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Bitwise

2026-10-14 02:42:06

Bitwise CIO Matt Hougan says Q3 could rank among crypto’s best quarters

Bitwise Chief Investment Officer Matt Hougan said the third quarter could end up being one of the strongest periods in crypto history, pointing to a sharp rebound in prices and continued expansion across on-chain markets as signs of what he called the start of a "crypto spring." In Bitwise’s quarterly market review, the firm’s broad crypto index gained 46.4% in Q3, while U.S. spot Bitcoin exchange-traded funds posted $6 billion in inflows during the same period, pushing year-to-date net flows back into positive territory. The report said the advance was not limited to token prices. The value of tokenized stocks rose 65.5% to nearly $3.2 billion, and open interest in decentralized perpetual futures climbed to a record near $26 billion. Within that market, the share tied to stocks, commodities, foreign exchange and pre-IPO shares kept increasing. Major crypto assets also posted strong quarterly gains, with Bitcoin up 42.3%, Ether up 69.1% and Solana up 59.2%. All 10 assets in Bitwise’s large-cap index rose by double digits, led by Chainlink at 97.6%. Still, the rebound was uneven, with shares of Riot Platforms, Hut 8 and Galaxy Digital falling, and the number of public companies holding Bitcoin or Ether also declining.

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Zcash

2026-10-11 10:57:41

Zcash, Monero and Hyperliquid break into top 10 non-stablecoin crypto market cap rankings

Zcash (ZEC), Monero (XMR) and Hyperliquid (HYPE) have moved into the top 10 cryptocurrencies by market capitalization excluding stablecoins, according to data cited by U.Today and reported by Techub News. Cardano (ADA) and Chainlink (LINK) have dropped out of that group. The figures show ZEC trading at about $1,232 with a market capitalization of roughly $20.8 billion. XMR was listed at about $530, giving it a market value of around $10 billion. HYPE was priced near $85, with a market capitalization of about $21.6 billion. The report also compared one-year performance across the assets. Over the past year, ZEC rose about 441%, HYPE gained about 127%, and XMR climbed about 77%. Over the same period, ADA fell about 61% and LINK declined about 25%. Major cryptocurrencies including Bitcoin, Ether, SOL, BNB and XRP were also down, with losses ranging from 27% to 42%.

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Chainlink

2026-10-09 20:15:08

About 7.4 Million LINK Moved From Chainlink Non-Circulating Supply Wallets to Binance

Odaily reported that two Chainlink non-circulating supply multisig wallets, identified as Noncirculating Supply 17 and Noncirculating Supply 24, transferred a combined roughly 7.4 million LINK to a Binance deposit address in two transactions. The transfers took place at 03:53 and 04:01 Beijing time, according to the report. Based on the figures cited in the newsflash, the tokens were worth about $94.32 million at the time of transfer. The update names the sending wallets and the destination as Binance, but does not provide extra context beyond the on-chain movement itself. This item was published by Odaily as a 7x24 newsflash.

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Chainlink

2026-10-09 20:14:53

Two Chainlink non-circulating supply wallets moved 7.4 million LINK to Binance

Two Chainlink non-circulating supply multisig wallets, identified as Noncirculating Supply 17 and Noncirculating Supply 24, transferred a combined 7.4 million LINK to a Binance deposit address, according to Etherscan data cited by ChainCatcher. The two transfers were recorded at 03:53 and 04:01 Beijing time. The tokens were valued at about $94.32 million based on the figures provided in the report. Whale Alert also tracked the same transactions. The report describes the wallets as non-circulating supply multisig addresses and does not provide additional details beyond the transfer records and destination address.

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Aave

2026-10-08 14:03:38

Aave brings tokenized U.S. stocks to Base lending, but the onchain loop is still incomplete

Aave launched Equities Hub on Base on Sept. 25, allowing users to post tokenized shares of seven U.S. stocks, including Apple, Nvidia and Tesla, as collateral to borrow USDC. Morpho rolled out a similar market on Base a week earlier, putting two major lending protocols into tokenized equities at nearly the same time. The early numbers, however, remain small. Aave’s market opened with more than $8.15 million in deposits and about $435,000 borrowed, leaving utilization at just 5.34%. Morpho’s early activity was also limited, with roughly $104,000 posted as collateral and about $55,000 borrowed, while 98.9% of liquidity in its largest market came from two vaults managed by Steakhouse. The article argues that tokenized stocks are moving onchain faster than borrowing demand is forming. It also highlights a 48-hour weekend pricing gap in Chainlink feeds, the limits of onchain market depth during liquidations, and the broader question of whether tokenized equities can support a full lending loop that includes asset custody, pricing, borrowing demand, liquidity provision and liquidation execution.

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Chainlink

2026-10-08 12:01:13

Chainlink launches CCIP Vault Adapters to let DeFi vaults take deposits from more than 80 chains

Chainlink on Oct. 8 introduced CCIP Vault Adapters, a new DeFi product designed to let vaults accept user deposits from more than 80 blockchains without rebuilding the vault on each network. The company said the setup is meant to widen access to capital, users, and liquidity for vault issuers operating across fragmented blockchain ecosystems. The product is already live, and protocols including Aave, Lombard, United Stables, Veda, and Venus have started using it. Chainlink framed the launch around a growing problem in the vault market: while vaults have become a major format for packaging digital assets and financial strategies into easier-to-use DeFi products, capital and users remain spread across many chains. According to the announcement cited by BlockBeats, billions of dollars in deposits are already deployed through vaults across stablecoins, lending, yield strategies, digital credit, and tokenized assets. Chainlink said strong vault products are often isolated on a single network even when potential depositors hold assets elsewhere, and CCIP Vault Adapters was built to address that structural friction.

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Chainlink

2026-10-08 11:33:59

Chainlink launches Fulcrum for institutional financing and collateral management

Chainlink said it has launched Fulcrum, an institutional financing and collateral management solution designed to separate financing protocol management from the networks used for cash and collateral settlement. According to the company, the setup supports cross-chain repo transactions and 24/7 collateral mobility. Chainlink also said it plans to demonstrate the product with DTCC at Sibos 2026. In a separate update, the company said it added 40 integrations in September, spanning 24 users including Aave, Coinbase, Paxos, Monad and Tempo. The announcement points to Chainlink’s latest push into institutional market infrastructure while also expanding its integration footprint across the broader digital asset ecosystem.

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Chainlink

2026-10-08 11:58:47

Chainlink launches CCIP Vault Adapters for cross-chain DeFi deposits

Chainlink has introduced CCIP Vault Adapters, according to an official announcement cited by ChainCatcher. The product lets DeFi vaults deployed on a single network accept one-click deposits from more than 80 supported blockchains. The setup removes the need to deploy separate vaults across each chain in order to receive user funds. The announcement centers on expanding cross-chain deposit access for DeFi vault infrastructure through Chainlink’s Cross-Chain Interoperability Protocol, or CCIP. No additional technical details, launch timeline, or supported vault providers were disclosed in the brief notice.

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