Emma Taylor

Meta is testing a prediction-market app that uses points instead of cash, while the DOJ moves to seize $1.2 billion from the Binance hack and disrupts a North Korean deepfake scheme.

Layer 2 rollups process Ethereum transactions off-chain and post data back to the base chain, reducing fees and congestion while retaining Ethereum's security model.

Ripple partners with Stripe-owned Privy to bring embedded wallets to XRP Ledger, supporting XRP, RLUSD, AI agent payments, and the x402 protocol.

The House Ways and Means Committee advanced the first federal crypto tax framework on Sept. 16, one day after the Senate's Clarity Act failed a procedural vote.

JPMorgan says the Clarity Act is "not fully dead" but warns the window for passing the crypto bill in 2025 is now "extremely narrow."

DeFi Development Corp. opens a 30-million-share CHAD preferred stock ATM at 13% annually, targeting up to $300M to fund SOL purchases and operations.

XRPL closed ledger 106,965,249 with 3,254 transactions on Sept. 13, but 2,000 came from just 20 coordinated accounts in what appears to be a throughput test.

Cardano fees covered just 0.668% of staking rewards over 73 epochs, as daily transactions fell 72% from 2022 to 2026, per Bitquery data.

UK Treasury's draft 2026 crypto regulations carve out stablecoin payments from dealer rules but keep lending and cross-asset swaps regulated. Regime starts Oct. 2027.

Bernstein expects swift SEC and CFTC rulemaking after the Senate failed to advance the Clarity Act, leaving stablecoin rewards in regulatory limbo.