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Odaily News: Coinbase plans to relaunch Coinbase Pro by the end of this year, supporting spot, futures, perpetual contracts, options, and equities trading, and has completed its integration with Deribit to create the Coinbase Global exchange. Within the coming weeks, eligible traders outside the United States will gain access to options trading, with options trading expected to go live; U.S. retail traders are expected to gain access later this year. U.S. institutional clients can trade Deribit options and perpetual futures through Coinbase Prime, and use custody, financing, and staking services on the same platform.
Brian Armstrong posted on X stating that Coinbase for Agents has launched several new features in recent weeks. Users can connect their commonly used Agents to Coinbase to manage portfolios, trading, payments, and handle various matters in their financial lives.
Coinbase officially announced that it has now formally launched a stock options trading service within its app, supporting Call and Put option trading. Coinbase stated that the service allows users to clearly understand their risk exposure before trading and offers commission-free trading, enabling users to trade stock options without switching to another app.
Brian Armstrong posted on X that Coinbase has launched stock options trading for US users, initially supporting the purchase of call options and put options, with no commissions for the first month. Users can trade on the same platform, and the feature will gradually move onchain in the future.
Odaily — Coinbase posted on X, stating that "it's all over" and "we're back" are both predictions, and Coinbase has now turned them into tradable markets. Users can choose the asset, time range, and up or down direction to trade, and the real-time crypto price market is now live on Coinbase.
Odaily News: Global Dollar (USDG), issued by stablecoin issuer Paxos, will launch in the DeFi ecosystem of Ethereum Layer 2 network Arbitrum, covering Morpho, GMX, Fluid, and Maple, with Kraken providing fiat on-ramp and off-ramp services.Arbitrum aims to capture a portion of the economic benefits generated by stablecoins on its network. The network currently holds about $3.8 billion in stablecoins, of which about 60% is USDC issued by stablecoin issuer Circle.Stablecoin alliances are growing. OpenUSD has gained support from Mastercard, Visa, Stripe, Coinbase, and Shopify, while Qivalis has secured backing from 37 European banks. (CoinDesk)
According to Cointelegraph, the crypto political action committee Fairshake, backed by Coinbase, Ripple Labs, and Andreessen Horowitz, announced it will fund 32 House candidates in the 2026 U.S. midterm elections, including 19 Republicans and 13 Democrats. As an initial round, Fairshake will contribute $1 million each to the campaigns of six of these candidates, totaling $6 million. All 32 candidates previously voted in 2025 to advance the Digital Asset Market Clarity Act (CLARITY Act). The bill had earlier failed to pass a crucial procedural vote in the Senate, and its subsequent progress remains uncertain.
Odaily News: A wallet suspected to be associated with the Ethena team has withdrawn a cumulative $68.26 million worth of ENA from centralized exchanges. Approximately 2 hours ago, it withdrew $13.1 million worth of ENA from Bybit and $55.16 million worth of ENA from Coinbase. The Ethena project team posted a series of transaction hashes on X 8 hours ago, though the specific details have not yet been disclosed.
Odaily News: Bitwise Asset Management Chief Investment Officer Matt Hougan stated that after the Senate declined to advance the CLARITY Act on September 15, stablecoin platforms retain room to offer balance rewards to customers, and exchanges such as Coinbase also continue to maintain existing state-level licenses and advantages in integrating trading and brokerage operations.The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) issued a five-year exemption for tokenized stock trading on September 17, allowing qualifying platforms to adopt permissioned automated market makers and liquidity pools for testing. Hougan listed Securitize, which provides services for BlackRock, Apollo, and KKR tokenized funds, as a beneficiary.SEC staff updated token buyback guidance on September 28, stating that for networks that are already functional and have no centralized party, buyback announcements do not constitute a promise on which purchasers rely for expected profits; the guidance does not have legal effect. (Bitcoin.com News)
According to Ariel Givner, Judge Pacold of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois issued a ruling supporting a partial preliminary injunction in a lawsuit involving Coinbase, Kalshi, and the U.S. federal government/U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) against Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul, thwarting Illinois' attempt to classify sports event contracts on the prediction market platform Kalshi under the state's gambling regulations in its initial legal push.
