Robinhood Begins US Crypto Perps Rollout With Up to 10x Leverage
The eight-contract lineup offers no-expiry trading through Robinhood Derivatives and Bitstamp, with broader access planned in the coming months.
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BlackRock Sees Stablecoins Powering AI Agent Payments
The asset manager points to tiny, round-the-clock payments for data and computing power, while traditional checkout systems retain a role.
SEC Sues Cryptoaiml and TSAI Over Alleged $15 Million AI Trading Scams
Two New York lawsuits allege investors were shown fictitious profits and pressed for more money when they tried to withdraw.
New Survey Shows American Banks Rapidly Embracing Blockchain to Offer Faster, Cheaper and Better Financial Services
Uphold today releases research which reveals that 75% of American banks have blockchain finance programmes underway: 22% have projects that are live or scaling, while an additional 53% are piloting or assessing specific use cases.
House Oversight Expands Prediction-Market Probe to Hyperliquid
Comer is seeking identity-verification and suspicious-trading records from Hyperliquid Labs, Crypto.com and PredictIt owner Aristotle Exchange.
Coinbase Adds HYPE and ZEC as Collateral for Loans of Up to $100,000
The Morpho-powered borrowing product runs on Base and is available to eligible US users outside New York.
Sentora Seeks Aave V4 Markets With 50% Revenue Share for DAO
The Ethereum instance would lend RLUSD, PYUSD and OUSD, with Sentora controlling risk outside the mandate of Aave's risk service providers.
Modveon Unveils El Salvador’s Sivar App for Dollar Transfers on Base
The government-backed app uses self-custodial wallets. Its $2 cross-border processing fee is separate from funding and cash-withdrawal charges.
Ethlabs Says CCIP 2.0 Cuts Ethereum Confirmation Wait to Seconds
Faster transfers require opt-in settings, while Ethereum’s full-finality guarantees and CCIP’s default wait remain unchanged.
Coinbase Wins CFTC Approval for In-House Derivatives Clearing
The new clearinghouse can handle fully collateralized contracts; Coinbase will keep outside partners for margined futures and planned single-stock perpetuals.
SEC Staff Adds 'No Central Party' Limit to Token Buyback FAQ
The Sept. 25 answer referred only to a system’s functionality. The revised wording makes the absence of centralized control an explicit condition.
Coinbase Teases Pokémon Card Packs Backed by Physical Collectibles
Collectors would be able to keep their pulls in a vault or have them shipped. Coinbase has not set a launch date in its teaser.
Chainlink Launches CCIP 2.0 With Custom Verifiers and Faster Transfers
Existing integrations keep working with full-finality defaults, while new token-pool controls require an opt-in contract upgrade.
Polygon Plans Two-Month Boost to 7.7% Gross POL Staking Rate
The fee-funded increase compares with a roughly 3% baseline and rewards stake held during the window, rather than when the fees accrued.
Tether Says It Helped Freeze Nearly $550 Million in Iran-Linked USDT
A Senate minority report released the same day found USDT dominated activity in 84% of 846 Iran- and proxy-linked wallets it studied.
Dune Flags Yield Shortfall at Tokenized Money Funds
WisdomTree’s Treasury money fund trailed its T-bill benchmark by 15 basis points over a year. Issuer disclosures show how expenses and liquidity terms affect returns.
Ondo Perps Adds Spot Trading for 12 Tokenized Stocks and ETFs
Traders can use purchased tokens as collateral for short perpetual positions. The venue is waiving spot trading fees for the first 30 days.
Citi Taps Coinbase for Corporate Stablecoin Payments: WSJ
The firms’ October 2025 collaboration initially focused on fiat funding and withdrawals for Coinbase’s on- and off-ramps.
Bitget Reopens Bitcoin Withdrawals After $387.5 Million Breach
ETH and USDT withdrawals remain paused, while CEO Gracy Chen pledges to replenish the protection fund above $300 million this week.
Bitcoin ETFs Draw Nearly $3 Billion in Seven Sessions as 2026 Flows Turn Positive
US spot funds finished Sept. 25 with about $1.02 billion in net inflows for the year, reversing a $1.96 billion deficit before the streak.
Fake GIWA Layer 2 Bridge Drained of 766 ETH
DYORSWAP, which mistook the network for the Upbit-backed project, promises 40% reimbursement for eligible wallets that bridged less than 5 ETH.
Franklin Templeton Fund Shares Become Bybit Trading Collateral
Eligible clients can pledge Benji-issued money market fund shares for USDT or USDC credit lines while the shares stay in custody and keep paying yield. Franklin ran the same structure with Binance in February.
Bitwise NEAR ETF Clears Listing and Registration Hurdles
The NRR product plans to stake its NEAR holdings, with a 0.75% annual management fee and a separate charge on staking rewards.
THORChain Pushes Back on Bitget’s Demand to Block Hacker Addresses
An address flagged by Bitget completed an XRP-to-bitcoin swap after the request, while OKX’s Star Xu challenged THORChain’s comparison with Bitcoin.
Buterin Maps Ethereum's Post-Hegota 'Cryptographic World Computer'
Hegota's scheduled changes target censorship resistance and wallet flexibility; the broader vision relies on proof aggregation and open research.