Sep 30, 2026 · 7 min · 7 segments
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BNB is down slightly at $769.
While staying with crypto, the Coinbase-backed Crypto Advocacy Group has launched its first round of Senate endorsements after the Digital Asset Market Clarity Act failed to advance in the Senate on September 15th.
The group, which says it has more than 3 million advocates, argues the failed vote makes electing pro-crypto lawmakers a priority.
Cauchy plans to end its volume incentive program no earlier than October 13th, shutting down a liquidity-boosting rewards scheme launched in March 2023 as the platform faces scrutiny over allegations of inflated trading activity.
The CFTC was reportedly examining repeated trades that contributed to more than $5 billion in Ether perpetual futures volume over the past month after critics pointed to about $539 million in 24-hour ETH per volume versus just $3.1 million in open interest.
Kalshi says it is not under investigation, denies wash trading occurs on the platform, and says the repetitive trades reflect market makers posting fixed quotes that faster traders repeatedly hit.
Despite the controversy, Kalshi's September volume reached a record $52 billion through September 29th, up from $38 billion in August.
well robin hood plans to launch perpetual futures trading for eligible us users in the coming months allowing long and short positions in bitcoin ether solana xrp dogecoin ada link and hype with up to 10x leverage on bitcoin and ether and 3x on other perps the service is supported by bitstamp and includes stop loss and take profit orders real-time liquidation tracking and risk alerts with profit and loss settled every 15 minutes Robinhood also plans to expand its existing 24-hour market into true 24-7 trading for a curated selection of U.S. stocks and ETFs pending regulatory review separately.
It launched Robinhood Agents, letting users build AI agents inside the app to conduct research, develop strategies, and trade automatically.
This builds on its May rollout, allowing third-party AI agents to connect to Robinhood, which has already attracted more than 150,000 agentic trading accounts whose tools are now being used nearly 30 million times per day.
Investigators found that 87% of surveyed wallets implicated in Iranian terrorism financing had primarily transacted in USDT.
which they attributed to the stablecoin's liquidity and widespread use by Iranian exchanges, while alleging Tether repeatedly failed to freeze wallets despite publicly available indicators of illicit activity.
Senator Blumenthal has asked the Justice and Treasury Departments to investigate potential sanctions and banking law violations and also raised concerns about Tether's U.S. political and financial ties, including former Cantor Fitzgerald Chief Howard Lutnick, now Commerce Secretary and former White House Crypto Council Executive Director Beau Hines, now CEO of Tether U.S., arguing those relationships warrant scrutiny of whether enforcement has been sufficiently rigorous.
And finally, the UK Financial Conduct Authority has started accepting authorization applications from crypto firms ahead of a new regulatory regime taking effect on October 25th, 2027.
Firms that want to keep operating in the UK must apply by February 28th 2027, with the framework covering activities including crypto trading, transactions, staking and custody, alongside rules for asset admissions and disclosures, market abuse, prudential standards, and consumer protection.
Approval is not automatic.
The FCA will assess firms on consumer protection, safeguarding of customer assets, market integrity and financial resilience, and existing registration under the money laundering regulations will not simply carry over.
BNB is down slightly at $769.
While staying with crypto, the Coinbase-backed Crypto Advocacy Group has launched its first round of Senate endorsements after the Digital Asset Market Clarity Act failed to advance in the Senate on September 15th.
The group, which says it has more than 3 million advocates, argues the failed vote makes electing pro-crypto lawmakers a priority.
Cauchy plans to end its volume incentive program no earlier than October 13th, shutting down a liquidity-boosting rewards scheme launched in March 2023 as the platform faces scrutiny over allegations of inflated trading activity.
The CFTC was reportedly examining repeated trades that contributed to more than $5 billion in Ether perpetual futures volume over the past month after critics pointed to about $539 million in 24-hour ETH per volume versus just $3.1 million in open interest.
Kalshi says it is not under investigation, denies wash trading occurs on the platform, and says the repetitive trades reflect market makers posting fixed quotes that faster traders repeatedly hit.
Despite the controversy, Kalshi's September volume reached a record $52 billion through September 29th, up from $38 billion in August.
well robin hood plans to launch perpetual futures trading for eligible us users in the coming months allowing long and short positions in bitcoin ether solana xrp dogecoin ada link and hype with up to 10x leverage on bitcoin and ether and 3x on other perps the service is supported by bitstamp and includes stop loss and take profit orders real-time liquidation tracking and risk alerts with profit and loss settled every 15 minutes Robinhood also plans to expand its existing 24-hour market into true 24-7 trading for a curated selection of U.S. stocks and ETFs pending regulatory review separately.
It launched Robinhood Agents, letting users build AI agents inside the app to conduct research, develop strategies, and trade automatically.
This builds on its May rollout, allowing third-party AI agents to connect to Robinhood, which has already attracted more than 150,000 agentic trading accounts whose tools are now being used nearly 30 million times per day.
Investigators found that 87% of surveyed wallets implicated in Iranian terrorism financing had primarily transacted in USDT.
which they attributed to the stablecoin's liquidity and widespread use by Iranian exchanges, while alleging Tether repeatedly failed to freeze wallets despite publicly available indicators of illicit activity.
Senator Blumenthal has asked the Justice and Treasury Departments to investigate potential sanctions and banking law violations and also raised concerns about Tether's U.S. political and financial ties, including former Cantor Fitzgerald Chief Howard Lutnick, now Commerce Secretary and former White House Crypto Council Executive Director Beau Hines, now CEO of Tether U.S., arguing those relationships warrant scrutiny of whether enforcement has been sufficiently rigorous.
And finally, the UK Financial Conduct Authority has started accepting authorization applications from crypto firms ahead of a new regulatory regime taking effect on October 25th, 2027.
Firms that want to keep operating in the UK must apply by February 28th 2027, with the framework covering activities including crypto trading, transactions, staking and custody, alongside rules for asset admissions and disclosures, market abuse, prudential standards, and consumer protection.
Approval is not automatic.
The FCA will assess firms on consumer protection, safeguarding of customer assets, market integrity and financial resilience, and existing registration under the money laundering regulations will not simply carry over.
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