According to OKX market data, ZEC briefly broke through 1,650 USDT to set a new all-time high. It is now trading at 1,617 USDT, up 10% in 24H, with a market cap of approximately $27.451 billion.

Odaily News: The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has issued an advisory opinion cautioning prediction market platforms that "mention market" contracts may face manipulation risks.

The CFTC did not prohibit such trading contracts, but stated that platforms permitting such bets must meet high standards. (CoinDesk)

Odaily reports that Brian Armstrong posted on X that commonly used AI Agents can be connected to Coinbase for trading, payments, and financial management. The post demonstrated the operation on Muse, and this feature is applicable to almost all AI Agents.

Odaily reports that Arc officially announced that Circle's onchain FX engine StableFX is now live on the Arc mainnet. Arc is a public chain launched by Circle, designed for stablecoins and payment use cases; StableFX supports 24/7 settlement, enabling near-instant or delayed settlement, ensuring that both parties either receive funds simultaneously or neither receives funds, and supports trading with multiple vetted counterparties through a single contract, using a unified RFQ model for pricing. The global foreign exchange market has a daily trading volume of nearly $10 trillion, most of which still relies on traditional trading hours.

Odaily News: The fund was founded by Abu Dhabi-based investor and Further Ventures co-founder Mohamed Hamdy, with Thoro Capital Management serving as the manager and Mohamed Hamdy as Managing Partner. Thoro Capital Management will settle in USD via stablecoins and lend directly to digital asset institutions, with Hashed as the anchor investor. The fund employs a covenant-based underwriting approach, assessing borrowers' financial condition, cash flow, and management performance, aiming to alleviate the financing issues caused by traditional banks' regulated capital requirements and crypto lenders' reliance on asset-collateralized underwriting. Tokenized private credit has become the largest real-world asset (RWA) category by cumulative on-chain lending volume, with total loans exceeding $14 billion, while the traditional private credit market exceeds $3 trillion. Previously, Hashed obtained a financial services permission from the Abu Dhabi Global Market and signed a memorandum of understanding with the Abu Dhabi Investment Office.

Odaily reports, according to Onchain Lens monitoring, two wallets suspected to be controlled by the same entity staked 106,410 HYPE, worth $10.25 million; and 106,180 HYPE, worth $10.24 million, totaling 212,590 HYPE staked, worth $20.49 million. The relevant wallet addresses are 0x8bdd...6aec and 0x1ca9...5120, respectively.

Odaily reports: Michael Selig, Chairman of the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), stated that regulators need to prepare for large-scale tokenization and adjust existing market rules for new technologies such as blockchain and AI. With the development of tokenization, on-chain finance, and 24/7 trading, the changes in financial markets over the next decade may exceed the sum of those over the past several decades. The CFTC will seek more ways to encourage market participants, exchanges, and clearinghouses to responsibly adopt stablecoins; over the past year, the agency has issued guidance and sought public comment on 24/7 trading in energy derivatives markets, and in February of this year, it included stablecoins issued by national trust banks within the scope of eligible collateral. The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) last week released an "innovation exemption" to provide room for on-chain trading of tokenized stocks.

Odaily reports: a16z and the DeFi Education Fund jointly submitted a proposal to U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Commissioner Hester Peirce, recommending the establishment of a safe harbor rule that creates a "rebuttable presumption" that decentralized exchange (DEX) protocols and their front-end interfaces do not constitute "exchanges" as defined under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. On the same day, a16z submitted a separate letter calling on the SEC to establish a registration regime for centralized crypto trading platforms, modeled after the 1998 Alternative Trading System (ATS) rules. Both letters were dated September 14, and three days later, the SEC issued an "innovation exemption" for tokenized equity trading venues.

Odaily News: U.S. Republican Senator John Curtis of Utah has sent a letter to Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley and Ranking Member Dick Durbin, calling for an investigation into whether Donald Trump Jr. and Hunter Biden used their presidential family connections to obtain private economic benefits, and requesting that both be subpoenaed.

Curtis noted that Donald Trump Jr. previously accepted wedding gifts from Russian oligarch Umar Kremlev, actively promoted a family-backed crypto business, and served as an advisor to a prediction market platform; the company in question is regulated by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission. Donald Trump stated that his son has returned the relevant payments to Umar Kremlev.

Curtis also requested an investigation into Hunter Biden's large-scale business dealings with foreign entities, as well as whether both individuals used their relationship with the president to create business value. He mentioned that Joe Biden pardoned Hunter Biden in December 2024, and the latter had previously denied involving his father in business transactions.

The call for this investigation comes one week after Senate Republicans failed to secure enough Democratic support to advance the Digital Asset Market Clarity Act. Some Democratic lawmakers opposed the bill, citing reasons including Donald Trump's use of crypto businesses to gain benefits related to the presidency; Donald Trump disclosed that he earned $1.4 billion from digital asset-related businesses in 2025. (Cointelegraph)

Odaily News: White House crypto affairs advisor Patrick Witt and U.S. Treasury Assistant Secretary for Financial Institutions Luke Pettit stated that they hold reservations about the possibility of the Clarity Act making progress by the end of the year, with the current focus being on developments at financial regulatory agencies.

The two noted that during the "lame-duck" session following the congressional elections, whether the relevant crypto bill can regain momentum will depend on the election results. (CoinDesk)

Odaily News: Taylor Lindman, Chief Legal Counsel of the SEC's Crypto Task Force, stated that the SEC is advancing crypto asset custody rules, and the related proposal has been submitted to the White House Office of Management and Budget for review, covering investment companies and broker-dealers.

The rules aim to clarify that broker-dealers holding non-security crypto assets do not require special registration, and would allow investment advisers to place client assets with state-chartered trusts and other institutions. After the review is completed, the SEC will formally propose the rules and seek industry and public feedback.

Odaily News: Coinbase posted on X that Coinbase for Agents now supports AI agents in accessing stocks, cryptocurrencies, and derivatives markets. With the x402 payment feature, AI agents can pay for market data fees while executing user instructions.

Odaily News: This acquisition will enhance Bookit's ability to provide crypto institutions with native travel and experience booking platform access services, and strengthen the tokenization capabilities of on-chain points and interoperable rewards. As part of the acquisition of Spree.Finance, Animoca Brands will become a strategic investor and shareholder of Superlogic, and its Chief Operating Officer Minh Do will join the Superlogic advisory board. Following the completion of the acquisition, the Bookit ecosystem will add 27 white-label partners including Kraken, MetaMask, and EtherFi, and open a travel, retail, and VIP experience network covering over 2 million merchants to partners and end users.

Odaily News: On September 21, a white hat actor transferred 40.71 BTC linked to the Coldcard vulnerability in a single transaction valued at approximately $3.31 million. The transaction consolidated funds from 11 addresses and included an OP_RETURN message pointing to the Crypto Recovery Trust.

Alex Thorn, head of Galaxy Research, disclosed that the broader consolidation involved a total of 52.37 BTC across multiple clusters of attacker addresses, accounting for approximately 2.8% of the funds tied to the vulnerability. A firmware flaw in Coldcard devices dating back to March 2021 resulted in insufficient mnemonic seed randomness, with the total funds involved peaking at approximately $130 million. (Decrypt)

Odaily: Sui announced on X that agentic finance requires real-time data, and GraphQL Subscriptions is now live on the Sui mainnet.

According to Gate data, gold (XAUUSD) has risen above $4,350/oz, now trading at $4,350.44/oz, up 0.1% in 24 hours.