Exchanges lower token risk values, leaving leveraged traders with less breathing room
Binance lowered the collateral ratio for six tokens on Sept. 18, while Coinbase International Exchange says 29 assets will leave its eligible-collateral list on Sept. 29. That ratio determines how much of an asset’s market value an exchange recognizes…
Bitcoin faces an eight-year rates test as the BOE unwinds £368 billion
The Bank of England has committed to remove £368 billion of gilts held for monetary-policy purposes by September 2034, even as the first market response pointed toward easier conditions in long-dated UK debt. The figure covers the portfolio left after…
Bitcoin rallies after BOJ’s 1.25% hike, but the real yen-carry test starts next week
The Bank of Japan announced a policy-rate increase to about 1.25% on Sept. 18, yet the visible Bitcoin and currency response showed limited signs of a disorderly yen-carry unwind. The BOJ voted 7-2 to lift its target for the uncollateralized overnight…
From Kaiko to OpenZeppelin, S&P Global is quietly preparing for markets that never close
S&P Global agreed to acquire smart contract security firm OpenZeppelin, expanding its digital asset business into the technology underpinning tokenized finance. On Sept. 17, the financial data and ratings company said that OpenZeppelin will continue…
Aave V4’s Arc market is swimming in $76 million of USDC nobody is borrowing
Aave V4 went live on the Arc Layer-1 network on Sept. 16 and attracted USDC almost immediately. By Sept. 17, point-in-time Aavescan data showed roughly $76 million supplied, less than $100,000 borrowed, and utilization near 0.1%. Suppliers quickly filled…
After Congress killed its landmark crypto bill, the SEC unlocked the $77 trillion US stock market through tokenization
The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has opened a five-year pathway for regulated US stocks to trade on blockchain-native venues. The Innovation Exemption came two days after the Senate failed to advance the CLARITY Act, a broad crypto…
Stellar activates Protocol 28 as network hits record throughput and RWA value climbs
Stellar activated Protocol 28 as the blockchain hit a new sustained throughput record, adding tools designed for larger smart-contract deployments. The network ran Protocol 28 by Sept. 17 after a scheduled mainnet upgrade vote a day earlier. The release…
Circle opens Arc mainnet as it seeks an edge for USDC utility
Circle has scheduled the public launch of Arc for Sept. 16, giving USDC a network where the same dollar balance can fund both payments and transaction fees. That could remove a common obstacle to using stablecoins, giving Circle a possible way to attract…
ECB opens merchant applications for controlled 2027 digital euro pilot
The European Central Bank has opened applications for online merchants to join a controlled pilot of the digital euro, its proposed retail central bank digital currency. The move brings the 2027 test closer to online checkout, but it does not put an…
Bitcoin miners have amassed $100 billion of AI deals, but almost none of the revenue exists yet
Bitcoin miners have signed more than $100 billion in AI contracts while generating barely $1.1 billion in annualized revenue. More than 4 gigawatts of artificial intelligence and high-performance computing capacity are under contract across publicly…