Binance to end UAH services and delist USDT/UAH on Sept. 28 Binance said it will stop UAH deposits and withdrawals via Fiat Trade UAH and remove the USDT/UAH spot pair after Sept. 28, a move affecting its Ukrainian users. The exchange said open orders on the pair will be canceled when trading ends, and any remaining UAH balances will be automatically converted to USDT by Sept. 30.
Jumper sets JUMP token sale for Sept. 29 on Legion Jumper will open its JUMP token sale on Legion on Sept. 29 at 13:00 UTC and close it on Oct. 2 at the same time, calling it its first independent fundraising effort. Eligible users can submit pledges and request allocations, but pledges do not guarantee tokens; final allocations will depend on eligibility, sale terms, demand and Legion’s process. The sale excludes users in the US and UK, among other jurisdictions.
Streamflow burns 699.99M STREAM, cutting total supply to 300M The Streamflow Foundation burned 699.99 million STREAM tokens on Sept. 23, reducing total supply from about 1 billion to 300 million in a single onchain transaction. The foundation said the burn removed roughly 70% of supply it controlled, while Streamflow’s vesting, staking, airdrop and other product operations remain unchanged.
Crypto.com files with CFTC to launch US equity perpetuals Cronos token CRO rose about 6% on Friday after CEO Kris Marszalek said Crypto.com filed with the CFTC to list equity perpetuals in the US, following the SEC’s Form 1-N acknowledgement last week. Nadex, the group’s US derivatives exchange, is seeking to offer no-expiry stock futures tied to names including Apple, Amazon, Nvidia, Tesla and SpaceX, with CFTC approval required on a case-by-case basis.
Ethena adds tokenized U.S. stocks to USDe backing strategy Ethena said it has added tokenized U.S. equities and equity perpetual futures to the basis trade used for part of USDe’s backing, expanding the delta-neutral strategy beyond crypto. It will use Binance’s bStocks as spot collateral and short Binance equity perpetuals as the hedge; Binance’s equity perps had more than $2.9 billion in open interest, while Ethena said the equity basis averaged 3.56% annualized over the past six months.
Three crypto exploits drain more than $11M in one day Payy Network, Duelbits and Meter were hit Thursday for a combined loss of more than $11 million. Payy said its Ethereum bridge was exploited for $1.8 million and paused all transactions, Duelbits’ co-founder confirmed an approximately $7 million hack and said the platform will stay offline during the investigation, while Meter said a block validation flaw let an attacker mint and dump $2.3 million in unbacked tokens.
NYSE Arca approves Bitwise NEAR ETF listing under ticker NRR NYSE Arca has approved Bitwise’s NEAR ETF shares for listing under ticker NRR, giving NEAR a fresh catalyst as the token trades around $4.96 after a 43% weekly gain and roughly 176% year-to-date rise. Bitwise plans to stake 100% of the trust’s NEAR holdings under normal conditions; 33% of staking rewards would go to staking-related expenses, with about 67% left for the trust, alongside a 0.75% annual fee. The filing did not give a launch date.
CFTC updates crypto collateral guidance for futures intermediaries The CFTC on Sept. 24 updated its crypto activity FAQs to clarify that existing rules already let some qualifying futures intermediaries accept certain non-security digital assets as customer margin under Staff Letter 26-05, while tokenized versions of permitted investments and blockchain records remain subject to current safeguards. For most non-stablecoin crypto, firms must apply at least a 20% haircut, so a $100,000 position is recognized at $80,000 and can trigger a margin shortfall if prices fall.
Aave proposal seeks PT-AUSD-17DEC2026 listing on Monad TokenLogic has submitted a direct-to-AIP proposal to list PT-AUSD-17DEC2026 on Aave V3 Monad before PT-AUSD-8OCT2026 matures on 8 October, letting users roll positions and keep using them as collateral. The new Pendle PT would launch with the same setup as the October market, including a 20M supply cap, borrowing disabled, and collateral use limited to a dedicated stablecoin eMode for USDT0, USDC, GHO and USDe.
Grayscale’s Zcash ETF tops $1 billion in assets after one month Grayscale said its ZCSH Zcash ETF has passed $1 billion in net assets one month after listing, but the total was driven largely by ZEC’s price surge and assets already inside the renamed Grayscale Zcash Trust. By Sept. 24, the fund had $306.12 million in net inflows, including a roughly $100 million in-kind DCG transfer of 85,705 ZEC on Sept. 8, implying about $200 million of fresh outside cash. A 3-for-1 share split takes effect before the market opens on Sept. 30.
