September 17, 2026 @ 4:35 pm By JD Alois  |  

tZERO, a pioneer in the tokenization sector, has commented on the Innovation Exemption order published by the Securities and Exchange Commission today.  The innovation exemption supports tokenized assets or digital securities. A tokenized securities venue, or TSV, can trade tokenized NMS stocks (NYSE/Nasdaq listings) through… Read More

September 17, 2026 @ 4:23 pm By JD Alois  |  

OKX released a report, in partnership with Token Terminal, stating that RWAs [real-world assets] futures have surpassed crypto futures in trading volume. In brief, onchain perpetual futures markets for traditional assets have become as busy as onchain betting markets for crypto. According to the write-up,… Read More

September 17, 2026 @ 2:55 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Zcash (ZEC) led Thursday’s cryptocurrency rebound after US policymakers delivered their first rate increase since 2023, a move that markets largely treated as already expected rather than a shock. The privacy token advanced roughly 23 percent over 24 hours and traded near $1,369. Bitcoin rose… Read More

September 17, 2026 @ 11:36 am By JD Alois  |  

Nik Storonsky, CEO and co-founder of digital bank Revolut, was in France this week after receiving approval for a French banking license. Speaking with Les Echos, the country’s leading financial publication, Storonsky said Revolut may dual-list its shares on Nasdaq and the London Stock Exchange… Read More

September 17, 2026 @ 10:17 am By JD Alois  |  

Deutsche Bank says it will begin offering digital asset custody to institutional customers. In a corporate statement, the bank said that it would launch its digital asset custody solution this year. European clients will gain access to regulated custody services for “selected digital assets.” At… Read More

September 17, 2026 @ 9:49 am By JD Alois  |  

The Digital Asset Tax Certainty Act (H.R. 10357) passed the House Ways and Means Committee this week, “clarifying the tax treatment of mining and staking, and creating parity with traditional financial assets.” The bill aims to: Remove tax barriers to the use of digital assets… Read More

September 17, 2026 @ 8:37 am By Omar Faridi  |  

A bipartisan proposal to put the federal government’s Bitcoin holdings on firmer statutory footing has moved into the House Financial Services Committee, where lawmakers can amend the text before it advances any further. The measure, H.R. 8957, known as the American Reserve Modernization Act of… Read More

September 17, 2026 @ 8:33 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Danske Bank has rolled out a new wealth advisory offering that pairs its own investment specialists with BlackRock’s (NYSE: BLK) Aladdin Wealth technology. The service, branded Butterfly, went live for the bank’s private banking clients on 9 September 2026 and is described by the lender… Read More

September 17, 2026 @ 8:31 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Goldman Sachs (NYSE:GS) has revised its Federal Reserve outlook after this week’s policy meeting, now projecting another quarter-point increase in October rather than treating September’s move as the last adjustment of 2026. The bank had previously expected a single hike this year. That view changed… Read More

September 17, 2026 @ 7:33 am By Omar Faridi  |  

UK’s financial regulator has given digital-asset businesses a clearer map of what will count as a regulated activity under the country’s incoming crypto framework. The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has published perimeter guidance explaining which firms will need full authorisation once the new regime takes… Read More

September 17, 2026 @ 1:47 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Albuquerque has moved to shut down physical cryptocurrency kiosks after the City Council approved a citywide prohibition on virtual currency ATMs and cashier-assisted crypto transactions. The ordinance, passed on September 10, 2026, requires operators and host businesses to take existing machines offline and remove them… Read More

September 17, 2026 @ 1:38 am By Omar Faridi  |  

A new exchange-traded product offering US investors regulated access to Tron’s native token is scheduled to begin trading Wednesday. The Canary Staked TRX ETF, listed under the ticker TRXS on Cboe BZX Exchange, is designed to hold TRX directly while also participating in the network’s… Read More

September 17, 2026 @ 12:42 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Clearpool, a decentralized marketplace focused on on-chain institutional credit, has outlined plans to extend its lending stack to the XRP Ledger. The firm positions the move as its next growth chapter, arguing that XRPL is a mature network whose institutional credit market remains comparatively undeveloped…. Read More

September 16, 2026 @ 11:57 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Lithuanian electronic money institution ConnectPay has turned the proprietary core banking stack it built for its own operations into a standalone commercial product. The platform, now branded Serdis, is being offered to other European EMIs and financial institutions that want cloud-native infrastructure they can run… Read More

September 16, 2026 @ 9:59 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Cross-chain protocol Symbiosis has said it reclaimed about 15 bitcoin after a vulnerability in its native Bitcoin Bridge was used on September 11. The team also extended a 20 percent white-hat bounty to the attacker, with a September 13 cutoff for a direct return of… Read More

September 16, 2026 @ 9:50 pm By JD Alois  |  

A group of seven Democratic senators issued a statement declaring their support for the CLARITY Act after voting against the bill this week, effectively killing it for now. Senators Kirsten Gillibrand, Angela Alsobrooks, Cory Booker, Catherine Cortez Masto, Ruben Gallego, Mark Warner, and Raphael Warnock stated: “Democrats… Read More

September 16, 2026 @ 9:24 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Mexican federal and state investigators have shut down a concealed cryptocurrency mining site in the mountains of Puebla, seizing hundreds of specialized computers while examining whether the facility stole electricity and helped disguise illicit funds. The property was secured in Tlaola, a remote municipality in… Read More

September 16, 2026 @ 9:22 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Saudi Arabia–based fintech Tabby has closed a $233 million Series F equity raise that values the company at $6.5 billion, marking another step up for one of the Middle East’s consumer finance platforms. The round was led by existing backer Blue Pool Capital, the Hong… Read More

September 16, 2026 @ 9:20 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The XRP Ledger is approaching a major payments upgrade after RippleX published a technical review of Batch V1.1, the rebuilt form of the XLS-56 amendment now under validator vote. The change would allow several transactions from different accounts to run together in one ledger close…. Read More