Tether Pushes Back on EU Stablecoin Rules 🇪🇺 Tether has stayed out of the EU’s MiCA licensing regime, with CEO Paolo Ardoino arguing that the reserve requirements would force USDT to hold a large share of its backing in EU bank deposits instead of U.S. Treasuries. Under MiCA, significant stablecoins face a 60% bank-deposit requirement, while ordinary e-money tokens face a 30% floor. USDT was removed from licensed EU exchanges after the transition ended on July 1. Now the ECB and all 27 EU national central banks are asking the European Commission to scrap those fixed deposit quotas, arguing that large stablecoin deposits could leave banks quickly during a redemption rush. They instead proposed liquidity requirements based on how quickly reserves can be converted to cash. Tether has said it could reconsider EU authorization if the framework changes.

Binance Buys $100M Stake in Circle @binance has invested $100 million in @circle as part of a new five-year partnership to expand $USDC adoption across its platform. Circle issued Binance 1.24 million Class A shares at $80.84 each in a private placement that closed on September 17. Under the expanded deal, Binance will promote USDC while Circle will pay Binance a monthly incentive fee tied to the amount of USDC held through its Modular Smart Contract Wallet infrastructure. Binance’s shares are subject to a two-year lock-up, with customary exceptions. The new agreement replaces the companies’ previous USDC partnerships and is designed to expand access to dollar-based financial services globally.

Bitcoin is now an option for Toyota buyers in Bolivia. TOYOSA, Toyota’s official distributor in Bolivia, has added $BTC alongside bolivianos, U.S. dollars and $USDT as a payment option. BitGo is providing the wallet and custody infrastructure, while Towerbank handles transaction processing. TOYOSA has accepted USDT since 2025, so Bitcoin is being added to an existing crypto payment setup. The exact $BTC settlement process hasn’t been disclosed yet, including whether TOYOSA keeps the Bitcoin or converts it.

Binance has expanded bStocks as collateral for Cross Margin and Portfolio Margin accounts, allowing users to use eligible tokenized U.S. stocks to secure margin positions. bStocks are backed 1:1 by underlying shares held in custody, while offering 24/7 on-chain trading and automatic dividend reinvestment. The feature was initially limited to VIP 3+ users and is now available more broadly, with additional risk controls for lower-tier accounts.

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Quantum computing sounds scary when you hear “it could break crypto” but that’s not where we are today! @binance CSO Jimmy Su put it pretty simply. current quantum computers aren’t even close to cracking the cryptography protecting bitcoin, ethereum and other major networks. no reason to panic rn the part actually worth watching is what happens before quantum gets there post-quantum crypto already exists. NIST finalized its first standards for it in 2024. the hard part is getting the whole ecosystem to adopt it. chains, wallets, exchanges, custodians, millions of users. that’s years, not a switch flip exchanges are already in on this. binance for one has been tracking quantum developments, evaluating post-quantum security standards and preparing its infrastructure for the eventual migration. still an ecosystem problem tho. no exchange can become fully quantum-safe on its own if the chains and wallets around it aren’t ready too. meanwhile, the real risks are way less sci-fi phishing, malware, social engineering, compromised credentials, sloppy wallet security that’s what users actually need to worry about today, not quantum computers worth prepping for early. not worth panicking over yet 🧠

BNB Chain Sets New Security Standard AvengerDAO is expanding its security offering with 11 security firms, BNB Chain’s first official BNB-SS standard, and bug bounty support for projects beyond launch. The 11 firms include @HashDit, @CertiK, @zokyo_io, @salus_sec, @Beosin_com, @GoplusSecurity, @blocksecteam, @pessimistic_io, @sherlockdefi, @getfailsafe and @firepanhq, all selected by the $BNB Chain security team. BNB-SS covers governance, access control, oracles, secure development and bridges. Projects that pass the review earn an official security badge. The bug bounty program adds another layer of testing after deployment.

.@BNBCHAIN has obtained ISO 27001 and ISO 27701 certifications following an audit by BSI, the UK’s national standards body. The certifications cover information security management and privacy management across BNB Chain’s infrastructure, including areas such as risk management, access controls, incident response, smart contract deployment, key management, and personal data governance. The certifications apply to $BNB Chain’s core blockchain systems, providing institutions with independently audited security and privacy standards for compliance and due diligence.

