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NEAR climbed into the top 20 cryptocurrencies by market capitalization, as NEAR Intents surpassed $31 billion in cumulative transaction volume. NEAR Protocol’s native token entered the top 20 cryptocurrencies by market capitalization on Thursday after rising $138% in the last 30 days, according to <a href="https://x.com/coingecko/status/2108022680628682828" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">>CoinGecko</a>. At the time of writing, NEAR <a href="https://www.coingecko.com/en/coins/near" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">>traded</a> around $5.51, up about 7% over 24 hours, with a market cap of about $7.2 billion and 24-hour trading volume reaching roughly $1.2 billion. NEAR ranks ahead of Stellar (XLM), which has a market cap of nearly $7 billion. NEAR Intents, a cross-chain trading protocol, has <a href="https://explorer.near-intents.org/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">>handled</a> over $31 billion in cumulative transaction volume, according to the NEAR Intents Explorer. NEAR’s rise in the rankings also <a href="https://cointelegraph.com/news/bitwise-launches-first-us-spot-near-etf-after-tokens-recent-surge" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">follows the Sept. 29 launch</a> of the first US spot exchange-traded product tracking the token. The Bitwise fund trades on NYSE Arca under the ticker NRR, offering investors exposure to NEAR without directly holding the crypto. NEAR Intents <a href="https://cointelegraph.com/news/near-intents-recovers-entire-stolen-38m-after-ultimatum-to-exploiter" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">suffered a $3.8 million exploit</a> involving its deposit and withdrawal infrastructure last week. On Oct. 2, General Manager Alex Shevchenko said that all stolen funds had been returned, a day after the breach was disclosed. <em><strong>Related: </strong></em><a href="https://cointelegraph.com/markets/near-price-surge-intents-zcash-privacy" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><em><strong>NEAR jumps nearly 80% in a week as Intents volume nears $30B</strong></em></a>
Circle brings USDC, EURC payments to SAP customers through Tereina
The partnership with SAP-backed Tereina will let businesses send and receive Circle’s stablecoins from within the financial software they already use. Circle is bringing its USDC and EURC stablecoins into enterprise payment workflows through a partnership with Tereina, a financial services company backed by German enterprise software giant SAP. The <a href="https://www.circle.com/pressroom/tereina-an-sap-backed-company-and-circle-bring-usdc-and-eurc-into-enterprise-workflows-starting-with-the-sap-ecosystem-behind-84-of-global-commerce" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">>integration</a> will allow businesses using SAP’s financial software to send and receive USDC and EURC within the applications they already use to manage payments. USDC will be the preferred stablecoin for dollar-denominated transactions, while EURC will be available for euro-denominated payments. <em>Source: </em><a href="https://x.com/circle/status/2107803627477709148" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">><em>Circle</em></a> Tereina provides payment infrastructure that companies can embed into business software, allowing them to make payments without switching to a separate financial platform. Tereina and Circle said they plan to test the stablecoin integration with customers over the coming months, including for global payments and treasury operations. SAP’s ecosystem generates 84% of global commerce, according to the announcement, giving the integration a potentially broad enterprise reach. The move comes less than a month after <a href="https://cointelegraph.com/news/circle-arc-mainnet-launch-usdc-native-gas" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Circle launched the mainnet of Arc</a>, its layer-1 blockchain focused on stablecoin payments and financial markets. Arc uses USDC for transaction fees and supports more than 20 fiat-backed stablecoins, including USDC and EURC. <em><strong>Magazine: </strong></em><a href="https://cointelegraph.com/magazine/too-big-to-pause-the-economic-stakes-of-an-ai-slowdown" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><em><strong>Too big to pause: Could an AI slowdown crash the economy?</strong></em></a>
Stripe plans to roll out its stablecoin card globally, covering more than 100 countries.
Stripe has announced plans to expand its stablecoin card globally, with expectations to cover more than 100 countries by the end of the year. Currently, more than 5 million businesses use Stripe directly or through connected platforms. Last month, spending on the stablecoin card reached about $1.2 billion, roughly tripling compared with the same period last year.
