Blockchain News page 7

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.

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.

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 exchange halted withdrawals after a hot wallet compromise, with its CEO pointing to IP address clues. Bitget's chief executive publicly confirmed a security breach affecting $351.6 million in digital assets. The funds were held in the exchange's hot wallet infrastructure, according to the company's disclosure.

Read against each other, the week's regulatory record shows an argument for lighter identity checks in the US and an actual rule demanding heavier ones in Brazil. Read against each other, the week's regulatory record shows an argument for lighter identity checks in the US and an actual rule demanding heavier ones in Brazil.

The crypto exchange's chief executive pointed to state-linked actors as the probable source of one of the year's largest hacks. Bitget's chief executive has said North Korean hackers were very likely behind a breach that drained approximately $350 million from the exchange.

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.

CEO Gray Chen says spoofed transfers, not stolen private keys, enabled the attack. Bitget has confirmed a major security breach resulting in losses of approximately $351.6 million. The exchange said hackers drained funds from wallets spanning multiple blockchain networks.

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.

A look at how fast each of today's stories moved from one newsroom to several, and what the pace of confirmation says about how solid each claim actually is. A look at how fast each of today's stories moved from one newsroom to several, and what the pace of confirmation says about how solid each…

Of four stories filed while US desks were dark, only the tokenized-deposit settlement report earned third-party corroboration; the rest sit at two publishers apiece. Of four stories filed while US desks were dark, only the tokenized-deposit settlement report earned third-party corroboration; the rest sit at two publishers apiece.

A five-year regulatory relief period sets terms for automated market makers trading tokenized equities, and XRP Ledger's native AMM feature puts it in position early. The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has granted relief that establishes terms for automated market makers, or AMMs, to handle trading of tokenized stocks, according to Cryptonews.com and Coinspeaker.

Multiple UK lenders have executed what is described as the world's first interbank transfers using tokenized deposits. The UK's largest banks have completed the first interbank transactions using tokenized deposits, multiple outlets reported. The transactions are being described as the world's first of their kind, marking a new phase for blockchain-based settlement within traditional banking.

The wallet infrastructure provider now offers expanded embedded wallet and payment features tailored to TRON-based applications. Privy has announced expanded support for TRON, adding wallet and payment infrastructure designed specifically for developers building on the network.

The integration lets banks move tokenized deposit transactions through Swift's blockchain messaging infrastructure. IBM has connected its Digital Asset Haven platform to Swift's blockchain ledger. The integration supports tokenized deposit transactions between financial institutions. Both The Block and CryptoBriefing reported the news on September 24, 2026.