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Today’s highlights
- Tether’s USDT is ‘coming home’ to Bitcoin this month over a decade after debut there — 2026-10-02
- A Tether-backed project, Utexo, plans to support private USDT transfers, direct swaps between BTC and USDT and loans backed by BTC, while keeping most transaction data off Bitcoin’s public ledger.
- Bitcoin ETFs kick off ‘Uptober’ with $103M inflow — 2026-10-02
- Bitcoin ETFs returned to inflows with $103 million, while Ether funds recorded a third straight day of net outflows.
- Bitcoin tops $86,000 ahead of U.S. jobs report — 2026-10-02
- Bitcoin is up roughly 3% in October as traders await September’s jobs data, while rising bond yields, a stronger dollar weigh on broader markets.
- Here’s what happened in crypto today — 2026-10-02
- Need to know what happened in crypto today? Here is the latest news on daily trends and events impacting Bitcoin price, blockchain, DeFi, Web3 and crypto regulation.
- South Korea crypto exchange profits fall 78% in H1 amid trading slump — 2026-10-02
- South Korean crypto exchange operating profits fell 78% in the first half of 2026 as trading volumes, market capitalization and customer deposits declined.
- South Korea advances tokenized securities rules ahead of 2027 rollout — 2026-10-02
- South Korea’s financial regulator proposed detailed rules for tokenized securities, including capital requirements, OTC trading licenses and retail investment limits.
- Zano exploiter minted more than a quadrillion fUSD before blockchain rollback — 2026-10-02
- The unauthorized coins were indistinguishable from legitimate ZANO, leaving the team unable to remove them without rolling back the blockchain.
- Core Lightning warns attackers are targeting unpatched nodes — 2026-10-02
- Node operators running version 26.06.7 or earlier were told to upgrade immediately.