The shift of U.S. SEC regulatory power to Republicans may accelerate crypto rulemaking.
Coin World News: With Hester Peirce officially leaving the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on October 2, the agency now has only two commissioners left, and regulatory power has shifted to the Republican Party. Previously, Democratic commissioners Jaime Lizárraga and Caroline Crenshaw had also departed, while current Chair Paul Atkins and Commissioner Mark Uyeda are both Republicans. Atkins was nominated by Trump, and Uyeda had been appointed by Trump as acting chair before Atkins was confirmed. This change marks a major shift from the Gary Gensler era, which was widely seen as hostile to the crypto industry. The smaller Atkins-Uyeda pairing may move faster on tokenization, custody, ETFs, and clearer crypto rules.
Coinbureau: Bitcoin's "uptober" trap, $100 oil, and AI's $2 trillion bet
Coinbureau says Bitcoin is facing an "uptober" trap, while oil prices could reach $100, and the AI industry is making a $2 trillion bet.
DTCC to launch tokenization of $1.14 quadrillion in assets, pushing Wall Street deeper into the crypto market
Coin Bureau reports that DTCC will begin tokenizing stocks, ETFs, and Treasuries this month, which is expected to push Wall Street deeper into the crypto market. According to the data, the total value of securities held by DTCC reaches $114 trillion, and it is expected that by 2025, the securities transactions processed by DTCC will reach $4.7 quadrillion. In addition, DTCC processes more than 25 billion transaction storage messages each year, with more than 100 members and partners already participating. This tokenization may gradually bring the world's largest stocks, such as NVIDIA, Apple, and Google, onto a tokenized track, and it is expected to have a huge impact on the crypto market, including more stablecoin settlement, increased demand for crypto infrastructure, and the entry of more institutional capital.
Ethereum outperformed Bitcoin in Q3, with order book depth declining.
CoinGecko reports that in the third quarter of 2026, Ethereum outperformed Bitcoin, with ETH rising about 70% during the quarter, while Bitcoin rose 42%. At the same time, Ethereum's order book depth near the market price fell to 35% to 45% of Bitcoin's, down from at least 60% a year earlier. Thinner order books may lead to increased price volatility during large trades.
Hyperliquid perpetual contracts are now available on the Bloomberg Terminal.
Hyperliquid perpetual contracts are now available on Bloomberg terminals, which display real-time data for Hyperliquid's 24/7 perpetual contracts, including oil, gold, the S&P 500, and chip manufacturers. This development follows President Trump's statement that the CFTC is working to bring Hyperliquid into the United States.
OKX and ICE jointly file with the SEC to bring 63 NYSE stocks on-chain.
Coin World News reports, according to Bloomberg, crypto exchange OKX and NYSE owner ICE have officially filed an application with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to bring 63 NYSE stocks on-chain. Their joint venture OKXICE hopes to offer tokenized shares of these listed companies. This is one of the first major crypto exchanges to utilize the SEC's new rules for tokenized stock trading. The company will have a 30-day opt-out period before trading begins.
New York Fed: Inflation in many everyday consumer goods is entirely driven by tariffs.
New York Fed: Inflation in many everyday consumer goods is entirely driven by tariffs. The Federal Reserve Bank of New York says that without the tariff policies introduced by U.S. President Donald Trump, prices for a large number of everyday consumer goods would have fallen from last year through early this year. In a paper, the research team at the New York branch of the Federal Reserve said that as of February, prices for 67 categories of goods were 2.9 percentage points higher because of tariffs. The research team found that without these tariffs, the prices of the goods studied would have fallen by nearly 1%. The team said that for every 1 percentage point increase in the average tariff rate, consumer goods prices rise by about 0.25 percentage points after one year. The report shows that among the dozens of categories of goods it tracked, annual price increases peaked in early 2026. However, due to the delayed effects of this policy, consumers are still expected to face high prices in 2027.