regulation
The SEC proposed Oct 1 to let registered investment advisers custody crypto with state-chartered trust companies, broker-dealers, or self-custody under conditions. 60-day comment window.
governance
A Snapshot vote would liquidate remaining collateral to ETH and pay MIM holders roughly $0.04 per token, closing out a stablecoin whose effective backing has collapsed.
protocol
The DWS / Flow Traders / Galaxy joint venture ships USDAU under its BaFin e-money licence, live on Ethereum, Solana, Base, Polygon, Tempo and Arc.
protocol
Base's third mainnet upgrade lands validity transactions, composite allow/blocklist policies, ERC-8056 schedule multipliers, and a seizeWithMemo function for B20-standard tokens.
exploit
ZachXBT flags 2,700 ZEC (~$3.8M) into Zcash's Ironwood shielded pool after Near Intents' SHIELD system blocks $50M of the Bitget hacker's cross-chain swaps.
regulation
Blumenthal's PSI report finds 84% of 846 sanctioned Iran-linked wallets used USDT and asks Treasury and DOJ for an update by October 9.
regulation
One proposed rule redefines event contracts as swaps; one interim final rule carves out casino-style products. Both landed at OMB while states sue Polymarket and Kalshi over gambling.
The Foundation for Verified Software and Verifereum will build a HOL4-verified compilation mode into the official Vyper compiler.
regulation
The Financial Conduct Authority began accepting cryptoasset firm applications on September 30, ahead of the regime taking effect October 25, 2027.