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The CME is expected to launch AI computing capacity futures contracts on October 5, when AI infrastructure spending accounts for up to 2.5% of the US GDP.
The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) is preparing to solicit public comments on futures contracts tied to computing capacity, a key resource for AI development, as major exchanges move to roll out products linked to this emerging asset class.

Austria’s FMA fined Bitpanda €70,000 for violating rules on publishing a crypto-asset whitepaper under MiCA.
The Austrian Financial Market Authority (FMA) last week fined Bitpanda GmbH €70,000, equivalent to $81,130, for violating the EU Regulation on Markets in Crypto-Assets (MiCA), marking the first legally effective penalty under this framework announced by the regulator in Austria.

The share of tokenized stocks reached 15%, with a market cap of $2.8 billion, as Ondo, Binance, and xStocks account for 77% of the market.
The share of tokenized stock has just risen to 15%, three times higher than at the beginning of the year, becoming one of the few real-world asset (RWA) segments that has recorded clear growth momentum, amid rising interest in on-chain stock trading. The total market capitalization of this segment is currently about $2.8 billion, reflecting the rapid pace at which a pool of capital that previously accounted for only a modest share in the global RWA landscape has been expanding.

Revenue for the first half of 2026 at both Upbit and Bithumb fell by nearly 50% across the board, amid Bitcoin losing more than 30% of its value.
The two largest cryptocurrency asset exchanges in South Korea, Upbit and Bithumb, have just released their business results for the first half of 2026, showing a steep decline in both revenue and profit, clearly reflecting the缩缩 of activities in the domestic cryptocurrency market.
According to the dossier submitted to the Financial Supervisory Service of South Korea, Dunamu’s consolidated operating revenue, the parent company that operates Upbit, fell 49.1% year-on-year, from 801.9 billion won to 408.1 billion won. The company’s operating profit dropped even more sharply, by 79.7%, from 549.1 billion won to 111.5 billion won, while net profit decreased by 74.1% to 108.4 billion won.

Jeonbuk Bank became Ripple’s third Korean partner in the year, deploying 24/7 cross-border settlement in just a few seconds.
Ripple has just announced a partnership with South Korea’s Jeonbuk Bank to roll out Ripple Payments for real-time cross-border remittance transactions. According to a statement released on Tuesday, the partnership will enable settlements to operate continuously 24/7, with transaction completion times ranging from just a few seconds to a few minutes—an impressive improvement over traditional remittance transfers through the SWIFT system, which can take days to process.

OpenAI president Greg Brockman urged bolstering defensive AI agents, even as the Hugging Face incident demonstrates the limits of America’s commercial models.
OpenAI president Greg Brockman on Monday announced a policy paper titled “Defender’s Window,” calling on all security teams to begin deploying AI agents immediately. His central argument revolves around the idea of a brief window of time before attackers catch up to capabilities that today’s AI can already perform, and during that window, defensive organizations need to take advantage of the technology before that advantage is narrowed.

Starting in 2027, cryptocurrency asset exchanges will face new restrictions when selling stablecoins to customers in the U.S.
The U.S. Treasury Department on Monday unveiled a proposed rule that would determine which types of stablecoins are allowed to be issued or sold in the United States under the GENIUS Act framework, which was signed into law last summer. This is a specific implementation step of Section 3 of the Act, laying down the legal foundation for the issuance and distribution of payment stablecoins across the United States.

Payward has been granted access to Claude Mythos 5 to hunt for security vulnerabilities, becoming the first crypto-asset company to participate in the program.
Payward, the parent company of the crypto exchange Kraken, has officially joined Project Glasswing, a cybersecurity program initiated by Anthropic to allow vetted organizations to access the company’s most capable AI models with advanced security capabilities. This is the first crypto-asset company noted as a program partner and granted permission to use Claude Mythos 5, an AI model from the highest tier within Anthropic’s product ecosystem.

A new ECB survey shows that crypto assets account for only 1% of direct sales and 0.2% of online businesses that accept payments.
The European Central Bank (ECB) has just released the results of a survey on how businesses use payment instruments across 21 countries in the euro area, showing a clear gap between crypto assets and traditional payment methods, even though the crypto asset market has grown strongly in recent years. Accordingly, crypto assets still remain a niche segment, with almost no foothold in the day-to-day commercial activities of the 21 euro-area economies.

