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Le Coin / Briefs / Morning brief

In this brief 11 sections
  1. Stakes / What matters today
  2. Overnight crypto
  3. TradFi backdrop
  4. Macro calendar
  5. What printed
  6. ETF / flow line
  7. Perps / funding
  8. Digital-asset equities
  9. Chart of the day
  10. On the calendar
  11. Sources (25)
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Briefs · Morning brief

Morning brief: bitcoin, ether and solana rise into Columbus Day, and the CFTC proposes treating event contracts as swaps

Majors are higher on Coinbase since Friday's U.S. close but have given back part of the weekend gain, spot ether ETFs logged a ninth straight outflow day on Friday, and Evernorth's XRPN is set to start trading on Nasdaq Monday.

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Stakes / What matters today

  • Prediction-market jurisdiction. Oct. 9: a CFTC proposed rule (NPRM) would define sports-, politics-, culture- and weather-related event contracts as "swaps"; an interim final rule (IFR), effective on publication, carves out casino-style betting. The CFTC says swaps sit in its exclusive jurisdiction. Comments: 30 days after Federal Register publication. [11][12][13]
  • XRPN's first Nasdaq session. Evernorth closed Friday; XRPN/XRPNW are set to trade Monday after 80.3% of SPAC shares were redeemed. Its private placements were priced off a Closing XRP Price of $1.43069. XRP-USD $1.3975 at 8:25 a.m. ET Monday, +0.90% from Friday 4:00 p.m. ET $1.3851 (~2.3% below the closing reference). [16][1][20]
  • Weekend bid, fading into the open. BTC +0.98%, ETH +2.53%, SOL +2.04% since Friday's U.S. close at 8:25 a.m. ET, down from +2.21%, +3.67% and +3.75% at 3:02 a.m. ET OKX funding, the periodic payment between long and short perpetual-swap holders, is near flat; OKX liquidated more ether shorts than longs over the past day. Stablecoin supply $311.3B (DefiLlama), ~$1.5B below Oct. 7. [1][10][25][18]
  • Rule clocks. CFTC crypto ANPRM publishes Tuesday (60-day comments). SEC deadline to act on MEMX's securities event-contract proposal: Nov. 25. [14][15][19]

Overnight crypto

From the Coinbase one-minute candle stamped 4:00 p.m. ET Friday Oct. 9 to 8:25 a.m. ET Monday. Columbus Day closes the U.S. bond market, but U.S. stock exchanges are open; crypto traded through the weekend. [1][21][22][23]

  • BTC-USD $83,109.53 at 8:25 a.m. ET, +0.98% from $82,299.81. [1]
  • ETH-USD $2,539.36 at 8:25 a.m. ET, +2.53% from $2,476.76. [1]
  • SOL-USD $110.77 at 8:25 a.m. ET, +2.04% from $108.56. [1]

Top Coinbase USD movers in a 28-pair liquid screen; ATOM fell 8.0% [2]:

Coin Last (ET) Since Fri close
TIA $0.5829 · 8:25 a.m. ET +25.03%
NEAR $5.6526 · 8:25 a.m. ET +21.02%
INJ $7.984 · 8:25 a.m. ET +16.54%
FIL $1.2414 · 8:25 a.m. ET +15.72%
ALGO $0.12893 · 8:25 a.m. ET +15.66%
ICP $3.4252 · 8:24 a.m. ET +14.17%

TradFi backdrop

ES=F 7,868.25 (+0.11% vs Friday 7,859.75); NQ=F 31,073.50 (−0.11% vs 31,108.75) at 8:15 a.m. ET. [3] Japan closed for Sports Day. [24] Hang Seng closed at 24,271.20, +0.25% vs Friday's 24,211.35; Kospi closed at 6,384.24, down 3.65% from Thursday's 6,625.93 (Korea was shut Friday). [3] DAX 25,302.89 (+0.86% vs Friday 25,087.27), Euro Stoxx 50 6,214.66 (+0.67% vs Friday 6,173.37) and FTSE 100 10,644.35 (+0.87% vs Friday 10,552.05) at 8:10 a.m. ET. [3] Bonds are closed Monday; U.S. stocks trade. [21][22][23]Friday Treasury par yields: 2-year 4.80% (+5 bp), 10-year 5.24% (+2 bp). [4] Liner: Hammack NABE keynote 12:50 p.m. ET; Fed releases due today shift to Tuesday. [7][5]

Macro calendar

Columbus Day: U.S. bond market closed, stock exchanges open; no BLS releases; Fed statistical releases shift to Tuesday; Hammack 12:50 p.m. ET; Japan holiday. [21][22][23][6][5][7][24]

What printed

01 · CFTC proposes event contracts as swaps. Oct. 9 notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM, RIN 3038-AF82) would "further define the term 'swap' to explicitly include event contracts" on sports, politics, culture and weather; an interim final rule (IFR, RIN 3038-AF81) excludes "casino-style gambling products, including wagers placed on sportsbooks and casino games." Comments: 30 days after FR publication. Names Polymarket and Nadex/Crypto.com; lists Kalshi state suits. [11][12][13]