Cardano approves new treasury allocations under onchain governance Cardano’s onchain governance system approved a new round of treasury allocations for infrastructure and ecosystem development in a September 22 update, putting its Voltaire-era model into live use for resource decisions. The funding is set to be released in stages tied to project milestones, meaning approval is not an immediate full payout and gives governance participants added oversight over delivery.
Offshore exchanges face fresh sanctions scrutiny HTX has been sanctioned by the EU and UK over alleged Russia-related sanctions activity, while US court filings named Binance in a case alleging two Hong Kong-based companies used accounts at the UAE-based exchange to launder proceeds from black-market Iranian oil sales. The US has not sanctioned Binance or taken direct action against it in that case, and Binance has denied wrongdoing, but both cases raise compliance and banking access risks for offshore exchanges.
Cosmos Hub validators seize 1.23M ATOM from Neutron exploiter wallet Cosmos Hub validators moved 1,227,121 ATOM, worth about $2.1 million, from the Neutron exploiter’s wallet when the network restarted Wednesday, executing the transfer at the state level without the owner’s signature after freezing the chain for nearly 25 hours. A 168,990 ATOM refund from a THORChain order escaped after the restart and was later bridged to Osmosis; the seized tokens now sit at cosmos1z8pq5c, an address with no known signer.
Aave moves Base V4 activation to Snapshot vote Aave Labs said Aave V4 on Base is ready for activation, with execution now subject to a binding Snapshot vote rather than an AIP or Aave Governance V3 vote. The first live market would be the Equities Hub: seven Coinbase-issued tokenized equities — AAPLc, AMZNc, GOOGLc, METAc, MSFTc, NVDAc and TSLAc — can be used as collateral in the MAG7 Spoke, while USDC is the only borrowable asset.
Circle mints 250M USDC on Solana Circle’s authorized Solana minting infrastructure created 250,000,000 USDC in a new onchain transaction, increasing USDC supply on the network by a quarter of a billion tokens. The mint adds fresh dollar liquidity to one of USDC’s most active blockchain markets, but it does not by itself show that a single buyer purchased $250 million or indicate where the tokens will be deployed.
Solana jumps to top spot in tokenized commodities DEX trading Solana captured 36% of tokenized commodities spot DEX volume on Sept. 23, up from about 1% three weeks earlier, overtaking Robinhood Chain at 26%, Blockworks data shows. The shift followed new launches on the network, including Dominion Market’s SILV token, GMTrade commodity perps and Kamino’s move to accept PAXG as collateral. Ethereum still holds about 95% of tokenized commodity assets, highlighting the gap between trading activity and asset value.
Hut 8 wins $140M bid for Poolin’s Texas data-center sites Hut 8 has emerged as the winning bidder for Poolin’s Pyote and Tarbush sites in Texas with a $140 million offer, nearly triple the combined $52 million stalking-horse bids that opened the bankruptcy auction. The sale is not final: it still needs approval from the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of New Jersey at a hearing scheduled for September 29.
Hive Escalates Swedish Bitcoin Mining VAT Dispute to European Commission Hive Digital Technologies has taken its Swedish VAT fight to the European Commission after Swedish courts refused to refer the case to the EU’s top court. The dispute centers on whether Hive’s Swedish units were mining bitcoin for themselves, which falls outside VAT, or providing contracted computing power services to customers, a classification that affects VAT refunds and has been applied retroactively to miners since 2022.
KelpDAO sues LayerZero and CEO Bryan Pellegrino over $292M rsETH hack KelpDAO has filed suit in British Columbia against LayerZero and co-founder Bryan Pellegrino over the April 18 exploit that drained 116,500 rsETH, worth about $292 million, from its bridge. Kelp alleges LayerZero failed to disclose risks and secure infrastructure later compromised by attackers, while LayerZero says Kelp’s 1-of-1 verifier setup created the single point of failure that enabled the forged cross-chain message.
