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In brief U.S. spot Bitcoin ETFs took in $2.95 billion over 30 days, including $31.07 million on Sept. 28, according to SoSoValue. The eight-day streak began Sept. 17, two days after Bitcoin funds lost $450.4 million when the Clarity Act failed a Senate vote. Ether ETFs added $982.5 million over 30 days, ahead of Solana funds at $278.2 million and XRP funds at $127.05 million. Bitcoin ETFs are having a very good month, all things considered.

In brief BBC director-general Matt Brittin has reviewed a 50-minute AI-generated "Doctor Who" episode, describing it as “pretty good.” Brittin added that AI is “not going to replace humans.” The BBC previously abandoned plans to use generative AI to create marketing materials for the show, following an audience backlash.

BTC price on September 29, 4PM UTC BTC above $88,000 on September 29, 4PM UTC? Resolved: No· resolved Sep 29· $0 volume

In brief Bitcoin is up 7.33% for September, just ahead of 2024's 7.29%, which would make it the best September returns going back to 2013. A fourth straight green September would be the longest streak on record, after six consecutive red ones from 2017 to 2022. The record depends on the Sept. 30 close: at $83,600, Bitcoin is sitting on the line. Red September might finally be dead.

In brief BTC traded around $84,000 Tuesday, up 0.9% on the day, while spot Bitcoin ETFs notched eight consecutive sessions of inflows totaling around $3 billion. The 10-year Treasury yield is at its highest since 2007, while Brent crude has eased from Monday's peak. Futures markets put the odds of an October Fed hike at 70.3%, up from 55.4% a week ago.

NEWPORT BEACH, California, September 29th, 2026, Chainwire Proposed acquisition would bring a gold-backed decentralized financial ecosystem, including decentralized financial infrastructure targeting retail, institutional, and blockchain markets. A retail and institutional platform designed for the rapidly growing stablecoin industry, delivering compliance-focused infrastructure for payments, yield, lending and open-ecosystem, industry-wide decentralized financial applications.

GEORGE TOWN, Cayman Islands, September 29th, 2026, Chainwire Network fees from personal data reads now fund staking rewards, buybacks and ecosystem development under a fixed protocol split; public dashboard launches at token.vana.org The Vana Foundation today announced that expanded staking as part of the Vega upgrade to the Vana network is complete and published the paper "VANA: The Asset Behind an Open Data Economy", which sets out the VANA token economics.

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In brief An Ontario judge denied Pleterski's request to delay the trial so he could hire a lawyer. The four-week jury trial starts Monday on charges of fraud over $5,000 and laundering proceeds of crime. Investors handed Pleterski about $40 million, with bankruptcy proceedings recovering roughly $3 million.

In brief The CFTC has registered Coinbase Clearing LLC as a derivatives clearing organization. Coinbase now holds all three licenses: exchange, futures broker and clearinghouse. Its upcoming single stock perpetuals will still be cleared by existing partners. Coinbase has won approval to clear its own derivatives trades, completing a set of three federal registrations that lets the crypto exchange run a futures business end to end without renting any part of it.