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Grayscale Research head Zach Pandl stated that the U.S. CLARITY Act, aimed at establishing comprehensive regulations for the cryptocurrency market, will face a Senate procedural vote on September 15, requiring 60 votes to advance. Since Republicans currently hold 53 seats, the bill requires Democratic support to move forward, and prediction markets show a low probability of its passage by 2026.
HyperliquidNews stated on X that in the next network upgrade, HIP-3 deployers will be able to configure funding rate caps.
4D Labs announced that it secured investment from YZi Labs through Season 2 of EASY Residency. The project aims to build a real-world embodied data layer for Physical AI, transforming real-world interactions into trainable embodied data to support AI's expansion from language capabilities to action capabilities.
The Moonshot AI Kimi K2.8 Preview model has been fully deployed to Kimi Code. The Model ID remains kimi-for-coding, enabling clients and third-party tools to use it directly without configuration changes. According to the official team, the model's comprehensive performance approaches that of K3, with enhanced coding and agent capabilities, and significantly improved reasoning efficiency compared to K2.7 Code. Kimi K2.8 Preview supports the same thinking effort level adjustments as K3, offering three settings: low, high, and max (defaulting to max). All membership tiers now provide access to a maximum 1M context window.
Odaily News — According to the "August 2026 Exchange Review" published by CoinDesk, in August, RWA perpetual contract trading volume on centralized exchanges grew 2.37% month-over-month to $602 billion, setting a record high for the category. Gate stood out in particular, with its RWA perpetual contract trading volume surging 158% month-over-month to $64.7 billion. Its market share rose from 5.32% in July to 12.6%, more than doubling from the previous month and placing it among the top three centralized crypto exchanges.In terms of asset coverage, the CoinDesk report shows that Gate now supports over 12,800 stock and ETF assets and continues to expand trading scenarios including equities, RWA, and derivatives. By further broadening asset coverage and trading scenarios, Gate is continuously strengthening its integrated trading infrastructure that connects digital assets with traditional financial markets.
According to Bloomberg, Italian bank UniCredit SpA is considering expanding its digital asset-related services, including early-stage development of digital asset custody and brokerage capabilities. Sources familiar with the matter said the bank is evaluating technology providers to build infrastructure for holding digital assets and supporting buy-and-sell transactions.
Odaily News: On September 11, MetaMask officially announced support for connecting to TRON decentralized applications, further expanding its multi-chain ecosystem gateway. In the newly released DApp Spotlight, several representative TRON ecosystem projects were among the first to be featured, covering three core sectors — artificial intelligence, decentralized finance, and file storage — including AI Agent infrastructure B.AI, liquidity infrastructure platform SUN.io, DeFi lending platform JustLend DAO, and the world's leading peer-to-peer file-sharing protocol BitTorrent. Users can now conveniently access these dApps through MetaMask and experience a one-stop suite of on-chain services spanning AI, DeFi, and decentralized storage. This integration not only further enhances the openness and usability of the TRON ecosystem, but also provides global users with a smoother multi-chain interaction experience, further improving the openness and usability of the TRON ecosystem.
Odaily reports: According to official sources, the second round of X Layer's $5 million RWA ecosystem liquidity incentive program is now open. This round focuses on the RWA Meme ecosystem, offering a total of 100,000 USDG in liquidity incentives. The list of selected trading pairs will be announced on September 18. During the campaign period (September 18 to September 25), users can provide liquidity for designated RWA Meme trading pairs and participate in reward distribution.It is reported that X Layer previously completed its first round of RWA liquidity incentives. This round will further focus on the RWA Meme ecosystem, continuing to support the on-chain liquidity development of RWA assets.
Bybit has added three new stock perpetual contracts today: SenseTime (SENSETIMEUSDT), Meitu (MEITUUSDT), and Horizon Robotics (HORIZONUSDT), supporting up to 25x leverage. Limited-time fee discounts are available during the launch period: 0% fee for limit orders and 50% off for market orders.
Odaily News: Digital asset trading platform Gate has released its August 2026 Transparency Report. The report shows that in August, multiple Gate business lines received recognition from institutional data providers including CoinDesk, CryptoQuant, CryptoRank, and DefiLlama. Among them, Gate's stock perpetual contract trading volume grew 308% month-over-month, maintaining triple-digit growth for three consecutive months; the RWA perpetual contract open interest (OI) market share reached 49.6%, ranking first globally among centralized trading platforms. Meanwhile, Gate's 24-hour spot and derivatives trading volume stood at approximately $9.5 billion, with open interest reaching $12.48 billion, both ranking among the global top three; 30-day net inflow reached $308.1 million, ranking second among mainstream trading platforms.In terms of traditional financial asset trading, Gate's CFD business continues to expand its asset coverage, now covering 680 trading pairs, spanning major TradFi assets including forex, metals, energy, indices, and stocks. In terms of overall TradFi product layout, Gate now covers over 1,000 TradFi assets, with stock derivatives covering more than 360 underlying assets, both ranking first globally, further enhancing its multi-asset trading matrix.As digital assets and traditional financial markets continue to converge, Gate is steadily expanding diverse trading scenarios including stocks, RWA, CFD, and derivatives. By enriching asset supply and trading tools, it is further improving its comprehensive trading infrastructure that connects digital assets with traditional financial markets.
