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Aztec Labs Relaunches zk.money Privacy Wallet on Aztec Network

Morgan Stanley Opens Digital Asset Lab to Test DeFi, Stablecoins, Tokenization

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HANetf Launches World's First Euro-Hedged Bitcoin ETP, Reducing FX Risk for European Investors
The London-based ETF provider launched the world's first euro-hedged Bitcoin ETP on September 29, 2026, allowing European investors to isolate Bitcoin price exposure from dollar-to-euro currency movements. The product uses currency derivatives to neutralize FX risk, a standard practice in...

Project Eleven Acquires Riva Labs for Post-Quantum Wallet Tech
Project Eleven has acquired Riva Labs, integrating post-quantum wallet technology into its platform for transitioning crypto networks to quantum-resistant cryptography. The deal closed September 29, 2026.

Three Quarters of US Banks Are Building Blockchain Services, Survey Finds
Three out of four American banks now have blockchain programs underway, with 22% already live or scaling. The survey marks a significant inflection point in institutional adoption of distributed ledger technology.

Bitwise Launches First US Spot NEAR ETF With Staking Rewards, Ticker NRR
Bitwise Asset Management launched the first U.S. spot NEAR ETF on NYSE Arca under ticker NRR, featuring in-house staking with rewards flowing to shareholders via NAV. The 0.75% fee reflects operational overhead, but NEAR's 8-11% staking yield should offset costs for long-term holders.
Regulation

SEC Sues Cryptoaiml and TSAI Over $15M AI Trading Scams
The SEC filed lawsuits against Cryptoaiml and TSAI in separate New York federal court filings, alleging both operated fraudulent investment schemes that stripped roughly $15 million from retail investors by falsely presenting AI-powered trading returns.

House Oversight Expands Insider Trading Probe to Hyperliquid, Crypto.com, and PredictIt
House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer has issued formal information requests to Hyperliquid Labs, Crypto.com, and Aristotle Exchange, widening a congressional investigation into insider trading safeguards on prediction markets and crypto exchanges. The probe now targets five platforms...

California Bans Public Officials From Launching Memecoins in Broad Crypto Package Signed by Newsom
California Governor Gavin Newsom signed AB 2409 on September 27, 2026, prohibiting public officials from issuing memecoins and barring crypto platforms from listing such tokens for California residents starting January 1, 2027. The law uses civil enforcement and is part of a broader regulatory...

Blockchain Association CEO Summer Mersinger Steps Down After CLARITY Act Fails to Advance
Summer Mersinger is leaving her role as CEO of the Blockchain Association shortly after the crypto CLARITY Act stalled in Congress without advancing to a floor vote. Her departure marks a significant setback for the industry's regulatory agenda.
DeFi

Aztec Labs Relaunches zk.money Privacy Wallet on Aztec Network
Aztec Labs has relaunched zk.money, a self-custodial privacy wallet for private on-chain payments, on Aztec Network after a three-year hiatus. The relaunch uses zero-knowledge cryptography to enable private transactions on an Ethereum Layer 2, but faces adoption hurdles and regulatory uncertainty.

Morgan Stanley Opens Digital Asset Lab to Test DeFi, Stablecoins, Tokenization
Morgan Stanley has established a dedicated Digital Asset Lab to experiment with blockchain-based financial products, deliberately isolating it from core systems. The lab focuses on DeFi vaults, stablecoins, and tokenization as institutional appetite for crypto infrastructure grows.

Amaze Holdings Executes Binding LOI to Acquire BullionFX Alchemy for $155M
Amaze Holdings (NYSE American: AMZE) executed a binding Letter of Intent to acquire BullionFX Alchemy at a $155 million valuation, betting that gold-collateralized DeFi infrastructure bridges traditional commodity markets and on-chain finance.

Ondo Perps Adds Spot Trading for 12 Tokenized Stocks and ETFs, Waives Fees for 30 Days
Ondo Perps has expanded beyond perpetual futures, adding spot trading for 12 tokenized stocks and ETFs with all spot trading fees waived for the first 30 days after launch.
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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