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Crypto projects raised just $497 million between October 1 and 24, 2026, compared to $6.3 billion over the same period last year — DropsTab

✍🏻Claude developer files for IPO Anthropic, the developer of the Claude AI model, has officially filed for an IPO. This brings it closer to becoming the first public company specializing in the development of advanced artificial intelligence models, according to Bloomberg. 💱Anthropic plans to begin trading on Nasdaq under the ticker ANT. The company submitted a confidential listing application back in June. 💱Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley are the IPO underwriters. Shares will be offered by Anthropic itself and some of its shareholders. The size of the offering will be disclosed later. 💱The active phase of IPO preparation could begin as early as the week of November 9. According to Bloomberg, Anthropic expects to conduct an offering comparable in scale to SpaceX's record IPO, or even surpass it.

PancakeSwap proposes increasing the share of fees paid to liquidity providers to 88% and cutting daily CAKE token emissions by 69%.

Thailand has approved the listing of the country’s first spot Bitcoin and Ethereum ETFs. ➤ New rules allowing cryptocurrency ETFs to be listed on the local stock exchange (SET) will take effect on October 16. ➤ Initially, only BTC and ETH ETFs are permitted. The funds must maintain an average net exposure of at least 80% to the respective cryptocurrency. ➤ Licensed custodians — Rakkar Digital and Orbix Custodian — will be allowed to hold the assets. The specific ETFs and their trading launch dates have not yet been announced.

Public keys associated with approximately 6.26 million BTC, or 31.2% of the total supply, are currently visible on-chain. These wallets are therefore potentially vulnerable to quantum attacks, according to Glassnode. 6.26M BTC, OR 31.2% OF SUPPLY, SITS BEHIND A PUBLIC KEY THAT IS ALREADY VISIBLE ON-CHAIN Experts recommend switching wallets.

ТHORChain refused to block funds linked to the Bitget hack. The stolen crypto is already being converted into Bitcoin Bitget asked the developers of THORChain, a protocol for exchanging cryptocurrencies across different blockchains, to block transactions involving addresses linked to the exchange hack. On September 24, crypto assets worth $387.5 million were stolen from Bitget and subsequently converted into ETH. THORChain said it cannot selectively block individual addresses or transactions. The network’s shutdown mechanism is designed to protect the protocol as a whole, rather than block specific participants. The protocol also pointed out that after its own $10.7 million hack in May, it did not block addresses associated with the attack. THORChain emphasized that it operates without centralized control over its users. 💱 According to on-chain analyst Lookonchain, at around 9:00 a.m. Moscow time, addresses linked to the hack began using THORChain to swap ETH for Bitcoin. ▪️ A similar situation was observed in February 2025, when cryptocurrency stolen from Bybit was laundered through Bitcoin and THORChain in the same way. At the time, experts said the hackers were laundering “$3 million per hour.”

Binance is embedding AI directly into its exchange and launching Binance Intelligence. Binance AI will automatically identify important market movements and explain them, while AI Pro will let users describe a trading strategy in plain text, test it, and only then deploy it — with feature availability varying by region and jurisdiction.

#HYPE > $90 = NEW ATH

🇮🇷 Iran expands use of cryptocurrencies in international trade Iran has begun encouraging exporters to use cryptocurrencies and sell them on the open market to increase government revenue, according to the Financial Times. Previously, authorities required businesses to sell currency through a state platform at the official rate, which was often significantly lower than the market rate, prompting companies to accumulate undeclared revenues exceeding $100 billion, the publication reports. According to representatives of Iranian businesses, insiders, and analysts, in recent months the Central Bank of Iran has covertly encouraged companies to repatriate funds by any available means. This includes conducting cross-border transactions in Bitcoin and Tether's USDT stablecoin through Iranian crypto exchanges. The Central Bank of Iran no longer asks how funds were transferred; receiving cryptocurrency for export goods is now fully legalized.

The breakout star of this altcoin season: Pons — a shitcoin launchpad built on the Robinhood Chain. The platform launched on the hugely popular Robinhood Chain. By daily token launches and trading volume, Pons is already outperforming old-school giants like Pump.fun and Stonk.fun. Pons is now launching an average of 25,000 shitcoins per day. It has also become one of the major revenue drivers for Robinhood Chain (#HOOD). PONS, the platform’s native token, is up 2,200% over the past month and 7,500% since its recent launch.

BTC is currently facing strong resistance at $81,000 — market monitoring.

Checkonchain confirms that the market recently saw the largest short liquidation event in BTC futures on record. Historically bullish.

Whale activity in XRP picked up on August 17 — Santiment data. The token is trading around the key psychological level of $1.

The amount of BTC supply held by short-term holders has fallen to a historically low level, which has typically coincided with a new cyclical bottom — CryptoQuant data.

Spot BTC ETF inflows have surged to their highest level in four months — BBG.

Hedge funds on the CME (a major hub for institutional investors) have flipped to net long on BTC futures.

The number of new shitcoin listings on centralized exchanges increased by 20% month-over-month in July, according to CryptoRank.

Bitcoin market sentiment has fallen into a "historic fear zone," driven by the Coldcard hardware wallet hack and Strategy's continued BTC sales, according to Santiment.

Strategy will continue selling BTC and will no longer allocate all newly raised capital to purchasing additional Bitcoin.