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TREE NEWS update: OKXICE filed notice under the SEC’s new innovation exemption listing Nvidia, Tesla, Apple and 60 other stock tokens, to trade around the clock against stablecoins in Uniswap pools on OKX’s X Layer. The venture is tied to the owner of the New York Stock Exchange. The tokens would give round-the-clock onchain exposure to major US equities.

TREE NEWS update: NEAR Intents said the $3.8 million exploited from the protocol has been returned, closing its investigation into the hack. The attacker sent the funds back less than a day after NEAR Intents’ general manager posted “We have identified you, sir” along with addresses to return the money to.

TREE NEWS reports: Bitcoin held above $85,000 after a weak September jobs report lowered the odds of another Federal Reserve rate hike this month. The rally toward its late-September peak ran out of steam short of $87,000. The data shifted rate expectations while leaving the largest cryptocurrency rangebound above the $85,000 level.

TREE NEWS update: The SEC has cleared Cboe to list Volatility Shares’ 3x Bitcoin and Ether funds, covering six products structured as commodity trusts registered under the 1933 Act. The approval follows SEC staff pushback in December 2025 on 3x funds governed by the 1940 Act.

TREE NEWS update: LeBron James has signed a $15 million annual endorsement deal with prediction market Polymarket, with no evidence the arrangement violates NBA rules. James is an endorser rather than an investor, and the partnership will focus on non-NBA markets such as soccer. The deal differs from the Kawhi Leonard case, where the Clippers were fined $30 million and stripped of draft picks over salary-cap violations.

TREE NEWS reports: Arkham said it identified more than 1,000 addresses belonging to Kelsier Ventures (Hayden Davis) in February 2025 and published the full set for the first time. The addresses held nearly $300 million in crypto assets at the time, mainly LIBRA tokens. That value has now fallen to $2 million.

TREE NEWS update: Bloomberg Terminal now supports real-time, 24/7 quotes for some Hyperliquid perpetual contracts, accessed by entering “WSL HYPE”, covering crypto, equities, commodities, FX and indices. Users can compare the prices against Bloomberg reference quotes, but trading execution is not yet supported, Hyperliquid Daily said on X.

TREE NEWS reports: Bitcoin fell below $86,000, trading at $85,994.20 per coin. The move leaves the largest cryptocurrency up 0.86% over the past 24 hours despite the dip under the round number.

TREE NEWS reports: Bitcoin bulls renewed pressure on range highs, with the 2026 yearly open forming the next key resistance level to break through. The 2026 open now stands as the immediate hurdle for the market’s latest upside attempt. No specific price levels were given.

TREE NEWS reports: Arkham said on X that addresses tied to Kelsier Ventures and Hayden Davis, first identified in February 2025 as a set of more than 1,000 wallets, have seen their holdings drop from nearly $300 million to about $2 million. The assets were mainly held in the LIBRA token at the time of the initial disclosure.

TREE NEWS update: Bloomberg Terminal users can now type “WSL HYPE” to view round-the-clock real-time prices for a selection of Hyperliquid perpetual contracts spanning crypto, equities, commodities, FX and indices. The feed allows prices to be compared against Bloomberg reference quotes, but trade execution is not supported. Michael McDonough posted about the price-monitoring feature on September 29.

TREE NEWS reports: Injective CEO Eric Chen said he expects a US ETF tied to INJ to launch before 2027, calling the year “a bit too far” out. Speaking to The Block during Korea Blockchain Week, Chen declined to comment on a specific timeline. 21Shares and Canary have already filed INJ ETF applications with the SEC.

TREE NEWS update: Kraken’s parent company has added round-the-clock US dollar settlement through a partnership with Singapore Gulf Bank, the bank said. Select institutions in Asia and the Gulf region will be able to settle dollar transactions instantly via the bank’s SGB Net. No financial terms or launch date were disclosed.

TREE NEWS update: A US class action over the LIBRA memecoin saw most claims against Hayden Davis and Kelsier dismissed because a New York court lacked jurisdiction, Bubblemaps said. The ruling did not address the merits of the allegations, and plaintiffs can still appeal or refile in a court with jurisdiction. The suit involves LIBRA and M3M3 token investors, while Argentina’s criminal probe continues.

TREE NEWS update: Injective CEO Eric Chen said US spot INJ ETFs could launch sooner than 2027. Two ETF applications tied to INJ are currently pending: the 21Shares Injective ETF and the Canary Staked INJ ETF.

TREE NEWS reports: Bitcoin ETFs recorded a third consecutive week of inflows, while Ether ETFs flipped to outflows. Ether funds shed $138 million over the week, and Zcash funds posted their first weekly outflow.

TREE NEWS update: Binance founder Changpeng Zhao (CZ) said in an X post on October 5 that he owns only three vehicles — one Nissan SUV and two minivans — and no sports cars, adding that he does not like driving fast. He closed the post with Binance’s risk-control phrase “Stay SAFU.”

TREE NEWS update: The Rollup founder Andy posted “POLY is coming” on X on October 5, hinting that a Polymarket token named POLY is imminent. The post included a screenshot of Polymarket founder Shayne Coplan’s post, which said he may share related news at TOKEN2049 in Singapore. Andy’s post disclosed no launch timing, allocation plan or airdrop details.

TREE NEWS reports: An address 0xec4a…cf62 increased its BTC and ETH long positions on Hyperliquid between 13:24 and 13:30 on October 5, lifting its BTC long from about 260 to 360 coins, worth roughly $30.93 million, with an entry price of $84,931 and a liquidation price near $63,450. Its ETH long rose from about 1,637 to 3,719 coins, worth about $10.09 million, with an entry price of $2,689 and a liquidation price of about $533. The account’s value is about $5.35 million.

TREE NEWS update: GateToken (GT) completed its Q3 2026 on-chain burn, transferring 1,987,321.2431520 GT to the burn address, worth over $22.35 million. Cumulative burns now total 191,934,541 GT, valued at more than $1.504 billion based on quarterly average prices. GT is Gate’s core platform token and the native asset of Gate Chain, used as a utility token and for gas fee payments.