SEC tokenization exemption lifts Securitize shares Securitize (SECZ) rose more than 15% Friday to $16.53 after the SEC on Sept. 17 issued a five-year Innovation Exemption allowing tokenized securities venues to operate without registering as exchanges. The order also exempts some liquidity providers from dealer registration when supplying tokenized stock to AMM pools, extending SECZ’s rebound to 77% over five trading days and 158% over the past month.
Tether says EQIBank exposure is under 0.034% of assets Tether said funds held at offshore banking partner EQIBank are trapped but amount to less than 0.034% of its total assets, after the Dominica-licensed bank warned it could face liquidation. EQIBank is trying to recover about $89 million seized by US authorities from accounts tied to payment processor Capstone Ltd., a hit the bank says wiped out roughly 80% of its monetary holdings.
Brazil central bank tightens rules on self-custody crypto transfers Brazil’s central bank issued Resolutions 588 and 589 to expand AML/TF oversight of crypto, requiring authorized institutions to report transfers of virtual assets worth at least $10,000 to or from self-custody wallets. The rules also bar dealings with unauthorized virtual asset service providers in Brazil and take effect on Oct. 1, 2026, when the licensing deadline for VASPs expires.
New York sues Polymarket over alleged unlicensed gambling New York Attorney General Letitia James and Governor Kathy Hochul sued QCX LLC, operator of PolymarketUS, on Sept. 24, alleging its prediction-market contracts amount to gambling under state law and require Gaming Commission approval. The state wants Polymarket to stop operating and advertising in New York until licensed, and is seeking fines, forfeiture of profits, restitution for users, and at least a $100,000 penalty.
DriveWealth breach exposed historical Revolut customer data DriveWealth, the US broker that previously handled Revolut’s US stock trading, said a social engineering attack on September 4-5 gave attackers unauthorized network access and exposed historical customer records from before Revolut changed its trading model. The data may include names, contact details, employment and biographical information, plus partial account numbers, while passwords, card and bank details, Revolut passcodes, and identity documents were not compromised.
Fed opens stablecoin rule proposals under GENIUS Act The Federal Reserve has opened two public comment proposals that would set rules for stablecoin issuers it supervises, requiring tokens to be fully backed by permissible safe, liquid assets such as short-term Treasury bills, with standardized capital, risk-management and reserve custody rules. A second proposal would create an application process for Board-supervised banks seeking to issue stablecoins; comments close 60 days after publication in the Federal Register.
BlackRock’s BUIDL tops $550M in AUM BlackRock’s tokenized BUIDL fund reached about $552.4 million in assets under management in a Sept. 22 validation snapshot, with Securitize providing the tokenization and transfer infrastructure. The fund gives qualified institutional investors onchain access to a portfolio focused on cash and US Treasury-style assets, and remains a restricted, regulated fund product rather than a retail stablecoin.
Lido DAO executes Vote #206 on staking-router settings Lido DAO has executed onchain Vote #206, updating staking-router parameters, validator assignment keys and parts of its node-operator configuration. The move follows Vote #205 but is a separate operational governance action, with no changes to stETH withdrawals or the token’s core economics.
New York sues Polymarket over sports event contracts New York Attorney General Letitia James sued Polymarket on Thursday, alleging its sports-related event contracts violate state gambling laws. The filing points to contracts offered through the platform’s mobile app launched in December 2025 and to advertising aimed at New Yorkers, and says the state could seek to block resident access. The case adds to a broader fight over whether states or the CFTC should regulate prediction markets.
HIFI raises $37M Series A led by Left Lane Capital Stablecoin infrastructure firm HIFI raised $37 million in a Series A led by Left Lane Capital, its first priced funding round, as demand grows for blockchain payment and settlement rails tied to the banking system. CEO Zach Walsh said HIFI is processing about $7 billion in annualized volume, and the new capital will be used to scale its tokenized capital markets infrastructure and stablecoin payments products.
UK Finance expels Coinbase from membership UK Finance has removed Coinbase after a board review found that standalone crypto exchanges do not meet the trade body’s core membership standards. The move highlights rising friction between British banking institutions and digital asset platforms; Coinbase can appeal the decision.
Brooklyn court sentences Coinbase impersonator Ronald Spektor A Brooklyn court sentenced Ronald Spektor, 23, to four to 12 years in prison after he pleaded guilty to all 31 counts in a scheme that prosecutors said stole nearly $16 million from about 100 Coinbase users in the U.S. Spektor was accused of impersonating Coinbase staff to trick victims into moving crypto to “secure” wallets, and was ordered to forfeit more than $500,000 in cash, crypto and property and pay nearly $16 million in restitution.
