Brazil's crypto industry may enter a consolidation phase after the central bank introduced new rules for virtual asset service providers. According to ChainCatcher, the requirements raise standards for capital, audits, anti-money laundering controls, and ongoing reporting, with some firms facing capital requirements of up to 37.2 million reais.

Circle minted about 2.25 billion USDC on Solana over the past 7 days. According to Odaily, the figure was monitored by SolanaFloor.

According to the announcement from Binance, Binance Pay is expanding its business-facing payment capabilities with a new suite of on-chain solutions for wallets, trading platforms, dApps, payment providers, merchants, and digital platforms. The suite includes Pay Onchain, On-Ramp as a Service, and Agent Pay with x402, and is designed to help businesses enable crypto access, on-chain funding and payments, and programmable payments for digital services while using Binance infrastructure instead of building these functions from scratch. Businesses interested in integrating the solutions can submit an integration request, after which the Binance Business Development team will follow up to discuss the most suitable integration model based on the business’s specific use case. The announcement says the services are intended for companies exploring crypto or on-chain payments across different customer journeys and operational models. Available Services and Use Cases On-Ramp as a Service allows users to buy crypto and access supported on-chain tokens directly within a business’s product journey. Binance says it is designed for wallets, dApps, Web3 platforms, and aggregators that want to convert users into funded customers without building a standalone on-ramp experience. Pay On-chain adds Binance as an on-chain funding and payment route for wallet funding, account top-ups, deposits, and merchant payments. Users can pay from their Binance account balances, and supported flows can help complete transactions when they do not already hold the required asset through conversion or additional funding. Binance says this is relevant for payment platforms, fintechs, trading platforms, and merchants. Agent Pay with Binance x402, also referred to as B402, enables AI agents and applications to make on-chain payments for APIs, digital services, and online resources. It is aimed at API providers, developers, and AI platforms building machine-to-machine and autonomous payment use cases. The announcement also lists supported assets and settlement details for each service.

Cyberattacks targeting law firms are accelerating, with stolen legal documents and highly sensitive client information increasingly becoming targets for criminals.

Machi Big Brother is holding $151.17 million in leveraged long positions on Hyperliquid against an account value of $5.95 million, with no offsetting short exposure and all three positions pointing in the same direction. According to BeInCrypto, the book is led by 39,800 ETH at 25x leverage worth $100 million, 569 BTC at 40x worth $44.14 million, and 88,000 HYPE at 10x worth $7.03 million. Two of the three assets have fallen over the past week, while Ethereum has held up and is carrying nearly all of the account’s $1.2 million unrealized profit.

Brazil's central bank has finalized rules for virtual asset service providers, setting minimum capital requirements based on business and risk at about 10.8 million to 37.2 million reais. The range is far above the 1 million to 3 million reais proposed in the draft rule and adds governance, internal controls, anti-money laundering, audit, and ongoing reporting requirements. According to Foresight News, institutions that have been operating for two months must submit their first-stage authorization applications by October 30, while those that do not apply must shut down within 30 days and notify customers. Industry estimates put the number of existing related companies at about 150 to 300, with only about 20 to 25 expected to qualify or be willing to apply. In the end, only about 10 may receive licenses. Some smaller platforms have already ended or restructured their retail businesses.

The Bank of Korea said Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix accounted for 99% of the KOSPI's gains during its rise from 8,000 to 9,000 points in June this year. According to ChainCatcher, the central bank made the assessment in its Monetary and Credit Policy Report for September 2026, which reviewed the factors behind the index's volatility this year. The report said the two stocks' contribution to the index's advance increased rapidly as the KOSPI kept climbing.

According to Nikkei Asia, Chinese companies are raising more equity capital through follow-on deals, with recent activity driven by a wave of technology firms seeking funds for artificial intelligence expansion.

Systems built around the limitations of paper credentials should not automatically determine how ownership operates in the on-chain world.

BTC, the Clarity Act, the Federal Reserve, interest rate hikes – this week is destined to be turbulent. Three major events will determine the direction. Golden Finance: The core focus this week is not predicting the direction, but preparing for volatility.

Dogecoin finally made its way onto Wall Street through a growing lineup of exchange-traded funds. But Bitwise has also chosen the ETF's one year anniversary to pull the plug, although the project held more than $722,000 in asset as of 8th September.

Trump strongly supports the rapid advancement of AI, dismissing security warnings as hype and declaring that whoever wins in AI wins everything. This statement directly contradicts the joint call for a slowdown issued by Anthropic, OpenAI, and Musk, sharply widening the rift between the two parties in regulatory approaches.

A Shanghai court ordered an AI service provider to pay miHoYo 750,000 yuan ($112,000) for reproducing the voices of 63 Genshin Impact characters and using the game’s images without permission. The court found the AI voices nearly identical to the originals and ruled that the service infringed copyright and could mislead users into thinking it was officially linked to Genshin Impact.

For a stock to access new funds through perpetual contracts, it needs to invite not only people who are optimistic about the company, but also people who are willing to question it, and people who are willing to take on the risks on both sides with their capital.

Following the announcement, the LISK token experienced a surge in price. The price of LISK rose from $0.1 to a high of $1.8, before falling back to around $0.6.

Dario Amodei believes that "slowing down AI" doesn't mean we need to panic today, nor does it mean we should shut everything down. But we need to ensure that our security, understanding, and control capabilities can keep pace with the speed of technological development.

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