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After a malicious governance proposal seized eight of its contracts in September, the Cosmos exchange Astroport has turned off token voting on Neutron and Terra, handed control to contributor-run DAOs with an emergency multisig, and cut ASTRO emissions to zero. What changed, what is still planned, and what it says about on-chain governance.

Thailand's SEC has issued the rules for bitcoin and Ethereum exchange-traded funds, effective 16 October 2026, though no Thai crypto ETF has launched. Separately, Bitcoin Core 32.0 is still at release candidate 3, with its final tag aimed for 10 October and a privacy fix included. What changes, and what doesn't.

Three crypto policy moves from 8 October 2026: an ESMA opinion telling MiCA-authorised firms to stop services in non-compliant stablecoins, Senator Blumenthal's letter asking Cantor Fitzgerald about its Tether ties, and a Greek draft bill proposing a 10% crypto capital-gains tax. What each one does, and what it doesn't.

Three bitcoin business items from 8 October 2026: Block's preliminary, unaudited Q3 Cash App bitcoin figures, an EDX Markets deal to list VerifiedX's tokenised bitcoin (vBTC), and CryptoQuant's reading that miners have made no "extreme" outflows since 21 August. What each says, and what it doesn't.

In one month UK authorities named collateral mobility as tokenisation's near-term prize and asked about tokenised gold, CFTC staff updated their FAQs on tokenised customer-fund investments, ESMA proposed an optional EU "28th regime" for tokenised securities, and an ICE–OKX venture published a notice under the SEC's Innovation Exemption. What is rule, what is guidance and what is only a proposal.

Bitcoin slipped below $83,000 as Brent rose above $102 on an Iran strike-plan report, a day after about $550m of leveraged bets were liquidated. Robinhood added $25m of bitcoin to its balance sheet, and Ledger launched self-custodial bitcoin-backed loans via Morpho. What happened, what each move means, and the risks. No price predictions.

Samsung Wallet is adding USDC transfers for eligible US Galaxy users, with Bastion as custodian. Moody's rated Sky, issuer of USDS and DAI, at B3.

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.

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.

The SEC approved Cboe BZX listing six Volatility Shares 3x ETFs, including bitcoin and ether. The registration is not yet effective, so none trade yet.