Bitcoin surged back above $87,000 this week after weaker-than-expected U.S. jobs data reduced expectations for another Federal Reserve rate hike, boosting appetite for risk assets. Ripple moved closer to launching native lending on the XRP Ledger by opening the LendingProtocolV1_1 amendment for validator voting on September 30. Shiba Inu recorded its strongest monthly performance of 2026 with a 13.5% gain in September. The broader crypto market saw strong activity on the XRP Ledger, which processed over 900 million transactions in a 24-hour period on October 1.
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