Summary: Ethena has launched a self-custodial application that brings USDe into everyday payments, savings and cross-border transfers across 48 countries. The product advertises annualized rewards of up to 6%.
Summary: Ripple is among the blockchain companies entering strategic partnerships to develop custody and tokenized-asset management services for institutional participants in Asia. Coincheck is also connected to the latest round of regional infrastructure activity.
Summary: Kast has launched a stablecoin-powered business platform after raising $80 million. The company says it aims to bring between 1,000 and 5,000 active businesses onto the service by the end of 2026.
Summary: Wallets linked to the OFAC-sanctioned Lazarus Group moved $30 million in digital assets through Hyperliquid. The transfers occurred weeks after regulators discussed a potential path for bringing the exchange into US markets.
Summary: Bitfinex Securities has listed five equity-backed notes issued through Luxembourg’s ORO II fund. The instruments reference Strategy and Metaplanet and are available against dollars, USDT and Bitcoin for eligible non-US investors.
Summary: Singapore is considering whether jointly issued cross-border stablecoins should be recognized within its regulatory framework. The review revisits an earlier approach that limited the framework to domestically issued tokens.
Summary: A fund linked to Donald Trump Jr., 1789 Capital, will reportedly lead a $1 billion investment round in prediction platform Polymarket. The reported transaction would value Polymarket at $21 billion, below Kalshi’s stated $22 billion valuation.
Summary: South Korean police arrested four people in a case involving cryptocurrency payments to a Syrian terror group. Investigators said the alleged organizer also received crypto and returned 11 used cars and two excavators.
Summary: ECB policymaker Boris Vujčić said household expectations about inflation, income, employment, rates and housing influence spending, saving, borrowing and wage decisions. He argued that consumer surveys complement market and administrative data and help central banks assess communication, uncertainty and policy transmission.
Summary: The SEC will hold a public roundtable on September 17, 2026, examining preparations for 24-hour securities trading. Panels will cover exchange and broker readiness, overnight surveillance, settlement, operational resilience, cybersecurity, liquidity and possible next steps toward continuous markets.
Summary: The SEC charged former Pacific Private Money Group executives Mark D. Hanf and Hoai-Nam Chu Phan over an alleged offering fraud that raised more than $80 million from about 190 investors. The complaint alleges new capital funded earlier payments and that more than $7 million was misappropriated; the allegations remain subject to court proceedings.
Summary: The SEC has proposed updating rules and forms for registered transfer agents, whose federal framework has not been substantively revised since the late 1970s and early 1980s. The proposal addresses electronic communications, recordkeeping and blockchain technology and will receive public comment for 60 days after Federal Register publication.
Summary: Thailand’s SEC seeks comments on rules requiring retail-accessible overseas crypto derivatives to trade on qualifying, centrally cleared exchanges.
Summary: Sberbank expects significant trading activity as Russia develops a regulated market for digital assets.
Summary: Strategy has challenged an MSCI consultation that could exclude some digital-asset treasury companies from major equity indexes.