Author: John Smith

Bitfinex Securities has argued that the tokenized stocks debate must distinguish between third-party products and issuer-backed securities because each model gives investors different rights. Summary Bitfinex Securities says issuer consent is only one part of the tokenized stocks debate. Third-party tokens may reference shares without giving holders ownership or voting rights. Private-company products can leave token buyers with less information than direct investors receive. Transfer controls and market monitoring remain central concerns for blockchain-based stock products. Tokenized stocks require clear investor rights Bitfinex Securities Head of Operations Jesse Knutson told crypto.news that Robinhood CEO Vlad Tenev was “directionally correct” to…

Bitcoin has remained trapped between large liquidation zones near $76,000 and $82,000 as falling spot-market selling meets rising leverage before the Federal Reserve’s interest-rate decision. Summary Bitfinex analysts said Bitcoin could test liquidation zones near both $76,000 and $82,000 around the Fed decision. Short positioning above $82,000 has risen 43%, leaving up to $1.95 billion exposed to liquidation. Selling by long-term holders has fallen sharply since August, reducing potential resistance above the current range. A break below $76,000 could trigger a cascade of long liquidations spread across several price levels. The analysts said high real Treasury yields and energy-driven inflation…

Disclosure: This content is provided by a third party. Neither crypto.news nor the author of this article endorses any product mentioned on this page. Users should conduct their own research before taking any action related to the company. CryptoQuant says several key on-chain and demand indicators have entered bullish territory following Bitcoin’s 24% rally, suggesting that the cryptocurrency may be in the early stages of a new bull market. Summary CryptoQuant’s Bull Score Index rose from 30 to 80 as eight of its 10 indicators turned bullish. SHRMiner offers cloud mining contracts without requiring users to buy or maintain physical…

Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong has called for tokenized stocks to carry full backing from real securities as the exchange seeks to connect global investors with a U.S. equity market valued at more than $70 trillion. Summary Armstrong said Coinbase’s stock tokens represent real securities rather than synthetic assets or debt instruments. Coinbase holds underlying shares through an offshore special-purpose company and a regulated U.S. broker. Verified holders can request redemption, while dividend proceeds are generally reinvested after taxes and fees. The products remain unavailable to U.S. persons and are not registered under the U.S. Securities Act. Armstrong said in an…

Disclosure: This content is provided by a third party. Neither crypto.news nor the author of this article endorses any product mentioned on this page. Users should conduct their own research before taking any action related to the company. Accepting crypto has become easier for online businesses, but managing what happens before and after a customer sends a payment can still involve several moving parts. Summary Heleket allows businesses to accept Bitcoin, Ethereum, USDT and other supported cryptocurrencies, with incoming payment fees starting from 0.4% and no withdrawal fees. Businesses can integrate Heleket through its API or supported plugins, with test…

The Bank of Korea has warned that concentrated and leveraged trades linked to Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix could increase financial-market volatility if demand for artificial intelligence chips weakens. Summary Bank of Korea warned leveraged semiconductor trades could amplify volatility across domestic and overseas markets. Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix together represent nearly half of the benchmark Kospi’s market capitalization. Hong Kong-listed leveraged products tied to Korean chipmakers expanded more than twentyfold during 2026’s first-half. South Korea’s second-quarter real GDP grew 0.6%, while nominal output increased much faster year-over-year officially. The central bank raised its 2026 growth forecast to 2.6%…

TD Cowen has raised its price target for The Smarter Web Company to £0.73 ($0.99) from £0.64 ($0.87) while keeping its Buy rating after the Bitcoin treasury firm proposed a new perpetual preferred-share offering. Summary TD Cowen raised its Smarter Web price target to £0.73 from £0.64 and retained its Buy rating, implying roughly 90% upside from Monday’s share price. The analysts said the proposed MORE perpetual preferred shares could give the Bitcoin treasury company another source of long term capital. Smarter Web reported an approximately 11.5% Bitcoin Yield for the year through Sept. 2 despite selling nearly 178 BTC…

PayPay has added UnionPay QR payments across participating Japanese merchants while SMBC has begun deploying an OpenAI-powered interpreter to bank employees. Summary PayPay added UnionPay QR payments through HIVEX at participating merchants across Japan on September 3. UnionPay App users can register cards issued in mainland China, Hong Kong and Macau directly. PayPay says its network now supports 36 overseas payment services spanning 17 markets for visitors. SMBC-Interpreter uses OpenAI’s GPT-Live-1 to return live voice translations alongside synchronized onscreen text for employees. SMBC says customer audio and translated output are neither stored nor used for model training. PayPay said in…

Senate Democrats have met to assess a final 635-page Republican CLARITY Act proposal before a Sept. 15 procedural vote requiring 60 senators to begin debate. Summary Politico reported Senate Democrats met before Tuesday’s cloture vote as Republicans sought seven opposition-party votes. Republicans released a 635-page CLARITY Act draft containing 126 changes requested by Democratic negotiators Sunday. Trump accepted revised ethics restrictions covering federal officials, judges, lawmakers and their spouses’ digital assets. Treasury would receive circuit-breaker authority if payment stablecoins trigger widespread deposit flight from community banks. Sixty votes are required to begin debate; Tuesday’s action will not determine final passage…

Ripple has identified corporate treasury clients handling roughly $13 trillion annually as a potential distribution channel for its $2.4 billion RLUSD stablecoin. Summary $13 trillion represents annual transactions handled by Ripple Treasury customers, not projected RLUSD transaction volume. RLUSD circulating supply reached $2.4 billion after growing more than 50% during one month. Around $1.4 billion of RLUSD circulates on Ethereum, while $1 billion remains on XRPL currently. Ripple plans a MiCA-compliant dual-issuance structure before offering its dollar stablecoin across European markets widely. Payments, settlement and collateral currently provide Ripple’s main institutional use cases for its RLUSD stablecoin. CoinDesk reported on…