CFTC Report: Euro and Aussie shorts expand amid diverging signals

The week in one sentence: Euro and Australian Dollar shorts deepened in the week to October 6, while Yen longs rebuilt. In addition, Coffee buying continued, and Gold exposure remained elevated despite another price decline.

Ethereum Price Forecast: Weakening derivatives and US sentiment keep ETH below $2,500

Ethereum (ETH) saw a brief recovery on Friday, up 3% over the past 24 hours, but remains below the $2,500 key level as derivatives continue to show weakness.

Ledger probes $86M crypto breach involving Malaysian distributor

Ledger is investigating reports of more than $86 million in crypto losses involving customers who purchased its hardware wallets through CryptoBilis, an authorized reseller operating in Southeast Asia.

Top 7 weekly crypto performers: ATOM, JUP, JUST lead crypto market as altcoins defy Bitcoin weakness

Several altcoins have posted weekly gains despite a broader decline in the crypto market, with Cosmos Hub (ATOM), Jupiter (JUP) and JUST (JST) leading the group. These tokens also outperformed the crypto market, including Pyth Network (PYTH), Bitway (BTW), Stacks (STX), and XDC Network (XDC).

Aussie extends weekly gains as Fed pause bets offset hawkish rhetoric

The Aussie Dollar ended Friday’s session on a positive note, gaining 0.38% and 0.58% weekly as the US Dollar trimmed some of its weekly gains, while US data confirmed investors' expectations that the Federal Reserve would hold rates steady in the October meeting. The AUD/USD trades at 0.6983.

Circle’s USDC earnings are really a bet on US interest rates

Circle's Q2 2026: USDC moved $14.8 trillion on-chain, up 151% year over year, yet 95% of Circle's $701.3 million revenue came from reserve interest, mostly US Treasuries.

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Bitcoin breaks key support as macro bond rout drags crypto lower

Bitcoin fell to $82,734 on Bitstamp on 7 October 2026, its lowest of the month, as US 10- and 30-year yields hit 24-year highs and Brent crude reached $102 on Iran's Strait of Hormuz warnings.

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FinCEN withdraws proposed $10,000 crypto private-wallet reporting rule

FinCEN has withdrawn its 2020 proposal requiring reports on $10,000-plus crypto transfers to unhosted wallets and a 2023 mixer rule, in a deregulatory move.

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TD Securities urge caution on OKXICE tokenised stock filing

TD Securities see limited near-term institutional relevance for OKXICE's plan to tokenize more than 60 US stocks including Nvidia and Tesla, warning the five-year SEC relief may deter large firms.

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CFTC and SEC write parallel crypto rulebooks as CTX and CAM frameworks unveiled

The CFTC has published an advance notice proposing Regulations CTX and CAM, bringing leveraged crypto trading onto federally registered exchanges while the SEC runs its own rulemaking.

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