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Pendle launched two new financial products, USDx and sUSDx, on September 4, designed for fixed income markets targeting institutional traders. The announcement, made via Twitter, represents a strategic expansion aimed at enhancing market depth and attracting larger trading volumes in the

ASIC has set a Sept. 30 deadline for Australian crypto businesses relying on temporary no-action relief to apply for or vary an Australian Financial Services licence. The regulator issued the warning on Sept. 2, stating that firms operating without required licences from Oct. 1 could face civil

Filecoin announced on September 4, 2026, that its vesting program will end on October 15, 2026. This termination will reduce gross issuance by approximately 75%, representing the largest supply change since the mainnet launch. The timing aligns with new initiatives including Filecoin Onchain Cloud a

The U.S. Justice Department announced on September 1 the seizure of more than $560,000 in cryptocurrency intended for Hamas, alongside a broader operation that gave the FBI control of online infrastructure allegedly used by the organization for fundraising and recruitment. The operation involved

USDT0 has recorded $872.7 million in deposits across six decentralized finance chains, according to data highlighted by CryptoTwitter commentator @tokenterminal. Plasma accounts for 77.8% of these deposits, with Arbitrum One and Polygon contributing 14.7% and 5.4% respectively. The surge reflects

Token Terminal launched 'Fact Sheets' for tokenized assets to enhance transparency in the real-world asset (RWA) market. The fact sheets provide detailed information on the offchain legal and economic structures underlying each token, aiming to make critical data more accessible to investors and

Bill Gates warned Aug. 27 that rapid AI deployment could threaten jobs, security and society. In an interview with New York Times reporter Karen Weise, the 70-year-old tech figure argued that the industry's profit incentives are outpacing serious safety discipline, even as leaders privately

Daiwa Institute of Research released an analysis on the 4th projecting that US long-term and ultra-long-term Treasury yields will remain structurally elevated, as demand-side scenarios that could lower rates are difficult to foresee under current conditions. The Japanese research institute cited

The US housing market has entered a freeze as 30-year mortgage rates climbed to approximately 6.89% while home prices remain elevated, according to Business Insider. Apollo's Chief Economist Torsten Slok stated that relocation rates among the US population have structurally declined, with the

Yang Hee-chang, a 34-year-old fund manager at Samsung Active Asset Management, delivered a 90.2% return on the KoAct US Nasdaq Growth Active ETF since its February 2025 launch through August 31, outperforming the Nasdaq index's 38.6% gain over the same period. The performance stemmed from early

Swiss Bitcoin service Pocket Bitcoin disclosed that an August cyberattack exposed information belonging to more than 5,400 customers, including a smaller group whose identity and financial documentation was compromised. The breach resulted from a sustained cyberattack lasting approximately one

BitGo expanded wallet connectivity to DecibelTrade, a decentralized exchange built on the Aptos blockchain that supports spot and perpetual futures trading. The integration allows institutional clients to connect self-custody multi-party computation wallets to DecibelTrade through WalletConnect

South Korea will impose a 22% tax on cryptocurrency gains exceeding 2.5 million KRW starting January 2027, but investors cannot carry forward losses to future years. In contrast, the US, UK, Germany, and Japan provide loss carryforward provisions or long-term holding benefits. Under South Korea's

Hargreaves Lansdown, the UK's largest investment platform, launched Bitcoin and Ether exchange-traded notes on September 3 to its approximately 2 million clients. The launch followed the Financial Conduct Authority's October 2025 decision to lift its four-year prohibition on retail investors

Hyperliquid is preparing an extension to its HIP-3 perpetual-market framework that will allow independent deployers to create permissioned markets. The functionality, called HIP-3, was announced by Hyperliquid co-founder Jeffrey Yan on September 3 and is already available in preliminary form on

ARK Invest, led by Cathie Wood, executed a major portfolio rebalancing within the AI semiconductor sector on May 28, selling 156,286 AMD shares while purchasing 243,707 NVIDIA shares and increasing its Broadcom position. The firm sold approximately $72.8 million worth of AMD stock and acquired

Seoul Mayor Oh Se-hoon criticized the government's budget plan of 821 trillion won on the 4th, calling it equivalent to pouring oil on the real estate market and urging the National Assembly to conduct a strict review. In a Facebook post titled 'Record-Breaking Expansionary Fiscal Policy, Have You

South Korea's VKOSPI, the volatility index for KOSPI 200 stocks, dropped below 40 during trading for the first time in approximately six months. According to the Korea Exchange, VKOSPI fell 7.31% to 39.32 in the afternoon, marking the first time the index traded below 40 since February 12. The

LayerZero Labs unveiled Zero, a new Layer-1 blockchain architecture, on Feb. 10, 2026, designed to support significantly higher transaction throughput through a system that separates transaction execution from verification using zero-knowledge proofs. The architecture addresses blockchain

SK Hynix maintains a 40% price gap between its Korean-listed stock and US-listed ADR two months after its Nasdaq debut. The Korean stock closed at 1,596,000 won while the ADR closed at $163.37 (approximately 2,200,000 won equivalent per 10-to-1 ratio), representing a 37% premium as of the latest clo