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Kim Jae-jin, vice chairman of the Digital Asset eXchange Alliance (DAXA), called for a full review of the current crypto tax system ahead of the planned January implementation of virtual-asset taxation next year, speaking at the CODEVASP Digital Asset Compliance Forum 2026 in Seoul on Oct. 2, Edaily reported. Kim said the current law makes it difficult for individual taxpayers to make their own judgments in situations such as crypto card payments, which are now widely used. In that environment, investors could end up becoming tax evaders without realizing it, Kim added. Despite three delays, the contents of the bill remain unchanged from when they were drafted in 2020, and a comprehensive review is needed, Kim said.

Spot CVD is an order-book analysis chart for the BTC/USDT spot trading pair. The upper section shows a volume heatmap, while the lower section represents cumulative volume delta, or CVD. - The volume heatmap tracks trading volume at each price level. The background color becomes brighter when the price stays in a specific range for an extended period or moves sharply. Brighter areas may act as support or resistance. - The CVD indicator in the lower section reflects buy and sell orders by order size. As buy orders increase, the line in the corresponding color rises. The yellow line is based on orders between $100 and $1,000, while the brown line is based on large orders between $1 million and $10 million.

The following shows estimated liquidation volumes and position ratios for major crypto perpetual futures over the past 24 hours: - BTC: $135.24 million liquidated (91.13% shorts) - ETH: $44.68 million liquidated (72.7% shorts) - SOL: $14.5 million liquidated (81.25% shorts)

South Korean exchange Upbit announced the addition of Dolphin (POD) for KRW, BTC and USDT trading at 7:00 a.m. UTC today.

Major exchanges have seen $106 million worth of futures liquidated in the past hour. In the past 24 hours, $313 million worth of futures have been liquidated.

According to CoinNess market monitoring, BTC has risen above $86,000. BTC is trading at $86,142.2 on the Binance USDT market.

The U.S. Treasury has sanctioned the A7 network, a Russia-linked shadow financial network, after designating it as a significant transnational criminal organization for supporting Iran’s sanctions evasion and related activity. FinCEN also proposed a rule barring fund transfers tied to transactions involving A7 affiliates. According to the Treasury, A7-affiliated firms processed more than $17 billion globally from January last year through June 2026, and were also used as a channel for moving funds linked to the Central Bank of Iran and the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, or IRGC. The Treasury said A7 has used A7A5, a ruble-based token issued by Old Vector, a Kyrgyzstan-based A7 network company sanctioned last year, for sanctions evasion and international transactions. The Treasury added A7 is linked to Nobitex, Iran’s largest cryptocurrency exchange sanctioned in June, and supported transactions related to North Korea’s cryptocurrency exchange hacking activity.

Bitmine Chairman Tom Lee said in a recent interview with CoinDesk at Korea Blockchain Week that while he is not certain ETH will reach $10,000 by year-end, it could climb well above that level within the next 12 months. Commenting on Arthur Hayes’ $10,000 year-end target, Lee described the forecast as conservative. Lee added that his mention of ETH rising 25-fold was a hypothetical assumption used to explain potential shareholder returns for Bitmine, not a specific price forecast.

U.S. spot Ethereum ETFs posted $55.4 million in net outflows on Oct. 1, marking a third straight trading day of net redemptions, according to Farside Investors. - Fidelity FETH: -$23.5 million - VanEck ETHV: -$6.9 million - Franklin Templeton EZET: -$6.1 million - Grayscale ETHE: -$20.4 million - Grayscale ETH: +$1.5 million

U.S. spot Bitcoin ETFs recorded a net inflow of $102.7 million on Oct. 1, reversing to net inflows after one day of outflows, according to Farside Investors. - BlackRock IBIT: +$195.6 million - Fidelity FBTC: -$60.7 million - Bitwise BITB: -$6.9 million - Ark Invest ARKB: -$7.7 million - Invesco BTCO: -$4.2 million - VanEck HODL: -$3.6 million - Morgan Stanley MSBT: +$7.0 million - Grayscale GBTC: -$31.4 million - Grayscale BTC: +$14.6 million

Fidelity Global Macro Director Jurrien Timmer presented a 60/20/20 asset-allocation model of 60% equities, 20% bonds and 20% alternative assets, with Bitcoin included in the alternatives bucket. According to the latest allocation chart Timmer shared on X, global equities accounted for 60%, while the remaining 40% was spread across investment-grade bonds, Treasury Inflation-Protected Securities, gold, commodities, cash, Bitcoin, REITs and managed futures. Timmer said the 60/20/20 model had taken hold in place of the traditional 60/40 stock-and-bond portfolio as market conditions changed after COVID-19, and added he saw no reason to change it. Timmer also said the allocation was not an optimized model or investment advice, but a rough example of asset allocation.

Walapay, a global payments infrastructure company, has raised $4.6 million in seed funding led by Generative Ventures, according to the company. Commerce Ventures, Polygon, NGC Ventures and Big Brain Holdings also participated. Walapay supports clients in converting idle deposits into yield-generating digital dollar products and, through partnerships with digital asset infrastructure providers, offers custody options tailored to clients’ regulatory and operational requirements. The company said the funding will be used to expand into more licensed jurisdictions, strengthen bank partnerships and hire staff.

