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Issue #111 · Friday, October 2, 2026
Market mood  Greed · 72/100  ▼ from 74 yesterday
Worth noting  Bitcoin crossed above $85,000 since yesterday.
Bitcoin rose 3.1% to $86,415 as crypto traders shifted toward higher-risk positions, while U.S. regulators targeted Russian criminal finance moving through digital assets.
 
 

☀  The Numbers

Bitcoin (BTC)$86,415  +3.1%
+2.0% this week
Ethereum (ETH)$2,746  +1.8%
+1.5% this week
Total crypto market$2.95T  -0.5%
BTC dominance 58.8% · BTC 31% below its all-time high

☀  The Movers

Top gainers (24h)

SKY Sky+15.6%
AAVE Aave+11.8%
VVV Venice Token+9.0%
MORPHO Morpho+7.8%

Top losers (24h)

QNT Quant-13.6%
XDC XDC Network-4.7%
LIT Lighter-4.7%
RAIN Rain-4.7%

From the top 100 coins by market cap.

☀  The Read

Where the chart sits — description, not prediction

Bitcoin is trading above both its 50-day ($78.2K) and 200-day ($71.4K) averages — the longer-term trend reads as up. Over the past 30 days it has traded between $75.6K and $86.6K; today's price sits in the upper third of that range. RSI(14) is 72 — territory traditionally described as overbought.

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☀  The Brief

 US Treasury Designates Russia's A7 Network as Criminal Organization

The Treasury Department proposed cutting A7 Network, accused of moving $179 billion in ruble-backed tokens, off from U.S. financial systems including crypto exchanges. (Decrypt)

 ECB Outlines Three Models for Central Bank Money Onchain

The European Central Bank released technical models for issuing central bank digital currency onchain, advancing institutional exploration of blockchain settlement infrastructure. (The Block)

 Aave V3 Unaffected After Third-Party Adapter Exploit Drains $305K

An attacker exploited a third-party adapter to drain $305,000 from two Safe multisig wallets; Aave's core protocol remained secure and unaffected by the incident. (Cointelegraph)

 Spanish Police Arrest 16-Year-Old Operator of KillSec Ransomware Group

Spanish authorities arrested a teenager suspected of running the KillSec ransomware operation, with investigators tracking crypto ransom proceeds and pursuing extradition of a second suspect. (Decrypt)

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