on-chain
Ethereum exit queue hits 850K ETH as MetaMask drives 61% of 2026 high
Beaconcha.in puts the ETH exit queue at 850,736 ETH on Oct 2, a ~14.77-day wait. MetaMask Staking's precautionary exits account for ~523,000 ETH across 17,000 validators.
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regulation
Japan freezes Garantex assets in sanctions round adding 33 Russian entities
Tokyo added the Moscow-based crypto exchange to its Ukraine-war asset-freeze list on October 2, 18 months after US and EU action; DOJ previously tagged Garantex to $96B in flow.
exploit
NEAR Intents recovers full $3.8M after 48-hour ultimatum to exploiter
General Manager Alex Shevchenko issued a public 48-hour deadline on X; the attacker returned the funds and NEAR Intents closed its investigation on October 4.
regulation
OpenPayd files $1.145B Nasdaq SPAC with Titan, listing as OP by year-end
Stablecoin-rails fintech OpenPayd will merge with Titan Acquisition Corp. at a $1.145B equity value, up to $276M gross proceeds, Nasdaq ticker OP, close targeted Q4 2026.
regulation
Philippine Court of Appeals freezes 25 crypto wallets in flood-control plunder probe
The AMLC-driven freeze covers 86 bank accounts, four investment accounts, one insurance policy and 25 virtual-asset wallets tied to an unnamed lawmaker under Republic Act 7080.
on-chain
Tokenized stocks on Solana cross $12.4B YTD DEX volume, Raydium carries 90%
Solana spot DEXs have cleared $12.4B of tokenized-stock volume in 2026, with xStocks dominant and Raydium routing more than 90% of the flow.
infrastructure
Blast L2 to shut down, sets October 26 withdrawal deadline
Blast, the Blur-team Ethereum L2 that peaked at $2.3B TVL in 2024, said on Oct 2 that operating costs exceed revenue and will wind down operations.
exploit
Chainalysis attributes $387M Bitget heist to DPRK, pushing 2026 crypto theft past $1B
Chainalysis formally pins the September Bitget hack on North Korea-linked actors, says in-house AI compressed 20 hours of bridge reconciliation to minutes. Bitget publicly credits Near Intents.
regulation
Circle urges EU to drop MiCA bank-deposit mandate for stablecoin reserves
In its MiCA review submission, Circle argues the 30/60% bank-deposit floor concentrates credit risk and asks the Commission to replace it with a liquidity test.