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CeFi
CoinEx to Close Exchange on Ninth Anniversary
Withdrawals end Dec. 22, while Arkham attributes $422.7 million across 3.2 million addresses to CoinEx and its reserve page shows no current audit rows.
Podcast
Will crypto get clarity? Senate votes today
The Senate is set to vote on a procedural motion to advance the Digital Asset Market Clarity Act, the major crypto market structure bill, on Tuesday, September 15 — a critical step toward a full floor vote, requiring at least seven non-Republican votes to clear the 60-vote threshold. Camila Russo talks with Summer Mersinger (Blockchain Association) and Kevin Wysocki (Anchorage Digital) live as the vote unfolds, breaking down what's in the bill, what's still being negotiated, and what it would mean for the industry if it passes.

Markets
Standard Chartered Sets $10 Arbitrum Target on Robinhood and Tokenization Growth
Geoff Kendrick's note calls Arbitrum "the blockchain for TradFi" and puts the token at roughly 70 times its current price by the end of the decade. The forecast rests on the 10% cut Arbitrum takes from chains built on its stack — a line that Robinhood Chain created in July and that has fallen 93% from its peak in the past 10 days.

TradFi & Fintech
Bitget Wallet Adds Reality's Tokenized U.S. Stocks Alongside Ondo And xStocks
The self-custodial wallet lists rTokens on Arbitrum and Morph from Sept. 15. Reality is part of the Bitget ecosystem.

DeFi
Balancer Proposes Shutting Down and Returning Its $9 Million Treasury to BAL Holders
Holders would burn BAL for a pro-rata share of the treasury starting May 2027. Pools move to withdrawals-only on Oct. 30. BAL's market cap is $7.7 million.

Markets
XRP Leads a Broad Crypto Bid on the Eve of a Senate Vote and a Fed Decision
Bitcoin added 2.3% to $79,164 and set its session high in New York rather than overnight, while the S&P 500 held a 0.3% loss. Seventy-nine of the 121 largest non-stablecoin tokens rose. The Senate votes at 2:15 p.m. Tuesday on whether to take up the CLARITY Act, and Polymarket traders price a quarter-point Federal Reserve increase on Wednesday at 85.5%.

Regulation & Politics
Republicans Post Final CLARITY Act Text With Trump-Backed Ethics Terms a Day Before Cloture Vote
The ethics division drops the Jan. 20, 2029 sunset, reverses the July text's bar on state attorney general enforcement, and raises civil penalties from 10% of the take or $500,000, whichever is less, to 20% or $500,000, whichever is greater. The bans on issuing and sponsoring digital assets reach only assets created after the law takes effect, up to 360 days after enactment. No Democrat has endorsed the text.
TradFi & Fintech
Robinhood Says Shares And Votes Are Coming For Stock Tokens
Crypto chief Johann Kerbrat said on Monday that in-kind redemption and voting are on the roadmap for Robinhood Stock Tokens. The base prospectus governing the tokens says holders are not entitled to physical delivery of the underlying shares and have no voting rights, and the final terms let the issuer lend those shares out and waive the votes.

NFTs & Web3
Pixelmon Ends Game Development After Publisher Test Falls Short
The NFT project gave notice to its gaming team and will take its titles offline, while a smaller group searches for a non-gaming business model.

Infrastructure
Base-Ethereum Account Abstraction Collaboration Broke Down, Developer Says
The two draft proposals take different approaches to native smart accounts, potentially shifting cross-chain compatibility work to wallets and apps.




