Concrete token launch hits Coinbase and OKX with controlled price auctions

Coinbase has placed the CT-USD trading pair into auction mode, giving traders at least 10 minutes to establish an opening price through limit orders only before continuous trading kicks off. The move lines up with the Concrete token launchon OKX the same day, where the CT/$USDT pair went live under a separate but similarly cautious rollout. Together, the two exchanges are running a coordinated debut for Concrete that leans heavily on controlled price discovery rather than letting the token trade freely from the first tick.  Key takeawaysCoinbase set a minimum 10-minute auction window for CT-USD, accepting only limit orders with an “Allow Taker” designation.OKX ran a one-hour call auction for CT/$USDT from 09:00 to 10:00 UTC, then blocked market orders for five more minutes.Concrete describes itself as an institutional-grade on-chain asset management platform running on Ethereum, with contract address 0x0A092E544DA31150b439a1aAA1A3a2214a867F46.Coinbase used the identical auction-mode process for the CTR-USD pair back in May 2026.Continuous trading begins on both exchanges once their respective auction windows close.  Coinbase Launches Concrete Token with Auction Mode  Coinbases decision to route the Concrete token launch through auction mode signals that the exchange wants an orderly opening price rather than an unpredictable first trade. During the auction phase, Coinbase accepts

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Robinhood announces AI agent for customers that trades around the clock, plus 10x crypto perps

Nasdaq-listed Robinhood HOOD$116.21·Market Closed is launching an AI tool that can trade on customers‘ behalf, even when they’re away.  The online trading platform, which has more than 27 million funded accounts, announced Robinhood Agents on Tuesday at its HOOD Summit in Houston. The tool is built into the Robinhood app. It can research markets, build strategies and place trades for a customer at any hour.  AI agents are different from chatbots. A chatbot answers questions. An agent takes action, in this case buying and selling on a customers behalf within limits the customer sets.  In other words, Robinhood is bringing automated trading, long the domain of hedge funds and quant firms, to everyday investors.  Its a big step up from Robinhoods May launch, which let tech-savvy users connect their own AI agents to their accounts. More than 150,000 customers have opened agentic trading accounts since, and these agents now tap Robinhoods tools almost 30 million times a day, according to the company.  Now anyone can do it. Customers name their agent, open a separate account for it, pick an AI model from labs including OpenAI, and set their limits. OpenAIs GPT-Luna model will be free to use until the end of the year.  The announcement fits

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Ethereum schedules Glamsterdam upgrade on Sepolia for Oct. 6

Ethereum developers have scheduled the networks next major upgrade, Glamsterdam, to activate on the Sepolia testnet on Oct. 6.  Sepolia node operators must update both their execution-layer and consensus-layer clients before the activation, the Ethereum Foundation said Monday.  One of Glamsterdam‘s changes is enshrined proposer-builder separation. It will move the handoff between specialized block builders and validators into Ethereum’s protocol, reducing reliance on outside middleware.  Glamsterdam will introduce block-level access lists, which record the accounts and storage locations used during each block.  The upgrade will also change gas pricing to better reflect the cost of creating and accessing data on Ethereum. Contracts that rely on fixed gas stipends or hardcoded gas limits may require changes, the foundation said.  Developers have not set dates for its rollout on the validator-focused testnet Hoodi or on mainnet.  Developers are targeting 2027 for Hegotá, the upgrade expected to follow Glamsterdam.  Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin said Sunday that Hegotá could be the networks last “normal” fork before development shifts toward recursive STARKs, automated formal verification, optimized consensus and quantum-safe cryptography.

