Crypto Markets & On-Chain Ecosystem Developments

The European Central Bank launched Pontes on Monday, a system that allows financial institutions to settle wholesale tokenized asset transactions in central bank money. The system provides an alternative to private settlement assets such as stablecoins for tokenized finance transactions. The ECB

According to Foresight News, Valour, a subsidiary of DeFi Technologies (Nasdaq: DEFT), has introduced its new Valour Funds SPC business line and launched its first hedge fund, Smart Crypto Fund SP, available to professional and qualified investors. The fund leverages AI investment strategies

According to ChainCatcher, Bitcoin BLAKE2b developers plan to require miners to wait 45 days before accessing newly mined BTCB2, with the change set to execute at block height 973440. The chain forked from Bitcoin on August 8. BTCB2 has declined 84% from its September peak of $1,799, currently

According to BlockBeats, Boyaa Interactive purchased approximately 152 BTC on the open market over the past week (Sept 21), with an average price of $75,899 per coin. The transaction totaled approximately $11.56 million (90.63 million

According to ChainCatcher, BVIV perpetual futures—tracking Bitcoin's 30-day implied volatility—launched on Hyperliquid on Monday. The new market allows traders to directly long or short volatility without relying on costly options strategies. The contract uses USDC as collateral and pricing asset, s

Gate News message, Crypto open interest on perpetual DEXs has reached a new all-time high of $19B. Total open interest climbed to a record $25B. RWA's share of total open interest has grown from 6% at the beginning of 2026.

An MEV bot known as Yoink intercepted roughly $7.7 million in rsETH from a Kelp DAO vault exploit attempt by front-running the attacker's transaction. The bot monitored pending transactions in the mempool and executed its own transaction first, capturing the vulnerable assets before the original att

Apple and Google posted job openings seeking expertise in stablecoins and blockchain technology. Apple listed a U.S.-based Apple Pay Financial Product Strategy Lead role with a base-pay range of $149,700 to $280,000, citing familiarity with stablecoins, tokenized deposits, and crypto technology

According to CryptoNews, Apple posted a U.S.-based Apple Pay Financial Product Strategy Lead role with a base salary range of $149,700 to $280,000, listing expertise in stablecoins, tokenized deposits, and crypto technology among desired skills. The position supports the Apple Card and Apple Cash te

According to Lookonchain, an address opened a 10x leveraged long position of 236 BTC on Aster DEX, currently with unrealized profits of $726,000.

According to ChainCatcher, attackers exploited a Kasplex KRC-20 off-chain indexer signature verification vulnerability, transferring 186 million ZEAL and 54.398 billion NACHO tokens without holding the bridge custody wallet private keys. The attacker used five forged transactions to mint tokens on b

According to Bloomberg, South Africa's central bank has proposed subjecting crypto assets to foreign exchange controls, limiting their cross-border use. The measure has already caused at least 2.2 billion rand (approximately $135 million) in transactions to stall, affecting private equity and

According to Coinglass data, if Ethereum drops below $2,581, cumulative long liquidations on major centralized exchanges would reach $1.313 billion. Conversely, if ETH breaks above $2,849, cumulative short liquidations would reach $522

According to BlockBeats, on September 21, privacy AI protocol Phala broke through $0.06, reaching $0.05956 with a 24-hour gain of 66.8%. The surge reflects growing adoption of the platform's Confidential AI products across mainstream AI models including GLM-5.3, DeepSeek series, and

Elon Musk's Grok AI predicts Bitcoin could reach $150,000 before January 1, 2027, in a full-blown bull market scenario, with a bullish range of $135,000--$175,000. From current levels near $82,000, this represents approximately an 80% gain. According to Reuters technical analysis and CryptoQuant

Japanese yen stablecoin JPYC accounted for 54.18% of global spot trading volume on Upbit as of 9:15 AM on the 21st over the recent 24 hours, according to cryptocurrency data provider CoinMarketCap. This means one out of every two JPYC traded globally occurred in Korea. The surge follows delays in

According to the Balancer governance forum, the protocol's contributors are proposing an orderly wind-down that would stop new pool creation, reduce activity, and eventually return treasury assets to BAL holders. A Snapshot vote is scheduled to run from September 25 through September 29. The

According to Reuters, the European Central Bank launched Pontes service to connect its payment system with blockchain-based financial markets, allowing banks and investors to settle on-chain transactions using ECB-backed euro rather than relying on stablecoins or private currencies. The initial