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According to The Wall Street Journal, SK Hynix has officially called off the U.S. IPO plan for its memory chip subsidiary Solidigm and terminated the concurrent pre-IPO financing. The company said the decision was primarily based on recent capital market conditions and stock price trends, and does not signal any changes in Solidigm's business outlook or investment needs.
Odaily report: New financial platform Bybit today announced the official launch of Stocks, allowing eligible users to trade over 1,000 U.S.-listed stocks and ETFs through Bybit, covering a wide range of popular U.S. equities and ETF tickers.Following the launch of Stocks, Bybit users who have completed KYC verification and are located in permitted regions can directly buy and sell supported U.S. stocks and ETFs using USDC. Unlike price derivatives or synthetic instruments, Stocks gives Bybit users access to the economic rights of a broader range of securities.Key features currently available on Stocks include:- Over 1,000 U.S. stocks and ETFs, with fractional share trading supported for eligible securities- Trading with USDC, funded directly from your Bybit account- Corporate action support, including cash dividends, stock dividends, and stock splits- 24/5 trading, covering U.S. pre-market, regular, and after-hours sessions (subject to product availability)- Zero commission on eligible stock tradesEligible users holding positions can receive the corresponding economic rights. Cash dividends will be converted from USD to USDC and deposited into the Unified Trading Account (UTA), while stock dividends will be directly reflected in users' holdings. Voting rights are planned for a later phase.Orders are routed through Bybit's regulated brokerage infrastructure and executed by U.S. self-clearing broker Alpaca, with underlying securities custodied by Alpaca. In addition to crypto spot and derivatives trading, Bybit also connects to traditional market opportunities through the MT5 platform, tokenized stocks, and TradFi perpetual contracts, and the launch of Bybit Stocks further completes Bybit's multi-asset platform layout.Bybit Stocks is offered by Infra Capital Limited (introducing broker), which is regulated by the Mauritius Financial Services Commission (GB23202169). Clearing and settlement services for U.S. securities are provided by Alpaca Securities LLC (FINRA/SIPC member). Specific terms and conditions for this product are available on the official website. Investment products carry the risk of principal loss, and users should read the Risk Disclosure Statement before investing.
Odaily News: A report by the U.S. Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations (PSI) has identified stablecoins, particularly USDT, as a key liquidity channel supporting Iran's shadow banking system. Licensed Virtual Asset Service Providers (VASPs) in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) region face heightened sanctions compliance pressure and need to strengthen wallet attribution identification and counterparty assessment.Soham Jethani, a partner at law firm Septten, stated that merchants settling crypto assets into local fiat currency does not mean they can circumvent sanctions risk. Liability may arise from providing designated persons, funds, or economic resources, as well as handling assets within the transaction chain, and may materialize before the bank completes final settlement.Jethani noted that the name of a stablecoin or its denomination currency does not determine legal ownership; specific rights depend on contractual arrangements and the actual payment process. Globally circulating stablecoins may also bring secondary sanctions risk. Indirect or historical wallet associations do not automatically constitute a violation; determination requires consideration of the applicable regime, transaction participants, and specific facts.In regulated markets such as the UAE, licensed exchange wallets are continuously monitored, and relevant funds can be frozen before consumer settlement, while merchants must also complete KYC. Regulated VASPs handling deposits and withdrawals bear responsibility for counterparty and sanctions risk assessment and corresponding controls. (Bitcoin.com News)
Today's financial calendar focuses on macroeconomic data such as China's foreign exchange reserves, European and U.S. industrial output, and housing price indices. Markets will closely monitor changes in U.S. API and EIA crude oil inventories, the New York Fed's inflation expectations, and the Federal Reserve's monetary policy meeting minutes.
Odaily reports: The U.S. Senate failed to pass a key procedural vote on the Digital Asset Market Clarity Act, leaving the bill's future uncertain. The bill aims to clarify the division of regulatory authority over the crypto market between the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC).The two parties failed to reach agreement on ethics provisions that would restrict the crypto business ties of the President and senior government officials. Disagreements over stablecoin yield, decentralized finance risks, and the bill's text, combined with the approaching midterm elections, are all affecting the bill's advancement. (CoinDesk)
Fetch.ai officially announced that it was hacked, with attackers breaching the system via stolen signing keys and transferring funds to withdrawal wallets. An on-chain attack analysis report tracing the complete path from the key leak to the attacker's withdrawal has been published on the ASI:One platform. Currently, Fetch.ai has collaborated with SingularityNET to disable the affected wallets and related contracts. The investigation is ongoing, and updates will be provided continuously.
