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Metaplanet equity backlash, SE Asia crypto funding doubles: Asia Express

Shareholders of Bitcoin treasury company Metaplanet are seething over equity allocations for insiders, while new figures cement Singapore’s role as the top Asian crypto hub.

Liquid Network resumes block production after $320M exploit

Liquid restarted block production after deploying emergency software updates, though transactions and peg operations remain suspended as recovery efforts continue.

Nasdaq to invest $100 million in Kraken parent Payward as firms expand partnership

Nasdaq Ventures agreed to invest $100 million in Kraken parent Payward, expanding their tokenized equity infrastructure partnership.

India moves to block 15 crypto apps, leaving users facing sudden account lockout

India’s Financial Intelligence Unit, the agency enforcing anti-money laundering reporting rules for crypto services, has issued non-compliance notices to 15 providers and separately sought the takedown of their apps and URLs from public access in India. The Sept. 9 announcement says the services wer...

US sanctions Xinbi scam marketplace, restrains $52M in crypto

The Justice Department seized Xinbi’s Telegram channels and two wallets as investigators pursued 47 additional wallets across its alleged laundering network.

Nasdaq invests $100M in Kraken parent at $21B valuation: Report

Nasdaq invested $100 million in Payward as part of its push toward tokenized stock products with round-the-clock trading.

Nasdaq Invests $100M in Kraken Parent Payward at $21B Valuation

Deutsche Börse's April stake implied a $13.3 billion valuation. Five months on, Nasdaq is paying at $21 billion.

Nasdaq invests $100 million in Kraken parent company Payward at $21 billion valuation

The investment expands a strategic partnership to bring tokenized, voting-enabled equities to crypto exchange users.

SEC gives Bitcoin-heavy trusts a new 15% window to venture beyond existing listing rules

The US Securities and Exchange Commission has approved a Nasdaq Texas rule that gives qualifying commodity-linked trusts more flexibility over what they can hold while allowing actively managed strategies. Under the Sept. 3 approval order, a qualifying Commodity-Based Trust Share must keep at least ...

US hit on $24 billion crypto black market sends rival money launderers running for exits

US authorities have escalated their crackdown on Xinbi Guarantee, restraining more than $52 million in crypto and seizing key infrastructure. A federal court authorized the seizure of Telegram channels tied to the Chinese-language marketplace on Sept. 7, while investigators seized two wallets holdin...

UK House of Lords backs mandatory digital asset strategy over Labour position

The amendment would require the UK Treasury to develop a strategy covering cryptoassets, stablecoins, tokenized securities and digital financial infrastructure.

SGX's bitcoin and ether perpetual futures are now open to U.S. institutions

The Singapore Exchange says U.S. institutions can now trade its bitcoin and ether perpetual futures, a milestone that bridges U.S. trading desks with Asian liquidity.

Vitalik Buterin Pushes Ethereum Plan to Slash Quantum-Safe Privacy Costs

Buterin wants EIP-8288 in I-star, the upgrade after Hegota, and adopting it would make RISC-V Ethereum's canonical instruction set.

AI Agents Just Slashed the Cost of a Quantum Attack on Bitcoin

The ECDSA.Fail challenge cut a resource benchmark for one component of a potential quantum attack by 86%.

Senate Republicans Release Revised Clarity Act Ahead of September 15 Vote

The draft adds registration requirements for controlled trading protocols and leaves its ethics provisions largely unchanged.

Trezor says third-party security breach led to phishing emails from legitimate domain

This follows last month's security breach at shipping provider ShipMonk, which exposed the personal information of Trezor customers.

Tether is pushing USDT into a cracking $3 trillion Wall Street debt machine as defaults hit five-year highs at major funds

Tether is pushing USDT into the private-credit market as defaults and withdrawals strain the $3 trillion industry. On Sept. 9, the stablecoin issuer and London-based Fasanara Capital launched StableFund with $400 million in combined sponsor capital and plans to raise up to $3 billion more from insti...

