Latest Crypto News & Market Updates

Kalshi seeks CFTC approval for stock perpetuals

Kalshi has filed with the SEC and CFTC on September 18 to list U.S. stock and ETF-linked perpetual futures, proposing 23-hour weekday trading and a 15.50% minimum customer margin.　　SummaryKalshi filed stock perpetual rules with regulators, while CFTC approval remains pending after September 18.Proposed contracts would trade from Sunday evening through Friday, with daily one-hour maintenance windows scheduled.Kalshi proposes 15.50% minimum customer margin and cash settlement through its registered Kalshi Klear clearinghouse.CFTC records list Apple, Tesla, Microsoft, Nvidia, Amazon, SPY and QQQ perpetuals awaiting approval currently.Coinbase and Bitnomial submitted competing stock perpetual proposals on September 18 under separate regulatory processes.　　The SEC filing says the contracts would have no preset expiration date and would be treated as security futures products, while the CFTC has not approved Kalshi‘s proposal. The regulator’s public product database still listed Kalshis equity perpetual submissions as “Approval Pending (45)” on September 20.　　Kalshis proposed Rule 14.11 sets trading from 6:00 p.m. ET on Sunday through 5:00 p.m. ET on Friday, with a daily maintenance window from 5:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. ET. The SEC notice says trading would stop during required regulatory halts affecting the underlying security, while Kalshi could set different hours for a particular contract when its

09-20Industry

Grayscales Zcash ETF files for 3-for-1 forward share split

Grayscales Zcash ETF (ZCSH) plans a 3-for-1 forward share split, according to a filing with the US Securities and Exchange Commission.　　At the close of trading on Sept. 28, shareholders will receive two extra shares for each one they hold, according to the filing.　　The forward split is expected to decrease the price per share of the fund, according to a Grayscale press release, with a proportionate increase in the number of shares outstanding.　　Hypothetically, this means that if you owned 10 shares valued at $300 each for a total $3,000 before the split, afterward you will own 30 shares valued at $100 each for an unchanged total of $3,000, the release said.　　The split will make the ETF more accessible to investors, as the token has increased in value by about 2,800% over the last year and the price per unit was considered too high.　　Cointelegraph reported on Thursday that Zcash (ZEC), a cryptocurrency that enables users to make shielded transactions that conceal addresses and transaction amounts using zero-knowledge proofs, had gained about 20% over 24 hours as Paradigm co-founder Matt Huang disclosed that the crypto investment firm made an unspecified purchase of ZEC.　　Huang described Zcash as a “private complement to Bitcoin” and also

09-20Industry

Ripple says asset managers prepare for XRPL Batch

XRP Ledgers Batch V1.1 has remained above its required validator threshold as Ripple says asset managers and commercial projects are preparing to use the transaction feature if it activates later this month.　　SummaryBatch V1.1 has 30 validator votes, keeping XRP Ledgers September 29 activation countdown on track.Ripple says asset managers are building around Batch, though specific partners remain undisclosed for now.Batch can group eight transactions, allowing linked asset and payment transfers to settle atomically together.Developers replaced the original Batch after researchers found a critical signature validation flaw in February.XRPL version 3.3.0 shipped Batch V1.1 after expanded reviews and fixes to additional security issues.　　CoinDesk reported on September 19 that RippleX head of engineering Ayo Akinyele said work involving asset managers is being prepared around Batch V1.1, which can package up to eight transactions into a single Batch operation. Ripple has not publicly named the asset managers or disclosed firm launch dates.　　Live amendment data reviewed on September 20 showed 30 of 35 tracked trusted validators supporting Batch V1.1. The XRP Ledger requires at least 80% support to be maintained for 14 consecutive days before an amendment activates, putting the current threshold at 28 votes. The countdown began on September 15 at 14:06:41 UTC

