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Investment management firm VanEck is set to launch its Ethereum Strategy ETF on Oct. 2, with the product now listed on its website under the ticker EFUT and set for trading on the Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE).

Following the approval of the first Ether (ETH) futures exchange-traded fund (ETF), Grayscale Investments is looking to convert its Grayscale Ethereum Trust to a spot Ether exchange-traded fund (ETF). 

Base-based, Twitter-linked decentralized social network Friend.tech is approaching ETH 11,000 in protocol fees.

Ethereum (ETH) co-founder Vitalik Buterin has recently shared his thoughts on potential changes to Ethereum's staking system.

Decentralized social media platform Friend.tech, based on Coinbase’s layer-2 protocol, Base, has touched new heights in terms of revenue growth and total value locked on its platform.

Bitcoin (BTC), the world's top cryptocurrency, recently experienced a remarkable surge, surpassing the $28,000 mark on Monday. At that time, the entire cryptocurrency market boasted a total worth of approximately $1.11 trillion, marking a 3.05% growth within the past 24 hours. 

More than $70 million in crypto shorts were suddenly liquidated after a surprise jump in the price of Bitcoin (BTC), Ethereum (ETH) and other cryptocurrencies on Oct. 1.

On September 19, 2023, Optimism, a Ethereum Layer 2 solution, unveiled details of its third airdrop, termed «OP Airdrop #3» on Twitter. The announcement confirmed the allocation of 19 million OP tokens to 31,870 distinct addresses. This move is an effort to incentivize and acknowledge those who have actively participated in the platform's governance through the delegation of their voting power.

According to recent information from Spot On Chain, an address linked to the FTX exploit identified as 0x3e9, has conducted transfers exceeding 10,000 Ether (ETH), worth roughly $17 million, across five different addresses since Sept. 30. The addresses had remained inactive for several months before the recent activity.

VanEck has announced that it will donate 10% of all profits from its upcoming Ethereum (ETH) futures exchange-traded fund (ETF) to the Ethereum core developers for a period of ten years. 

Valkyrie Funds LLC said on Friday it will halt buying of ethereum for the Valkyrie Bitcoin and Ether Strategy ETF and unwind any positions already acquired, a stumbling block in its bid to be the first to bring an exchange traded fund (ETF) tied to the cryptocurrency ethereum to the market. «The Fund will not purchase ether futures contracts until the effectiveness of an amendment to the Fund's registration statement contemplating the addition of ether futures contracts to the principal investment strategy of the Fund,» Valkyrie said in a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. «Until such time, the Fund will unwind any existing positions in ether futures contracts.» Valkyrie announced Thursday it had received the green light to acquire ethereum futures contracts as part of the conversion of an existing ETF tied only to Bitcoin to include ethereum.

Vitalik Buterin, co-founder of Ethereum, has expressed worries regarding decentralized autonomous organizations (DAOs) exerting a monopoly over the selection of node operators in liquidity staking pools.

Global asset manager VanEck will donate 10% of all profits from its upcoming Ether futures exchange-traded fund (ETF) to Ethereum core developers for ten years, the company announced on X (formerly Twitter) on Sept. 29. 

Invesco and Galaxy Digital aim to introduce a spot Ethereum (ETH) exchange-traded fund (ETF) as more and more asset managers continue to explore digital asset products.

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The SEC gave a big present to crypto ETF firms just ahead of the likely government shutdown, reportedly granting approval for a number of ethereum futures strategies that could start trading soon.

The Pond0X decentralized exchange (DEX) has reached more than $100 million in total trading volume, according to a September 28 social media post from its official channel. Investors previously lost over $2 million in the launch of the exchange’s native token, PNDX, when the coin turned out to have a transfer function that allowed anyone to transfer it without the owner's permission. But supporters claim these losses were not the fault of the developer.

Asset managers keep pursuing digital asset products, with Invesco and Galaxy Digital allegedly filing for a spot Ether (ETH) exchange-traded fund (ETF) on Sept. 29. 

Polygon Labs announced on Sep. 29 that Google Cloud has joined the Polygon PoS network as a validator. 

Bitcoin (BTC) is attempting to trade above $27,000 which is a positive sign. In the past few days, Bitcoin’s price held up above $26,000 in adverse conditions when the United States dollar index (DXY) was rising sharply and the S&P 500 index (SPX) was plunging. This suggests that selling dries up at lower levels.