Odaily - The round was backed by Visa Ventures, Circle Ventures, Haun Ventures, Ripple, Translink Capital, and Mirana Ventures. Velocity provides stablecoin-based settlement, liquidity management, and treasury operations backend systems for payment companies and banks, without requiring replacement of existing infrastructure.

Odaily News: Gate has announced that it will fully integrate with Circle's public chain Arc on September 16, covering core scenarios including Trenches, Gate Wallet, and on-chain market data, providing users with a one-stop experience from asset discovery and market tracking to wallet management and on-chain trading.

Gate Head of Global Partnerships Jason Fung stated that Gate will provide support from the first day of Arc's launch. He noted that recent launch cases of multiple new ecosystems show that a simple integration approach can drive rapid ecosystem growth, and Arc is not starting from scratch—Circle already occupies an important position in the stablecoin ecosystem, providing a solid foundation for Arc's development.

Jason Fung also mentioned that Gate's "Trenches" will bring exclusive 0 Gas transaction support to the Arc ecosystem. Users can discover trending and newly issued assets on the Arc chain through Trenches and participate in transactions directly, without bearing Gas fees. Jason Fung emphasized that a simpler entry method and lower transaction friction help users participate more efficiently in emerging on-chain ecosystems, and Gate will also connect Arc with a broader user base through multi-scenario product support.

Odaily: BitcoinTreasuries.NET posted on X that Barclays Bank, with $2.3 trillion in assets, has reiterated its buy rating on Bitcoin treasury company Strategy and set a price target of $160. Barclays Bank groups MSTR alongside fintech giants such as Visa and Mastercard.

Odaily reports that Cluster Protocol (CP) has launched on Bitget PoolX. Users can lock BTC to unlock 9,100,000 CP airdrop, with a personal lock-up cap of 50 BTC. The lock-up period is from September 16, 18:00 to September 23, 18:00 (UTC+8). This PoolX round supports a long-term holding bonus mechanism, where the system will provide additional bonuses on effective lock-up amounts based on the user's minimum BTC holdings over the past 15 days. For more details, please refer to the official Bitget platform.

Odaily reports that the funding round was led by Expa, with participation from Coinbase Ventures and others. Fin.com primarily provides global stablecoin infrastructure services.

Odaily News: Cathie Wood's Ark Invest sold 36,628 shares of Coinbase on Monday, worth approximately $7 million based on that day's closing price; it sold a total of 142,350 shares of Circle across two funds, worth approximately $13.8 million.

In addition, Ark Invest sold 153,881 shares of Bitmine, worth approximately $3.96 million; 18,280 shares of Bullish, worth approximately $688,000; and 1,528,953 shares of the ARK 21Shares Bitcoin ETF, worth approximately $40 million.

Odaily News: According to Gate Ventures' latest weekly report, last week's escalation of geopolitical conflicts in the Middle East combined with U.S. core inflation exceeding expectations significantly heightened global market volatility. Brent crude and WTI crude surged 8.33% and 9.36% respectively, returning above $100 per barrel; U.S. August core CPI rose 0.29% month-over-month, higher than expected, pushing the 10-year Treasury yield to 4.97%, with market-implied probability of a September rate hike rising to approximately 86%; spot gold fell 1.82% to $4,349.42 per ounce. U.S. stock indices — the S&P 500, Nasdaq, and Dow Jones — declined 0.80%, 0.66%, and 1.57% respectively; the crypto market weakened in tandem, with BTC and ETH dropping 4.4% and 1.5% respectively. Spot BTC ETFs saw net outflows of $462.7 million, while ETH ETFs recorded net inflows of $197.1 million. The fear index dropped from 71 to 57, indicating a cooling of market sentiment.

On the industry front, India launched a $107 million tokenized corporate bond pilot program, further advancing institutional-grade RWA tokenization; Gemini obtained a Major Payment Institution (MPI) license from the Monetary Authority of Singapore, further expanding its regulatory footprint in the Asia-Pacific region; and the Philippine central bank plans to suspend new payment system operator registrations for 12 months, tightening oversight of VASP-related payment activities.

