SEC Staff Releases New FAQs on Crypto Assets
SEC staff FAQs explain how token classification, staking receipts and buybacks are treated, but they cannot create new legal obligations.
SEC staff FAQs explain how token classification, staking receipts and buybacks are treated, but they cannot create new legal obligations.
An SF Fed study finds stablecoin issuers have added $200 billion in Treasuries, changing who supports the dollar debt market.
Evernorth plans an XRP treasury of at least 473 million coins, but most would come from contributions rather than cash purchases.
The SEC’s revised buyback FAQ offers relief to functional networks without a central party, leaving many issuer-run programs outside its protection.
StablePair uses a fixed reference price and cached data that can leave LPs exposed when a stablecoin weakens. The available data does not prove better returns.
Singapore led its region in measured crypto activity as institutional platforms rose 94%. The data shows less about individual adoption.
Dune data shows tokenized cash is the largest RWA class but rarely trades, while equities drive most onchain activity.
NEAR Protocol is seeing renewed activity through Intents, confidential trading and tokenized assets. Here are three projects building on that growth.
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Restaking fees lag ordinary staking as Ether.fi exits EigenLayer and Ether.fi shifts toward cards, borrowing and vaults.
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Aave’s new stock-token market keeps lending open while stock feeds freeze. Here’s why USDC suppliers may carry the gap when feeds reopen.
Ethereum’s post-Hegota roadmap would shift more work into proofs, shorter slots and fewer onchain signatures, but major engineering gaps remain.
XRP Ledger logged 11,432 new accounts on September 24, more than triple its 30-day average. Here is what the chart does and does not say.
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Bitquery classified 58.4% of its $201.4B Solana DEX sample as circular or botlike trading over 30 days.
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Cross-border stablecoin flows rose 77.5% to $220.3 billion in 12 months through June 2026, per Chainalysis. Crypto market cap fell 37% to $2.1 trillion.
Solana took more user fees than Ethereum on DefiLlama's Sept. 22 snapshot, but its reported burn ran lower. The gap runs through fee design, not volume.
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The median 18-month return for the top 20 non-mining bitcoin treasury stocks is roughly negative 18%, while BTC itself is up less than 3%.
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Glassnode's Altcoin Cycle Signal printed a new altseason reading at 81.25 as Bitcoin dominance stalled under 60%. Altcoin market cap is up 33% since Aug 19.
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Plasma's $160M XPL unlock leads a $900M week of token releases on Sept 24-25, 2026.
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Robinhood CEO Vlad Tenev said on CNBC crypto event-contracts are taking a disproportionate share of platform flow and sports will fall into the minority within
Bitcoin options now carry more open interest than futures for the first time, while offshore dated futures volume sits 97% below its 2021 high, per Glassnode
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RWA futures overtook crypto perpetuals only in a trade.xyz vs Hyperliquid comparison. Across CEX derivatives, RWA was 15.2%, per CoinDesk Research.
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David Schwartz says his XRP Ledger hub has become more stable, with fewer peers disconnects and 501 active peers. The reason for the improvement remains unknown.
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Eric Balchunas says Bitcoin ETFs could eventually hold three times the assets of gold ETFs. Scenario math shows what $1.85 trillion in ETF assets could mean for BTC.
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CV Summit 2026 will bring global financial and technology leaders to Zurich on September 29 - 30 to discuss digital assets, AI, tokenization and the future of financial infrastructure.