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XRP Ledger starts carrying fund records from Brazil operator overseeing $4 trillion

SummaryCSD BR is recording ownership of selected BTG Pactual investment funds on the public XRP Ledger, while its database remains the official record for registration, custody and settlement.The blockchain copy is intended to let approved institutions verify ownership changes in real time, reducing the slow and costly reconciliation process while preserving identity checks and regulatory controls.After testing the system with live fund records, CSD BR and Ripple plan to explore issuing and trading assets directly on the ledger, potentially including real-estate and agribusiness receivables.  A Brazilian financial-market operator responsible for more than 22 trillion reais of registered assets, roughly $4 trillion, has begun putting records for investment funds run by BTG Pactual, Latin Americas largest investment bank, onto the XRP Ledger.  CSD BR, which operates regulated registration, securities-depository and settlement systems in Brazil, will use the public blockchain as a second record of who owns shares in selected BTG Pactual investment funds, per a release shared with CoinDesk.  A depository keeps the official list of who owns which securities. When an investor buys into a fund, the depository updates its records, while the banks acting for investors keep books of their own and regularly check them against the depositorys to make sure the

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AERO price prediction - Identifying the next short-term target for the altcoin

Aerodynamic Finance (AERO) is back on traders watchlists after staging a sharp recovery over the last 24 hours. The rally came shortly after the token faced heavy rejection around the $0.72–$0.82 imbalance zone after a day of bearish correction.  Instead of extending its decline, buyers stepped back in and drove AEROs price up by 12%, shifting short-term momentum back in favor of the bulls. These bullish advances were not only driven by spot buying, but also derivatives data. This could be evidence of growing confidence among traders.  Source: TradingViewFutures market turns bullish  Besides the bullish technical set up and indicator, the networks Open Interest rose by double digits over the past 24 hours, showing that fresh capital has been entering the market rather than existing positions simply rotating. At the time of writing, the total Open Market exposure amounted to $38 million after an 11% spike.  Source: Santiment  At the same time, long positions seemed to be making up around 65% of total market exposure. The spike suggested that most traders have been positioning themselves for further upside, instead of another pullback.  Source: CoinalyzeWhales are adding to the momentum  As far as the token‘s holders’ sentiment is concerned, the networks whales have been making strategic moves across

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Euro stays pressured near YTD low below 1.1350 vs USD ahead of US PCE

The EUR/USD pair remains under some selling pressure for the third straight day and trades around the 1.1330 region during the Asian session on Wednesday, near its lowest level since May 2025, which it touched the previous day. Moreover, the fundamental backdrop seems tilted in favor of bearish traders and suggests that the path of least resistance for spot prices is to he downside.  The European Central Bank (ECB) President Christine Lagardes dovish-leaning comments on Tuesday leaned against market bets for another rate hike in October, which is seen as undermining the shared currency. The US Dollar (USD), on the other hand, retains its bullish bias near a two-month high and turns out to be another factor exerting some downward pressure on the EUR/USD pair.  The initial market reaction to New York Federal Reserve (Fed) President John Williams comments on Tuesday, saying that the US central bank need not rush its next move, turns out to be short-lived as traders are still pricing in over a 90% chance of a rate hike by the year-end. Adding to this, the US-Iran standoff underpins the safe-haven buck and validates the negative outlook for the EUR/USD pair.  In fact, hopes for a diplomatic solution to end

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Chainlink Rally Cools with Hodlers Cashing Out and CCIP 2.0 Chasing Big Money

Price Action:Chainlink rallied 12% and briefly moved above $15 before pulling back to around $14.67. Despite the decline, the token remains nearly 35% higher over the past month.Holder Activity:Santiment reported a drop in non-empty wallets to 912,020, suggesting some smaller investors are taking profits, though overall holder levels remain near yearly highs.Institutional Growth:CCIP 2.0 launched for institutions and asset issuers, with major firms integrating the technology and Coinbase and Wyoming expanding network usage in traditional finance.  Chainlink reached a new 2026 high after a strong recovery over the past month, with $LINK surging 12% on Tuesday and briefly pushing above $15. The move extended a rally that has lifted the token nearly 35% over the last month. At the time of writing, however, $LINK had pulled back to around $14.67, down almost 4%from recent highs. Data from Santiment suggests that some smaller holders are taking profits into strength, though the broader picture remains relatively stable. The number of non-empty wallets slipped to 912,020, yet Chainlink still maintains a holder count close to the highest levels recorded this year.  Smaller Holders Take Profits After Strong Recovery  The decline in non-empty wallets points to selling activity among smaller $LINK holders, but it does not necessarily

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Kalshi Valuation Could Nearly Double to $40B: What Would Justify It?

