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​​Tether signs MoU with Pave Bank and GFTN

#Tether has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with #PaveBank, a corporate and institutional bank at the intersection of digital assets and traditional finance, and the Global Finance & Technology Network #GFTN, a Singapore-headquartered not-for-profit organization. The program will allow selected STEM students from Tbilisi State University to spend a semester at Singapore Management University, gaining practical skills and international experience. The program will also offer industry exchanges, mentorship, and fintech projects, with potential internships and access to GFTN’s global Knowledge Circle network.

👉 tether.io/news/tether-signs-mou-with-pave-bank-and-gftn-to-launch-georgia-singapore-fintech-scholars-program/

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​​Ethena unveils a partnership with Binance

#Ethena partners with #Binance to expand into equity perpetuals, using tokenized stocks #bStocks as collateral and USDT-denominated contracts for hedging. This new market-neutral strategy targets price differences between tokenized stocks and equity perpetuals. Binance will also give eligible delta-neutral accounts, including Ethena, lower automatic deleveraging priority to improve trading stability.

👉 x.com/ethena/status/2103439484113346986

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​​KelpDAO filed a lawsuit against LayerZero over $292M rsETH exploit

#KelpDAO sued #LayerZero and co-founder Bryan Pellegrino in the Supreme Court of British Columbia over an April 18 exploit that affected 116,500 rsETH, valued at roughly $292M. Evercrest alleges LayerZero failed to disclose security risks or recommend multi-DVN setups, while also accusing the company of negligent misrepresentation and defamation. It is seeking damages after more than $650M in user withdrawals since the exploit. The case could face increased scrutiny under MiCA and CFT compliance rules.

👉 theblock.co/news/regulation/2026-09-25-kelpdao-sues-layerzero-claims-it-endorsed-setup-used-in-292-million-rseth-exploit-416361

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​​TOP PROJECTS BY WEEKLY TVL GROWTH

$ECHO $ZAMA $HAEDAL $GRT $ATH $RHEA $A $VVV $FOLKS $BIO $PNG $CETUS $VIRTUAL $PUMP $LINK

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​​MAJOR RECENT CRYPTO FUNDRAISING EVENTS

#HIFI #Dtcpay #Atum #CatchBack #Infini #InfiniFi #PonyGo #XStable

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​​TOP TRENDING COINS BY #COINGECKO

$ONDO $QNT $XPL $PENGU $FET $VIRTUAL $LINK $PEAQ $AERO $EDGE

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​​Weekly Market Overview — September 25, 2026

📊 A snapshot of this week’s crypto market activity, highlighting sector performance, price trends, and key indicators.

🔥 Top Categories (7D):
DeFAI +42.6%
RWA +27.7%
AI +22.2%
DePIN +21.1%
Blockchain Service +20.1%

📉 Market Indicators:
😨 Fear & Greed Index: 72 (Greed)
🟠 Altcoin Season Index: 54/100 — Bitcoin Season

#CryptoUpdate #MarketRecap #DigitalAssets #CryptoTrends #WeeklyOverview

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​​HIFI raises $37 in a Series A funding round

#HIFI secures $37 in a Series A funding round led by Left Lane Capital. The funding will support the expansion of the company’s tokenized capital markets infrastructure and stablecoin payment services. HIFI also partnered with Visa to enable stablecoin-funded payouts to over 4 billion #Visa cards worldwide.

HIFI is a financial technology platform and API infrastructure that lets businesses move, convert, and route money between traditional bank rails and stablecoins.

👉 theblock.co/news/business/2026-09-24-hifi-raises-37-million-series-a-to-expand-tokenized-capital-markets-infrastructure-416242

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​​infiniFi raises $3M in a Seed funding round

#infiniFi secures $3M in a Seed funding round led by Electric Capital, with participation from New Form Capital, Generative Ventures, Fasanara Capital, 2Square, 4th Revolution Capital, DCFGod, The Rollup, and others. This funding round brings infiniFi's total funds raised to $6M.

infiniFi is a decentralized finance protocol that replicates traditional fractional reserve banking on-chain to optimize stablecoin yields without using leverage.

