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USDC issuer Circle announced the launch of a new service called "Digital Asset Collateralized Loan," enabling institutional clients to borrow USDC by collateralizing Bitcoin. This feature leverages on-chain lending markets to enhance capital efficiency for institutions.
Odaily reports: Bitcoin News posted on X platform that Bitcoin Core 32.0 is currently undergoing release candidate testing, with developers targeting an October 10 release. This version can accelerate block validation through parallel database reads, but will not change block generation speed. Four wallet commands will default to the updated partially signed transaction format, while the legacy format remains available on demand. A security patch prevents specially crafted wallet names from executing commands on non-Windows nodes, and in one test reduced unauthenticated HTTP-induced memory growth from approximately 3.2GB to approximately 3MB.
Odaily reports, according to monitoring by Bitcoin News, security researchers have discovered that versions 1.1 and 1.2 of FomoPeek, distributed through the Apple App Store, contain an iOS exploit framework capable of escaping the app sandbox, enabling the extraction of keychain data, wallet files, and mnemonic phrases. SlowMist has linked the app to multiple theft incidents and traced nearly $580,000 in stolen USDT flowing into a primary address. Users who have installed either of the aforementioned versions should treat any keys accessible on that iPhone as compromised, generate new mnemonic phrases on a clean device, and immediately transfer their funds.
Circle announced that its Digital Asset-Backed Borrowing (DABB) feature is now live on the Arc and Ethereum networks, available to eligible Circle Mint institutional clients. Clients can deposit Bitcoin, mint Circle Wrapped Bitcoin (cirBTC), and supply cirBTC as collateral to third-party lending markets via a self-custody wallet within a single workflow. Borrowed USDC will be settled directly into the Circle Mint account balance, without requiring the sale of the pledged Bitcoin; the collateral can be released upon USDC repayment.
Odaily reports: Bitcoin News posted on X that Core Lightning is urging node operators to immediately disable experimental features, as developers are investigating a vulnerability that could put channel funds at risk. This is Core Lightning's second warning within a few weeks, following an August patch and the release of the 26.06.7 upgrade after a series of AI-generated CVE reports. Core Lightning has not yet disclosed how the experimental feature could be exploited.
据 CoinDesk 报道，比特币 Volmex 隐含波动率指数（BVIV）永续合约已在去中心化衍生品交易所 Hyperliquid 上线，交易者可直接做多或做空比特币未来 30 天的隐含波动率，无需通过期权间接建立波动率仓位。该合约以 USDC 计价并作为抵押品，上线初期最高提供 5 倍杠杆，指数数据由 Seda 的预言机基础设施接入链上。
Odaily News: Hyperliquid has launched a perpetual contract linked to the Volmex Bitcoin implied volatility index, allowing traders to directly trade the magnitude of Bitcoin price fluctuations rather than price direction.Kinetiq's Markets, together with Volmex and Perps.fun, jointly pushed for the launch of this product. This is the first on-chain perpetual contract market for the Volmex Bitcoin volatility index. (CoinDesk)
Odaily News: Bitcoin fork project Bitcoin BLAKE2b developers plan to restrict miners from unlocking newly mined tokens, with a waiting period set at 45 days. The related change is proposed to be executed at block height 973440. The chain forked from Bitcoin on August 8.Its native token BTCB2 is also labeled by some trading platforms as Bitcoin BLAKE2b, Bitcoin BIP-110, or XBT. BTCB2 has fallen 84% from its September high of $1,799, trading at approximately $270 to $315 in recent hours.Developer Luke Dashjr stated that some BLAKE2b mining pools are "attacking" the network. After forking, the chain inherited Bitcoin's difficulty, mining only about 8 blocks in the first 22 days, before resuming operation by enabling BLAKE2b hashing and adjusting difficulty.Currently, the chain is not listed by most trading platforms or CoinGecko and CoinMarketCap. Trading platform Neoxa has stated it supports the upcoming soft fork. (Bitcoin.com News)
According to The Block, X has filed a lawsuit against two UK residents, accusing them of coordinating nine accounts to post identical Bitcoin content to fraudulently extract over £207,000 (approximately $276,900) from the X Revenue Sharing Program, with the funds transferred via Stripe accounts registered under different names.
Odaily News: Michael Saylor, founder and executive chairman of Bitcoin treasury company Strategy, has once again posted Bitcoin Tracker-related information, with the caption "A little more orange." Based on previous patterns, Strategy typically discloses Bitcoin holdings changes the day after such messages are posted.
