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DAI still exists, still holds its peg, and still does one thing its official successor does not. For anyone who chose decentralised money deliberately, that one thing is the whole reason to keep using it.
DAI and USDS, Side by Side
The Sky rebrand landed on 27 August 2024, when MakerDAO renamed, launching USDS alongside the original token.

DAI
USDS
Freeze function in code
No
Yes
Launched
2017
August 2024
Savings rate access
Via conversion
Direct, through sUSDS
Governance token
MKR, converting to SKY
SKY
Dominant on L2s
Yes, via canonical bridges
Native on Ethereum, Base, Solana
Conversion
1:1, no fee, either direction
1:1, no fee, either direction
Row one matters, and it was the most contested part of the rebrand.
The Freeze Function
USDS contains code giving Sky discretion to halt transfers from a holder's wallet. That is a deliberate design choice, intended to let the protocol respond to illicit use, and it drew immediate criticism from users who read it as the opposite of what a decentralised stablecoin is for.
Rune Christensen addressed the objection directly, assuring users that an unfreezable version of DAI would continue to exist after the USDS transition. It has.
So the two tokens are not the old version and the new version in any simple sense. They are two products with different properties, and the property separating them is the one a self-custody user is most likely to care about.
If the reason you hold a decentralised stablecoin is that nobody can reach into your wallet, DAI is the one that still delivers that and USDS is not.
That distinction lands harder in a gambling context than almost anywhere else, because the people funding non-custodial casinos are frequently the same people who chose self-custody on principle.
Everything Else Stayed Put
Worth saying, because the rebrand was widely misread as a shutdown.
All existing Maker contracts remained live. DAI vaults are still open, the peg stability module still operates, and conversion between DAI and USDS runs through the SkyMoneyConverter at a fixed 1:1 rate with no fee in either direction. MKR converts to SKY at 1 to 24,000.
Nothing was deprecated. A holder who ignored the entire rebrand and kept using DAI has lost nothing and given up only the direct sUSDS savings access, which is reachable by converting when wanted.
Where DAI Is Still the Deeper Market
A practical point that decides which token a cashier actually carries.
Native USDS has launched on Ethereum, Base, and Solana.
But DAI bridged to Polygon, Arbitrum, Optimism, and Gnosis Chain through legacy canonical bridges remains the dominant Sky stablecoin on those networks, and until USDS reaches parity coverage, applications default to whatever has the deepest local liquidity.
Often that is still DAI. Which is why a casino supporting Polygon or Arbitrum is more likely to list DAI than USDS, and why the older token has more cashier presence than its market position suggests. Cost and availability differ by coin and rail, and DAI's multi-chain footprint is its practical advantage.
Casinos Taking DAI
Ordered on how flexibly each handles stablecoin funding across chains.
Dexsport runs a multi-coin, multi-network cashier and adds nothing above the network fee, so the chain you choose determines the cost and the platform takes no cut of it. Two things make it a natural fit for a DAI holder specifically. It is non-custodial, so settled play returns to a wallet you control, which pairs logically with holding the stablecoin that cannot be frozen. And its weekly cashback pays in stablecoins on net losses, so the rebate arrives without price movement attached. Anjouan licence, lighter than Curacao or Malta.
Stake supports a broad stablecoin list with per-asset withdrawal minimums published clearly, operating custodially at large scale.
BC.Game offers wide multi-chain stablecoin coverage under reformed Curacao licensing, with documentation good enough to confirm which networks carry DAI before you deposit.
Cloudbet has traded since 2013 with its company named on a Curacao licence and handles stablecoin funding at higher limits than most.
Vave carries conventional multi-coin funding with thinner published detail on specific network support.
The recurring caution applies here as with any multi-chain asset: supporting DAI and supporting DAI on your chain are different claims, and a cashier that lists the token without naming networks has answered half the question.
How a platform handles deposits and withdrawals is worth confirming before the first transfer.
Choosing Between Them
For the savings rate and the current Sky roadmap, USDS is the token designed for it, and conversion is free in either direction
For a balance no issuer can freeze, DAI is the one that still delivers it
For a dollar-denominated balance that no issuer can freeze, DAI remains the one that offers it, and its multi-chain support across Layer 2 networks is the wider of the two where casino deposits cost least.
Both hold the peg. The difference is control, and only you can weigh how much that is worth.
Confirm what is legal where you live, keep stakes within a set budget, and play only if you are of legal age, since KYC or AML checks may apply.
Responsible gambling is unaffected by which stablecoin funds an account, and a balance that holds its value is exactly as easy to lose at the tables as one that does not.


