The U.S. government shutdown commenced, furloughing 750,000 workers at a daily cost of $400 million, halting economic data releases.
Bitcoin trades at $114,400, locked in a narrow $113.3K–$114.8K range; critical supports lie at $111K and $108K. Ethereum held $4,100, Solana weakened below $210, while BNB stayed above $1,000.
Spot ETFs kept solid daily momentum positive: BTC +$430 million inflows, ETH +$127 million inflows, with no funds seeing redemptions.
Options skew shows rising demand for downside protection; implied vols remain near historic lows.
Gold surged 12% in September, its best month since 2011, reflecting elevated demand for hard assets.
Bhutan has hired 3iQ to earn yield on part of its Bitcoin and given Gelephu a central bank that can hold crypto, while disclosing less and less about the coins themselves.
A royal decree turns the Gelephu Financial Services Office into the Gelephu Central Bank, with monetary policy, reserve and payments powers and a path to a city currency. The timetable and its relationship with Bhutan's national central bank are unclear
Withdrawals reopened Sunday with a $3.6 billion net outflow and a proof-of-reserves snapshot is out, but Binance has not published its technical post-mortem or said how attackers got in beyond a compromised laptop
The bank says Hong Kong is the first market in its group to get the product for corporate clients, which settles between banks in central bank money around the clock. Blockhead reported a Singapore launch with Ant International in December
