The Japan Financial Services Agency announced its support for the fourth payment enhancement project, with applicants including TradeWaltz, NTT DATA, Mizuho Bank, Mitsubishi UFJ Bank, Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation, and Mitsubishi UFJ Trust Bank. The empirical plan will be carried out from September 2026 to verify the practical response and legal issues of using stablecoins in trade transaction fund settlement. After the experiment is completed, the Japan Financial Services Agency will publish the results of compliance and regulatory response and legal interpretation on its official website.

Strive's stock price has risen nearly 70% this year, and the company increased its holdings of 1107 BTC at an average price of $85396 from September 21st to 25th, totaling $94.5 million. Stripe's holdings increased from 26355 to 27462, valued at approximately $2.3 billion, making it the fifth largest publicly held cryptocurrency company. Last week, 85% of the funds came from SATA perpetual preferred stock, and cash and equivalents increased from $229.6 million to $248.8 million. (Source: CoinCentral)

The US SEC explicitly states that the token repurchase announcement of decentralized cryptocurrency issuers does not constitute a commitment to necessary management efforts under Howey's test, but may constitute a commitment if the repurchase is linked to revenue on non functional networks.

[Hana Bank Recruiting Blockchain Security Specialists, Responsible for System Establishment and Compliance] During the formal recruitment process in the second half of 2026, Hana Bank has specifically established a position for information protection (AI·Blockchain Security). The role is responsible for the establishment and operation of blockchain security systems, security threat analysis, compliance response, and related technology internalization. Applicants are required to have over 3 years of experience in formulating information protection policies, with preference given to those with AI·Blockchain compliance experience in the financial industry. (Source: Digital Assets)

According to Santiment Intelligence data, from September 20th to September 27th, the inflow of approximately $2.4 billion into Bitcoin spot ETFs led to a decrease of 35800 BTC supply on the trading platform, dropping to 1.325 million BTC. Compared to September 13th to September 20th, there was an increase of nearly 20000 BTC on the trading platform, and a total of about 15900 BTC left the trading platform in two weeks. On September 22nd, the daily supply of BTC decreased by about 26700 coins.