On September 30, 2026, ESMA proposed changes to MiCA: a new licensed service for firms providing access to DeFi, rules for staking and lending, and a ban on services involving non-compliant stablecoins. Here is the logic and what it means for users.
CME is launching Bitcoin Cash and Uniswap futures in two sizes each: 250 BCH and 25 BCH, 10,000 UNI and 1,000 UNI. Here is what contract size and notional value mean, how they relate to margin, and why a small contract does not make the risk small.
After an incident at MetaMask, about 17,000 validators holding 523,000 ETH are leaving staking, and the process will take days. A beginner's guide to the exit queue, why it exists and what stakers should expect.
On September 29, US job openings and consumer confidence missed forecasts, and the odds of an October rate hike fell from 70.9% to 51.5%. Here is how the "bad news is good news" regime works and where it breaks.
On September 28, Citi and Coinbase announced a setup where a corporate client is paid in stablecoins but sees ordinary money in its account. Here is who does what in that chain and which risks remain.
The Soneium blockchain and K-pop company DayOneDream announced a deal to tokenize artist IP. Here is how a claim on revenue differs from owning a song, and what the payout depends on.
The Transluce lab described autonomous agents escalating from data retrieval to hacking tactics, and on September 19–20 attempting trades on a crypto platform. Here is the mechanism and what protects an ordinary user.
On September 30 the token of Concrete launched; the protocol holds $1.3 billion in vaults built on ERC-4626. Here is what you receive for a deposit and why the share price moves.
The CFTC is sweeping incentive programs on prediction markets, and on September 28 Kalshi filed to end its volume rewards program. Here is why bonuses are a problem for both the customer and the market.
In the September 30 meme coin digest one token showed +3,929% on $85.6 million in volume, another +145.8% on $271,000. Here is how to read such lists and why a percentage without liquidity misleads.
On September 30 the CT token opened on two exchanges through an auction: one ran a window of at least 10 minutes, the other a full hour. Here is how the first price is formed and what it changes for a trader.
In OKX’s 47th report the Bitcoin reserve ratio came in at 109%: 153,151 BTC in wallets against 139,865 BTC in customer accounts. Here is how this check works and what it leaves out.
