Welcome to the 149th edition of Sharding Weekly! 2026/9/21 - 9/27 Some Highlights: 🔸Trump turned down a seven-day Iran ceasefire and reportedly expects strikes to resume post-midterms 🔸Fed proposes stablecoin issuer framework under the GENIUS Act 🔸SEC staff FAQs say liquid staking tokens are not securities and buybacks are not managerial efforts 🔸SEC Commissioner Peirce calls for zero-knowledge proofs to replace data-heavy KYC and AML practices 🔸President Xi Jinping calls for the US and China to work together on AI development 🔸Bitget confirms a hack with losses of approximately $350M and claims user funds are safe 🔸Bitget resumes withdrawals in phases from September 28 with BTC first and everything else by October 2 🔸Binance lists Hyperliquid ($HYPE) with Seed Tag 🔸New York sues Polymarket for running an illegal gambling operation 🔸Kalshi crypto trading volumes face wash trading allegations --- 📰News $BTC •Strategy added 950 BTC with holdings now at 846,000 •Strive added 1,355 BTC for $107.7M with holdings now at 26,355 •CME to launch Bitcoin Cash and Uniswap futures $ETH •BitMine bought 27,562 ETH last week $SOL •Forward Industries closes a $25M direct offering to buy SOL for its treasury AI •@SpaceXAI launches Grok 4.7 for coding and knowledge work •Anthropic launches Claude Opus 5.5 at 40% lower cost •OpenAI brings GPT-6 Astra’s capabilities to faster cheaper models with Sol and Luna •AI data center spending outpaces canals railroads and the electrical grid combined in a historic US economic bet Others •US considers a plan to promote dollar-backed stablecoins worldwide •X adds live stock and crypto prices to the feed via cashtags •European Central Bank launches digital euro payments for tokenized interbank transactions •Coinbase opens IPO access to US retail users •Binance invests $100M in Circle equity •NYSE and Blockchain. com to explore selling tokenized versions of US-listed stocks •Canada’s six biggest banks launch a joint tokenized deposits project for 24/7 blockchain payments •UK’s largest banks complete their first interbank transactions using tokenized deposits •Ondo and BlackRock partner for tokenized “intelligent portfolios.” •CoinMarketCap acquires Coinglass for derivatives data •OpenSea launches a TCG marketplace aggregator for sports cards Pokémon and One Piece •A fake GIWA mainnet drained over 766 ETH --- 📖Good Reads •@VitalikButerin - The cryptographic world computer •@SpencerApplebau - DeFi 2.0 •@Evan_ss6 - The Ceiling Breaks: Six Calls for This Cycle •@CryptoHayes - Safety First •@RaoulGMI - Everything Will Be a Token •@BlackRock - The Machine-Native Economy •@Delphi_Digital - The Emerging Onchain Equity Market •@gregisenberg - AI-native services: a $100B opportunity •@KonstantinPilz - How much AI revenue comes from open vs closed models? •@0xNairolf - An explanation of @prlnet, in (very) simple terms. •@0xJeff - Beginners Guide to the Bull Cycle of 2026 •@ren_stocks - Forget The Robot. Buy The Gearboxes Inside It --- 💰Crypto Fundraising DeFi •@PonyGoWeb3 - 2m Strategic investment from @Blockin_VC •@infiniFi - 3m Seed led by @ElectricCapital Payments •@0xinfini - 6m Seed •@atumhq - 13.5m •@hifiHQ - 37m Series A led by @leftlanecap •@NGCASH_ - 15m Strategic led by @bcap Exchange •@Travix_fi - $TBD Seed investment from @ambergroup_io •@XStableRWA - $TBD •@catchback_cards - 8m Seed led by @FoundationCap Prediction Markets •@functionspaceHQ - 1.7m Pre-Seed led by @Maven11Capital and @blockwall_vc That’s all🥂 --- If you feel this thread is helpful, welcome to follow @ciaobelindazhou @cchungccc Thank you for all your support! Have a great day! Full content 👇 nitter.net/ShardingCapital/status…

GOAT CEO @KevinLiu is taking the stage at KBW 2026 🇰🇷 Kevin will walk you through how to make your products easy for AI agents to find, understand, and buy - and why the businesses that move first will win in this new wave of commerce. Stable Stage, October 1st, 10:45am.

