John Thune, the Republican leader of the U.S. Senate, said the Senate will vote again on Tuesday on a bill to avoid a government shutdown. (Jinshi)

Fed's Musallem: It is expected that the U.S. Office of the Comptroller of the Currency will regulate non-bank stablecoin issuers. (Jinshi)

Litecoin founder Charlie Lee predicted in a recent interview that a spot LTC ETF would be launched soon, citing the SEC's approval of the universal listing standards for cryptocurrency ETFs and the inclusion of LTC as one of the 10 assets that meet the standards. (Bsc.news)

Kazakhstan has launched the Alem Crypto Fund, a crypto fund initiated by the Ministry of Artificial Intelligence and Digital Development of the Republic of Kazakhstan, managed by Qazaqstan Venture Group, and registered with the Astana International Financial Center (AIFC). It is reported that the fund has completed its first investment in BNB.

Open interest in options tied to the Nasdaq-listed BlackRock iShares Bitcoin Trust (IBIT) has reached nearly $38 billion, surpassing Deribit's $32 billion in open interest. This means IBIT has surpassed Coinbase's Deribit platform to become the largest Bitcoin options trading platform. Deribit, founded in 2016, has dominated the Bitcoin options market for years, while IBIT options launched in November of last year and have only been listed for less than a year. (Bloomberg)

Fractal Bitcoin's first staking pool secured a total of 1,000,000 FB in less than four hours, with more pools to follow. The staking feature, provided by UniSat, leverages Taproot scripts to enable user-managed private keys and adopts a tiered revenue model.

Flying Tulip, a contract exchange developed by Andre Cronje, announced the completion of a $200 million funding round. Brevan Howard Digital, CoinFund, DWF Labs, FalconX, Hypersphere, Lemniscap, Nascent, Republic Digital, Selini, Sigil Fund, Susquehanna Crypto, Tioga Capital, and Virtuals Protocol participated in the round. It is reported that Flying Tulip currently plans to sell its FT tokens through a public sale. (The Block)

According to the official announcement, OKX will launch the XANUSDT perpetual contract on its website, app, and API at 0:30 AM (UTC+8) on September 30, 2025.

Caixin.com published details of the trial involving a 60,000-bitcoin money laundering case, noting that the guilty plea by the principal offender, Qian Zhimin, has only just begun the cross-border recovery of stolen assets and losses, presenting a more challenging test for Sino-UK judicial cooperation and a path to substantive justice. Qian Zhimin's guilty plea only covers two Crown Prosecution Service charges: acquiring criminal property (cryptocurrency) and possessing and transferring criminal property (cryptocurrency). Qian Zhimin's defense attorney, Roger Sahota, shifted his stance on not guilty and stated, "Her guilty plea today hopes to provide some comfort to investors who have been awaiting compensation since 2017, and to assure them that the significant increase in cryptocurrency values ​​means there is sufficient funds to cover their losses." However, the underlying message of this statement is somewhat intriguing. (Caixin)

According to Cointelegraph, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) cryptocurrency task force is holding talks with the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) and Intercontinental Exchange to discuss cryptocurrency regulation, including crypto derivatives and tokenized stock trading.

Following a softening of its stance on cryptocurrencies, the new chairman of the U.S. SEC is pushing for a "minimum effective dose" regulatory philosophy, which not only echoes Trump's pro-business policies but also plans to cancel mandatory quarterly reports and allow companies to replace them with semi-annual reports.

Aster’s story is a complex microcosm of the current stage of DeFi development: it is both a protocol that is quite innovative in capital efficiency and product design, and a strategic pawn driven by centralized giants behind the scenes to reshape the market landscape.

Poland’s newly elected President Karol Nawrocki is being cast as the last line of defense for the country’s crypto industry after lawmakers advanced one of the most restrictive digital asset laws in the European Union.

Crypto streamers hung a Pump.fun banner over the Hollywood sign in Los Angeles to promote the meme coin platform. The stunt drew wide attention online as Pump.fun also faced criticism for hosting offensive tokens on decentralised exchanges.

Caroline D. Pham, Acting Chair of the U.S. CFTC, stated at a joint roundtable meeting on regulatory coordination between the SEC and CFTC that the CFTC and the SEC should jointly promote innovation in financial market structures such as digital assets to drive economic growth and prosperity.

Just when everyone thought Yearn Finance founder Andre Cronje had faded from the crypto world, the legendary figure known as the "Father of DeFi" is back again, this time with a brand new project called Flying Tulip.

One of the biggest mistakes cryptocurrency skeptics make is underestimating the size of the market they are designed to disrupt.

Can MetaMask’s built-in token change the stablecoin landscape?

SEC Chairman Atkins said at a joint roundtable on regulatory coordination efforts with the CFTC that the next few years will determine whether the United States leads the digital age. Regulators are tasked with ensuring U.S. leadership in cutting-edge financial innovations like blockchain.

The cryptocurrency mobile trading frontend is benefiting from strong tailwinds from the Web2 community and retail activity. For the crypto market to achieve scale and transaction volume growth, it needs to provide more crypto-native mobile applications for mainstream Web2 consumers.