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Binance takes $100M Circle stake as five-year USDC push begins

Binance is now both a distributor of USDC and a Circle shareholder after making a $100 million investment in the stablecoin issuer.

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ECB and EU central banks seek changes to MiCA stablecoin reserve rules

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Anchorage Digital selects LayerZero for stablecoin interoperability

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USDT on TRON Becomes Most Used Onchain Payment Option on CoinsBee as Stablecoin Spending Grows

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Bybit Opens Oura Pre-IPO Perpetual Trading With Up To 25x Leverage

TL;DR Bybit has launched OURAUSDT as a pre-IPO TradFi perpetual contract. Trading began September 22 at 13:30 UTC with leverage of up to 25x. The contract tracks implied pre-IPO valuation; traders do not receive Oura shares or IPO allocations. Oura’s move toward the public markets is now being traded before the stock itself is available. Bybit has launched OURAUSDT, a pre-IPO TradFi perpetual contract that gives users leveraged synthetic exposure to the smart-ring company’s implied valuation. Oura Gets A 24/7 Derivatives Market Before Listing Trading opened on September 22 at 13:30 UTC with leverage of up to 25x. The product sits inside Bybit’s pre-IPO perpetual desk and is settled in USDT. That means traders can go long or short on Oura’s implied pre-listing value without owning shares in the company. It is a very different product from the retail IPO allocation route recently announced by Coinbase. Bybit is offering a derivative. Users do not receive an IPO allocation, shareholder voting rights or physical equity if they hold the perpetual contract. Pre-IPO Price Discovery Moves Onto Crypto Rails Private-company valuation has historically been difficult for ordinary traders to access before a public listing. Crypto derivatives exchanges are now testing whether synthetic perpetual contracts can fill some of that gap. The attraction is obvious: continuous trading, leverage and no need to wait for the underlying stock to list. The risks are equally obvious. Pre-IPO valuation can be thin, event-driven and difficult to anchor to a transparent cash market. For Oura, the new contract creates a visible speculative price before conventional public-market trading begins. That is useful price discovery, but it should not be confused with ownership of the company itself. This article was written by the News Desk and edited by Samuel Rae.

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Bybit Adds PATH, CYPH And HUT Equity Perpetuals With Up To 25x Leverage

TL;DR Bybit has added USDT-margined perpetual futures tied to PATH, CYPH and HUT shares. The contracts offer up to 25x leverage through Bybit’s TradFi perpetual desk. These are synthetic derivatives tracking equity prices, not spot shares or direct stock ownership. Bybit is continuing to turn its crypto derivatives platform into a 24/7 market for traditional assets. The exchange has added new USDT-margined perpetual contracts tied to UiPath, Cypherpunk Technologies and Hut 8, using the equity tickers PATH, CYPH and HUT. Equity Prices, Crypto-Style Trading The contracts sit inside Bybit’s TradFi perpetuals product and can offer leverage of up to 25x. For users, that means the trading mechanics look much closer to crypto perpetuals than to a conventional brokerage account. Positions are margined and settled through the exchange’s derivatives infrastructure, while the contracts track the referenced equity prices through index and oracle feeds. That makes the products accessible around the clock, but it also creates a very different risk profile from simply owning the underlying shares. There are no voting rights or physical stock delivery attached to the perpetual positions. Crypto Venues Are Becoming Multi-Asset Derivatives Platforms Hut 8 gives the launch an obvious crypto connection, while UiPath and Cypherpunk Technologies broaden the range further. The more interesting shift is structural. Bybit, Binance and other large exchanges are increasingly using perpetual futures as a universal wrapper for prices that originate outside crypto. That can pull traditional-market speculation into an environment where leverage and continuous trading are already normal. For users, the convenience is clear. So is the need to keep the instrument straight: these are synthetic equity derivatives, not tokenized shares and not spot stock trades. This article was written by the News Desk and edited by Samuel Rae.

