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The Singapore Exchange obtained authorization from the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission under Regulation 48.10, allowing U.S. institutional investors to trade its bitcoin and ether perpetual futures directly. The approval enables American institutional traders to access SGX's crypto

Bakkt announced a strategic shift from infrastructure development to commercial execution with a target of $3 billion in total transacting volume for 2026. The company is expanding its global commercial team to scale operations and capture a larger share of the digital asset market. This

According to Bakkt's recent announcement, the company is targeting $3 billion in total transaction volume for 2026 and is expanding its global commercial team. The shift marks a strategic pivot from infrastructure development to stronger focus on commercial execution. Bakkt operates services

Indian agricultural warehousing and lending company Arya.ag is testing a system to tokenize warehouse receipts for stored grain on a dedicated Avalanche layer-1 blockchain. Arya.ag is working with Finternet to connect grain deposits, warehouse receipts, collateral commitments and loan status

PayPal, M0 and MoonPay launched PYUSDx on September 9, a platform that enables businesses to issue custom stablecoins backed by PayPal USD. The platform allows companies to create application-specific dollar-pegged tokens with customizable features including names, access restrictions, reward

Flop Labs launched its Yellow Paper repository, a move designed to enhance community engagement with $FLOP token holders. Arthur Hayes highlighted the announcement in a tweet, generating excitement among users. The initiative aims to provide clarity on the token's utility and future direction as the

According to BlockBeats, 1inch co-founder Sergej Kunz said on September 10 that the platform has processed approximately 809 billion dollars in token swap transactions since its 2019 founding but has not yet achieved profitability. Kunz stated that the current DeFi market scale is

According to ChainCatcher, Circle's Arc blockchain has made a transaction memo feature available on testnet. The feature allows developers to attach structured context to individual contract calls without modifying existing contracts. Supported use cases include invoice numbers, payment

According to PinGo's official statement, the DePIN project on TON network recently confirmed that a security incident was related to TON blockchain's asynchronous execution mechanism. The team announced it will upgrade its smart contract to improve protocol security and prevent similar issues. PinGo

Pump.fun has introduced a new feature called Custom Pairs that allows newly created tokens to trade directly against tokenized stocks and other alternative assets, moving beyond its traditional SOL and USDC pairings. The feature currently supports 93 asset pairings, including tokenized exposure to c

According to The Block, Vitalik Buterin is pushing to include EIP-8288 (a recursive STARK memory pool draft released in June) in Ethereum's I-star fork upgrade. The proposal aims to reduce quantum-safe transaction costs by moving signature and proof computations off Ethereum's core execution path,

According to PANews, on September 10, Hinkal, a stablecoin privacy protocol, launched Hinkal Deposit Addresses, allowing users to receive transfers, exchange withdrawals, and payment processor payments without requiring senders to integrate Hinkal. All deposits undergo risk screening before

According to ChainCatcher, GasFree user count reached 450,392 as of the latest update. The transfer tool on the TRON network has now expanded support to include USDD alongside existing USDT functionality, allowing users to transfer assets without holding TRX to cover on-chain transaction

U.S. Bank, the fifth-largest commercial bank in the United States serving approximately 15 million clients globally, completed its first live cross-border payment using USBDC, its proprietary U.S. dollar-backed stablecoin, on the public Stellar blockchain. The live pilot transferred value between U.

Consensys Software Inc., the Ethereum-focused technology company behind MetaMask, plans to separate its consumer business from its institutional blockchain infrastructure operations by the end of 2026. The restructuring is designed to address the diverging products and target customers of the two bu

According to its official announcement, Consensys plans to split into two independent companies by the end of 2026: MetaMask will focus on consumer financial services including payments, savings and investing, while the new Consensys will concentrate on Ethereum protocols and infrastructure for

Sui Network announced Basecamp 2026, scheduled for September 10 at 1 PM PT, featuring a live transactions per second (TPS) record attempt and an AI Builder Lab. The event aims to explore the integration of artificial intelligence within the crypto ecosystem. This gathering is positioned within the b

Sui Network hosted Basecamp 2026 on September 10 at 1 PM PT, according to the official announcement. The event featured a live attempt to set a new transactions per second (TPS) record and showcased an AI Builder Lab to explore the integration of artificial intelligence within the blockchain