XRP Ledger’s Batch upgrade slips to Oct. 9 after validator support resets
An XRP Ledger upgrade expected to activate Sept. 29 has been pushed back by at least 10 days after validator support briefly fell below the level required to turn it on.
Finance
South Korean Won: Export strength supports KRW – Societe Generale
Societe Generale notes the Korean Won has been one of Asia’s standout performers, with USD/KRW slipping from around 1,390 to 1,360 as local exporters sold Dollars ahead of the Chuseok holiday. The bank highlights a supp…
OG.com seeks CFTC approval for single-stock perpetual futures
OG.com, recently spun out of Crypto.com, joins Coinbase, Kalshi and Kraken parent Payward in seeking approval to bring perpetual futures to individual US stocks.
Why Solana Is Targeting $160 According to Multiple Market Signals
Solana is 26% up in the month following sustained institutional uptake, increasing on-chain activity, and a rising Altcoin Season Index.
AI Agents Hacked Their Own Test Environment to Cheat, Cybersecurity Firm Finds
Cybersecurity firm Darktrace ran a stress test on AI agents this summer. One of them broke into the system grading the test and rewrote its own score.
Bond rout in shorter-term maturities eases up, but U.S. yields end week with gains
Peak Fed hawkishness is likely behind us following the release of a soft June CPI inflation print. This reinforces our view that the Fed will keep rates on hold through the second half of 2026.
US Prosecutors Want $84.2 Million From a Bank Tied to Tether
The US Department of Justice wants to keep $84.2 million that, according to a civil forfeiture complaint, moved through accounts used to process payments for Tether.
Chinese Yuan: PBoC keeps yuan broadly stable – Societe Generale
Societe Generale describes a limited impact from President Xi’s US visit, with no new tariff cuts or AI dialogue mechanism agreed as the trade truce was only extended to January. USD/CNY rebounded after briefly dipping …
Behind the Screens: VettaFi Team Shares Their Favorite Tickers
The VettaFi Editorial team met for a New York City onsite this week, confabbing over the latest news and important changes in the ETF ecosystem. As part of that gathering, writers and editors came together to share some…
Circle and Tether Freeze Stablecoins Tied to Bitget Hack—But Most Funds Slip Away
Circle and Tether have frozen a wallet linked to the massive Bitget exchange hack, cutting off roughly $318,000 in stablecoins from the attacker, though the bulk of the stolen fortune moved beyond reach before issuers c…
Bitcoin Targets Historical 77% Q4 Rally: Key Breakout Level to Watch
Bitcoin is looking at up to a 77% surge in price this Q4, based on historical movement in that period.
U.S. SEC's steadiest crypto advocate, Hester Peirce, to depart next week
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's longtime ally of the crypto industry, Commissioner Hester Peirce, has set a departure date for next week, marking an end to a long era in which she sought clear rules for th…
Blockchain Association sees leadership shift shortly after crypto Clarity Act fizzles
Summer Mersinger is leaving the helm of the Blockchain Association, one of the crypto industry's leading advocacy groups, a week after the sector weathered a major legislative setback in the loss of the Digital Asset Ma…
Bitget Hack Losses Climb to $387M: Here’s What Happened, and Why North Korea Is a Suspect
Hackers stole roughly $387.5 million in crypto from Bitget yesterday in what is believed to be the biggest crypto hack of the year. The likely suspect is, as usual, North Korea—though that’s yet to be confirmed, and Bit…
Strategy Proposes Daily Dividends Across Preferred Shares
Strategy is proposing daily dividends across STRF, STRC, STRK and STRD, changing how preferred shareholders receive their cash income. If implemented, dividends would accrue every calendar day, including weekends and ho…
Bitget Hack Details: How Fraudulent Approvals Enabled $387M Theft
Bitget says attackers stole $387.5M after compromising a critical backend system and triggering fraudulent transfer approvals.
Earnings Calendar ETFs: Why Active Has the Edge
Earnings season is here again, with the next few weeks promising some important earnings drops. From financials like JP Morgan Chase (JPM) all the way to most of the megacap tech names, markets will learn a lot. How, th…
Chinese Yuan: Consolidation with downside risk toward 6.7330 – UOB
UOB’s Quek Ser Leang and Lee Sue Ann describe USD/CNH as consolidating after a move to 6.7200, with momentum slowing in the very near term. For the coming days and weeks, they see the pair likely trading between 6.7120 …
Google Built an AI That Hunts Its Own Security Bugs
The company disclosed on September 24 that its Product Security team built an autonomous system called PageBreak, designed to hunt for real, exploitable vulnerabilities in Google's own web applications, according to a b…
Why Peter Brandt Still Won’t Call XRP An Investment: ‘Useful Doesn’t Mean Valuable’
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Bitcoin Rally Slows as $15.6 Billion Options Expiry Hits—XRP and Solana Keep Climbing
Bitcoin slipped to around $83,600 on Friday, a pullback of roughly 1% from the prior close, as the week's rally took a breather. The dip follows an intraday high near $87,000—territory Bitcoin hadn't touched in months—a…
Ex-CFTC leader to leave Blockchain Association after CLARITY vote fails
Former CFTC Commissioner Summer Mersinger joined the Blockchain Association in 2025 after resigning during her second term at the federal commodities regulator.
Differentiated Growth: The Baron Risk Optimized Large Cap ETF
Investors seeking a more consistent performance profile from their large-cap growth allocation may benefit from an approach that goes beyond the market-cap-weighted approach offered by many passive funds. Baron Capital’…
Magic Eden Warns Old Ethereum NFT Listings Are Exposed to Payment Processor Exploit
Magic Eden may have left Ethereum behind, but some of its old users' NFTs were still exposed.