James Walker

Circle's Arc mainnet launches Sept. 16 with BlackRock, DTCC, Visa, and Mastercard as validators. BUIDL fund deployment expected; DTCC tokenization targeted for 2027.

Core Lightning warned experimental-feature node operators on Sept. 16 to disable those settings immediately amid an undisclosed investigation into potential fund risks.

BASIS.pro announces XDC Network and Zypher DAO partnerships alongside Auto Earn, a weekly reward restaking feature now live for BTC, ETH, SOL, and PAXG.

Zama's encrypted Morpho vault exceeded $40M in deposits by September 2026 as its Confidential RFQ swap protocol launched on Ethereum mainnet in private beta.

S&P Global led Kaiko's Series B extension to $110M total, joined by BNP Paribas, Nasdaq Ventures, Coinbase Ventures, and others building tokenized market infrastructure.