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SEC Proposes New Crypto Custody Framework for Advisers and Funds

The SEC's new proposal would let advisers and funds use state trust companies, and in limited cases self-custody, to hold crypto.

Blast L2 Winds Down, Sets Oct. 26th Withdrawal Deadline

Blast is sunsetting its Ethereum L2 after costs outran revenue.

Ethereum Foundation Launches zkAPI for Private AI Payments

The EF and Open Anonymity's new zkAPI lets you prepay for AI and other APIs on Ethereum, then spend with ZK proofs so usage isn't tied back to you.

Stripe's Bridge Launches OUSD, the Stablecoin That Pays Its Distributors

OUSD, a new Stripe-issued stablecoin, is live across four chains.

House Expands Probe Into Prediction-Market Insider Trading

House Oversight expanded its prediction-market insider trading probe to Hyperliquid, Crypto.com, and PredictIt.

Bitwise Teases NEAR ETF Launch for Today

Bitwise looks set to launch its NEAR ETF, offering direct NEAR exposure alongside staking rewards through NYSE Arca.

Coinbase Completes U.S. Derivatives Stack With CFTC Approval

CFTC approval gives Coinbase its own clearinghouse, bringing more of its regulated U.S. derivatives business in-house.

Ethena Expands USDe Backing Into Equity Perpetuals

Expanding its USDe basis trade to Binance equity perps means Ethena, in theory, opens itself up to a $150T+ market of real-world assets.

Bitget Hacked for $351.6M

A backend wallet breach drained $351.6M as hackers consolidate funds into ETH and investigators probe a DPRK link.

Strategy Proposes Daily Dividends for Preferred Stocks

The daily dividends would apply to all preferred stocks: STRC, STRF, STRK, and STRD, aiming to improve price stability, liquidity, and investor trust.

New York Sues Polymarket Over Alleged Illegal Gambling

New York alleged Polymarket operates as gambling and is seeking to block the platform in the state.

Alloc Init Proposes Zcash-Style Privacy for Bitcoin

The proposed Shielded Bitcoin metaprotocol would use Zcash-style private notes to hide BTC transfers without changing Bitcoin consensus.

Tempo Launches Mercator Tool Router for AI Agents

Mercator lets agents discover, pay for, and combine use outside tools, improving their performance on domain specific tasks along the way.

BlackRock Maps Crypto’s Role in the AI Economy

BlackRock says AI agents could drive stablecoin payments and help create new markets for trading and financing compute.

NYSE, Blockchain.com Partner on Tokenized Stocks

Blockchain.com and the NYSE are teaming up to bring tokenized U.S. stocks and ETFs to Blockchain.com’s global users through the exchange’s planned 24/7 onchain trading venue. What’s the Scoop? NYSE taps Blockchain.com: T…

CFTC Warns Prediction Markets Over Mention Contracts

CFTC staff warns mention markets carry elevated manipulation risks after cases involving George Santos, White House staff and others.

Coinbase Rolls Out Fixed-Rate Bitcoin Loans via Morpho Midnight

Coinbase launches fixed-rate, bitcoin-backed USDC loans powered by Morpho Midnight on Base.

Prediction Market Trueo Is Leaping from Base to Ethereum

Prediction market Trueo is migrating from Base to Ethereum mainnet, earning praise from Vitalik Buterin.

Binance Commits $100M Stake in Circle With New USDC Pact

Circle sells Binance $100M in discounted CRCL shares as the pair expand their USDC deal.

Lighter Set to Add Binary Options Support to Its ZK Prover

Lighter's prover repository just got a "Binary options support" commit.

Zcash Sets Its Sights on Next Major Network Upgrade

The popular privacy chain is leveling up next month with faster blocks and beyond.

Vitalik Says AI Could Strengthen Cybersecurity

Vitalik says AI’s math breakthroughs could make formal verification practical, helping developers build software that is harder to hack.

Senate Democrats Seek New CLARITY Talks

Seven Senate Democrats say they remain committed to CLARITY as lawmakers explore restarting bipartisan talks before year-end.

S&P Global Agrees to Acquire OpenZeppelin

S&P Global is acquiring OpenZeppelin, adding smart contract security to its growing institutional crypto infrastructure stack.

Fake World Assets Officially Opens Its V2

The Ethereum gacha platform has activated purchases on its V2 protocol, which will run alongside the V1.

Venice Hits 250B Daily Tokens Milestone

Venice, the rising private AI platform, has seen its token usage more than double since June.

Last Minute Clarity Act Revisions Eye DeFi Clarifications

The Clarity Act just got a fresh draft ahead of its September 15th cloture vote.

ETH Wins Today's Risk-On Bounce Among Crypto Majors

ETH jumped as high as 7% today, outpacing other crypto majors amid Friday's mixed inflation data.

Pump.fun Launches Custom Pairs for Tokenized Stocks

Pump.fun launches Custom Pairs, letting creators launch tokens against stocks, crypto, metals, and more while earning fees in the paired asset.

trade[XYZ] Launches HIP-4 Event Markets

trade[XYZ] launches Events on Hyperliquid via HIP-4, bringing outcome markets for finance, sports, politics, and more into one unified account.

