THORChain resumes TRON swaps after Tether lifts USDT freeze
Developer Khal estimated that four vaults holding 1.45 million USDT were temporarily restricted. THORChain’s co-founder said the team received no advance communication.
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Sui expands native USDC transfers to 29 other chains
The new CCTP integration gives payment and treasury applications on Sui access to USDC from a wider set of networks, without delivering a separate wrapped token to the recipient.
Conduit sues Tether over frozen $2.76M in USDT
The payments company says its treasury wallet has been frozen for more than a year. Its New York lawsuit seeks restored access to the funds and damages.
Winklevoss files for Zcash ETF targeting Nasdaq
Winklevoss Asset Services filed with the SEC for a fund that would hold ZEC directly. The Nasdaq proposal is not yet an approved launch.
Bithumb sets won trading times for BR and POD
Bedrock and Dolphin tokens will have separate trading launches. Bithumb will restrict orders during the opening period and support a different deposit network for each asset.
LG CNS launches KITL for bank stablecoin services
Financial institutions could reuse the same infrastructure across different digital asset services. LG CNS’s platform brings wallet management, transaction handling and record collection into one system.
Zcash ETF posts first weekly outflow as $93.56M exits
Weekly flows turned negative for the first time since the August exchange debut. Most of the reversal in Grayscale’s fund came between Wednesday and Friday.
XRPL stablecoins top $1.3B, with RLUSD taking 93%
Ripple USD accounts for most of the stablecoin expansion on the XRP Ledger. The network remains above $1.3 billion, although the latest growth rate differs from the figure circulated earlier in the day.
FLOKI distributes 20 million RICE as airdrop reaches halfway
Four of eight RICE AI airdrop rounds are now complete. Half of the 140 million tokens allocated to eligible FLOKI and TokenFi holders and stakers have been distributed.
MIM wind-down vote fails despite 99% support
A plan to distribute the remaining collateral and close Abracadabra ran into a participation threshold. The result leaves MIM’s backing shortfall unresolved and the proposed repayment timetable without approval from this vote.
Concrete launches 200 CT airdrop on Binance Alpha
Concrete’s CT token has arrived on Binance Alpha with an airdrop whose eligibility threshold can change. Remaining rewards and a 24-hour confirmation window also determine access. Holding CT does not grant a share of protocol profits.
Valour opens Zcash ETP trading in Sweden with a 1.9% fee
Investors can now gain ZEC exposure through another route that does not require a crypto wallet. Valour’s Swedish listing brings the asset’s price movements into brokerage accounts, without providing its on-chain privacy features.
Tether reports $550M in Iran-linked USDT freezes amid Senate scrutiny
Tether is highlighting its cooperation on sanctions enforcement as a U.S. Senate report argues it should have acted earlier and more comprehensively. The amount at issue covers freezes made throughout the year.
Bitwise NEAR ETF wins NYSE Arca backing with 100% staking plan
Bitwise’s NEAR fund pairs exchange access with a plan to stake its holdings. Investors would gain price exposure without holding tokens themselves, while the fund’s withdrawal process creates a separate liquidity constraint.
Visa revises stablecoin volume with a 600 million-address filter
Visa’s data refresh filters out more instances of the same funds moving repeatedly between wallets. Dollar volume and transaction count changed by different amounts, affecting comparisons of stablecoin usage.
Travala doubles AVA buybacks, setting half aside for a permanent reserve
Travala buys the same quantity of AVA as the foundation purchases for rewards, placing its tokens in a separate reserve. The company says it will not sell or transfer them out; the tokens are not burned.
JPYC’s fourfold price spike puts Korean liquidity safeguards in focus
JPYC’s jump above four times its reference price on Upbit has sharpened calls for liquidity safeguards in South Korea’s won stablecoin framework. Industry voices say reserve backing alone cannot keep exchange prices in line.
Zcash reaches Paris and Amsterdam as 21Shares ETP starts trading
21Shares has brought Zcash exposure to two European exchanges through an investment account. Listed on September 22, ZCASH is physically backed by ZEC and carries a 2.5% annual fee.
Fed proposes full stablecoin backing as Barr presses for redemption safeguards
The Federal Reserve has opened reserve and capital proposals for stablecoin issuers it supervises. Governor Michael Barr wants the final framework to make access to redemption clear, including when markets are under stress.