BTC traded at $81,620, down 2.01% over 24 hours, while ETH stood at $2,412.97, down 3.69%. Gold was at $4,161.80 and silver at $56.240; the S&P 500 and Nasdaq 100 fell 1.11% and 2.02%, respectively, while WTI and Brent fell 1.45% and 1.87%.
1. BTC Perpetual OI Drops $8B as RWA Contracts Hit 14%
Over the past year, total open interest in perpetual contracts on major platforms fell from $81 billion to about $67 billion, while open interest in contracts tied to real-world assets rose from near zero to $9 billion, or 14% of the total, data showed. Bitcoin perpetual open interest fell by about $8 billion, Ethereum by about $5 billion and other tokens by about $10 billion combined, with growth in traditional-asset contracts only partly offsetting the decline.
Assets to watch: BTC, ETH
2. South Korea's KOSPI Falls 7% as SK Hynix Drops 10%
South Korea's KOSPI index fell 7% intraday, with SK Hynix down 10% and Samsung Electronics down nearly 8%.
Assets to watch: SAMSUNG, SKHYNIX
3. Getty Images to Go Private via Bankruptcy Reorganization
Getty Images plans to go private through a prepackaged bankruptcy reorganization, with the Getty family and Koch Equity Development providing up to $433 million in equity funding and roughly $100 million in debt converted to equity, Bloomberg reported. The reorganization will also repay $270 million in senior unsecured notes and extend the maturity and lower the interest on secured debt. The company faces a heavy debt burden, and its proposed merger with Shutterstock fell through in July.
4. Anthropic Q3 Revenue Hits $16.8 Billion with Profit
Anthropic told investors its third-quarter revenue rose to $16.8 billion, up nearly 50% from $11.5 billion in the second quarter, the Financial Times reported. On an adjusted basis, the company was profitable in the quarter with positive cash flow. Chips and data centers are its largest expenses. Anthropic is preparing for a listing, and its IPO is widely expected to be the highest-valued on record.
Assets to watch: ANTHROPIC
5. Nvidia-Backed Iambic Raises $150 Million in U.S. IPO
Drugmaker Iambic Therapeutics, backed by Nvidia, raised $150 million in its U.S. IPO by selling about 9.38 million shares at $16 each, Bloomberg reported. The offering priced at the midpoint of a $15 to $17 range, valuing the company at about $758 million. Iambic is expected to begin trading on the Nasdaq on October 15 under the ticker IAM, with proceeds to advance three early-stage cancer drug candidates.
Assets to watch: NVDA
6. SEC Approves Cboe KPI Binary Options
The U.S. SEC has approved Cboe's launch of binary options tied to key performance indicators (KPIs) of public companies, covering more than 100 metrics across 23 firms, Bloomberg reported. Traders can place yes-or-no bets on metrics such as Coinbase trading volume, MARA's bitcoin production, and Robinhood customer counts and revenue. Robinhood is expected to be the first broker to offer the product to retail investors.
Assets to watch: BTC, MARA
7. VanEck Seeks to Withdraw Lido Staked ETH ETF Filing
VanEck has filed with the SEC to withdraw the registration statement for its proposed Lido Staked ETH ETF (VanEck Lido Staked ETH ETF), saying it no longer intends to proceed with the offering, The Block reported. The registration had not previously become effective, and no shares were issued or sold. The ETF was originally planned to hold Lido's liquid staking token stETH; VanEck filed its S-1 in October 2025 and was the first institution to apply for a U.S. ETF tied to stETH.
Assets to watch: ETH, LDO
8. Chainlink Goes Live on Stellar for $4B RWA
Chainlink said its oracle infrastructure has gone live on Stellar, providing Data Feeds and Data Streams services for Stellar's RWA ecosystem of over $4 billion, allowing developers to access verifiable market data for lending, stablecoins and tokenized equities. Chainlink said Stellar has made a large funding commitment through the Chainlink Scale program to lower the cost for ecosystem developers to access institutional-grade oracle services.
Assets to watch: LINK, XLM
9. Standard Chartered Pushes $2T Stablecoin Forecast to 2030
Standard Chartered global head of digital assets research Geoffrey Kendrick pushed back his forecast for the stablecoin market to reach 2 trillion dollars from 2028 to 2030, The Block reported. Stablecoin supply is currently about $309 billion, having stayed in a range of 300 billion to 320 billion dollars over the past 12 months. Monthly on-chain transfer volume is approaching 10 trillion dollars this year, up from 4 trillion dollars in 2025.
10. Bitwise Advances Crypto ETPs as Inflows Hit $77 Billion
Bitwise is working with more than 20 wealth-management platforms that together manage roughly 24 trillion dollars in assets (AUM) to drive approval of crypto ETPs, according to Bitwise's Ishmael Asad. Bitcoin ETPs have been approved on 11 platforms. Since the first spot crypto ETFs listed in January 2024, crypto ETPs have seen cumulative net inflows of $77 billion, and the U.S. now has more than 50 spot crypto ETPs.