Kalshi is in advanced talks to raise about $1 billion at a valuation near $40 billion, according to Reuters, nearly double its price valuation from May.  Kalshi, a US exchange for trading real-world event outcomes, would gain about $18 billion in value since May, a jump of roughly 82%.  What the Kalshi Valuation Implies for Revenue  Tiger Global and Dragoneer Investment Group are among the reported investors. Sequoia Capital and Wellington Management are in talks to lead the round.  Sacra, a private markets research firm, estimates Kalshi hit $3.5 billion in annualized revenue in June. That compares with $735 million in 2025. At $40 billion, the estimate implies a multiple of roughly 11 times revenue.  Kalshis own May disclosure was more modest, putting annualized revenue above $1.5 billion.  Kalshis growth has been outpacing it close rival Polymarket. Image Source: Sacra  Sacra calculates that sportsbook operator DraftKings trades at about 2.1 times revenue. Sports contracts, however, make up roughly 80% of Kalshis volume.  Matching the DraftKings multiple at $40 billion would require about $19 billion in annual revenue. That is more than five times Sacras June estimate.  Investors appear to be pricing a different business. Reuters reports Kalshi wants to become a multi-asset trading platform. That would pit it against

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Indonesian Rupiah gains on robust Chinese PMI data, budget assurance

USD/IDR extends its losses for the second consecutive day, trading around 17,860 during Asian hours on Wednesday. The pair depreciates as the Indonesian Rupiah (IDR) gains strength, driven by improving market sentiment following stronger economic activity in China, Indonesias top trading partner.  Official data from China‘s National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) showed the Manufacturing PMI creeping back into expansion territory at 50.1, matching market forecasts and recovering from August’s 49.8 reading. Meanwhile, the NBS Non-Manufacturing PMI saw a notable boost, rising from 49.0 in August to 50.2, comfortably beating the market expectation of 49.3.  Private sector data further highlighted China‘s economic momentum across broader sectors. China’s RatingDog Manufacturing PMI climbed to 52.1 in September, outperforming both the previous reading of 51.5 and the 51.6 consensus estimate. Additionally, the Services PMI edged up to 51.6, topping both the prior months 51.4 and the expected 51.1, signalling steady overall improvement.  Investor confidence in the Rupiah received an extra boost from domestic policy assurance. Indonesias Finance Minister Suahasil Nazara reassured lawmakers that the state budget was designed with prudence and credibility to effectively buffer the national economy against persistent global uncertainty.  However, the downside of the USD/IDR pair could be restrained as the US Dollar (USD) gains

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Tether says it helped freeze $550M in Iran-linked USDT this year

Stablecoin issuer Tether said it helped authorities freeze nearly $550 million in Iran-linked USDT during 2026, as a Senate Democrat called for an investigation into the stablecoin issuer on Monday.  In a statement on Monday, the company said it has been working closely with international law enforcement for years. This year alone, it froze more than $130 million in USDT across four wallets, and in April, it froze more than $344 million linked to the Central Bank of Iran.  “Tether has consistently demonstrated that USDT is not a haven for sanctioned actors, terrorist organizations or criminal networks,” said Tether CEO Paolo Ardoino.  The statement from Tether came as Democratic investigators on the Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations released a report alleging USDT had become a key channel for Iran to evade sanctions.  Investigators found that 84% of 846 crypto wallets sanctioned over ties to Iran had transacted exclusively or nearly exclusively in USDT. The findings prompted US Senator Richard Blumenthal to call on the Treasury and Justice departments to investigate potential sanctions violations.  Tether said its cooperation with authorities globally had resulted in more than $4.9 billion in assets being frozen, including more than $2.4 billion connected to US authorities.  “The record is public: the DOJ,

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