Canada’s Big Six banks explore shared tokenized deposit system
Canada’s six largest banks have formed a joint project to test transfers of tokenized Canadian-dollar deposits between regulated financial institutions. TD Bank has announced that Bank of Montreal, Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce, National Bank of Canada, Royal Bank of…...
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Pi Network KYC and wallet fixes target over 900,000 users
Pi Network has cleared a KYC barrier for more than 417,000 users and prepared a wallet fix for another 497,000 accounts that could not claim migrated PI balances. Pi Network has reopened KYC for 417,000 users Pi Core Team said…...
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BitMEX enters final shutdown hours after removing all trading services
BitMEX has removed its remaining spot, conversion, and derivatives markets ahead of its Sep. 23 shutdown, ending more than 11 years of exchange operations. BitMEX said HDR Global Trading Limited, its owner and operator, approved the closure after a “strategic…...
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NEAR adds 20 tokenized US stocks and ETFs via Ondo
NEAR has partnered with Ondo Finance to give eligible users access to 20 tokenized U.S. stocks, exchange-traded funds, and commodity-linked products through near.com and NEAR Intents. Ondo Finance said the integration would let eligible near.com users exchange supported crypto assets…...
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XLM price climbs as BVNK adds Stellar for global payments
Stellar’s XLM has risen 2.7% to $0.2135 after BVNK added the blockchain to its stablecoin payments platform, opening the network to business payments across more than 130 markets. BVNK announced the integration, saying customers can now access Stellar through the…...
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Coinbase adds fixed-rate USDC loans backed by cbBTC
Coinbase has added fixed-rate USDC loans backed by cbBTC after its variable-rate borrowing service reached more than $1.4 billion in outstanding loans and nearly $3 billion in collateral. Coinbase fixed-rate loans set costs in advance Coinbase said the new borrowing…...
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Bitcoin ETF inflows confirm $86K uptrend: Analysts
Bitcoin has climbed above $86,000 and briefly touched $87,000 as analysts linked the breakout to falling oil prices, lower Treasury yields, a short squeeze and returning U.S. spot ETF demand. Bitcoin’s $82K breakout forced short sellers to cover HashKey Group…...
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ECB seeks MiCA reserve change flagged by Tether in 2024
The European Central Bank and the EU’s 27 national central banks have asked regulators to replace MiCA’s 30% and 60% bank-deposit floors for stablecoin reserves with maturity-based liquidity requirements. The European System of Central Banks said in its response to…...
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Prometheum details ownership rights for tokenized US stocks
Prometheum has detailed how international investors would hold, redeem, and receive legal protection for tokenized US stocks under a proposed distribution arrangement involving HashKey and Velocity Capital. Tokenized US stocks will use existing ownership rules Prometheum co-CEO Aaron Kaplan told…...
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Geo launches TikTok-style debates with CLARITY Act face-off
Geo has launched a short-form video debate platform that turns opposing views into traceable claims, starting with whether crypto needs the CLARITY Act to succeed. Geo said in a Sep. 22 announcement that its new product combines the viewing format…...
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Nephos, Brinc bring crypto compliance support to GCC startups
Nephos Group has partnered with venture accelerator Brinc to provide accounting, compliance, corporate structuring, and tokenization support to more than 250 startups in Brinc’s portfolio. In a Sep. 22 press release shared with crypto.news, Nephos Group said that Brinc’s portfolio…...
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ECB wants stablecoin yield ban expanded across crypto lending and staking
The European Central Bank and national central banks across the European Union have called for MiCA’s stablecoin remuneration ban to cover lending, borrowing, staking and other arrangements that can generate indirect returns for token holders. According to the European System…...
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Crypto firms still face full AML rules after CLARITY Act vote
The Senate’s failure to advance the CLARITY Act has left existing customer identification, anti-money laundering, sanctions, and suspicious activity reporting requirements unchanged for covered U.S. crypto businesses. CLARITY Act vote leaves existing AML duties intact Prove Global Head of Digital…...
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Kalshi seeks CFTC approval for event contract margin trading
Kalshi has asked the Commodity Futures Trading Commission to approve a margin framework for eligible event contracts, limiting access to qualified participants and excluding markets tied to sports. Kalshi margin framework targets eligible event contracts Kalshi Klear’s Sept. 22 filing…...
