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RWA-based perpetual futures are absorbing trading demand outside regular U.S. stock market hours, Binance Research said, according to Wu Blockchain. Binance Research said RWA-based perpetual futures are capturing demand centered on after-hours macroeconomic events and individual stocks. It added that when major macro events occur, including Fed FOMC announcements, investors can quickly build positions through stock- or index-linked perpetual futures even before the U.S. stock market opens. As a result, these products traded in the crypto market are playing a role in reflecting price moves in traditional financial assets before regular U.S. trading begins.

Google Cloud is joining Puffer Unifi as a key infrastructure partner. Through Puffer Preconf, Google Cloud plans to operate a gateway supporting sub-second transaction preconfirmations, handling transaction processing and preconfirmation of execution results on Puffer Unifi. This will allow users to quickly verify trade execution results before final settlement is completed on Ethereum.

Breed Venture Capital has raised a $15 million crypto fund to invest in early-stage cryptocurrency startups, The Block reported. The fund will target "day zero," pre-seed and seed-stage startups. Backers include FalconX, Hutt Capital and Arrington Capital, along with crypto investment industry figures such as Castle Island Ventures' Nic Carter, Dragonfly's Rob Hadick and CoinFund's Jake Brukhman. Breed Venture Capital plans to invest between $250,000 and $750,000 in each startup.

Ekubo Protocol has introduced a swap feature on Ethereum layer-two scaling solution Starknet (STRK) that allows users to exchange tokens privately, Crypto Briefing reported. The feature supports on-chain transactions without linking a trader’s identity or prior wallet activity to individual swaps.

Whale Alert reported that 2,684 BTC has been transferred from Coinbase to an unknown wallet. The transaction is valued at about $232 million.

U.S. Republican Sen. Cynthia Lummis, a prominent pro-crypto lawmaker, said Democrats proposed adding a provision to the CLARITY Act that would require large cryptocurrency holders to disclose their holdings and report sales to the U.S. SEC and the public, but then voted against the disclosure rule they had drafted.

Indian IT services and consulting firm Infosys, which has a $40 billion valuation, has partnered with Chainlink, CoinDesk reported. The two companies plan to standardize Chainlink’s CCIP, data feeds and compliance tools across banking infrastructure that supports 1.7 billion customer accounts worldwide.

CryptoQuant CEO Ki Young Ju said BTC is likely to rise threefold to fivefold in the current bull cycle, rather than more than 10x as in the past, while any future bear market is also expected to be milder. In a post on X, Ki said Bitcoin’s smaller market size and heavier reliance on retail investors previously left it more exposed to short-term speculative capital. As a result, sharp bull-market gains were often followed by declines of as much as 80%, Ki said. Ki added that as the BTC market has grown and institutional participation has expanded, volatility on both the upside and downside has eased. Ki said market maturity may reduce the odds of the kind of explosive gains seen in earlier cycles, but it also lowers the risk of steep crashes. That, Ki said, could make the BTC market more suitable for long-term capital than for short-term investment. Over the long term, Ki added, if BTC develops into a stable asset used widely enough to function as a real currency, it could reshape the world in ways beyond imagination.

NEAR Protocol has partnered with Ondo Finance (ONDO) to offer tokenized U.S. stocks and ETFs on Near.com, according to Crypto Briefing. Eligible users will be able to access cryptocurrencies and traditional financial assets through a single account. Through the partnership, Near.com will integrate with Ondo Stocks.

Hyperliquid (HYPE) has recorded cumulative on-chain revenue of $429.04 million so far this year, leading the market, according to CoinGecko.

Tether CEO Paolo Ardoino said the company gave up applying for an EU license because rules require major stablecoin issuers to hold at least 60% of reserves as bank deposits, according to Wu Blockchain. The comments came after the European Central Bank and EU central banks unexpectedly voiced opposition to a core provision of the Markets in Crypto-Assets regulation, or MiCA, requiring major stablecoin issuers to keep 60% of reserves in bank deposits, Wu Blockchain reported.

U.S. Treasury Deputy Secretary Brook said the Treasury will continue refining and expanding its Treasury buyback program. Brook also said the department plans to pursue a stable transition to a central clearing mechanism and added that demand from money market funds for short-term Treasuries appears to be increasing.

Asset manager BlackRock said advances in artificial intelligence could help drive growth in the cryptocurrency market, according to Crypto Briefing. BlackRock said that as AI moves beyond the infrastructure buildout phase and sees broader mainstream adoption, use of stablecoins and demand for computing resources could rise together, expanding the crypto economy. BlackRock added that as massive capital flows into the AI industry, the need for infrastructure that can settle and transfer funds efficiently is also likely to grow, with crypto able to serve as a key payments infrastructure in that process.

EVM-based token issuance platform Flap said on X it has started supporting premarket token pools for Anthropic and Kalshi. Anthropic’s premarket token is backed by Openstoks, while Kalshi’s premarket token is backed by Pymon Finance.

