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Balancer Proposes Orderly Shutdown With $9M Treasury Payout to BAL Holders

Base and Ethereum Split on Account Abstraction, Producing Two Rival Standards

Strategy Repurchases $139M in Preferred Stock While Pausing Bitcoin for Second Week

EU Cyber Resilience Act Forces 24-Hour Vulnerability Disclosure on Crypto Wallets

WTO Says Regulatory Fragmentation Caps Stablecoin Use at 3% of Global Payments

Bitmine Adds 27,180 ETH Worth $68M as Clarity Act Vote Looms

MEXC Reports 21% Jump in New-Token Traders, 31% Rise in Tokenized Stock Volume

Caroline Ellison Joins EA Charity Manifund After Leaving Federal Custody
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MEXC Reports 21% Jump in New-Token Traders, 31% Rise in Tokenized Stock Volume

Caroline Ellison Joins EA Charity Manifund After Leaving Federal Custody

Senate GOP Releases Final Clarity Act Text With 126 Democratic Amendments Before Tuesday Cloture Vote
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DOJ Seeks $61M Forfeiture of Iranian Oil Proceeds Laundered Through Binance
The U.S. Department of Justice has filed a civil forfeiture complaint seeking $61 million in cryptocurrency proceeds linked to Iranian oil sales, with the funds allegedly laundered through Binance accounts that the exchange itself had previously vouched for as legitimate.

Base and Ethereum Split on Account Abstraction, Producing Two Rival Standards
Base and Ethereum have ended their collaboration on native account abstraction standards, leaving two competing draft proposals in place and pushing cross-chain compatibility work to the wallet and application layer.

Strategy Repurchases $139M in Preferred Stock While Pausing Bitcoin for Second Week
Strategy has paused Bitcoin accumulation for a second consecutive week, instead repurchasing $139 million in STRC preferred stock. The company's 845,050 BTC position remains unchanged, marking a notable tactical shift from its aggressive buying pattern since 2020.

Bitmine Adds 27,180 ETH Worth $68M as Clarity Act Vote Looms
Bitmine acquired 27,180 ETH valued at approximately $68 million, bringing it closer to its 5% Ethereum supply target. Chairman Tom Lee tied the purchase to the anticipated Clarity Act vote, citing regulatory clarity as a potential catalyst for year-end gains.
Regulation

EU Cyber Resilience Act Forces 24-Hour Vulnerability Disclosure on Crypto Wallets
The European Union's Cyber Resilience Act now requires crypto wallet providers to report discovered vulnerabilities within 24 hours, with a full technical notification due within 72 hours, or face administrative fines of up to $17.3 million per violation.

WTO Says Regulatory Fragmentation Caps Stablecoin Use at 3% of Global Payments
The WTO has issued a statement arguing that regulatory fragmentation, not technology or market demand, is the primary barrier keeping stablecoins from scaling in international trade finance. The organization positions harmonized regulation as essential for realizing stablecoins' trade finance...

Senate GOP Releases Final Clarity Act Text With 126 Democratic Amendments Before Tuesday Cloture Vote
Senate Republicans unveiled the final text of the Clarity Act on Monday, incorporating 126 Democrat-requested changes after roughly a year of negotiations, as the bill heads toward a cloture vote Tuesday that requires at least seven Democratic senators to cross the aisle.

UK FCA Set to Propose Fund Rule Exemption for Tokenized Gold on Monday
The UK Financial Conduct Authority is preparing to announce Monday whether tokenized gold should be carved out of the fund rulebook entirely, marking the most concrete regulatory accommodation for tokenized commodities yet seen in a major financial center.
DeFi

Balancer Proposes Orderly Shutdown With $9M Treasury Payout to BAL Holders
Balancer has proposed an orderly shutdown with a $9 million treasury distribution to BAL token holders. Pools transition to withdrawals-only mode October 30, 2026, with redemptions opening May 2027. The move reflects broader DeFi governance challenges.

Kraken Launches xStocks Vaults for DeFi Yield on Tokenized Equities
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.

Uniswap Launches StablePair Hook for Stablecoin Pairs on v4
Uniswap Labs shipped StablePair Hook today, a new Uniswap v4 tool that applies dynamic fee mechanisms to stablecoin trading pairs, with USDC/USDT as the headline use case. The release targets inefficiencies in fixed-fee structures for low-volatility assets.

Visa Opens VisaNet Settlement Data to Blockchain Lenders as Stablecoin Volume Hits $20B Run Rate
Visa announced it is pairing VisaNet payment settlement data with blockchain lending infrastructure, allowing stablecoin card issuers to access credit backed by their settlement activity. Stablecoin payment volume on Visa's network has grown nearly 200% year-over-year, reaching a $20 billion...
Technology

Nvidia Earnings Beat and $12.9B Hugging Face Deal Push Nasdaq Futures Up 1.1%
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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