Binance Invests $100 Million in Circle, Expands USDC Partnership

Circle and Binance announced a $100 million equity investment by the exchange and a five-year agreement to grow USDC adoption in emerging markets.

SoFi Goes Live With Stablecoin Settlement Across Mastercard's Network

The bank is shifting its entire card program to blockchain-based settlement, letting merchants receive funds instantly through a SoFi Bank account.

European Central Banks Push to Widen Stablecoin Yield Ban

The ECB and national central banks asked Brussels to close loopholes that let lending and staking products pay stablecoin holders indirectly.

CME Group to Launch Bitcoin Cash and Uniswap Futures

The Chicago exchange said the new contracts respond to strong client demand for institutional-grade tools to manage price risk in liquid altcoin markets.

XRP Is 54% Above the Dollar It Was Standing On, and the Escrow Math Still Has Not Changed

XRP trades at $1.5358 after defending $1.00 in August. ETF inflows crossed $100 million weekly, but monthly escrow releases still exceed ETF absorption.

Bybit Copy Trading Adds TradFi Perpetual Contracts for Tesla, Apple, NVIDIA

Bybit's Copy Trading tool now mirrors positions in Tesla, Apple, and NVIDIA perpetual contracts, extending crypto-style trading to equities markets.

NEAR Doubled in a Week, and Part of the Reason Is a Rally in a Different Coin

NEAR rallied 92% in a week on record Intents volume, but part of its locked value grows when deposited Zcash appreciates rather than from new capital.

Six Canadian Banks Explore Tokenized Deposit Initiative

BMO, CIBC, National Bank of Canada, RBC, Scotiabank and TD Bank Group said the initiative aims to keep Canada's payments infrastructure competitive as digital money evolves.

Nexo Survey: Most Affluent Investors Hold Crypto, Few Build Wealth With It

Nexo's new Crypto Integration Index puts affluent investors at just 4.83 of 10, showing most now hold crypto but have not built real wealth with it yet.

KuMining Reports $25M in Sales After First Year as Mining Portfolio Expands

Cloud mining platform surpasses 200,000 users and 5 EH/s in cumulative BTC hashrate sales as it expands support to five Proof-of-Work assets

AI Agents Will Soon Pay Each Other in Bitcoin, GoBTC Pay Chief Says at Toronto Hackathon

AI shopping agents could soon handle everyday purchases and pay one another in Bitcoin, GoBTC Pay chief Roman Yermoshin said at a Toronto hackathon.

Animoca Brands Suspends Currenc Merger, Delaying Nasdaq Listing

Animoca Brands and Currenc Group suspended their reverse merger after the closing timeline no longer matched their goals, with talks resuming only if conditions permit.

Ohio Launches Buckeye Billfold Digital Wallet for Crypto Payments

Ohio Treasurer Robert Sprague and Secretary of State Frank LaRose unveiled Buckeye Billfold, a wallet that lets Ohioans pay state fees in cryptocurrency.

CFTC Warns 'Mention Market' Contracts Carry Manipulation Risk

The CFTC's Division of Market Oversight warned exchanges that 'mention market' event contracts tied to a person's conduct carry heightened manipulation risk.

21Shares Launches First European Zcash ETP Alongside ether.fi Product

European asset manager 21Shares has listed physically backed Zcash and ether.fi ETPs, giving brokerage investors regulated exposure to ZEC and ETHFI.

Solana Moves Alpenglow Upgrade to Public Testnet

The Alpenglow upgrade replaces TowerBFT with the Votor voting protocol, shrinking transaction finality from roughly 12.8 seconds to about 150 milliseconds.

Anchorage Digital Selects LayerZero for Cross-Chain Stablecoins

America's first federally chartered crypto bank is routing its stablecoins across 170-plus chains through LayerZero's OFT standard, starting with Tether's USAT.

Infosys Partners With Chainlink to Bring Institutional Finance Onchain

The $40 billion IT services firm is standardizing Chainlink's data, interoperability and compliance stack across its institutional client base.

September 30 Crypto Licensing Deadlines: UK Opens Its Gateway as Australia's Grace Period Ends

Crypto license deadlines hit UK and Australia on September 30, 2026, while the US CLARITY Act stays stalled. See what exchanges and custodians must file.

Binance Lists Hyperliquid’s HYPE Token With Seed Tag

Trading begins at 11 a.m. UTC on September 24 with HYPE paired against USDT, USDC, and the Turkish lira, marking Binance’s first spot listing of the token.

5 Crypto Events to Have on Your Radar This Fall

Crypto’s fall conference calendar spans Europe and Asia, spotlighting payments, tokenization, infrastructure, developers, finance and blockchain adoption.