On the funding side, a total of 9 financing deals were completed last week, with disclosed total funding reaching $158.4 million, down 88% quarter-over-quarter. Overall, energy prices and inflation expectations remain the core variables driving short-term market trends, while interest in tokenized assets and institutional-grade crypto infrastructure development remains undiminished.

Odaily reports that according to ZachXBT's monitoring, after CoinEx was attacked by the Lazarus Group, he reported to the CoinEx team that the platform's own funds had been laundered back through CoinEx and assisted in freezing the related funds, but received no response. ZachXBT accused the CoinEx team of poor communication regarding the security incident. CoinEx announced this morning that it is ceasing operations and proceeding with an orderly liquidation, with withdrawal channels open until December 22.

According to Lookonchain monitoring, a whale closed a short position on 760 BTC an hour ago, earning a profit of $266,000, and then opened a 40x leveraged long on 900 BTC worth $69.2 million; the long position currently has an unrealized profit of $173,000.

Odaily News: The Trump administration is lobbying Senate Republicans to advance the crypto market structure bill, the Clarity Act. Chris Phelan, Chairman of the White House Council of Economic Advisers, said officials will launch an interactive tool on Tuesday that allows users to set their own parameters and run scenarios to verify that there is no substantive relationship between stablecoin growth and community bank deposit flight.

Banking groups say the latest revisions to the bill's text are still insufficient for them to accept the stablecoin provisions. The bill needs at least 60 votes to advance, and the Senate is scheduled to hold a procedural vote on Tuesday afternoon. Several Republicans, including Texas Senator John Cornyn, have hinted they may vote against it, while pro-crypto Democrats have expressed dissatisfaction with the latest text's limited constraints on President Trump. Patrick Witt, Executive Director of the White House Council on Digital Assets, said the bill has incorporated measures to protect community banks.

Odaily reports: Data shows that as of September 15, Bitcoin short-term holders held approximately $168.2 billion worth of profitable coins and approximately $102.6 billion worth of losing coins. Bitcoin investors overall have maintained net profitability continuously since August 19; the cost basis for investors holding for 1 to 3 months and 3 to 6 months is approximately $63,372 and $73,190, respectively.

According to Onchain Lens monitoring, a whale staked another 184,500 SOL approximately 16 hours ago, worth about $18.94 million. Over the past two months, this wallet has withdrawn a cumulative total of 453,700 SOL from Coinbase, worth approximately $46.6 million, and has completed staking.

Odaily Report: Binance Alpha will list apM Fashion on September 17. Eligible users can go to the Alpha event page to claim the APM airdrop using Binance Alpha Points after Alpha trading opens. The specific airdrop rules and participation criteria will be announced through subsequent official announcements.

Odaily reports, according to Gate data, US stock index futures continue to decline, with Dow Jones futures down 0.74%, S&P 500 futures down 0.60%, and Nasdaq 100 futures down 0.71%.

Odaily News: On September 15, Binance Wallet announced that it will provide support on the first day of the Arc mainnet launch, and will simultaneously launch a dedicated Arc Hub, offering users a one-stop gateway to enter and explore the Arc ecosystem.

Arc is a Layer-1 blockchain launched by Circle, focused on stablecoin-driven financial application scenarios. With the launch of the Arc mainnet, its on-chain assets, DeFi applications, and more ecosystem opportunities will gradually become available to users.

As one of the first wallets to support the Arc mainnet, Binance Wallet will complete network support on the first day of the Arc mainnet launch. Users can more easily access the Arc network, acquire on-chain assets, and further explore the Arc ecosystem through Binance Wallet. In addition to basic network support, Binance Wallet will also simultaneously launch Arc Hub, further lowering the information and operational barriers for users entering a new ecosystem.

Arc Hub will serve as a dedicated gateway to the Arc ecosystem within Binance Wallet, focusing on core scenarios such as fund preparation, popular asset discovery, DeFi yield opportunities, and ecosystem highlights, helping users go from funding to discovering opportunities to participating in transactions, completing their Arc ecosystem exploration within a single gateway.