SEC Chairman Paul S. Atkins issued a statement today announcing that an "innovation exemption" will provide a temporary, conditional regulatory exemption for on-chain trading of certain tokenized NMS stocks. However, Chairman Atkins indicated that the exemption requires meeting four key conditions: First, qualifying tokenized securities venues (TSVs) must be U.S. entities and comply with the economic and trade sanctions rules of the U.S. Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC); Second, a permissioned access model must be implemented, allowing only qualified participants to trade tokenized NMS stocks; Third, trading of synthetic tokenized stocks is prohibited; relevant tokenized stocks must be tokenized by the underlying stock issuer or an unaffiliated third party, and holders must enjoy the same rights as traditional securities, including dividend and voting rights; Fourth, issuers retain the right to object to and block the trading of their securities on TSVs, and the anti-fraud and anti-manipulation provisions under federal securities law remain fully applicable to related securities activities.
Markets widely expect the Federal Reserve to raise interest rates by 25 basis points this month. Key highlights of the meeting include voting splits, adjustments to the dot plot, and guidance on the inflation trajectory and future policy from Chair Warsh's press conference.
According to Bitfinex Alpha, Bitcoin broke below the key support level of $77,100 on September 15, closing at $75,702 with a daily decline of 3.2%, marking its third consecutive closing lower after breaking through the recent range bottom. On that day, US spot Bitcoin ETFs recorded a net outflow of $450.4 million, with Fidelity FBTC seeing an outflow of $214.8 million and BlackRock IBIT recording an outflow of $161.7 million, accounting for 84% of total outflows. This marks the 14th-largest single-day net outflow in 2026. The downturn was driven by multiple factors: the failure of the CLARITY Act to advance, the 10-year US Treasury yield rising to 5% (for the first time since 2023), accelerated selling by short-term holders (exchange inflows surged sharply from 19,400 BTC to 33,100 BTC, of which 23,200 BTC were acquired at a loss), and foreign demand dropping to a historic low during the 20-year US Treasury auction. From a technical standpoint, BTC has fallen below the market average value of $76,500 and Strategy's average holding price of $75,412, leaving the average holder currently underwater. If the downtrend continues, key support levels below are $73,500 (cost basis for 3-6 month holders) and $71,300 (realized price for short-term holders). A rebound requires reclaiming $77,100 backed by significant spot trading volume.
According to Crypto in America, the U.S. Senate will hold a key procedural vote on the Clarity Act today (September 15) at 2:15 p.m., which requires 60 votes to advance to formal debate. At the Democrats' request, Republicans have made 126 substantive amendments to the bill, covering ethics provisions, protections for software developers, and a "circuit breaker" mechanism for stablecoin deposits, designating it as the "final, best and final" version.
Odaily News: Bitcoin News posted on X platform that Senator Elizabeth Warren called the CLARITY Act "an insult to the American people," arguing that cryptocurrencies would be exploited by criminals and terrorists and pose risks to the financial system. Senator Cynthia Lummis responded that Warren's stance represents "a surveillance state in the making," which would allow the federal government to monitor how Americans use their money through their bank accounts, and called it "wrong and un-American."The U.S. Senate will hold a key cloture procedural vote on the CLARITY Act at 2:15 PM Eastern Time today.
According to an analysis by Jiangzhuoer (@Jiangzhuoer2), CEO of Litecoin Pool, after Republicans released a new draft of the Clarify Act claiming concessions on 80% of the disputed provisions, Polymarket's passage probability rose accordingly from 14% to 28%. Upon closer inspection, however, the actual concession rate is around 60%, with only partial compromises made on key provisions. Under the ethics clause, the new draft expands restrictions to officials and their spouses but still excludes children and affiliated entities, a move criticized as having limited practical impact; regarding the enforcement clause, while it allows state attorneys general to sue exchanges for listing non-compliant tokens, it explicitly bars suing the Department of Justice for regulatory inaction or the President directly. Jiangzhuoer believes that Democrats lack any incentive to "hand Trump a gift" ahead of the midterm elections, making it unlikely they would endorse this "fake compromise." Consequently, the prospect of the procedural vote passing at 2:15 AM Beijing Time on September 16 is slim, and a failed vote on the Clarify Act could mark the beginning of a correction in the current BTC uptrend.
Odaily Report: Two people familiar with the matter revealed that U.S. President Trump met with advisers to discuss a government ethics provision being considered for inclusion in the Crypto Market Structure Act (the CLARITY Act). The meeting took place ahead of the Senate's procedural vote next Tuesday, which will determine the fate of the CLARITY Act's advancement. Senate Democrats are demanding that the legislation include ethics language applicable to government officials to limit Trump's ability to profit from his family's crypto business. It remains unclear what the outcome of the meeting was or which advisers attended. The White House did not immediately respond to a request for comment on Saturday evening.The ethics provision has been one of the key obstacles facing the CLARITY Act in the Senate, following clear bipartisan disagreements over whether enforcement authority should rest with the Department of Justice or state attorneys general. Next Tuesday's procedural vote will test whether the two parties can reach a compromise on this core dispute before the Senate recesses. (politicopro)
According to Forbes, Patrick Witt, Executive Director of the White House Digital Asset Advisory Committee, stated that the legislative window for the U.S. Crypto Market Structure Bill, the Clarity Act, is narrowing. If the procedural vote this week fails, there will be significant uncertainty regarding when the bill can advance again. The bill is currently scheduled for a procedural vote on September 15.
