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Sunday, Sep 20

09

Arc Launches Agentic Payments with USDC Across 3 Chains, Removing Gas Wallet Hassles

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Key Takeaways: Arc has also created agentic payments, allowing Circle agents and developers to receive USDC payments via the x402 protocol. Circle’s Facilitator Service provides onchain settlement on Arc, Base,

Saturday, Sep 19

15

WaterPlum Targets 30,000 Devices and Steals 7,000+ Crypto Wallet Records Worldwide

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Key Takeaways: WaterPlum hacked over 30,000 devices in 100+ countries and accessed information from 7,000+ crypto wallets. Fake jobs, coding tests and malicious code targeted crypto, blockchain and Web3 developers.

Coinbase Targets $24/5 Stock Perps in First U.S. Push for Single-Stock Crypto Futures

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Key Takeaways: Coinbase’s filing for single-stock perpetual futures in the U.S. is complete. The suggested contracts would offer 24×5 exposure for individual stocks. Currently, CFTC reports Coinbase’s filing as Pending

Friday, Sep 18

18

S&P Global to Acquire OpenZeppelin in Crypto Infrastructure Expanding Effort

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Key Takeaways: S&P Global has agreed to acquire OpenZeppelin to boost its crypto and onchain risk capabilities. Over $37 trillion of value is being transacted via OpenZeppelin’s Contracts library. The

16

Zcash Sets NU7 for November With 25-Second Blocks and Major Network Changes

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Key Takeaways: The teams behind Zcash have decided to aim for the November 5, 2026 target date for NU7 activation on the mainnet. NU7 will reduce the target block from

15

Ripple Says $XRP, RLUSD Could Turn 24/7 Crypto Into a CFO Treasury Tool

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Key Takeaways: CFOs are no longer questioning digital assets as speculative but by practical use, according to Ripple. XRP and RLUSD are set to be used in treasury, payroll and

Thursday, Sep 17

19

SEC Clears Path for Tokenized Stocks With 5-Year Onchain Trading Exemption

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Key Takeaways: The SEC has introduced a five-year “Innovation Exemption” to permit trading of U.S. stocks by tokenizing them on approved venues. With a permissioned AMM liquidity pool, Tokenized Securities

18

COTI Brings 3,000x Faster Privacy to Avalanche With Private AVAX and USDC Launch

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Key Takeaways: COTI has already ported Privacy-on-Demand to Avalanche, enabling private computation for C-Chain apps and Avalanche L1s. The Privacy Portal is updated to include one-click AVAX and USDC on

17

Vitalik Says AI Can Secure Crypto, Keeps 90% of His Wealth in Crypto Despite AI Hacks

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Key Takeaways: Vitalik Buterin claims that AI does not spell the end of cybersecurity, stating that more effective verification may benefit defenders. In short, roughly 90% of his net worth

12

Anchorage Adds Etherlink Custody, Opening Institutional Access to $9M Tokenized Uranium

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Key Takeaways: Anchorage Digital now has institutional custody support for Etherlink and seven assets. Included in this offering is xU3O8, a token representing real-world uranium. Clients’ assets can be held

6,000 Monero: Revolut Hackers Set 24-Hour Deadline Over Crypto Data Breach

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Key Takeaways: The hackers are asking for 6,000 XMR (around $3 million) from Revolut. Data allegedly connected to approximately 680 customer accounts was reportedly stolen in the breach. Aggressors state

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Top 10 Crypto Sign-up Bonuses to Get Free Bitcoin in 2026

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The best crypto sign up bonuses in 2026 come from Binance, MEXC, and Bybit. Binance offers up to $100 in the easiest-to-complete welcome rewards. MEXC gives up to 10,000 USDT

Wednesday, Sep 16

20

Arc Mainnet Goes Live With 190+ Partners, BlackRock and Visa Back New Network

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Key Takeaways: Arc Mainnet officially launched and brought together over 190 ecosystem partners to cover finance, payments, DeFi, and AI. The network is native with USDC, sub-second finality and native

19

Robinhood Crypto Engineers Face Charges After $100K+ Hyperliquid Trading Scheme

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Key Takeaways: Robinhood’s two engineers face fraud charges for alleged trading in cryptocurrencies about to be listed. Both were rumored to have made over $50,000 trading Hyperliquid perpetuals. Conviction of

Senate Blocks $2.3T Crypto CLARITY Act in 49-50 Vote, Bitcoin Slides Fast Below $76K

