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In brief The U.S. added only 29,000 jobs in September versus 84,000 expected, and odds of an October Fed hike plunged to roughly 14% from 70% earlier this week. Bitcoin trades at $86,152, about 1.4% below its $87,354 September high. Where does BTC go next? Here’s what the charts are saying. Bad news for the economy is, once again, good news for risk assets.The U.S. added just 29,000 jobs in September, far below the 84,000 economists expected. The two previous months were revised down by a combined 60,000, and unemployment ticked up to 4.2%, according to the Bureau of Labor…

A Wyoming orthopedic practice has disclosed a cyberattack that put the personal, financial and medical records of tens of thousands of people at risk. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services says Casper Orthopedic Associates PC suffered a hacking/IT incident on July 23rd, impacting 56,197 people. In a notice to impacted individuals, the healthcare firm says an unauthorized entity accessed its systems and stole files that may include patients’ first names, last names, dates of birth, driver’s license numbers, Social Security numbers, financial account records, and medical information. “On or about May 23, 2026, Casper discovered it was the…

Trusted Editorial content, reviewed by leading industry experts and seasoned editors. Ad Disclosure TL;DR Optimism has released Kona v1.8.0 components with fixes for derivation, proof execution, TLS and preimage handling. The release prevents a malformed batch from causing Kona to derive a different chain from op-node under a specific faulty-batcher condition. Optimism recommends the release for all chains and says kona-host should be run with the matching kona-client v1.8.0 absolute prestates. Optimism’s Rust-based fault-proof stack has received a substantial maintenance release focused on keeping derivation and proof execution aligned with the rest of the OP Stack. Kona host v1.8.0 was…

In brief Tavus says 26 of 54 participants (48%) believed Griffin-Lite was a real person after a one-minute video call, versus 1 of 41 for its previous system. Griffin-Lite ranks first on Nvidia’s VideoFDB benchmark, scoring 3.83 out of 5 on generation against 2.80 for the next-best system and 3.92 for a human reference. The results come from Tavus’ own research page, participants were told they would meet another person, and Griffin-Lite is limited to select trusted testers while Tavus works on safety measures. AI startup Tavus says its new model, Griffin, convinced 48% of the people who talked to…

In brief Circle submitted recommendations to the European Commission’s MiCA review, arguing the framework has produced many regulated issuers but captured few of the biggest global tokens. It urged the EU to preserve “multi-issuance” (warning restrictions would push activity offshore) and to loosen reserve rules, siding with the ECB against the 30%-to-60% bank-deposit mandate. The push lands ahead of a broader 2027 MiCA overhaul and amid a wider U.S.-EU contest over stablecoin dominance. Circle is pushing the European Union to rework parts of its crypto rulebook, arguing that the current rules governing stablecoins are keeping the world’s biggest tokens outside…

Trusted Editorial content, reviewed by leading industry experts and seasoned editors. Ad Disclosure TL;DR Aptos Labs has released `aptos-node-v1.49.2-hotfix-rc` for testnet. The release notes say validators should upgrade and fullnode operators are recommended to do so. Aptos describes it as a private hotfix and does not publish the source code or a detailed public explanation of the underlying issue. Aptos has pushed another validator hotfix into testnet, but this time the public release notes are deliberately sparse. `aptos-node-v1.49.2-hotfix-rc` was published October 1. Aptos labels it a private hotfix, says the source code is not available and directs operators to use…

In brief California Attorney General Rob Bonta announced Oct. 1 that his office served OpenAI with an investigative subpoena over cybersecurity incidents involving its AI models, including the Hugging Face hack. Bonta said developers that fail to stop their models from carrying out or enabling cyberattacks “can and should be held legally accountable.” The subpoena adds California to an Alabama subpoena, a 15-state attorney general coalition demand, and a reported FTC inquiry. California Attorney General Rob Bonta said Thursday that his office served OpenAI with an investigative subpoena on Wednesday, seeking answers about cybersecurity incidents involving its AI models, according…

