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According to Caixin, Cambodia has publicly disclosed the inner workings of the telecom fraud compound known as "Zone 8" for the first time. Dubbed a "scam city," it is Cambodia's largest fraud operation, capable of housing up to 20,000 individuals trafficked and forced to engage in online fraud. The site is operated by the Cambodian company Legend Innovation. Blockchain analytics firm Elliptic's investigation revealed that the operator is linked to Prince Group. Legend Innovation is alleged to maintain ties with the US- and UK-sanctioned Prince Group through corporate phone numbers, director activities, and related business records. Notably, the registered phone number used by Legend Innovation previously appeared in documents concerning a real estate company alleged to be part of Prince Group's network.
According to Caixin News, HyperLiquid has been quietly rising in the overseas crypto scene for some time, but the real catalyst that sparked widespread discussion in the domestic market was neither the massive airdrop of HYPE tokens (referring to projects distributing tokens to users for free to promote initiatives or reward early supporters) nor the crude oil contracts ignited by Iran's geopolitical conflicts in February 2026, but rather the contracts involving the Chinese asset ChangXin Memory Technologies (CMXT), highlighting how emerging offshore exchanges are challenging global financial regulation.
Bernstein believes the exchange model transforms sports betting into a traffic-driven business, operating without house positions and utilizing a global order book with institutional market making. The firm assigns an Outperform rating to Robinhood (HOOD) and Coinbase (COIN), recommending focus on regulatory progress and the pace of institutional adoption.
The Market Oversight Division of the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) announced that prediction contracts settled based on whether specific individuals mention certain words or attend events face significant market manipulation risks and may only be listed on designated contract markets under limited circumstances. The CFTC recommends that relevant platforms assess whether individuals who can influence the outcome of a contract are bound by legal, professional, contractual, fiduciary, or confidentiality obligations, and implement proactive trading rules and risk control measures to prevent manipulation.
Odaily News: A person familiar with the matter revealed that the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) is investigating Kalshi for suspected wash trading. Since August, Kalshi traders have executed nearly 1 million trades in the Ethereum futures market, with each trade being almost identical in size, drawing the attention of federal regulators and traders. Kalshi stated that there is no fake trading on the platform, and that the recurring quotes are fixed quotes posted by market makers, which faster traders seize upon. Kalshi co-founder Luana Lopes Lara said that attracting large traders to new markets to promote broader adoption is not uncommon.
Trump has publicly supported restricting diesel exports, as Bessent confirmed that the administration is assessing the feasibility of a comprehensive or partial ban. The refining industry has warned that the policy could have a counterproductive effect.
Arc officially announced that Circle's onchain FX engine StableFX is now live on the Arc mainnet. Arc is a public chain launched by Circle, designed for stablecoins and payment use cases; StableFX supports 24/7 settlement, enabling near-instant or delayed settlement, ensuring that both parties either receive funds simultaneously or neither receives funds, and supports trading with multiple vetted counterparties through a single contract, using a unified RFQ model for pricing. The global foreign exchange market has a daily trading volume of nearly $10 trillion, most of which still relies on traditional trading hours.
Odaily News: The fund was founded by Abu Dhabi-based investor and Further Ventures co-founder Mohamed Hamdy, with Thoro Capital Management serving as the manager and Mohamed Hamdy as Managing Partner. Thoro Capital Management will settle in USD via stablecoins and lend directly to digital asset institutions, with Hashed as the anchor investor. The fund employs a covenant-based underwriting approach, assessing borrowers' financial condition, cash flow, and management performance, aiming to alleviate the financing issues caused by traditional banks' regulated capital requirements and crypto lenders' reliance on asset-collateralized underwriting. Tokenized private credit has become the largest real-world asset (RWA) category by cumulative on-chain lending volume, with total loans exceeding $14 billion, while the traditional private credit market exceeds $3 trillion. Previously, Hashed obtained a financial services permission from the Abu Dhabi Global Market and signed a memorandum of understanding with the Abu Dhabi Investment Office.
Odaily reports: Michael Selig, Chairman of the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), stated that regulators need to prepare for large-scale tokenization and adjust existing market rules for new technologies such as blockchain and AI. With the development of tokenization, on-chain finance, and 24/7 trading, the changes in financial markets over the next decade may exceed the sum of those over the past several decades. The CFTC will seek more ways to encourage market participants, exchanges, and clearinghouses to responsibly adopt stablecoins; over the past year, the agency has issued guidance and sought public comment on 24/7 trading in energy derivatives markets, and in February of this year, it included stablecoins issued by national trust banks within the scope of eligible collateral. The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) last week released an "innovation exemption" to provide room for on-chain trading of tokenized stocks.