The number of people holding tokenized stock reached over 1.31 million, and monthly trading volume rose 179% to $23.13 billion.
According to data from RWA.xyz, the number of people holding tokenized stock more than doubled over the past month, reaching 1.31 million. Monthly transfer volume increased by nearly 180% over the same period to $23.13 billion, while the number of active monthly addresses rose 34.62% to nearly 572,000 addresses.

Cboe proposes to list leveraged 3x Bitcoin and Ether ETFs, sponsored by Volatility Shares, which require separate SEC approval.
Cboe BZX Exchange is seeking approval from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to list a series of commodity leveraged exchange-traded funds (ETFs), including Bitcoin and Ether products, with the goal of generating daily returns three times the volatility of the underlying assets.

Trump and CFTC Chair Selig are expected to meet with Coinbase, Ripple, and Kalshi executives at the White House on Wednesday.
U.S. President Donald Trump is expected to attend a meeting at the White House on Wednesday with leaders in the cryptocurrency industry and market participants, according to two sources familiar with the plans who spoke with The Block. CFTC Chair Michael Selig is also expected to be in attendance, one of the sources said.

JPMorgan cuts ties with Polymarket from October 2025 but still wants to underwrite the company if it IPO, according to FT.
JPMorgan Chase ended its banking relationship with the Polymarket prediction market in October 2025 and asked the company to find a new banking partner, the Financial Times (FT) reported on Friday. Since then, Polymarket has moved its accounts to another lending institution, although the FT could not identify the institution.

Ireland has unveiled its first national AML strategy, applying enhanced checks to personal wallets under FATF transfer rules.
Ireland on Thursday announced its first national anti-money laundering (AML) strategy, including measures for crypto assets, focusing on wallets held outside regulated entities.
The country’s Ministry of Finance said the remaining provisions of the EU Funds Transfers Regulation set out new obligations for crypto asset service providers (CASPs), requiring “enhanced checks” for transfers involving personal crypto asset wallets, while applying stricter due diligence procedures when dealing with crypto asset companies abroad.

Bank Leumi partners with Galaxy Digital to offer Bitcoin, Ether, and Solana trading through the Leumi Trade app, scheduled to launch in early 2027.
Bank Leumi and Galaxy Digital said on Thursday that the two sides will bring digital asset trading services to Israel’s largest banks through Pepper, Bank Leumi’s digital investment arm. According to an official press release, customers of Leumi and PEPPER, the bank’s mobile digital banking platform, will be able to buy, hold, and sell a selection of crypto assets, including Bitcoin, Ether, and Solana, directly within Leumi Trade’s capital markets app.

SharpLink deposits 200 million USD worth of Ethereum via Lido in the form of wstETH, equivalent to 12% of the total ETH the company holds.
SharpLink, the company that manages reserves for encoded assets, headquartered in Miami, said Thursday that it will place a deposit of 200 million USD worth of Ethereum via Lido, the largest liquid staking protocol on Ethereum. The tokens will be received as staked ETH wrapped (wstETH), a receipt token representing the amount of ETH staked along with the accrued rewards, while Anchorage Digital will handle custody.

A hacker is selling tax data of more than 678,000 French people, increasing the risk of scams and extortion attacks targeting Bitcoin holders.
A hacker is advertising for sale a data repository of French taxes, which could cause more than 678,000 individuals and businesses, including people who hold Bitcoin, to face risks of phishing scams, identity theft, and targeted attacks.

Apple combines its own AI model with Alibaba’s Qwen, after clearing regulatory hurdles set by the Cyberspace Administration of China.
Apple is moving closer to bringing Apple Intelligence to iPhones in the Chinese market, after successfully training an artificial intelligence (AI) model specifically for this region with support from Alibaba.
According to Reuters, citing three sources familiar with the matter, the Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC) registered Apple’s generative AI service last month. This is an important step that helps the company overcome legal hurdles that until now have prevented competitors such as OpenAI’s ChatGPT or Anthropic’s Claude from reaching Chinese users.