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Anchorage Digital Taps LayerZero To Take USAT Stablecoin Cross-Chain

TL;DR Anchorage Digital has selected LayerZero as its interoperability partner for regulated stablecoins issued through its platform. Tether’s USAT is the first token to adopt the LayerZero OFT standard under the arrangement. LayerZero supports connectivity across more than 170 networks, but not every Anchorage-issued stablecoin is live across every chain today. Anchorage Digital is putting cross-chain infrastructure directly into its regulated stablecoin stack. The federally chartered digital-asset bank has selected LayerZero as its interoperability partner, using the Omnichain Fungible Token standard to move supported stablecoins between blockchain networks. The first asset through the door is USAT. USAT Becomes The First Live Integration Tether’s USAT, issued through Anchorage Digital Bank, is the first stablecoin on the platform to use the LayerZero standard. LayerZero’s infrastructure supports more than 170 blockchain networks, giving Anchorage a broad technical base for moving regulated dollar tokens across different execution environments without creating separate isolated versions for every chain. That matters because stablecoin fragmentation has become a practical problem. A token can be highly liquid on one network and awkward to use on another, while wrapped or bridged versions introduce additional operational and security assumptions. The OFT model is designed to give issuers a more unified way to manage supply across chains. More Anchorage Stablecoins Are Expected To Follow The rollout is not universal on day one. USAT is the first live token under the integration. Anchorage says other stablecoins, including Western Union’s USDPT and OSL’s USDGO, are expected to join later. That sequencing is important because “170+ networks” describes LayerZero’s wider connectivity footprint, not a claim that every Anchorage-issued token is immediately active on every supported chain. The broader direction, though, is clear. Regulated stablecoin issuers increasingly want cross-chain distribution to be native infrastructure rather than an afterthought. Anchorage is now building that capability into the issuance layer itself. This article was written by the News Desk and edited by Samuel Rae.

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USDT On TRON Overtakes Bitcoin In CoinsBee Payment Activity

TL;DR CoinsBee says USDT on TRON generated about 1.8 times as many completed payments as Bitcoin over its measured 90-day window. USDT on TRON accounted for 16.23% of CoinsBee’s 2026 year-to-date payments, up from 9.92% in 2025. The figures describe CoinsBee activity only and should not be generalized to global crypto payments. USDT on TRON has overtaken Bitcoin in payment activity on CoinsBee, according to a new data release covering a 90-day period from June 4 through September 1. CoinsBee’s figures show TRC-20 USDT generated roughly 1.8 times as many completed payments as Bitcoin and around 1.9 times as many as Ethereum during the measurement window. Stablecoin Spending Gains Ground On CoinsBee The broader year-to-date numbers point in the same direction. USDT on TRON represented 16.23% of all CoinsBee payments in 2026 through the reporting period, compared with 9.92% in 2025. CoinsBee described that as a 64% increase in payment share. Within USDT activity on the platform, TRC-20 accounted for 44.6% of transaction count and 64.5% of total USDT turnover. Those numbers help explain why TRON remains closely associated with stablecoin transfer activity: low transaction costs and wide exchange support can matter more to payment users than the asset’s role in investment markets. The Data Is Platform-Specific There is an important limit to the story. CoinsBee’s data does not establish that USDT on TRON is the world’s most-used payment method, nor does it measure total global payment volume across every merchant, wallet or chain. It tells us what happened on CoinsBee. The company and TRON DAO are also running a 2% promotional discount using code USDT-TRC from September 21 through October 5, which may affect payment behavior during that campaign period. Within the scope that can be verified, however, the trend is clear: on CoinsBee, USDT on TRON has become a larger payment rail than Bitcoin by completed transaction count over the measured window. This article was written by the News Desk and edited by Samuel Rae. Source: Primary Source

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USDT on TRON Becomes Most Used Onchain Payment Option on CoinsBee as Stablecoin Spending Grows

