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The European Commission is considering whether to classify staking as a licensed financial service separate from the Markets in Crypto-Assets framework, CryptoSlate reported, citing a MiCA review document. The consultation will run through Sept. 30, and any future legislative revision could bring major structural changes for staking providers across Europe and the broader proof-of-stake network ecosystem.

Aptos is stepping up efforts to build dedicated infrastructure for payments and computing resource trading between autonomous AI agents, CryptoSlate reported. Through partnerships with payment protocol x402 and io.net, the project will provide an environment in which AI agents can directly rent GPU resources and complete payments automatically.

Polymarket was exposed to at least $10 million in attempted fraudulent payments using stolen debit cards on its U.S. platform, The Block reported. The attackers funded bets with stolen debit cards and then tried to withdraw any winnings to clean accounts or cards under their control. Seven users led the scheme, according to the report, and one user attempted more than 4,000 deposits. The fraud rate for Polymarket deposits processed by payment provider Checkout.com at one point exceeded 80%, and Checkout.com demanded tougher controls after receiving a warning from Visa. After receiving an internal report, CEO Shayne Coplan allegedly told employees to focus on growth for now and worry about fines later, according to The Block. The incident led to the resignation of Chief Compliance Officer Andrew Clifford and the replacement or dismissal of a number of senior executives, including the CEO of the U.S. entity.

Injective’s governance proposal, IIP-701 for the Meridian mainnet upgrade, passed with 99% support from INJ stakers, CryptoSlate reported. The upgrade is centered on adding compliant real-world asset tokenization to Injective’s EVM layer and is scheduled to be activated on Sept. 24 at block height 184,394,000.

Batch V1.1, a payment upgrade for the XRP Ledger that can bundle and process up to eight transactions as a single operation, is set to be activated on Sept. 29, CoinDesk reported. The upgrade will also eliminate the risk of one side of a transaction being completed while the other side fails.

Russia’s central bank has unveiled a draft rule that would cap commercial banks’ and financial groups’ exposure to crypto-related assets at 1% of equity capital, CryptoSlate reported. The proposal would tightly regulate banks’ proprietary risk-taking while protecting client custody assets through differentiated segregation based on liability allocation. The central bank plans to publish a formal bill in the fourth quarter, and the measure would take effect 10 days after publication.

An attack targeting Fetch.ai and NuNet yesterday led to the theft of $2 million, while the price of NTX, which was unauthorizedly minted in the fallout, plunged more than 95%, AMBCrypto reported. The breach exposed a vulnerability in the security verification of the Ethereum-based FET token converter contract. In NuNet’s case, 408.5 million NTX were minted without authorization after a private key was compromised.

ZetaChain has overwhelmingly approved Proposal 68 to officially discontinue its native L1 network and migrate its token entirely to the Solana ecosystem, The Block reported. The plan calls for the existing ZetaChain L1 to be shut down and for ZETA to be converted one-for-one into a Solana-based SPL token. While the vote confirmed the direction of the shutdown, the network snapshot block height and final shutdown block are expected to be decided in a second governance vote after exchanges confirm support for the token swap.

Hundreds of victims lost more than $235,000 worth of cryptocurrency in just 48 hours in malware attacks using remote-access trojans, according to Crypto Briefing. The hacking group behind the attacks, the exact malware variant used, and the distribution route have not been identified.

Analysts at major financial institutions including Goldman Sachs and Citizens said Coinbase, Robinhood and Circle are likely to benefit significantly after the U.S. SEC announced an innovation exemption for stock tokens, as the three companies are seen taking an early lead in the market.

The Trump team transferred $18 million worth of TRUMP to BitGo, according to Onchain Lens. Over the past two weeks, the team has moved 31 million TRUMP worth $70.64 million to BitGo.

IOHK’s proposal to secure 12.29 million ADA, or about $2.95 million, in support for its Bitcoin DeFi project Pogun was ultimately rejected in a Cardano decentralized governance, or DRep, vote, CryptoSlate reported. Following the result, CEO Charles Hoskinson announced IOHK will no longer give Cardano top priority when launching new products and will instead strengthen its multichain strategy.

BitForex founder Garrett Jin, who has faced allegations of profiting from insider trading ahead of last October’s largest-ever forced liquidation event, closed a ZEC short position held for three months, locking in a $36.13 million loss, according to Onchain Lens. Cumulative profit and loss now stands at negative $12.77 million, while a BTC long position is currently showing $3.71 million in unrealized gains.

Canary Capital has filed a second amended S-1 registration statement for its SEI staking ETF, Sei said. Sei added that the amendment significantly changes the staking structure, with about 90% of the fund expected to be staked.

NEAR has risen by 3.87% in the past five minutes on the COINNESS market. Currently, NEAR is trading at $4.19.

According to CoinNess market monitoring, BTC has risen above $81,000. BTC is trading at $81,005.64 on the Binance USDT market.

M has risen by 4.67% in the past five minutes on the COINNESS market. Currently, M is trading at $1.41.

M has fallen by 4.39% in the past five minutes on the COINNESS market. Currently, M is trading at $1.35.

M fell 9.22% over the past five minutes on the CoinNess market and was trading at $1.61. Note: This is an automated alert issued when the system detects sharp price moves among tokens with a market capitalization of over $3 billion.

M rose 4.43% over the past five minutes on the CoinNess market and was trading at $1.7. Note: This is an automated alert triggered when the system detects sharp price moves in assets with a market capitalization of over $3 billion.

According to CoinNess market monitoring, BTC has fallen below $81,000. BTC is trading at $80,994.95 on the Binance USDT market.

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A senior Iranian source said on Sept. 19 that Qatar and Pakistan, acting as mediators, conveyed to Iran that the U.S. was prepared to engage seriously in negotiations and an agreement. The source said Iran would also be ready within days to resume implementing the Islamabad memorandum of understanding if the U.S. returns to the MOU and carries out its terms. Iran is still seeking substantive and credible guarantees that it will not face another attack, the source added. If the U.S. implements the MOU’s core provisions, including halting hostilities, lifting the blockade and allowing Iran to export oil, Iran will immediately begin talks on the nuclear issue and sanctions relief, according to the source. Separately, Iran reached an agreement with Oman on the Strait of Hormuz issue, but said it would not reopen the strait unless the blockade ends and an agreement is reached with the U.S.

If BTC breaks above $83,078, short positions worth $1.16 billion across major centralized exchanges could be liquidated, according to CoinGlass data. If BTC falls below $80,054, long positions worth $800 million could face liquidation.

Hyperliquid bought back and burned 26,310 HYPE worth $2.42 million over the past 24 hours, according to Onchain Lens. Total cumulative burns have reached 48.76 million HYPE worth $4.5 billion, or 4.88% of the total supply.