Cryptocurrencies

Starknet’s September 2 outage arrived days after moving from one to three sequencers, forcing two reorgs and a hard look at decentralized ordering. Here is what multi‑sequencer designs change for liveness, reorg risk, and MEV, plus practical steps builders and users should take now.

Tether is rolling out USAT, a U.S.-regulated dollar token built with Anchorage Digital and Cantor Fitzgerald. Here is how this launch and a potential $500 billion valuation push could reorder stablecoins, DeFi, and real-world payments.

With Alpenglow approved in September 2025 and multiple validator clients advancing, Solana is preparing its biggest leap yet. Here is how sub-150ms finality could reshape exchange settlement, DeFi, payments, and cross-chain bridges over the next two quarters.

Fresh peer-reviewed research argues that today’s Ethereum rollup fees underprice the real bottlenecks. Attackers can cheaply flood data availability or craft prover‑killer transactions that stall finality. This review breaks down what fails, what it costs, and practical fixes teams can ship now.

Nine European banks have formed a Netherlands-based issuer to launch a MiCA‑compliant, euro‑pegged stablecoin as early as H2 2026. Here is how a bank‑issued token could reshape euro payments, on‑chain liquidity and cross‑border settlement, and what to watch before launch.

September 2025 ushers perpetual-style crypto leverage onto U.S. venues. Cboe’s Continuous futures and Coinbase’s CFTC-regulated perps promise deeper liquidity, new basis triangles, and funding capture on home turf while testing fresh guardrails for institutions and retail.

On September 17 and 18, 2025, the SEC approved generic listing standards that let NYSE Arca, Nasdaq, and Cboe list qualifying spot commodity ETPs, including crypto, without individualized 19b-4 orders. Here is what changed, why it matters, and what could list next.

DBS is listing Franklin Templeton’s sgBENJI tokenized money market fund alongside Ripple’s RLUSD on the DBS Digital Exchange, creating a bank-grade loop between stablecoin liquidity and yield with repo next. Here is why this 24/7 rail on XRPL could be the template for on-chain money markets.

A rare September 10, 2025 slashing of about 40 Ethereum validators tied to SSV-powered clusters is a wake-up call. We break down how DVT and live EigenLayer slashing reshape correlated risk and give operators and LST holders a practical playbook to reduce exposure now.

Polygon’s AggLayer is live on mainnet with pessimistic proofs and new incentives tied to POL staking. Here is how aggregation could unify cross‑chain liquidity in 2025 and 2026, cut bridge friction, and simplify the user journey.

MetaMask just made mUSD the default dollar inside its wallet. Powered by Bridge and M0, with Linea-first liquidity and day-one card spend, this distribution-first approach could reset fees, depth, and cross-chain behaviors across crypto.

Coinbase has closed its Deribit acquisition and now sits atop the deepest crypto options liquidity. Expect tighter spreads, migrating open interest, and a new compliance-first center of risk transfer that pressures Binance and Bybit while forcing CME to respond.

Congress voided the IRS DeFi broker rule on April 10, 2025 and the IRS followed with June transition relief for Form 1099-DA. Here is what changed and what did not, who is affected, the exact timeline, and what platforms and users should do now.

China’s securities watchdog reportedly asked mainland brokerages to halt RWA tokenization work in Hong Kong. Here is what the pause likely means for issuers, where liquidity shifts next, and how Project Ensemble and the new stablecoin regime shape the path forward.

sBTC has removed mint caps and landed its first centralized exchange listing. Here is how redeemable, Bitcoin‑native liquidity on Stacks can pull volume from WBTC and bridges into BTCFi, plus a practical playbook to plug in this quarter.

Telegram is rolling out a self-custodial TON Wallet to roughly 87 million U.S. users, turning chats into checkout. Here is the UX, growth, and compliance playbook teams can ship in Q4 to capture the moment.

Tornado Cash’s March 2025 delisting and an August jury split reset the U.S. privacy perimeter. See what changes for wallets, mixers, and DeFi interfaces, plus a concrete 90-day plan.

On September 18, 2025, the SEC approved generic listing standards that let NYSE Arca, Nasdaq, and Cboe BZX list spot crypto ETPs without case-by-case rule changes. Approvals can now arrive in about 75 days. Here is what changed, why GDLC is trading, what is likely next, and a 30-60-180 day playbook.