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Trusted Editorial content, reviewed by leading industry experts and seasoned editors. Ad Disclosure Uniswap’s v4 hook library has expanded with automated liquidity management tools, giving developers more ways to customize how pools behave. Hooks are one of the big ideas behind Uniswap v4. They let developers add custom logic around pools, including fee behavior, orders, liquidity management, and other actions that can happen before or after swaps. That is powerful. It is also risky if handled badly. So the expansion matters not just because it adds features, but because it pushes Uniswap deeper into a more modular DeFi design where…

In brief The OCC granted OpenReserve Bank preliminary conditional approval on September 2 to charter a national bank in Salt Lake City, Utah, just under five months after the company filed its application. OpenReserve must raise at least $210 million in initial paid-in capital and hold a 12% Tier 1 leverage ratio for three years before it can open. OpenReserve plans a separate subsidiary to issue and custody dollar-backed stablecoins, though that application hasn’t been filed with the OCC yet. OpenReserve Bank, backed by Andreessen Horowitz among other VC heavyweights, received preliminary conditional approval from the Office of the Comptroller…

Bitcoin slid Friday after a better-than-expected labor report showed that the U.S. job market accelerated in August.  The leading cryptocurrency was recently trading for close to $79,764 after dropping as low as $78,706 earlier in the morning in New York. It’s currently down over 1% over a 24-hour period. On Thursday, the coin soared above $82,000.  The Federal Reserve is typically more likely to raise interest rates when the labor market is strong, because more people employed means more spending, and more spending can push inflation up.  Federal Reserve Chair Kevin Warsh last week gave his first major speech as…

Trusted Editorial content, reviewed by leading industry experts and seasoned editors. Ad Disclosure EigenLayer has crossed 5 million ETH in restaking deposits across operators, marking another major scale milestone for one of Ethereum’s most closely watched DeFi infrastructure protocols. The figure includes native ETH and liquid staking token deposits, so it needs to be read carefully. Still, 5 million ETH is a huge number, and it shows how large the restaking market has become. EigenLayer’s pitch has always been simple but ambitious: let staked ETH secure more than Ethereum alone. That idea has pulled in capital quickly, but it also…

The National Sheriffs’ Association this week dropped its opposition to the crypto Clarity Act, after having previously warned that the proposed bill could help criminals.  Writing Thursday to Senate Majority Leader John Thune and Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, the association said it was changing its stance to neutral given how complex the issue is.  A number of lawmakers were hoping to vote on the Clarity Act in August. After a delay, a vote will now go ahead this month. The bill will establish a framework for distinguishing between digital assets that are securities, commodities or payment stablecoins — legislation that…

September 4th, 2026 – Toronto, Canada About the International Business Magazine Award The International Business Magazine Awards recognize companies and executives making a significant impact across global industries. The selection process combines public nominations with jury review, with nominees assessed on their work, progress, and contribution to their respective industries. For CoinRabbit, the award comes at an important stage in the company’s development. It is moving beyond borrowing against crypto and building a broader ecosystem for managing digital-asset capital. Why CoinRabbit Was Named the Best Crypto Lending Platform The Best Crypto Lending Platform 2026 award recognizes the work CoinRabbit has…

The Guiding and Establishing National Innovation for U.S. Stablecoins Act, or GENIUS Act, is the new federal framework for payment stablecoin issuers. Its reserve rules aim to make each token a safer dollar claim, while the public blockchains moving those tokens retain their own fee markets and capacity limits.A Federal Reserve staff paper, first dated June 2, 2026, and updated Aug. 31, 2026, models how transaction congestion can destabilize even a perfectly backed digital dollar. The authors are Federal Reserve economists, and the paper carries the standard disclaimer that their views do not necessarily represent the Federal Reserve Board or…

