Banks increased their share of EU MiCA crypto providers to nearly 23%. According to NS3.AI, the number of banks on the register doubled to about 80 between June 26 and Sept. 16. The overall number of listed providers also rose during the same period, climbing from 243 to 349.

Game Changer 5.0 Zagreb, powered by A1, will take place at Zagreb’s Z Centar on Oct. 14, with the fifth edition shifting focus from what AI can do to what businesses will do with it. According to BeInCrypto, the one-day, five-stage conference will cover AI, automation, data, mobility, commerce, Web3 and next-generation infrastructure, with speakers including Dejan Turk, Siniša Krajnović, Josip Ćesić and Joško Mrndže.

The makers of the hit game discussed the relatively smooth development of The Blood of Dawnwalker, according to Bloomberg. The project carried a $40 million budget.

Zcash coinholders favored keeping the scheduled halvings, with 2,375,932.375 ZEC supporting that option. According to NS3.AI, a separate vote also favored beginning to return ZEC collected by the Network Sustainability Mechanism to future block rewards in February 2031. The advisory poll does not activate any changes, schedule NU7, or guarantee that every preferred feature will be implemented.

A liquefied natural gas tanker carrying fuel from the US to Europe suffered a systems failure that the crew reported as a suspected cyberattack, according to people familiar with the matter. Bloomberg reported the incident involved a tanker with a US cargo bound for Europe.

According to the announcement from Binance, Binance Futures will launch the USDBRLUSDT USDT-priced perpetual contract on 2026-09-21 14:00 (UTC) to expand trading choices and improve the trading experience on the platform. The new contract is a USDⓈ-M perpetual contract based on the FX pair of 1 U.S. Dollar (USD) to Brazil Real (BRL), with USDT as the settlement asset. The contract will have a tick size of 0.0001, a minimum trade amount of 0.01 USDBRL, a minimum notional value of 5 USDT, and a maximum leverage of 100x. Trading will be available 24/7, and Multi-Assets Mode will be supported. Binance also stated that the capped funding rate will be +0.375% / -0.375%, the funding fee settlement frequency will be every eight hours, and the interest rate of the funding rate will be 0%. Trading Sessions and Pricing Details Binance said the trading hours and price index calculation mode for the FX market-based TradFi perpetual contract will vary by session. During regular trading hours, from every Sunday 17:00 (ET) to every Friday 17:00 (ET), the standard mode will apply, with the price index updated every second as a weighted average of all constituents using prices quoted by third-party data vendors. During weekends and public holidays, with weekend trading hours running from every Friday 17:00 (ET) to every Sunday 17:00 (ET), the orderbook EWMA mode will be used. Binance also noted that the perpetual contract is exempted from the 8.1 adjustment of funding interval rules, meaning the funding interval will not automatically change from every four hours to every one hour if the previous funding rate settlement reaches the cap or floor. The exchange said it may adjust contract specifications from time to time based on market risk conditions, including funding fee, tick size, maximum leverage, initial margin, and maintenance margin requirements.

From the Federal Reserve, the US dollar, and the Nasdaq to stablecoins: BTC is becoming an increasingly complex asset.

Uniswap captured 80% of the trading volume in tokenized US stocks, with cumulative turnover exceeding $10 billion, and UNI rose by more than 30% in a single day.

The SEC has released detailed rules for innovation exemptions, clarifying that stock tokens must have full shareholder equity and be traded in a permissioned pool.

Polymarket, which has been undergoing a major reshuffle, has hired four senior executives in just one month. What is Polymarket worried about? According to Jinse Finance, Polymarket's monthly active users have halved since the World Cup.

The SEC has released an innovation exemption document, setting entry thresholds for tokenized U.S. stocks while circumventing Congress to advance regulation.

The RMB exchange rate against the US dollar once broke through 6.7, reaching a new high since January 2023, and institutions are optimistic that the appreciation trend will continue.

The Federal Reserve raised interest rates by 25 basis points and turned hawkish on its dot plot, suggesting that the era of low interest rates may have come to an end.

Hong Kong's first five-year plan has incorporated digital assets into its roadmap, shifting the policy focus from market building to integration into the financial system.

Ethlabs interviewed 20 ecosystem participants to gather their opinions on EIP-8198 (Quick Slots).

Following the SEC's approval of tokenized stocks, Robinhood and Circle are driving the integration of on-chain finance from both the asset and funding sides.