Catch up on the biggest crypto news from October 3, 2026, covering major industry developments, company updates, regulation, partnerships, and market-moving announcements.
NEAR Intents says the full $3.8 million from its exploit is back, and the investigation is closed. Alex Shevchenko said 34.59 BTC, about $2.95 million at the time, was returned to a published Bitcoin address, with the remaining roughly $850,000 coming back another way.
The SEC’s crypto custody proposal is now the main policy story. Chair Paul Atkins said the rules would give investment advisers and funds a compliant path to hold crypto, and that onchain markets should not be pushed offshore or forced into ill-fitting models. More proposals are expected. Bitwise counsel said the framework covers custody concerns but leaves decentralized vaults in an unsettled zone.
The SEC approved 3x leveraged Bitcoin, Ether, and other ETPs for listing, according to Bloomberg ETF analyst Eric Balchunas. The products are Volatility Shares funds on Bitcoin, Ether, gold, silver, crude oil, and natural gas. He shared a document showing approval of Cboe BZX’s rule change to list and trade them under the Securities Act of 1933.
The Independent Community Bankers of America is suing the OCC over national trust bank charters for crypto firms. The suit argues those charters let crypto companies skip safeguards applied to traditional banks.
Featherlend launched Brazilian-real lending on Polygon, using Morpho isolated markets, the BRZ stablecoin, and Chainlink price data.
CZ also restated, in a recap of a 25 September interview, why he recommended pausing withdrawals after the Bybit hack. Bybit did not pause, and no further loss followed. He called it a risk-assessment call, not a settled rule.