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21shares has launched a regulated Zcash ETP on Euronext Amsterdam and Euronext Paris. The physically backed product gives investors exposure to ZEC without requiring them to hold the cryptocurrency directly. Grayscale’s Zcash ETF in the US has also gained attention, with both products carrying a 2.5% management fee. ZEC has surged more than 3,000% over the past year and now ranks as the ninth-largest cryptocurrency by market cap. After Zcash’s huge run of more than 3,000% over the past year, the privacy coin is finally getting a product that can be traded on European stock exchanges. 21shares has announced that…

Bitcoin options carrying roughly $16 billion in notional value expire on Deribit at 08:00 UTC on Friday, Sept. 25. Calls account for about $9.6 billion of that open interest and puts for about $6.4 billion.Bitcoin trades near $86,300 heading into the settlement, after climbing above $85,000 this week. Two US economic releases and the expiry of CME’s September Bitcoin futures follow within seven hours, stacking three separate tests into one trading day.The equity side settled firstLedn co-founder Mauricio Di Bartolomeo sees Friday as the second half of an expiry cycle that began on Wall Street.He said in a note to…

CFTC Chairman Michael Selig said on 22 September that U.S. markets must be readied for “mass tokenisation”, onchain finance and 24/7 trading. The CFTC added certain payment stablecoins issued by national trust banks to its eligible collateral list in February and plans further steps to encourage stablecoin adoption. Selig said crypto and precious metals may suit 24/7 trading now while agricultural, energy and some financial products may not, as the agency weighs longer trading hours. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) Chairman Michael Selig said on Tuesday that U.S. markets must be readied for “mass tokenisation”, telling the U.S. Treasury Market…

Europe’s central banks want the European Union to rethink a rule designed to make stablecoins safer, but that can also link a token run directly to the banking system.For reserve amounts tied to official currencies, MiCA currently requires issuers of non-significant tokens to keep at least 30% as deposits with EU credit institutions. The floor rises to 60% for significant tokens, according to the European Banking Authority’s technical standards.Reuters and Cinco Días reported Sept. 22 that the European System of Central Banks wants that fixed minimum removed. Deposits would remain eligible, while reserve safety would turn on how much could…

Treasury’s seventh Intergenerational Report, released 21 September, projects Australia’s economy will be more than twice its current size and income per capita 55% higher by 2065-66, in real terms. The report names AI one of five transitions shaping the next 40 years, alongside geopolitical fragmentation, the energy transition, faster population ageing and a shift towards services. Crypto, blockchain and stablecoins do not appear in the report, months after Parliament passed laws bringing crypto platforms under financial services licensing from April 2027. Treasury’s seventh Intergenerational Report, released Monday, names artificial intelligence “a defining influence on the economy over the next 40…

Solana generated more user fees than Ethereum in data provider DefiLlama’s Sept. 22 dashboard snapshot, while Ethereum burned more fees. The split shows that users’ spending can reach validators and applications without producing an equivalent benefit for someone simply holding the network’s coin.The data provider’s Solana overview showed about $1.1 million in chain fees over 24 hours and $117,138 in reported chain revenue. Ethereum’s overview showed $649,423 in fees and $226,298 in revenue.For these two networks, the revenue measure tracks fees reported as burned, removing tokens from supply without paying holders cash.Solana also led on displayed seven-day and 30-day fees,…

XRP Ledger (XRPL) validators have put BatchV1_1 on a conditional path to activate at 14:06:41 UTC on Sept. 29, turning a security near-miss into a live test of the network’s amendment process and its surrounding software.On Sept. 22, xrpldashboard showed 30 of 35 trusted validators supporting the amendment, above its displayed 28-vote threshold. The majority first appeared on-ledger on Sept. 15.Under XRPL’s amendment rules, support must remain above 80% for two weeks. A fall to 80% or less ends the majority period, so the activation date remains conditional.Sept. 29 is the first production test of whether XRPL’s validator process, reference…

Circle is doubling down on Binance after USD Coin (USDC) stablecoin customer balances on the exchange nearly quintupled since their first agreement.On Sept. 22, the companies announced a new five-year commercial agreement alongside Binance’s $100 million equity investment in Circle, extending a relationship that has turned the world’s largest crypto exchange into one of USDC’s most important distribution channels.The agreement focuses on expanding USDC access, particularly in emerging markets, and replaces arrangements signed in November 2024 and August 2025.Binance bought 1.237 million Circle Class A shares at $80.84 each, a 5% discount to Circle’s Sept. 17 closing price, and agreed…

XRP registered an intraday high of $1.60 on Sept. 22, with roughly $7.4 billion in reported volume. The move was strong, but the latest public data on regulated futures showed different positioning shifts across venues.The Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s Sept. 15 snapshot showed leveraged funds cutting their net short in CME futures by the equivalent of 46.3 million XRP in one week. Net short means reported short contracts exceeded reported long contracts.Across three separately reported Coinbase Derivatives products, adjusted for each contract’s unit, the same trader category reduced its combined net short by only 2.452 million XRP and remained short…

Fomopeek, a malicious iPhone app distributed through Apple’s App Store, has been linked to nearly $580,000 in stolen USDT.Blockchain security firm SlowMist began investigating the app over the weekend after receiving reports of stolen assets linked to exposed private keys.Some victims had previously installed versions 1.1 or 1.2 of the Fomopeek app, which was marketed as a read-only tool for tracking large cryptocurrency transactions across Ethereum, Solana and Tron.What is Fomopeek?Working with security researchers at crypto exchange OKX, SlowMist found two modules embedded in those versions that had no connection to FomoPeek’s advertised monitoring functions.One communicated with external command-and-control infrastructure,…