Hunter Biden said the first round of the LAPTOP airdrop will allocate 8% of the token's total supply to his newsletter subscribers, rather than to wallets created specifically to receive the airdrop. According to Foresight News, 79 million of the 80 million LAPTOP tokens in the airdrop remain unclaimed. The claim window will end on October 9, after which all unclaimed tokens will be burned.

Trader Bonk Guy (@theunipcs) responded to criticism over his purchase of EMBER after a Bubblemaps cluster chart circulated widely. According to Foresight News, some users interpreted the chart as showing that more than 50% of EMBER supply was linked to the same address cluster, while others suggested the cluster was connected to him and questioned his motive for buying EMBER. Bonk Guy said EMBER does not have an internal bundle or internal cluster controlling more than 50% of supply. He explained that the address links shown in the chart came from EMBER's flywheel mechanism, which distributes tokens through an externally owned account (EOA) rather than a contract. Because the EOA transferred tokens to multiple user wallets participating in the mechanism, Bubblemaps grouped the distribution wallet and all receiving addresses into the same linked network. He said the flywheel mechanism is one of EMBER's main features and distinguishes it from other token issuance platforms. The addresses receiving tokens in the chart belonged to normal users, not insiders. Bubblemaps also suggested that the project replace the EOA with a contract, and Bonk Guy said he hoped EMBER developers would adopt that recommendation. He again denied any connection between himself and the alleged insider cluster.

Nasdaq-listed Newgenivf disclosed that it sold all 146,400 XRP it bought during 2025, making a profit of about $10,800. According to Odaily, the company also traded small amounts of BTC and ETH during the same period and ended the year with a loss of about $1.28 million, while retaining about 13,000 SOL.

According to the BBC, hundreds of Americans were fired or disciplined after posting critical comments about conservative activist Charlie Kirk following his killing on 10 September, and some have since won settlements or reinstatement. The cases include former sports writer Gerald Bourguet, Tennessee professor Tamar Shirinian, theatre professor Darren Michael, and Florida wildlife biologist Brittney Brown, with payouts ranging from $485,000 to $1.9 million in the cases cited. The BBC reported that employers acted after a pressure campaign that included calls from Vice-President JD Vance to contact workers' bosses, while White House spokesperson Davis Ingle said anyone who endorses political violence or assassination culture should be condemned. Reuters counted more than 600 instances last November, though the BBC said that was likely an undercount. Bourguet said he was fired after criticizing Kirk online, while Brown, Shirinian and Michael also lost jobs over posts or reposts related to Kirk's death or views.

According to the BBC, Nazira Haji Zada, an Afghan woman living in Texas with legal U.S. permanent residency, has been deported in the first-ever use of the Alien Terrorist Removal Court. The U.S. Department of Justice said Haji Zada, 47, chose to leave the United States rather than continue her case before the secretive court, which was created in 1996 but had never heard a case before proceedings in July. Lawyers for Haji Zada said the case violated her constitutional right to due process and said they were denied access to the evidence. The justice department said she conceded that she was an alien terrorist and waived appeal of the removal order, ending her immigration status. U.S. Attorney General Todd Blanche called the case a win for national security and the rule of law. Prosecutors had not charged Haji Zada with a crime, but her son, Abdullah Haji Zada, and son-in-law, Nasir Ahmad Tawhed, were convicted of plotting a mass shooting on Election Day in 2024 inspired by Islamic State.

South Korea's main stock exchange will add an evening trading session, breaking with Asia's usual trading hours in an effort to attract sustained demand from global investors. According to Sina Finance, the exchange will begin extended trading on Monday, with nearly all domestic stocks available until 8:00 p.m. after the regular session closes at 3:30 p.m. The move is the first of its kind among major Asian exchanges and follows the global trend toward round-the-clock markets led by Nasdaq and the New York Stock Exchange. According to Sina Finance, the exchange hopes to draw more international participation, especially during Europe's trading hours, while testing whether liquidity can be maintained after hours and whether investors still need a longer trading window as enthusiasm for Korean stocks cools. London-based Pictet Asset Management senior investment manager Lee Young-jae said longer trading hours generally give investors more flexibility and improve market efficiency. According to Sina Finance, he added that high-frequency, short-term traders and hedge funds may use the session more often. After-hours trading is not new in South Korea. According to Sina Finance, alternative trading system Nextrade launched pre-market and evening sessions in March 2025, covering about 600 stocks and accounting for nearly 30% of trading volume within months. The Korea Exchange will expand the evening session to about 2,400 Kospi and Kosdaq constituent stocks and allow short selling, while exchange-traded funds will not be included for now. According to Sina Finance, the exchange also plans to launch a pre-market session by the end of 2027. Edward Kim, head of Korea equity sales at Bank of America, said the move marks another step in the continued development of South Korea's capital market and its effort to become more open to global investors.

Teucrium has delayed the launch of its short XRP ETF for the 19th time, pushing the earliest possible start to October 11, 2026. The fund is designed to profit when XRP falls, while its long XRP counterpart has traded since April 2025, according to BeInCrypto, and the latest SEC filing gives no explanation for the delay. XRP peaked at $3.65 in July 2025 and now trades near $1.37.

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