Crypto
XRP, XRPL, and RLUSD first when real news exists — then BTC, ETH, ETFs, and protocol upgrades. Sourced only. Not investment advice.
XRP Funds Pull In $33.4M — Top Asset of the Week — as Crypto Products Bleed for a Fourth Straight Week
CoinShares weekly fund flows (via CryptoPotato, Chayanika Deka, Oct. 5): digital-asset products −$173M in the week through Oct. 2 — fourth straight weekly outflow, −$3.74B over four weeks — but XRP products +$33.4M (largest single-asset inflow) and Solana +$31M. Bitcoin −$133M, Ethereum −$85.1M. U.S. −$403M vs +$230M elsewhere (Germany +$115M). U.S. spot XRP ETFs +$4.7M for the week (SoSoValue via Cointelegraph). Flows ≠ price call. Not investment advice.
XRPL Upgrade Week: Permission Delegation Clings to 29 of 35 Validators as Batch and Evernorth’s XRPN Line Up
XRPScan live amendment data (Mon. Oct. 5): PermissionDelegationV1_1 29/35 validators vs 28 threshold → activation ~Oct. 8 21:25 UTC if support holds; fixBatchV1_2 35/35 and BatchV1_1 30/35 → ~Oct. 9 14:12 / 14:46 UTC (RippleCoinNews, Gracie Perez, Oct. 4). Evernorth expects Armada II close Oct. 7 and Nasdaq trading as XRPN Oct. 8 with ~473M XRP (press release, Oct. 1). Node operators: run xrpld 3.4.1; holders: no action. Not investment advice.
Final Tally: Bitcoin ETFs Book $241M Week — Third Straight Inflow — as Ether ETFs Shed $138M
Cointelegraph (Helen Partz, Oct. 5) / SoSoValue: U.S. spot BTC ETFs +$241.1M in the week through Oct. 2 — third straight weekly inflow; cumulative $57.8B; YTD ~$1.2B. ETH ETFs −$138M after +$690M prior week (YTD ~$1.5B). SOL ETFs +$2.4M, XRP ETFs +$4.7M; Zcash funds ~−$94M. Saturday’s provisional Farside ~+$82.9M had BlackRock’s Friday blank — trackers differ. Not investment advice.
Strategy Adds 334 BTC to Reach a Record 848,000 as Strive Buys 2,000 and Bitmine Adds $41M of Ether
Decrypt / Strategy filing (Oct. 5): 334 BTC for ~$28.7M (Oct. 1–4, avg $85,838.80) → 848,000 BTC, avg cost $75,440.70; also repurchased $176.3M of STRC preferred; estimated $20.91B Q3 digital-asset gain (fair-value mark) with $1.88B deferred tax. CoinDesk: Strive +2,000 BTC for $169M → 29,462 BTC; Bitmine +15,112 ETH (~$41M) → 6,016,414 ETH (~4.9% of supply). Not investment advice.
Grayscale’s Zcash ETF Posts Its First Losing Week — $93.56M Walks Out After a Hot Launch
SoSoValue via Crypto Briefing (Vivian Nguyen) / BeInCrypto (Kamina Bashir), Oct. 3; Cointelegraph Oct. 5: Grayscale ZCSH −$93.56M in the week ended Oct. 2 — first weekly net outflow since its Aug. 25 debut. Sept. 30 −$30.25M; Oct. 2 −$26.93M; cumulative net inflows ~$212.56M (from ~$268M); AUM ~$751M vs ~$915–979M Sept. peak; no daily inflow since Sept. 22. Still net positive. Not investment advice.
XRPL Ships Emergency xrpld 3.4.1 as fixBatchV1_2 Heads Toward Oct. 9 Activation
Azat TV (Hayk Azatyan, Oct. 4) citing Bitget; Coinpaper on validator-support reset: xrpld 3.4.1 emergency update for security-sensitive issues; fixBatchV1_2 already has validator supermajority — if support holds, activation ~Oct. 9. Operators who don’t upgrade risk amendment-blocked / out of sync. Maintainers: NO network exploit, NO loss of funds, NO confirmed mainnet attack — precautionary. Brief dip in validator support temporarily reset the two-week clock. Protocol patch ≠ price catalyst. Not investment advice.
Ripple’s Akinyele Maps XRPL Privacy, Batching, and AI-Agent Rails in Seoul
CryptoPotato (Jordan Lyanchev) on XRP Seoul 2026 keynote by Ripple Senior Director of Engineering Ayo Akinyele: confidential transfers via zero-knowledge proofs for institutions; transaction batching (all-or-nothing multi-ops); formal verification / adversarial testing; AI-agent volume already >11M related txns; building verifiable identities, permissions/spending controls, secure smart wallets for XRP + stablecoins; settlement ~3–5 seconds cited for M2M payments. Roadmap ≠ live feature today; ≠ price catalyst. Not investment advice.
