Fasanara Capital has submitted 6,036,000 ASTER tokens from Gate, worth around $11 million.

October 1st. According to official channels, the decentralized social protocol Farcaster has declared that the application's registration procedure is now gratis. It is also conducting a new anti-fraud system trial, which is capable of preventing spammers and fraudsters from registering a large number of accounts.

On October 1st, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) announced that during a government shutdown, as many as 750,000 federal employees could be placed on furlough each day. (Financial Times)

On October 1st, on the blockchain-based project funding platform Legion, it was declared that the presale of the Bitcoin yield protocol Yield Basis, which was launched by Curve founder Michael Egorov, had come to an end. A grand total of 60,880 addresses took part in the subscription. The total amount raised was $195 million, and it was oversubscribed by 98 times.

October 1st. As per official channels, Phantom has made an announcement regarding the launch of Phantom Cash. This move extends the usage of cryptocurrency into ordinary daily scenarios, enabling users to handle and utilize their funds within the app without the need to leave. Users can link their bank accounts or credit cards for immediate deposit purposes. They maintain full control over their funds at all times and can quickly convert cryptocurrency into stablecoins or consolidate multiple positions into CASH (a Solana on-chain USD stablecoin issued by Phantom via the Bridge), facilitating fee-less trading. Users are able to make payments at all Visa-accepted locations using Apple Pay, Google Pay, or a virtual/physical Phantom debit card. At the same time, they can enable virtual account receipts and make deposits through one-time verification with Stripe. In the future, users will also be able to earn passive rewards on unused CASH. The core of Phantom Cash is the stablecoin CASH

On October 1st, based on Coinglass data, since 2013, Bitcoin has had an average October return of +21.89%. Out of the past 12 years, there were only 2 years with a negative October return, which were 2014 and 2018 respectively. In addition, since 2016, Ethereum has had an average October return of +4.77%. Among the past 9 years, there were only 3 years with a negative October return, namely 2016, 2018, and 2024 respectively.

On September 30th, the founder of Strategy, Michael Saylor, stated in an interview with Bitcoin Magazine that the ultimate goal of Strategy is to accumulate Bitcoin worth one trillion dollars.