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Regulators tighten oversight of digital asset businesses as the city pushes for tighter market structure standards. Hong Kong regulators have broadened financial reporting oversight to cover licensed cryptocurrency firms, according to reporting from Cointelegraph and CryptoBriefing. The expanded requirements apply to businesses already holding licenses to operate in the city's digital asset sector.

Neville's exit coincides with reports of a Circle CFO departure and a regulatory green light for the trust bank venture Catena. Sean Neville, one of the co-founders of stablecoin issuer Circle, has stepped down from the company's board of directors.

CoinDesk and CryptoBriefing both report RedotPay's completed audit, but disagree on whether the company's US IPO has been pushed to 2027. CoinDesk and CryptoBriefing both report RedotPay's completed audit, but disagree on whether the company's US IPO has been pushed to 2027.

Fraudsters impersonated an Ethereum layer-2 project to lure traders into losing funds, sources report. Scammers have stolen more than $2 million by creating a fraudulent version of GIWA, an Ethereum layer-2 blockchain, according to reports from CryptoBriefing and Bitcoin.com News.

Regulators are examining market maker oversight following a yen-pegged token's sharp deviation from its peg. South Korean regulators are weighing new liquidity standards for stablecoins pegged to the won, according to a report from crypto.news.

The update removes the need to hold native tokens just to cover transaction costs. Binance Wallet has introduced a feature that lets users cover gas fees using USDT instead of each network's native token. The update applies across four major blockchain networks, according to reports from CryptoBriefing, Coinfomania, and crypto.news.

A federal asset forfeiture action targets funds connected to accounts associated with the stablecoin issuer, raising fresh questions about oversight. US federal prosecutors are seeking to seize $84.2 million connected to accounts linked to Tether, the issuer of the world's largest stablecoin, according to Cryptopolitan.

Smith, who currently leads the Solana Policy Institute, will hold both roles as the crypto trade group manages a leadership transition. The Blockchain Association, one of the crypto industry's most prominent Washington-based advocacy groups, has appointed Kristin Smith as its interim chief executive.

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A new arrangement with Binance is expected to widen USDC's reach in emerging markets, according to industry analysts Circle has entered into a new arrangement with Binance, the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange by trading volume. Analysts tracking the stablecoin sector say the deal gives USDC a meaningful boost in its ongoing competition with Tether’s USDT.

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New guidance from agency staff outlines conditions under which certain staking activities may fall outside federal securities law. The Securities and Exchange Commission's staff has released a set of frequently asked questions addressing staking, according to reports from crypto.news and The Cryptonomist.

Stablecoin issuers moved to lock stolen funds as Bitget dangles a 5% bounty for recovery help Bitget, a major cryptocurrency exchange, suffered a security breach that resulted in the theft of digital assets now estimated near $351.6 million, according to crypto.news.

Ripple USD's expanding supply coincides with broader growth across stablecoins issued on the XRP Ledger. Ripple USD, the company's dollar-backed stablecoin known as RLUSD, has climbed to a new supply high near $2.5 billion. Reports on the figure vary slightly, with one outlet placing the total just above $2.4 billion.

The raise will fund infrastructure aimed at supporting stablecoins and tokenized real-world assets, according to a report from NewsBTC. HIFI has raised $37 million in new funding to build infrastructure for stablecoins and tokenized markets, according to a report published by NewsBTC.

The stablecoin issuer's representative warns the penalty could disproportionately harm retail investors rather than curb speculation. A Circle executive has spoken out against a proposed German tax rule that would apply a 50% penalty to certain crypto-related transactions. The criticism was reported by Bitcoin.com News and Cryptopolitan on September 25 and 26, 2026, respectively.

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Stablecoin issuer moves to reassure markets after its banking partner was linked to a multimillion-dollar U.S. seizure action. Tether has publicly addressed its banking relationship with EQIBank, an offshore financial institution now linked to a U.S. asset seizure.