Crypto

Core Summary Japanese financial giant SBI Group has led Singapore-headquartered stablecoin payments firm dtcpay’s $25 million Series A financing. The new capital will primarily be deployed to expand Asia-Pacific business, strengthen cross-border payment infrastructure, and promote compliant integration of stablecoins into traditional payment scenarios. As a major player in Southeast Asia’s stablecoin payments space, dtcpay’s access to traditional finance capital will further accelerate compliance across the industry. Editor: GoodInfo Global News Team ...

Core Summary Ethereum’s core development team has officially confirmed the specific timeline for the Glamsterdam upgrade, marking the countdown to this highly anticipated network upgrade. The team also warned that some fake builders may drag down network performance and the upgrade process through low-quality protocol proposals, calling on the community to focus on substantive improvements that can truly advance the ecosystem. Editor: GoodInfo Global News Team

Core Summary Global ratings giant S&P Global Ratings announced on September 17 that it has reached a definitive agreement to acquire blockchain security company OpenZeppelin. This marks S&P Global’s second major investment in crypto infrastructure within just a few months, signaling that traditional ratings agencies are accelerating their deployment in tokenized finance risk management systems. OpenZeppelin will continue operating as a standalone business unit, with financial terms undisclosed. Event Details According to The Block reporting, the core objective of S&P Global’s acquisition is to address technical risks faced by banks and asset managers in their onchain finance operations. As one of the most recognized smart contract auditing and development tool providers in the Ethereum ecosystem, OpenZeppelin’s client base spans decentralized finance protocols, enterprise-grade blockchain projects, and numerous well-known DeFi applications. ...

Core Summary The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on September 17 formally released its long-awaited “innovation exemption” rule, granting a five-year registration waiver to tokenized securities trading venues, allowing them to operate legally without applying to become national securities exchanges. The move represents a substantive response by U.S. securities regulators to crypto industry demands and a proactive initiative by regulators amid congressional inaction on crypto legislation. Event Details According to reporting by The Block and CoinDesk, the SEC’s “innovation exemption” is a blanket regulatory waiver with broad scope. Documents show that any qualified tokenized securities trading venue can operate during the five-year validity period without completing the cumbersome registration procedures required of traditional stock exchanges. This design significantly lowers compliance barriers and provides valuable trial-and-error space for emerging financial infrastructure. ...

Core Summary The US Treasury announced new sanctions on Iranian cryptocurrency exchange BitBank on September 17, accusing the platform of using the previously sanctioned Hormuz Safe payment channel to transfer cryptocurrency funds collected since June 2026 to Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps. This sanctions action marks a further escalation of US pressure on Iran’s cryptocurrency financial infrastructure and represents the first explicit accusation against a mainstream Iranian domestic crypto trading platform for directly providing funding channels for military organizations. ...

CoinDesk reported on September 16 that Bitcoin Core version 32 has entered final testing and is expected to be released in October. The upgrade brings improvements in validation speed, fee estimation, and mempool policy, and fixes a wallet vulnerability that could allow authenticated users to execute commands on a node. As the mainstream full-node software of the Bitcoin network, the update has profound implications for the stability and security of the Bitcoin ecosystem.

Stablecoin giant Circle officially launched the Arc blockchain mainnet on September 16, with BlackRock, Visa and other institutions among the first validators and 10 billion ARC tokens minted at launch. Circle CEO Jeremy Allaire called Arc ‘more consequential’ than USDC, marking the issuer’s strategic transformation from a single-product company into an infrastructure operator.

CoinDesk reported on September 16 that the Zcash community governance vote has overwhelmingly approved proposals to speed up transaction confirmation and adopt a Bitcoin-style periodic halving mechanism. The result is among the most consequential protocol evolutions in Zcash history and will have lasting implications for its long-term supply curve, mining economics, and the broader privacy-coin narrative.

The US Senate failed to advance the Clarity Act on a procedural vote, formally ending this Congress’s effort to pass a comprehensive crypto regulatory framework. Despite millions spent on lobbying by Coinbase, a16z and other industry leaders, the outcome deepens uncertainty across the sector.

The US Department of Justice announced on September 15 criminal charges against two Robinhood engineers, alleging that between 2025 and 2026 they used inside information about the company’s upcoming crypto asset listings to take front-running positions on Hyperliquid decentralized perpetual contract exchange, with illegal profits potentially reaching several million dollars. This case represents the first criminal charge by US judicial authorities for insider trading conduct on a decentralized finance (DeFi) protocol, and will have profound effects on DeFi regulation, on-chain transaction privacy, and US crypto industry compliance architecture.