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SoFi moves $25 billion card program to SoFiUSD settlement on Mastercard
SoFi Technologies has moved its entire $25 billion card program to blockchain based settlement using SoFiUSD as its bank issued stablecoin goes live across Mastercard’s global payments network. According to a joint announcement from SoFi and Mastercard on Sept. 22,…...
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Best Monero exchanges without registration in 2026
Monero users are turning to instant swaps and decentralized platforms as centralized exchanges restrict access to XMR....
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Binance takes $100 million stake in Circle with five year USDC agreement
Binance has invested $100 million in Circle Internet Group while entering a new five year commercial agreement that will pay the crypto exchange to promote USDC across its platform. According to a securities filing cited in reports published Tuesday, Circle…...
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Crypto firms pour $206 million into 2026 US election cycle
Crypto companies have contributed $206 million toward the 2026 U.S. election cycle as industry backed political groups continue directing money into congressional races ahead of the November midterms. Public Citizen said in an Aug. 27 analysis of Federal Election Commission…...
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South Korea targets November review for second stage crypto legislation
South Korea’s Financial Services Commission has set November for a National Assembly subcommittee review of the Digital Asset Framework Act, rejecting claims that work on the country’s second stage crypto legislation has been delayed. According to Seo Na yoon, head…...
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21Shares: Privacy coins grow nearly 5x in one year
Privacy coins have grown nearly fivefold to around $30 billion in one year, 21Shares says, as Zcash leads gains and institutions test private rails....
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Kazakhstan crypto trading turnover surged past $10 billion in 2025
Kazakhstan’s regulated cryptocurrency market has surpassed $10 billion in annual trading turnover as the country expands licensed digital asset services and builds its domestic Web3 developer ecosystem. According to Deputy Minister of Artificial Intelligence and Digital Development Gizzat Baitursynov, trading…...
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EURC scam: Dutch police arrest 2 over fake Rolex deals
Dutch police arrested two men accused of using fake EURC tokens to buy Rolex watches from Marktplaats sellers in an ongoing fraud probe....
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Upbit flags SOPH as Binance drops 7 USDC pairs
Upbit flagged SOPH for review and halted deposits, while Binance will remove seven USDC spot pairs on Sept. 25 over liquidity and volume....
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Coldcard whitehats move 52.37 BTC to recovery trust
Coldcard whitehats moved 52.37 BTC from exploit-linked wallets into a recovery trust that will verify claims from affected owners....
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Hana Bank, Upbit Global to develop Travel Rule infrastructure for crypto transfers
Hana Bank has signed an agreement with Upbit Global to develop Travel Rule infrastructure for digital asset transfers, extending its work with South Korea’s crypto sector into transaction compliance and transfer technology. DigitalToday reported on Sept. 22 that the two…...
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Bitcoin should be on Apple, Meta balance sheets: Draper
Tim Draper says Apple and Meta should hold Bitcoin as a treasury hedge, warning current U.S. fiscal trends could threaten cash and banks....
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Ripple powers Absa digital asset custody launch in Africa
Ripple technology now powers Absa Digital Asset Custody, giving institutional clients in South Africa bank-grade digital asset safeguards....
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Agora moves closer to U.S. national trust bank after OCC approval
Agora has secured preliminary conditional approval from the U.S. Office of the Comptroller of the Currency to establish Agora National Trust Bank, bringing the stablecoin company a step closer to operating its issuance, custody and transaction infrastructure under federal supervision.…...
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Elon Musk’s X adds Bitcoin trading links for U.S. users
X now links U.S. Cashtags for stocks, ETFs and crypto to five partner platforms, where users can complete trades outside the social app....
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South Korea to test CBDC backed deposit tokens for government expenses
South Korea has approved a pilot that will let public officials pay government operating expenses with blockchain based deposit tokens instead of physical government cards. According to The Chosun Daily, the Ministry of Science and ICT approved the project during…...
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Polymarket pushes for MiFID status as Europe weighs prediction market rules
Polymarket has stepped up talks with European and UK regulators as the prediction market platform seeks financial services oversight for its contracts instead of being regulated primarily under national gambling laws. According to the Financial Times, the New York based…...
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Australia’s 40-year outlook names AI, omits crypto
Australia’s 40-year economic outlook names AI among five major transitions while separate Treasury policy addresses tokenized finance....
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Anchorage Digital taps LayerZero for stablecoin rails
Anchorage Digital selected LayerZero for stablecoin interoperability, starting with Tether’s USAT and extending to other bank-issued tokens....
