😞 Ether.fi Exits EigenLayer Restaking

Ether.fi (ETHFI) ends ties with EigenLayer (EIGEN) this quarter. Under 1% of its assets remain in restaking. Restaking left weETH in August, so users seeking its yield must use weETHs on Symbiotic.

CEO Mike Silagadze cited risk-return. On September 8, restaking’s $10 billion TVL generated ~$100,000 in weekly fees, versus $27.35 million from liquid staking’s $51.87 billion, or 53 times more per dollar. Ended point programs and EigenLayer’s slashing, introduced in April 2025, also hurt.

Now EigenCloud, the protocol shifted to verifiable computing. Assets fell from $22 billion in August 2025 to $5.1 billion now. Ether.fi is focusing on neobanking, an Optimism lending product and tokenized assets.

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💲 Tether Freezes $550M in USDT

In 2026, Tether supported freezing about $550 million in USDT linked by US authorities to Iran’s Central Bank and sanctions-evasion networks.

At OFAC and US law enforcement’s request, more than $344 million was blocked across two addresses in April. The next day, US Treasury designated them as Iran’s Central Bank digital-currency identifiers. In July, more than $130 million was frozen across four wallets after the designation expanded to TRON addresses.

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$ETH has been in an accumulation zone for 5+ years, with $12,000-$15,000 realistic by 2029 after a breakout.

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ETH/BTC just broke a 10-year downtrend. What’s next will be violent.

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🇺🇸 Fed Rate Hike Case Weakens

The case for a Fed rate hike just got weaker. JOLTs job openings fell to 7.079M, below expectations, while job quits rose to 3.06M from July.

More people left jobs as hiring slowed, a classic sign of softening labor demand. This alone will not decide the Fed’s decision.

US unemployment data arrives Friday. If unemployment rises, the Fed will be forced to pause rates, as hiking into a weakening labor market could cripple the economy.

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About 3 weeks ago, Hunter Biden launched $LAPTOP memecoin, and a $10,000 investment at the top is now worth $2.19, a 99.98% loss.

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The Iranian Rial hit a new low against the US dollar. With just $0.4, you’re now a “Millionaire” in Iran.

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OpenAI is targeting $30 billion in new funding at a $1.4 trillion valuation as listing plans are postponed, Bloomberg reported.

On September 19, the discussed valuation was $1.2 trillion. Sam Altman ruled out an IPO in 2026, with investor details and closing timeline undisclosed.

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Top 10 performing altcoins this month. Which do you own?

➡️ 1. $QNT: +336%

➡️ 3. $AKE: +300%

➡️ 3. $BTW: +211%

➡️ 4. $NEAR: +154%

➡️ 5. $ARB: +138%

➡️ 6. $UNI: +85.7%

➡️ 7. $AERO: +73.6%

➡️ 8. $VVV: +71.3%

➡️ 9. $PYTH: +68.9%

➡️ 10. $KAS: +68.5%

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🇺🇸 Senate Republicans introduce a bill to make small stablecoin payments tax-free and establish new crypto wash-sale rules.

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👩‍🍳 Hyperliquid OTC HYPE Sale

Hyperliquid Labs will sell 3.75 million HYPE to an institutional investor via an OTC deal. The tokens come from the October team unlock and are worth about $320 million at current prices.

Unstaking starts September 30, with distribution on October 7. The tokens will not be sold on the open market. The September team unlock was moved and combined with October’s through the OTC deal.

The total October HYPE unlock is estimated at about $860 million, so the deal covers only part of the supply that could reach the market in the coming days.

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🔗 OnChain: $UNI

The mysterious whale who previously sold 167,855 ETH for $408M bought 3.125M UNI for $24.2M at an average price of $7.75 a week ago. The position is now showing an unrealized profit of $3.8M.

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At Frontier Traders Seoul, Jadoodoo secured $40,000 on NEAR with 25x leverage, while rasmr and orangie were beaten by Koreans.

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Bitcoin crashed shortly before or after every U.S. midterm election in its history, raising the question of whether it will happen again.

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Welcome to October, Bitcoin holders!

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💸 EU Proposes Broader MiCA Powers

EU regulators proposed a major expansion of Europe’s MiCA crypto rules. In simple terms:

➡️ Stronger powers to freeze crypto assets

➡️ Control over which companies give you access to DeFi

➡️ More oversight of staking and lending services

➡️ Restrictions on unapproved stablecoins

➡️ Tighter rules for crypto promotions and unauthorized platforms

Nothing changes yet. The proposal still needs approval.

If it goes through, crypto companies have another reason to build the future of finance elsewhere.

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😺 NEAR Intents Exploit Details

NEAR co-founder Ilya Polosukhin confirmed details of a $3.8 million NEAR Intents exploit.

➡️ The bug was isolated in Omni infrastructure linked to USDT on BSC during deposits and withdrawals through the NEAR Intents smart contract.

➡️ The anomaly was detected by SHIELD, the project’s AI monitoring layer. The service was temporarily suspended.

➡️ The vulnerability was fixed within an hour. NEAR Intents is operating again, except on several individual networks.

➡️ The NEAR main protocol and token were unaffected. This was the first major exploit targeting Intents, which now processes over $4 billion per month.

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⚡️ JUST IN: Ethereum L2 Blast is shutting down

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