BTC traded at $83,048, down 0.86% over 24 hours, while ETH stood at $2,565.53, down 1.17%. Gold was at $4,146.30 and silver at $59.130; the S&P 500 and Nasdaq 100 fell 0.22% and 0.21%, respectively, while WTI and Brent rose 4.15% and 4.21%.
1. Bitcoin spot ETFs post $487M daily outflow
Per SoSoValue data, US spot bitcoin ETFs posted a total net outflow of $487 million on October 7 (ET). BlackRock's IBIT saw a single-day net outflow of $208 million, lifting its cumulative net inflow to $65.72 billion; Fidelity's FBTC recorded a net outflow of $105 million.
Assets to watch: BTC, IBIT
2. Ethereum spot ETFs post $161M daily outflow
Per SoSoValue data, US spot ether ETFs posted a total net outflow of $161 million on October 7 (ET), marking a seventh straight day of outflows. BlackRock's ETHA saw $116 million in outflows, while Grayscale's ETHE recorded $25.77 million.
Assets to watch: ETH
3. IMF: tokenization market still small, fragmented
The IMF noted that tokenized repo daily volumes run around $300–350 billion and other tokenized assets roughly $65 billion, versus about $13 trillion in the US repo market. It said the tokenization market is growing fast but remains very small and highly fragmented, requiring legal certainty, a clear regulatory framework, and interoperability.
4. Samsung Q3 operating profit up nearly 8x
Samsung Electronics' preliminary results showed Q3 (July–September) operating profit of about 107.4 trillion won (roughly $80.17 billion), up nearly eightfold (about 783%) from 12.17 trillion won a year earlier, a fourth straight record quarter; revenue was about 195 trillion won, up 127% year on year. Prices of DRAM, NAND, and HBM memory kept rising.
Assets to watch: SAMSUNG, DRAM
5. Anthropic releases Claude Haiku 5.5, cost down 75%
Anthropic released its small model Claude Haiku 5.5, with average running cost about 75% lower than Haiku 4.5. Priced at $0.1 per million input tokens and $0.5 per million output tokens, it is live on the Claude platform, AWS, Google Cloud, and Azure; Sonnet 5.5 cache-read pricing was cut 50%.
Assets to watch: ANTHROPIC
6. Moody's assigns B3 rating to Sky Protocol
Moody's assigned a B3 rating with a stable outlook to DeFi protocol Sky Protocol, placing it in the speculative-grade category. Moody's noted Sky's capital buffer is thin, with equity capital of roughly $90 million against about $10 billion in assets under management.
Assets to watch: SKY
7. Sui integrates with Samsung Wallet for USDC transfers
Sui said it is advancing integration with Samsung Wallet, expected to let roughly 82 million Galaxy devices in the US send USDC on Sui, including gas-free transfers. The service launches first in the US, then expands to more markets.
Assets to watch: SUI, SAMSUNG
8. FDUSD issuer signs $250M Nasdaq listing deal
First Digital Group Limited, issuer of the FDUSD stablecoin, signed a definitive business combination agreement with Nasdaq-listed SPAC CSLM Digital Asset Acquisition Corp III, at a pre-transaction equity valuation of $250 million. The combined company is expected to list on Nasdaq in H1 2027.
9. Whale exits 9-year ETH position with $24.21M profit
Per on-chain analyst Ember, whale pinosaur.eth liquidated 9,618 ETH (worth $24.58 million) held for nine years, booking a profit of $24.21 million (65x). The position traces back to April 2017, when ETH cost about $50.
Assets to watch: ETH
Market snapshot
BTC: $83,048 (24h -0.86%) | ETH: $2,565.53 (24h -1.17%)
Gold: $4,146.30 (+0.14%) | Silver: $59.130 (-1.93%)
WTI: $91.94 (+4.15%) | Brent: $104.42 (+4.21%)
S&P 500: 7,801.77 (-0.22%) | Nasdaq 100: 31,160.08 (-0.21%)
1. Bitcoin spot ETFs post $487M daily outflow
Per SoSoValue data, US spot bitcoin ETFs posted a total net outflow of $487 million on October 7 (ET). BlackRock's IBIT saw a single-day net outflow of $208 million, lifting its cumulative net inflow to $65.72 billion; Fidelity's FBTC recorded a net outflow of $105 million.
Assets to watch: BTC, IBIT
2. Ethereum spot ETFs post $161M daily outflow
Per SoSoValue data, US spot ether ETFs posted a total net outflow of $161 million on October 7 (ET), marking a seventh straight day of outflows. BlackRock's ETHA saw $116 million in outflows, while Grayscale's ETHE recorded $25.77 million.
Assets to watch: ETH
3. IMF: tokenization market still small, fragmented
The IMF noted that tokenized repo daily volumes run around $300–350 billion and other tokenized assets roughly $65 billion, versus about $13 trillion in the US repo market. It said the tokenization market is growing fast but remains very small and highly fragmented, requiring legal certainty, a clear regulatory framework, and interoperability.
4. Samsung Q3 operating profit up nearly 8x
Samsung Electronics' preliminary results showed Q3 (July–September) operating profit of about 107.4 trillion won (roughly $80.17 billion), up nearly eightfold (about 783%) from 12.17 trillion won a year earlier, a fourth straight record quarter; revenue was about 195 trillion won, up 127% year on year. Prices of DRAM, NAND, and HBM memory kept rising.
Assets to watch: SAMSUNG, DRAM
5. Anthropic releases Claude Haiku 5.5, cost down 75%
Anthropic released its small model Claude Haiku 5.5, with average running cost about 75% lower than Haiku 4.5. Priced at $0.1 per million input tokens and $0.5 per million output tokens, it is live on the Claude platform, AWS, Google Cloud, and Azure; Sonnet 5.5 cache-read pricing was cut 50%.
Assets to watch: ANTHROPIC
6. Moody's assigns B3 rating to Sky Protocol
Moody's assigned a B3 rating with a stable outlook to DeFi protocol Sky Protocol, placing it in the speculative-grade category. Moody's noted Sky's capital buffer is thin, with equity capital of roughly $90 million against about $10 billion in assets under management.
Assets to watch: SKY
7. Sui integrates with Samsung Wallet for USDC transfers
Sui said it is advancing integration with Samsung Wallet, expected to let roughly 82 million Galaxy devices in the US send USDC on Sui, including gas-free transfers. The service launches first in the US, then expands to more markets.
Assets to watch: SUI, SAMSUNG
8. FDUSD issuer signs $250M Nasdaq listing deal
First Digital Group Limited, issuer of the FDUSD stablecoin, signed a definitive business combination agreement with Nasdaq-listed SPAC CSLM Digital Asset Acquisition Corp III, at a pre-transaction equity valuation of $250 million. The combined company is expected to list on Nasdaq in H1 2027.
9. Whale exits 9-year ETH position with $24.21M profit
Per on-chain analyst Ember, whale pinosaur.eth liquidated 9,618 ETH (worth $24.58 million) held for nine years, booking a profit of $24.21 million (65x). The position traces back to April 2017, when ETH cost about $50.
Assets to watch: ETH
Market snapshot
BTC: $83,048 (24h -0.86%) | ETH: $2,565.53 (24h -1.17%)
Gold: $4,146.30 (+0.14%) | Silver: $59.130 (-1.93%)
WTI: $91.94 (+4.15%) | Brent: $104.42 (+4.21%)
S&P 500: 7,801.77 (-0.22%) | Nasdaq 100: 31,160.08 (-0.21%)