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Crypto Continues Rally as Shutdown Continues. Btc Nears Ath, Etfs See $2.4b Inflows in 4 Days. Bnb Hits Another Ath, Leads Top L1s This Month. Perp Dex Market Share Continues to Shift From Hype. Tokenisation Will Consume Financial System: Tenev. Strategy Stock +17% in Last 5 Days. Cme Crypto Perp Trading Set to Go 24/7 in 2026. Doublezero Goes Live at $5bn Fdv. Crypto Etf Flows Remain Very Strong. Sharps Tech Plans $100m Share Buyback. Kraken Expands Equity Offerings. Nomura Unit Plans Crypto Trading in Japan.

Crypto majors see more green; Bitcoin at $118,800. ZCash continues to lead, soaring 50% to $140. US government shutdown pauses ETF approvals. Lighter leaves private beta, opens Perps platform to public. Polymarket eyes US return as soon as today. PNKSTR jumps 50% to $140M as other NFT Strategies boom. Crypto majors are green again continuing the shutdown rally; BTC +2% at $118,800, ETH +2% at $4,380, XRP +1% at $2.99, SOL +4% at $225. ZEC (+50%), DEXE (+30%) and SPX (+17%) led top movers. Zcash rocketed ~63% to a three-year high, as traders (and Naval) pitch privacy coin as “insurance” hedge during Bitcoin strength. BTC ETFs saw another $675.8M in net inflows, now over $1.6B on the week so far. MSTR stock jumped 5% yesterday after Strategy avoided a multi-billion AMT (tax) hit after new IRS/Treasury guidance, easing concerns over taxes on unrealized gains tied to its Bitcoin holdings. Polymarket is poised to relaunch for U.S. users within days, as filings show self-certified contracts after acquiring a CFTC-licensed venue. Circle introduced a new tokenized US Treasury fund USYC on Solana. The UK government seeks to keep most of $7B in Bitcoin it just seized linked to massive Chinese fraud. The White House withdrew Brian Quintenz for CFTC chair, reopening leadership questions at the derivatives regulator amid active crypto agenda. New York is running a pilot to give low income residents $12,000 in USDC to help alleviate poverty, with funding provided by Coinbase. VisionSys AI is partnering with Marinade Finance to launch a SOL TreasuryCo, aiming to acquire $500M in SOL over the next 6 months (and stake it) with larger goals to accumulate up to $2B. The US government shut down has halted the ETF approval process, diminishing hopes of any early October approvals (i.e. for SOL.

Crypto Higher Despite Us Government Shutdown. Recent Runners Xpl, Aster, Stbl All Weak. Blackrock Eth Staking Etf Could Be Coming in Oct. Sec Opens Door for State Trusts as Crypto Custodians. Tron Inc. Down 85% From Peak Amid Dat Slumps. Gensler’s Deleted Texts Under Scrutiny. Metaplanet Buys $616m Btc, Btcw to Buy $100m. Upexi Taps Sol Big Brain for Advisory. Thumzup Invests $2.5m Into Dogehash Technologies. Tether to Tap Rumble to Boost Usat Adoption. Strive Intros Open Issuance, Wants Banking Charter. Wlfi Plans to Tokenize Rwa and Pair With Usd1. Phantom Launches Stablecoin on Solana. Binance’s X Account Hacked. Uk Seeks to Keep Seized Gbp 5b Btc. Xrp Cto to Step Back Into Board Role.

Bitcoin strength continues, altcoins mixed. Various l1 etfs may be approved very soon. Sec-cftc turf war is over: pham. Sec willing to engage with token issuers: pierce. Senate committee to meet to examine crypto taxes. Wisconsin may open up licenses to crypto firms. Strategy buys $22m btc, bitmine buys $963m eth. Ibit becomes top btc options venue. Sec pauses trading of the dat qmmm. Ny crypto regulator harris steps down. Binance launches ‘crypto-as-a-service’ solution. Cronje’s flying tulip raises $200m at $1b valuation. Falconx rolls out 24×7 crypto options trading. Republic plans to tokenise animoca’s equity on sol. Kazakhstan launches crypto reserve. Bitcoin may join central bank reserves by 2030: db.