02 · Crypto ANPRM hits Tuesday's Federal Register. The advance notice of proposed rulemaking (ANPRM, RIN 3038-AF80, FR Doc. 2026-20888) seeks "fit-for-purpose rules implementing section 2(c)(2)(D) … with respect to transactions and markets in crypto assets," framed around retail commodity transactions "entered into, or offered … on a leveraged or margined basis, or financed." Comments: 60 days after publication, Dec. 12 by our count; the published notice sets the date. Parts 38/39 in scope. [14][19]

03 · Evernorth closed; XRPN set to trade Monday. 8-K at 4:25 p.m. ET Oct. 9: XRPN/XRPNW for Nasdaq Oct. 12. Closing XRP Price $1.43069. Series C: 211,319,096 XRP; advance funding: ~$214.05M cash + 600,000 XRP; 80.3% SPAC redemption ($195.39M). [16]

04 · Aave Labs files to list USAT. Request for final comment (ARFC) Friday 12:13 p.m. ET: onboard USAT (Anchorage Digital Bank, N.A.; GENIUS Act–subject and 1:1 redeemable per the post) to Aave V3 Core and V4 Core Hub. A Snapshot vote and an on-chain AIP are still ahead; nothing is live. [17]

Related: the SEC set Nov. 25 as its deadline to act on MEMX's proposal to list securities event contracts (SR-MEMX-2026-25). [15]

ETF / flow line

Friday Oct. 9 (Farside): spot bitcoin ETFs +$21.1 million; spot ether ETFs −$56.1 million, all from ETHA, the ninth consecutive outflow day (Sep. 29 to Oct. 9). [8][9]

Perps / funding

OKX USDT swaps, 8:25 a.m. ET: BTC funding +0.008096% (last settle +0.002495%); ETH +0.001206% (last settle −0.000096%). Mark-to-index premium ~−4.8 bp BTC, −4.2 bp ETH. Near flat. [10] Liquidations (OKX only): from Sunday morning (earliest OKX retains: 8:57 a.m. ET BTC, 9:22 a.m. ET ETH) to 8:23 a.m. ET Monday, BTC-USDT swaps liquidated $6.9 million longs / $6.6 million shorts and ETH-USDT swaps $4.2 million longs / $14.7 million shorts, at bankruptcy price. No large cluster. Cross-exchange totals unavailable: Coinglass needs an API key and its page did not render data, and Binance and Bybit block our location. [25]

Digital-asset equities

Friday: COIN $179.39 (+4.30%), HUT $84.27 (+5.88%), MSTR $154.34 (+1.89%). Miners soft on the week (MARA $9.65 −2.62% Friday; CLSK, IREN lower). U.S. stocks trade Monday despite Columbus Day; XRPN is set to debut on Nasdaq. [3][16][22][23]

Chart of the day

Spot ether ETFs had outflows for nine straight sessions; bitcoin funds took in $21.1 million Friday. Spot ether ETFs lost $56.1 million Friday, all from ETHA, the ninth straight outflow session since Sep. 29; spot bitcoin ETFs took in $21.1 million. [8][9]So what: ether was up 2.53% on Coinbase since Friday's close at 8:25 a.m. ET while U.S.-listed funds were shut, and Monday's session, open despite Columbus Day, gives the first fund-flow read on that move. [1][8][9]

Bar chart of daily net flows for U.S. spot ether ETFs from Sept. 28 to Oct. 9, 2026. Sept. 28 shows a $17.1 million inflow; each of the next nine sessions shows an outflow, the largest $201.9 million on Oct. 6 and the latest $56.1 million on Oct. 9.
Spot ether ETF daily net flows, Sep. 28 to Oct. 9, 2026 (US$ millions). Source: Farside Investors, Ethereum ETF Flow, Total column. Accessed Oct. 12, 2026, 3:00 a.m. ET.

Fig. 1. Source: Farside Investors, Ethereum ETF Flow, Total column. Accessed Oct. 12, 2026, 3:00 a.m. ET. [9]

On the calendar

All times ET.

When What
Mon Oct. 12 Columbus Day; bond market closed, U.S. stock exchanges open; XRPN/XRPNW set to debut on Nasdaq. [21][22][23][16]
Mon · 12:50 p.m. ET Hammack, NABE keynote. [7]
Tue Oct. 13 Fed statistical catch-up; CFTC crypto ANPRM publishes (60-day clock). [5][14][19]
Wed Oct. 14 · 8:30 a.m. ET CPI + Real Earnings (Sep). [6]
Wed Oct. 14 · 2:00 p.m. ET Beige Book. [5]
Thu Oct. 15 · 8:30 a.m. ET PPI (Sep). [6]
Oct. 27–28 FOMC. [5]
30 / 60 days after FR publication CFTC event-contract comments (30 days); crypto ANPRM comments (60 days; Dec. 12 by our count). [11][14]
Nov. 25 SEC deadline to act on MEMX's securities event-contract proposal. [15]