CFTC warns exchanges over manipulation risk in “mention markets” The CFTC’s Division of Market Oversight issued a staff advisory on Sept. 22 telling designated contract markets to scrutinize prediction contracts that settle on whether a person says, mentions or does something. The agency said these “mention markets” carry higher manipulation risk when the subject can influence the outcome or when settlement is not independently generated or externally verifiable, raising the compliance bar for listing them.
Ex-girlfriend of crypto businessman Adam Iza gets 18-month prison term Iris Rabaya Au was sentenced to 18 months in federal prison after pleading guilty to concealing more than $2.6 million tied to Adam Iza’s criminal activities. Prosecutors said she set up shell companies and bank accounts, used the funds for deputy payments and luxury purchases, helped acquire about $16 million in cryptocurrency for Iza, and failed to report the income on her tax returns. Au was also ordered to pay $1,484,343 in restitution and forfeit luxury assets.
FomoPeek iPhone app found with code to access wallet and Notes data SlowMist said official App Store releases of FomoPeek versions 1.1 and 1.2, marketed as a read-only crypto tracker, contained malicious modules that could be activated to target 19 wallet and note-taking apps. In a controlled test, the code collected and uploaded Apple Notes data, and a wallet linked to the attacker received 579,984.34 USDT across several networks, though investigators said that total is not a confirmed measure of funds stolen through the app.
$20M in XRP stolen from 6,678 D’CENT App Wallets Attackers drained about 11.7 million XRP from D’CENT App Wallet users in six waves between Sept. 15 and 20, with XRPL.to tracing the theft to valid signatures from already-compromised private keys rather than an XRP Ledger exploit. D’CENT confirmed abnormal transfers on Sept. 16, said hardware wallets were unaffected, and urged App Wallet users to move funds immediately.
Venezuela posts fastest crypto growth in Latin America: Chainalysis Venezuela’s crypto activity jumped 107.2% to $39.1 billion in the 12 months to June 30, 2026, the fastest growth among Latin America’s five biggest markets, Chainalysis said. The firm linked the surge to January, when the US detained President Nicolás Maduro, saying stablecoin use rose as people moved from the bolívar into dollar-based crypto assets; crypto outflows then spiked 891.7% quarter over quarter.
SEC starts 5-year pilot for tokenized U.S. stock trading OKX US CEO Roshan Robert said tokenized stocks must carry the same rights as traditional shares as the SEC opens a five-year exemption for blockchain-based U.S. stock trading. Under the test, tokenized shares must match conventional stock on ownership, dividends, voting and liquidation claims, while issuers can block third-party tokenization within 30 days of notice.
Lewellen asks Fifth Circuit to revive DOJ challenge over crypto software Michael Lewellen on Monday filed a reply brief in the Fifth Circuit, arguing a lower court wrongly dismissed his pre-enforcement challenge to the DOJ’s reading of 18 U.S.C. § 1960. Lewellen says publishing and operating his non-custodial crowdfunding software Pharos could still expose him to prosecution as an unlicensed money-transmitting business, and that a DOJ policy memo does not remove that threat because it reflects enforcement priorities, not a change in legal interpretation.
FATF puts Türkiye under enhanced follow-up despite strong AML scores Türkiye was rated compliant or largely compliant on 38 of 40 FATF anti-money-laundering recommendations, but the watchdog still placed it under enhanced follow-up and gave Ankara three years to fix major enforcement gaps. FATF cited a backlog of more than 7,000 financial crime cases pending prosecution, weak conversion of investigations into court outcomes, and limits on criminal liability for companies; crypto platforms are also part of the follow-up review.
Cosmos Hub resumes after 24-hour halt tied to Neutron governance attack Cosmos Hub validators restarted block production at 12:00 UTC Wednesday after halting the network for more than 24 hours in response to a governance attack on Neutron. The attack passed a malicious proposal that let the attacker drain $9.3 million from Astroport and Drop; Neutron was paused, while the Hub halt locked 1.2 million ATOM worth over $2.2 million in the attacker’s address for refund on restart.