Vitalik Pitches EIP-8288 as Ethereum's Next Big Cryptography Unlock

A new mempool design could make quantum-safe signatures and private transactions dirt cheap on Ethereum.

Aave Nears $1B Milestone for V4 Deposits

Aave's new Hub-and-Spoke architecture is closing in on $1B in deposits.

Consensys Software Splits Into MetaMask and a New Consensys

MetaMask goes independent as Consensys is splitting into two companies.

Visa Taps Onchain Credit for Stablecoin Card Settlement

Visa is bringing onchain credit into card settlement as stablecoin-linked programs scale and settlement volume tops a $20B annualized run rate.

Robinhood Takes Stakes in Crypto.com, OG.com

Robinhood will add OG.com prediction markets and take minority stakes in both OG and Crypto.com as it expands its event-contract business.

Hunter Biden’s $LAPTOP Memecoin Hits Base Sept. 9

Hunter Biden’s $LAPTOP launches on Base Sept. 9 with Trump-loss airdrops, prediction-linked burns, and immediate online backlash.

Ethereum Achieves New Blob Usage Record

Rollups pushed Ethereum blob usage to an ATH this week, with demand the highest its ever been.

Bitcoin Reclaims $80,000 Amid Dovish Fed Signal

BTC reached $80k again after Fed Governor Waller said he may support holding rates at the next FOMC meeting.

Pons Reaches New ATHs on Robinhood Chain

Pons just hit new all-time highs in trading volume and tokens created on Robinhood Chain.

World Open-Sources ProveKit for Private Identity Proofs

World open-sources ProveKit, letting users prove identity claims like age or nationality without exposing their personal data.

HyperStrat Expands HYPE Buying Power to $2.5B

HyperStrat expands its equity facility from $1B to $2.5B, giving the HYPE treasury company more firepower to keep accumulating tokens.

Ethena Launches Neobank App on Avalanche

Ethena launches Ethena Pay, offering USDe yields, card rewards, global transfers, and new utility for ENA.

Robinhood Chain Becomes Crypto's Top Chain by Organic Revenue

Robinhood Chain's protocol revenue just topped every major chain but incentivized Canton.

Strategy Snaps Its Bitcoin Pause as Bitmine's ETH Buying Streak Continues

Strategy and Bitmine now own more than 4% of Bitcoin and Ethereum's supply, respectively, after fresh buys.

Trump Crypto Investors Are $4.7B Underwater

Public Citizen estimates Trump-linked crypto investors are down at least $4.7B across TRUMP, WLFI, NFTs and Trump Media’s treasury.

Solana Narrowly Passes Double-Disinflation Proposal

Solana narrowly passed SGP-0002, accelerating its path to 1.5% inflation by 2029, while its sister fee-burn proposal failed.

Ethena Adds Equities to Basis Trade, Shutters HIP-3 Market

Ethena is expanding USDe into equity perps as it overhauls ENA tokenomics and looks to reignite ecosystem growth.

DefiLlama Introduces Universal Token Ratings Dashboard

Ethena Fee Switch Vote Ties ENA Buybacks to USDe Growth

Ethena's fee switch vote comes with a proposed USDe-tied revenue ladder.

Bitcoin Fields Its First Quantum-Safe Transaction

A new scheme called QSB used Bitcoin's own legacy rules to lock a transaction against Shor's algorithm.

JPMorgan Weighs Stablecoin as Bank Push Accelerates

JPMorgan weighs its own stablecoin as major banks explore a global consortium and thousands of smaller banks launch BankChain Alliance.

Hyperliquid Gets Pumpfun Support, Energy Perps Push

Pumpfun adds HyperEVM trading as HPC pushes U.S. energy perps and AQA v2 begins generating USDC yield for HYPE buybacks.

Roman Storm Retrial Delayed to April 2027

Roman Storm’s retrial moves to April 2027 as a judge weighs throwing out his conviction and questions grow over Chainalysis’s role.

Grayscale's Zcash ETF Begins Trading on NYSE Arca

Grayscale's $ZCSH offers spot ZEC exposure, though its holdings sit outside Zcash's shielded privacy tech.

Galaxy Unveils Crypto-Backed Line of Credit Service

GalaxyOne's new credit line lets retail users borrow cash against crypto's majors.

Kinetiq Unveils Elysium L2 for Hyperliquid

Kinetiq unveiled Elysium, a Hyperliquid L2 built to improve HyperEVM performance, revive spot trading, and create a new KNTQ buyback engine.

Phantom to Drop Sui in Second Chain Exit

Phantom will drop Sui support come Sept. 24, following its Monad exit as Sui TVL remains roughly 82% below its peak.

Strategy Creates $1.6B Flexible Cash Pool

Strategy created a $1.59B cash pool for Bitcoin, buybacks, debt, and preferreds as it builds more flexibility into its capital stack.

Coldcard Ships Deeper Security Fix Following Bitcoin Heist

Coinkite's new firmware adds hand-entered entropy and stricter transaction checks to its Coldcard wallets.

Bitcoin Nears $80K as Crypto Rally Stretches to a 3rd Straight Day

Crypto's latest rally has BTC near $80K, ETH outpacing it at +28% on the week, and HYPE hitting a fresh ATH.