Starknet completes quantum-resistant mainnet transaction @Starknet has executed a live mainnet transaction using a Falcon-512 quantum-resistant signature, marking a milestone in its post-quantum security roadmap. The transfer was completed through a Falcon-512 smart account for around $0.06, demonstrating how Starknet’s account abstraction can support post-quantum signatures without requiring hard forks, address changes, or asset migrations.

Binance launches Bitcoin-backed Lite Loan @binance has introduced Lite Loan, a Bitcoin-backed borrowing product that lets eligible users borrow up to 1,000 $USDT without selling their $BTC. The product is designed for small, short-term loans and does not trigger price-based liquidation during the initial 30-day loan term.

One stat from this week’s @DefiLlama data really stood out to us. 94.4% of all weekend tokenized stock trading happened on @binance! The number makes more sense when you zoom out More than half of all tokenized stock trading (51%) now happens outside US market hours, so once Wall Street closes, liquidity doesn’t disappear. It just keeps moving. During regular market hours #Binance accounts for 69% of trading. That rises to 82% overnight before reaching 94.4% on weekends. At the same time, bStocks has already crossed $500M in AUM and processed over $2B in weekend trading volume. Feels like the conversation is shifting from “when do markets open?” to “where is the liquidity when they close?”

it’s becoming clear that tokenized markets won’t be won by whoever lists the most assets. they’ll be won by whoever provides the deepest liquidity that’s where @binance is pulling ahead according to @DefiLlama Research, Binance averaged $536M in $BTC perpetual liquidity during 2025, around 2.6x the depth of the next largest exchange. that same liquidity is helping support the next wave of tokenized real-world assets. the market is already moving in that direction. tokenized RWAs have grown from roughly $5.5B to $25B since early 2025, adding $10B in 2026 alone despite broader weakness across crypto and DeFi. DefiLlama Research also found that centralized exchanges account for roughly 80% of RWA perpetual activity, with Binance capturing 55.7% of CEX volume while leading TradFi perpetuals with a 35.9% market share. from stocks and ETFs to tokenized funds and on-chain RWAs, the same infrastructure that helped Binance scale crypto markets is now helping bridge traditional finance and blockchain.

MegaETH shuts down Mega Mafia accelerator program @megaeth is sunsetting its @megamafia accelerator after two years, saying many of the assumptions behind the program no longer hold as most of its successful incubated projects have moved to other blockchains. The Ethereum scaling project said it will now shift its focus toward building first-party consumer applications and supporting apps designed specifically for the MegaETH ecosystem.

Ledger launches hardware-backed Agent Stack for secure AI transactions @Ledger has introduced Agent Stack, an open-source toolkit that lets AI agents interact with crypto wallets while requiring hardware-based human approval before any transaction is executed. The toolkit enables AI agents to read balances, prepare transactions, and suggest swaps while keeping users in control through Ledger’s hardware security model.

Franklin Templeton’s Benji reaches BNB Chain @BNBCHAIN announced that $1.5 billion worth of Franklin Templeton’s Benji assets are now on BNB Chain, making it the largest network for the asset manager’s tokenized products. The milestone places BNB Chain ahead of Stellar and Ethereum in Benji’s RWA distribution, expanding access to Franklin Templeton’s onchain investment

Vitalik unveils anonymous billboard prototype on Aztec Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin has built a prototype anonymous billboard on Aztec, allowing users to deposit ETH, post messages without revealing their identity, and withdraw their funds afterward. The demo combines privacy with onchain moderation, using an LLM-based system to flag policy violations while adding deposit-based rate limits and time-lock penalties to discourage abuse.

Galaxy launches Bitcoin quantum readiness initiative @galaxyhq has launched the Bitcoin Quantum Readiness Initiative, committing up to $5 million in grants to support developers building post-quantum cryptographic tools for Bitcoin. The initiative also includes a dedicated research program and an advisory council of quantum computing and cryptography experts to help prepare Bitcoin for future quantum security challenges.

Telegram to roll out native non-custodial Gram wallet @telegram is set to launch its native non-custodial Gram wallet across the app this summer, marking what it says will be the largest crypto wallet rollout in history. The rollout will bring instant, zero-fee crypto transactions to more than a billion users directly within Telegram.

United Stables adopts Chainlink for U stablecoin @UTechStables has selected @chainlink as its official data oracle and cross chain infrastructure provider to support the expansion of its $1B+ U stablecoin across DeFi. The integration brings Chainlink Price Feeds, Proof of Reserve, and future CCIP support to strengthen pricing, reserve transparency, and secure cross chain transfers as U expands beyond BNB Chain to Ethereum and TRON.