Wormhole’s cumulative cross-chain transaction volume has surpassed $70 billion, Crypto Briefing reported. The scope of services supported by Wormhole (W) includes not only Ethereum Virtual Machine-compatible chains but also non-EVM networks. It started as a bridge supporting asset transfers between Solana and Ethereum, and has since expanded into cross-chain infrastructure connecting a range of blockchains.

The European Central Bank and the Eurosystem have proposed tightening crypto market rules by broadening the ban on stablecoin interest payments to cover crypto lending, borrowing, staking and indirect rewards similar to interest, Unfolded reported. The move is aimed at protecting banks from competition and curbing the spread of tokens pegged to foreign currencies.

An anonymous whale beginning with 0x8c58 bought another 4,500 ETH worth $12.38 million, according to Lookonchain. The whale had earlier purchased 37,000 ETH at an average price of $1,922 for $71.13 million and is now sitting on more than $30 million in unrealized gains.

On-chain analytics firm Glassnode said a momentum signal seen at the start of the previous two Bitcoin bull markets has reappeared, with MVRV, an on-chain indicator that tracks market-wide unrealized profit and loss, breaking above its 365-day moving average. The same signal appeared in 2019 and 2023, coinciding with the start of bull markets at the time.

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Sept. 22 that Washington faces a major decision on Iran and believes a deal could be reached after the U.S. midterm elections. Trump said he is weighing two options: reaching an agreement with Iran or sending it to 'hell.' Trump said Iran is the world’s largest state sponsor of terrorism and stressed that the U.S. will never allow Tehran to become nuclear-armed. He also said the U.S. had given Iran every chance for a deal before taking action and had completely destroyed Iran’s air force and navy. Trump added that he knows Iran is waiting for the outcome of the U.S. midterm elections, but said he will not let electoral considerations affect his handling of the issue. He also said the U.S. is expanding its military readiness, with ammunition stockpiles far exceeding expected usage and plans to build major new munitions plants, bringing the total in operation to 18. On energy, Trump said oil distribution has reached its highest level since the start of the war and forecast that oil prices could fall sharply to below pre-conflict levels once the Iran conflict ends.

Coinbase has added fixed-rate Bitcoin-backed loans through Morpho Midnight, The Block reported. Users can borrow USDC against BTC collateral at a set interest rate and with a predetermined repayment date. Coinbase already offers floating-rate loans based on Morpho Blue. According to Coinbase, outstanding floating-rate loans have exceeded $1.4 billion, while collateral assets stand at around $3 billion. Users will now be able to choose between fixed-rate and floating-rate on-chain lending products.

Solana now accounts for about 35% of stock token trading volume, close behind Robinhood Chain at 39%, Crypto Briefing reported. In the second quarter of this year, Solana represented 95% to 97% of global decentralized exchange volume in stock tokens and recorded $5.8 billion in trading volume during the quarter alone. Platforms such as xstocks and Backpack Securities drove the growth, with Raydium (RAY) serving as a core platform.

Pyth Network (PYTH) has been selected as an external distributor for Nasdaq Basic market data products and plans to provide real-time U.S. stock quotes and trade data through the Pyth Data Marketplace. Nasdaq Basic is a cost-effective market data solution that provides real-time top-of-book bid and ask quotes and last-sale data for stocks listed on U.S. exchanges. Following the announcement, PYTH rose more than 8%. CoinMarketCap data showed PYTH was recently trading at $0.06800, up 5.47%.

BTC’s June low remains a valid support zone after the market fully absorbed major headwinds including Federal Reserve rate hikes and the Senate’s rejection of the CLARITY Act, crypto market maker Wintermute said. Wintermute said BTC and ETH each broke above the top of their recent ranges within hours of each other on Sept. 21, while about $250 million in short positions were liquidated before the start of U.S. trading hours. BTC was trading at $86,000, an eight-month high, according to Wintermute. The firm said investor confidence is now clearly visible and the foundation supporting the current uptrend appears very solid. With a series of major macroeconomic developments ahead, the market is likely to focus on building a new support line and absorbing profit-taking after the recent rally.

Claims that Bitcoin creator Satoshi Nakamoto holds around 1.1 million BTC are estimates based on patterns found in early mining activity rather than direct proof of ownership, according to Cointelegraph. Researcher Sergio Demian Lerner identified a distinctive pattern in early Bitcoin blocks in 2013 and named it the "Patoshi" pattern. The miner tied to that pattern is estimated to have mined about 1.1 million BTC, and some BTC said to have been received from Satoshi by early users are linked to the same pattern, which has fueled speculation that Patoshi may be Satoshi. Still, no direct evidence proves that connection. Blockchain analytics firm Bitquery reanalyzed 54,316 early blocks and found that, depending on the analytical criteria used, Patoshi's estimated mined holdings ranged from under 900,000 BTC to about 1.17 million BTC. That suggests the widely cited 1.1 million BTC figure is also an estimate rather than a confirmed holding. The outlet added that although 600 BTC dormant for 16 years recently moved, prompting speculation that the funds were tied to Satoshi, no clear link to Patoshi-mined coins has been confirmed. It said on-chain data alone makes it difficult to verify whether the early large-scale miner was actually Satoshi or whether the same person still controls the private keys.

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