Bitcoin ETFs Add ~$82.9M for the Week as BlackRock IBIT Friday Still Pending
crypto.news (Lawrence Mondal, Oct. 3 UTC) / Farside Investors — week Sept. 28–Oct. 2: provisional BTC weekly net +$82.9M (prior week ~$2.39B). Daily: Mon +$31M, Tue +$66.2M, Wed −$148.7M, Thu +$102.7M, Fri reported +$31.7M. Friday BlackRock IBIT/ETHA/ETHB blank so totals provisional; IBIT ~$292M Mon–Thu; Fidelity FBTC ~$167.9M weekly net outflows; Bitwise BITB −$38.6M; GBTC −$54.6M. Not investment advice.
Ether ETFs Bleed ~$118M for the Week After Four Straight Red Sessions
crypto.news / Farside — same week Sept. 28–Oct. 2: ETH ETFs −$118M weekly after prior week’s +$689.8M. Mon +$17.1M then four red days (~$2.8M / $59.6M / $55.4M / provisional $17.3M Fri); Fidelity FETH ~$74.1M weekly outflows; BlackRock ETHA Fri blank. Fourth consecutive outflow day already covered as daily Oct. 3 — this is the WEEKLY frame. Not investment advice.
Solana ETFs Keep a Thin Weekly Green — ~$800K on Farside After a $188M Prior Week
crypto.news / Farside ($800K); SoSoValue/247 Wall St cited ~$2.4M weekly as alternate tracker — lead with Farside. Week Sept. 28–Oct. 2: Mon +$7.7M, Tue +$5.4M, Wed −$12.5M, Thu −$1.1M, Fri +$1.3M → Farside weekly ~$800K vs prior week $188.1M. Bitwise BSOL sole Fri buyer +$1.3M. Not investment advice.
Ripple Launches XRP Asia in Seoul as Long Targets XRP-Backed Lending Next Year
RippleCoinNews / Coinpedia (Oct. 3): XRP Seoul 2026 / Korea Blockchain Week — formal launch of XRP Asia (Sabrina Tachdjian president; Ripple / XRPL Foundation / XRPL Commons). Monica Long: credit-related pilots aiming for activation next year; pooled XRP as collateral for payment needs. JB Bank signed Ripple Payments for SEA remittances incl Vietnam by mid-December. Conference/roadmap ≠ price catalyst. Not investment advice.
XRP ETFs Post First October Outflow — $3.28M as Bitwise Leads Red
CoinGabbar (Oct. 3, SoSoValue): U.S. spot XRP ETFs −$3.28M on Oct. 2 — first October outflow; Bitwise led red. Prior day +$4.07M. Cumulative ~$1.79B; AUM/net assets ~$1.66B (~1.79% XRP mcap); traded ~$102.44M. Spot ~$1.49. BlackRock figures may still update. Not investment advice.
Bitcoin ETFs Add $31.69M — Second Straight Green Day After Rebound
CoinGabbar (Oct. 3, SoSoValue): BTC spot ETFs +$31.69M on Oct. 2 — second straight green after Oct. 1’s +$102.67M rebound. Fidelity ~$29.28M; Morgan Stanley ~$2.41M; traded ~$3.03B; cumulative ~$57.63B; net assets ~$109.16B (~2.42% BTC mcap). BlackRock figures may not have updated. Not investment advice.
Ether ETFs Lose $17.25M — Fourth Straight Outflow Day
CoinGabbar (Oct. 3, SoSoValue): ETH spot ETFs −$17.25M on Oct. 2 — fourth consecutive outflow (Fidelity alone). Prior: Oct. 1 −$55.37M, Sept. 30 −$59.58M, Sept. 29 −$2.8M. Cumulative ~$13.82B; net assets ~$17.62B (~2.00% ETH mcap); traded ~$1.05B. BlackRock ETH may still update. Not investment advice.
Solana ETFs Take In $1.30M — First October Inflow as Bitwise Stays Lone Buyer
CoinGabbar (Oct. 3, SoSoValue): SOL spot ETFs +$1.30M on Oct. 2 — first October inflow; Bitwise sole contributor. Contrast Oct. 1 −$5.91M. Cumulative ~$1.61B; AUM ~$1.90B (~2.75% SOL mcap); traded ~$101.27M. Not investment advice.