic value moves away.Uniswap Labs announced the two Ethereum pools, USDC/USDT and USDC/USDG, on Sept. 10. Its Sept. 16 explanation noted that Providers allocating capital…