Osmosis freezes 22.65 BTC after Nomic forwarding bug compromises Bitcoin reserves

Osmosis has frozen 22.65 BTC after a flaw in Nomic’s custom forwarding system allowed a double-spend that left the allBTC asset partly unbacked by Bitcoin. allBTC is issued against a basket of Bitcoin variants held on Osmosis, including nBTC from the Nomic bridge. The official allBTC dashboard showe...

Indian agri warehouse giant is putting $2 billion in grain-backed loans onchain

Arya.ag is using Avalanche technology to tokenize grain deposits to help lenders verify crops backing agricultural loans.

Treasury Secretary Bessent urges CLARITY Act passage after Senate returns

Secretary Scott Bessent warned that failing to pass the CLARITY Act would send a “troubling signal” about America’s leadership in the digital asset industry.

Researchers halve quantum resource benchmark for key operation in Bitcoin, Ethereum attack

The resulting benchmark is less than half Google's previously reported level, though the two approaches use different accounting methods.

Coinbase, Moov to provide stablecoin infrastructure for US community banks

The partnership will provide stablecoin acceptance, settlement and real-time funding capabilities to over 1,000 community banks and credit unions.

A crypto project paying nearly 1 million people a daily income just had its reserves looted

A Superfluid bug let an attacker drain more than $100,000 from GoodDollar reserves by creating excess G$ on Celo. GoodDollar said on Sept. 9 that 86,588 cUSD was exchanged out of its Celo reserve and another $20,857 from its XDC reserve after a malicious Super App bypassed Superfluid’s liquidation s...

Senate Republicans unveil revised crypto bill ahead of key Clarity Act vote next week

Ahead of a pivotal initial vote next week, Senate Republicans released a revised version of landmark cryptocurrency legislation.

Visa’s $2.5 billion crypto credit bet puts card settlement financing onchain

Every card payment creates a timing problem for the company behind it. A card program may owe Visa through daily settlement before money arrives from its customers, leaving a short but recurring funding gap. Visa's onchain lending initiative, announced Sept. 8, targets that gap. Credit Coop, an onch...

MoneyGram launches Visa stablecoin card as remittance rivals expand

MoneyGram is following rival Western Union’s lead, rolling out a Visa stablecoin debit card as it expands blockchain-based payments.

Trezor, BitBox warn users about fake hardware wallet security alerts

BitBox said multiple Bitcoin companies appeared to have been targeted through a shared newsletter provider, while Trezor confirmed a breach at its email service.

Bitcoin sell-side risk returns to rare lows as $80K sellers fade from view

Bitcoin investors showed little sign of panic selling as BTC held most of its August gains and sell-side risk fell to rare lows, data showed.

Bitcoin holds near $78K as markets confront the macro shocks they may have underpriced this week

Bitcoin needs the outcomes of the next macro events to be no worse than the assumptions already priced into rates, oil, and policy-probability markets. Brent crude has moved above $100, the US 10-year Treasury yield was 4.80% on Sept. 8, and futures traders recently leaned toward another Federal Res...

Crypto exchange giant Bybit to offer European ‘super-app’ with stocks, derivatives

Bybit has an electronic money institution license in Austria and is about to snag a MiFID license too, CEO Ben Zhou told Coindesk.

Citadel urges SEC to assert oversight of event contracts tied to public firms

Citadel Securities urges SEC oversight of equity-linked event contracts, challenging CFTC self-certification.

MoneyGram launches first stablecoin-backed Visa card in Colombia

MoneyGram has launched its first stablecoin-backed Visa card, developed with Rain and initially available in Colombia.

Bitcoin falls on US PPI overshoot as 30-year bond yield hits new 19-year high

Bitcoin fell with US stocks as high inflation and a further surge in oil prices coincided with another multidecade high for US bond yields.