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Bitcoin could gain from AI bust, Arthur Hayes says
Arthur Hayes says an AI credit bust could push U.S. authorities toward liquidity support, a scenario he argues could benefit Bitcoin....
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Cardano integrates x402 to bring ADA payments to AI agents
Cardano has gained support in the x402 software stack, allowing developers to build applications and AI agents that can pay for online services using ADA and Cardano native tokens. According to documentation from the Cardano Foundation’s x402 implementation, developers now…...
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Animoca Brands suspends Currenc merger talks, keeps public listing plan
Animoca Brands has suspended talks on its proposed reverse merger with Nasdaq listed Currenc Group after the companies determined that the expected closing timeline no longer fit their short and medium term plans. According to Animoca Brands, the decision was…...
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Circle launches Bitcoin-backed USDC borrowing
Circle has launched Bitcoin-backed USDC borrowing in Circle Mint, letting eligible institutions use cirBTC collateral on Arc and Ethereum....
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Ondo Finance launches in-kind tokenized stock conversion
Ondo Finance now lets approved institutions mint and redeem tokenized stocks using underlying shares through Alpaca on Ethereum and BNB Chain....
Read MoreKakao Pay, KakaoBank sign Fireblocks stablecoin MoU
Kakao Pay and KakaoBank signed an MoU with Fireblocks to test stablecoin infrastructure suited to South Korea’s regulatory and security needs....
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Trueo Ethereum plan draws Vitalik Buterin praise
Trueo plans to move its prediction market from Base to Ethereum, while Base markets remain live and TRUE migration stays open-ended for users....
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Binance faces U.S. probe over Iran sanctions
Binance faces a U.S. federal probe over possible Iran sanctions violations as prosecutors review compliance controls and trading activity....
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SlowMist warns Darksword may target wallets on iOS 26.5
SlowMist has warned that attackers may have adapted the Darksword exploit chain to compromise devices running iOS 26.5 and extract private keys from self-custody crypto wallets. SlowMist Chief Information Security Officer 23pds said attackers are using Darksword to bypass Apple’s…...
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Tokenized stocks may see limited U.S. demand: TD Cowen
The SEC has opened a five-year route for tokenized U.S. stock trading, but TD Cowen has found that domestic investors, institutions, and listed companies show little appetite for the products. TD Cowen said U.S. investors already have efficient access to…...
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Liquid Network attacker crossed into theft: Immunefi CEO
Immunefi CEO Mitchell Amador has said the Liquid Network attackers lost any claim to white-hat status by retaining 598.5 BTC after returning 3,400 BTC from the roughly 4,000 BTC exploit. Immunefi founder and CEO Mitchell Amador told crypto.news that moving…...
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0G launches liquid staking gateway for AI compute credits
0G has launched its Ascend liquid staking product and introduced a five-step system that will let eligible users convert staked 0G tokens into credits for AI computing services. In a Sep. 21 press release shared with crypto.news, 0G said that…...
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Aurora Intents routed $19M into Zcash NFT auction
Aurora Intents has processed more than $19 million across 1,718 swaps for the zkSNARKS auction, accounting for over half of the assets converted and deposited into the ZEC-denominated sale. Aurora Intents handled half of the auction volume Aurora Labs CEO…...
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Pepe price jumps 25% but overbought RSI warns of pullback
Pepe price surged nearly 25% on Sep. 21 as the meme coin cleared a major resistance level, although an overbought 4-hour reading raises the risk of a short-term pullback. According to data from crypto.news, Pepe (PEPE) price traded around $0.00000499…...
Read MoreBitcoin targets $90K as spot demand challenges shorts
Bitcoin has broken above $85,000 as renewed U.S. buying and forced short covering have put Nansen’s next targets at $87,000 and $90,000, even as large crypto traders remain net short. Nansen Senior Research Analyst Nicolai Sondergaard told crypto.news that Bitcoin’s…...
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Fairshake plans $30M push against Sherrod Brown
Crypto-backed super PAC Fairshake has prepared an expenditure of at least $30 million to oppose former Sen. Sherrod Brown’s return to the U.S. Senate following the failure of the CLARITY Act. Fairshake prepares its largest 2026 expenditure Eleanor Terrett, host…...
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Bitcoin Core 32 enters final testing ahead of Oct. 10 release
Bitcoin Core developers have moved version 32.0 into release-candidate testing, with the stable software scheduled for a possible Oct. 10 release after weeks of public checks. Bitcoin Core 32 targets an Oct. 10 release Bitcoin Core’s official release schedule shows…...
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