Ethena partnered with Binance to extend the USDe basis trade into tokenized equity perpetuals, with bStocks serving as spot collateral
Bitget revised its hack losses to $387.5M after tracing stolen funds on Zcash and TRON, said it would announce a withdrawal timeline by Sept 26, 4am UTC
CZ said Binance, BNB Chain, and the community would do everything possible to help Bitget after its hack; Bybit, MEXC, and CoinDCX execs also offered support
Coinbase’s CEO said crypto and stablecoins would become the go-to payment method for AI agents
Jumper opened its JUMP token sale on Legion, running Sept 29 to Oct 2
Strategy proposed switching its preferred securities (STRF, STRC, STRK, STRD) to a daily dividend structure, accruing every calendar day with unchanged economics
Coinbase’s tokenized stocks went live on Aave V4 on Base, available outside the US
Brazil’s central bank mandated reporting on self-custody wallet transfers of $10,000 or more starting October 1
House Small Business subcommittee held a hearing examining how crypto payments could cut costs and speed up transactions for small businesses
Hypernova launched Wallet Connect, letting users link trading history from Hyperliquid for better pricing assessments
Aero confirmed an October 21 launch, adding Robinhood Chain and Arbitrum alongside Base, Ethereum, Arc, OP Mainnet, and Ink
Tezos launched Quantumnet to test quantum resistant signatures (ML-DSA-44) across consensus and data availability
Arc Mainnet added Onramp Kit, letting developers embed fiat-to-USDC funding via Apple Pay, Google Pay, cards, and bank transfers
Alpenglow went live on devnet, officially retiring TowerBFT ahead of the mainnet-beta migration
SEC staff clarified when live tokens, buybacks, and staking receipts don’t count as securities
Bybit published a restricted counterparty list covering exchanges, mixers, and darknet markets, including Garantex, HTX, Samourai Wallet, and groups like Lazarus, Hamas, and ISIS-K
Magic Eden was suspected of an NFT security vulnerability after a white hat moved 3,832 NFTs from hundreds of wallets
Strive pushed back on MSCI’s proposed index rules, warning it could be excluded without a clear definition of an operating asset
LayerZero is winding down offchain DVN and Executor support within 30 days for low activity chains including Aurora, Taiko, Japan Open Chain, LightLink, Viction, Animechain, XPLA, Merlin, Gnosis, Zora, Otherworld Space, XAI, and opBNB.
Fhenix goes mainnet this October with dual mode, letting the same asset switch between public and confidential states without fragmenting liquidity.
US seized $84M from Montana payments firm Capstone over alleged Tether and Bitfinex fund movements through Caribbean bank EQIBank
Circle Foundation is partnering with the UN Development Programme and World Food Programme to pilot USDC-based stablecoin payments for humanitarian aid in conflict zones and low-connectivity regions.
