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Ethereum at $2,700: Why ETH Is Inflationary Again, What the Blast Layer-2 Shutdown Means and the $580 Million Dormant Wallet That Moved

Ether traded around $2,704 on 5 October, up 2.7% on the week and 7.8% on the month, but the stories moving ETH holders are structural. The network now issues more ETH than it burns, supply is about 1.6 million above its post-Merge level, the Blast layer-2 is closing with a 26 October withdrawal deadline, and a $580 million dormant wallet moved without denting the price.

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OTT

OTT Releases This Week, 5 to 11 October 2026: Carrie on Prime Video, Below, Reporting Live and Ben Affleck's Animals on Netflix, and More

A Netflix-heavy week. Carrie, Mike Flanagan's eight-episode take on Stephen King, lands on Prime Video on 7 October; Netflix follows with the Newfoundland horror Below and the Tamil sports drama Mandaadi on 8 October, then Parineeti Chopra's Reporting Live and Ben Affleck's Animals on 9 October. Every date, platform and what is worth your weekend.

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OTT

Carrie on Prime Video: Mike Flanagan's Eight-Episode Stephen King Series, Full Cast, Release Time and What Changes From the Book

Carrie arrives on Prime Video on Tuesday 7 October with all eight episodes. Mike Flanagan, the creator of The Haunting of Hill House, moves Stephen King's story to the present, where Carrie White's humiliation goes viral. Summer H. Howell leads a cast that includes Matthew Lillard, Amber Midthunder and Samantha Sloyan. Cast, release time in India and how it differs from the novel and the films.

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OTT

Below on Netflix: The Newfoundland Sea Horror With Josh Hartnett, Charlie Heaton and Mackenzie Davis, Plus Mandaadi, the Tamil Sports Drama Out the Same Day

Below, a six-episode Canadian horror series set in a Newfoundland fishing town, streams on Netflix from Thursday 8 October after a Toronto festival premiere. Josh Hartnett plays Calvin Penney, with Charlie Heaton and Mackenzie Davis, from creator Jesse McKeown. Netflix also releases Mandaadi, the Tamil wrestling drama starring Soori, the same day. What each is about and when to watch.

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OTT

Reporting Live on Netflix: Parineeti Chopra as a Reporter Taking On the Sand Mafia, Cast, Release Date and Time

Reporting Live, Netflix's new Hindi film, streams from Friday 9 October. Parineeti Chopra plays a television reporter who, with her cameraman, follows a story into the illegal sand-mining trade. Deven Bhojani, Amol Palekar, Adil Hussain and Shekhar Suman co-star in debut director Dhruv Tripathi's film. The story, the real issue behind it and when it goes live in India.

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OTT

Animals on Netflix: Ben Affleck Directs and Stars in a Kidnapping Thriller With Kerry Washington and Steven Yeun, Out 9 October

Animals, Ben Affleck's first film as director since Air, streams on Netflix from Friday 9 October with a limited cinema release. Affleck plays a Los Angeles mayoral candidate whose son is kidnapped, with Kerry Washington, Gillian Anderson, Adriana Paz, Luis Gerardo Méndez and Steven Yeun. Matt Damon produces and was originally set to star. Plot, cast, release time and why Damon stepped aside.

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Events

World Teachers' Day 2026: The 5 October Theme, 60 Years of the UNESCO Recommendation and Why India Celebrates Teachers on 5 September Instead

World Teachers' Day falls today, 5 October 2026, marking 60 years since the 1966 ILO/UNESCO Recommendation on the status of teachers. This year's theme, set by UNESCO, is Standing with teachers: 60 years of protecting the profession, advancing its status and shaping our futures. What the day is for, how it is observed and why India has its own date.

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Events

World Habitat Day 2026 and India's 70th Wildlife Week: The Adequate Housing for All Theme, Why Both Fall This Week and What They Ask Of Us

Two observances share the first week of October. World Habitat Day, today, 5 October, carries the theme Adequate Housing for All, with the global observance hosted in Muscat, Oman, from 5 to 8 October. India's Wildlife Week, in its 70th year, runs from 2 to 8 October under the theme Connecting Habitats, Thriving Wildlife. What each marks, the figures behind them and how they are observed.

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AI

Claude Sonnet 5.5 Explained: 30% Faster, a Million-Token Context, $2 per Million Input Tokens and a Coding Score Above Opus 5.5

Anthropic released Claude Sonnet 5.5 on 28 September, and it is still trending as developers compare it with OpenAI's GPT-6.1 Sol. It outputs about 30% faster than Sonnet 5, carries a 1 million token context window, costs $2 per million input tokens and $10 per million output tokens, and scores 70.6% on Terminal-Bench 4.0, above Opus 5.5's 66.4%. What that means in practice.

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Crypto

The SEC's Crypto Custody Proposal Explained: What the 760-Page Rule Would Let Advisers and Funds Do, and Why It Matters for ETFs

On 1 October the SEC proposed the first dedicated rules for how registered investment advisers and regulated funds may hold crypto, allowing state-chartered trust companies as custodians and, in limited cases, self-custody. A 60-day comment period is open. What changes from today, who benefits and why Indian investors in US crypto ETFs should care.

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