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LayerZero backs regulated stablecoins for bank adoption
LayerZero says regulated stablecoins are key to institutional adoption after Anchorage selected its OFT standard for cross-chain issuance. …
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BitGo says Bitcoin absorbed Fed hike, CLARITY failure
BitGo says Bitcoin absorbed a Fed rate hike and failed CLARITY vote before rebounding above $86,000 as ETF demand returned. …
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Circle Foundation launches first U.S. grants for AI
Circle Foundation has awarded its first U.S. grants to Accion Opportunity Fund and Pacific Community Ventures on Sept. 22, backing AI-enabled lending and data infrastructure for underserved small businesses. Circle announced the grants during the Clinton Global Initiative Annual Meeting… …
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Strategy buys 950 Bitcoin for $75.7M after pause
Strategy has purchased 950 Bitcoin for $75.7 million, taking its holdings to 846,000 BTC after two weeks without buying or selling the asset. Strategy has added 950 Bitcoin using cash Strategy’s Sep. 21 Form 8-K, filed with the U.S. Securities… …
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Zcash Foundation disowns ZRC-20 and CASH token
The Zcash Foundation has denied any connection to two third-party products, ZRC-20 and the CASH token, after a post published through its X account described them as additions to the Zcash network. Zcash Foundation says it had no prior knowledge… …
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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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Lemon exits Brazil over crypto licensing costs
Lemon has decided to close its Brazilian operations and terminate about 15,000 local accounts after finding the country’s new crypto licensing capital requirements too costly for its business. Lemon said Brazil’s new capital requirements were “disproportionate” to the size of… …
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HotShort to present short-drama RWA model at GWDC Korea 2026
HotShort has joined the Feixiaohao × GWDC 2026 Innovation Forum as a co-organizer and will present its model for turning short-drama content and related revenue into blockchain-based assets at the Sep. 29 event in Seoul. Feixiaohao said the forum will… …
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MultiversX investigates potential mainnet issue
MultiversX has opened an investigation into a potential issue on its mainnet and said it expects to provide another update within 12 hours or sooner if the team reaches a clear finding. MultiversX has begun reviewing the mainnet issue MultiversX… …
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BaFin official warns centralized MiCA oversight may add burdens
A BaFin official has warned that centralized EU crypto supervision could place extra burdens on firms while reducing flexibility in applying MiCA rules. Centralized MiCA supervision could reduce flexibility The European Blockchain Convention’s Day 2 briefing attributed the warning to… …
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Tokenized stocks face 24/7 pricing gap: RedStone COO
The SEC has opened permissioned onchain trading to fully backed U.S. stock tokens, but the 32.5-hour trading week on NYSE and Nasdaq leaves automated markets without a live reference price for most of each 168-hour week. The SEC’s temporary exemption… …
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SEC tokenized stock plan puts investor rights ahead of trading speed
The SEC has opened a five-year pathway for tokenized U.S. stocks that requires each approved token to carry the economic, voting, dividend, and liquidation rights attached to the underlying share. Bitget Wallet COO Alvin Kan told crypto.news that the legal… …
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Ethereum Classic miners reverse Core Geth v1.13.0 migration after warning
Ethereum Classic node operators have been urged to avoid a disputed Core Geth v1.13.0 release after several mining pool nodes briefly adopted the software before returning to the maintained Argos client. Classix said in a Sept. 16 incident report that… …
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Bitcoin quantum migration may take years, Ledger CTO says
Ledger CTO Charles Guillemet says Bitcoin’s quantum challenge centers on migration, as SHRINCS raises new wallet state and recovery risks. …
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Kyobo Life, SBI complete Korea-Japan stablecoin test
Kyobo Life and SBI completed a Canton Network test of direct yen-won stablecoin settlement without using the U.S. dollar as an intermediary …
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Robinhood engineers charged over $50K crypto scheme
Federal prosecutors have charged two Robinhood engineers with commodities fraud and wire fraud after each allegedly earned more than $50,000 by trading crypto perpetual futures with confidential listing information. Robinhood engineers allegedly traded before listings The U.S. Attorney’s Office for… …
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BitBox adds Lightning wallet without a new backup phrase
BitBox has added a self-custody Lightning hot wallet to the BitBoxApp, letting hardware-wallet users make faster Bitcoin payments through their existing backup without recording another recovery phrase. BitBox Lightning wallet separates spending from savings BitBox announced the integration as part… …
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Stablecoins could boost US dollar and Treasury demand: BoE
Dollar stablecoins have grown to about $300 billion in circulation, prompting a Bank of England policymaker to warn that their expansion could increase demand for US Treasurys while creating new risks during periods of heavy redemptions. Stablecoins could extend the… …
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