Odaily News: After Strive's Bitcoin holdings surpassed 25,000 last week, its CEO Matt Cole posted an orange dot image on Sunday with the caption "Accelerate." The post hints that Strive may announce another large Bitcoin purchase tomorrow. (Bitcoin News)
Toyota announced during the 2026 Santa Cruz International Expo that customers can use Bitcoin to purchase Toyota vehicles. Bitcoin thus becomes an additional payment method following the Bolivian peso, US dollar, and Tether (USDT). Related transactions are processed through a platform provided by Towerbank, while digital asset custodian BitGo supplies the technology, security, and transaction tracking infrastructure. Toyota had previously introduced USDT payments in 2025.
Odaily News: Geoff Kendrick, Global Head of Digital Asset Research at Standard Chartered, stated that ARB is expected to reach $10 by the end of 2030. The forecast uses $0.14 as a reference price, approximately 48 times the current price of $0.21; its annual targets also include $0.5 in 2026, $1.5 in 2027, $3.5 in 2028, and $6.5 in 2029.Arbitrum's monthly revenue for September is projected to reach $5 million, representing a more than 5x increase from before Robinhood Chain's launch. Robinhood Chain launched its public chain mainnet on July 1 based on the Arbitrum platform, targeting tokenized assets and decentralized finance applications; under the Expansion Program, 10% of protocol net revenue is returned to the Arbitrum ecosystem, with 8% going to the ArbitrumDAO treasury and 2% supporting the Arbitrum Developer Guild.ARB is an ERC-20 governance token used for voting on ArbitrumDAO proposals. It currently does not represent on-chain asset ownership, nor is there a mechanism for directly capturing Arbitrum revenue. Standard Chartered noted that a slowdown in the tokenization process, competing blockchains, and ARB's lack of a direct value capture mechanism are the main risks facing this forecast. (Bitcoin.com News)
Odaily reports: Bitcoin News posted on X that @DesobedienteTec, after porting SeedSigner to a handheld game console, has once again released a working proof-of-concept version of Sparrow Wallet. The device features two microSD card slots and supports a camera, a virtual keyboard, as well as emulators for Nintendo, SEGA, N64, PSP, and PS1 games.
Odaily News: Japan's first licensed yen stablecoin, JPYC, was listed on South Korean cryptocurrency exchange Upbit on September 17. The JPYC/KRW opening reference price was 8.81 Korean won, and it subsequently rose to 35.7 Korean won, reaching a high of approximately 37 Korean won, equivalent to over 3 yen.JPYC minted 1.687 billion yen on that day, and its circulating supply grew from approximately 1.9 billion yen to over 4.2 billion yen within about 48 hours. After the new supply entered the market, JPYC's price gradually returned to its 1:1 yen peg. (Bitcoin.com News)
Bitcoin News posted on X that attackers accessed a small number of Blink custodial accounts and withdrew funds. Blink stated that the vast majority of funds remain safe, and non-custodial wallets were not affected; the Bitcoin payment protocol Spark, which it uses, supports multiple Lightning Network wallets, but it has not yet been confirmed that Spark was the source of this security incident.
According to Bitcoin News on X, Bull Bitcoin and Paymium had requested the court to suspend Decree No. 2025-1276 issued on December 19, 2025. The September 14 ruling stated that the privacy harm was insufficient to justify an emergency suspension, and that the likelihood of a data breach was "extremely low."
Odaily News: BitcoinTreasuries.NET posted on X that after The Smarter Web Company announced plans to launch the UK's first Bitcoin-backed preferred stock, its shares TSWCF rose more than 36% over the past week.
According to an official Binance announcement, Binance Futures will officially launch the USDⓈ-M and COIN-M quarterly 0326 delivery contracts following the settlement of the quarterly 0925 delivery contract at 08:00 UTC on September 25, 2026. The USDⓈ-M contracts cover BTCUSDT and ETHUSDT with USDT settlement, while the COIN-M contracts cover BTC, ETH, BNB, XRP, and SOL with settlement in the respective underlying assets. All contracts offer up to 50x maximum leverage (20x for BNB, XRP, and SOL on COIN-M), supporting 24/7 trading. Please note that during the 10-minute period leading up to expiry, users may only close positions or place reduce-only orders; opening new positions is not permitted.
Hyperliquid has launched a manual lending and borrowing feature, which shares the underlying HyperCore infrastructure with portfolio margin. The platform's total borrowed assets currently amount to $269 million. Users can collateralize HYPE and Bitcoin to borrow USD-denominated assets such as USDC and USDT; borrowers pay interest, asset suppliers earn interest, and interest rates are determined by the capital utilization rate.