Banks Have Minutes, Not Weeks, to Fix Flaws as AI Speeds Up Attacks: BIS

The Bank for International Settlements says routine patching schedules are increasingly inadequate and cites guidance urging banks to accept planned downtime for urgent fixes.

Why a new SEC plan could ease a legal headache for tokenized securities

The SEC's new proposal to overhaul transfer-agent rules could eliminate duplicate offchain shareholder records, reducing reconciliation costs and legal uncertainty for tokenized securities.

India’s Arya.ag to put grain ownership records on Avalanche

The system will combine farmer, grain, warehouse, insurance and loan data for lenders, though no launch date or initial deployment size was disclosed.

Bitcoin ETFs shed $167M after strongest three-week inflow run of 2026

ARKB led Wednesday’s Bitcoin ETF outflows as Ether and Solana funds returned to net inflows.

Nasdaq, Boerse Stuttgart, others ask EU to remove or increase cap in tokenization trial

The coalition warned that the current limit is too low, noting some existing European projects already exceed it.

MoneyGram unveils stablecoin-backed card as digital dollars move into everyday spending

The remittance giant is rolling out a Visa card that lets customers hold dollars and spend from a stablecoin-backed balance.

Coinbase, Moov to bring stablecoin payment infrastructure to community banks and credit unions

The integration will use Coinbase's Payments API and custodial wallets to embed stablecoin rails into Moov's existing payments platform.

Europe’s top regulator questions Polymarket and Kalshi’s EU access, warns of authorization gaps

ESMA said that event contracts may fall under existing EU binary-options bans, crypto-asset frameworks like MiCA or national gambling laws.

ESMA warns growing crypto ties could amplify risks to traditional finance

The EU securities regulator flagged tokenized equities, DeFi exploits and prediction markets as areas where growing crypto ties could pose risks to the broader financial system.

MetaMask and Consensys split exposes the gap between Ethereum adoption and ETH demand

Consensys announced plans on Sept. 9 to operate MetaMask separately from its Ethereum infrastructure business, giving the consumer wallet and the protocol builder distinct management and investment priorities. For holders of ether, the split puts a practical question at the center of the growth stor...

OpenAI’s math breakthrough exposes the next weak link in crypto security

OpenAI’s latest mathematics breakthrough could bring automated theorem proving closer to smart-contract security workflows. On Sept. 8, the AI company said that roughly 10,000 concurrent AI agents produced a solution addressing the Navier-Stokes fluid-motion problem after about 88 hours. Formalizati...

Bitcoin sell pressure reaches one-month low as long-term holders slow down profit taking

Bitcoin’s on-chain sell-side risk has fallen to less than half its August peak, easing one measure of potential selling pressure even as a large block of older coins remains held at acquisition prices above the market. Analytics firm Glassnode’s Sept. 9 report, using on-chain observations through Se...

Crypto wins regardless of Clarity Act vote, Coinbase's Armstrong says

Coinbase CEO tells CNBC the crypto industry gets regulatory clarity whether or not the Senate passes the bill on Sept. 15.

Live updates: Bitcoin ETFs post a second straight outflow while every other fund turns green

The bitcoin funds shed $120 million on Wednesday, more than double Tuesday's loss. Ether, XRP and solana all took money in.

Unicoin sues Uniswap Labs, seeks to cancel UNI registration

The complaint says Uniswap’s counsel sent three letters before Unicoin’s Sept. 28 launch and seeks declarations on its marks and domains.

Bitcoin trades near $78,000 as memecoins, small caps lead a broad crypto retreat

Bitcoin fell 2% over 24 hours to $78,111 as 95 of the 100 CoinDesk 100 constituents declined, with most of the damage done overnight.

Ex-BoE deputy governor headlines trio of former central bankers joining Fnality

Jon Cunliffe, Jochen Metzger and Ron Berndsen join Fnality Europe’s supervisory board as the company works to expand beyond its sterling payment system.

