On September 24, 2026, the European Banking Authority published its formal position regarding the European Commission’s targeted consultation on MiCA, calling for crypto asset borrowing and lending activities to be brought directly under the European Union’s harmonized supervisory regime.
Author: Liam Hunter
Liam Hunter
Liam Hunter focuses on the on-chain systems where liquidity, risk and protocol mechanics become visible. He writes about DeFi, DEXes, perpetuals, Smart Money flows, hacks and Ethereum-linked infrastructure, with an emphasis on what the data shows, what remains uncertain and where market interpretation can go too far.Market developments and regulatory context are part of his reporting when they intersect with Web3 or DeFi activity.
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Cross-border transfers using digital dollars expanded rapidly over the past year. Specifically, cross-border stablecoin flows reached $220.3 billion in the twelve months ending June 2026, rising 77.5% from $124.2 billion recorded in the previous annual period, according to the Global Crypto Adoption Index.
Austrian banking group Raiffeisen Bank International formalized on September 23, 2026, a strategic partnership with Bitpanda. The corporate alliance enables regional network banks to introduce retail cryptocurrency trading directly within their existing digital banking applications across Central and Eastern Europe.
The European System of Central Banks (ESCB) called on September 22, 2026, to overhaul bank deposit mandates for stablecoin issuers, according to its official consultation response document. Regulators warned that concentrated cash reserves at commercial lenders generate severe liquidity risks.
White-hat security researchers rescued 52.37 Bitcoin from wallets compromised by an entropy vulnerability linked to devices developed by Coldcard. The recovered assets were transferred to a dedicated entity in Wyoming designed to coordinate returns to verified owners.
Corporate treasury firm Strategy acquired 950 Bitcoin for 75.7 million dollars between September 14 and September 20, 2026. The transaction was formally disclosed in a Form 8-K SEC filing submitted on Monday, September 21, 2026.
On September 21, 2026, the European Central Bank officially launched the Pontes platform to settle wholesale transactions using central bank money, according to the official ECB press release. The infrastructure introduces a public alternative to private settlement instruments such as stablecoins.
NEAR Protocol enabled confidential decentralized derivatives trading on near.com by integrating backend execution with Hyperliquid, as reported by the HYPERDaily account. The deployment aims to separate trader deposit addresses from public wallet identities during derivative market interactions.
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission issued a conditional exemptive order on September 17, 2026. The temporary relief exempts Tokenized Securities Venues from registering as conventional national exchanges under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
Research and brokerage firm Bernstein projected on Wednesday, September 16, 2026, that the SEC and CFTC will enact swift regulations following the failure of the CLARITY Act legislative framework in the United States Senate.
