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ASTER hits $24b, BNB outperforms, Tether seeking $500b valuation

Crypto

• BTC: 112.5k (0%) | BTC.D: 58.5% (+0%)

• ETH: 4170 (-1%) | XRP: 2.87 (0%) | SOL: 210 (-4%) 

• Top Gainers: ASTER, IMX, QNT, FLR, SKY

• BTC ETFs: +$104mn | ETH ETFs: -$141m

• BTC hits $111k before rebounding, altcoins mixed

• ASTER hits new ATH, BNB outperforms

• Tether seeks funding at $500b valuation

• Tempo announces infrastructure partners

• SBF returns with ‘gm’ tweet, FTT pumps

• BTC to $1m by 2030: Armstrong

• Morgan Stanley to let e-trade clients trade crypto

• Atkins plans ‘innovation exemption’ for crypto

• White House vetting Sterling for CFTC chair

• Pro-BTC Calderon to run for governor of California

• ReserveOne files with SEC to advance SPAC merger

• CFTC allows stablecoin collateral for derivatives

• FTX trust sues for $1.15b clawback from Genesis

• Australia’s Fitell launches $100m SOL treasury

• XRP, Securitize bring RLUSD to BUIDL, VBILL funds

• Finra allows tZERO to trade tokenized corporate debt

• Coinbase, Cloudflare launch x402 foundation

• CZ refutes claim YZi will take outside capital

• Kazakhstan launches national stablecoin project

Macro & General

• NASDAQ: 22.5k (-1%), Gold: 3804 (0%)

• Powell offers no rate signals for Oct meeting

• Stocks pull back post Powell speech

• Trump plans H-1b overhaul to prioritize high earners

• Trump attacks Kimmel reinstatement by ABC

• Ukraine can win back lost territory from Russia: Trump

• Trump admin considers 10% stake in Lithium Americas

• Odds of US government shutdown in 2025 at 70%

• China flood RoW with exports after US tariffs

• Iran again rules out nuclear talks with US

• US thwarts plot to take out cell service near UN

• OpenAI expands Project Stargate with 5 US sites

• Alibaba launches its largest LLM model yet

Left Curve Corner

• Hot coins: QTO, BLESS, IN, HEMI

• Hot NFTs: Gemesis, Moonbirds

• Onchain activity continues to shift to BNB DeFi

• STBL announces 100% of minting fees for buybacks

• TROLL to be listed on Coinbase

• Bubblemaps wants to be ‘Wikipedia of Investigations’

• Next South Park episode about Prediction Markets

• SFUND hacked, token briefly hits zero

• PNKSTR hits new ATH

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