The predicted market trading volume for the third quarter of 2026 is $188 billion, a month on month increase of nearly 70%, which is 21 times higher than the third quarter of 2025. Kalshi is the main driving force for growth, with sports transactions accounting for approximately 40% of its Q3 trading volume.

[Vitalik Buterin: Nethermind Team Continues to Enhance Ethereum's Performance and Efficiency] Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin posted on the X platform, stating that the Ethereum client development team Nethermind continues to carry out outstanding technical work, helping Ethereum become more efficient and run faster.

Vitalik Buterin stated that Nethermind is making Ethereum more efficient and fast. Ben Adams stated that Nethermind's Beacon Chain plugin has completed synchronization and is ready to handle Sepolia's Glamsterdam fork, running the Ethereum execution layer and consensus layer as one application without significant additional memory overhead. The Ethereum Foundation has confirmed that Glamsterdam will be activated on Sepolia on October 6th, and Nethermind 2.1.0 already supports this upgrade.

Adam Iza was sentenced to 78 months in prison and $23.4028 million in compensation for hiring police officers to harass opponents, defrauding over $37 million from Meta, and concealing the proceeds. This sentence will be served concurrently with Adam Iza's previous 15 year imprisonment for robbing Bitcoin. Adam Iza earned at least $36.3608 million in income and caused a loss of $13.2862 million to the US Internal Revenue Service by reselling Meta business management accounts and credit limits. (Source: Decrypt)

Jack Dorsey's Cash App has released a new Bitcoin advertisement aimed at promoting the Lightning Network and serving 60 million American users. （The Bitcoin Historian）