Crypto

Crypto coverage across every StreamSage desk, filed under Crypto: Bitcoin, Ethereum, Altcoins, Stablecoins, DeFi, Exchanges, Networks, Tokenization Page 6.

• Goldman, Citizens See Upside for Coinbase, Robinhood, Circle in Tokenized Stocks

  Goldman Sachs and Citizens analysts identify custody, tokenization infrastructure, and stablecoin settlement as key beneficiary areas under the SEC's new five-year innovation framework.

• Bitcoin held $75,000 after Clarity Act failed, but regulatory gap remains

  A 49-50 Senate vote triggered $571M in liquidations, yet analysts point to agency-driven rules and October macro data as the next catalysts.

• Gen Z ETF Holdings Outpace Single Stock Buying on Binance

  Binance Research data shows young investors directing more capital into exchange-traded funds than individual equities, even as overall equity deployment slows.

• Anthropic IPO bets hit record as pre-stock futures near $80 million

  Crypto markets are pricing a potential $2 trillion Anthropic IPO via pre-stock derivatives, even as the company has not set a share count or offering price.

• Senate Clarity Act Defeat Shifts Crypto Rulemaking to SEC and CFTC

  The 49-50 Senate vote ended the legislative bid, but regulators are now drafting the rules, constrained by the CFTC's lack of statutory authority over the spot market.

• Bitcoin's rally ran on short liquidations, not new long bets

  Glassnode and Bybit data shows a 24.6% Bitcoin climb over five days in August matched a 12.6% fall in open interest, pointing to unwinding shorts rather than fresh bullish positions.

• ZEC’s 100% rally above $1500 sends Grayscale’s Zcash ETF within $85 million of $1 billion

  Grayscale’s Zcash ETF sits $85 million below the $1 billion asset threshold, a gap that has narrowed sharply since the fund began trading on NYSE Arca in late August.

• Russia fuel revenue data shows why Bitcoin faces an October 18 tariff test

  July export revenue data and a pending Senate amendment clarify the economic stakes behind the new 500% tariff ceiling.

• RWA futures overtake crypto only in a two-venue sample

  OKX and Token Terminal report RWA volume exceeding Hyperliquid, but broader data shows RWA at 15.2% of CEX derivatives, not a market takeover.

• Monument Bank to tokenize £250m in retail deposits on Midnight

  U.K. challenger bank targets retail deposits with tokenization, arguing current institutional blockchains ignore ordinary savers.

• Lagarde Blocked Binance's EU Entry, WSJ Reports

  The central bank chief intervened after Binance withdrew its MiCA application in Greece in June, leaving the exchange without a license in the bloc.

• New community bank charter costs $20 million in capital

  OCC reports 40 de novo applications in 18 months, up from fewer than four annually in the mid-2010s.

• BOE to Unwind £368B of Gilts by 2034

  The Bank of England will remove its remaining QE-era bond holdings over nine years, selling £20 billion annually.

• Coinbase seeks CFTC approval for U.S. single-stock perpetuals

  The filing covers roughly 50 to 60 contracts, including Apple, Microsoft, Tesla, and Nvidia, with a potential launch later this year.

• Bitcoin reaches $81,000 after BOJ lifts rates to 1.25%

  The yen fell 1.2% following the Bank of Japan's decision to raise its target rate by 25 basis points, according to CryptoSlate.

• Polygon Prepares Permissionless Burn of 100 Million POL

  Nailwal said contracts are on testnet and would move to mainnet after Security Council signatures.

• FCA draws the UK boundary for offshore crypto platforms ahead of 2027 rules

  FCA boundary test splits offshore crypto platforms by trading role

• TRON treasury wallet switched to HTX intermediary three days after UK sanctions

  On-chain data shows daily TRX flows from a sanctioned HTX wallet stopped May 29, three days after UK sanctions hit Huobi Global, before an HTX-funded intermediary took over.

• Neutrl NUSD redemptions open at 51 cents amid Strata tranche write-down

  The Defiant reports Strata scheduled a 48-hour valuation update that writes jrNUSD to zero while senior withdrawals settle in sNUSD at revised values.

• TRM Finds Victims Deployed and Funded Their Own Scam Contracts

  Blockchain data shows 234 self-deployed contracts moved 274.60 ETH to six operator addresses, bypassing standard wallet security checks.