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EU watchdogs question Binance over unlicensed European operations EU watchdogs question Binance over unlicensed European operations "In Europe, Binance remains committed to operating on a long-term, compliant basis under the EU's Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation. We are actively working toward becoming MiCA-authorised," a spokesperson said. ESMA told Euronews it "does not comment on specific cases". It stressed, however, that under MiCA, "the supervision, investigation, and enforcement are national competences", while its own role is to promote consistent supervision across the bloc by encouraging cooperation and information-sharing between authorities and issuing guidance. Any penalties against Binance would have to come from...

Morning Minute: Crypto Gives Up on Congress and Goes After Senators Morning Minute: Crypto Gives Up on Congress and Goes After Senators MetaMask Exits Lido Validators Amid Infrastructure 'Security Incident' Corporate Treasuries & ETFs Meme Coin Tracker This article has been published in decrypt.co via Yahoo News. https://finance.yahoo.com/markets/crypto/articles/morning-minute-crypto-gives-congress-122900876.html

Crypto IPO Frenzy Heats Up as Blockchain.com Targets $6 Billion Valuation Blockchain.com is not the only crypto company preparing to enter public markets. Kraken Is Also Waiting for an IPO Opening Kraken's parent company, Payward, announced in November 2025 that it had confidentially submitted a draft registration statement for its own US IPO. Kraken has not set a share count or price range and says its offering depends on the SEC review and market conditions. The pipeline suggests crypto companies see another opening to raise money from public investors. It does not guarantee strong demand for every listing. Bloomberg reported that shares of recently listed crypto firms, including Gemini, BitGo, and eToro, remained substantially...

CME Nine-Asset Crypto Basket Is 86.29% Bitcoin and Ethereum CME Nine-Asset Crypto Basket Is 86.29% Bitcoin and Ethereum So, a trader buying NCI futures for diversification is, in practice, buying a leveraged Bitcoin position with a thin Ethereum and altcoin garnish. What the CME Crypto Structure Solves? The single-trade design genuinely removes friction. Managing nine separate spot positions across nine wallets and multiple custodians is operationally expensive and introduces counterparty risk at every leg. Collapsing into one CME-cleared futures contract standardizes margin, settlement, and reporting under a framework that already handles single-asset Bitcoin and Ether futures. Bitcoin (BTC)24h7d30d1yAll time What it doesn't...

Bitcoin Price in Limbo: Congress Lost the Vote, but Fed Sets The Tone Bitcoin Price in Limbo: Congress Lost the Vote, but Fed Sets The Tone The Regulatory Overhang Hasn't Gone Away The CLARITY Act's failure matters beyond the single-day price reaction. The bill sought to clarify which agency, the SEC or the CFTC, holds jurisdiction over specific token categories. The result is a regulatory landscape that remains fragmented, with both agencies continuing to advance separate rulemaking tracks and no unified statutory framework in place. That fragmentation is a standing risk for crypto markets, independent of who controls Congress after the midterms. A digital-commodity classification issued earlier this year is not permanent, and...

McDonald's AI ‘Pricing Engine’ Gauges What Customers Will Pay for a Big Mac: Report McDonald's described the portal as "a tool, not a mandate," designed to provide restaurant-specific recommendations, and said costs vary between stores that can sit in distinct markets even a few miles apart. It called Reuters' reporting "speculative and uninformed," and said it takes antitrust compliance seriously. This article has been published in decrypt.co via Yahoo News. https://finance.yahoo.com/technology/ai/articles/mcdonalds-ai-pricing-engine-gauges-110659209.html

Viral ‘Kanye West’ $3.9M Ethereum Wallet Claim as Tom Lee Predicts $5,000 This Year That shifted the funds from a lending position into an exchange account, where the owner could sell, swap, or continue holding them. The blockchain shows the deposit, but it does not reveal what happened inside Binance afterward. The move came days after Lee delivered another bullish Ethereum forecast in a Coinage interview, predicting $3,000 in the near term and "well above $5,000" before the end of 2026. At $5,000 per ETH, the transferred 1,445 ETH would be worth $7.225 million — approximately $3.32 million more than its reported value when it reached Binance. Lee's Longer-Term Ethereum Scenario Reaches $60K Lee's year-end call is only part of...