09-20Industry

RWA market reaches $34.18B as equities surge 390.4%

Onchain real-world assets have reached $34.18 billion as of September 15, 2026, after growing 85.2% since the start of the year, while only around 12% of tracked tokenized capital is being used in onchain financial applications.　　SummaryOnchain RWA assets reached $34.18 billion by September 15, rising 85.2% year to date overall.Bonds and money market funds led with $18.29 billion, contributing most new onchain asset value.Tokenized equities grew 390.4% year to date, lifting their tracked RWA market share to 13.0%.Only around 12% of tracked tokenized asset value is deployed across onchain financial applications today.SEC relief now permits limited tokenized NMS stock trading through qualifying permissioned onchain venues temporarily.　　Binance Research published the figures on September 18 in its“The RWA Activation Era” report, using DefiLlama data and its own methodology to compare asset issuance with onchain use. Bonds and money market funds remained the largest category at $18.29 billion, while tokenized equities reached $4.43 billion after rising 390.4% year to date.　　The report separates tokenization into two measures. Its Programmable Asset Ratio, or PAR, compares tokenized value with the size of the underlying market. Capital Activation Rate, or CAR, measures how much eligible tokenized value is deployed in liquidity pools, lending markets, collateral systems and

09-20Industry

WikiBit Exchange Exit Risk Rankings #29: KCEX — 0% Fees, 5% Interest, and Then You Can’t Withdraw Your Money

Introduction: A “Zero-Fee” Exchange Run by Anonymous Operators　　In the first 28 editions, we dug into a series of exchanges ranging from HashKey to BTCC. For #29, were looking at one of the most mysterious names yet: KCEX.　　Its sales pitch is certainly hard to resist:0% spot trading fees0% futures Maker fees, 0.01% Taker fees0 withdrawal fees5% annualized yield on flexible USDT deposits100,000 TPS matching engineAll assets stored in cold wallets　　Sounds like paradise for crypto bargain hunters, right？　　But on the other side of the coin:　　KCEX is registered in Seychelles, yet it does not appear on the Seychelles Financial Services Authority (FSA) VASP registration list. Its founder, CEO, and board members？ Not a single name can be verified.　　South Korea‘s Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) has identified KCEX as an unregistered overseas virtual asset service provider and taken enforcement action. India’s Financial Intelligence Unit issued KCEX a non-compliance notice. Malaysias Securities Commission placed KCEX Fintech Limited on its Investor Alert List.　　WikiBit gives KCEX a score of 4.95/10, concluding that it currently has no valid crypto-asset regulatory oversight. CoinGeckos reserve data is listed as “unavailable,” while its Proof of Reserves (PoR) score is only 5%.　　On the App Store, numerous users have complained that withdrawals trigger risk

09-20Deep Dive

Anthropic tabs Accenture as embedded evaluator to help with AI slowdown proposal

Anthropic said it has chosen Accenture as its first embedded evaluator to help slow the pace of AI development as proposed last week by CEO Dario Amodei.　　Amodei published a three-step proposal on Sept. 12 to slow the development of AI and allow safeguards to be put in place amid warnings of a potential for catastrophic harm in the wake of swift, unchecked development.　　OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk responded positively to Amodeis proposal, although Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang did not, arguing that such regulation was not necessary.　　Still, Amodei wrote in his proposal that “AI has been advancing drastically faster, driven primarily by AIs growing ability to build the next generation of AI. This dynamic is called recursive self-improvement,” and “left unchecked, it could outrun our ability to understand and control these systems.”　　The first step in Amodeis proposal is having independent evaluators with employee-like access, to which Anthropic had already unilaterally committed, Amodei wrote.　　Anthropic announced a move toward fulfilling this commitment on Friday by partnering with Accenture and its AI business Faculty in “evaluating and red-teaming models, conducting alignment assessments and testing model safeguards.”　　Details of how this will happen are still being worked out, as embedded evaluation is

09-20Industry

X brings crypto trading closer to your social feed

Crypto Twitter (now X) has always been a place where someone with an illustrated animal for a profile picture can explain why your financial future depends on a token you just learned about. Now Xs Cashtag links are shortening the route from that conversation to a crypto exchange.　　Related Company Kraken San Francisco based digital asset exchange　　Kraken joined Xs US Cashtag partner program on Sept. 16, giving users another route from tickers such as $BTC to its exchange. Tapping a Cashtag can bring up posts and a price chart on X, while the trading link sends users to Krakens app or website, where they sign in or register and complete the purchase.　　Krakens announcement describes this as a way to become easier to find inside applications people already use. Thats the important part of the deal. X isnt becoming an exchange, and the trade itself still happens at Kraken. What changes is the distance between discovering an asset and reaching somewhere that sells it.　　That distance has historically been surprisingly long for crypto. Someone might first hear about Bitcoin on X, read a thread explaining it, search for the price somewhere else, compare exchanges, open an account, fund it, and eventually return to

