Binance is reportedly seeking an FCA crypto licence to re-enter the UK market after years of regulatory restrictions — Twitter

Compound approved a record $52M budget and a new leadership team to pivot toward institutional DeFi (RWAs, TradFi-grade credit rails), after its TVL fell to $1.2B from a $12B peak — CoinDesk

Centrifuge proposed letting CFG holders convert tokens 1:1 into equity in the company behind it, plus a foundation revamp; it's an RFC in a 14-day comment window, no vote date yet — Cryptobriefing

Banking giant Citi will launch bitcoin custody later this year under its new Custody+ platform, blending traditional and crypto custody with real-time settlement and AI market tools — The Block

Japan's Metaplanet is taking a 95.7% stake in Nasdaq-listed Super League for $134.6M (2,100 BTC + $2.5M cash) to launch a US bitcoin treasury named Superplanet — CoinDesk

Securitize and $230B manager Neuberger Berman launched HINC, a tokenized high-yield bond fund live on Avalanche, Ethereum, Solana and Sui, Neuberger's first tokenized-fund role — The Block

Cypherpunk Technologies launched the largest Zcash mining fleet (~18% of the network) via a $33.33M Winklevoss deal; it holds 323,394 ZEC (~1.92%) and targets 5% of supply — The Block

The SEC proposed Regulation Crypto Assets: token-fundraise exemptions ($5M over 4yrs, $75M/yr) plus a safe harbor letting sufficiently decentralized tokens exit "security" status; 60-day comment period — SEC

Maya Protocol was exploited via six chained bugs, draining ~$1.7M (mostly 20.83 BTC); CACAO crashed ~88% and the affected pool lost ~$11M, and the network auto-halted for about an hour — CoinDesk

Ripple Prime (ex-Hidden Road) closed a $275M debut sale of senior notes (due 2031, 8.25% coupon, BBB-rated), taking Ripple's debt financing to ~$475M in three months to fund its US expansion — CoinDesk

Solana ID will shut down its Hub, API and Display Network by the end of September, burn its treasury SOLID and delete user data by year-end — Twitter

Ethereum engineering firm Nethermind ended its LayerZero DVN verifier role and moved cross-chain ops to Chainlink, joining a growing exodus from LayerZero since April's $292M Kelp DAO bridge hack — The Block

Trump said CFTC Chair Mike Selig is working to bring Hyperliquid into the US "in a fully compliant fashion," sending HYPE up ~17% in 24h. Early talks, not an approval — The Block

Base App switched on Hyperliquid-powered perps with 290+ markets and up to 50x leverage, closed to US, UK and Canada users — Decrypt

Binance is delisting ICON (ICX), Secret (SCRT) and Storj (STORJ) from spot on September 3 at 03:00 UTC; withdrawals stay open until November 3 — Binance

X is exploring stablecoin payouts, including USDC, to pay influencers and content providers for royalties and commissions — Twitter

Binance launched Agent OS, letting AI agents analyze markets and trade for users via a new MCP server that plugs into Claude Code, ChatGPT and Cursor — Binance

BitGo Korea won VASP registration, the first foreign crypto firm to gain the status in Korea directly through its own local subsidiary rather than buying a licensed operator — WuBlockchain

An Optimism-funded team cast the deciding vote moving ~$49M in OP from user airdrops into a Foundation-run fund, raising conflict-of-interest concerns — CoinDesk

Ramp now lets businesses fund AI-agent wallets and make x402 payments on Solana, with built-in attribution, audit trails and spend controls — Ramp