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21shares launched Europe's first Zcash exchange-traded product on Tuesday, listing the physically backed ETP on Euronext Paris and Amsterdam. The asset manager also introduced an ETP tracking ETHFI, the governance token of Ether.fi. The move extends Zcash's reach into regulated markets following

Anthropic released its Opus 5.5 model on Tuesday, achieving what the company calls "the strongest-performing model we've tested to date" in coding and knowledge work benchmarks. The new model outperforms the larger Fable model in many tests and completes informal tasks where Fable failed. Anthropic

Bitcoin is approaching its yearly open as capital returns to the asset, according to analysis from K33 Research. The research firm identifies technical, structural, narrative, and seasonal signals as bullish. Rising yields suggest growing risk appetite among market participants. The broader

Maple Finance explained its competitive advantages in yield spread modeling through a recent tweet. The decentralized finance protocol stated that its underwriting process is difficult to replicate due to credit officer expertise, legal structuring, borrower relationships, and recourse options. The

Breed VC, led by solo general partner Jed Breed, raised $15 million for its second crypto fund earlier this year to invest in startups at the day zero, pre-seed, and seed stages. Breed began raising the fund last year and closed it earlier this year, according to his statement to The Block. The rais

Microsoft announced on Tuesday the elimination of 268 roles across its Xbox business, affecting Halo Studios, first-party studios, and Xbox Game Studios management and central teams. The cuts are part of a gaming division restructuring announced in July, with the company having now completed about t

PayPal Holdings Inc. announced Tuesday a partnership with Meta Platforms Inc. to integrate PayPal checkout into Meta's Muse AI agent across PayPal merchants worldwide. The collaboration enables Muse users to complete purchases through PayPal's payment network while the AI assistant searches for

Toronto-based CIX began live trading on September 21, becoming Canada's first new standalone equity marketplace in over a decade and adding another execution venue to a market already served by TMX, Cboe Canada and Nasdaq Canada. The alternative trading system launched to provide Canadian market

Mode Trade launched 24/7 trading for crude oil Real World Assets (RWAs) on its platform. The initiative enables traders to engage with crude oil through a cryptocurrency-style trading experience, offering leverage of up to 20x on positions. RWAs have crossed $30 billion in on-chain value this

1inch, a decentralized exchange aggregator, recently stated that the golden age of onchain finance is upon us. The announcement reflects growing optimism in the decentralized finance (DeFi) space and emphasizes the need for more efficient liquidity solutions. The statement comes amid selling

Strategy (Nasdaq: MSTR), led by Michael Saylor, bought Bitcoin for the first time since late August, purchasing 950 BTC for approximately $75.7 million during Sept. 14-20. The purchase brings the company's total holdings to 846,000 coins at a cost of roughly $63.8 billion. Market analyst Donald

Devexperts' DXtrade platform received approval from Indonesia's Commodity Futures Trading Regulatory Agency (Bappebti) in August 2026. The approval allows commodity futures and derivatives brokers supervised by Bappebti to seek licenses to use the software. The approval was granted after a

The British Virgin Islands Financial Services Commission recorded 14,977 company formations during the first six months of 2026, the strongest first half since 2021, according to the regulator's second-quarter statistical bulletin. The period also saw growth in limited partnerships, private

Stellar launched on BVNK Finance, providing enterprise customers with access to its blockchain designed for high-volume, sub-penny digital asset transfers. The integration enhances capabilities for cross-border payments, remittances, and treasury management. Stellar announced the move via its

The US Senate voted 49-50 against advancing the Digital Asset Market Clarity (CLARITY) Act on Sept. 15, prompting cryptocurrency political action committees to announce significant spending plans for the 2026 midterm election that's 42 days away. Fairshake, a PAC backed by Coinbase and Ripple

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei are expected to address the UN Security Council for a meeting about artificial intelligence on Wednesday, a UN spokesperson confirmed on Tuesday. The meeting comes as the debate around AI safety and regulation has reached a boiling point

Bitquery, a blockchain data analytics firm, has published a reconstruction of the Patoshi mining pattern, confirming that a single mining entity accumulated between 900,000 and 1.17 million Bitcoin during the network's earliest days. The pattern, first identified by researcher Sergio Demian Lerner i

Solana's tokenized equity ecosystem crossed 900,000 wallet addresses holding tokenized versions of traditional stocks, marking an all-time high. On September 1, roughly 424,894 wallets held tokenized equities on Solana; by September 12, that figure reached 801,439—an 88% increase in

South Korea's exchange-traded fund (ETF) market recorded total net assets of 447.3839 trillion won as of September 17, according to the Korea Financial Investment Association on September 22. The figure represents approximately a 15% decline from the all-time high of 528.7755 trillion won reached on

SpaceX completed an all-stock acquisition of Elon Musk's xAI in February 2026, repositioning the combined entity as a major AI infrastructure provider. Goldman Sachs projects the AI division will generate $322 billion in revenue by 2030, representing roughly 68% of SpaceX's total projected revenue o