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DePIN Roundup: Theta at the Stadium Edge, AkashML in an Inference Auction, and Two Company Claims
Theta EdgeCloud will supply GPU compute to Weaver Labs' stadium edge platform; AkashML is a launch supplier for Architect's Liquid Inference auction; Fluence says it signed a $2.4M WorldEngine contract; peaq and dualmint say 200 tokenised claw machines are fully funded. What each company says, and what is unverified.
Spot Bitcoin ETF flows: +$118.8m on 6 October, two days of outflows, then +$21.1m on 9 October
Farside's daily table shows US spot Bitcoin ETFs +$118.8m net on 6 October 2026, led by IBIT (+$122.0m), after −$89.8m on 5 Oct. Outflows followed: −$484.9m on 7 Oct and −$244.1m on 8 Oct (provisional). Third-party figures; can be revised.
US government-linked wallets move bitcoin toward Coinbase Prime, including 12,267 BTC from the Bitfinex-hack seizure; sale unconfirmed
CoinDesk (7 Oct 2026), citing Arkham, reported US government-labelled wallets moved 833.599 BTC (~$71.6m) on 6 Oct toward Coinbase Prime deposit addresses, plus ~40,285 BNB. A sale has not been confirmed. Wallet labels are Arkham’s, not an official statement.
SEC crypto custody proposal: adviser self-custody and state trust companies
SEC proposed crypto custody rules (91 FR 63870, Release IA-7023 / IC-36353, File S7-2026-35), published 6 Oct 2026. Would allow limited adviser self-custody when no qualified custodian is available, and state trust company custody under conditions. Comments due 7 Dec 2026. Proposed only.
SEC Cboe order: Volatility Shares 3x Bitcoin ETF approved for listing, not yet trading
SEC Release 34-106577 (order 2 Oct 2026; FR notice 7 Oct) approves Cboe BZX listing of VS Trust’s 3x Bitcoin ETF and five companion 3x commodity products. Approved for listing, not yet trading—registration must still go effective.
Ronin Karst: mainnet upgrade on the Fusaka-era schedule
Ronin’s Karst mainnet upgrade was set for 7 October 2026 at 16:00:01 UTC. Users need no action; node operators had to move to op-reth v2.2.3. Written for readers after that scheduled window.
Project Eleven Strongpoint: post-quantum custody with Zcash Foundation as partner
On 7 Oct 2026 Project Eleven introduced Strongpoint, a post-quantum custody platform, with the Zcash Foundation as initial development partner—company press. Production targeted for Q4 2026 with limited partners first. The “>$1 trillion at risk” figure is company-reported.
Nosana’s Nosa: a beta Discord helper for deploy and host questions
Nosana’s company blog introduces Nosa, a beta Discord AI helper grounded in docs, SDK/CLI references, on-chain interfaces and prior support cases for deployment and GPU-node hosting questions, with source links and escalation when unsure.
Helium at Bryant-Denny: stadium Wi-Fi that carries carrier traffic
Helium’s company blog says Alabama’s Bryant-Denny Stadium (~100,077 capacity) now carries tier-1 carrier traffic via Passpoint Wi-Fi offload on Helium, using roughly 1,700 access points on 6 GHz, with first game-day traffic on 26 September 2026.
Filecoin Solstice: Lotus v1.37.0 is mandatory before epoch 6470279
The Filecoin Lotus v1.37.0 GitHub release makes network version 29 “Solstice” (FIP-0118) mandatory for Mainnet, with upgrade epoch 6470279 around 19 October 2026, freezing Fil+/DataCap verified-registry writes and giving new sectors maximum QA power.
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