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TREE NEWS reports: Bitget has returned to net capital inflow on the third day of open withdrawals, with $9.47 million flowing in over a full day, on-chain analyst Yu Chen reported. Roughly 28,900 ETH entered the exchange since withdrawals opened on Monday afternoon versus about 7,266 ETH leaving. The largest depositor, an address starting 0x714, pulled 20,000 ETH worth about $54.66 million from Lido to join Bitget’s ETH pool at 11.27% APR.

TREE NEWS reports: Arthur Hayes said at Korea Blockchain Week that he expects ether to reach $10,000 by the end of this year. The BitMEX co-founder made the prediction during the conference in South Korea. ETH has yet to trade at that level.

TREE NEWS reports: SlowMist, commissioned by Bitget, said its investigation into the Sept. 25 hot-wallet theft found malicious activity tied to a specific third-party security product and wallet application host, with attackers using a highly customized withdrawal tool. The earliest traces of the incident date to Aug. 31. 29.

TREE NEWS update: Illinois’ draft rules spell out how its 0.2% digital asset transaction tax would apply to stablecoins, DeFi platforms, crypto bridges and self-custody transfers. The proposal marks one of the first US state-level attempts to define the tax treatment of decentralized finance activity and stablecoin transactions.

TREE NEWS update: Binance Alpha will list Concrete (CT) on September 30 in a first-time debut, the exchange announced. Eligible users can claim an airdrop via the Alpha events page using Binance Alpha Points once trading opens. Further details will be released separately.

TREE NEWS reports: Ethereum spot ETFs posted $2.81 million in net outflows on September 29 (US Eastern Time), with BlackRock’s ETHA leading redemptions at $8.94 million. Grayscale’s Ethereum Mini Trust ETH drew the largest single-day inflow at $12.83 million, bringing its cumulative net inflows to $2.046 billion. ETHA’s historical net inflows stand at $13.29 billion.

TREE NEWS reports: Crypto.com’s AI agent ai.com remains in stealth mode nearly eight months after its Super Bowl debut. In February, the site drew enough traffic to crash its website following a $15 million Super Bowl ad, but users are still waiting for the promised AI agent.

TREE NEWS update: Robinhood said on September 30 that it will offer perpetual futures to eligible US users through Bitstamp, the crypto exchange it acquired for $200 million in 2025. The service initially supports BTC, ETH, SOL, XRP, DOGE, ADA, LINK and HYPE, with up to 10x leverage on BTC and ETH and 3x on others. Lighter’s LIT token fell nearly 20% on the news, as traders had expected Robinhood to route US perps demand to the Perp DEX.

TREE NEWS update: Robinhood announced its largest-ever trading product update at the HOOD Summit 2026 in Houston, adding in-app AI Agents, 24/7 US stock trading, perpetual futures and earnings contracts. The company said more than 150,000 users have opened Agentic Trading accounts since May, with AI agents now calling Robinhood tools nearly 30 million times a day. Perps will cover BTC, ETH, SOL, XRP, DOGE, ADA, LINK and HYPE, with BTC and ETH at up to 10x leverage.

TREE NEWS update: Robinhood will launch perpetual futures and weekend stock trading for US users, the trading platform said. Robinhood also introduced Robinhood Agents, a feature that lets users build their own AI agents within the app. No launch date or fee details were given.

TREE NEWS update: Binance Pay now lets overseas visitors spend more than 100 cryptocurrencies at PayPay-supported merchants in Japan, with transactions routed through HIVEX and stores receiving payment in yen. The service gives inbound travelers a way to pay at local retailers directly from their crypto balances while merchants settle in the local currency.

TREE NEWS update: Abracadabra has proposed liquidating its MIM stablecoin at roughly four cents on the dollar under a Snapshot vote. The plan would swap remaining collateral into ether and pay MIM holders pro rata. The team estimates recoverable backing at about $900,000 against $21 million in bad debt.

TREE NEWS update: Aztec has relaunched its private payments wallet zk.money, capping every transfer below $2,500 and hiding balances and recipients for stablecoin payments. The wallet went live before a fix for a critical proving-system flaw Aztec disclosed in August.

TREE NEWS update: Robinhood has begun rolling out US crypto perpetual futures, offering an eight-contract lineup with no expiry through Robinhood Derivatives and Bitstamp. The contracts allow up to 10x leverage, and the company plans broader access in the coming months.

TREE NEWS update: El Salvador has launched Sivar, a remittance app that charges $2 per transfer and settles U.S.-to-El Salvador payments in a stablecoin on Base. The app was built by Coinbase-backed Modveon under a five-year deal with El Salvador’s Bitcoin Fund Management Agency.

TREE NEWS update: Zhijie Aerospace said on September 29 it completed an angel-plus funding round worth hundreds of millions of yuan, with existing shareholders Beidou Group, Minyin International and Century Huatong increasing their stakes and new investors including Xuanhu Capital, Qingchuang Kelian and an AI-sector industrial investor joining. Proceeds will fund development of the reusable small launch vehicle “Fission-A,” which is targeted to reach first-flight conditions in the second quarter of 2027 and fly within that year.

TREE NEWS update: Robinhood is rolling out weekend trading for select US stocks and ETFs, filling in the sessions left uncovered since its 24-hour market launched in 2023. The brokerage also launched Robinhood Agents, letting users run market research and execute trades via OpenAI or Anthropic models, with long-term automated strategy instructions planned. Eligible US customers will get bitcoin and ether perpetual futures with up to 10x leverage.

TREE NEWS update: More than 99% of BAL cast backed a plan to shut down Balancer, ending bug bounty coverage on Oct. 30 and opening treasury claims in May 2027. Payouts to holders are estimated at about 16 cents per BAL. The vote winds down the DeFi protocol and puts its remaining treasury on a fixed claims timeline.

TREE NEWS reports: A bitcoin whale moved 20.43 BTC worth about $1.7 million after holding the coins for 15.4 years, realizing an estimated profit of roughly $1.72 million, a gain of more than 2,000,000%, on-chain tracker Onchain Lens shows. The wallet acquired the bitcoin at about $3 to $4 and was created 15 years ago; it has historically interacted with Mt. Gox and Silk Road.

TREE NEWS update: CME Group has introduced micro SUI futures contracts sized at one-tenth of its standard SUI futures. The smaller contract is aimed at traders whose positions may be oversized relative to their conviction, since a correct market call can still produce losses when the position is too large.