09-20Industry

Kalshi joins Coinbase with own filing for US stock perpetual futures

Kalshi has filed to offer perpetual futures tied to individual US stocks, joining Coinbase in the competition to bring crypto-style derivatives to traditional equity markets.　　The prediction market filed the proposed rule change with the Securities and Exchange Commission and submitted it to the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) for approval on Friday. The CFTC has yet to approve the proposal.　　The proposed contracts would have no preset expiration date and would use periodic funding payments between long and short positions to keep their prices aligned with the underlying stocks. Kalshi said the contracts would be treated as security futures products and cleared through its CFTC-registered clearinghouse, Kalshi Klear.　　The filing comes the same day Coinbase submitted its own proposal to offer perpetual futures tied to individual US stocks, as both companies look to bring a derivatives product popular in crypto markets to traditional equities.　　Kalshi already offers perpetual futures tied to cryptocurrencies in the US, including Bitcoin (BTC), Ether (ETH), Solana (SOL) and XRP (XRP), after receiving CFTC approval for its Bitcoin perpetual contract in May.　　US stock perpetual futures race expands　　Kalshi and Coinbase are joining whats becoming a crowded field of operators seeking to bring single-stock perpetual futures to the US market.　　Payward, the

09-20Industry

Hong Kong Stablecoins Ordinance: Licensing, Reserves and Redemption

Hong Kongs stablecoin regime is no longer a sandbox experiment or a proposal waiting to take effect.　　The Stablecoins Ordinance (Cap. 656) came into operation on August 1, 2025, creating a licensing framework for regulated fiat-referenced stablecoin issuance. On April 10, 2026, the Hong Kong Monetary Authority granted the first two stablecoin issuer licences to Anchorpoint Financial Limited and The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited (HSBC).　　Both licensed issuers initially plan to issue Hong Kong dollar-referenced stablecoins.　　That milestone makes Hong Kongs framework much easier to evaluate in 2026. The relevant questions are no longer only what applicants might need to do. There are now licensed issuers, ongoing HKMA supervision and separate Securities and Futures Commission rules governing how licensed platforms and intermediaries may provide services in regulated stablecoins.　　For users, the most useful way to understand the regime is to separate four layers:　　Issuer → Reserve assets → Redemption → Distribution　　A licence at one layer does not automatically authorise every business at the next.　　A stablecoin issuer licence does not make every exchange licensed. An exchange licence does not authorise the exchange to issue its own stablecoin. And the fact that a regulated stablecoin can be traded through an intermediary does not mean every

09-20Industry Research

CLARITY Act Explained: Crypto Market Structure and Its 2026 Status

As of September 2026, the CLARITY Act remains one of the most important unfinished pieces of U.S. crypto legislation.　　The House passed H.R. 3633, the Digital Asset Market Clarity Act of 2025, on July 17, 2025. The Senate then developed its own market-structure approach through both the Banking Committee and Agriculture Committee. In May 2026, the Senate Banking Committee advanced H.R. 3633 by a 15–9 vote.　　But the legislation has not become law.　　On September 15, 2026, a Senate procedural motion to advance the CLARITY Act fell short. That means the proposal remains part of an active legislative debate rather than the current federal rulebook.　　This distinction matters because market-structure legislation can sound more settled than it really is. Headlines about committee votes, revised drafts or bipartisan negotiations do not create new legal permissions by themselves.　　The useful question in September 2026 is therefore not simply:　　What does the CLARITY Act regulate？　　It is:　　Which provisions are proposals, which version contains them, where is the legislation in Congress, and what law applies today？　　That approach is especially important because several congressional texts have shaped the debate. The House-passed CLARITY Act, Senate Banking Committee text and Senate Agriculture Committees digital-commodity proposal overlap in important areas but are not interchangeable.Where the

09-20Industry Research

...

159161

...

1000