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Crypto assets have received a major boost as the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) jointly announced that registered U.S. trading platforms may now facilitate certain spot crypto transactions. The agencies emphasized that exchanges under SEC and CFTC oversight can move forward with digital asset trading under existing rules.
This marks a sharp shift from earlier caution, as leaders appointed under President Donald Trump push to integrate crypto into the mainstream financial system. SEC Chairman Paul Atkins said market participants should be free to choose their trading venues, while CFTC Acting Chair Caroline Pham called the announcement “a strong step toward growth and development” in crypto markets.
Both regulators highlighted ongoing initiatives—Project Crypto at the SEC and the CFTC’s “crypto sprint”—aimed at building a regulatory framework. Congress is also working on broader crypto legislation, but with regulators clearing a path, digital assets may soon see wider acceptance in U.S. markets.
Shiba Inu SHIB/USD edged higher on Tuesday as it became the first meme coin to be listed on the leading cross-chain decentralized finance protocol, Folks Finance.
Cross-Chain Trading For SHIB
SHIB’s official X handle confirmed that the coin will now be available for lending and borrowing on Folks Finance, letting holders earn yields or use their tokens as collateral across multiple blockchains.
The cross-chain functionality is enabled by Chainlink’s LINK/USD Cross-Chain Interoperability Protocol — a standard that allows developers to build applications that can send tokens and messages across the blockchain.
Folks Finance also announced the listing, calling SHIB “the first memecoin with…
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“People who are smart love my licensing deals because you don’t have any risk [and] you make tremendous amounts of cash.”
— Donald Trump
World Liberty Financial’s WLFI token became transferable for the first time on Monday, making the Trump family roughly $5 billion wealthier.
On paper, at least.
The 22.5 billion tokens that World Liberty granted to the Trump family’s DT Marks DEFI LLC are restricted, so they can’t be sold for the time being.
But the Trumps don’t need to: When World Liberty sells the WLFI tokens it created, 75% of the proceeds go to DT Marks…
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September is here, marking the non-technical end of summer, back to school and — oh yeah — the worst month (historically) for bitcoin.
Some have attributed lower market returns in the year’s ninth month (not just for BTC, but for the S&P 500, too) to post-summer rebalancing. Investors — inside and outside the crypto segment — return from vacations, re-evaluate portfolios and, perhaps, choose to lock in gains/cut losses, putting downward pressure on prices.
I looked back at a piece I wrote exactly one year ago about the September events that could move markets. It discussed…
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CEA Industries has doubled down on its crypto strategy, acquiring an additional 38,888 BNB valued at around $33 million. This move strengthens its position as the largest corporate holder of BNB, following its shift from nicotine vapes to building a focused BNB treasury earlier this year.
The Nasdaq-listed company now holds 388,888 BNB worth approximately $330 million. Backed by a $500 million private placement led by 10X Capital and YZi Labs, CEA aims to secure 1% of the entire BNB supply by the end of 2025, a target that would push its holdings to roughly $1.2 billion at today’s prices. CEO David Namdar emphasized that each purchase reflects the company’s conviction in BNB’s long-term potential.
BNB recently hit a record high of $900 before retreating to $844 amid market corrections. CEA believes its single-asset focus sets it apart, capturing network effects and aligning with BNB Chain’s growth, with the potential to build one of the largest corporate digital asset treasuries worldwide.
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Reflect Money announced today a $3.75 million seed round led by a16z crypto’s CSX accelerator, with participation from Solana Ventures, Equilibrium, BigBrain Holdings and Colosseum.
Reflect won Grand Champion in Colosseum’s 2024 Solana Radar hackathon.
The new capital will fund a “software-as-a-stablecoin” infrastructure that lets any app issue yield-bearing dollars without lockups or operational complexity, the team told Blockworks.
Reflect’s pitch is straightforward: Idle stablecoin balances should be put into productive DeFi yield strategies.
“Every idle asset…
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Strategy has acquired an additional 4,048 Bitcoin worth approximately $449.3 million at an average Bitcoin price of $110,981 per BTC, according to a Form 8-K filed with the SEC on September 2, 2025. The company’s total Bitcoin holdings now stand at 636,505 BTC, purchased at an aggregate price of $46.95 billion.
The latest purchase was funded through multiple at-the-market (ATM) offering programs, including proceeds from the company’s STRF, STRK, STRD, and MSTR ATMs. During the period from August 26 to September 1, Strategy raised $471.8 million through these offerings, demonstrating continued investor appetite for Bitcoin-linked securities.
The company’s aggressive Bitcoin…
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A pseudonymous crypto trader known as Techno Revenant has secured another outsized payday, realizing about $250 million from the launch of World Liberty Financial WLFI/USD, a DeFi token linked to U.S. President Donald Trump’s family.
What Happened: Blockchain data shows the trader invested $15 million in WLFI during its token sale last year, securing 1% of the total supply, according to Coindesk.
That allocation was distributed on Monday and valued at roughly $250 million as the token began trading.
The nine-digit haul follows a $38 million gain the same trader made last week on derivatives platform HyperLiquid HYPE/USD, capitalizing on volatility in Plasma XPL/USD as futures open interest…
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Ether Machine has raised $654 million in a private ether financing round, with 150,000 ETH contributed by longtime Ethereum supporter Jeffrey Berns.
The investment expands the firm’s treasury and places Berns on its board of directors as the company prepares to list publicly, according to Reuters.
The listing will take place through a merger with Dynamix Corporation, a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC), with completion targeted for the fourth quarter of 2025. Shares are expected to trade on Nasdaq under the ticker ETHM, and filings suggest the deal could unlock more than $1.6 billion in additional funding.
Following the announcement, Ether Machine reported holding…
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