In brief The Ethereum Foundation and the Open Anonymity Project announced zkAPI on Ethereum mainnet on October 1, letting users prepay in USDC and receive capped, short-lived API keys through zero-knowledge proofs. The design follows a February 2026 Ethereum Research proposal by Davide Crapis, who leads the foundation’s dAI team, and Vitalik Buterin. The project’s repository labels the protocol experimental, and its documentation points to OpenRouter as the AI provider behind the keys. The Ethereum Foundation has put zkAPI live on Ethereum’s main network, a system that lets people pay for AI services without tying their identity to what they…

Trusted Editorial content, reviewed by leading industry experts and seasoned editors. Ad Disclosure TL;DR Optimism has released op-supernode v1.0.3 as an optional operator update. The release tightens validation around hardfork activation times and rejects invalid post-genesis fork ordering in custom rollup configs. Existing chains in the Superchain registry are not affected by the configuration issue described in the release notes. Optimism’s latest supernode release is a small update with a very specific purpose: stop bad hardfork schedules from being loaded in the first place. op-supernode v1.0.3 was published October 1 as an optional release for operators. It adds stricter validation…

In brief Blast, the Paradigm-backed Ethereum layer-2, is shutting down, saying it costs more to run than it earns and has no credible path to sustainability. Users have until Oct. 26 to withdraw through Blast’s interface. After that, funds remain reachable only through its bridge contracts on Ethereum. Once holding more than $2.3 billion, Blast joins Zero Network and Silicon Network among Ethereum layer-2s winding down this year. Blast, the Ethereum layer-2 network that once drew billions of dollars with promises of built-in yield and airdrops, is calling it quits.The team said Friday on X that maintaining the network now…

In brief Nvidia shares reached a record $237.88 in Friday trading, lifting the chipmaker’s market value to roughly $5.7 trillion, the largest of any company. The board added $150 billion to Nvidia’s buyback authorization on Sept. 28, bringing the total to $235 billion through fiscal 2028. U.S. employers added 29,000 jobs in September against forecasts near 90,000, cooling bets on a Fed rate hike as the Nasdaq rose. Nvidia stock hit a record high on Friday, reaching $237.88 in morning trading and lifting the chipmaker’s market value to roughly $5.7 trillion. It’s the first record since May.Market value, or market…

Trusted Editorial content, reviewed by leading industry experts and seasoned editors. Ad Disclosure TL;DR CFTC records show Bitnomial’s “Ondo US Dollar Spot” futures product was certified on October 1. The filing classifies the contract as a futures product under the financial-instrument category. Certification is a regulatory product filing status; it should not be described as a broad CFTC endorsement of ONDO or the underlying protocol. Bitnomial has added another crypto-linked contract to its regulated US derivatives pipeline, this time tied to Ondo. The Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s designated contract market product database shows “Ondo US Dollar Spot” under Bitnomial, with…

Trusted Editorial content, reviewed by leading industry experts and seasoned editors. Ad Disclosure TL;DR WISeKey’s redomiciliation from Switzerland to the British Virgin Islands became legally effective on October 1 through a merger into WISeQey Corp. Existing WISeKey securities continue trading through October 2, with WISeQey ordinary shares expected to begin trading under WQEY on Nasdaq and SIX on October 5. The company says its operating headquarters and underlying businesses remain in Switzerland. WISeKey has completed the legal restructuring that turns the listed cybersecurity group into WISeQey Corp., setting up a new WQEY ticker for next week. The cross-border merger became…

In brief Bitcoin traded at $86,757 Friday, up 3% on the day and 2% over the week. August core PCE came in at 3.0% against 3.3% expected, and futures now put a hold at the October FOMC at 74%, from 35.8% a week ago. Spot Bitcoin ETFs took in $6.34 billion in the third quarter, but net inflows for 2026 remain under $1 billion. Bitcoin was trading at $86,757 on Friday, up 3% over 24 hours and 2% on the week, according to CoinGecko data, after a September that broke the month’s losing reputation. It remains about 31% below the…