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2026/09/08
Brazil Tightens Crypto Regulations, Digitra and Others Adjust Operations
Odaily Planet Daily reports: As the Central Bank of Brazil advances the implementation of the authorization system for Virtual Asset Service Providers (VASPs), local cryptocurrency exchanges are undergoing a regulatory reshuffling. Digitra, Coinext, and Bitso have recently adjusted their business st
Robinhood Partners with Crypto.com to Expand Prediction Markets
Odaily Planet Daily reports that Robinhood has reached an agreement with Crypto.com to further advance its prediction markets business. Under the agreement, Robinhood will launch event contracts provided by Crypto.com’s prediction market platform, OG.com, and will hold minority equity stakes in both
Lummis Warns Crypto Regulation May Be Delayed Until 2030 If CLARITY Act Fails
US Senator Cynthia Lummis has warned that Congress could lose its next realistic opportunity to pass comprehensive crypto market-structure legislation until 2030 if the CLARITY Act fails during the current session.The Wyoming Republican is urging lawmakers to complete work on the bill as the Senate
XRP Ledger RPC Throughput Claims Face Scrutiny as Benchmarks Tell a Different Story
A claim circulating on social media that XRP Ledger RPC nodes can process 30,000 messages per second sounds impressive. The problem is that verified benchmarks don’t actually support that number.What the actual numbers showXRPL Labs, one of the primary infrastructure developers for the XRP Ledger, h
Hong Kong's HKMA Comments on USDC-Branded Chelsea Jerseys
According to ME News, on September 8 (UTC+8), English Premier League club Chelsea will feature “USDC” on their players’ jerseys during the 2026–27 season. However, since Circle is not a registered stablecoin issuer in Hong Kong, fans and retailers have expressed concerns that wearing or selling such
Palantir Partners with Nebius as AI Compute Demand Surges
Palantir Technologies and Nebius Group announced a strategic partnership Tuesday that makes Nebius Palantir’s preferred sovereign AI infrastructure partner.After an integration period, Nebius compute and inference endpoints will sit inside Palantir’s enterprise environment, allowing eligible custome
Solana Expands Transaction Capacity to 4,096 Bytes, Enabling ZK Rollups and Complex Applications
What to KnowSolana’s September 9 upgrade raises maximum transaction capacity from 1,232 bytes to 4,096 bytes through the v1 format for developers.Yakovenko believes larger transactions could support zero-knowledge roots and based rollups while preserving atomic execution across complex applications
The Sandbox Opens Compensation Channel for Previous Hack Incident
According to ME News, on September 8 (UTC+8), The Sandbox announced that it will provide a 1:1 full compensation of SAND on Ethereum to users who held the cross-chain version of SAND on Base and BNB Chain prior to the hack. Users holding SAND through centralized exchanges need take no action, while
1011 Insider Whale Agent Reduces ZEC Short Position, Unrealized Loss Exceeds $19M
Odaily Planet Daily reports, according to Hyperbot data, Garrett Jin, the agent of the "1011 Insider Whale," has just reduced his ZEC short position, having closed approximately 7,000 ZEC in short positions so far. His 3x leveraged ZEC position has now decreased to 32,759.57 ZEC, with a position val
Garrett Jin Closes ZEC Short Position, Floating Loss Exceeds $19M
According to on-chain data monitoring, Garrett Jin, the agent of "1011 Insider Whale," has just reduced his ZEC short position, having closed approximately 7,000 ZEC in short exposure so far. His 3x leveraged ZEC position has now decreased to 32,759.57 ZEC, with a current value of approximately $38.
Etherscan Launches Flow Tool to Simplify Onchain Transaction Tracing
Etherscan just shipped a tool that turns blockchain forensics from a dark art into something closer to a Google search. The new Etherscan Flow agent skill, part of the company’s Build with AI suite, lets AI agents and coding assistants trace, verify, and visualize onchain money flows across more tha
Porto's Farioli Prepares for Champions League Debut Against Manchester City
Francesco Farioli has never managed a Champions League match. That changes when Manchester City visit the Estádio do Dragão in September, and the 37-year-old Porto coach sounds less like someone bracing for impact than someone who’s been waiting for exactly this moment.The De Zerbi connectionEvery y
HIVE Joins Canada's Responsible Data Centre Principles with AWS, Google, and Microsoft
HIVE Digital Technologies, through its BUZZ HPC subsidiary, has joined 22 other companies in signing Canada’s Responsible Data Centre Development Principles, a new voluntary framework introduced by the Government of Canada on September 3, 2026. The signatory list includes Amazon Web Services, Google
XRPL Labs Boosts XRP Ledger Processing to 30,000 Messages Per Second
XRPL Labs has announced that its RPC nodes are capable of processing 30,000 messages per second, highlighting a significant technological achievement for the XRP Ledger ecosystem. This capability notably surpasses the mainnet’s typical transaction processing rate of around 1,500 transactions per sec
Polymarket Predicts a 77% Chance That LAPTOP FDV Will Exceed $100M Within 24 Hours
PPP Predictive Market Tool monitoring shows that the probability of "LAPTOP's FDV exceeding $100 million one day after launch" has risen to 77%, up 27% in 24 hours; the probability of exceeding $50 million has risen to 87%, up 37% in 24 hours.The event contract rules state: If the fully diluted valu
