The venture plans to use the SEC's innovation exemption to trade tokenized US equities around the clock, extending crypto-style market hours to traditional stoc

The action underscores continued enforcement attention on crypto rails used by sanctioned groups despite years of exchange compliance crackdowns.

The Japanese firm sold 10,000 BTC then repurchased 11,000, showing treasury liquidity while moving to generate recurring income from bitcoin holdings.

The early testnet release gives exchanges, wallets and developers a rehearsal ahead of a planned November mainnet launch for the privacy-focused chain.

Bitcoin briefly neared an eight-month high before reversing, while a stronger dollar at an 18-month peak and rising yields test its resilience.

The queue reflects shifting staking demand after ether's strong third quarter, when liquidity in the asset thinned even as it outperformed bitcoin.

The service starts with select institutional clients in Asia and the Gulf, offering round-the-clock US dollar settlement for digital asset trades.

The wind-down marks one of the largest retreats by an L2 that once led rollup hype, as liquidity migrated to competing networks.

The move adds to a European push for euro stablecoins as MiCA rules reshape which dollar-pegged tokens platforms offer retail users.

The asset manager said the next step beyond putting individual stocks and funds onchain could be portfolios traded and rebalanced in real time.

The divergence highlights how price gains in ether outpaced the depth of its order books during the quarter.

The flip reflects Solana's growing share of onchain retail trading activity relative to Ethereum mainnet.

21Shares and Canary have filed for Injective-linked ETFs, making INJ one of several altcoins awaiting US listing decisions.

Hiring demand concentrated in finance, engineering and trading, with bitcoin, ethereum and Solana the most requested skills.

The Senate setback on market structure legislation has not yet slowed crypto dealmaking, according to the report.

Firms have spent years building blockchain-based financial products, but getting people to keep using them is the emerging test.

The approval expands leveraged exposure options for BTC and ETH traders, according to CoinDesk's day-ahead outlook.

The move came as the US dollar index climbed to 102.53 early in the day, extending its rally from a September low.