📰 Tether Says It Helped Freeze About $550M in Iran-Linked USDT

Tether says it helped freeze about $550M in Iran-linked USDT in 2026 at US request, as a Senate report ties USDT to Iran's sanctions evasion.

#Crypto #StableCoins

📰 California Bans Public Officials From Issuing Memecoins

Newsom signed AB 2409: California officials may not issue memecoins, and from 2027 platforms can't list officials' new coins. What it covers and when.

#Blockchain #Crypto

📰 Ondo Finance Launches In-Kind Conversion for Tokenized Stocks

Ondo Stocks adds in-kind conversion via Alpaca's Instant Tokenization Network, letting approved institutions mint and redeem tokens from share inventory.

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📰 S&P Global Announces Agreement to Acquire OpenZeppelin

S&P Global agrees to acquire OpenZeppelin, the smart contract security firm whose Contracts library underpins over $37 trillion in value transferred.

#Press_Releases

☀️ Crypto Market Brief · Tue 29 Sep

🌐 Market cap: $2.87T (-1.9% 24h)
📊 24h volume: $135.6B
👑 BTC dominance: 58.4%
🙂 Fear & Greed: 73 (Greed)

Majors
BTC $83,420 🟢 +0.3%
ETH $2,676 🟢 +1.0%
SOL $118.29 🔴 -0.6%
XRP $1.50 🟢 +0.9%
BNB $759.29 🔴 -0.7%

🚀 Top gainers (top 100)
HBAR $0.1190 🟢 +21.8%
ALGO $0.1334 🟢 +13.7%
ICP $3.30 🟢 +8.0%
📉 Top losers (top 100)
BTW $1.17 🔴 -12.6%
ONDO $0.5087 🔴 -11.4%
ZEC $1,388 🔴 -10.5%

📈 Full table: cryptured.com/crypto-prices
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📰 Coinbase Wins CFTC Approval for Its Own Derivatives Clearinghouse

Coinbase Clearing is now a CFTC-registered clearinghouse, but only for fully collateralized futures, options and swaps, with USDC collateral 24/7.

#Crypto #Trade

📰 Citi and Coinbase Launch Stablecoin Checkout for Corporate Clients

Citi merchants can now accept stablecoins at checkout via Coinbase, which converts them to dollars, while Coinbase accounts turn fiat into stablecoins.

#Crypto #StableCoins

📰 Franklin Templeton Brings Tokenized Fund Collateral to Bybit

Bybit clients can pledge Franklin Templeton's Benji tokenized money fund shares for USDT or USDC credit while the shares stay off-exchange and earn yield.

#Blockchain #Crypto

📰 ESMA Shifts MiCA Focus to Crypto Supervision in 2027

ESMA MiCA supervision in 2027: resilience, EU substance, outsourcing and reverse solicitation checks, plus a white paper deadline for trading platforms.

#Analysis #Crypto

📰 Ethereum’s Glamsterdam Upgrade Set for Sepolia on October 6

Glamsterdam upgrade hits Ethereum's Sepolia testnet on 6 October. Geth v1.17.6 and Nethermind 2.0 carry the date; mainnet timing is not set yet.

#Crypto #Ethereum

📰 XRP Ledger Batch Transactions Set to Go Live on October 9

XRP Ledger batch transactions and permission delegation pass the 80% validator vote and could go live 8-9 October. Servers must run xrpld 3.4.1.

#Crypto #XRP

📰 Bitmine Crosses 6 Million ETH, Now 98% of Its 5% Supply Goal

Bitmine ETH holdings passed 6 million on 27 September: 4.9% of supply, 17,362 ETH bought last week and 84% staked for a projected $358M a year.

#Crypto #Ethereum

📰 Stablecoin Supply Climbs to $311.5B but Stays Below May Record

Total stablecoin supply reached about $311.5 billion on 28 September 2026, up $2.8 billion on the week but still 2.9% below the May record.

#Bitcoin #Crypto

📰 Sky Protocol and Galaxy Digital Announce Strategic Partnership Across Lending and Capital Markets

Sky Protocol and Galaxy Digital deepen onchain lending: Galaxy adds $100M sUSDS to treasury, approves it as collateral on a $1.4B loan book.

#Press_Releases

📰 NEAR Intents Says It Turned Away $50M in Bitget Hack Funds

NEAR Intents says its SHIELD layer turned away $50M+ in Bitget hack transfers and froze $503K, while THORChain says it does not censor by design.

#Blockchain #Crypto

📰 Chainlink Launches CCIP 2.0, Letting Issuers Add Their Own Bridge Verifiers

Chainlink's CCIP 2.0 lets token issuers require their own verifier on cross-chain transfers, adds compliance checks and retires its separate risk network.

#Chainlink #Crypto

📰 Fake GIWA Mainnet Bridge Drains 766 ETH From DYORSWAP Users

Scammers cloned GIWA's chain ID and got DYORSWAP to list a bridge to a mainnet that does not exist, then drained 766 ETH from 1,335 addresses.

#Crypto #Ethereum

📰 Goldman Sachs Opens Its $105B Treasury Fund to Crypto Desks on Lynq

Qualified US crypto firms can now hold cash in Goldman Sachs' $105B FTIXX Treasury fund via Lynq and tZERO. The fund itself is not tokenized.

#Blockchain #Crypto

📰 South Korea Weighs Legalizing Crypto Market Making After JPYC Spike

Korea's FSC will review allowing crypto market making and public oversight of exchanges, citing the JPYC listing where 21,219 Upbit users overpaid.

#Analysis #Crypto

📰 Strategy Buys 1,665 BTC but Spends More Buying Back STRC Preferred

Strategy lifted its bitcoin holdings to 847,666 BTC last week, but spent more on buying back STRC preferred stock ($151.7M) than on bitcoin ($142.7M).

#Bitcoin #Crypto

📰 SEC Staff Limit Token Buyback Relief to Networks With No Central Party

SEC staff revised their crypto FAQ on 28 September: token buybacks avoid securities treatment only on functional networks with no central party.

#Analysis #Crypto