Sources (25)

  1. Coinbase Exchange, BTC-USD, ETH-USD, SOL-USD and XRP-USD tickers and one-minute candles (Friday Oct. 9 4:00 p.m. ET candle). Accessed Oct. 12, 2026, 8:25 a.m. ET.
  2. Coinbase Exchange, liquid USD movers screen, 28 pairs (TIA, NEAR, INJ, FIL, ALGO, ICP, ATOM and peers). Accessed Oct. 12, 2026, 8:25 a.m. ET.
  3. Yahoo Finance chart API, ES=F, NQ=F, ^HSI, ^KS11, ^GDAXI, ^STOXX50E, ^FTSE, COIN, HUT, MARA, CLSK, IREN, MSTR. Accessed Oct. 12, 2026, 8:25 a.m. ET.
  4. U.S. Treasury, Daily Treasury Par Yield Curve Rates, Friday Oct. 9, 2026 close. Accessed Oct. 12, 2026, 3:01 a.m. ET.
  5. Federal Reserve Board, calendar, October 2026. Accessed Oct. 12, 2026, ~3:00 a.m. ET.
  6. BLS, Schedule of Selected Releases, October 2026. Accessed Oct. 12, 2026, ~3:00 a.m. ET.
  7. Cleveland Fed, President Hammack NABE keynote listing for Oct. 12. Accessed Oct. 12, 2026, 3:02 a.m. ET.
  8. Farside Investors, Bitcoin ETF Flow, Friday Oct. 9 session. Accessed Oct. 12, 2026, ~3:00 a.m. ET; rechecked 8:26 a.m. ET, unchanged.
  9. Farside Investors, Ethereum ETF Flow, Friday Oct. 9 session (ninth consecutive outflow day, Sep. 29 to Oct. 9). Fig. 1 uses the daily Total column, US$ millions, no adjustment. Accessed Oct. 12, 2026, ~3:00 a.m. ET; rechecked 8:26 a.m. ET, unchanged.
  10. OKX public API, BTC-USDT-SWAP and ETH-USDT-SWAP funding-rate, funding-rate-history, mark-price and index. Accessed Oct. 12, 2026, 8:25 a.m. ET.
  11. CFTC Press Release 9310-26, Oct. 9, 2026. Accessed Oct. 12, 2026, ~3:00 a.m. ET.
  12. CFTC NPRM, Further Definition of "Swap", Inclusions, RIN 3038-AF82. Accessed Oct. 12, 2026, ~3:00 a.m. ET.
  13. CFTC Press Release 9309-26 and IFR, RIN 3038-AF81. Accessed Oct. 12, 2026, ~3:00 a.m. ET.
  14. CFTC ANPRM, Regulation Crypto Asset Transactions and Regulation Crypto Asset Markets, RIN 3038-AF80, FR Doc. 2026-20888. Accessed Oct. 12, 2026, ~3:00 a.m. ET.
  15. SEC Release No. 34-106626, MEMX LLC, FR Doc. 2026-20801. Accessed Oct. 12, 2026, ~3:00 a.m. ET.
  16. Evernorth Holdings Inc., Form 8-K, accession 0001193125-26-419146, accepted 4:25 p.m. ET Oct. 9, 2026. Accessed Oct. 12, 2026, 3:02 a.m. ET.
  17. Aave Governance forum, "[ARFC] Onboard USAT to Aave V3 Core Instance and Aave V4 Core Hub on Ethereum," Oct. 9, 2026, 12:13 p.m. ET. Accessed Oct. 12, 2026, 3:02 a.m. ET.
  18. DefiLlama Stablecoins, all-chain total circulating (peggedUSD). Accessed Oct. 12, 2026, 8:25 a.m. ET.
  19. Federal Register Public Inspection, current list. Accessed Oct. 12, 2026, 3:00 a.m. ET.
  20. Coinbase Exchange, XRP-USD ticker (Stakes refresh). Accessed Oct. 12, 2026, 8:25 a.m. ET.
  21. SIFMA, holiday schedule, 2026 (Columbus Day, Oct. 12: U.S. bond market closed). Accessed Oct. 12, 2026, 3:17 a.m. ET.
  22. NYSE, Holidays & Trading Hours, 2026 (Columbus Day not a market holiday). Accessed Oct. 12, 2026, 3:17 a.m. ET.
  23. Nasdaq Trader, U.S. market holidays, 2026 (Columbus Day not a market holiday). Accessed Oct. 12, 2026, 3:17 a.m. ET.
  24. Japan Exchange Group, market holidays (Oct. 12, 2026, Sports Day). Accessed Oct. 12, 2026, 3:17 a.m. ET.
  25. OKX public API, liquidation-orders, BTC-USDT and ETH-USDT perpetual swaps, filled orders retained from Sunday Oct. 11 (8:57 a.m. ET BTC, 9:22 a.m. ET ETH) to 8:23 a.m. ET Monday; notional = contracts × contract value × bankruptcy price. Accessed Oct. 12, 2026, 8:25 a.m. ET.
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