TL;DR Coinbase is partnering with Stablecore to bring crypto services into existing bank technology. Stablecore’s infrastructure reaches more than 3,000 U.S. banks and credit unions. The integration covers custody, trading and stablecoin payments. Coinbase is trying to make crypto considerably easier for smaller U.S. banks to offer without asking them to rebuild their technology stack. …
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SEC Grants Five-Year Exemption For Tokenized Stock Trading Venues
TL;DR The SEC has granted temporary exemptions allowing certain tokenized U.S. stocks to trade on qualifying on-chain venues. The relief lasts five years after publication. Venues still face conditions around investor rights, smart contracts, trading halts and disclosures. The SEC has taken one of its clearest steps yet toward bringing public-company shares on-chain. The Commission …
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FCA Crypto Authorisation Gateway Opens September 30
TL;DR The FCA’s application window for Britain’s new crypto regime opens September 30. Applications in the main window can be submitted until February 28, 2027. The new regulatory regime itself starts October 25, 2027. Crypto firms operating in the UK are getting close to a date that matters a lot more than another consultation paper. …
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REX launches 2x leveraged ETF tied to Bitcoin treasury firm Strive
The new ASSX fund offers 2x daily exposure to Strive shares, giving traders a leveraged way to bet on the Bitcoin treasury company. REX Shares and Tuttle Capital Management launched a leveraged ETF that seeks to deliver twice the daily performance of Strive, a publicly traded Bitcoin treasury company and asset manager. The T-REX 2X …
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Scammers Drain $73,000 From Chase Account After Posing As Bank Fraud Investigators
A grocery store worker says scammers posing as Chase Bank fraud investigators drained $73,000 from his savings. The Mariano’s employee, identified as David Lipsky, transferred the money after callers claimed the FBI would arrest him if he did not move his funds into what they called a safe account, reports ABC7 Chicago. Lipsky says the …
VanEck criticizes Metaplanet over executive dilution despite compensation cuts
VanEck said Metaplanet’s executive equity exposure remains well above its digital asset treasury peers, even after the company cut its potential share pool by 41%. Asset manager VanEck has criticized Metaplanet’s executive compensation structure, arguing that recent efforts by the Bitcoin treasury company to curb shareholder dilution still fall short of adequately aligning management with …
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Kalshi joins Coinbase with filing for US stock perpetual futures
Kalshi’s proposal would bring perpetual futures tied to individual stocks to US traders, as Coinbase and Bitnomial pursue similar products. Kalshi has filed to offer perpetual futures tied to individual US stocks, joining Coinbase in a push to bring crypto-style derivatives to traditional equity markets. The prediction market filed the proposed rule change with the …
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Texas Man Pleads Guilty to $15,000,000 Bank Fraud Using Fake IDs
Federal prosecutors have secured a guilty plea from a Texas man accused of depositing more than $15 million in fraudulent U.S. Treasury checks through fake accounts and stolen identities. Kendrick Lamont Fugett, 34, of West Dallas admitted to the charges on September 17th, 2026, before Chief U.S. District Court Judge Reed O’Connor in the Northern …
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Ethereum Eyes $3,000 Breakout as Analysts Highlight Key $2,570 Level
A widely followed crypto analyst on X is highlighting Ethereum’s (ETH) contained position in a four-hour channel for a potential major surge. Pseudonymous crypto strategist Ali tells his 166,400 followers that Ethereum looks bullish after holding support at around $2,375. According to the analyst, he sees Ethereum surging to as high as $3,000 if it …
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Bastion wins conditional OCC approval for national trust bank charter
Bastion Platforms National Trust Company will offer stablecoin custody and wallets, payment infrastructure and white-label issuance from a single federally regulated entity. Stablecoin infrastructure provider Bastion said the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) had granted it preliminary conditional approval for a US trust bank charter. The charter adds federal supervision from the …
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Amway To Hand $225,000,000 After FTC Alleges Deceptive MLM Recruitment
A major multilevel marketing company has agreed to pay hundreds of millions of dollars to settle federal claims it misled recruits about earnings and pressured them into buying products they were unlikely to sell. The proposed settlement requires Amway Corp., World Wide Group and Leadership Team Development to pay $225 million, nearly all of it …
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New York Couple Drains $150,000 From Elderly Man’s Bank Account and Coin Collection: Report
A New York couple has drained more than $150,000 from an elderly Delaware man by repeatedly tapping his bank account and pawning coins taken from his safe deposit boxes. Bonnie Stiner, 56, and Craig Stiner, 55, of Belmont, New York, each received two years in prison plus probation on August 31st of 2026 after pleading …
Hong Kong jails former banker over $1.6B false credit, cryptocurrency bribes: Report
Former banking official gets four years in prison over false letters of credit and accepting $470,000 in cryptocurrency bribes. A former bank official in Hong Kong who falsely authenticated letters of credit for more than $1.6 billion was sentenced to four years in prison and ordered to make restitution of more than $470,000 he received …
Former California Resident Admits To Executing $36,000,000 Scam That Hit More Than 400 Elderly Americans
A former California resident has admitted to his role in a scheme that stole more than $36 million from more than 400 mostly older Americans. Juliet Mora, 42, formerly of Hayward and now living in Nicaragua, pleaded guilty September 14th to conspiracy to commit money laundering, says the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of California. …
$547,000,000 in Bitcoin and Crypto Liquidated As BTC Price Crosses $81,000
Traders betting against Bitcoin are getting liquidated as BTC’s price pushes through $81,000. A total of $547 million in leveraged crypto bets have closed out in the last 24 hours, says CoinGlass. Most of that comes from shorts, with long liquidations at just $57.10 million. Short liquidations are $469.19 million. Bitcoin led the wipeouts with about …
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