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The CLARITY Act is scheduled for a procedural cloture vote on September 15, which requires 60 votes to pass. The Stablecoin rewards mechanism is currently one of the biggest unresolved disputes. Eight major banking institutions, including the American Bankers Association, jointly sent a letter on September 14 to Senate Majority Leader John Thune and Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, stating that they could not support the latest rewards proposal and demanding the deletion of specific wording. Oppos

South Korea's Financial Services Commission announced on the 15th a shift in merger valuation standards for listed companies from uniform 'market price' to comprehensive 'fair value' starting December 9. The regulatory overhaul aims to prevent merger ratios favoring controlling shareholders during a

South Korea's Financial Services Commission and Korea Exchange will jointly host Korea Premium Weeks 2026 from May 28 to June 16, a three-week unified investor relations event designed to promote Korean stocks to global investors. The initiative consolidates previously fragmented capital market even

South Korea's broad money supply (M2) average balance increased 0.3% month-on-month and 5.8% year-on-year in July, driven by inflows of corporate surplus funds and semiconductor company deposits, according to a Bank of Korea report released on September 15. The growth was primarily led by

Crypto market data provider Kaiko announced on September 14 that S&P Global led its latest strategic investment round, bringing the total size of the company’s Series B financing to $110 million. The funds will be used to strengthen tokenized market data services and on-chain financial infrastructure, supporting data needs for the tokenization of traditional assets such as stocks, U.S. Treasuries, money market funds, and bonds. Background of the 11 New Series B Investors The 11 new investors in

Swiss Bitcoin Pay, a Swiss Bitcoin payment company, shut down its entire server infrastructure on Sept. 14 after determining that an intruder may have accessed its internal systems. The customer data suspected of being exposed includes email addresses, Bitcoin addresses, bank IBANs, transaction records, and hashed passwords. Because of its non-custodial design, payments flow directly from customers to Merchants, and no unauthorized Bitcoin transfers have been discovered. Five Categories of Data

Bloomberg Intelligence senior commodities strategist Mike McGlone published a bearish analysis of Bitcoin (BTC) on September 15, pointing out that Bitcoin’s cumulative return over the past five years was roughly comparable to that of the S&P 500 Index, while its price volatility was about three times that of U.S. stocks. In the analysis, McGlone presented an extreme downside scenario in which Bitcoin could fall from its current level of approximately $70,000–$80,000 to $10,000. Three Market Obse

US stock futures traded mixed in the overnight session late Monday ahead of the Federal Reserve's September policy meeting, with markets pricing in a 92.4% chance of a quarter-percentage point rate hike according to CME FedWatch tool data. The mixed sentiment followed Monday's benchmark index

Circle’s Arc network is scheduled to launch its public mainnet on September 16. Before the mainnet launch, analysis firm SoSoValue released a report stating that Arc is unlikely to experience a memecoin boom similar to the one that followed the launch of Robinhood Chain because Arc’s structural features, designed to meet the demands of banks and regulators, effectively eliminate the four core mechanisms that enable memecoin activity to thrive. Four Conditions Behind the Robinhood Chain Memecoin

Solana announced a capacity upgrade via a tweet that stated the platform can now accommodate significantly more data. The upgrade aims to enhance functionality available to developers, potentially leading to improved applications on the network. The announcement generated community engagement in the

EDEL joined the DTC Digital Asset Solutions Industry Working Group recently, a move that has attracted attention from whale investors. Following the affiliation, significant token accumulation has been observed, with @lookonchain highlighting notable purchases by large wallets. The whale activity

Tencent’s equity holdings in global gaming and technology brands span wholly owned subsidiaries, majority stakes, and minority holdings, with an investment timeline running from 2009 to 2026 and involving at least 14 well-known studios and publishers. Founded in 1998, Tencent has a marketcap of more than $1 trillion and generated over $10 billion in overseas gaming revenue in 2025. It has transitioned into a diversified entertainment group, with its gaming expansion including direct acquisitions

Xiaomi will release the Xiaomi 18 Fold foldable-screen phone in Sept., featuring a rounded-corner D-shaped horizontal-folding design that closely resembles Apple’s iPhone Duo. According to Mashable, the Xiaomi 18 Fold’s biggest advantage over the iPhone Duo is its camera system: it comes equipped with a triple Leica camera system, including a 200MP main camera, while the iPhone Duo does not have a telephoto camera. Design Similarities Between the Xiaomi 18 Fold and iPhone Duo The Xiaomi 18 Fold

NAV Coin dropped 36.22% over the past hour to trade at $0.024731. The decline followed an earlier high of $0.042325, with 24-hour trading volume reaching $2,915.88. The sharp price movement occurred amid low liquidity conditions in the broader cryptocurrency market. NAV Coin Records 40.55%

Two dormant Ethereum wallets, potentially linked to the same whale, deposited 14,700 ETH valued at approximately $36.94 million into OKX exchange within a short timeframe. The movement was noted by cryptocurrency commentator @lookonchain on CryptoTwitter. Ethereum serves as a cornerstone of the cryp

Japanese stocks opened lower on September 15, with the Nikkei 225 index falling 60.86 points (0.10%) to 63,432.13 at 9:16 AM, while the TOPIX index declined 11.96 points (0.29%) to 4,046.25, according to Yonhap Infomax World Stock Index. The decline followed overnight losses in US semiconductor stoc

Cybersecurity firm Gen Threat Labs disclosed on Sept. 14 that the Windows version of Tencent Sogou Input Method contains a critical vulnerability, CVE-2026-51990. The vulnerability chains together three security flaws, allowing attackers to execute arbitrary code at the system level simply by tricking victims into clicking a carefully crafted link. The China-linked threat organization UNC3569 has exploited the vulnerability to deploy the GrayRabbit backdoor. Technical Mechanism of the CVE-2026-5

The U.S. Senate is scheduled to hold a cloture vote on the motion to advance the CLARITY Act on Sept. 15, with 60 votes required for passage. XRP is viewed as one of the crypto assets most closely associated with the CLARITY Act. XRP has been classified as a digital commodity, and passage of the bill would codify this classification in federal law. The market asked ChatGPT about XRP’s downside risk if the vote fails, with an initial potential decline of 7% to 10%. The Legislative Significance of