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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.

Fresh fund inflows and a prediction-market forecast put fresh attention on XRP's price ceiling this month. XRP exchange-traded funds have pulled in $38 million in fresh capital, according to a report from AMBCrypto. The inflow figure has renewed focus on whether the token can push through the $1.60 resistance level that has capped recent rallies.

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.

A federal appeals court has handed prediction-market platform Kalshi another courtroom setback over state oversight of its sports contracts. A federal appeals court has ruled that states can regulate Kalshi's sports prediction markets, according to reports from CNBC and Cryptopolitan.

The firm's latest 494,000-token purchase extends a buying streak tied to a $305.5 million profit on its HYPE holdings. Hyperliquid Strategies has expanded its holdings of HYPE, the native token of the Hyperliquid decentralized exchange, with a purchase valued at $45.8 million.

The draft proposal outlines who can issue a dollar-pegged stablecoin and presumes many yield-sharing deals are prohibited. The Federal Reserve has drafted rules that would spell out who qualifies to issue a stablecoin under its regulatory umbrella.

New guidance permits onchain recordkeeping as Congress stalls on crypto market structure legislation The Commodity Futures Trading Commission has updated its rules to let futures brokers invest customer funds in tokenized assets. The change was issued through staff guidance rather than a formal rulemaking.

State regulators accuse the prediction market platform of running unlicensed gambling, and Polymarket has filed its own countersuit. New York state authorities have sued Polymarket, alleging the platform runs an illegal gambling operation within the state. The filing was reported by Crypto News Australia and Crypto Daily on September 25, 2026.

The ARK Venture Fund, known as ARKVX, now exists in tokenized form, giving blockchain-based exposure to holdings that include OpenAI and Anthropic stakes. ARK Invest has moved its flagship venture fund onto Ethereum, tokenizing the roughly $1.3 billion vehicle through a partnership with Securitize.

A new TokenInsight report also credits the exchange with the deepest BTC and ETH futures books among tracked platforms in September. MEXC's spot market liquidity for Bitcoin and Ether has expanded sharply since the summer. Finbold reported that order book depth for both assets on the exchange more than doubled between July and late September.

Reports indicate a fresh custodial move follows a month-long detention episode tied to the privacy wallet case. A co-founder of Samourai Wallet is reportedly facing a new transfer, according to Cointelegraph and crypto.news, following what both outlets describe as a 30-day ordeal.

The latest inflow figure caps a stretch that has pulled in $2.8 billion and helped offset earlier outflows U.S. spot Bitcoin ETFs added $191 million in net inflows, according to figures reported across multiple outlets tracking daily fund flow data.

The liquid restaking protocol accuses the cross-chain messaging firm of failures tied to a major loss of user funds Kelp DAO, the liquid restaking protocol behind the rsETH token, has filed a lawsuit against LayerZero and a co-founder of the cross-chain messaging network.

The new on-chain products are currently available only to traders outside the United States, according to reporting on the launch. Ondo Finance has begun offering tokenized portfolios built around investment strategies originally developed by BlackRock, according to reporting from Cryptopolitan and CryptoSlate.

Commissioner suggests zero-knowledge proofs could verify identity without collecting excess personal data. SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce has renewed calls to rethink how crypto firms verify customer identities. She argued that existing know-your-customer, or KYC, frameworks demand more personal information than regulators actually need.

New rule extends disclosure requirements to trades involving personal, non-custodial wallets. Brazil has issued a new regulatory requirement obligating reporting of large cryptocurrency transactions involving self-custody wallets. The threshold for triggering the reporting obligation is set at $10,000, according to reports from Bitcoin.com News, Coinfomania, and crypto.news.

A new privacy proposal aims to bring shielded transfers, long associated with Zcash, directly to Bitcoin's core protocol. Bitcoin researchers have proposed adding Zcash-style shielded transactions to Bitcoin's base layer, according to CryptoSlate and Bitcoin.com News. The idea would import a privacy technique long associated with dedicated privacy coins into Bitcoin's own protocol.