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KKR, one of the world’s largest alternative asset managers, is preparing to add private credit trading to its toolkit. Co-CEO Scott Nuttall indicated the firm is likely to begin trading private credit soon, a move that would expand KKR’s already substantial footprint in the space. The firm manages approximately $638 billion in assets as of early 2026 and already runs a private credit platform covering more than 250 sponsors. Adding a trading function to that infrastructure would be less of a pivot and more of a logical next step. What private credit trading actually means Private credit is essentially lending…

As $XRP recovers from recent lows, the amount of $XRP required to rank among the network’s wealthiest holders continues to decline. Prominent community figures, including Zach Rector and Adam, have highlighted the shrinking thresholds needed to join the $XRP Rich List. According to the Rich List data, investors currently need just 2,155.59 $XRP to rank among the top 10% of all $XRP holders. Notably, the $XRP Ledger currently hosts 7.91 million accounts, yet only 790,900 wallets hold at least 2,155.59 $XRP. At $XRP’s current price of $1.11, acquiring that amount would cost approximately $2,392. Top 5%, 1%, and 0.1% Thresholds…

The U.S. stock market may soon never sleep. The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced a major roundtable to prepare U.S. stock markets for 24-hour trading. The Sept. 17 meeting will explore how exchanges can support overnight trading. This move could transform Wall Street and bring traditional stocks closer to crypto’s 24/7 trading model. SEC Begins Talks on 24-Hour Stock Trading The SEC has announced it will hold a public roundtable on Sept. 17, 2026, to discuss the future of 24-hour trading in U.S. stock markets. The meeting will focus on how exchanges can prepare for overnight trading, improve market…

As the final beats faded on Tomorrowland’s first weekend, the most unlikely headliner wasn’t a DJ—it was a crypto exchange. KuCoin closed its debut at the Belgian mega-festival with a branded Celestia Stage, aiming to fuse trust, music, and community into a single marketing push. According to the press release, the sponsorship marked a weekend of live sets, interactive experiences, and an on-the-ground effort to link the KuCoin brand with the festival’s famously loyal audience. The activation leaned heavily on the idea that crypto can be a cultural force, not just a trading interface. Music, Branding, and a Stage Called…

Bitcoin ($BTC) traded as high as $60,200 on Wednesday, up about 2.7% over the past 24 hours after falling to a 21-month low of $57,737 earlier in the session. Ether (ETH) and Solana (SOL) also gained, up 3% and 4.85%, respectively. The bounce took place amid deep investor caution, with sentiment trackers gauging the balance of fear and greed in crypto markets currently reading around 11 out of 100, in “Extreme Fear” territory. Despite the rebound from the yearly low, Bitcoin remains down roughly a third since the start of the year. Crypto Fear & Greed Index. Source: Alternative.me Bitcoin…

Project Acacia has now tested how tokenized asset markets could settle in Australia. The Reserve Bank of Australia and Digital Finance Cooperative Research Centre released findings from Project Acacia, a wholesale experiment that moved digital money and tokenization from policy theory into market plumbing. The project tested 20 wholesale tokenized asset market use cases across issuance, servicing, trading, and settlement, spanning fixed income, managed funds, repos, structured products, private markets, carbon credits, and trade payables. The key result is about money, rather than the asset wrapper. Institutions need finality, legal certainty, liquidity, and operational reliability at the same time, and…

This week regulators were busy defining where crypto trading can happen, which intermediaries can provide access, how assets get cleared, and when offshore platforms fall outside the permitted perimeter. Brokers and exchanges are getting clearer routes into supervised crypto markets, while activity outside licensed channels is getting harder to sustain. BitMEX Exits as US Perpetual Routes Expand BitMEX will close on 23 September after what the exchange described as a strategic review, ending an 11-year history for one of the platforms that helped popularise crypto perpetuals. The company did not link the decision to recent US regulatory developments. Those developments…

The market is back to a point where sentiment is likely to be the biggest driver for investors. From a technical perspective, crypto has flipped back into risk-on mode with Bitcoin reclaiming the $60k level. That has put the whole “Has $BTC bottomed?” debate back on the table. Considering Bitcoin [$BTC] has been consolidating around this range for nearly four weeks, the latest move is starting to make a convincing case. As expected, the rally caught overexposed shorts off guard. According to CoinGlass data, Bitcoin started Q3 with roughly $126 million in short liquidations, triggering the biggest bear trap in…

Major financial institutions are moving deeper into tokenized finance, but the conversation is starting to shift beyond simply bringing assets onchain. Morgan Stanley is among the firms signaling growing interest in blockchain-based financial infrastructure, with CFO Sharon Yeshaya recently highlighting tokenization as an emerging area of focus. The shift reflects a broader recalibration across traditional finance as institutions increasingly explore whether tokenized assets can make markets more efficient, accessible, and connected. That momentum is putting growing pressure on the infrastructure supporting real-world assets. Bringing assets onchain is becoming the first step. The larger challenge is building networks capable of handling…

An address linked to the World Liberty Financial ($WLFI) team has deposited 177 million $WLFI tokens, valued at approximately $9.73 million, to the Binance exchange, according to on-chain analyst ai_9684xtpa. The transaction, which occurred about 30 minutes before the report, has drawn attention from market observers. Deposit Likely Tied to Airdrop Campaign The analyst suggested that the deposit is likely related to an airdrop campaign on Binance for $USD1 holders. $USD1 is a stablecoin associated with the World Liberty Financial ecosystem. Airdrops are common in the cryptocurrency space, where projects distribute tokens to holders of a specific asset to promote…