British Bitcoin Treasury Gets Green Light for UK's First BTC-Backed Preferred Stock Dividends are payable weekly, but the rate is variable, and payments can be suspended. Unpaid dividends accumulate without interest or compounding. The company's published terms set a dividend-rate ceiling of 20% and a floor at the Bank of England base rate plus 1 percentage point. The securities have no fixed maturity and carry no voting rights at general meetings. The Smarter Web can redeem them for £110 each plus accumulated unpaid dividends, but holders cannot demand redemption. In liquidation, preferred shareholders rank ahead of ordinary shareholders but behind creditors. Despite the "Bitcoin-backed" description, MORE represents ownership of...

Crypto ETFs Surge as Bitcoin Funds Add $2.95 Billion in 30 Days Crypto ETFs Surge as Bitcoin Funds Add $2.95 Billion in 30 Days Cryptocurrency exchange-traded funds (ETFs) have experienced a tremendous inflow as Bitcoin funds amassed a staggering $2.95 billion in the past 30 days, showcasing renewed investor interest and confidence. Traditionally, ETFs are securities that track an index, commodity, or asset. In the world of cryptocurrencies, these funds track various coins, providing a diversified exposure to the market. Bitcoin ETFs, in particular, have gained popularity as they offer a way to invest in cryptocurrency without needing to own the underlying digital asset directly. This surge in inflow correlates with Bitcoin's...

HBAR Crypto 30% Rally: Nvidia AI Link Lacks Proof, What Now? HBAR Crypto 30% Rally: Nvidia AI Link Lacks Proof, What Now? Can HBAR Crypto Hold the Rally, or Was This a Narrative Spike? HBAR needs to clear resistance at $0.135 to extend Monday's advance, after briefly topping $0.130 and settling near $0.117. A clean break and hold above that level would confirm buyers are willing to pay up for the AI-governance narrative rather than just react to a headline. This article has been published in 99bitcoins.com via Yahoo News. https://finance.yahoo.com/markets/crypto/articles/hbar-crypto-30-rally-nvidia-114357870.html

Morgan Stanley Builds Crypto Lab to Test Future of Wall Street Morgan Stanley Builds Crypto Lab to Test Future of Wall Street Wall Street firms have been experimenting with blockchain for a decade, but a more favorable US regulatory environment under President Donald Trump and growing efforts to move traditional financial markets onto these networks have accelerated activity. One area of particular interest is decentralized-finance vaults, Oldenburg said. Vaults are pools of assets that use blockchain-based software to automatically deploy capital according to a predetermined strategy. Investors deposit assets — often stablecoins or other digital tokens — into a vault, which then puts them to work across a range of decentralized...

Bitcoin and ethereum prices today, Tuesday, September 29, 2026: Crypto prices moving higher in early trading Bitcoin and ethereum prices today, Tuesday, September 29, 2026: Crypto prices moving higher in early trading Market Overview The cryptocurrency market saw a positive trend in early trading today, with major digital coins like bitcoin and ethereum experiencing an uptick in their prices. Investors have been closely observing these changes, hoping for sustained momentum following recent market fluctuations. Bitcoin Price Movements Bitcoin, the leading cryptocurrency by market capitalization, showed a notable increase. This rise can be attributed to various factors, including increased institutional interest and positive...

84% of Iran-Linked Crypto Wallets Used USDT: Could Tether Face a MiCA-Style Crackdown in the US? US Already Has Its Own MiCA-Like Pressure Point Europe's MiCA regime and America's emerging stablecoin framework are not equivalent. But the GENIUS Act gives Washington considerable leverage over foreign stablecoin issuers. Foreign-issued stablecoins generally cannot be made available by US digital-asset service providers unless their issuers can comply with lawful US orders. Treasury can designate a foreign issuer as noncompliant and, after the statutory process, prohibit US service providers from facilitating secondary trading in its stablecoins. The Treasury is also implementing anti-money-laundering and sanctions requirements...