Coinbase affiliate Stand With Crypto announced its list of supported candidates for the Senate and House in the 2026 U.S. midterm elections. Analysis indicates that if Democrats regain control of Congress in 2027, it could reshape the legislative process for crypto bills such as the CLARITY Act.
Odaily News: Open Standard has announced the official launch of its USD stablecoin OUSD. Enterprises and developers can now use OUSD to build internet-native financial services and products for banking, cross-border payments, settlement, and institutional trading. OUSD offers 4 integration paths, with related APIs and tools covering settlement, payment orchestration, trading, foreign exchange, wallets, and card services, all supporting free minting and burning at a 1:1 USD rate.Enterprises can currently access it through Mastercard, Stripe, and the Visa Stablecoin Platform, with Coinbase integration opening on October 1. OUSD will natively support Base, Ethereum, Solana, and Tempo, and will first launch on centralized and decentralized trading platforms including Coinbase, Kraken, and Uniswap. OUSD is issued by Stripe-owned Bridge, with reserve assets held at BlackRock, Lead Bank, and BNY Mellon, and proof of reserves will be published monthly.
Odaily News: Coinbase-backed crypto advocacy group Stand With Crypto (SWC) has announced its first batch of Senate candidate endorsements, including Ohio Republican Senator Jon Husted, as well as Iowa candidate Ashley Hinson and New Hampshire candidate Chris Pappas.Previously, the U.S. Senate failed to advance the CLARITY Act in a procedural vote on September 15. SWC Executive Director Mason Lynaugh stated that following this vote, the organization will shift more of its focus toward elections. SWC also announced expanded support and advertising spending for certain House candidates. The organization had previously said it would factor senators' performance on key CLARITY Act votes into candidate records. (The Block)
on September 28, Coinbase teased the upcoming launch of a Pokemon digital card pack service backed by physical cards, allowing users to open packs via their phones and choose to either store the cards in a vault or have them delivered to their homes.Coinbase has not yet disclosed the service launch date, pack pricing, card draw odds, storage and delivery fees, eligible regions, physical card custodian, or grading standards, nor has it confirmed whether secondary resale or on-chain ownership recording will be supported. (Bitcoin.com News)
Odaily News: Bitcoin News posted on X platform that Bloomberg reported the Nayib Bukele government is backing the launch of a new app called Sivar, which uses a U.S. dollar stablecoin for payments and remittances. El Salvador's Bitcoin Office responded that the Salvadoran government has no plans to launch or operate any Bitcoin, cryptocurrency, or stablecoin wallet.Coinbase announced that Sivar was launched by Modveon and uses Coinbase infrastructure to process remittances between the United States and El Salvador. Transfers are settled in stablecoins on Base with a flat fee of $2, and can be withdrawn at over 1,000 locations in El Salvador; Coinbase said more than 25,000 Salvadorans had registered before launch. El Salvador's Bitcoin Office stated that after selling Chivo Wallet to a private operator, the government has officially ended all involvement, and called Bloomberg's related report "fake news."
Coinbase has announced the expansion of its crypto-collateralized lending service, adding support for HYPE and ZEC as collateral. Eligible users can borrow instantly without selling their assets, with a maximum limit of $100,000. The service is currently available to U.S. users, excluding New York, and is powered by the decentralized lending protocol Morpho, running on the Base network.
According to Odaily, Coinbase posted on X that users can now use HYPE and ZEC as collateral to obtain instant loans of up to $100,000 without needing to sell the related assets.
Coinbase announced on X that its lending service is now available in the United States, excluding New York. The service is powered by Morpho and runs on Base.
According to Bloomberg, the government of President Bukele in El Salvador has announced a collaboration with Modveon to develop a government-backed digital dollar application on Coinbase's Base network, supporting remittances and everyday payment scenarios.
Odaily report: Coinbase posted on X that Agents can trade cryptocurrencies, U.S. stocks, and derivatives through Coinbase, pay for market data services, manage capital efficiency, and run workflows and set up automated processes.