a Colorado court has ruled against a Denver pastor and his wife, finding that they defrauded hundreds of investors by selling encrypted tokens created for the church. According to a statement released by the Colorado Securities Bureau on Tuesday, last Friday the Denver District Court ruled that Eli and Kaitlyn Regalado violated state securities laws and must repay $3.39 million.

 according to the blockchain browser Basescan, the Base network has not produced a block for over 10 minutes.

according to Onchain Lens monitoring, a whale spent 1.3 million USDC to purchase 1.579 million AERO at an average price of 0.823 US dollars.

Interchain Foundation (ICF) of Cosmos has funded the open source of Evmos (EVMOS -32.90%), which is the native EVM framework of its multi-chain ecosystem with over 200 application chains. The foundation stated that this framework was previously developed under the Evmos project and will now be maintained as "Cosmos EVM" in the official cross-chain software stack, including Cosmos SDK, which means that the Cosmos ecosystem now has a standardized version of the Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM). This development enables the Cosmos blockchain to integrate Cosmos EVM for full EVM compatibility, including support for JSON-RPC and Ethereum wallet compatibility through lightweight EVM configuration, for native ERC-20 tokens. This integration strengthens the cross-chain interoperability between the wider EVM ecosystem and Cosmos through the Inter-Blockchain Communication (IBC) protocol.

according to Be in crypto, Japan's financial services company SBI Holdings has submitted applications for two cryptocurrency-related exchange-traded funds (ETFs). The first fund is a cryptocurrency ETF that will directly invest in XRP and Bitcoin; the second fund is a digital gold cryptocurrency ETF that will combine gold-backed securities and digital currencies, with over 50% of the funds allocated to gold ETFs.

Bloomberg Industry Research released a report discussing the potential of the stablecoin market in Hong Kong and its impact on the foreign exchange market. Analysts stated that since any stablecoin pegged to the Hong Kong dollar is backed by Hong Kong dollar cash or cash equivalents, stablecoins will still be affected by the exchange rate between the Hong Kong dollar and the US dollar. Even if the value of stablecoins remains stable during any potential adjustment period in the linked exchange rate, the assets supporting stablecoins may need to be revalued, leading to the belief that future stablecoins in Hong Kong may be linked to real-world assets such as real estate.

On June 20th, Apple is considering using artificial intelligence to accelerate the design of its custom core chips. Apple's senior vice president of hardware technologies, Johny Srouji, said that a key lesson the company has learned is the need to use the most cutting-edge tools to design chips. "Electronic Design Automation (EDA) companies are crucial in supporting the complexity of our chip design. Generative AI technology has great potential to complete more design work in a shorter amount of time, greatly improving productivity." However, according to Apple Insider, Apple has been using AI to some extent in its designs for years, relying on third-party EDA companies that utilize AI and machine learning in chip design.

Haruhiko Kuroda, Governor of the Bank of Japan, stated that if the economy and prices align with the Bank of Japan's forecasts, interest rates will be raised. 

according to The Block, Ethereum Treasury company The Ether Machine announced on Tuesday that it has submitted a registration statement on Form S-4 to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission to advance its goal of listing in the United States.

 according to NLNico, the board of directors of the Swedish company H100 Group AB announced on July 21, 2025 that it had completed a private placement of shares, issuing up to 1,523,089 new shares to qualified investors at a subscription price of 9.30 Swedish Krona per share, raising approximately 14.1 million Swedish Krona (about 1.3 million US dollars) in funds. The company stated that the net proceeds will be used to advance investment opportunities within its Bitcoin treasury strategic framework.

spot gold continued to decline, falling below $3320 per ounce, down 1.45% intraday. 

decentralized identity management platform Via Science has completed a $28 million Series B financing round, led by Bosch Ventures, with participation from BMW i Ventures, MassMutual Ventures, Sentinel Global, and Westly Group. It is reported that Via Science's decentralized, zero-trust architecture has been tested by the US Department of Defense and, unlike any other Web3 technology, its combination of end-to-end post-quantum encryption can ensure access and privacy for the authorizer.

On September 17th, according to 4E observation, the UK and the US are about to announce closer cooperation in the digital asset field, covering stablecoin regulation and cross-border capital market coordination. UK Chancellor Rives and US Treasury Secretary Benson met on Tuesday to discuss promoting transatlantic cooperation to expand channels for UK businesses to enter the US capital market.

Yi Lihua, founder of LD Capital, said, "Under the macro impact of US stocks and tariffs, ETH has been oscillating for a while. It is expected that after mid-August, it will start to usher in the market expectation of interest rate cuts in September. The bullish trend is undoubtedly, and all recent pullbacks are buying opportunities."

UK listed company Vinanz purchased 37.72 bitcoins at an average price of $102,056, with a total holding of 58.68 coins.

according to the official announcement, Upbit NFT has opened new trading support for receiving transactions and deposit/withdrawal services, involving 2 NFT projects including CoolPets (PETS). Trading and deposit/withdrawal services will be open on March 19, 2025 at 18:00, and users can deposit and withdraw NFTs through Metamask registered on Upbit NFT.

Alchemy Pay announced on September 16 the launch of an investment platform that bridges fiat currency to real-world assets (RWA), allowing global users to invest in tokenized US stocks and exchange-traded funds (ETFs) using local currency. Through a partnership with tokenization service provider xStocks, the platform offers investment channels for over 60 stocks, including Apple, Tesla, Coinbase, and the S&P 500 Index ETF (SPY). These tokenized stocks are backed by actual stocks held by regulated custodians at a 1:1 ratio.

 Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu: Israel has agreed to the ceasefire plan proposed by Trump with Iran. 

according to a report by Economic Daily, Animoca Brands plans to establish a joint venture with Standard Chartered Bank and Hong Kong Telecom to prepare for the issuance of a stablecoin pegged to the Hong Kong dollar.The President of Animoca Brands stated in an interview that stablecoins will be widely used in the virtual asset trading, cross-border trade, and financial settlement within the gaming ecosystem, helping domestic asset trading move towards internationalization. He believes that Hong Kong needs to continue to strengthen its regulation of stablecoins, promote the development of the digital asset and asset tokenization industry, and hopes to cooperate with mainland institutions in the application of blockchain technology.

according to Invest360, China Taiping Investment Management (Hong Kong) Limited has launched a tokenized US dollar money market fund "CPIC Estable MMF". The fund is a tokenized US dollar money market private equity fund under the open-end fund company framework regulated by the Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission, realizing product tokenization on the public chain, with a first-day subscription scale of 100 million US dollars.