Odaily News: The CFTC's Division of Market Oversight issued a staff advisory on September 22 stating that contracts tied to specific individuals' statements, appearances, or interactions are more susceptible to manipulation risks, requiring exchanges to explain protective measures on a contract-by-contract basis, including whether outcome determiners are bound by independent obligations, whether they may be subject to pressure, whether outcomes can be externally verified, and whether monitoring mechanisms are suited to the relevant risks.

The document represents staff views and does not constitute binding rules, nor does it prohibit such markets. The CFTC also disclosed that a White House teleprompter operator once used early access to speech drafts to trade such contracts, earning $107,500; Kalshi subsequently still listed the relevant market and said it had responded to prior discussions with the CFTC.

Odaily reports that BitMEX has announced that following the cessation of operations at 04:00 UTC on September 23, customers in the United States, Canada, Hong Kong, Bermuda, Seychelles, and Myanmar are now permitted to log in, complete KYC, and withdraw their balances. Sanctioned regions remain restricted, and withdrawals are subject to compliance review; Iranian and Russian nationals abroad may apply by submitting proof of residence. BitMEX reminds users not to deposit funds any further, as remaining balances may incur account fees.

Odaily reports that StonkFun officially announced that on September 24, the platform generated $1,095,300 in revenue, of which $672,400 was used for buybacks, and 2.05 million STONK tokens were burned.

Odaily reports that the European Securities and Markets Authority has announced it will include AI and tokenization among the EU's 2027 regulatory priorities and has launched a project to "advance innovation with investor protection." National regulators will map out financial institutions' customer-facing AI and tokenization applications and conduct preliminary reviews of institutions with the largest related exposures.

Risks flagged by ESMA include biased, vague, or misleading AI outputs, investors' difficulty in understanding new products, skill gaps among regulators, and reliance on a small number of third-party technology vendors. The cybersecurity and operational resilience priorities launched in 2025 will be expanded in 2027 to smaller institutions and crypto asset service providers licensed under MiCA.

Odaily News: According to Gate data, the US dollar against the Japanese yen (USDJPY) fell to 158.0, currently at 157.955, a 24-hour decline of 0.2%.

Odaily reports that Bitcoin mining company Hive Digital Technologies has filed an appeal with the European Commission regarding a Swedish VAT dispute. The Swedish Tax Agency reclassified the data center services of its two Swedish subsidiaries as proprietary mining, with retroactive application to relevant operations since 2022.

This classification excludes the relevant operations from VAT scope, and input VAT already refunded to the subsidiaries may need to be returned. Hive argues that its subsidiaries provide hash rate services to clearly defined clients under contracts, which should constitute taxable business activities.

A Swedish court declined to refer the matter to the Court of Justice of the European Union. Hive stated that the court did not provide reasons for its refusal and has submitted the dispute to the European Commission. (Bitcoin.com News)

According to Lookonchain monitoring, a whale deposited 541,000 HYPE worth $49.55 million into Kraken 3 hours ago.

Odaily reports that Barclays, HSBC UK, Lloyds, Monzo, Nationwide, NatWest, and Santander, through the UK tokenized deposit initiative, have completed the world's first cross-bank tokenized GBP deposit customer transactions.

Among them, Lloyds, NatWest, and Barclays completed two mortgage transfers, with funds automatically released upon completion after being locked; three banks, including HSBC, completed peer-to-peer payments simulating online shopping. The platform was built by Quant, with EY responsible for project management and Linklaters drafting the rules. The project plans to establish a company and formulate a rulebook, and aims to issue 3 digital bonds tradeable with tokenized deposits in Q1 2027.

Odaily reports that Bitget CEO Gracy Chen posted a 12-hour progress report on the security incident on X, including:

1. Affected assets include ETH, XRP (largest single-chain loss), BNB, AVAX, USDT, USDC, and other tokens. Affected chains include: Ethereum, XRP Ledger, Arbitrum, Avalanche, Optimism, BSC, and Base. All on-chain cold wallets have been confirmed secure and unaffected.

