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According to reports from Seoul Economic Daily, the overseas KRW-denominated stablecoin KRWQ has removed tokenized Korean Treasury Bonds (KTB) from its reserve assets, approximately six months after their inclusion. KRWQ's reserves currently consist only of two USD stablecoins: USDC and frxUSD. KTB was co-issued by Shinhan Securities and the RWA tokenization platform Etherfuse, with underlying assets comprising Korean government bonds with maturities of one year or less. Shinhan Securities stated that upon learning KTB was used as a reserve asset, it considered the move a compliance risk and directed Etherfuse to remove it, while emphasizing that there is no cooperative relationship between Shinhan Securities and KRWQ. Previously, KRWQ had promoted itself as "the first KRW stablecoin to adopt tokenized Korean government bonds as reserve assets," and the project continues to face scrutiny over money laundering allegations.
Odaily reports: Block, the payment company founded by Jack Dorsey, has submitted an application to the U.S. Office of the Comptroller of the Currency to establish an uninsured national trust bank named Builders Bank & Trust, N.A. Proposed president and CEO Lee Woolley stated that the bank will leverage Block's experience in digital assets, the history of Square Financial Services, and the team's banking expertise to provide custody and other trust services including Bitcoin and stablecoins, and to establish a federal regulatory framework for some of Block's existing custody operations.This application joins the ranks of fintech and crypto companies seeking federal bank charters. Since 2025, the U.S. Office of the Comptroller of the Currency has received 40 applications for new bank charters, approved 21, and rejected only 2. Previously, Revolut received conditional approval, and Coinbase, Paxos, BitGo, Ripple, and Circle have also joined the related ranks.
Odaily News: Stablecoin issuer Circle has agreed to acquire Singapore-based payment infrastructure company Tazapay in an all-stock transaction valued at $400 million. The deal is expected to close in 2027 and remains subject to regulatory approvals, including approval from the Monetary Authority of Singapore.Tazapay has over 60 banking and fintech partners, providing local payout infrastructure across more than 100 markets, with annualized payment volume exceeding $25 billion, of which approximately 60% of transactions involve stablecoins.Tazapay has served as a design partner for the Circle Payments Network since 2025. Circle CEO Jeremy Allaire stated that combining USDC, Tazapay's banking network, and institutional client base can drive global adoption; Circle's Senior Vice President of Payment Business Irfan Ganchi noted that the acquisition will enhance its global payment send and receive capabilities. (Bitcoin.com News)
According to CoinDesk, U.S. Bank, the fifth-largest commercial bank in the United States, announced that it has completed a cross-border real-time payment using its self-developed US dollar stablecoin, USBDC. The transaction was executed between entities in North America and Europe via the Stellar blockchain. This test covered USBDC’s minting, redemption, freezing, and recall functions, while also verifying the compatibility of the bank's internally developed Digital Asset Platform with its financial, compliance, and risk control systems. U.S. Bank stated that it is exploring the application of USBDC in scenarios such as cross-border financial operations, liquidity management, and collateral transfers, though it has not yet disclosed a timeline for customer rollout. Previously, 21 financial institutions including Bank of America, Citigroup, and Goldman Sachs announced plans to jointly issue a stablecoin, while several European banks have formed the Qivalis alliance to issue a euro stablecoin, indicating an increasingly clear trend of banks entering the stablecoin sector.
Odaily News – A Hyperliquid user's account was compromised through unauthorized access, with approximately 738,600 USDC transferred out and an additional 10,287 HYPE unstaked. The affected account is identified by a specific address, with some of the stolen funds flowing to an address suspected to be associated with Bitget. As of the time of verification, the 10,287 HYPE remained in the staking balance and had not yet entered the withdrawal queue. If the attacker proceeds to initiate cWithdraw, the affected assets would be further transferred after a 7-day waiting period. In two similar recent cases, staked assets were stolen a second time due to the lack of a user-triggerable emergency pause mechanism, resulting in losses exceeding $1.1 million. Relevant recommendations include introducing a Guardian or Recovery mechanism that users can pre-enable, which would only temporarily pause withdrawals, transfers, and authorization changes. The pause would expire automatically, and restoration would require a time lock and evidence review, with all actions recorded on-chain.
Circle Internet Group announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Tazapay, a Singapore-based B2B cross-border payment infrastructure company. The transaction is expected to close in 2027, subject to customary closing conditions and regulatory approvals, including approval from the Monetary Authority of Singapore.