Crypto researchers cut Bitcoin and Ethereum quantum attack estimate by 50%

A paper shared with CoinDesk shows humans and AI agents beating Google’s March result on a core calculation used by Shor’s algorithm, adding another variable to crypto’s quantum clock.

Uniswap launches ‘StablePair Hook’ to help LPs capture more stablecoin trading value

Uniswap Labs has launched StablePair Hook, a Uniswap v4 tool that uses dynamic fees for stablecoin pairs such as USDC/USDT.

EU finance groups push to remove tokenized securities cap

European finance and tokenization groups say Brussels should remove limits on assets admitted to DLT infrastructure or set a 1.5 trillion euro baseline if a cap remains.

Monument Bank delays retail tokenized deposits, cites regulatory issues in the UK

The London-based challenger bank tapped a Canadian custodian to meet the Financial Conduct Authority’s regulatory requirements. It now expects to roll out retail tokenized deposits by November.

Bitcoin Rally Cools, But a Golden Cross Is Coming

Bitcoin couldn't escape today's inflation-driven selloff, but a bearish pattern on its chart is about to flip for the first time since November.

Wall Street’s altcoin ETF rotation is not producing an altseason, and the old playbook may be breaking

US exchange-traded funds tied to Ethereum, XRP, and Solana attracted almost $59 million on Sept. 9 as Bitcoin products lost $120.24 million, offering another example of how capital is shifting between regulated crypto exposures. The wider market barely reflected that rotation. BlockchainCenter’s Alt...

Paolo Ardoino says 650 million people decentralized US debt, but Tether still controls the T-bills

Paolo Ardoino offered a striking answer to a familiar U.S. debt problem: replace concentrated foreign buyers with hundreds of millions of stablecoin users. In an Aug. 31 episode of The Wolf of All Streets, the Tether CEO said the company had created “the decentralized ownership of the US debt” throu...

Anthropic Discloses Fourth Claude Hacking Incident as Debate Around Regulation Grows

The company now says attacks during security tests exposed model behavior failures, after initially emphasizing errors in its testing infrastructure.

OKX brings OpenAI and Anthropic bets to Europe as pre-IPO trading grows

The exchange is offering up to 10x leverage on private-company valuations alongside 100 tokenized stocks and ETFs.

Coinbase Wallet Rebrands to Chase 'Anything, Anywhere' Trading as Robinhood Chain Heats Up

Head of Product Ryan Kass says the return to Coinbase Wallet reflects a broader trading strategy, with the self-custody app serving as a testing ground for new assets and experiences.

New Clarity Act text tweaks DeFi, credit union provisions, but road ahead for bill remains murky

The Clarity Act needs 60 votes when the Senate returns from its recess next week. Republicans circulated a fresh draft on Thursday ahead of the vote.

Polymarket names former Amazon finance chief Warren Jenson as its first CFO

Jenson becomes the prediction market’s first CFO as Polymarket builds its regulated U.S. exchange and global platform.

Treasury’s $6 billion bond intervention creates a stealth test for Bitcoin’s next move

The US Treasury has set a $6 billion ceiling for a Sept. 10 buyback of older long-dated bonds, giving dealers more room to offload inventory. For Bitcoin, the question is whether that relief can extend beyond bond trading into broader financing conditions. The tentative schedule published Sept. 9 ta...

Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong says bitcoin has bottomed for current cycle, expects uptrend over next two years

Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong expects bitcoin to trend higher over the next two years, saying the current cycle may have bottomed.

BIS chief warns AI capex arms race relies on opaque debt, posing systemic risks

Pablo Hernandez cited historical railway and dot-com bubbles to caution that spending driven by hype over actual profits risks broad economic corrections.

Bitcoin Bancorp snaps up thousands of defunct Bitcoin Depot ATMs for $620,000

Just over a quarter of Bitcoin Depot’s more than 9,200 kiosks have been sold for less than $1 million, court records show.

Dogecoin sinks 5% to lead majors losses, with bitcoin holding $78,000 level

Dogecoin led the losses, BNB fell about 4% and XRP 3%, with oil pushing Treasury yields to their highest since late 2023.