SWIFT’s Oracle Blockchain Deal Has a Quant (QNT) Connection — But Where Does XRP Fit? SWIFT’s Oracle Blockchain Deal Has a Quant (QNT) Connection — But Where Does XRP Fit? Oracle's collaboration with Quant, announced in March 2025, covers interoperability, digital assets, tokenized deposits, stablecoins, and programmable payments. That relationship places Overledger adjacent to Oracle's financial services stack, meaning the same Oracle infrastructure that now connects to SWIFT's ledger can, in principle, route through Overledger to interact with other blockchain networks. The connection is not direct. Quant does not sit inside SWIFT's ledger. But Oracle does, and Oracle and Quant have a documented technical relationship. QNT trades...

Blockchain.com Is Said to Target $500 Million IPO This Year Blockchain.com Is Said to Target $500 Million IPO This Year In September, Blockchain.com teamed up with the New York Stock Exchange to explore 24/7/365 access to tokenized US stocks and exchange-traded funds. (Updates company response in third paragraph.) This article has been published in bloomberg.com via Yahoo News. https://finance.yahoo.com/markets/crypto/articles/blockchain-com-said-target-500-191825347.html

Bitcoin Falls Lower as Trump's Iran Snub Sends Oil, Yields Higher Bitcoin Falls Lower as Trump's Iran Snub Sends Oil, Yields Higher Total crypto market capitalization sits around $2.86 trillion, down 1.7% on the day. The Crypto Fear and Greed Index still reads 70, comfortably in "greed" territory, while the Altcoin Season Index sits at 63, tilting toward alts but not fully there. Derivatives markets are the one place still running hot. Open interest sits at $382.29 billion, up 8.17%, and 24-hour derivatives volume has spiked 66.28% to $838.18 billion. Liquidations over the past 24 hours total $478 million, split $386.5 million long and only $87.95 million short, a lopsided ratio that shows leveraged bulls have been the ones getting...

Coinbase CEO Doubles Down on $400K Bitcoin Prediction for 2030 Coinbase CEO Doubles Down on $400K Bitcoin Prediction for 2030 Armstrong has argued that broader participation and clearer US rules could support cryptocurrency adoption. In the podcast, he said he remained confident that greater regulatory clarity would arrive, whether through legislation or regulatory action. That is his expectation, not a settled policy outcome. For the $400,000 scenario, the central issue is whether demand can grow enough to support a much higher price. A fixed maximum supply of 21 million coins limits how much Bitcoin can ultimately exist, but scarcity alone does not set its market value. $400K Price Would Put Bitcoin Near $8 Trillion At...

Bitcoin slips to $83k amid pressure from high yields, Iran tensions Investing.com-- Bitcoin slipped on Monday, extending losses from over the weekend as surging Treasury yields and few signs of progress towards a U.S.-Iran peace deal dented appetite for risk-driven markets. The world’s largest crypto fell 1.7% to $83,418 by 09:25 ET. Bitcoin clocked two straight weeks of gains on some optimism over favorable U.S. regulations.  Broader crypto prices also fell on Monday after two weeks of gains.  Get more insights on crypto markets by subscribing to InvestingPro-- with up to 50% off Surging yields, Iran tensions quash crypto appetite  Government bond yields rose across the globe as markets bet on more interest rate hikes to stave...

Aster Launches Perpetual Grid Trading 2.0 with Up to 140,000 $ASTER Liquidity Mining Campaign George Town, British Virgin Islands, September 28th, 2026, Chainwire Aster, the privacy-first onchain trading platform backed by YZi Labs, today announced the launch of its Liquidity Pool Mining campaign, a four-week incentive campaign featuring a total reward pool of up to 140,000 $ASTER and running from September 28 to October 25, 2026 (UTC). To celebrate the launch of Perpetual Grid 2.0, the program is open to all Aster users running Perpetual Grid strategies on eligible trading pairs. Rewards will be distributed hourly based on each eligible Grid’s share of trading volume. The base reward pool is set at 10,000 $ASTER per epoch, with...

AlgoQuant Asset Management Selects Liquid Mercury to Enhance Digital Asset Trading Infrastructure