Plume opened Factor, an RWA credit vault giving stablecoin depositors exposure to invoice-factoring and working-capital loans, targeting 14%+ net APY with weekly liquidity — Plume
a16z crypto released Lattice Jolt, a post-quantum rebuild of its Jolt zkVM on lattices instead of elliptic curves, 2 to 3 times faster with sub-100 KB proofs — a16z crypto
Nasdaq is investing $100M in Kraken's parent Payward at a $21B valuation, expanding their pact to build a tokenized-stock gateway on Kraken's xStocks — Bloomberg
The Boring Company raised $3B at a $23B valuation, led by the UAE, to bore 150km+ of tunnels across the Emirates plus new Vegas and Nashville Loops — The Boring Company
Bybit plans a European super-app merging crypto, regulated derivatives and stocks, seeking a MiFID II license via its Austrian arm Bybit X to serve the EEA — CoinDesk
Real Finance's $ASSET now has a MiCA whitepaper in ESMA's Interim MiCA Register across all 30 EEA markets, giving it one standardised EU disclosure for listings — Real Finance
Coinbase is renaming Base App back to Coinbase Wallet, a year after its social everything-app rebrand, after the SocialFi bet fell flat and it refocused on trading — The Block
Bitwise is liquidating its spot Dogecoin ETF (BWOW) about ten months after launch, after assets fell under $1M and NAV dropped 38% in H1 2026; last trade is Oct 14 — The Block
OpenAI launched ChatGPT for Financial Services, a GPT-6 Astra powered Work experience built with Morgan Stanley and Evercore that speeds up banker research, financial models and client materials — OpenAI
Citrini Research founder Van Geelen sold his research firm to SemiAnalysis — Bloomberg
Former Alameda CEO Caroline Ellison has joined nonprofit charity Manifund — The Block
Huobi founder Leon Li sold his London Regent's Park mansion for £190M, a £51M gain on the £139M he paid in 2024 — FT
Revolut exposed passports, selfies, IBANs and full Bitcoin histories of high-net-worth users after falling for a fake government data request — crypto.news
Cascade, a Polychain-backed neo-brokerage that raised $15M, is shutting down after five years and told users to claim any remaining CLS and trading funds — Cascade
Tesla will finally unveil its long-delayed next-gen Roadster on October 1 in Waco, Texas, the fifth reveal date it has set for the car this year — TechCrunch
220 million traveler records from a Vietnam-linked APIS border system leaked, covering anyone who flew to, from or through Vietnam between 2017 and 2026 — BleepingComputer
Anthropic picked the Nasdaq for its October IPO, near a $965B valuation with estimates toward $2T, days after OpenAI ruled out a 2026 listing — The Next Web
The EU's Cyber Resilience Act now forces in-scope wallet makers to report actively exploited flaws within 24 hours, effective September 11 — CryptoSlate