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Crypto higher, US government shuts down, PUMP leads rebound

Crypto

• BTC: 116.5k (+3%) | BTC.D: 58.8% (-0.1%)

• ETH: 4300 (+4%) | XRP: 2.93 (+3%) | SOL: 217 (+5%) 

• Top Gainers: ZEC, PUMP, PENGU, ENA, M

• BTC ETFs: +$430mn | ETH ETFs: +$127m

• Crypto higher despite US government shutdown

• Recent runners XPL, ASTER, STBL all weak

• Blackrock ETH staking ETF could be coming in Oct

• SEC opens door for state trusts as crypto custodians

• Tron Inc. down 85% from peak amid DAT slumps

• Gensler’s deleted texts under scrutiny

• Metaplanet buys $616m BTC, BTCW to buy $100m

• Upexi taps SOL Big Brain for advisory

• Thumzup invests $2.5m into DogeHash Technologies

• Tether to tap Rumble to boost USAT adoption

• Strive intros Open Issuance, wants banking charter

• WLFI plans to tokenize RWA and pair with USD1

• Phantom launches stablecoin on Solana

• Binance’s X account hacked

• UK seeks to keep seized GBP 5b BTC

• XRP CTO to step back into board role

Macro & General

• NASDAQ: 22.7k (0%), Gold: 3917 (+1%)

• US government shuts down, Dow closes at record high

• ‘A lot of good can from the shutdown: Trump

• BLS might not release September NFP on Friday

• US consumer confidence hits 5-month low

• Pfizer makes a deal with US, exempted from tariffs

• Trump withdraws Quintenz, Antoni nominations

• US cities can be military training grounds: Trump

• Hamas has 3-4 days to respond to proposal: Trump

• Trump admin tightens export control on Chinese firms

• Cancel Netflix for the health of your kids: Elon

• xAI building ‘Grokipidea’: Elon

• Amazon refreshes device line up

• OpenAI launces TikTok competitor

Left Curve Corner

• Hot coins: PUMP, ZEC, LAUNCHCOIN

• Hot NFTs: Moonbirds, Gemesis, Fly the Kite

• PUMP $6.8b, leads gains as buybacks rebound

• ALPINE drops 75% after huge swings

• Durov continues to promote ‘Telegram Gifts’

• MET TGE scheduled for Oct 23

• Oro launches onchain access to vaulted gold on SOL

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