According to Analytical Report No. 15 released by the National Bank of Denmark, stablecoins—as crypto assets pegged to fiat currencies—have witnessed steady growth in global adoption in recent years and garnered widespread attention. The report indicates that while stablecoin usage remains relatively limited in Denmark, further penetration by foreign stablecoins could have profound implications for the nation's payment systems, financial markets, banking sector, and monetary policy transmission. The Danish Central Bank emphasized that while encouraging financial innovation, it must remain vigilant regarding the potential risks stablecoins pose to monetary system stability and payment security, and will continue to closely monitor their ongoing developments.
According to The Wall Street Journal, prediction market platform Kalshi plans to seek U.S. regulatory approval to launch perpetual contracts on approximately 60 stocks and ETFs, including Tesla, Apple, and Nvidia, with round-the-clock trading enabled. If approved, they would become the first regulated single-stock perpetual contracts in the U.S.
blockchain project Quantus has announced the launch of its PoW mainnet featuring quantum-resistant cryptography. It incorporates ML-DSA-65 and ML-DSA-87 digital signature mechanisms, with a maximum total supply of 21 million native tokens QTC, and PoW mining is open from launch. (Bitcoin.com News)
According to data tracked by on-chain analytics platform Arkham (@arkham), an address associated with @sickassdude69 began opening positions the day after PONS launched in July, when the token's market cap was only around $628,000. The address purchased PONS in 73 transactions totaling $249,400, has already realized $509,400 in profits, and continues to hold $2.55 million worth of PONS. With total unrealized gains reaching $2.81 million, the investment return stands at approximately 12.3x.
According to official announcements, HTX launched CIFR/USDT, APD/USDT, and ASX/USDT perpetual contracts on September 11, supporting 1x to 20x leverage for both long and short positions. Additionally, from now until 15:00 (UTC+8) on September 15, HTX will host a new coin perpetual contract trading competition. Users who complete registration, trade the participating token pairs, and meet the specified threshold will have the opportunity to win a share of the 1 billion $HTX total prize pool.
According to Bitcoin.com, Mastercard officially launched the Wallet Pay payment solution on September 10, aiming to connect global digital wallets to its international payment network. The solution supports NFC contactless, QR code, online, and cross-border payments, covering over 200 countries and regions and 150 currencies. Global digital wallet users currently exceed 4.3 billion and are projected to surpass 6 billion by 2030. Participating entities include major wallet operators such as Alipay+, Mercado Pago, and MTN. Additionally, Mastercard announced support for the settlement of six compliant stablecoins across eight blockchain networks, and is partnering with over 85 institutions through its Crypto Partner Program to advance blockchain payment infrastructure.
据官方消息，Bitget Wallet 将于 Arc 主网上线首日添加支持。
Odaily News: Bitget API now fully supports CFDs (Contracts for Difference), further extending programmatic trading capabilities from crypto assets to global markets including gold, forex, stock indices, and crude oil. Institutional clients and professional traders can directly manage CFD accounts through the API, covering core functions such as order execution, account queries, fund transfers, real-time market data, and risk control parameters, enabling them to extend existing strategies into traditional financial derivatives markets within a familiar API framework.This upgrade further enriches the scope of programmatic trading scenarios. Traders can incorporate factors such as macroeconomic data, Federal Reserve policy, employment and inflation data, oil prices, and stock index fluctuations into their strategy models, and flexibly configure them in combination with different account modes such as ECN, STP, and Pro. Through a unified API framework, it provides professional traders and institutional clients with more comprehensive programmatic trading capabilities across global markets.
According to a statement issued by the Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions (OSFI) on September 10, 2026, OSFI clarified its technology-neutral position, stating that tokenized and other digital deposits are legally indistinguishable from traditional deposits, and that the underlying technology of a financial product or service does not determine its legal nature. OSFI requires financial institutions to ensure that innovation activities (including those conducted by third parties on their behalf) comply with applicable laws and regulations, and to adhere to guidelines such as B-13 Technology and Cyber Risk Management and B-10 Third-Party Risk Management. Prior to launching any new products or services, financial institutions must communicate in advance with OSFI supervisors and seek legal advice when necessary.
According to Bits.media, Vlada Gracheva, an advisor to the Russian Federal Financial Monitoring Service, stated that customers opening accounts with digital custodians in Russia will be required to provide a tax identification number to ensure transparency in cryptocurrency transactions and prevent money laundering. Previously, providing a tax identification number was not mandatory when opening bank accounts. Additionally, the agency has been granted authority to monitor all cryptocurrency transactions; for any transaction exceeding 60,000 rubles, relevant institutions must report complete information about both parties, including names and actual addresses, to the regulator. Meanwhile, the Bank of Russia is researching a mechanism to link tax identification numbers with bank accounts, and the related "anti-fraud" platform is expected to officially launch in 2027.