2. All foundations of the affected chains have been contacted, and some foundations have confirmed the freezing of the hacker's wallet addresses.

3. Based on IP behavioral characteristics and on-chain analysis, the attack methodology is highly consistent with known patterns of North Korean hacker groups. Relevant authorities have been notified, and full cooperation is being provided for a global investigation.

4. Bitget Wallet (decentralized wallet) operates completely independently from Bitget exchange infrastructure, and this incident has no impact on it. Bitget Wallet assets are completely safe.

5. Transparent disclosure regarding the platform's financial status: In addition to over $464 million in protection funds (all held in publicly verifiable wallet addresses), Bitget's own assets exceed $1 billion. User funds are covered at a 1:1 ratio, and all data can be verified on-chain.

6. Regarding withdrawal recovery timing: The goal is to achieve full recovery as soon as possible. Once a specific time window is confirmed, an announcement will be made immediately. No commitment will be made to timelines that cannot be fulfilled.

Odaily News: Fintech company MoonPay has signed a definitive merger agreement to acquire North Capital Investment Technology, a private markets technology and regulated brokerage services platform. The transaction is an all-stock deal reportedly valued at over $60 million, and upon completion, North Capital will become a wholly-owned subsidiary of MoonPay.

The deal will integrate North Capital's securities brokerage, investment advisory, and clearing capabilities into MoonPay's global infrastructure. North Capital owns multiple entities registered with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), including a broker-dealer, an alternative trading system PPEX ATS, a transfer agent, and an investment advisor.

North Capital provides technology, custody, custodial accounts, and secondary trading services for private securities issuers, fund managers, and institutional investors. The platform has facilitated over $8.7 billion in cumulative primary and secondary trading volume; PPEX supports secondary trading for over 1,250 approved assets. The transaction has been unanimously approved by both companies' boards of directors and remains subject to customary closing conditions and regulatory approvals. (Bitcoin.com News)

1. Bitget Wallet Responds to Security Incident: Wallet Unaffected and Operates Independently, User Assets Safe;

2. Bitcoin Spot ETF Saw $191 Million in Total Net Inflows Yesterday, Marking 6 Consecutive Days of Net Inflows;

3. Iranian Foreign Minister: Willing to Reopen the Strait of Hormuz Within Seven Days;

4. Caixin: Poker Expert Hu Zhewen Has Sued Jump Trading and Chinese Professor Zhang Yongfeng After Repeated Losses from Heavy Crypto Bets;

5. Fees Reach $114 Million as Robinhood Chain's August DEX Trading Volume Rises to $1.5 Billion;

6. US SEC Proposes Adjusting KYC Requirements, On-Chain Tokenized Securities May Only Require One-Time Identity Verification;

7. Bankless Co-Founder: Holds Shares in ZEC Treasury Company CYPH, Has Gained Nearly 5x Since June;

8. Jensen Huang: If Frontier Labs Cannot Control AI, They Must Halt Related Experiments.

Odaily News: Goldman Sachs Group expects the Japanese yen to strengthen to the 150 level over the next 12 months, marking a shift from its previous bearish stance. The firm believes that changes in Japan's domestic policy and potential capital repatriation will enhance the yen's upside prospects. Goldman Sachs strategist Karen Reichgott Fishman raised her 12-month USD/JPY forecast from 165 to 150 in a report, while also adjusting her 3-month and 6-month targets to 158 and 155, respectively.

She stated that the revised forecasts are mainly based on the Bank of Japan raising interest rates faster than previously expected, as well as the increased likelihood of Japanese domestic capital flowing back into Japanese assets. Fishman wrote: "Together, these changes increase the appeal of going long the yen, especially at a time when the market is beginning to worry about recession risks, as the yen can provide some protection." (Jinshi)

Odaily News: Texas Hold'em poker professional and crypto investor Huzhewen made heavy bets during three crypto booms—algorithmic stablecoins and AI tokens—but suffered repeated losses. From May 2021 to May 2022, he invested approximately $80 million to purchase algorithmic stablecoin TerraUSD (UST) and its sister token LUNA. At their peak, his holdings were worth over $800 million, but LUNA's price subsequently fell to near zero. He claims he had previously invested in blockchain project Stratis and achieved a return of "over 1,000x."