Memecoin degens are providing the spark for Wall Street to turn stock tokens into real capital

Pump.fun announced its new Custom Pairs feature on Sept. 9, letting new memecoins trade against tokenized stocks, major crypto assets, and other quote assets, expanding the familiar settlement menu beyond SOL and stablecoins. If a meme trades against a tokenized stock, traders must acquire or supply...

Solana sees record 263K tokens issued in a single day

Memecoin platform Pump.fun accounted for most of the new tokens among launchpads, as the Solana network notched a new all-time daily issuance high.

Threatened with arrest online? Recognizing a law enforcement impersonation scam

So-called digital arrest scams use false claims of authority to pressure victims virtually into making rapid digital payments, including cryptocurrency transactions, writes Moody's Rich Graham.

XRP Ledger crossed 5 billion transactions, but 92% of August activity came from just 767 bots

XRP Ledger (XRPL) crossed 5 billion transactions, with new data showing activity increasingly concentrated among a small group of accounts. Bitquery found that 793 sender accounts generated 75.98 million of XRPL’s 81.56 million transactions in August, or 93.2% of the month’s activity. The firm class...

Coinbase rebrands Base App back to Coinbase Wallet after just over a year as social experiment falls short

The wallet now supports more than 10 networks, including Robinhood Chain and Monad, plus perps, prediction markets, and tokenized stocks.

Bitwise shuts down Dogecoin ETF less than a year after launch

BWOW generated about $3 million in trading volume when it launched in November 2025, but has failed to come anywhere close ever since.

Bitcoin traders dial down bullish plays ahead of U.S. inflation data

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Bitcoin at $400K by 2030 Still 'Reasonable Target': Coinbase CEO

Brian Armstrong argues the bottom is in, a year into the downturn, with the next halving roughly 18 months out.

Hunter Biden launched LAPTOP to cure memecoin grift and created a whole new batch of losers

Hunter Biden’s LAPTOP token left nearly 80% of traders underwater within hours despite being pitched as an answer to memecoin grift. Hunter Biden is the son of former US President Joe Biden. Data from Bubblemaps showed that 12,151 of the token’s 15,206 traders lost money, while only 3,026 were profi...

Hunter Biden’s LAPTOP team cites sniper bots, thin liquidity for 99% crash on launch day

The LAPTOP project said it will add pool incentives and expects early prediction-market burns to cut supply.

Hunter Biden’s LAPTOP blames bots after 98% crash as traders rack up six-figure losses

The team said thin liquidity and automated traders distorted the launch, while Nansen data showed some early buyers sitting on six-figure losses after the memecoin’s debut.

Hunter Biden denies profiting from memecoin after his LAPTOP crashes

Nansen found a $117,800 unrealized loss in one wallet as the team announced liquidity incentives and Bubblemaps flagged fresh top holders.

Treasury yields continue to rise even as Bessent doubles down on bond buybacks

Long-term yields moved higher despite a $6 billion Treasury buyback, as debt concerns and rising oil prices continue to pressure global bond markets.

Morning Minute: Hunter Biden’s LAPTOP Crashes

The meme coin plunged on its debut, as recent alt leaders and many onchain darlings slipped in a nasty day for crypto.

Crypto for Advisors: Hyperliquid and the future of finance

This Guy Cloned Sam Altman, Elon Musk, and Zuckerberg Into AI Bots. They Immediately Started Fighting

Kun Chen built chatbot versions of four AI CEOs on SpaceXAI's new Grok Bot templates, locked them in one chat, and told them to debate the AI race until they agreed on something.

DeepSeek's New Model Nearly Matches GPT-6 Astra on Design—at 1.4% of the Cost

OpenDesign put 13 AI models through the same design tasks. DeepSeek V4.1 Flash landed a point and a half behind GPT-6 Astra and roughly 70 times cheaper.