$ZEC shielded pools are back near record levels. Most of the ZEC that left after the Orchard bug has returned within weeks of the new Ironwood pool launching in late July.
Now, NU7 is expected in November, which would cut Zcashโs block time from 75 seconds to 25 seconds.
That means payments and swaps could get their first confirmation roughly 3x faster.
Yesterday, U.S. stocks pumped and hit new all-time highs. That likely gave traders more confidence to open long positions on $BTC and $ETH , expecting crypto to follow.
But today, the market moved the other way and triggered a wave of liquidations.
Over $550M in crypto positions were liquidated. Just shows how quickly leverage can turn a normal pullback into a bigger move. #BTCFallsBelow$84K
$ZEC has made a massive move, going from around $500 to $1,680 in a short period.
After such a strong run, I think some consolidation or a pullback is possible. Thatโs why Iโm currently watching the short side. Iโm not attached to one direction, though. If $ZEC keeps pushing higher, Iโll adjust. If it starts losing momentum and pulls back, Iโll look for the short to play out.
$NIGHT is starting to look interesting. Midnight has been gaining serious momentum lately, with NIGHT recently pushing toward $0.05 after a strong run. Itโs now trading around $0.046, so Iโm watching how the chart handles this pullback.
The bigger story is that Midnight is a Cardano-linked privacy network, and the recent price action is getting people asking whether NIGHT could eventually become another major Cardano ecosystem token like ADA.
Iโm not calling it the next $ADA yet, but the momentum is definitely worth watching. If NIGHT can hold the recent breakout area and build another higher low, the chart could get even more interesting.
#drifthackvictimsbeginclaims The Drift hack is still making waves. Back in April, Drift lost nearly $300M in a major exploit. Now the protocol has relaunched as Velocity and has started the process of helping affected users recover their funds.
Claims opened on October 1, but the recovery pool currently has only around $3.1M, so the first payouts are much smaller than what users lost.
The plan is to grow the recovery pool through Velocityโs revenue, recovered funds and support from partners. So right now, the big question is simple: can Velocity generate enough money to help users recover a meaningful amount of their losses?
Iโll be watching how the recovery plays out from here.
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Anthropic has disclosed an agreement that could involve up to $84.5B in Nvidia-based computing capacity through 2029. Thatโs almost double the roughly $45B figure SpaceX disclosed earlier this year.
The bigger story here isnโt just the size of the deal. AI companies are locking in huge amounts of computing power because demand for AI keeps growing, and Nvidiaโs chips are still at the center of much of that infrastructure.
For $NVDA , this is another reminder of how much money is being committed to AI infrastructure.
Big names are still buying $BTC . Michael Saylor just announced that Strategy added another 1,665 BTC, taking its total holdings to 847,666 BTC.
The company also repurchased around $152M worth of STRC, while holding about $6.02B in USD assets.
Strategy clearly isnโt slowing down on its Bitcoin strategy. With institutions and large players continuing to add BTC, Iโm watching closely to see how the market reacts from here. #BTC
$LINK just got another interesting update. Chainlink has launched CCIP 2.0, bringing enterprise-grade verification directly into its cross-chain infrastructure. For anyone unfamiliar, CCIP is Chainlinkโs system for moving tokens and data between different blockchains without relying on traditional bridges.
The big update is Cross-Chain Verifiers (CCVs). Institutions can now add their own independent verification layer on top of Chainlinkโs existing 16-node network. They can run it themselves or use providers like Infosys and Nethermind. So before a transfer goes through, both verification layers have to approve it.
CCIP 2.0 also adds compliance tools for things like KYC, AML, sanctions screening and custom rules, while giving institutions different speed and security options depending on the transaction. The bigger picture is pretty simple:
Chainlink is making it easier for institutions to move tokenized assets across different chains while keeping more control over security and compliance.
