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Binance Faces Fresh U.S. Scrutiny Over Potential Iran Sanctions Breach

Federal prosecutors are investigating whether Binance, the world’s largest crypto exchange, violated U.S. sanctions on Iran by knowingly allowing certain transactions to proceed on its platform. The probe is being led by the Manhattan U.S. Attorney’s Office, with the DOJ’s criminal division in Washington also involved.  In addition, the specific

September 22, 2026 2 mins read

Markets Gear Up for Key U.S. Data and Fed Speeches Amid Oil Swings

Global markets are entering a closely watched week as investors assess the Federal Reserve’s next steps, fresh U.S. economic data and continued swings in oil prices. Wall Street futures moved higher on Monday as oil prices fell around 2%, easing some pressure on Treasury yields. Bitcoin also climbed about 8%,

September 21, 2026 2 mins read

Canary Capital Pushes Staking Further With Updated SEI ETF Filing

Canary Capital has submitted Amendment No. 2 to its S-1 registration statement for a Staked SEI ETF. Significantly, this filing is more than a technical update. The second amendment substantially revises how the fund plans to handle staking. Also, it is moving to an estimated 90% of assets staked, with

September 21, 2026 2 mins read

Anthropic Targets November IPO at Potential $2 Trillion Valuation

Anthropic has rescheduled its initial public offering for November from October, as reported by The Wall Street Journal. The extra time may enable Anthropic to reveal the third-quarter earnings to future investors. Investor meetings will be used to assess investor interest ahead of Anthropic’s determination of its offering size and

September 19, 2026 2 mins read

Coinbase Files With CFTC for US Single-Stock Perpetual Futures

Coinbase Derivatives has officially submitted a proposal to the CFTC seeking approval to bring perpetual futures. These are linked to the US stocks individually in the American derivatives market. These outmatch traditional futures, as perpetual contracts are ones that do not expire. It would give eligible users and traders 24/5

September 19, 2026 2 mins read

a16z-Backed Linera Shuts Down Operations as Funding Runs Dry

Linera, a16z-backed Layer 1 blockchain project founded by former Meta researcher Mathieu Baudet, has announced it is ceasing operations immediately. The team communicated the shutdown via Discord, not a press release, not a formal investor notice, just a message in a community server.  It stated that insufficient funding had made

September 19, 2026 2 mins read

Hong Kong to Launch 24/7 CBDC Settlement by End-2026

Hong Kong is expected to roll out the wholesale CBDC settlement after banking hours by 2026. This plan will utilize the EnsembleTX, which will be used to facilitate continuous settlement for tokenized deposits. EnsembleTX makes up the pilot stage for Project Ensemble, which is the tokenization project for Hong Kong.

September 18, 2026 2 mins read

Ethereum Glamsterdam Testnet Faces Builder Abuse Concerns

Glamsterdam will activate on October 6th for the Sepolia testnet, according to Ethereum developers. The upgrade is to undergo yet another round of testing by client teams who will develop software that is compatible. The developers requested that teams release software for Sepolia by September 29th, giving them just seven

September 18, 2026 2 mins read

SEC Opens the Door to Onchain Stocks With Five-Year Innovation Exemption

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has issued a temporary, conditional exemptive relief order that allows Tokenised Securities Venues to trade tokenised NMS stocks using permissioned automated market makers and liquidity pools, without being classified as an exchange under the Exchange Act.  Moreover, the order, dubbed the “Innovation Exemption,” marks

September 18, 2026 3 mins read