Highlights Preview:
· U.S. Senate Majority Leader John Thune filed a cloture motion for the "Clarity Act," with a vote scheduled for 02:00 Beijing Time on September 16.
· The U.S. House Ways and Means Committee is set to review cryptocurrency tax rules on September 16;
· Circle’s open blockchain network Arc mainnet launched on September 16, with financial giants such as BlackRock and DTCC serving as validators.
· Arbitrum (ARB) will unlock approximately 92.65 million tokens at 9 PM Beijing Time on September 16, accounting for about 1.59% of the circulating supply, with a value of around $12.7 million;
· The Federal Reserve's FOMC will announce its interest rate decision and Summary of Economic Projections at 2:00 AM Beijing time on September 17.
· The U.S. SEC will hold a roundtable on September 17 to discuss the transition to 24-hour stock market trading.
· LayerZero (ZRO) will unlock approximately 25.71 million tokens at 7 PM Beijing Time on September 20, accounting for about 4.22% of the circulating supply, with a value of around $26 million.
·September 14th
Exchange:
Upbit and Bithumb will delist STORJ, TT, and JASMY on September 14.
South Korean cryptocurrency exchanges Upbit and Bithumb will delist Storj (STORJ), ThunderCore (TT), and JasmyCoin (JASMY) on September 14, citing unresolved issues from previous trading warnings as the reason for terminating support for these assets.
The Korea Exchange (KRX) will introduce a new "after-hours market" from September 14 on both the main KOSPI and the secondary KOSDAQ markets, expanding the trading scope to all 2,651 listed stocks—a significant increase from the previous maximum of 800 stocks on the alternative exchange Nextrade (NXT). This marks the first time South Korea's after-hours market will implement a market maker (MM) system to enhance trading activity for less liquid stocks. To protect investors, market orders will be prohibited in the after-hours market, with only limit orders, best-priority limit orders, and most-favorable limit orders allowed. Additionally, Immediate-or-Cancel (IOC) and Fill-or-Kill (FOK) conditional orders will be partially permitted.
Project Updates:
On-chain reserve protocol The Standard Reserve is set to launch on September 14.
The on-chain reserve protocol The Standard Reserve posted on platform X, announcing its launch on September 14. Both of its security audits found no critical vulnerabilities, and the audit reports will be made public before the launch. The Standard Reserve is an on-chain protocol based on the OHM-style reserve currency mechanism, minting tokens through ETH cash flows. It claims to be a "sovereign on-chain central bank," with a hard cap of 1 billion $STANDARD tokens and only 1,000 "Founding Charters" slots available. The protocol has not officially launched yet.
Spark will shut down the SparkLend lending protocol on Gnosis Chain on September 14.
Spark announced that it will shut down its lending protocol SparkLend on Gnosis Chain on September 14. After the service is terminated, all outstanding loans may face liquidation, and users are advised to repay their debts and withdraw collateral before the deadline. This move aims to reduce Spark's overall risk exposure and eliminate ongoing maintenance costs.
Meebits collaborates with Clutch Markets to launch the NFT series Nightshades on September 14.
MeebCo tweeted an announcement that the NFT project Nightshades, launched in collaboration between Meebits and Clutch Markets, will go live on September 14. Specific allocation and minting details will be revealed later this week. Nightshades continues Meebits' voxel art style, revolving around four factions: Watchers, Zombies, Ghosts, and Knights. Each faction has its exclusive NFTs and tokens, which can be exchanged among each other via AnvilAMM.
YZi Labs announced the launch of the fifth season of the EASY Residency early-stage project acceleration program, with key investment focuses including programmable capital and on-chain markets, stablecoin payment infrastructure, AI infrastructure and compute economy, AI interfaces and consumer layers, as well as AI × biology and programmable science. The fifth season of EASY Residency spans 10 weeks, consisting of 5 weeks of online courses followed by 5 weeks of in-person sessions in Thailand, culminating in a demo day presented to leading global investors. Accommodation, meals, and workspace in Thailand are fully covered, allowing founders to focus solely on building. Selected projects can receive up to $500,000 in investment and are eligible for an additional $2 million in funding from a token aggregation platform. The application deadline is September 14 at 14:59 (UTC+8).
