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TREE NEWS reports: The attacker behind the Ledger supply-chain theft moved nearly 3,000 ETH through Tornado Cash in three transactions and into Zcash’s privacy pool, converting the funds to USDC. Investigators tracked 108 Zcash transactions via exact-value matching, with about $2.85M in stolen USDC still in three wallets. Tether has frozen $10M in stolen USDT, while attacker-linked wallets still hold $38.6M in ETH and $16.9M in BTC.

TREE NEWS reports: Bitcoin dropped below 83,000 USDT and was trading at 82,981.7 USDT, down 0.17% over the past 24 hours. The move marks a fresh slip under the 83,000 level for the largest cryptocurrency.

TREE NEWS update: Bitmine Immersion Technologies said on October 12 it holds about 6.03 million ETH, roughly 4.9% of total ETH supply, after adding 12,532 ETH last week. The company’s crypto, cash, tradable securities and other investments total about $16.2 billion, with 5.067309 million ETH staked, valued at about $12.9 billion. Chairman Tom Lee said annualized staking revenue could reach about $400 million once all ETH is staked.

TREE NEWS update: Strategy purchased an additional 250 Bitcoin, lifting its total holdings to 848,250 BTC, the company disclosed. The Michael Saylor-led firm also said it is maintaining a $4.88 billion cash reserve alongside the bitcoin position.

TREE NEWS reports: Bitquery says $10 million has been frozen in a wallet tied to the CryptoBilis drains, part of an estimated $93.2 million loss spanning six chains. Ledger’s latest update on the incident offers no repayment plan for affected buyers.

TREE NEWS update: Nasdaq-listed Solana treasury company DeFi Development (DFDV) bought about 22,070 SOL last week, lifting its total holdings to roughly 2.5862 million SOL, worth about $302 million. The company said its SOL and equivalent asset reserves have grown about 12% since it published second-quarter results on August 12. A recently established $300 million at-the-market offering program, CHAD ATM, will provide additional funding to keep expanding the SOL reserve.

TREE NEWS update: Chinese laser and optical equipment maker JPT announced it has received purchase orders worth approximately $163 million from a North American fiber optic connectivity solutions client between January 1, 2026 and the disclosure date. The orders cover MPO/MMC fiber patch cords and Shuffle Box connection boxes, totaling about RMB 1.11 billion excluding tax. The company said order fulfillment is expected to positively impact its cash flow and future operating performance.

TREE NEWS update: ValueChain, the Layer-1 developed by the SoSoValue community, has integrated Morpho to bring on-chain lending yield to its core app SoDEX. SoDEX users can deposit USDC into a Morpho vault curated by Unified Labs, with yield sourced from lending demand in the vault’s markets, all inside the SoDEX interface. The product is live on SoDEX Wealth via a ValueChain–Base bridge.

TREE NEWS update: Strategy purchased 250 bitcoin for $21.5 million, bringing its total holdings to 848,250 BTC, the company disclosed. That stack equals roughly 4% of bitcoin’s 21 million supply cap and is worth about $71 billion. The company, formerly MicroStrategy, continues to add to the largest corporate bitcoin treasury.

TREE NEWS update: Strategy founder Michael Saylor said the company added 250 BTC and repurchased $192 million of its STRC dollar-denominated preferred stock. As of October 11, 2026, Strategy holds 848,250 BTC alongside $5.5 billion in dollar assets. Saylor put MSTR’s USD duration at 3.5 years based on a BTC price of $82,252, with STRC’s BTC credit spread at 52 basis points.

TREE NEWS reports: Treasury company SkyAI (Nasdaq: SKYA) has sold roughly 1.25 million SOL over the past five days, worth about $138 million, as it liquidates its SOL reserves. On-chain analyst Yu Jin tracked a transfer of 211,623 SOL to Coinbase Prime half an hour before the report, following SkyAI’s announcement that it had sold about 1 million SOL. The company plans to sell its SOL holdings and acquire 95% of its own issued shares.

TREE NEWS reports: Michael Saylor said in a post on X that Strategy’s US dollar duration is 3.5 years and that STRC carries a bitcoin credit spread of 52 basis points. He cited assumptions of a 10% annualized BTC return, 40% BTC volatility and a bitcoin price of $82,252.

TREE NEWS update: Evernorth has named a former Coinbase investment executive to steer its 473 million XRP treasury ahead of a planned Nasdaq debut. The company intends to put the XRP holdings to work through lending, liquidity provision and yield strategies. The appointment comes as Evernorth prepares to list on Nasdaq.

TREE NEWS reports: Evernorth has appointed a former Coinbase investment executive to oversee a treasury of 473 million XRP ahead of its Nasdaq listing. The company plans to utilize its XRP holdings through lending, liquidity provision, and yield strategies. This appointment comes as Evernorth prepares for its Nasdaq listing.

TREE NEWS update: Bybit has launched USDC-funded trading in more than 1,000 US stocks and ETFs, with Alpaca executing the trades and holding the underlying shares. Eligible users get a brokerage alternative to Bybit’s tokenized xStocks products.

TREE NEWS update: Australia’s securities regulator ASIC has proposed extending leverage limits and negative-balance protections to certain derivatives settled in digital assets. The proposal would apply the same investor safeguards used in traditional derivatives markets to crypto-settled contracts, capping how much leverage traders can take on. ASIC has put the plan out for consultation.

TREE NEWS reports: Bitcoin traded in a narrow range near $83,000 as traders positioned for upcoming US inflation data. October rate-hike odds have slumped, though analysts said Treasury yields at two-decade highs are still capping risk appetite.

TREE NEWS reports: Traders on loss-funded venue Papertrade have lost $32.4 million two days after its launch. The platform booked more revenue than Pump.fun and Hyperliquid in the latest shared full-day data, while its house pool held about $4.27 million.

TREE NEWS reports: Bitcoin held key weekly support around $82,500 as traders positioned for inflation-driven volatility ahead of US CPI data this week. The $82,500 level is the support traders are watching, with the inflation print flagged as the week’s main catalyst for BTC price action.