The Netflix SBF series has caught my attention this week. But before we get into that, a quick update from my side.
I’ve been doing a bit more press lately. Funny enough, most of it has been European. A German TV crew just finished following me around for a day, and I also got off a podcast from the UK. Everyone seems interested in the next Trump gala and what my experience has been like so far.
Meanwhile, the market has given us plenty to trade. Prices have moved higher over the past few weeks, with the usual pullbacks along the way. Some onchain coins have taken a much harder hit, though, and the Robinhood hype has cooled down. Bitcoin also pulled back and dragged part of the market with it.
That’s why we’re here every day: looking for opportunities and sharing what we find.
Yesterday, my HYPE long reached its first take-profit target. The rest then stopped out at break-even, meaning it closed around my entry price. We took something from the move. Now I’ll wait and see whether another setup comes along.
Away from the charts, I’ve been watching the trailer for Netflix’s take on SBF and FTX. Parts of it almost look like a love story. I’m curious how they’ll handle what actually happened, because I lived through that collapse. It affected my life and my bankroll at the time.
As always, we’re keeping up with the news so you don’t have to spend your entire day glued to a screen.
Netflix SBF Series The Altruists Arrives November 19
Netflix’s The Altruists premieres on November 19, 2026. The eight-episode drama stars Anthony Boyle as Sam Bankman-Fried and Julia Garner as Caroline Ellison. It follows their relationship alongside the rise and collapse of their crypto empire.
For anyone who joined crypto more recently, SBF ran FTX, once one of the industry’s biggest exchanges. Ellison led Alameda Research, the closely connected trading firm. FTX collapsed in November 2022, leaving customers unable to access their money and sending shockwaves through the market. Ellison later testified against SBF.
Back then, you couldn’t open your phone without finding another piece of the story. People were trying to figure out which companies were exposed, whether their funds were safe, and who might go down next.
Seeing that period turned into a Netflix series is going to feel strange.
The trailer seems to lean heavily into the relationship between Sam and Caroline. That could make for good television, but this is a scripted drama, not a documentary. I’ll be watching with that distinction in mind, especially when it comes to conversations behind closed doors.
I also hope they include BitBoy flying to the Bahamas and hanging around outside SBF’s office, hoping to confront him. That was one of the stranger sideshows of the whole disaster. It would be hilarious to see it make the cut, although I doubt it will.
Either way, the Netflix SBF series is on my watchlist. I’m particularly curious whether it captures what those days felt like for the people with money on the line.
Airdrop Updates: Don’t Miss the Last Step
One of the easiest mistakes in airdrop farming happens after you’ve already done most of the work.
You use a protocol for months, spend money on fees, keep funds deposited, then stop checking its announcements. Later, the team asks you to accept some terms, connect an account or claim your allocation. You miss the deadline.
All that effort, and you fall at the final step.
That’s why we include these brief check-ins in our regular updates. Here are the projects to revisit this week:
- Arcus: The team has published details explaining how its points system works. If you’re farming it, check what activity counts instead of assuming trading volume is everything. Our Arcus airdrop guide walks through the campaign.
- Kinetiq: The latest reminder puts the KNTQ claim deadline at October 11. Check the exact closing time in the official interface and avoid leaving it until the last minute. Also, this is a paid allocation: eligible points holders can acquire KNTQ for $0.26 per token using USDC. I handled my claim and withdrew my funds this week.
- Orbinum: The project is preparing its mainnet snapshot and requires one Google account per Community Program member. Make sure your account meets the requirements. If you’re unfamiliar with how eligibility gets recorded, read our guide to airdrop snapshots.
- Axis Robotics: Users have been asked to connect both Discord and X to their Axis profile before October 10 at 12:00 UTC. The team is hinting at an upcoming announcement, but that alone doesn’t confirm a payout.
- Kraken Wallet and xStocks: Tokenized xStocks can now be used to earn yield through vaults on Ink. This is a product update rather than a confirmed airdrop. Check how each vault earns its yield and what risks come with depositing.
- MetaMask: Its campaign is entering the final week, with another opportunity to win $2,500 in mUSD. That’s a prize opportunity, not a guaranteed reward. Find the details in our MetaMask campaign guide.
- Abstract: The chain is scheduled to shut down on December 15, with no token coming. If you still have assets there, make a plan to move them. Our Abstract shutdown guide covers the exit process.
It also still feels like perp DEX season. These are decentralized exchanges where people trade perpetual futures, usually with leverage. Several have attracted farmers hoping their activity will qualify for future rewards.
Before jumping between platforms, have a look at our coverage of the biggest DEX airdrops and our best perp DEX comparison. Fees and trading losses can easily outweigh an eventual airdrop, so the platform needs to make sense for how you actually trade.
