Hanwha Builds Tokenized Securities Platform on Avalanche Ahead of South Korea Rule Change
Liquid Network Paused After $320 Million Bitcoin Withdrawal; White-Hat Claim Follows
MENA Crypto Transaction Volume Hits $350B With Saudi Arabia Growing 154% Year Over Year
UAE Federal Tax Authority Issues VAT Rules for Crypto as Adoption Surges 33% to $56B
Router Protocol Shuts Down, to Burn 303M ROUTE Tokens After Failed Acquisition Search
Tether-Backed Orionx Shuts Down After Audit Finds $7M Custody Gap
Poland Crypto Bill Dead After Veto Override Fails, Zondacrypto Enters Bankruptcy
Ancient Bitcoin Wallet Turns $120 Into $3M After 15 Years of Silence
OpenReserve and Revolut Win Preliminary OCC Approval for National Bank Charters
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Hanwha Builds Tokenized Securities Platform on Avalanche Ahead of South Korea Rule Change
Hanwha has developed a tokenized securities platform on Avalanche, positioning itself ahead of South Korea's regulatory amendments that take effect in February 2027. The move signals institutional finance's embrace of digital asset infrastructure.
Liquid Network Paused After $320 Million Bitcoin Withdrawal; White-Hat Claim Follows
Blockstream's Liquid Network sidechain went dark on Sunday after an unknown party drained approximately $320 million in bitcoin from the protocol's peg, leaving an on-chain message claiming white-hat intent and triggering an immediate halt across the network.
MENA Crypto Transaction Volume Hits $350B With Saudi Arabia Growing 154% Year Over Year
Crypto transaction volume across the Middle East and North Africa has tripled to $350 billion by 2025-2026, up from $100 billion in 2022. Saudi Arabia led regional growth at 154% year-over-year, while Turkey processed nearly $200 billion in annual activity.
Router Protocol Shuts Down, to Burn 303M ROUTE Tokens After Failed Acquisition Search
Router Protocol, backed by Coinbase Ventures, is shutting down operations and burning 303 million ROUTE tokens after failing to find a buyer or commercialize its cross-chain bridging technology. The shutdown highlights structural economics challenges in the bridge sector.
Regulation
UAE Federal Tax Authority Issues VAT Rules for Crypto as Adoption Surges 33% to $56B
The UAE's Federal Tax Authority has published new value-added tax rules for cryptocurrency payments as adoption surges 33% to $56 billion. The framework clarifies VAT treatment for crypto transactions but introduces reporting requirements that could increase operational costs for smaller businesses.
Poland Crypto Bill Dead After Veto Override Fails, Zondacrypto Enters Bankruptcy
Polish lawmakers failed to override President Duda's veto of crypto legislation on September 5, leaving Poland without a regulatory framework. The setback coincides with Zondacrypto's bankruptcy proceedings, widening a consumer protection gap as the EU implements MiCA standards.
Ancient Bitcoin Wallet Turns $120 Into $3M After 15 Years of Silence
A dormant Bitcoin wallet holding a $120 investment from 2011 has reactivated, now worth approximately $3 million. At least four additional decade-old wallets moved a combined $15.7 million between August 29 and September 4, 2026, with one batch sent to Coinbase signaling a likely sale.
OpenReserve and Revolut Win Preliminary OCC Approval for National Bank Charters
The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency granted preliminary national bank charter approval to both OpenReserve and Revolut on September 4, marking the most direct regulatory endorsement yet of crypto-native firms operating inside the federally chartered banking system.
DeFi
Nomura's Laser Digital Taps Keyring Network for Compliant DeFi Fixed Income on Euler
Nomura's crypto subsidiary Laser Digital has partnered with Keyring Network to launch institutional-grade fixed income markets on Euler Finance, positioning the Japanese banking giant as one of the first major traditional finance names to target DeFi lending infrastructure directly.
Ethena Adds Equities and Commodities to USDe Basis Trade, Closes HIP-3 Market on Hyperliquid
Ethena is broadening the collateral strategy underpinning its USDe stablecoin to include equity perpetuals and commodities, while simultaneously shutting down its HIP-3 market on Hyperliquid and overhauling ENA tokenomics in what the protocol is framing as a push to reignite growth.
Bullish Commits $100M to USD.AI for GPU-Backed Loan Products
Bullish has committed $100 million in financing to USD.AI, a lending platform using GPU hardware as collateral for digital asset loans. The deal marks a major institutional bet on computational assets as a DeFi lending primitive, following broader adoption of real-world asset lending.
Virtu and Tradeweb Complete First Onchain Repo Trade Using Marshall Islands Digital Bond
Virtu Financial and Tradeweb have executed what appears to be the first onchain repurchase agreement using a sovereign digital bond as collateral, completing the full transaction cycle in under 10 minutes on the Canton Network.
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Nvidia stock jumped 7% in premarket trading Thursday after posting an earnings beat and announcing a $12.9 billion acquisition of Hugging Face. Nasdaq futures climbed 1.1% on the news, arriving ahead of the Federal Reserve's Jackson Hole Economic Symposium.
Mystery AI Model Ox Alpha Beats Claude Fable on Benchmarks, Creators Unknown
A new AI model called Ox Alpha has surfaced with no identifiable creators, a free price tag, and benchmark scores that outperform Anthropic's Claude Fable. The model ships with a 1 million token context window, accepts video as input, and is available at no cost.
Inception Labs' Mercury 2 Outperforms Google's DiffusionGemma in AI Showdown
Inception Labs released Mercury 2, an AI model that outperforms Google's DiffusionGemma while preserving model intelligence during the shift from sequential to parallel processing. The development marks a significant architectural transition in the post-autoregressive era.
Quantinuum Surges 13% on Nasdaq IPO Debut, Raising $1.68B
Quantinuum's shares opened at $68 on their first day of trading on Nasdaq, a 13% jump from the $60 IPO price, raising $1.68 billion in total proceeds and valuing the quantum computing company at approximately $17.63 billion market capitalization.
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