·September 15th
Policy Regulation:
Senate Majority Leader John Thune filed a cloture motion early Saturday morning, paving the way for the bill to proceed to debate. This means the cryptocurrency market structure bill will be brought to the full Senate for consideration after lawmakers return from their August recess next month. The Senate is scheduled to vote on the motion at 2 p.m. on September 15 (02:00 Beijing Time on September 16), a procedural step that requires at least 60 votes in favor and does not signify the bill’s passage or advancement to a final vote. With Republicans holding 53 seats, if all Republicans vote in favor, the motion would need support from at least seven Democrats or independents to pass. Currently, disagreements persist between Democrats and Republicans over ethics provisions, illicit finance oversight, and how to incorporate text from the Senate Agriculture Committee.
Ripple's Chief Legal Officer Stuart Alderoty previously spoke at the Wyoming Blockchain Summit.expressSeptember 15 will serve as a critical indicator for the prospects of the CLARITY Act—on that day, the Senate will hold its first procedural vote, requiring 60 votes in favor to advance the legislation. Alderoty stated that if the legislation fails, the SEC and CFTC will continue to push forward with their respective rulemaking processes, but passing the bill would provide a more enduring framework. He expressed hope that the act would be approved.
Project Updates:
Datavault AI will launch the asset tokenization trading platform IDE on September 15.
Nasdaq-listed company Datavault AI announced that its asset tokenization trading platform, Information Data Exchange (IDE), will officially launch on September 15, 2026. The platform will support the identification, authentication, scoring, valuation, tokenization, and monetization of data and other real-world assets (RWA), while allowing data owners to retain ownership and control of the underlying data. The company's CEO, Nathaniel Bradley, stated, "Tokenization alone does not create a market," emphasizing their goal to build a comprehensive infrastructure covering asset identification, authentication, valuation, tokenization, trading, and settlement. It is reported that Datavault AI will also simultaneously launch NILv, a platform for trading athletes' commercial rights, and APEX, a blockchain-based data and advertising trading platform.
DeFi Yield Protocol Pyra Ceases Operations, Users Must Withdraw Funds by September 15
The DeFi yield protocol Pyra, which was affected by the attack on Drift Protocol, has announced the cessation of its operations. Pyra stated that it failed to find a sustainable way to continue operations after the attack and has currently suspended new user registrations. Existing users can withdraw their funds before September 15. Pyra also mentioned that once Drift's "recovery tokens" are launched, they will be distributed to affected users through a web portal.
Token Unlock:
YZY (YZY) will unlock approximately 29.17 million tokens at 11:00 AM Beijing Time on September 15, accounting for about 4.49% of the circulating supply, with a value of roughly $8.4 million.
Starknet (STRK) will unlock approximately 127 million tokens at 8:00 AM Beijing Time on September 15, accounting for about 3.48% of the circulating supply, with an estimated value of $3.6 million.
Sei (SEI) will unlock approximately 55.56 million tokens at 8 PM Beijing Time on September 15, accounting for about 0.86% of the circulating supply, with a value of around $2.5 million.
·September 16th
Policy Regulation:
The U.S. House Ways and Means Committee is scheduled to review a series of digital asset tax legislations on September 16, advancing the crypto tax bill toward a full House vote. The review will focus on two key issues: when miners and stakers should be taxed on newly created tokens, and whether the wash-sale rules applicable to stocks should extend to digital assets.
Two key bills are the "Mining and Staking Tax Clarity Act" H.R. 9175 and the "Applying Existing Tax Abuse Rules to Digital Assets Act" H.R. 9172. The former stipulates that miners and stakers do not need to pay taxes immediately upon receiving new tokens, but can defer taxation until the tokens are actually sold, at which point they will be taxed as ordinary income. The latter extends the wash sale and constructive sale rules to actively traded digital assets, closing tax loopholes that cryptocurrency traders have exploited for years.
India's Crypto Bill Enters Critical Phase, Finance Ministry to Hold Hearing on September 16
The Standing Committee on Finance of the Indian Parliament has scheduled a hearing with the Department of Economic Affairs on September 16 regarding virtual digital assets, marking a critical step in India's crypto regulatory framework process. Currently, cryptocurrencies are not recognized as legal tender in India but remain unbanned, with investment gains taxed at a flat 30% rate and subject to 1% tax deducted at source. As of mid-2026, 54 virtual digital asset service providers, including CoinDCX, CoinSwitch, Binance, and Coinbase, have registered with the Financial Intelligence Unit. However, approximately 91.5% of India's crypto trading volume flows to offshore platforms. The committee has previously heard opposing views from the central bank (opposing legalization) and the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (supporting a comprehensive legal framework). The upcoming hearing will address core issues such as the choice of regulatory body, asset definition, and leakage from offshore transactions.
