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TradFi & Fintech
Coinbase Wins CFTC Approval for In-House Derivatives Clearing
The new clearinghouse can handle fully collateralized contracts; Coinbase will keep outside partners for margined futures and planned single-stock perpetuals.

TradFi & Fintech
Dune Flags Yield Shortfall at Tokenized Money Funds
WisdomTree’s Treasury money fund trailed its T-bill benchmark by 15 basis points over a year. Issuer disclosures show how expenses and liquidity terms affect returns.

TradFi & Fintech
Citi Taps Coinbase for Corporate Stablecoin Payments: WSJ
The firms’ October 2025 collaboration initially focused on fiat funding and withdrawals for Coinbase’s on- and off-ramps.

Markets
Bitcoin ETFs Draw Nearly $3 Billion in Seven Sessions as 2026 Flows Turn Positive
US spot funds finished Sept. 25 with about $1.02 billion in net inflows for the year, reversing a $1.96 billion deficit before the streak.

TradFi & Fintech
Franklin Templeton Fund Shares Become Bybit Trading Collateral
Eligible clients can pledge Benji-issued money market fund shares for USDT or USDC credit lines while the shares stay in custody and keep paying yield. Franklin ran the same structure with Binance in February.

TradFi & Fintech
Bitwise NEAR ETF Clears Listing and Registration Hurdles
The NRR product plans to stake its NEAR holdings, with a 0.75% annual management fee and a separate charge on staking rewards.

TradFi & Fintech
CleanSpark Closes $2.276 Billion Debt Deal for Sandersville Data Center
The 7.875% notes fund construction and reimburse earlier equity contributions to a Georgia project with a 20-year lease.

Regulation & Politics
EBA Floats Stablecoin Lending Restrictions for EU Crypto Firms
The regulator wants the EU to examine rules for DeFi gateways, with leverage caps and certification of lending protocols among the options.

People
Circle CFO Jeremy Fox-Geen to Step Down by Year-End
Circle has begun a replacement search, while Fox-Geen’s exit agreement includes $1.05 million in conditional cash payments.

CeFi
Tether Says EQIBank Exposure Is Below 0.034% of Group Assets
A federal court order lists $79.1 million seized.





