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2026-10-04 · 4 high-impact headlines

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  1. Robinhood Chain speculation cools down, ecosystem tokens broadly pull back sharply, with PONS and AI both down over 58% from their highs.BlockBeats news, October 4th, according to GMGN monitoring, tokens in the Robinhood Chain ecosystem have recently continued to pull back. PONS has fallen more than 58% from its historical high, with a current market cap of $414 million; Artificial Inu (AI) has fallen more than 70% from its high, with a current market cap of $133 million; CASHCAT has fallen more than 50% from its high, with a current market cap of $160 million; the stock-token Meme project MEME has fallen more than 90% from its high, with a current market cap of $15 million. This round of pullback coincides with cooling speculative activity in the ecosystem. Stock-token Meme trading was previously an important force driving Robinhood Chain trading volume and the adoption of stock tokens, but as the prices of related tokens fell, token issuance and trading enthusiasm have clearly declined. Data shows that from September 29 to October 2, Pons V2 averaged 6,768 token issuances per day, down about 72% from the first half of September; average daily fees fell from $6.87 million to $1.48 million, down about 78%, while average daily DEX trading volume across the chain fell about 35% during the same period. This indicates that trading in existing tokens is still continuing, but the wave of new token issuance has clearly receded. The decline in fees has also weakened buyback support for PONS. As protocol fee revenue declines, the scale of funds available for buybacks also shrinks accordingly. In addition, Robinhood's massive brokerage user base has not yet been fully converted into new on-chain capital. Data shows that the in-app trading path of Robinhood Wallet accounted for only about 1% to 2% of daily transaction counts across the chain at its peak, with the rest of the activity mainly coming from trading terminals, Uniswap, token issuance platforms, and other crypto-native users. Therefore, the ecosystem's previous growth still relied heavily on on-chain speculative capital, rather than sustained inflows from users of Robinhood's main app. Repeated incidents of token manipulation and liquidity extraction within the ecosystem may also have lowered market risk appetite. Bitquery previously tracked the same group issuing 56 Meme coins on Robinhood Chain, with net profits of about $15.5 million, while related buyers collectively lost about $13.3 million. Such cases may affect investors' trust in newly issued tokens. The HOOD Summit 2026 held at the end of September mainly announced products such as AI trading agents, weekend stock trading, and perpetual contracts provided through Bitstamp, but did not announce direct incremental measures for Robinhood Chain native tokens, and therefore did not create an immediate on-chain catalyst. However, the ecosystem's underlying capital has not shown an obvious simultaneous contraction: DefiLlama data shows that Robinhood Chain DeFi TVL is currently about $1.051 billion, and stablecoin market cap is about $1.055 billion. Overall, this round of adjustment is more concentrated in Meme and stock-token Meme tokens that had previously risen sharply, and the ecosystem is shifting from a phase of rapid speculative expansion after mainnet launch to a phase relying on actual trading demand and user growth.
  2. Aptos CEO denies rumors of shutdown in the next 6 months, calling them 'stupid rumors'.BlockBeats news, October 4th, in response to the community rumor that "Aptos will shut down its blockchain within the next 6 months," Aptos Labs co-founder and CEO Avery Ching publicly responded, calling it a "stupid rumor." The X account that initially posted the related message did not provide any Aptos official announcement, governance proposal, or other documents as evidence. When pressed for evidence, the account said the related content was only "heard" and reminded that it should be viewed with caution. Aptos's current public governance records still show network upgrade proposals and executed mainnet feature updates, and no official plan to shut down the mainnet has been found at this time.
  3. Well-known trader: Shorting Bitcoin, target price remains $79,000, deepest correction expected between $69,000 and $71,000.BlockBeats news, October 4 — Well-known trader Doctor Profit posted that he has shorted Bitcoin at $86,200 and is placing additional short orders in the $86,500 to $89,500 range to build a swing short position. The current target remains $79,000; upon reaching that level, he will decide whether to take profit and close, or continue holding the short based on Bitcoin's price reaction. He said the deepest pullback range he is considering is $69,000 to $71,000, and he does not expect the price to fall to a lower level. Although the short entered at $86,200 has already worked, he will evaluate the market level by level rather than directly betting on a deep pullback. His next step will be to first observe the support performance near $79,000, and based on that judge whether the decline will continue, or reverse and extend the bull market to set a new local high.