Project Updates:
Circle announced that its open blockchain network Arc, designed for global financial markets, is set to officially launch its public mainnet on September 16. Currently operating on a private mainnet, Arc has already attracted participation from over 100 institutions and ecosystem partners. BlackRock, DTCC (Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation), Galaxy, Global Payments, ICE, Mastercard, MoneyGram, SBI Group, Standard Chartered Bank, Sumitomo Corporation, and Visa will serve as Genesis Validators, contributing to the network's security and governance. BlackRock plans to deploy its USD institutional digital liquidity fund, BUIDL, on Arc, while DTCC is advancing integration with Arc for tokenization and settlement, enabling assets held at DTC to be tokenized on Arc for stablecoin-based on-chain settlements. Additionally, Circle intends to introduce a suite of supporting application frameworks, AI tools, and tokenized asset issuance and management capabilities on Arc.
The Ethereum Foundation has released a tiered assessment of 62 EIP proposals for the Hegotá upgrade and will host an AMA on September 16 in the Reddit r/ethereum subreddit.
The Ethereum Foundation (EF) published an article disclosing the graded evaluation report for EIP proposals under the Hegotá upgrade. This marks the team's first unified rating view for a single upgrade, with approximately 60 researchers, engineers, and domain experts participating in the assessment process, submitting a total of 397 evaluation opinions. Among the 62 proposals reviewed, two were classified as "Tier S: Must Launch"—consensus-layer EIP-7805 (FOCIL, an anti-censorship proposal) and execution-layer EIP-8141 (Frame Transactions, a core account abstraction proposal). Additionally, 15 proposals are expected to be implemented (Tier A), 28 were rejected with specific reasons provided, and the rest were categorized as Tier B/C or remain pending. The Ethereum Foundation will host an AMA on September 16 in the Reddit r/ethereum forum to address community questions regarding this grading evaluation and related priority arrangements.
Token Unlock:
Arbitrum (ARB) will unlock approximately 92.65 million tokens at 9 PM Beijing Time on September 16, accounting for about 1.59% of the circulating supply, with an estimated value of $12.7 million.
·September 17
Macroeconomics:
The Federal Reserve's FOMC will announce its interest rate decision and Summary of Economic Projections at 2:00 AM Beijing time on September 17.
Waller had previously indicated last month that if the Federal Reserve could not "gain sufficient confidence swiftly enough that underlying inflation is moving toward the target," there would be "work to do." The latest data shows this confidence has not materialized. Investors and economists now view a Fed rate hike as nearly a certainty, which would mark the U.S. central bank's first increase in the benchmark rate in three years. Support for raising rates has been building within the Fed. At the July policy meeting, three officials dissented against holding rates steady, favoring a hike instead.
The Bank of England will announce its interest rate decision at 7 PM Beijing time on September 17.
Policy Regulation:
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) will hold a roundtable on September 17 to discuss the transition of the U.S. stock market to 24-hour trading. Topics will include preparations to support overnight trading, the operation and resilience of a 24-hour market, as well as the opportunities and challenges of expansion. The roundtable will be open to the public and will be livestreamed on the SEC’s website. The agenda and list of speakers will be announced prior to the event.
It is reported that,The U.S. SEC Announces Agenda for September 17 "24-Hour Trading" Roundtable, Featuring Participants Like Robinhood, NYSE, and BlackRock。
·September 18
Macroeconomics:
The Bank of Japan will announce its interest rate decision at 11:00 AM Beijing time on September 18.
·September 19
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·September 20
Token Unlock:
LayerZero (ZRO) will unlock approximately 25.71 million tokens at 7 PM Beijing Time on September 20, accounting for about 4.22% of the circulating supply, with a value of roughly $26 million.
Bedrock (BR) will unlock approximately 40.63 million tokens at 8:00 AM Beijing Time on September 20, accounting for about 18.68% of the circulating supply, with an estimated value of $10.4 million.
Lista DAO (LISTA) will unlock approximately 33.44 million tokens at 5 PM Beijing Time on September 20, accounting for about 5.18% of the circulating supply, with a value of roughly $2.6 million.