👉 x.com/infiniFi/status/2102761878216749511

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​​TOP 15 PROJECTS BY TOTAL MONTHLY REVENUE

#Tether #Circle #Hyperliquid #Pump #GMGN #Fomo #Axiom #Pons #StonkFun #Uniswap #Polymarket #Aerodrome #Sky #WLFI #Flapsh

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TOP TOKENS BY MONTHLY PRICE CHANGE ACROSS MAJOR ECOSYSTEMS

#ETHEREUM
$LSK $BR $NIL $DRV $ARB

#BNBCHAIN
$AKE $BR $AIOZ $BTW $UNI

#ARBITRUM
$DRV $ARB $UNI $SYN $CAKE

#POLYGON
$UNI $SYN $SUPER $FLUX $ZRO

#OPTIMISM
$DRV $UNI $SYN $T $ZRO

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​​Hyperliquid will be listed on Binance with a seed tag applied

#Hyperliquid $HYPE will be listed on #Binance with the HYPE/USDT, HYPE/USDC, and HYPE/TRY trading pairs today, on September 24th, at 11:00 UTC.

Current $HYPE price is $93.37
Current market cap is $23.39B
Current FDV is $88.58B

Hyperliquid is a high-performance, decentralized #Layer1 blockchain and leading perpetual futures exchange engineered to match the speed of a centralized trading platform while remaining fully on-chain.

👉 binance.com/en/support/announcement/detail/d49de208bb6d4a26b02677d7c3d89b5d

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​​TOP PERPETUAL DEXES BY WEEKLY TRADING VOLUME

#Hyperliquid #Variational #Aster #Lighter #edgeX #GMX #Grvt #AZverse #StandX #ApeX #Nado #Pacifica #Antarctic #QFEX #Extended

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​​MOST RECENT ASSETS IN THE ACCUMULATION PHASE

$STRK $DRIFT $BANK $CAP $CPOOL $WAVES $STEEM $CVC $MTL $ZEC

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​​MoonPay unveils acquisition of North Capital

#MoonPay is set to acquire #NorthCapital, a private-markets infrastructure platform offering API-first technology and SEC-regulated brokerage services, in an all-stock deal valued at over $60M. Subject to regulatory approval, North Capital will become a wholly owned MoonPay subsidiary upon closing. MoonPay said the deal will help expand its presence in the tokenized real-world asset market.

👉 x.com/moonpay/status/2102744887305306524

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​​Atum raises $13.5M in a Seed funding round

#Atum secures $13.5M in a Seed funding round from Variant, PayPal Ventures, Abstract Ventures, Road Capital, Mirana Ventures, First Commit, and Credibly Neutral. Atum is a non-custodial payment network that enables users to send and receive tokenized funds across supported blockchains. Users authorize transfers directly, while Atum validates instructions, coordinates quotes from independent settlement operators, and confirms delivery.

👉 x.com/TheBlockCo/status/2102669148409245992

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​​MAJOR CRYPTO ACQUISITIONS OF Q3 2026

Crypto M&A activity remained strong throughout Q3 2026, with notable acquisitions spanning payments, ETF providers, brokerages, CeFi, exchanges, infrastructure, DeFi, compliance, analytics, mining and compute. The deals highlight continued industry consolidation and growing demand for scalable financial and digital-asset infrastructure.

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​​TOP TOKENS THAT HAVE REACHED A NEW #ATH RECENTLY

$LIT $ADI $WBT $BTW $HYPE $ZAMA $VVV $BP $BR $AKE

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​​TOP MEME-STOCKS BY FDV

$STONK $AI $MARSCOIN $ORBIO $BONER $AMC $MUSEBOOK $SHROOM $MOO $INU $BOW #MICRODUCK $YOLO $ASTEROID $STRATEGY

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​​LARGEST CRYPTO HACKS IN Q3 2026

#LiquidNetwork #Tectonic #COLDCARD #Nesa #AFX #Ostium #BonkDAO #Wanchain #KiiChain #TripleA #Moonwell #TermFinance #Coinsbuy #TAC #Fogo

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