About 114.09 ETH worth of assets was stolen after a vulnerability in the Loop Safe Module, which is linked to Aave v3, was exploited, blockchain security firm SlowMist said. SlowMist said the attacker abused a flaw that let fake Safe wallets pass the module’s permission checks, draining weETH and Aave collateral assets from two Safe multisig wallets with the module enabled.

South Korean exchange Bithumb announced the addition of Talus (US) for KRW trading at 6:00 a.m. UTC today.

On-chain analyst Willy Woo said in an X post that investors who held BTC for four years have never posted lower returns than stocks, regardless of when they bought, including at market peaks. According to a chart Woo shared, BTC is currently delivering a 42% annualized return over a four-year investment horizon, above the S&P 500’s 19%. Woo added that BTC also exceeds the 39% annual investor return posted by hedge fund Renaissance Technologies.

A wallet believed to be linked to crypto-focused investment firm Maven 11 bought 40,000 HYPE today at an average price of $89, worth about $3.56 million, Lookonchain reported. The same address sold 115,000 HYPE a week ago at an average price of $93.84, according to Lookonchain.

South Korea’s Korea Customs Service will regularly check whether people who owe more than 10 million won ($7,400) in unpaid customs duties hold virtual assets, and may seize assets held not only in exchange accounts but also in personal wallets to cover the delinquent amount, SBS Biz reported. Under a new directive that took effect on Sept. 28, the agency must check holdings at major cryptocurrency exchanges at least once a year when unpaid customs duties total 10 million won or more. About 1,100 people are currently subject to the measure, and the Korea Customs Service plans to conduct a regular review at the end of this year, according to SBS Biz.

Frank Chaparro, head of content at crypto market-making firm GSR, said after attending Korea Blockchain Week that South Korea’s crypto market has substantial growth potential, with retail participation already very active but institutional infrastructure still relatively underdeveloped. In a post on X, Chaparro said the biggest gap is market structure, adding there are not many institutional market makers or custody firms and there is still no meaningful OTC market like the one in the U.S. Chaparro said this could change significantly over the next few years. He added that if infrastructure improves, South Korean conglomerates could begin adding crypto to their balance sheets as part of diversification, with allocations reaching as much as 10%. Chaparro also said Upbit is a key player in the South Korean market and major U.S. investors, including a16z, showed considerable interest in supporting South Korean founders.

Harry Jung, former deputy director of the White House Digital Asset Advisory Committee, said South Korea should actively reflect voices from the industry as it drafts a basic law on digital assets, ZDNet Korea reported. In a media interview at Korea Blockchain Week 2026 in Seoul, Jung said Washington often uses the phrase 'Personnel is policy' and added regulators need to understand the ecosystem well. Jung also said the private sector can provide real-time feedback on what it is seeing on the ground, and policymakers need to receive that feedback while drafting regulations.

Core Lightning, a major payment software provider for the Bitcoin Lightning Network, urged operators using version 26.06.7 or earlier to update to the latest version immediately. In a post on X, the company said it had received reports that attackers were targeting nodes without the security patch and said keeping nodes up to date was important to protect funds.

NEAR Protocol said on X that a proposal has been submitted to the NEAR governance forum to lower the token issuance rate to 1.6% from 2.5% over the next 24 months. The proposal also outlined a long-term plan to fix NEAR’s total supply. It is currently under discussion, with feedback being gathered from validators, House of Stake delegates and the community.

Alex Shevchenko, who leads cross-chain protocol NEAR Intents, said the identity of the attacker who stole about $3.8 million has been identified and demanded the funds be returned within 48 hours, according to The Defiant. In a post on X, Shevchenko said, "We have identified you," and called for the funds to be sent back to the Bitcoin, BNB Chain and Ethereum, and Solana addresses he disclosed. He added, "You likely know the proper procedure for responsibly disclosing a vulnerability when you find one," and said the opportunity to use that process would remain open for only 48 more hours. The Defiant also reported the stolen funds had not yet been deposited into any of the three addresses disclosed by Shevchenko. NEAR Intents has not released details on the attacker's identity, the exploit transactions, or a breakdown of the affected assets. The protocol had previously said the hack stemmed from a bug in interactions between Omni's deposit and withdrawal infrastructure and the NEAR Intents smart contract.

DEX trading volume for Base-based stock tokens issued by Coinbase reached $1.5 billion over the past 30 days, up 313% from the previous 30-day period, according to Token Terminal.

South Korea’s Kyobo Life Insurance discussed ways to work with Japan’s SBI Holdings, stablecoin issuer Circle and South Korean digital-asset custodian BDACS to apply stablecoins and real-world assets to financial services, Digital Asset reported. Kyobo Life said it held the “Bridging Finance Onchain” event with the three companies in Seoul on Oct. 1 and shared each company’s digital-finance strategy and potential areas for future cooperation.

Cardano founder Charles Hoskinson pushed back against claims that he is responsible for ecosystem growth and broader ADA adoption, The Crypto Basic reported. Hoskinson said Cardano is a decentralized network and he does not hold a formal role such as official leader or CEO within Cardano. He added that founders are not servants and said he is the CEO of Input Output Global, or IOG, rather than Cardano. The remarks came in response to criticism from some community members over weak ADA price performance and ecosystem growth.