Odaily News: Brazil's cryptocurrency market recorded a trading volume of 505.5 billion reais in 2025, approximately $98.7 billion, representing a more than fivefold increase from 94.9 billion reais in 2020. Corporate-related transactions totaled 497 billion reais, accounting for 98.3% of the total tracked by Brazil's Federal Revenue Service, with individual investors accounting for the remainder.Itaú, Brazil's largest bank by assets under management, now offers 15 crypto assets through its investment app, including Bitcoin, Ethereum, and the USD-pegged stablecoin USDC. Fintech company Nubank lists 28 crypto assets, while Banco do Brasil has seen trading volume exceed 11 million reais since opening direct trading in Bitcoin and Ethereum in January.Filings with the Central Bank of Brazil through March 2026 show that Brazilian banks hold no proprietary virtual asset positions, but may custody and process crypto assets on behalf of clients. Since 2025, Itaú, Bradesco, Santander, Banco do Brasil, and Nubank have all expanded their crypto asset service offerings.Brazil passed the Virtual Asset Legal Framework in 2022 and issued three regulatory resolutions in November 2025, requiring institutions providing crypto asset trading, custody, or transfer services to obtain licenses, meet minimum capital requirements, and maintain segregated client accounts, with a compliance deadline of October 30, 2026. Banco Safra issued the USD-pegged stablecoin Safra Dólar in September 2025, with the bank providing self-custody. (Decrypt)
Odaily News, Circle has published a statement on the cirBTC reserve mechanism, stating that each cirBTC is backed 1:1 by one native BTC and can be redeemed for native BTC at a 1:1 ratio. The corresponding BTC is held by Circle-affiliated entities and custodied by Circle National Trust, which is regulated by the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC). The reserve assets are segregated from Circle's corporate assets and are used solely to protect the interests of cirBTC holders. cirBTC is currently live on Ethereum and will receive native support once the Arc mainnet launches, with future expansion to more blockchains. Circle also provides on-chain reserve verification through a public BTC reserve address and the Chainlink Proof of Reserve mechanism, allowing market participants to compare the scale of reserved BTC against the circulating supply of cirBTC across all supported chains.
Odaily News – Coinbase Derivatives and Coinbase Financial Markets, subsidiaries of cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase, respectively submitted Form 1-N and Form BD-N to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on September 1, with plans to launch single-stock perpetual contracts in the United States.Coinbase Chief Policy Officer Faryar Shirzad stated that the relevant products still require approval from the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) in the next step. The two filings pertain to registration as a security futures exchange and a limited-purpose security futures broker, respectively.Since March 20, Coinbase has offered non-U.S. users 10x perpetual contracts on stocks such as Apple, Nvidia, and Tesla, settled in USDC and supporting 24-hour round-the-clock trading. U.S. users were previously explicitly excluded from this product. (Bitcoin.com News)
Odaily News: At a hearing of the U.S. House Financial Services Committee, Circle President and former CFTC Chair Heath Tarbert stated that the GENIUS Act has established a federal regulatory framework for payment stablecoins, effectively building a "dollar layer" for the Internet financial system. He urged Congress to next pass the CLARITY Act to complete the long-term regulatory framework for the digital asset "market layer." Additionally, Tarbert called for the final implementation rules of the GENIUS Act to close regulatory arbitrage loopholes for offshore stablecoins, requiring intermediaries that actually serve U.S. customers to be subject to corresponding restrictions, and ensuring that foreign stablecoin issuers meet truly comparable regulatory standards.
According to Circle's official blog, Circle's cross-chain infrastructure CCTP has officially expanded support for native cross-chain transfers of the euro stablecoin EURC. EURC operates on the same "burn-and-mint" model as USDC, with initial cross-chain settlement support between Ethereum and Base. Developers can transfer both USDC and EURC via a single unified interface without connecting to multiple bridge providers, effectively reducing integration complexity and enhancing liquidity efficiency. EURC is issued by a regulated affiliate of Circle, while CCTP does not hold or manage user assets.
Circle announced that USDC, EURC, the Cross-Chain Transfer Protocol (CCTP), and Bridge Kit are now live on Plasma. Payment service providers, fintech companies, digital banks, and developers on Plasma can use regulated US dollar and Euro stablecoins to support scenarios including payments, cross-border remittances, multi-currency foreign exchange, on-chain transactions, lending, liquidity provision, treasury management, corporate payments, and global settlement.
Decentralized lending protocol Ajna tweeted that Ajna v2 was exploited and is investigating abnormal fund flows, advising users to withdraw all funds, repay loans, and pause interactions with the protocol. The incident caused approximately $775,000 in losses across pools including syrupUSDC, wstETH, rETH, cbETH, WBTC, WETH/USDC, and sDAI, attributed to a liquidation accounting manipulation attack.
