📈 Cool inflation pumps markets

Rate hike odds fall as inflation comes in lower than expected, North Korean hackers use Zcash to shield funds, and Bitcoin has its best quarter in 2 years.

October 01, 2026

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BTC $83,893 (-0.0%) | ETH $2,706 (0.3%) | SOL $118 (-1.3%)

  • US core PCE rises 0.2% in August, cooler than the 0.3% estimate

  • US 10-year Treasury yield hits 5.304%, highest since May 2002

  • ZachXBT says North Korean attackers shielded 2,700 ZEC, worth $3.8M, into Ironwood pool

  • Bitcoin gains 43% in Q3, its strongest quarter since 2024, as ETF inflows turn positive by $6B

  • Open Standard launches OUSD, a yield-sharing stablecoin backed by Stripe, Visa and Mastercard

  • Google unveils Gemini 4 Argon, calling it its most powerful AI model yet — Rumors surface that actual performance doesn’t match up to benchmarks

  • Base launches its Cobalt upgrade on mainnet, adding conditional transactions and B20 asset functions

  • OpenAI and Synopsys announce a multi-year deal to build GPT-Synopsys, a chip design AI model

  • Metaplex opens more seats on the Vantage beta

  • Coinbase opens Anthropic pre-IPO perps for eligible non-US users

  • A wallet linked to Joseph Lubin moves 133,298 ETH, worth about $356 million

  • Sen. Steve Daines introduces a Senate bill to modernize crypto tax rules

  • DogeOS launches a public testnet bringing EVM smart contracts to Dogecoin