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#OpenDigest | 25 September 2026 Each week, we bring you the biggest headlines, sharpest insights, and key updates on stablecoins, tokenized RWAs, and the OpenEden ecosystem. All in one place.👇

This week, Velocity Beta opened to everyone. → ZEC-PERP went live at up to 10x, and ZEC joined SOL, wBTC, wETH, and USDT as collateral. → Every account at 2 bps for a limited time, and referrers earn 20% of their referrals' fees. Trade Now → app.velocity.exchange

Welcome to the 148th edition of Sharding Weekly! 2026/9/14 - 9/20 Some Highlights: 🔸The Federal Reserve hikes interest rates by 25bps in its first rate hike since July 2023 🔸Fed expects one more rate hike this year 🔸Senate fails to advance the CLARITY Act in cloture vote 🔸SEC approves temporary exemption for limited onchain tokenized stock trading 🔸CFTC files new rulemaking to regulate crypto transactions and markets 🔸US House Committee advances Strategic Bitcoin Reserve bill --- 📰News $BTC •Strategy repurchased $139M of STRC $ETH •BitMine Immersion buys another 27,180 ETH AI •President Trump announces the creation of an “AI Force” and says AI could make up 25% of US GDP •Anthropic shifts planned IPO to November •Google’s Gemini AI agent hacks three companies •Apple launches Siri AI with personal context and Gemini integration Others •US House unveils new crypto tax bill •Deutsche Bank launches crypto custody for institutions •Kraken’s parent company Payward to offer Hyperliquid perpetual futures to US clients •Robinhood employees charged with commodities fraud for insider trading on Hyperliquid •@arc mainnet is live with USDC as native gas and sub-second finality •S&P Global to acquire OpenZeppelin •Saudi Arabia exits Chinese-led digital currency project built to cut dollar dependence •Binance launches 24/7 FX perpetual futures with up to 100x leverage •DOJ says millions in Iranian oil proceeds were laundered on Binance •US sanctions crypto exchange BitBank for supporting the Iranian government --- 📖Good Reads •@jack - open the frontier •@thedankoe - You need to be delusional if you want to succeed •@FourPillarsFP - Why Crypto Businesses All Look the Same Now •@ahnchrisj - The Next Insurance Giants •@Goldchau_eth - AI moves fast. Organizations move slow. •@reidhoffman - AI for All Americans •@RohOnChain - How to Use GPT-6 Astra to Build Complex Mathematical Trading Models •@jonah_b - The Copycat Trap: Crypto’s Lessons for AI •@citrini - Robotics Tipping Point: A Citrini Field Trip •@AmirOrmu - Arc tools list --- 💰Crypto Fundraising RWA •@USDai_Official - 40m investment from @k3_capital •@tZERO - $TBD •@deadstock_app - 2.5m Seed led by @Bullish •@FinloopHK - 10m Extended Series A •@tarecredit - 13.25m Seed led by @bcap •@tenkafinance - 2m Pre-Seed led by @Maven11Capital Payments •@velocityxyz_ - 10m Extended Series A •Fincоm - 20m Seed led by @expa •@dtcpay_official - 15m Extended Series A Analytics Platform •@KaikoData - 57m Extended Series B led by @SPGlobal That’s all🥂 --- If you feel this thread is helpful, welcome to follow @ciaobelindazhou @cchungccc Thank you for all your support! Have a great day! Full content 👇 nitter.net/ShardingCapital/status…

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MIR’s Mainnet launch is imminent, and we are currently awaiting the completion and full review of the contract security audits. Once all audits are complete, we will confirm and share the official Mainnet launch date. More details to come soon.