CoinsBee payment data shows USDT on TRON recorded nearly twice as many payments as Bitcoin over the past 90 days, while its share of all payments on CoinsBee increased by 64% compared with 2025.   Stuttgart, Germany, September 21, 2026 – CoinsBee, a global platform that makes it easy to use cryptocurrency for everyday purchases, today announced that USDT (TRC-20) on the TRON network has become the most-used onchain token and network payment option on CoinsBee, according to payment data from the global crypto gift card platform. Over the 90-day period ending September 1, 2026, USDT on TRON recorded approximately 1.8 times as many payments on CoinsBee as Bitcoin and 1.9 times as many as Ethereum. Its share of payment activity has also substantially increased. USDT on TRON accounted for 16.23% of all payments on CoinsBee in 2026 to date, compared with 9.92% in 2025. This represents a 64% increase in its share of total payments. The data provides insight into how cryptocurrency holders use digital assets for everyday retail purchases, in addition to trading and investing. CoinsBee allows customers in more than 180 countries to purchase gift cards, payment cards, gaming credits and mobile top-ups from more than 5,000 global and local brands using over 200 cryptocurrencies. USDT on TRON is also responsible for a large share of USDT spending on the platform. Over the past 90 days, TRC20 accounted for 44.6% of USDT payments on CoinsBee but 64.5% of USDT turnover. This indicates that the average value of USDT purchases made through TRON was higher than purchases made through other networks that support USDT. In the United States, the most purchased brands using USDT on TRON during the same period included Amazon, Apple, AT&T, PlayStation, Uber, Macy’s, T-Mobile, Walmart, Sephora and DoorDash. The purchases covered categories including retail, mobile connectivity, gaming, transport and food delivery. These findings are based on CoinsBee payment data. The 90-day analysis covers the period from June 4 through September 1, 2026, and includes successfully paid and delivered orders. It compares payments by cryptocurrency and blockchain network. Payment counts represent completed payments rather than transaction value, while turnover represents the value of the corresponding purchases on CoinsBee. The comparison of payment share uses 2026 data to date and full year 2025 data. Payment share represents each token and network combination as a percentage of total completed payments on CoinsBee during the respective period. With this momentum, CoinsBee and TRON DAO are launching a joint campaign focused on the use of USDT on TRON for everyday purchases. From September 21 through October 5, 2026, CoinsBee will offer eligible users of the CoinsBee mobile app a 2% discount on purchases paid with USDT on TRON. Users can enter the code USDT-TRC in the CoinsBee app and select USDT on TRON as their payment method to activate the discount. This offer is available once per user. Subject to conditions. Full campaign terms and eligibility requirements are available on the CoinsBee website. “USDT on TRON is already the most used onchain payment option on CoinsBee, and its share of payments has grown considerably over the past year,” said Iván Escamilla Rodriguez, Product and Growth Lead at CoinsBee. “What is particularly interesting for us is that this activity translates into purchases across categories such as retail, mobile services, gaming and food delivery. Our payment data gives us a direct view into how people use stablecoins when they want to spend their assets.” “Stablecoins become more useful when people can use them for products and services they already purchase,” said Sam Elfarra, Community Spokesperson at TRON DAO. “TRON provides infrastructure for USDT transactions at global scale, and the collaboration with CoinsBee gives users another way to use USDT for everyday purchases.” The campaign highlights the growing use of USDT on TRON with CoinsBee’s catalog of more than 5,000 global and local brands. CoinsBee serves more than 500,000 customers and supports cryptocurrency payments for gift cards and digital products across ecommerce, gaming, entertainment, travel, food, fashion, mobile services and other categories.   About CoinsBee CoinsBee is a global platform that makes it easy to use cryptocurrency for everyday purchases. Founded in 2019, CoinsBee enables customers to buy gift cards, payment cards, gaming credits, and mobile top-ups using more than 200 cryptocurrencies. Available in over 180 countries, CoinsBee serves more than 500,000 customers and provides access to gift cards and digital products from more than 5,000 global and local brands across categories including e-commerce, gaming, entertainment, travel, food, fashion, and more. By connecting cryptocurrencies with products and services people use every day, CoinsBee helps make digital assets practical beyond trading and investing. The platform continues to expand its global reach, supported cryptocurrencies, and brand selection to make spending crypto simple, fast, and accessible.   Media Contact Erik Rossol press@coinsbee.com  About TRON DAO TRON DAO is a community-governed DAO dedicated to accelerating the decentralization of the internet via blockchain technology and dApps. Founded in September 2017, the TRON blockchain has experienced significant growth since its MainNet launch in May 2018. Today, TRON hosts the largest circulating supply of USD Tether (USDT) stablecoin, which currently exceeds $94 billion. As of September 2026, the TRON blockchain has recorded over 405 million in total user accounts, more than 15 billion in total transactions, and over $28 billion in total value locked (TVL), based on TRONSCAN. Recognized as the global settlement layer for stablecoin transactions and everyday purchases with proven success, TRON is “Moving Trillions, Empowering Billions.”   TRONNetwork | TRONDAO | X | YouTube | Telegram | Discord | Reddit | GitHub | Medium | Forum Media Contact Yeweon Park press@tron.network

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