Strategy, led by Michael Saylor, acquired 390 BTC worth $43 million at an average price of $114,562 per coin. The company's total Bitcoin holdings now stand at 640,808 BTC, valued at $47.44 billion. This follows S&P Global assigning Strategy a B- 'junk' rating due to its heavy Bitcoin exposure. Despite the downgrade, Saylor reaffirmed the firm's long-term accumulation strategy.

Spot Bitcoin ETFs recorded significant withdrawals with Ark Invest's ARKB leading at $275.2M, while Ethereum ETFs also faced outflows except BlackRock's ETHA, which gained $46.9M in investments.

The UK financial regulator lifts its 2021 ban on Bitcoin exchange-traded notes while Bank of England signals flexibility toward stablecoins in regulated environments.

Vitalik Buterin has unveiled Ethereum's next major upgrade called Fusaka, featuring PeerDAS protocol that enables nodes to verify data without downloading the entire blockchain. The September 24th milestone saw the network process six blobs per block for the first time, with Base and Worldcoin accounting for approximately two-thirds of blobspace usage.