It is reported that Huzhewen has filed a lawsuit in Chicago, USA, against globally renowned quantitative trading firm Jump Trading, its crypto-related companies and executives, seeking at least $500 million in damages. Additionally, in January last year, Huzhewen bet on a new project by Chinese computer science professor Zhang Yongfeng. Zhang entered Tsinghua University's Department of Computer Science in 2007 and currently serves as a tenured associate professor in the Department of Computer Science at Rutgers University in the United States. He has been sued by Huzhewen on multiple charges including "securities fraud." It is reported that tokens issued by an institution founded by Zhang Yongfeng, which Huzhewen purchased for millions of dollars, have dropped over 99.6% from their 2025 peak.

Public records show that Huzhewen is a world-class Texas Hold'em poker player. The World Series of Poker (WSOP) official website currently records 58 cashes and 5 final table appearances, with cumulative tournament winnings of approximately $1.67 million. Four years ago, in the "SuperMILLION$" high-stakes event with a $10,000 buy-in, he made it to the final two but ultimately lost to a New Zealand professional poker player, finishing as runner-up and winning nearly $760,000—the largest single-tournament payout of his public poker career. (Caixin)

Odaily News: According to the Jerusalem Post, Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi told reporters on Thursday during the United Nations General Assembly in New York that Iran has proposed a plan to the United States to reopen the Strait of Hormuz within seven days. Araghchi stated that the plan would build on the memorandum of understanding reached between the two countries in June this year, but would only be implemented under specific conditions. He said, "I think it would be better if this could be completed before the U.S. midterm elections. But that depends on the decision of the U.S. government." Araghchi also stated that Iran does not care about the specific timing and is not in a hurry to advance the process. (Jinshi)

Odaily reports: According to Spartan Capital monitoring, Robinhood Chain launched its mainnet on July 1, 2026. By the end of August, on-chain TVL had grown to $711 million, with August on-chain gas revenue reaching $6.6 million. The majority of August trading volume came from Uniswap, and on August 31, single-day on-chain fees briefly reached $2.1 million.

Robinhood operates the sequencer and receives approximately 90% of on-chain fees; after deducting Ethereum settlement costs and the 10% licensing share paid to Arbitrum DAO, August net revenue was approximately $6 million.

Robinhood Earn users deposited USDG and borrowed through Morpho, with deposits growing from $9.5 million on July 1 to $456 million on August 31, accounting for 68% of TVL at the end of the month. Users' estimated annualized yield was approximately 7%, while the lending side yield was approximately 3.7% at the end of August, with the spread subsidized by incentive funds from Morpho and its lending partners.

As of the end of August, more than 340,000 tokens had been issued on-chain; Meme tokens paired with Robinhood Stock Tokens recorded $518 million in trading volume in August. Currently, on-chain trading activity is primarily driven by crypto-native users, and Robinhood's 27 million funded accounts have not yet migrated to the chain at scale. Robinhood wallet gas subsidies will continue until September 29, and Earn yields are planned to be gradually reduced.

Odaily News: Approximately $15 billion in Bitcoin options are set to expire at quarterly settlement on Friday (September 25), with September 25 contracts accounting for more than one-third of Deribit's total Bitcoin options open interest. The put/call ratio is 0.70, with the largest call positions concentrated at strike prices of $85,000, $90,000, and $100,000.

Bitcoin is trading at around $84,258, down 2% on the day, above the max pain price of $76,000, and below the $85,000 level where call positions are most densely concentrated. Large-scale options expirations are typically accompanied by volatility, while market maker hedging may dampen price swings; Bitcoin's recent strength has been linked to the U.S. Treasury expanding buybacks, a weaker dollar, and the price rising above the 365-day moving average.