Strategy repurchased $139M of STRC with no Bitcoin bought or sold
A proposal to wind down Balancer and distribute its treasury to BAL holders is live for discussion, with a Snapshot vote expected Sept 25-29
Wyoming is migrating its FRNT stable token from LayerZero to Chainlink CCIP after a security review found repeated operational security failures at LayerZero
Swiss Bitcoin Pay shut down its servers after a suspected breach exposed customer emails, Bitcoin addresses, IBANs, transaction history and hashed passwords; user funds remain safe
UAE is using Avalanche to power its national UAE PASS digital identity system, serving over 12M people, via a partnership between Deca4 and the government
NY AG Letitia James is leading a bipartisan coalition of state AGs urging Congress to reject the Clarity Act over investor protection concerns
Eight banking trade groups called the Clarity Act’s deposit flight circuit breaker inadequate, saying it only triggers after major deposit flight has already happened
Trump agreed to roughly 80% of the Tillis-Gallego ethics proposal, including divesting crypto holdings or placing them in a blind trust, as the Clarity Act heads to a key Senate vote
Republicans call the new Clarity Act text their last, best and final offer ahead of Tuesday’s cloture vote, narrowing BRCA to the Bank Secrecy Act and civil enforcement, adding a Bessent-led circuit breaker on stablecoin yield, and tightening Ag title rules on vertical integration and affiliate trading
Nethermind named Alvin Su as CEO effective Sept 14, with outgoing CEO Daniel Celeda shifting to focus fully on the CTO role
UK’s FCA, Treasury and Bank of England are exploring an exemption for tokenized gold from certain fund rules
Ethereum L1 and Base are splitting on account abstraction standards after EIP-8130 and EIP-8141 alignment talks broke down, risking fragmented wallet UX across the EVM
Bitmine added 27,180 ETH, bringing its total holdings to 5,956,378 ETH
Kaiko expanded its latest funding round to $110M led by S&P Global, with DRW, Nasdaq, Coinbase Ventures and others participating
House Ways and Means Committee will review two crypto tax bills on Sept 16, covering mining/staking tax deferral and wash-sale rules for digital assets
Kraken launched yield on tokenized stocks SPYx, QQQx and NVDAx, generated via Veda vaults on Solana through Kamino
DeFi Development Corp grew its treasury by 55,491 SOL to 2.39M SOL and set up a $300M ATM offering for CHAD preferred stock to fund more SOL buys
Strive added 469 BTC to reach an even 25,000 BTC ($1.95B), all funded through SATA, which crossed $1B in notional value
KULR Technology sold its remaining 764 BTC for $58.6M, fully exiting its Bitcoin position at an average price of $76,633
A South Korean petition to delay crypto taxation hit 50,000 signatures, forcing legislative review, even as the finance minister nominee said the 22% tax on gains above $1,856 is still set for Jan 1, 2027