According to Odaily, the latest data from Bitget shows that the platform's stock token rToken has surpassed $200 million in Assets Under Management (AUM). In terms of trading activity, cumulative rToken trades reached 1.2 million in August, with the number of active traders growing 20% month-over-month and weekend trading volume share rising 8% compared to the previous month.As reported, rTokens—identified by the letter "r" followed by the stock ticker (e.g., rNVDA for Nvidia)—are issued by Reality, a licensed RWA protocol under Bitget. Through a partnership with compliant brokerage Alpaca, rTokens connect directly to global liquidity pools such as Nasdaq and the New York Stock Exchange. Key features include: 1:1 reserve backing of underlying assets held by licensed custodians, stock dividends distributed 1:1 in token form, synchronized corporate actions such as stock splits and reverse splits, and the ability to use holdings as joint margin for Unified Account and USDT-margined contracts—allowing users to hold global equity assets while still managing capital flexibly.
Today will see the release of China’s manufacturing PMI, the preliminary Eurozone CPI, the U.S. ISM Manufacturing PMI, and JOLTS job openings, among other key macroeconomic data. Federal Reserve official Barr will speak this evening, with markets closely monitoring policy signals.
According to Decrypt, privacy-focused Bitcoin wallet Sparrow Wallet released version 2.5.4 on August 28. Developer Craig Raw stated that the update was driven by an AI-assisted code review, with the majority of fixes originating from it. This review was prompted by the recent seed generation code vulnerability exploit affecting Coldcard, as well as the release of unrestricted AI models in China, which has significantly enhanced vulnerability scanning capabilities across large codebases. Key updates include: validating the authenticity of transactions returned by Electrum servers, enforcing stricter BitBox02 hardware wallet security requirements (firmware v9.4.0 or higher required), patching local DNS leaks, and masking sensitive credentials in debug logs. Raw noted that there are no indications of any exploits being leveraged, user funds remain secure, and he still advises all users to update at their earliest convenience.
According to Chaoxiang Research, Goldman Sachs noted in its August 26 research report that the Federal Reserve's Jackson Hole Annual Economic Symposium will be held from August 27 to 29. Chairman Warsh's remarks on Friday at 10:00 a.m. New York time will be the market focus. Goldman Sachs expects Warsh to reiterate the 2% inflation target, outline the Fed's communication strategy, and discuss macroeconomic topics such as AI and productivity, but will not provide clear policy guidance for the September policy meeting. Goldman Sachs believes that improving inflation data for two consecutive months in June and July has bolstered the confidence of most FOMC members to maintain interest rates unchanged. With another round of CPI and PPI data due before the September 16 policy meeting, August core inflation is expected to increase approximately 0.2% month-on-month. A methodological adjustment on September 30 is expected to lower year-on-year core PCE by at least 0.2 percentage points. The peak impact of tariffs, oil prices, and AI demand on inflation has passed. Goldman Sachs expects the FOMC to keep interest rates unchanged in September and through the end of the year.
Bitget has added two new stock spot rTokens: rDJT (Trump Media & Technology Group) and rPURR (Hyperliquid Strategies). As of now, the Bitget platform supports a total of 695 rTokens. Identified by an "r" prefix followed by the stock ticker (e.g., rNVDA for Nvidia), rTokens are issued by Reality, a licensed RWA protocol under Bitget. Through a partnership with the regulated brokerage Alpaca, they connect directly to global liquidity pools including Nasdaq and the NYSE. Key features include underlying assets backed 1:1 and held by licensed custodians, stock dividends distributed 1:1 in token form, synchronous mapping of corporate actions (such as stock splits and consolidations), and the eligibility of holdings to serve as joint margin for unified accounts and USDT-margined contracts, enabling users to hold global stock assets while maintaining flexible fund management.
Odaily News, YZi Labs has announced that its flagship incubation program, EASY Residency, has selected 24 early-stage companies for its fourth cohort, with each company receiving a $500,000 investment. The 10-week program kicks off online before founders gather in Bhutan, focusing on next-generation global financial infrastructure. Key areas include stablecoin payments and cross-border settlement, on-chain FX and credit, neobanking, institutional-grade liquidity and market making, digital asset privacy compliance and financial operations, AI agents and automated execution, on-chain financial consumer and enterprise interfaces, as well as AI-native security and creator infrastructure. YZi Labs manages over $10 billion in assets, with an investment portfolio spanning more than 300 projects across Web3, AI, and biotech.