ESMA to make AI and tokenization a top EU supervisory focus from 2027 ESMA said AI and tokenization will be the first targets of a new EU-wide supervisory priority on digital innovation starting in 2027, with national regulators mapping client-facing uses, checking a subset of firms and working toward common oversight. The authority flagged risks including biased or misleading AI outputs, hard-to-understand products and reliance on a small number of third-party providers.
Hong Kong regulators push core settlement on-chain and draft new crypto rules Hong Kong’s HKMA said its Central Moneymarkets Unit, the city’s debt-securities settlement platform, will add 24/7 real-time on-chain settlement services by year-end, with support for a digital Hong Kong dollar and CBDC. Separately, the SFC said it will introduce a new digital-asset licensing regime and later build rules for tokenized investment products, including tokenized gold and other RWAs.
FTX estate sends $75.3M in ETH to Wintermute FTX’s bankruptcy estate transferred 27,372 ETH worth about $75.32 million to market maker Wintermute on Tuesday through six wallets, in a move tracked by EmberCN. The routing suggests an OTC sale designed to avoid hitting open order books and front-running as the estate continues liquidating assets for creditor distributions, with Ether trading near $2,750.
CFTC’s Selig says markets should prepare for ‘mass tokenization’ CFTC Chair Michael Selig said US financial markets should prepare for “mass tokenization,” arguing real-world assets onchain could enable near-instant settlement and real-time collateral movement under existing regulatory frameworks. His remarks come after the Senate failed on Sept. 15 to advance the CLARITY Act, with Selig saying the CFTC would keep moving under current authority and the SEC separately opening a temporary exemption for tokenized US stock trading on Sept. 17.
Zest launches Bitcoin-backed lending demo without wrapped BTC Zest Protocol on Sept. 23 launched a capped mainnet demo of Bitcoin Collateral Vaults, a system that lets users borrow USDC on EVM chains against BTC that stays in self-custodial vaults on Bitcoin L1. The first production phase relies on undisclosed independent guardians to verify repayments and liquidations, with caps set to remain until external audits are completed and BitVM-based verification goes live.
Polish prosecutors charge ex-officer in Zondacrypto case Polish prosecutors have charged former police officer Artur K. with membership in an organized criminal group and aiding the misappropriation of Zondacrypto users’ funds and money laundering, after cybercrime officers detained him on Tuesday. Investigators also searched his home and found exchange documents, while police in Katowice are combing the fuel depot where founder Sylwester Suszek was last seen before his March 2022 disappearance, a case now treated as unlawful deprivation of liberty.
Binance to migrate ZIL to Zilliqa EVM after Ledger-linked security breach Binance will move ZIL on its platform from Zilliqa’s legacy mainnet to Zilliqa EVM at a 1:1 ratio, handling the migration for users as Zilliqa retires its old transaction system after a Ledger app flaw exposed 6,772 accounts. Zilliqa said at least 683.13 million ZIL was stolen, while ZIL trading on Binance will remain unaffected and future deposits and withdrawals will run on the EVM network.
Binance to shift Funding assets into Spot, rename account for stocks in 2027 Binance will start moving non-stock crypto from Funding Accounts to Spot Accounts on Sept. 29, as it repurposes Funding for U.S. equities and stock options ahead of a January 2027 rename to Stocks Account. Six settlement assets — USD, USDC, USDT, USD1, U and BNB — will still move between Spot and Stocks, but Stocks Account will not support direct on-chain deposits or withdrawals.
XRP Ledger restarts validator vote on delegated-permissions upgrade XRP Ledger’s PermissionDelegationV1_1 upgrade entered a new 14-day activation window on Sept. 21 after 29 of 35 trusted validators backed it, putting mainnet launch as early as Oct. 5 at 11:18 UTC if support stays above the 80% threshold. The feature would let accounts give another account limited powers, such as making payments or approving customers, without handing over full key control, after a revised version fixed a fee-draining flaw in the original proposal.
D'CENT probes app wallet transfers as trackers flag up to 9.3M XRP drained South Korean wallet maker D'CENT said it is investigating unauthorized transfers from its mobile App Wallet after on-chain trackers linked the incident to thousands of XRP Ledger addresses. The company said users may be affected if they used app versions earlier than 8.1.0, while XRPL.to tracked 2 million XRP leaving 1,552 wallets in two hours and XRPL Intel later estimated losses at 9.3 million XRP across 6,160 addresses, figures D'CENT has not confirmed.