Assets to watch: BTC
Market snapshot
BTC: $81,620 (24h -2.01%) | ETH: $2,412.97 (24h -3.69%)
Gold: $4,161.80 (+1.31%) | Silver: $56.240 (+0.65%)
WTI: $93.71 (-1.45%) | Brent: $104.08 (-1.87%)
S&P 500: 7,718.94 (-1.11%) | Nasdaq 100: 29,950.82 (-2.02%)
1. BTC Perpetual OI Drops $8B as RWA Contracts Hit 14%
Over the past year, total open interest in perpetual contracts on major platforms fell from $81 billion to about $67 billion, while open interest in contracts tied to real-world assets rose from near zero to $9 billion, or 14% of the total, data showed. Bitcoin perpetual open interest fell by about $8 billion, Ethereum by about $5 billion and other tokens by about $10 billion combined, with growth in traditional-asset contracts only partly offsetting the decline.
Assets to watch: BTC, ETH
2. South Korea's KOSPI Falls 7% as SK Hynix Drops 10%
South Korea's KOSPI index fell 7% intraday, with SK Hynix down 10% and Samsung Electronics down nearly 8%.
Assets to watch: SAMSUNG, SKHYNIX
3. Getty Images to Go Private via Bankruptcy Reorganization
Getty Images plans to go private through a prepackaged bankruptcy reorganization, with the Getty family and Koch Equity Development providing up to $433 million in equity funding and roughly $100 million in debt converted to equity, Bloomberg reported. The reorganization will also repay $270 million in senior unsecured notes and extend the maturity and lower the interest on secured debt. The company faces a heavy debt burden, and its proposed merger with Shutterstock fell through in July.
4. Anthropic Q3 Revenue Hits $16.8 Billion with Profit
Anthropic told investors its third-quarter revenue rose to $16.8 billion, up nearly 50% from $11.5 billion in the second quarter, the Financial Times reported. On an adjusted basis, the company was profitable in the quarter with positive cash flow. Chips and data centers are its largest expenses. Anthropic is preparing for a listing, and its IPO is widely expected to be the highest-valued on record.
Assets to watch: ANTHROPIC
5. Nvidia-Backed Iambic Raises $150 Million in U.S. IPO
Drugmaker Iambic Therapeutics, backed by Nvidia, raised $150 million in its U.S. IPO by selling about 9.38 million shares at $16 each, Bloomberg reported. The offering priced at the midpoint of a $15 to $17 range, valuing the company at about $758 million. Iambic is expected to begin trading on the Nasdaq on October 15 under the ticker IAM, with proceeds to advance three early-stage cancer drug candidates.
Assets to watch: NVDA
6. SEC Approves Cboe KPI Binary Options
The U.S. SEC has approved Cboe's launch of binary options tied to key performance indicators (KPIs) of public companies, covering more than 100 metrics across 23 firms, Bloomberg reported. Traders can place yes-or-no bets on metrics such as Coinbase trading volume, MARA's bitcoin production, and Robinhood customer counts and revenue. Robinhood is expected to be the first broker to offer the product to retail investors.
Assets to watch: BTC, MARA
7. VanEck Seeks to Withdraw Lido Staked ETH ETF Filing
VanEck has filed with the SEC to withdraw the registration statement for its proposed Lido Staked ETH ETF (VanEck Lido Staked ETH ETF), saying it no longer intends to proceed with the offering, The Block reported. The registration had not previously become effective, and no shares were issued or sold. The ETF was originally planned to hold Lido's liquid staking token stETH; VanEck filed its S-1 in October 2025 and was the first institution to apply for a U.S. ETF tied to stETH.
Assets to watch: ETH, LDO
8. Chainlink Goes Live on Stellar for $4B RWA
Chainlink said its oracle infrastructure has gone live on Stellar, providing Data Feeds and Data Streams services for Stellar's RWA ecosystem of over $4 billion, allowing developers to access verifiable market data for lending, stablecoins and tokenized equities. Chainlink said Stellar has made a large funding commitment through the Chainlink Scale program to lower the cost for ecosystem developers to access institutional-grade oracle services.
Assets to watch: LINK, XLM
9. Standard Chartered Pushes $2T Stablecoin Forecast to 2030
Standard Chartered global head of digital assets research Geoffrey Kendrick pushed back his forecast for the stablecoin market to reach 2 trillion dollars from 2028 to 2030, The Block reported. Stablecoin supply is currently about $309 billion, having stayed in a range of 300 billion to 320 billion dollars over the past 12 months. Monthly on-chain transfer volume is approaching 10 trillion dollars this year, up from 4 trillion dollars in 2025.
10. Bitwise Advances Crypto ETPs as Inflows Hit $77 Billion
Bitwise is working with more than 20 wealth-management platforms that together manage roughly 24 trillion dollars in assets (AUM) to drive approval of crypto ETPs, according to Bitwise's Ishmael Asad. Bitcoin ETPs have been approved on 11 platforms. Since the first spot crypto ETFs listed in January 2024, crypto ETPs have seen cumulative net inflows of $77 billion, and the U.S. now has more than 50 spot crypto ETPs.
Assets to watch: BTC
Market snapshot
BTC: $81,620 (24h -2.01%) | ETH: $2,412.97 (24h -3.69%)
Gold: $4,161.80 (+1.31%) | Silver: $56.240 (+0.65%)
WTI: $93.71 (-1.45%) | Brent: $104.08 (-1.87%)
S&P 500: 7,718.94 (-1.11%) | Nasdaq 100: 29,950.82 (-2.02%)