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$NEAR Protocol recently announced new initiatives aimed at expanding its community engagement. This move comes amid growing interest in the blockchain’s capabilities and aims to foster a more inclusive network. As shared in their tweet, the emphasis on community reflects $NEAR’s commitment to user involvement and could lead to increased adoption. Breaking It Down The broader crypto market is currently experiencing mixed signals, with varying momentum across major assets. $NEAR Protocol’s recent announcement, which garnered 416 likes and 47 retweets, highlights its focus on community building. This level of engagement indicates a positive reception and suggests that the network is…

New York Attorney General Letitia James led a bipartisan coalition of 17 other state attorneys general on September 14 in opposing the Digital Asset Market Clarity Act, warning that the bill would strip states of their ability to police cryptocurrency fraud. In a letter to Senators Tim Scott and Elizabeth Warren, the chair and ranking member of the Senate Banking Committee, the coalition argued that the measure would hand the Securities and Exchange Commission sweeping power to preempt state registration authorities. The Preemption Concern The attorneys general warned that the Clarity Act, as written, would prevent states from serving as…

Neo Global Development is inviting the Neo community to celebrate 10 years of Neo MainNet. Participants can do so by registering AI agents that will research specific days from the blockchain’s first decade and transform those findings into generative artworks. The artworks will be minted on the Neo X EVM sidechain and preserved on the NeoFS decentralized storage network. A 500 $GAS reward pool will be distributed across participants when the campaign concludes. Source: Neo 3650 The campaign, Neo 3650, runs from now to Oct. 17, the day Neo MainNet turns 10 years old, completing 3,652 days of operation. All…

Andreessen Horowitz and the DeFi Education Fund are urging the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission to create a safe harbor for qualifying decentralized exchanges, arguing that some peer-to-peer systems should not be treated like traditional exchanges. The proposal would cover decentralized platforms that let users trade directly without taking control of their funds. Qualifying systems would be presumed not to operate as exchanges unless regulators show otherwise. The push follows temporary SEC relief for permissioned platforms trading tokenized U.S. stocks. Commissioner Hester Peirce said the relief does not cover decentralized finance. Four Conditions for DEXs Under the proposal, DEXs would…

The $ETH price rally in Q3 2026 is coming from an area with a familiar history. The past 90-days $ETH/USD move is unfolding around the same region with Ethereum’s May 2025 Pectra upgrade, which preceded its eventual run to an ATH of $4,955. But the path wasn’t straightforward. $ETH spent considerable time struggling below the $2,800 supply region before the larger move developed. $ETH Price Faces Another $2,800 Patience Test That history is now getting attention because September 2026 looks surprisingly similar. If $ETH doesn’t push higher decisively in the coming sessions or weeks, it could again spend time fighting…

Stablecoins can cross borders within seconds, but converting them into spendable local currency remains a slower and more fragmented process, Gravity Team CEO Mārtiņš Beņķītis told crypto.news as the firm launched its institutional OTC desk. Stablecoin payments depend on two types of liquidity Mārtiņš Beņķītis, co-founder and CEO of emerging-markets liquidity provider Gravity Team, told crypto.news that stablecoin infrastructure has become a liquidity issue because the same tokens perform different jobs across trading and payments. Market makers hold stablecoins to quote buy and sell prices, move inventory between exchanges, and respond to changes in trading activity. Payment companies, by contrast,…

JP Morgan’s recent acknowledgment of the $NEAR Protocol emphasizes its open world concept, as highlighted in a tweet by the protocol’s official account. This development is significant as it illustrates a growing interest in altcoins amid an evolving crypto landscape. Traders should consider the implications for market dynamics moving forward, especially regarding cross-chain functionalities. What Went Down The broader crypto market is currently displaying mixed signals, with varying momentum across different altcoins. $NEAR Protocol is gaining traction, particularly due to its emphasis on open world capabilities, which could attract increased cross-chain activity. This interest aligns with trends observed in other…

Kraken has opened onchain yield vaults for SPYx, QQQx and NVDAx. Launch APYs are 2% for SPYx and QQQx and 1.8% for NVDAx, net of fees. The xStocks serve as collateral while borrowed stablecoins generate DeFi rewards. Investors keep equity-price exposure but take on additional protocol and liquidity risk. Kraken is giving tokenized equities a new role beyond trading, launching vaults that use SPYx, QQQx and NVDAx as collateral for DeFi strategies while investors retain exposure to the corresponding stock or ETF. The structure adds a separate yield layer to tokenized equity exposure, but also introduces risks that do not…

South Korea’s Hana Bank has reportedly issued a five-year, $100 million digital bond using Euroclear’s blockchain-based platform. On Monday, Yonhap News Agency reported that the bank used Euroclear’s Digital Financial Market Infrastructure to issue the foreign-currency bond. The report described the transaction as the first digital bond issuance in South Korea to directly use Euroclear’s blockchain infrastructure. According to Yonhap, the bond’s issuance, registration and settlement were processed on a distributed ledger network. Using the technology for bond allocation and payment settlement reportedly shortened the process from three to five business days to the same day. The bond also connects…

Bitcoin faces competing forces heading into the final months of 2026: progress on US crypto rules could encourage buyers, while expensive energy and high bond yields constrain demand. A durable recovery would be easier if those forces start pulling in the same direction. Bitcoin is trading near $76,000 on September 15, down 3.22% over 24 hours but still up 20.43% over 30 days. That leaves a substantial recovery to defend as the Senate approaches a procedural milestone for the CLARITY Act, a bill to establish US digital-asset market rules, and the Federal Reserve begins its September 15–16 meeting. The question…