🇺🇸 US Reportedly Explores Promoting Dollar-Backed Stablecoins Abroad The United States is reportedly examining a plan to push dollar-backed stablecoins overseas, according to Cointelegraph. The reported effort is aimed at strengthening the greenback’s position as the world’s reserve currency.
📊 US Treasury yields surge to highest level since 2007. US Treasury yields have climbed to their highest point in more than 16 years, per market data reported by Cointelegraph. The reading marks the highest yield level recorded since 2007.
🚨 Coinbase Dropped From UK Finance Lobbying Group Coinbase has been dropped from UK Finance, one of Britain’s biggest financial-services lobbying groups, per Bloomberg. The removal was reported by Bloomberg.
🇺🇸 CFTC Chair Mike Selig says the agency is preparing for the "era of onchain systems, mass tokenization, 24/7 trading, and agentic finance." Selig leads the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission, the federal regulator overseeing commodity and derivatives markets. The remarks were reported by WatcherGuru.
📊 Tron leads stablecoin daily users by chain in 2026, with Polygon second. CryptoRank data shows Tron holding the top spot by a wide margin, citing heavy use for everyday transfers. Polygon ranks second, with growing use across payment-focused apps.
💲 Tether ($USDT) rejects MiCA license in EU over reserve rules. Tether declined to apply for a MiCA license in the EU, CEO Paolo Ardoino said, citing rules requiring 60% of significant stablecoin issuers’ reserves in commercial bank deposits. He said that makes stablecoins less protected, noting EU deposit insurance covers only €100,000. Ardoino said Tether may reconsider when MiCA becomes safer for consumers and stablecoin issuers.
📈 PGIM Credit's Greg Peters: US financial conditions are improving Greg Peters, co-chief investment officer at PGIM Credit, noted that US financial conditions are improving. He shared his outlook for the bond market on Bloomberg Surveillance.
🇵🇰 Pakistan minister pitches strategic $BTC reserve at UN event Pakistan’s Minister Bilal Bin Saqib advocated for creating a strategic Bitcoin reserve, according to Bitcoin Magazine. He made the case at a United Nations event in New York City.
📈 On-chain options notional volume reached a two-year high of $7.52B in Q3 2026. The figure rose 73% quarter-over-quarter, according to CryptoRank. Derive recorded $6.64B in options volume, accounting for roughly 88% of total on-chain options activity.
🇪🇺 JUST IN: Raiffeisen Bank International plans crypto trading via Bitpanda across 11 European markets. The $234 billion bank intends to bring crypto trading to its network banks in 11 European markets through Bitpanda, according to Cointelegraph. The plan covers Raiffeisen’s network banks across those markets.
🚨 BitMEX shuts down exchange operations BitMEX has ceased exchange operations, according to Cointelegraph. Users can still log in and withdraw funds, but deposits are no longer credited.
📊 Spot Crypto ETFs Log Net Inflows Across Ten Assets Spot ETFs spanning multiple crypto assets recorded net inflows on Sept. 22, according to Cointelegraph. $BTC led at $714.75M, followed by $ETH at $162.31M, $ZEC at $32.81M, $SOL at $28.87M, and $XRP at $20.02M. $LINK drew $1.89M, $DOGE $1.17M, $AVAX $1.15M, $HBAR $401.65K, and $LTC $152.85K.
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