
Liquid Mercury Announces Initial Closing of ACQUA1 Offering
Chicago, United States, 4th September 2026, Chainwire

Chicago, United States, 4th September 2026, Chainwire

Pencil Finance completes a $1 million on-chain student lending cycle in Southeast Asia. The milestone helps link the blockchain-based lending services to students who traditionally do not have access to financing options. Pencil provided the funds as a lender and managed to track the whole lending cycle on-chain. The borrowers

As of September 4, within the broader crypto market, Zcash ($ZEC) has shown stronger bullish momentum after surging 19.4%. Currently, the price is trading at the $1,009.82 level, pushing firmly above the crucial $950 level. Moreover, its trading volume has reached $1.265 billion. Significantly, Zcash’s momentum is back in the

The Pocket Bitcoin has now widened its August security breach scope following its full forensic analysis. According to the Swiss Bitcoin company, there were two data sets in connection to the security issue involving 5,411 users. While the first dataset included bank transactions records for 5,120 users, the second one

South Korea is moving to expand tokenized securities beyond fractional investment products, with plans to build infrastructure that can eventually support stocks, bonds, funds and other traditional securities. The Financial Services Commission (FSC) announced the policy direction on September 4 following a meeting of its public-private tokenized securities consultative body.

El Salvador and the IMF have reached a staff-level agreement on the combined second and third reviews of the country’s 40-month Extended Fund Facility arrangement. Subject to IMF Executive Board approval and the completion of agreed prior actions, El Salvador stands to receive approximately $140 million. It is equivalent to

Coinbase, America’s leading regulated centralized crypto exchange, has taken a regulatory step toward bringing single-stock perpetual contracts to the U.S. market by filing notice registrations with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for its derivatives exchange and brokerage business. The crypto exchange confirmed the move in a post on X

Dogecoin (DOGE) is the first and most famous dog-themed token, and it hit $0.1007 on August 22 and has since retraced more than 17% to current levels. At press time, the meme coin is trading at $0.08318, with a value rise of over 3%, and with the volume settled at

The leading hardware wallet company, Ledger SAS, is facing a proposed class-action lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York over an alleged $1.9 million cryptocurrency loss. Douglas Kim filed the complaint on August 27, 2026, seeking at least $500 million in damages. According to

Paul Atkins, the chair of the SEC, has framed the Regulation Crypto Assets as an answer to years of ambiguity. The regulation will make the American market more welcoming for crypto-based firms and innovators. According to Atkins, the former administration was too aggressive in its enforcement efforts and thus pushed

Road Town, Tortola, British Virgin Islands, 3rd September 2026, Chainwire

Standard Chartered has launched Bitcoin and Ether spot trading for institutional clients in the United Arab Emirates, expanding its regulated digital asset services through its Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC) entity. The British multinational bank announced the move on September 3, 2026, saying it has become the first global systemically

The largest altcoin, Ethereum (ETH), has strengthened its market structure after buyers successfully defended the long-term ascending trendline. The reaction from this macro support triggered a sharp recovery, allowing ETH to break through the initial resistance zone and turn that former ceiling into near-term support. ETH is currently trading at

Payward, the parent company of crypto exchange Kraken, again pushed back its planned initial public offering (IPO) to the second quarter of 2027 at the earliest, according to the CoinDesk report. The latest timeline extends the delay that began earlier this year, when Payward put its IPO plans on hold

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC)is seeking a dismissal of the lawsuit filed by CME Group against Kalshi’s Bitcoin perpetual futures in a federal court. The Commission asserts that CME does not have standing because the Commission has failed to demonstrate any actual competitive injury caused by its approval of

The largest and dominant asset, Bitcoin (BTC), is trading at $77,578 with a 24-hour range of $76,297 to $77,830 and a seven-day range stretching from $76,297 to $81,281. Also, its volume sits at $26.79 billion. The bounce from $76K is significant. $79,500 is the resistance BTC has failed to properly

Crypto Council for Innovation is advocating for a modernized framework for ETP by the Securities and Exchange Commission. CCI is calling for more clarity and predictability in the process of obtaining approvals for innovative ETPs. The suggestions from CCI were presented on August 31 concerning the framework for novel ETFs

While the global crypto market attempts to recover from one of its worst phases of the year, with Bitcoin trading above $76K, altcoins are also trying to keep pace with the giant crypto. Among them, Filecoin (FIL) is one of the top performers, posting gains of more than 16% over

A group of 21 major financial institutions, including Goldman Sachs, Bank of America, Citi and Deutsche Bank, plans to establish a new company to issue a U.S. dollar-denominated stablecoin in the first half of 2027. According to the announcement from the institutions on September 1, they intend to form a

The G20 indicated an increased emphasis on digital asset innovation while remaining cognizant of maintaining financial stability in its approach to policy formulation. Financial ministers and central bank governors saw the opportunity that digital financial innovation provides as a means of achieving broader economic growth. This new emphasis has come