Bitcoin strength continues, altcoins mixed. Various l1 etfs may be approved very soon. Sec-cftc turf war is over: pham. Sec willing to engage with token issuers: pierce. Senate committee to meet to examine crypto taxes. Wisconsin may open up licenses to crypto firms. Strategy buys $22m btc, bitmine buys $963m eth. Ibit becomes top btc options venue. Sec pauses trading of the dat qmmm. Ny crypto regulator harris steps down. Binance launches ‘crypto-as-a-service’ solution. Cronje’s flying tulip raises $200m at $1b valuation. Falconx rolls out 24×7 crypto options trading. Republic plans to tokenise animoca’s equity on sol. Kazakhstan launches crypto reserve. Bitcoin may join central bank reserves by 2030: db.

ETH, HYPE & BNB lead bounce in top L1s. ETH ETFs saw ATH outflows last week. Swift to launch blockchain in response to stablecoins. ASTER flips Tether in fees, Binance for perp volume. SEC’s Pierce urges quick progress in crypto. Stablecoin supply hits ATH over $300b. Plasma briefly hits $13b amid stablecoin surge. Kraken in talks to raise funds at $20b valuation. Vanguard considers crypto ETF access to clients. Revolut weighs $75b dual listing in NY, London. UK Banks to pilot tokenised GBP deposits. Hyperliquid season 2 points appear to be over. Hyperliquid launches permissionless stablecoins. Turkey to let watchdog freeze crypto accounts. QNB adopts blockchain for USD payments. 

AVAX & NEAR lead L1s, most alts fall. XRP, DOGE ETF debut, $50m day 1 combined volume. MetaMask token coming ‘very soon’. Michigan BTC bill moves forward after delay. Brera Holdings launches $300m SOL DAT. ETH Fusaka upgrade scheduled for December. Plasma TGE set for 25 September. Circle facing intense competition: JP Morgan. PYUSD expands to Tron, Aave and other blockchains. Avantis adds top tech stocks on chain, allows 25x lev. ASTER keeps rising, hits $3.8n FDV. ASTER hits $310m spot volume on TGE launch. BTC trading firm CEO pleads guilty to $200m ponzi. Canada seizes $40m crypto from TradeOgre.

Crypto majors mostly rally post-FOMC; BTC at $117,300. SOL jumps 5% as Forward Industries announces $4B ATM. BNB crosses $1,000 for first time; CZ bull-posts ASTER (+400%). Hype hits new ATH at $59; Project X announces its Phase 2. TokenWorks & PNKSTR announce perpetual machine rollouts for 5 new NFT collections, token soars. Crypto majors are very green after a 25 bps cut at FOMC yesterday; BTC +1% at $117,300, ETH +2% at $4,580, XRP +3% at $3.11, SOL +5% at $247. PENGU (+14%), SPX (+11%) and AVAX (+10%) led top movers. HYPE hit a new ATH at $59 on Wednesday; BNB crossed $1,000 for the first time. The Bitcoin ETFs saw $51M in net outflows, breaking their 7-day inflow streak; the ETH ETFs also saw outflows. Moneygram is embracing stablecoins in partnership with Crossmint, big news for its 50M customers and 200 operating countries. Kraken and Circle are partnering to expand stablecoin access with USDC & EURC integration. NYDFS told banks to adopt blockchain analytics for AML/sanctions controls. A golden statue of Trump holding a Bitcoin has been installed outside the U.S. Capitol building. The SEC approved a generic listing standard which will greatly accelerate the approval process for crypto ETFs.

BTC taps $117k, BNB leads L1s ahead of Fed decision. Whale moves $116m BTC after 11-year dormancy. Binance nears deal to end DoJ compliance monitor. CZ updates X profile, sparks Binance return rumours. 67% fund managers don’t hold crypto: BofA survey. Crypto execs set to meet senate banking committee. New crypto PAC launches with $100m war chest. US, UK to collab on crypto initiatives. Sharplink announces 1m shares repurchased. ETH devs open Fusaka to $2m security audit contest. Ether Machine files to go public via Dynamix merger. Sharps to collab with Bonk to stake portion of its SOL. Circle launches USDC natively on Hyperliquid. Bitwise files for ETF focused on tokenization, stablecoins. Keyrock acquires Turing Capital. Google launches AI agent-to-agent payments protocol.

