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Binance paused withdrawals after billions left its hot wallets. What is confirmed, what the $5.6bn total measures, and why stablecoin freezes are not recovery.
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Update: the Senate rejected the CLARITY Act's cloture motion 49-50 on Sept. 15, stalling a crypto market-structure bill and moving the issue to regulators.
S&P Global led a strategic investment that extends Kaiko's Series B to $110 million, with BNP Paribas, Nasdaq Ventures and Coinbase Ventures among the backers.
The FCA's final perimeter guidance names seven crypto activities that will need UK authorisation from 2027, with applications open on 30 September 2026.
The SEC's five-year Innovation Exemption lets permissioned venues trade tokenized U.S. stocks with full shareholder rights, while issuers get a 30-day veto.
World, formerly Worldcoin, began rolling out World Money on September 17, a self-custody app that bundles stablecoins, trading and yield in 150+ countries.
Circle opened the Arc public mainnet on September 16 with BlackRock, Visa and DTCC among 11 permissioned validators, and USDC as the network's gas token.
Federal prosecutors say two Robinhood engineers used a private listing channel to front-run token announcements on Hyperliquid, earning more than $50,000 each.
CoinEx will wind down by December 22, 2026, halting spot trading on September 29 and buying back its CET token at 0.005 USDT after nine years of operation.
Senate Republicans released a 630-page CLARITY Act revision on Sept. 10, adding CFTC rules for 'decentralized-in-name-only' protocols before a Sept. 15 vote.
Nasdaq Ventures is investing $100 million in Payward, Kraken’s parent, at a $21 billion valuation to build tokenized Nasdaq Equity Tokens with voting rights.
MetaMask launched Agent Wallet on August 6, a self-custodial wallet that lets AI agents trade within spend limits, protocol allowlists and mandatory security checks.
