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Tether Freezes $39.27M USDT Across Xinbi-Linked Tron Wallets

Tether has reportedly frozen about $39.27 million in USDT across 10 Tron addresses linked to Xinbi Guarantee, according to blockchain analytics firm MistTrack. MistTrack identified ...

September 8, 2026

Philippines Tightens Crypto Rules With 12-Month Freeze Proposal

Crypto regulation in the Philippines is drawing fresh attention after reports claimed the country was introducing a new 12-month freeze on virtual asset service provider ...

Ethereum EIP-8141 Could Let Users Pay Gas Fees With Stablecoins

Ethereum developers are considering EIP-8141, a proposal that could let users pay transaction fees with stablecoins or other supported assets instead of holding ETH solely ...

CLARITY Act Could Expand Bitcoin Banking as Senate Vote Approaches

The CLARITY Act could create new opportunities for banks and financial firms to expand their Bitcoin services, potentially increasing demand for crypto-focused jobs across custody, ...

JPYSC Starts Investing Reserves in Japanese Bills

SBI Shinsei Trust & Banking and SBI VC Trade have started investing part of the reserves backing JPYSC in short-term Japanese government securities. The change ...

KuCoin Launches KCUSD Yield Product

KuCoin has launched KCUSD, an Earn product designed to generate daily returns from stablecoin balances supported by real-world-asset yields. The product is available to eligible ...

DBS, Citi Test 24/7 Tokenized Deposit Payment

DBS and Citi completed a cross-border U.S. dollar payment between Singapore and the United States using tokenized bank deposits. The weekend transaction settled within minutes ...

Finloop and Aberdeen Plan Tokenized Private-Market Access in Hong Kong

Finloop Finance will offer tokenized interests linked to an Aberdeen Investments global private-markets strategy to professional investors in Hong Kong. Aberdeen announced the appointment on ...

Bybit Adds Perpetuals Tracking Three Asian Stocks

Bybit has listed three USDT-settled perpetual contracts tracking the share prices of BYD, Lenovo, and Hua Hong Semiconductor. The crypto exchange announced BYDUSDT, LENOVOUSDT, and ...

Hanwha Reportedly Builds Avalanche Token-Securities Platform

Hanwha Investment & Securities has reportedly completed a token-securities platform capable of operating with Avalanche and Hyperledger Besu as South Korea prepares to introduce a ...

Harmony Proposes Shutting Down Layer 1 and Migrating ONE to Ethereum

Harmony has proposed shutting down its Layer 1 blockchain and migrating its native ONE token to Ethereum, marking a major change for the network less ...

Hyperliquid ETF Holdings Reach $75M as UBS, Jane Street Join Institutional Buyers

Institutional investors disclosed nearly $75 million in Hyperliquid ETF holdings during the first quarterly ownership filings for US-listed HYPE funds. Thirty firms reported a combined ...

XRP Ledger Trading Jumps 79% Even as Active Accounts Decline

Trading activity on the XRP Ledger (XRPL) became more concentrated in the second quarter of 2026, with fewer accounts moving significantly larger amounts of XRP. ...

Southeast Asia Crypto Funding Jumps to $680M as Investors Back Fewer Firms

Crypto and blockchain companies in Southeast Asia (SEA) have raised $680 million in equity funding so far in 2026, more than double the $319 million ...

DWF Labs Says Group Entity Gets BVI VASP Approval

DWF Labs says an unnamed group entity has received approval to operate as a registered virtual-asset service provider in the British Virgin Islands. The company ...