The Wall Street Journal reported ECB President Christine Lagarde personally urged Greece's prime minister to reject Binance's EU crypto license bid, which Binance has declined to address.
The CFTC sent a prerule on crypto asset transactions and markets to the White House for review on Sept. 17, days after the Senate killed the CLARITY Act.
Chainalysis found malicious code stored on public blockchains rose sharply over a year, with North Korea- and Iran-linked hackers behind most of the new activity.
XRP dropped sharply after the Clarity Act failed in the US Senate, while the XRP Ledger progressed a validator upgrade, released version 3.4.0 with lending amendments, and added AI-agent payment support.
Circle built Arc, an EVM-compatible Layer 1 blockchain for stablecoin payments, FX and tokenized assets, with its public mainnet opening September 16, 2026.