Crypto reverses weekend strength, FOMC this week. BTC ETF inflows hit $2.3b last week. Gemini stock soars on IPO. Atkins scraps SEC’s crypto enforcement agenda. Tether launches USA₮ stablecoin, Bo Hines as CEO. Monero rallies despite being hit by 18 block reorg. Allied Gaming establishes DAT. Galaxy Digital buys $300m SOL. Native Markets wins USDH bid. Ethereum Foundation releases privacy roadmap. AI run crypto governance is a bad idea: Vitalik. ETH stablecoin supply hits ATH $166b. BoE plans to restrict stablecoin ownership in UK. LSE completes first blockchain powered fund raising. Pakistan invites crypto firms to apply for license. Yala’s YU stablecoin fails to restore peg after attack. Shibarium Bridge hacked for $2.4m. Polymarket weighs financing at $9-10b valuation. Polkadot to tighten tokenomics, capping DOT supply.

Crypto higher on lower PPI, ETH leads. BitMine buys $201m more ETH. Binance & Franklin Templeton to partner on RWAs. POP Culture Group & Robin Energy both buy BTC. XRP reserves on exchanges surge by 1.2b tokens. AVAX Foundation eyes $1b raise to setup DATs. Chainlink, UBS to automate tokenized fund ops. Hayes buys $1m ENA ahead of Hyperliquid vote. Kraken offers to list Paxos-issued USDH. SEC delays staking decisions on various ETFs. VanEck plans HYPE spot staking ETF. Gemini, Figure hike IPO price range. Scroll DAO appears close to being dissolved. Ledger rolls out enterprise mobile app. India continues to resist comprehensive crypto law. HK proposes capital rules for banks holding crypto. Russia may consider crypto bank to combat fraud.

Crypto mixed ahead of PPI, SOL outperforms. ETH ETFs get inflows after 6-day outflow streak. Metaplanet upsizes discounted $1.4b raise. KindlyMD commits $30m in Metaplanet equity raise. Sharplink buys back 1m shares. Ethena joins race for HYPE stablecoin. Native Markets favourite to win HYPE stablecoin race. CBOE plans perp style futures with BTC, ETH. Dems want seats at SEC, CFTC to support crypto bill. CFTC exploring recognising foreign crypto platforms. Gemini to IPO this week. Robinhood to embrace copy trading. Grayscale files for HBAR, LTC, BCH vehicles. Binance, SGB to offer direct USD transfers for retail. Vietnam approves 5 year crypto trading market pilot.

Crypto continues to edge higher, alts outperform. NASDAQ files with SEC for tokenisation of stocks. HYPE $55, hits ATH amid native stablecoin proposals. Ledger CTO sounds alarm after supply-chain attack. SwissBorg suffers $40m hack. Russia accuses the US of weaponising stablecoins. Congress seeks report on details of BTC reserve. SEC Crypto task force discusses crypto x AI. Strategy buys $217m BTC. WLD +40% as Eightco raises $250m for treasury. Ant Digital puts $8.4b energy assets on blockchain. MegaETH launches USDm stablecoin with Ethena. Justin Sun backed stablecoin launches on Ethereum. CoinShares to move listing to US exchange. Ripple extends crypto partnership with BBVA. Kazakhstan announces National Crypto Fund

Crypto continues to edge higher, alts outperform. NASDAQ files with SEC for tokenisation of stocks. HYPE $55, hits ATH amid native stablecoin proposals. Ledger CTO sounds alarm after supply-chain attack. SwissBorg suffers $40m hack. Russia accuses the US of weaponising stablecoins. Congress seeks report on details of BTC reserve. SEC Crypto task force discusses crypto x AI. Strategy buys $217m BTC. WLD +40% as Eightco raises $250m for treasury. Ant Digital puts $8.4b energy assets on blockchain. MegaETH launches USDm stablecoin with Ethena. Justin Sun backed stablecoin launches on Ethereum. CoinShares to move listing to US exchange. Ripple extends crypto partnership with BBVA. Kazakhstan announces National Crypto Fund

