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October rate hike bets pull crypto lower
Futures now put the odds of another Fed hike in October at 73-75%. Bitcoin opened September 24 down 2.1%.
Read News · Finance 1 min readThe US weighs pushing dollar stablecoins abroad
Bloomberg reports the Trump administration is weighing public-private stablecoin ventures to support the dollar's reserve role and demand for Treasuries.
Read News · Finance 1 min readNYSE signs Blockchain.com for tokenised stocks
The memorandum aims to give Blockchain.com's 44 million accounts access to tokenised US stocks and ETFs on a planned NYSE digital platform.
Read News · Finance 1 min readWhy Tether skipped an EU licence: the 60% bank rule
Tether CEO Paolo Ardoino said the company chose not to seek a MiCA licence for USDT because of a rule to hold 60% of reserves in banks.
Read News · Finance 1 min readCoinbase files for 24/7 stock perpetuals in the US
Coinbase asked the CFTC to list leveraged, never-expiring contracts on US stocks such as Apple and Nvidia. Its shares rose 11.7% that day.
Read News · Finance 1 min readJPYC minting halts as the 1-yen token hits 3 yen
Japan's yen stablecoin JPYC paused new issuance after a minting glitch. Listed on Upbit the same day, it traded near 3 yen.
Read News · Finance 1 min readSPK orders 131 funds of 7 asset managers wound up
The 131 funds hold more than 800 billion lira for 455,758 investors. Ziraat and İş Bankası will run the wind-down, now allowed up to 6 months.
Read News · Finance 1 min readThe Fed raises rates for the first time since 2023
The Fed raised its policy rate by 25 basis points to 3.75-4% to fight inflation fuelled by rising oil prices.
Read News · Finance 1 min readSPK bulletin backs a new crypto trading platform
The Capital Markets Board's September 16 bulletin approved AHL Gold E-Ticaret's request to set up a crypto trading platform.
Read News · Finance 1 min readCrypto market bill CLARITY stalls in the Senate
The US Senate lost the vote to open debate on the CLARITY crypto market bill 49-50, making passage in 2026 very unlikely.
Read News · Payments 1 min readVisa, Mastercard and Ant set a shared ID framework for agents
Under the Know Your Agent framework, an AI agent registered with one payment network will not have to start over with the others.
Read News · Payments 1 min readCoinbase x402: AI agents made 14 million payments in 30 days
Nearly all of them were in USDC. By late August the protocol had passed 205 million agent transactions and $53 million in volume.
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