Senator Lummis accused Democrats of deliberately obstructing the progress of the Crypto Clarity Act to vent their frustration over Donald Trump, leaving the industry facing regulatory uncertainty.
Odaily News: U.S. Republican Senator John Curtis of Utah has sent a letter to Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley and Ranking Member Dick Durbin, calling for an investigation into whether Donald Trump Jr. and Hunter Biden used their presidential family connections to obtain private economic benefits, and requesting that both be subpoenaed.Curtis noted that Donald Trump Jr. previously accepted wedding gifts from Russian oligarch Umar Kremlev, actively promoted a family-backed crypto business, and served as an advisor to a prediction market platform; the company in question is regulated by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission. Donald Trump stated that his son has returned the relevant payments to Umar Kremlev.Curtis also requested an investigation into Hunter Biden's large-scale business dealings with foreign entities, as well as whether both individuals used their relationship with the president to create business value. He mentioned that Joe Biden pardoned Hunter Biden in December 2024, and the latter had previously denied involving his father in business transactions.The call for this investigation comes one week after Senate Republicans failed to secure enough Democratic support to advance the Digital Asset Market Clarity Act. Some Democratic lawmakers opposed the bill, citing reasons including Donald Trump's use of crypto businesses to gain benefits related to the presidency; Donald Trump disclosed that he earned $1.4 billion from digital asset-related businesses in 2025. (Cointelegraph)
U.S. Senator John Curtis wrote to the Senate Judiciary Committee, calling for an investigation into Donald Trump and Hunter Biden's cryptocurrency involvement and exploitation of family ties for financial gain, and requesting subpoenas.
Odaily News: White House crypto affairs advisor Patrick Witt and U.S. Treasury Assistant Secretary for Financial Institutions Luke Pettit stated that they hold reservations about the possibility of the Clarity Act making progress by the end of the year, with the current focus being on developments at financial regulatory agencies.The two noted that during the "lame-duck" session following the congressional elections, whether the relevant crypto bill can regain momentum will depend on the election results. (CoinDesk)
White House and Treasury officials state that the Digital Asset Market Clarity Act is unlikely to pass during Congress's lame-duck session, with policy focus shifting to regulators such as the SEC and CFTC to accelerate rulemaking using their existing authority.
Canada's six major banks have announced a joint initiative to explore a tokenized Canadian dollar deposit system, aiming to enable fast, programmable interbank payments. Regulators had previously clarified that tokenized deposits carry the same legal status as traditional deposits.
Canada's six major banks have announced plans to jointly launch a tokenized deposit system, aimed at enabling faster inter-institutional transfers and connecting with other digital asset projects. In the first phase, the project will test the transfer of digital deposit representations, emphasizing that funds will remain within the regulated banking system.
Odaily reports: The U.S. Senate failed to advance the Digital Asset Market Clarity Act on September 15 with a vote of 49 in favor and 50 against, and with limited remaining legislative sessions before Congress's 2027 term, the bill's chances of passage have diminished.Fairshake, a political action committee backed by Coinbase and Ripple Labs, plans to spend $30 million in the Ohio Senate race to oppose Sherrod Brown. Fairshake spent over $130 million on advertising during the 2024 election cycle and approximately $41 million opposing Brown.Stand With Crypto, an advocacy group launched by Coinbase in 2023, said it will mobilize supporters to participate in the 2026 midterm elections based on lawmakers' voting records on the bill. As of Monday, Fairshake and its affiliated political action committees had not disclosed any new spending following the vote. (Cointelegraph)
Peter Schiff (@PeterSchiff) posted that Bitcoin rallied significantly yesterday, driven by Strategy's latest round of Bitcoin purchases and subsequent bullish remarks from Michael Saylor, who claimed that the Clarity Act's failure to pass into law is actually a net positive for Bitcoin. In response, Schiff sarcastically noted that Saylor would offer a similarly bullish interpretation regardless of whether the bill succeeded, questioning the obvious "self-serving" motives behind his comments.
据 CoinDesk 报道，美 SEC 加密任务小组首席法律顾问泰勒·林德曼（Taylor Lindman）在美 SEC 政策监管峰会上阐述了加密托管新规。SEC 拟允许投资顾问在特定条件下进行自我托管，以打通数字资产入市通道。
According to Bitcoin News on X, the U.S. Treasury Department has sanctioned Iran's BitBank, alleging that the exchange processed Bitcoin payments made by ships under the Hormuz safety insurance scheme. The Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) stated that, as of June, these payments had been transferred to Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps; Babak Zanjani's network had used the exchange to move hundreds of millions of dollars in Bitcoin. U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said that Bitcoin payment channels are not exempt from OFAC oversight.