Odaily News, Avici announced that its card partner Rain discovered today a vulnerability in an old Solana card contract used by Avici and a few other projects. The relevant contract has now been upgraded across all projects, and no further unauthorized activity has been detected. This incident only affected the standalone Solana contract used to hold post-deposit card balances; users' Avici wallets and card balances are isolated from each other, and funds in Solana and EVM self-custody wallets are safe and unaffected. Upon review, a total of 1,685 users were affected, with combined card balances of approximately $500,900. Avici has committed to fully refunding card balances to all affected users and has filed a report with the FBI's Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3). Previously reported, Avici, a crypto banking project, saw its native token AVICI allegedly suffer a hacker attack, with losses of approximately $1.02 million. The attacker transferred 10,000 SOL stolen from the project to another wallet, converted it into approximately $1.02 million USDC, and then swapped the funds into approximately 418 ETH via cross-chain operations.
Chelsea Football Club (Chelsea FC) announced a sponsorship partnership with stablecoin issuer Circle, prompting a warning from UK regulators that such collaborations constitute "suspicious transactions."
: AI anti-fraud company Socure announced the completion of a $156 million strategic growth funding round, valuing the company at $5.2 billion. The round was led by Summit Partners, with participation from Wells Fargo, Goldman Sachs Alternatives (under Goldman Sachs), DocuSign, and others. In addition, the company also announced the acquisition of AI startup Fravity, aiming to leverage AI agents for fraud, risk, and compliance investigations. The specific acquisition amount has not been disclosed yet. Its anti-fraud services are currently applied to companies including crypto exchange Coinbase, stablecoin issuer Circle, digital bank Revolut, and Robinhood. (Crunchbase)
Circle Internet, the issuer of the stablecoin USDC, has become the new primary shirt sponsor for Premier League club Chelsea Football Club, with financial terms yet to be disclosed. Earlier reports indicated that Chelsea had sought a front-of-shirt sponsorship fee of £65 million (approximately $88.3 million) per year. Chelsea will debut the new jersey featuring the USDC logo in its first Premier League home match of the season. This partnership marks the first time a cryptocurrency financial services company has become a primary shirt sponsor for a Premier League club. Circle is authorized by the UK Financial Conduct Authority under an electronic money license.
Japanese crypto asset trading service provider Coincheck announced that it completed its registration for the electronic payment instrument services business on August 27, 2026, becoming the second company in Japan to secure this type of stablecoin-related license. Coincheck stated it will gradually launch operations related to stablecoins and on-chain finance, leveraging its prior collaboration with U.S.-based Circle to expand USDC use cases in Japan. The company noted that stablecoins provide price stability pegged to fiat currencies, enabling round-the-clock, fast, and low-cost transfers and payments.
Odaily News: The Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas (Dallas Fed) reported that tokenized deposits could allow customers to move funds more quickly in search of higher yields, potentially undermining bank funding stability. The bank estimates that a 10% increase in deposit rate sensitivity could reduce banks' interest rate risk-bearing capacity by approximately $700 billion.The report notes that tokenized deposits differ from stablecoins like USDT and USDC, as they are regulated, interest-bearing deposits. However, instant settlement, smart contracts, and AI could lower deposit stickiness. If demand deposits become easier to transfer rapidly between institutions, banks' willingness to hold long-term fixed-rate assets may decline.The bank also stated that if the weighted average maturity of deposits shortens by 10%, the banking system's maturity transformation capacity could decrease by $580 billion. Institutions including Custodia, Vantage, Barclays, BMO, and Swift have already tested or advanced projects related to tokenized deposits and 24/7 settlement. (Decrypt)
Odaily News: Coinbase Chief Policy Officer Faryar Shirzad has written an article rebutting the American Bankers Association's concerns about stablecoin rewards, stating that existing data does not support the claim that stablecoin platforms paying rewards will lead to deposit outflows from community banks and weaken local credit. Current law already permits such rewards, and Coinbase has been paying rewards to USDC users for over four years. Faryar Shirzad noted that from June 2019 to March 2026, community bank deposits grew by 26%, an increase of approximately $482 billion; research by Charles River Associates and the Council of Economic Advisers similarly found no significant relationship between stablecoins and bank deposits. The modification the American Bankers Association is requesting does not concern technical details in the CLARITY Act. The current text prohibits users from receiving returns solely for holding idle funds, but allows rewards for genuine activity; the amendment proposed by the American Bankers Association could expand restrictions to ordinary stablecoin use cases, and leave questions such as whether merchant rebates constitute bank interest to be decided by regulators and litigation. Faryar Shirzad calls for maintaining the existing compromise and passing the CLARITY Act, stating that the bill would grant banks new authorities in custody, staking, lending, payments, clearing, and market making.