  4. Crypto Fear and Greed Index drops to 65, market 'greed' sentiment cools further.BlockBeats news, October 4th, according to Alternative data, today's crypto fear and greed index is at 65 (yesterday it was 67), and market "greed" sentiment has cooled. Note: The fear index threshold is 0-100, including indicators: volatility (25%) + market trading volume (25%) + social media heat (15%) + market surveys (15%) + Bitcoin's proportion in the entire market (10%) + Google hot word analysis (10%).
  5. ORBIO market cap surpasses $100 million, up over 40% in 24 hours.BlockBeats news, October 4th, according to GMGN market data, the market capitalization of ORBIO, an AI concept token in the Robinhood ecosystem, has surpassed $100 million, now reported at $102 million, up over 40% in 24 hours, with a trading volume of $8.5 million during the same period. ORBIO was issued on the Pons platform, with Nvidia stock tokens as the base pool. Public information shows that the project is committed to building a low-cost AI points trading market, providing discounted trading of AI model points for over 400 AI models, including Claude Fable and GPT Astra. BlockBeats reminds users that the trading volume of related tokens is relatively small, price fluctuations are large, and users should invest cautiously.
  6. Grayscale: The AI investment boom is extending into the crypto market, and major winners may emerge in the next five years.BlockBeats news, October 4th — Zach Pandl, head of research at Grayscale, wrote that the AI crypto sector rose 54% in September, significantly outperforming the overall crypto market, which gained 24%. Even after this rally, the sector's market capitalization remains only about $15 billion, making it the smallest of the six crypto sectors classified by Grayscale. Among the sector's representative tokens, NEAR rose 183% in September, Venice (VVV) rose 70%, World (WLD) rose 47%, and Bittensor (TAO) rose 37%. These projects respectively involve agent commerce, privacy AI applications, human identity verification, and an open AI network covering inference, agents, data, and computation. Grayscale believes that public blockchains can provide open infrastructure for agent payments, identity, privacy computing, and verifiable records, complementing the AI development ecosystem currently concentrated in a few companies. The AI crypto sector may produce one or more major winners over the next five years, and recent performance indicates that investors are beginning to price in the infrastructure role of blockchain in the emerging agent economy.
  7. OpenPayd plans to list on Nasdaq by the end of the year and intends to enter the U.S. market in April 2027.BlockBeats news, October 4 — Iana Dimitrova, CEO of stablecoin payment infrastructure company OpenPayd, said the company expects to complete its merger with Titan Acquisition Corp. and list on Nasdaq under the ticker OP by the end of the year. The transaction is in the final stage of U.S. SEC review and still requires conditions such as the registration statement becoming effective and approval by Titan shareholders. The listing will provide funding for U.S. business expansion, and OpenPayd aims to launch services for U.S. customers by April 2027. The company has previously brought MSB USA Inc. and its money transmission licenses in 43 states into the group. OpenPayd provides infrastructure for accounts, foreign exchange, domestic and cross-border payments, and the movement of funds between fiat and stablecoins, with clients including Kraken, B2C2, and OKX. Dimitrova said the company is looking at acquisition targets that can complement licensing or technical capabilities and accelerate market entry. The listing will also give the company access to financing channels and allow it to use listed shares for transactions and partnerships. OpenPayd is also considering private financing before the merger. According to the disclosed transaction terms, its implied post-merger equity valuation could reach up to $1.1 billion.
  8. The minutes from the Federal Reserve and European Central Bank meetings are due to be released next week and are expected to highlight inflation concerns.BlockBeats news, October 4th - Due to weak US non-farm payroll data and severe turbulence in French financial markets, the urgency for Federal Reserve and European Central Bank policymakers to follow up on September's rate hikes at their respective meetings this month has diminished. Both central banks will release minutes from last month's meetings in the coming days. At last month's meetings, they raised rates due to concerns about rising inflationary pressures. The Fed's September meeting minutes may show that many policymakers were deeply concerned about underlying price trends at the time and expected at least one more rate hike before the end of the year. However, Friday's non-farm payroll data showed lower-than-expected job additions and weak wage growth, further indicating that the labor market is not fueling existing inflationary pressures. Earlier this week, government revisions to PCE showed that inflation has been slightly lower this year than previously estimated. Economists believe that the threshold for a rate hike in October is now high. Even if the meeting minutes remind the market of the hawkish stance officials took in September, subsequent data has reinforced the case for patience. Although services inflation may keep the option of a December rate hike alive, the Fed will likely need clearer evidence that price pressures have resurfaced before raising rates again. (Jinshi)