With names like ANZ, Fidelity International, SBI Digital Markets, AWS and Google Cloud involved at launch, this is definitely one Iโm keeping an eye on. #ChainlinkLaunchesCCIP2WithEnterpriseVerification
Some alts Iโve got on watch right now $PUMP is probably at the top of my list, followed by $HBAR
The market still feels like itโs waiting for that bigger rotation where alts start making some serious moves across the board. Obviously, nobody knows exactly when that happens, but Iโm keeping my watchlist ready instead of chasing every green candle.
Meanwhile, on the STONfi side, thereโs quite a bit coming up too. The team is heading to Korea Blockchain Week in Seoul on Sept. 30โOct. 1, followed by TOKEN2049 Singapore on Oct. 7โ8.
Andrey Fedorov, STON.fiโs CMO & CBDO, is also speaking at HSC Conference Seoul on Oct. 1 about โBeyond Chain Boundaries: The Next Layer of DeFi.โ
Ethan Clime, Head of DevRel, will be there as well for networking and conversations around cross-chain DeFi.
I like seeing this side of things because while Iโm watching the charts for the next alt move, STON.fi is still out there building and talking about where cross-chain DeFi is heading.
Different things on the radar, but Iโm watching both.
$HBAR is back on the chart and starting to get a good flow around $0.122.
$ONDO is moving nicely too, so thereโs definitely some interesting action across the market right now. Then I noticed GEMSTON had a pretty good pump yesterday. Man literally cancelled 2 zeros.
That one caught my attention because Iโve been following whatโs happening around STON.fi for a while now, and GEMSTON has become one of those smaller ecosystem tokens I keep checking. Iโm not saying every pump means itโs time to chase. Crypto can move fast in both directions, so Iโm still watching the volume and how it holds after the move.
But seeing GEMSTON start getting this kind of attention while stonfi continues building is interesting. The protocol has been expanding beyond simple swaps, with more focus on liquidity, cross-chain movement and the wider TON DeFi ecosystem.
So yeah, HBAR and ONDO are on my radar...
But after that GEMSTON move, Iโm definitely paying a little more attention to whatโs happening on the STON.fi side too. Still watching. Still researching. #TON
$QNT is really getting my attention right now. I just saw a KOL who called $BTC very early also talking about $QNT , so Iโm definitely keeping it on my radar.
After the recent move, the pullback weโre seeing could simply be some profit-taking. Still, I want to see how price reacts from here before getting too excited.
On the other side, Iโm still keeping my hands on STON.fi. One thing Iโve started to appreciate about Omniston is how simple the idea becomes when you strip away the technical stuff. You want to move an asset from one chain to another. Choose โ get a quote โ confirm โ receive.
Behind the scenes, Omniston finds liquidity through resolvers and coordinates the swap across both chains. The assets are secured on both sides, so the swap either completes or can be refunded through the HTLC setup.
No need to manually figure out the bridge or deal with wrapped assets in the middle.
$QNT (Quant) dumped over 40% from its morning high today (Sept 28, 2026).
It rocketed on big news: The Clearing House (the network behind major US banks like JPMorgan, Citi, etc.) picked Quantโs tech for tokenized bank deposits.
That sparked a wild multi-day runโup hundreds of percent in a week, hitting highs around $340โ$370+. Then classic crypto action hit: profit-taking, overbought conditions (RSI sky-high), and thin liquidity turned the spike into a sharp pullback.
24h range swung from roughly $158 low to $358 high. Price is still massively up on the week, just cooling hard after the vertical move.
Simple takeaway: news-driven pump โ extreme overextension โ sharp correction from the morning peak. Volatility is the game here.
$NEAR just got another important step forward. Bitwise has filed its final prospectus for a spot NEAR #etf , designed to give traditional investors exposure to NEAR through a regular exchange-traded product.
What makes this one interesting is the staking component. The fund plans to stake its NEAR holdings and potentially earn additional NEAR from those rewards.
The SEC registration became effective on September 24, with the ETF set to list on NYSE Arca under the proposed ticker NRR. For me, the bigger story is access.
Investors who donโt want to buy and manage NEAR directly could now get exposure through a traditional brokerage account.