South Korea Charges 26 Polymarket Users Over $12.7M in Illegal Betting
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Clarity Act Collapse Sets Stage for Swift SEC and CFTC Rulemaking on Stablecoins
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Circle Launches Arc Mainnet With Institutional Validators, USDC as Native Gas
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Ripple Integrates XRP Into Stripe and Tempo x402 AI Payment Standard
Fed Raises Rates 25 Basis Points for First Time Since July 2023; Bitcoin Spikes
Celsius Sues BitMEX for $495M Over 2020 Liquidations
Anchorage Digital Adds Tokenized Uranium Custody via Etherlink
Hamas Military Wing Directs Donors to Bybit, OKX Over Binance
Theo Adds Tokenized Silver to RWA Suite, Backed by $40M in Active Leases
Clarity Act Collapse Sets Stage for Swift SEC and CFTC Rulemaking on Stablecoins
Justin Sun Launches $1M+ Academic Prize for Mathematics and Formal Verification
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Ripple Integrates XRP Into Stripe and Tempo x402 AI Payment Standard
Ripple shipped a developer kit that plugs XRP directly into x402, the machine-to-machine payment standard built by Stripe and Tempo, marking the clearest signal yet that the company is betting on AI-native payment rails as its next growth vector.
Fed Raises Rates 25 Basis Points for First Time Since July 2023; Bitcoin Spikes
The Federal Reserve hiked interest rates by 25 basis points on Wednesday, ending a two-year easing cycle and marking the first rate increase since July 2023. Bitcoin moved higher in the immediate aftermath of the announcement.
Celsius Sues BitMEX for $495M Over 2020 Liquidations
Celsius Network filed a $495 million lawsuit against five BitMEX entities on Wednesday, targeting the derivatives exchange over liquidations it says destroyed 6,360 Bitcoin during the March 2020 market collapse, with the filing coming just 11 days before BitMEX permanently shuts down trading.
Anchorage Digital Adds Tokenized Uranium Custody via Etherlink
Anchorage Digital Bank has expanded custody support to Etherlink and Etherlink-based assets, including xU3O8, a token representing physical uranium. The move makes Anchorage the first federally chartered crypto bank to offer institutional custody for tokenized uranium.
Regulation
South Korea Charges 26 Polymarket Users Over $12.7M in Illegal Betting
South Korean police have charged 26 people for placing bets on Polymarket following a government block on local access. At least 18 have been referred to prosecutors over $12.7 million in bets placed in violation of domestic gambling laws.
Clarity Act Collapse Sets Stage for Swift SEC and CFTC Rulemaking on Stablecoins
The Senate's failure to advance the Clarity Act on Tuesday has handed regulatory authority over crypto back to the executive agencies. Bernstein analysts expect the SEC and CFTC to move fast with new rulemaking on stablecoins.
Ethereum Pulls $350M Off Exchanges After CLARITY Act Collapse, ETF Inflows Hit $121M
$350 million in ETH exchange withdrawals paired with $121 million in ETF inflows reveal institutional accumulation despite the CLARITY Act's collapse and Fed uncertainty. On-chain whale activity mirrors late-2023 patterns that preceded ETH's $4,000 run.
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Circle launched Arc mainnet on September 16 with USDC as the native gas token. The Layer 1 blockchain operates on proof-of-authority consensus with 11 institutional validators plus Circle, including BlackRock, Visa, and DTCC. Over 100 applications are live at launch, but the 10 billion ARC token...
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Kraken has launched xStocks Vaults, enabling users to earn yield on tokenized equity holdings via DeFi lending on Solana. The product targets 2% APY with a 25% performance fee, but introduces smart contract and liquidation risks alongside regulatory uncertainty.
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