BTC holds $110k support, sentiment back to neutral. Robinhood to join S&P 500, Strategy misses out. Whales sold $12.7b BTC over past month. Companies currently buying 1755 BTC per day. SOL gets new treasury vehicle with $1.65bn cash. ETH ETFs saw 2nd largest daily outflow ever. Crypto bill proposes SEC-CFTC crypto committee. SEC, CFTC seek to ‘harmonize’ on DeFi. HYPE nears ATH, Paxos, Frax, Agora bid for stablecoin. StablecoinX secures $890m to buy ENA. We didn’t sell BTC to buy gold: Tether CEO. Metaplanet buys $15.2m BTC. ETH revenue dropped 44% in August. BTC network mining difficulty at ATH. SUI Group buys 20m SUI. Trump family earned $1.3b from WLFI, American Bitcoin. SOL Strategies to uplist shares to Nasdaq. Cardone sold Miami mansion for 400 BTC.

BTC bounces ahead of jobs report. SEC plans to revamp crypto policies. WLFI blacklists Justin Sun’s address, freezes tokens. WLFI tokens unreasonably frozen: Sun. Nasdaq to step up scrutiny on DATs, MSTR falls. Sora Ventures to buy $1b BTC. HK’s Yungfeng Financial buys $44m ETH. DFDV buys $40m SOL. ETH ICO participant moves to stake $646m ETH. Tether considers investing in gold miners. Fireblocks launches stablecoin payments network. Etherscan expands to SEI with Seiscan. Stripe, Paradigm unveil Tempo blockchain. UK to impose stricter AML rules on crypto firms. S. Korea caps crypto lending at 20% rate, bans lev loans. EU lawmakers still sceptical of digital euro.

Crypto stable amid strong BTC ETF inflows. Fed to hold conference on stablecoins, tokenisation. American Bitcoin soars on Nasdaq listing. BTC & gold best hedge for debt crisis:: Dalio. Treasury BV raises $147m to buy BTC. Bitmine buys $358m ETH. ETH supply on exchanges hit 3-year low. AlphaTON launches $100m TON treasury. SUI Group buys 20m SUI. India, US top global crypto adoption. California’s $500b pension fund split over BTC. US Bancorp resumes crypto custody. Gemini seeks $2.2b IPO valuation. ECB urges stricter oversight of non-EU stablecoins. SEC considers proposal on crypto quantum-safety. Coinbase wants 50% of code written by AI this year.

SOL begins to outperform again in majors, nears $210. SEC, CFTC give guidance for crypto adoption. Strategy buys $449m BTC. Metaplanet to raise $3.8b pref stocks to buy BTC. BMNR buys 17k more ETH, 39k ETH in last week. ETHZilla to deploy $100m in ETH with EtherFi. ETH Foundation to sell 10k ETH. ETH staking entry queue hits two-year high. CEA buys $33m BNB. Figure Tech to raise $526m in IPO, Gemini up to $361m. SmartGold rolls out $1.6b tokenized gold for US IRAs. Coinbase to launch Mag7 + Crypto index futures. HK’s Fosun tokenizes $328m of stocks. ONDO leads alts, announces 100+ tokenised stocks.

SOL begins to outperform again in majors, nears $212. SEC, CFTC give guidance for crypto adoption. Strategy buys $449m BTC. Metaplanet to raise $3.8b pref stocks to buy BTC. BMNR buys 17k more ETH, 39k ETH in last week. ETHZilla to deploy $100m in ETH with EtherFi. ETH Foundation to sell 10k ETH. ETH staking entry queue hits two-year high. CEA buys $33m BNB. Figure Tech to raise $526m in IPO, Gemini up to $361m. SmartGold rolls out $1.6b tokenized gold for US IRAs. Coinbase to launch Mag7 + Crypto index futures. HK’s Fosun tokenizes $328m of stocks. ONDO leads alts, announces 100+ tokenised stocks.

BTC hovers around $110k despite gold ATH. BTC whale continues to move to ETH. WLFI launches at $25bn, to buyback coin with revenue. HYPE hits ATH for monthly fees at $100m. TRON cuts network fees 60%. Metaplanet buys $112m BTC. Devs intro mechanism to tokenize burned ETH. Sonic Labs passes $150m proposal for US expansion. Chinese SOE issues first RWA digital bond on ETH. Coinbase, OKX target share of Aussie pension system.