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Key Takeaways: A 49 to 50 vote was taken in the Senate but was short of the 60-vote threshold needed to move the CLARITY Act forward. The intent of the

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Ripple Puts XRP on Louisville Courts, Expanding Its $5M College Sports Push

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Key Takeaways: Ripple extends Louisville Basketball on the XRP’s sports sponsorship campaign. XRP logos will be prominently featured at home games at Denny Crum Court. The agreement marks Ripple’s next

Tuesday, Sep 15

20

CoinEx Announces Permanent Shutdown After 9 Years, Withdrawals End Dec. 22

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Key Takeaways: CoinEx is going to close on 22nd December 2026 after 9 years of operation. Weak market conditions, diminished liquidity and compliance costs were cited as reasons for the

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Balancer Proposes $9M Treasury Wind-Down After V3 Fails to Restore DeFi Revenue Growth

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Key Takeaways: Marcus Hardt, CEO of Balancer, suggested an orderly winddown given the lack of revenue generation from the restructured V3 business. If the proposal is accepted, at least $9

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Coinbase CEO Targets $70T US Stocks With Fully Backed Tokenized Equities Push

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Key Takeaways: Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong claims that the exchange’s token stocks represent actual securitie, and not synthetic assets or debt instruments. The products offer redemption and dividend capabilities and

Kraken Launches xStocks Vaults With Up to 2% Yield on Tokenized Stocks and ETFs Now

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Key Takeaways: Kraken introduces xStocks Vaults to earn onchain yield on tokenized exposure to SPY, Nasdaq-100 and NVIDIA. Users can deposit SPYx, QQQx or NVDAx and receive up to 2%

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Etherscan Launches RobinScan for Robinhood Chain, Opening Access to 4,663 Chain Data

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Key Takeaways: RobinScan, a special blockchain explorer for Robinhood Chain, has been unveiled by Etherscan. RobinScan can be accessed via robin.etherscan.io, Robinhood Chain via chain ID 4663. The new explorer

Monday, Sep 14

08

Chainflip Loses $736K in USDT After TRON Exploit Triggers Double Payouts

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Key Takeaways: Chainflip suffered six unauthorized withdrawals for a total loss of 736,442.17 USDT due to an issue with its TRON USDT transaction processing. The attacker tried it eight times

Revolut Crypto Data Leak Exposes Bitcoin Records, Attackers Demand Payment to Stop More

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Key Takeaways: Hackers have reportedly begun to share personal data on the affected customers and ask for money to prevent more leaks from Revolut. Information exposed can range from identity

Sunday, Sep 13

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Bitfinex Referral Code (Lg6bYugPw): Steps to Earn Free $30,000 Bonus in 2026

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The Bitfinex referral code is Lg6bYugPw, a unique code that offers new users exclusive benefits when they open a new account on the Bitfinex trading platform. To qualify for the

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Revolut Exposes Bitcoin Records, Passports After Fraudulent Government Email Attack

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Key Takeaways: Revolut had to share sensitive data about its users after receiving a phishing request that looked legitimate from an official representative from the government. Information revealed were copies

Friday, Sep 11

09

ESMA Warns Crypto’s Expanding Financial Links Could Magnify Europe’s Next Market Shock

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Key Takeaways: Nearly €2 trillion of market value has been stripped from crypto losses since their October highs per ESMA. The convergence of crypto and traditional finance could lead to

Nasdaq to Invest $100 Million in Payward for Tokenized Stocks

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Key Takeaways: The parent company of crypto exchange Kraken is getting a $100 million investment from Nasdaq Ventures in the company’s tokenized-equity program. Both Nasdaq and Payward are aiming to

Liquid Network Restarts Blocks After $320M Bitcoin Exploit, Pegs Still Frozen

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Key Takeaways: After emergency updates, Liquid Network has restarted generating blocks but no transactions have been added. Peg-ins and peg-outs are suspended during recovery of the BTC/LBTC reserve. Blockstream notes

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MoneyGram Launches Stablecoin Card in Colombia, Bringing Crypto Payments to 60M Users

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Key Takeaways: MoneyGram has unveiled a stablecoin-based Visa card that will begin in Colombia with a digital launch. Stable-dollar balances can be used for online, conversion in-store and on Apple

Ripple Expands GSmart With Governed AI to Reshape Enterprise Crypto Treasury

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Key Takeaways: AI tools to forecast, liquify, risk, reconcile and report are added to GSmart by Ripple. AI agents suggest actions as per company’s policies; humans have control to approve.