In brief Electoral Commission records published Thursday show that Ben Delo gave Reform £1 million on April 17 and £3 million on April 30. The payments made up 75% of the £5.33 million Reform accepted in donations, where no other gift reached £200,000. Delo has now given £8 million this year, second only to billionaire Tether investor Christopher Harborne. BitMEX co-founder Ben Delo has given Reform UK a further £4 million, taking his donations to Nigel Farage’s party to £8 million this year, according to Electoral Commission records published Thursday.The money came as two cash payments, received on April 17…

In brief The U.S. economy added 162,000 jobs in August, nearly triple the 53,000 economists expected, while unemployment held at 4.1%, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Bitcoin fell back below $80,000 after touching a four-month high of $82,240 earlier Friday, as fed funds futures pushed September rate-hike odds to 58% from 49.4% a day earlier. The Dow fell 226 points and gold sank to $4,419 an ounce, while President Trump demanded lower rates on Truth Social hours after the report landed. The U.S. economy added 162,000 jobs in August, nearly triple the 53,000 gain economists polled by Dow…

September 4th, 2026 – Chicago, United States Liquid Mercury today announced that ACQUA1, LLC completed the initial closing of its MERC exchange offering on September 1, 2026. ACQUA1 is a Liquid Mercury subsidiary that operates Liquid Mercury’s Lab Company program, licensing Liquid Mercury technology to companies primarily tokenizing real-world assets and receiving fees plus a minority equity stake in return. Liquid Mercury is the majority holder and Manager. “Over the past 18 months, dozens of companies have approached Liquid Mercury seeking to tokenize their assets,” said Tony Saliba, CEO and founder of Liquid Mercury. “Many assumed they would need to…

Trusted Editorial content, reviewed by leading industry experts and seasoned editors. Ad Disclosure B.AI, a next-generation AI infrastructure platform, recently set off a developer frenzy by offering free access to top-tier models. Within days, daily token throughput across the platform crossed 1.33 trillion—a historic milestone.  The record-breaking figure underscores the campaign’s explosive rollout, but it marks only the first step in B.AI’s broader strategic roadmap. Moving beyond traditional compute distribution pipelines, B.AI aims to build the global settlement layer for intelligence: a core infrastructure hub engineered to power cross-node collaboration, orchestration, and value distribution for AI agents across complex business…

In brief IMF staff reached a preliminary agreement on El Salvador’s combined second and third program reviews, unlocking about $140 million if the board approves. Documentation showed the Bitcoin added since June 2025 came from private donations, with no public money spent, the IMF said. As recently as last week, El Salvador’s Bitcoin Office claimed that it had “bought” BTC. Private donations account for the Bitcoin El Salvador has added to its national reserve since mid-2025, the International Monetary Fund said on Thursday, announcing a staff-level agreement on the country’s combined second and third program reviews.Documentation supplied by Salvadoran authorities…

In brief Adam Aron condemned Robinhood on Wednesday over tokens tracking AMC’s share price. The AMC CEO said that the firm’s outside securities counsel would “look into this.” Robinhood’s disclosures say the tokens are debt securities carrying no rights against AMC, and cannot reach U.S. buyers. AMC Entertainment chief executive Adam Aron has condemned Robinhood for issuing tokens that track his company’s share price without AMC’s involvement, in a tweet on Wednesday.Aron called the practice “contemptible, outrageous, disgusting, detestable, inexcusable, vile,” said AMC has no connection to it and does not condone it, and asked how it could possibly be…

Trusted Editorial content, reviewed by leading industry experts and seasoned editors. Ad Disclosure Ethereum Name Service has opened discussion around an ENSv2 migration proposal that would move domain registration and renewal resolution toward a Layer-2 registry model. The idea is pretty straightforward: ENS works, but Ethereum mainnet fees can make everyday domain actions expensive. Moving more of that activity to Layer 2 could reduce costs while keeping links back to Ethereum’s security model. This is still an early governance stage. The proposal is a temp check, not a completed migration. It has not passed a full executable DAO vote, and…