Crypto Pulse

Altcoin spot trading activity approached four times Bitcoin spot volume in late September 2026. According to Glassnode data summarized in a MEXC market report on September 29, the ratio reached its highest relative level since September 2025.Market participation also broadened. Glassnode reported that 72.5% of the altcoins it tracks outperformed Bitcoin during the latest one-week period. During the August 2026 market squeeze, the comparable share reached only 39%.The increase from 39% to 72.5% r

The Indonesian government raised IDR28.8 trillion from an auction of nine government debt securities on September 29, 2026. Total incoming bids reached IDR42.8687 trillion, while the indicative auction target was IDR30 trillion.The accepted amount was only 4% below the indicative target, but the government rejected approximately IDR14.07 trillion of submitted bids. The decision shows that funding needs were not the only consideration. The government also assessed the yields requested by investor

Indonesia’s Financial Services Authority, or OJK, began enforcing Board of Commissioners Regulation Number 3 of 2026, known as PADK 3/2026, on September 1, 2026. The regulation establishes the format, structure, and procedures for reports submitted by digital financial asset trading operators, including crypto asset service providers.The reporting requirements extend beyond monthly transaction value. Operators must submit information covering their financial condition, customer funds, managed cr

Chainlink launched CCIP 2.0 on September 28, 2026, introducing major changes to the way assets and messages can move across blockchains. The upgrade adds Cross-Chain Verifiers, configurable finality, modular fee components, embedded compliance controls, and alternative execution models.Chainlink says more than US$15 billion in token value migrated to CCIP during the previous four months. That figure includes more than US$7.4 billion in WBTC and over US$6.1 billion in cbBTC. These figures are cla

Bitcoin has returned to the US$83,000 area after failing to hold its move above US$87,000. According to the MEXC price page updated on September 29, 2026 at 10:12 PM UTC+8, BTC was trading near US$83,928, up 0.64% over 24 hours.That modest daily gain does not erase the pressure seen over the previous week. MEXC price history shows that BTC reached US$87,274 on September 23 before falling to US$82,577 on September 28. The distance between those two levels was approximately 5.38%.The current p

Overview Ethereum currently has traffic backed up in both directions at once. According to CoinDesk's October 5 tally, roughly 1.5 million ETH, worth about $4 billion at the time, is waiting to enter staking, with an activation wait of about 25 days. Running the other way, roughly 786,000 ETH, about $2 billion, is queued to exit, with a wait of about 14 days. The exit side built up abruptly: on September 29 that figure stood at around 166,000 ETH. The trigger was the infrastructure security inci

Overview The Commodity Futures Trading Commission opened its first attempt at a federal rulebook for leveraged retail crypto trading on October 5. According to CFTC Release 9307-26, the advance notice of proposed rulemaking seeks comment on two frameworks at once: Regulation CTX, covering retail commodity transactions in crypto assets under section 2(c)(2)(D) of the Commodity Exchange Act, and Regulation CAM, a new subcategory of designated contract market registration purpose-built for crypto a

Overview Constellation Energy closed 12.41% higher at $300.30 on October 6 after announcing a long-term power agreement with Google totalling roughly 3,590MW. According to 24/7 Wall St.'s market record that day, fellow independent power producers Vistra and Talen Energy rose 8.77% and 7% respectively, while the broad utilities ETF added less than 2%. The gains clustered in generators that sell into competitive markets rather than in rate-regulated names. The strength of that reaction comes from

Overview Marvell Technology raised its fiscal 2028 revenue target to roughly $20 billion at its October 6 investor day, and the stock closed at $287.01, up 5.81%, after gaining close to 10% intraday, leaving the company valued at about $251.7 billion according to StockAnalysis's MRVL data page. Broadcom rose about 4% in sympathy the same day. The single headline number is not what reset expectations. Management also lifted its fiscal 2029 custom-chip revenue goal from $10 billion to more than $1

IntroductionRXO, Inc. (NYSE:RXO) shares surged more than 22% on Monday, October 5, 2026, after C.H. Robinson Worldwide, Inc. (NASDAQ:CHRW) agreed to acquire the tech-enabled truck brokerage in a cash-and-stock transaction valued at about $5.8 billion. The offer works out to an implied $30.25 per RXO share, a 29% premium to Friday's close, and it creates a combined logistics company with an enterprise value above $25 billion. The market's verdict on the two sides could not have been more differen