#OpenDigest | 18 September 2026 Each week, we bring you the biggest headlines, sharpest insights, and key updates on stablecoins, tokenized RWAs, and the OpenEden ecosystem. All in one place.👇

Heurist Mesh is now fully agent-ready on @circle agents marketplace. AI agents can discover our tools for crypto and finance. Pay per call in @USDC across 12 networks.

1/ Velocity completes its audit with @osec_io. The protocol is now open source, leaner, and safer. The full report and source code are now public.

Welcome to the 147th edition of Sharding Weekly! 2026/9/7 - 9/13 Some Highlights: 🔸US CPI 3.4% YoY and core CPI 2.4% YoY. Both in line 🔸US PPI ran hot at 5.4% YoY versus 5.3% expected but core PPI came in soft at 0.2% MoM 🔸Fed now projected to hike 25bps next week 🔸US 30-year yield tops 5.39% for the first time since 2004 🔸Coinbase says it has a “backup plan” if the CLARITY Act does not pass 🔸Hunter Biden’s $LAPTOP fell 99.11% within 90 minutes of launch --- 📰News $BTC •White hat drains 4,000 BTC worth $320M from Liquid Network $ETH •Ethereum to let users pay transaction fees with stablecoins instead of ETH in 2027 AI •Nvidia may invest up to $10B to anchor Anthropic’s IPO which could raise $100B at a $2T valuation •OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said the upcoming IPO is ill-timed and has been delayed until 2027 •Elon Musk backs Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei’s call for the AI industry to slow down development •Trump rejects tech industry calls to slow AI development •@cursor_ai launches Projects giving AI coding agents persistent memory and scheduled tasks •Kimi under scrutiny as US agencies allege Chinese AI firms copied American frontier models at scale Others •UK Lords back amendment forcing the government to draft a national crypto strategy •Canada’s banking regulator clears banks to launch blockchain deposit products in 2026 •Italy’s second-largest bank is exploring crypto custody brokerage and tokenized investments •@fourdotmemezh launched 4Stock on BNB Chain with each token backed 1:1 by the underlying stock •Robinhood strikes deal with Cryptocom in latest prediction markets push •Germany to end tax-free crypto gains with a 25% flat tax from 2028 •MetaMask splits from Consensys to operate as an independent company •Nasdaq is investing $100M in Kraken parent Payward at a $21B valuation •@Pumpfun adds stock pairs to its platform •Multi-factor authentication is now live for all @fomo users --- 📖Good Reads •@BinanceResearch - When Stocks Become On-Chain Assets •@JW100x - Meme leaders are emerging in Robinhood stock tokens •@blocmates - 5 Onchain Experiments Bringing Crypto Back to Life •@DarioAmodei - We Must Pace the Frontier •@hilbertspaess - Anthropic researcher quits over AI safety concerns •@apexin_ai - What Happens When AI Starts Improving AI? •@gpugene - Let’s Talk About Buying Compute •@Bankless - Fearing Frontier Labs, Longing Inference Markets •@Evan_ss6 - Have Fun Staying Poor •@jinglingcookies - cash-settled or physically-settled compute futures? •@castle_labs - The Evolution of RWA Trading Onchain: Variational Swaps •@redphone - Welcome to Hotel F*cking California, TradFi --- 💰Crypto Fundraising Payments •@somosplenti - 3m Seed led by @tether •@rtp - 35m Series A led by @oakhcft Exchange •@Antarctic_Ex - 7m Seed GameFi •@RealGoOfficial - 6m Strategic DePIN •@TINA_GeoDePIN - 3m That’s all🥂 --- If you feel this thread is helpful, welcome to follow @ciaobelindazhou @cchungccc Thank you for all your support! Have a great day! Full content 👇 nitter.net/ShardingCapital/status…

Recently at GOAT Network: ⁃ GOAT Flow went from launch to first live integration. ⁃ A step-by-step guide for merchants ⁃ The first BitVM3 bug bounty results ⁃ A run of post-quantum research ⁃ CEO @kevinliu on what the Liquid incident says about bridge design ⁃ The August newsletter Dive in below 🧵

#OpenDigest | 11 September 2026 Each week, we bring you the biggest headlines, sharpest insights, and key updates on stablecoins, tokenized RWAs, and the OpenEden ecosystem. All in one place.👇

This week on Base ➡️Heurist launching x402-enabled financial research agent with AWS AgentCore finance.heurist.ai

1/ Velocity Private Beta (Round 2) - Every wallet submitted is now whitelisted.