World Liberty Financial Says Its WLFI App Is Ready
I’m following this one with a personal interest, of course. I still hold locked WLFI tokens from the presale.
World Liberty Financial co-founder Zak Folkman said at Token2049 in Singapore that the WLFI app is ready for release, according to reporting shared on October 7. However, that update didn’t include a firm launch date or a detailed list of features.
For now, we have an announcement that the app is ready. The next step is seeing it launch and finding out what people can actually do with it.
As a holder, I want to see something useful that people return to after the initial excitement wears off. An app announcement gets attention. Regular users would give us more to work with.
Also, an app launch doesn’t tell us when locked presale tokens become transferable. Those are separate things, and I’m still watching for updates on my remaining allocation.
If you’re following the wider project, we’ve also covered the World Liberty Financial staking program.
SEC Clears a Listing Hurdle for 3x Bitcoin and Ethereum Funds
Just what crypto needed. More leverage.
The SEC has approved a Cboe BZX rule change that clears a listing hurdle for six products targeting three times the daily performance of their underlying benchmarks. The lineup covers Bitcoin, Ethereum, gold, silver, crude oil and natural gas. That approval alone doesn’t establish that all six products are already trading.
The Bitcoin and Ethereum products use the proposed tickers BITH and ETHK.
For beginners, the key word here is daily. A 3x product aims to multiply a benchmark’s movement over one day. If that benchmark rises 2%, the target would be roughly a 6% gain before fees and tracking differences. A 2% decline would work against you in the same way.
Holding it for a week doesn’t mean you’ll get exactly three times that week’s return. The exposure resets each day, so the sequence of gains and losses matters.
These products would let investors take leveraged exposure through a brokerage account without personally opening a crypto derivatives account. The leverage still exists inside the product, along with the potential for much larger losses.
We’ve already got plenty of ways to get ourselves into trouble onchain. Traditional markets apparently wanted to make sure nobody felt left out.
HYPE Goes Live on Robinhood Chain
Sushi has brought HYPE to Robinhood Chain, using LayerZero technology to support the expansion. Users can trade HYPE, supply it to liquidity pools and use it in supported token launches.
One detail matters here: availability through Sushi on Robinhood Chain is different from a listing in Robinhood’s brokerage app. This announcement concerns activity on the blockchain.
For HYPE, it creates another place where people can use and trade the token. Whether that develops into meaningful demand will depend on how much activity follows.
This is one we’re going to keep watching closely. We held HYPE through the bear market, added more through regular buys since August, and continue to trade it. Hyperliquid has also been one of our main farms of 2026.
So yes, I have more than a passing interest.
It also follows another development we covered recently: Hyperliquid’s arrival on the Bloomberg Terminal. That brought its market data in front of professional traders. This update gives HYPE another onchain venue.
Neither headline removes the possibility of a pullback. My trade yesterday was a pretty good reminder of that. But they’re both developments worth following beyond the first announcement.
Ether.fi Plans Its Own Stablecoin With Ethena
Ether.fi is preparing its own dollar stablecoin through Ethena’s white-label service. The planned token has been described as ether.fi USD, with Ethena handling reserves, issuance, redemptions and compliance. A firm launch date hasn’t been announced.
White-label simply means a company uses another provider’s infrastructure under its own brand. Ether.fi gets a branded stablecoin while Ethena supplies the systems behind it.
The plan builds on more than $300 million in stablecoin deposits already on ether.fi. That gives the project an existing user base to introduce the token to, although those deposits shouldn’t be confused with money already backing the new coin.
The connection to ether.fi’s other products is what interests me. If you’re using its savings products or spending through its card, a native dollar token could become part of that experience.
We still need details about the backing, supported networks and launch. Those will matter more to users than the name on the token.
For more background, read our ether.fi card review. We’ve also covered the Ethena October 5 unlock if you’re following ENA alongside the company’s product news. Also check our recent list of best stablecoins.
Final Words
There are still opportunities in this market, even with some of the recent hype cooling down. I’m happy to take a trade when the setup is there, collect profits when targets hit, and wait when it isn’t.
For farmers, the immediate job is simpler: check the projects you’ve already spent time on. Review your claims, connect any required accounts and keep track of deadlines. Finding the next farm won’t help much if you forget to finish the last one.
I’ll keep watching HYPE, waiting for more concrete WLFI details and following the projects we’re using.
And on November 19, I’ll probably be watching the Netflix SBF series, wondering how much of that chaos made it onto the screen.
Hopefully the BitBoy Bahamas side quest survived the edit.
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