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TREE NEWS reports: US spot bitcoin ETFs drew $2.65 billion in net inflows during September, the second-largest monthly haul since October 2025. The figures point to institutional demand holding firm through the month.

TREE NEWS update: Payment infrastructure provider Walapay has closed a $4.6 million seed round led by Gen Venture Capital, with Commerce Ventures, Polygon, AAF Management, Verda Ventures, NGC Ventures, FGV Capital, JSquare, Reflexive and Big Brain VC participating. The company said the proceeds will be used to secure additional licenses, expand banking partnerships and grow its team.

TREE NEWS update: An exploiter on the Zano network minted more than a quadrillion fUSD before the team rolled back the blockchain. The unauthorized coins were indistinguishable from legitimate ZANO, leaving the team unable to remove them without reverting the chain. The rollback was carried out to purge the illicit supply.

TREE NEWS update: South Korean crypto exchange Upbit will list the POD token on its KRW, BTC and USDT markets, with trading set to begin at 16:00 local time on October 2. The exchange announced the listing in an official notice. Upbit is one of South Korea’s largest crypto trading venues.

TREE NEWS update: Kinetiq has terminated its kPoints loyalty program and shifted to a paid claim model, giving points holders 10 days to buy into a 50 million KNTQ token allocation at $0.26 per token. A full subscription would raise roughly $13 million for the project. KNTQ’s market price fell 23% on the change, which replaces points-based accrual with cash payment.

TREE NEWS reports: Bitcoin crossed above $86,000, trading at $86,000.20, up 2.18% over the past 24 hours. The move marks a fresh push higher for the largest cryptocurrency.

TREE NEWS update: Core Lightning has warned that attackers are actively targeting nodes running version 26.06.7 or earlier, and told operators to upgrade immediately. The warning covers unpatched nodes of the Bitcoin Lightning Network implementation. No further details on the nature of the attacks were given.

TREE NEWS reports: US spot Ethereum ETFs recorded a net outflow of $55.3727 million on October 1, marking a third consecutive day of net redemptions. Fidelity’s FETH led the outflows at $23.5039 million, while Grayscale’s Ethereum Mini Trust ETH drew the largest single-day inflow at $1.5463 million. FETH’s cumulative net inflow stands at $2.364 billion, and ETH’s at $2.022 billion.

TREE NEWS reports: US spot bitcoin ETFs drew $103 million in net inflows on October 1, led by BlackRock’s IBIT with $196 million. IBIT’s cumulative net inflows have reached $65.574 billion. Grayscale’s Bitcoin Mini Trust ETF BTC was second with $14.5904 million, bringing its all-time net inflows to $2.979 billion.

TREE NEWS update: Ethereum’s zkAPI is now live on mainnet, turning an earlier zero-knowledge API payment proposal into a working implementation for private, prepaid access. The launch brings privacy-preserving API payments to production on Ethereum, letting users prepay for access without exposing their activity.

TREE NEWS update: SlowMist reported that Aave v3’s Loop Safe module was exploited on October 2, with the attacker abusing an access-control flaw in FlashLoopAdapter’s open()/close() functions. By forging Safe authentication and executing arbitrary modules, the attacker drained about 114.09 ETH from two Safe multisig addresses and repaid roughly 1,300 WETH in debt to unlock collateral.

TREE NEWS update: Fiserv has launched Roughrider Coin, a bank-only token settled on Solana, with VersaBank as the issuer. Fiserv says the token serves a North Dakota network of more than 90 banks and credit unions, marking a bank-only settlement coin built on a public blockchain.

TREE NEWS update: NEAR Intents’ general manager said the attacker who drained a preliminary $3.8 million from the protocol has been identified and issued a 48-hour window for the funds’ return, posting three addresses for the money. None of the addresses had received the funds as of early Oct. 2.

TREE NEWS update: NEAR Intents general manager Alex Shevchenko said Friday that the protocol has identified the hacker behind a $3.8 million exploit. “We have identified you, sir,” Shevchenko wrote, as the team issued a 48-hour ultimatum to the attacker. The protocol has not disclosed further terms of the demand or how the funds were taken.

TREE NEWS update: The SEC has proposed a rule change aimed at removing custody requirements that have kept some investment advisers from offering certain crypto assets to clients. The proposal could clear a regulatory hurdle that currently restricts advisers’ ability to hold digital assets on behalf of clients. No effective date or further details were disclosed.

TREE NEWS update: The Ethereum Foundation has launched zkAPI, a tool that lets users pay for AI models without revealing their identity. Users deposit funds into an Ethereum vault and authorize spending with zero-knowledge proofs, so the API provider cannot link requests to a payer. The launch was announced by the foundation.

TREE NEWS reports: Singapore’s crypto economy grew 55%, while South Korea is set to make crypto market makers legal and China’s spy ministry warned would-be foreign spies that it is watching the blockchain. The three developments span Asia’s fastest-growing digital asset hub, a regulatory shift in Seoul and Beijing’s use of on-chain surveillance in counterintelligence.

TREE NEWS reports: Bitwise’s NEAR ETF (NRR) recorded about $9 million in net inflows on its third trading day, the firm’s CEO said in a post on X. He added that investors bought into NEAR as the token pulled back. The figure covers a single session of the fund’s early trading.

TREE NEWS update: The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on October 1 proposed allowing more firms to hold digital assets on behalf of clients. Under the 760-page proposal, investment managers could custody client crypto if they determine no other qualified custodian is available, and state trust companies would also be permitted to offer custody services. The rule aims to close the gap between fast-growing crypto securities and the pool of qualified custodians, currently limited mainly to banks and brokerages.