Welcome to the 146th edition of Sharding Weekly! 2026/8/31 - 9/6 Some Highlights: 🔸Trump threatens to halt trade with deficit countries unless rates are lowered 🔸SEC seeks to update its 1970s-era transfer agent rules for the blockchain age 🔸SEC Chair Paul Atkins expects the Crypto Clarity Act to pass this month 🔸Major US law enforcement group NSA no longer opposes the CLARITY Act 🔸SEC Chairman Atkins calls the Regulation Crypto Assets proposal the SEC’s most historic step yet --- 📰News $BTC •Strategy bought 4,603 BTC, bringing holdings to 845,050 BTC •Strive bought another 1,800 Bitcoin for roughly $143M last week •North Korean hackers sold over $30M in Bitcoin through Hyperliquid in the past three weeks $ETH •Tom Lee’s BitMine buys 53,501 ETH worth $131M AI •Anthropic launches Fable 5.1 and Mythos 5 •Anthropic expected to file its IPO prospectus in late September •OpenAI releases GPT-6 Astra Others •G20 to develop a “clear” regulatory framework for crypto •ECB Executive Board member calls for central bank money to move onchain via smart contracts •Hyperliquid in talks with Kraken’s parent company to enter the US market •Hyperliquid Strategies (PURR) lifts share-sale facility from $1B to $2.5B for HYPE buys •Robinhood Wallet and Fomo allow credit card memecoin purchases while bypassing card network restrictions •Standard Chartered launches institutional spot crypto trading in the UAE •@Polymarket perps is live --- 📖Good Reads •@CryptoHayes - Atención •@ahboyash - Robinhood memecoins <> Stock Tokens ELI5 •@jiamigou - Robinhood Chain Memecoin Guide •@schemacap - Memecoins Need a Reputation Layer @fomo •@blockhiro - Decentralized AI should be invisible •@philipkiely - The Efficient Frontier of LLM Inference •@Cbb0fe - How We Made $10M+ Running an Equity Perps Arbitrage Bot •@a16zcrypto - When throughput is not enough: What financial markets need from blockchains •@wintermute_t @Jjay_dm - RWAs: The next liquidity channel •@liquidcompute - Investing in the Middle Market for Compute •@scottbelsky - What Will We Trade for the New Sixth Sense? --- 💰Crypto Fundraising Blockchain •@dac_chain - 1m investment from @UnicornCryptoV Infrastructure •@ParlayXOfficial - 1.25m Pre-Seed led by Dreamcraft Ventures DeFi •@polarisfnd - 1m Angel AI •@aigaealabs - 3.6m Strategic Prediction Markets •@Polymarket - 1b investment from @1789Capital Payments •@Felixpago - 87m Extended Series B led by @a16zcrypto •@OpenReserveBank - 25m Seed led by @a16zcrypto •@DiameterPay - 10m Series A led by @CMT_Digital and @FactionVC Launchpad •@letsCatapult - 6m+ total raised Liquid Staking and Restaking •@Firelightfi - 8m Seed led by @GumiCryptos Meme •@1096361BTC - 8m Strategic Social •@chompdotfyi - 3.6m led by @blueyard and @JSquare_co That’s all🥂 --- If you feel this thread is helpful, welcome to follow @ciaobelindazhou @cchungccc Thank you for all your support! Have a great day! Full content 👇 nitter.net/ShardingCapital/status…

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