Disclaimer: The information here is provided for general purposes only and is not legal, tax, investment, or financial advice, and nothing here is a recommendation to hold or transact in any token. Protocol features, chain coverage and casino support change, so confirm current details before transferring. Betting carries risk, and rules vary by country, so check the law where you live. Please gamble responsibly, within your means, and only if you are of legal age.

MarsDAO is a small token with a specific problem for anyone planning to deposit it at a casino: another token uses the same ticker.
That is the first thing to sort out, and there are three more worth knowing before the funds leave your wallet.
The Token Itself
MarsDAO launched in February 2022 as a BEP-20 token on BNB Smart Chain, built around a community DAO model with deflationary tokenomics and a maximum supply capped at 100 million.
The ecosystem includes a launchpad and yield automation tools, and the contracts carry audits from CertiK and Paladin. Roughly 105,000 addresses hold the token. The founders are not publicly disclosed.
By market capitalisation it sits well down the rankings, reported between roughly $1.4 million and $4 million depending on when and where you look, with daily trading volume typically in the tens of thousands of dollars across about five exchanges.
Those are not criticisms. They are the numbers, and they determine everything in the next section.
Four Checks Before You Deposit
Each of these is specific to a token of this size.
Verify the Contract Address, Not the Ticker
A second BEP-20 token called Martian DAO also trades under MDAO, at a completely different contract address and with a fraction of the market capitalisation.
Ticker collisions are common with smaller assets and the ticker is not a unique identifier. The contract address is. MarsDAO's is 0x60322971a672B81BccE5947706D22c19dAeCf6Fb, and confirming it in your wallet before adding the token takes about ten seconds.
Sending the wrong MDAO to a casino that supports the other one is a loss with no recovery path, and the two look identical in a wallet that only shows the symbol.
Understand What Thin Liquidity Does
Daily volume in the tens of thousands means the order book is shallow, and shallow books move on small trades.
That matters in two places. Converting a meaningful balance into MDAO can move the price against you on the way in, and converting back out can do the same on the way out. Neither has anything to do with the casino, and both are costs you pay for using a micro-cap as a payment rail.
It also means the price you see quoted may not be the price you get, particularly on a decentralised exchange with limited depth.
Confirm the Network Every Time
MDAO is BEP-20, so deposits travel on BNB Smart Chain. Not Ethereum, not Polygon.
Select BNB Smart Chain in the cashier, generate the address fresh in that session, and confirm the network matches in both your wallet and the deposit screen.
Sending a BEP-20 token to an address generated for a different chain is the commonest way crypto deposits vanish, and small tokens offer no recovery route when it happens.
Decide Whether to Deposit It At All
The question worth asking honestly, because for most players the answer points one way.
A casino balance denominated in a micro-cap carries price risk unrelated to the games you are playing. A token that moves 40% in a week, as MDAO has, can erase or inflate a bankroll independently of any bet placed.
If you hold MDAO and want to play, converting to a major asset or a stablecoin before depositing removes that second layer of exposure. If you specifically want the token exposure, holding it in your own wallet and funding the casino separately achieves the same thing with more control.
Depositing the token directly makes sense mainly when a platform gives it a specific role, such as a bonus or programme tied to holding it.
Where the Token Is Supported
Platforms carrying MDAO or BEP-20 assets broadly, ordered on cashier flexibility.
Dexsport runs a multi-coin, multi-network cashier covering BNB Smart Chain among other rails, and adds nothing above the network fee. Non-custodial, so settled play returns to a wallet you hold instead of accumulating in an operator balance, which for a volatile asset means you decide when to convert instead of leaving it exposed in an account. Anjouan licence, lighter than Curacao or Malta.
BC.Game offers wide coin support including a long BEP-20 list, under reformed Curacao licensing with named beneficial owners on record.
Stake carries a large asset list with per-asset withdrawal minimums published, which matters more with small tokens since a minimum denominated in units can be substantial in value terms.
Vave supports multi-chain funding across a conventional catalogue, with thinner documentation on which specific tokens are live.
Mega Dice provides BNB Chain support through a Telegram-first product, documenting its cashier options less clearly than the platforms above.
Support for small tokens changes frequently, so confirm on the platform itself instead of in any article, including this one. The signs of an operator worth avoiding matter more when the asset is obscure, since a fake site listing an unusual token is targeting a smaller and more trusting audience.
Before You Send Anything
Check the contract address, not the symbol
Send on BNB Smart Chain, and nowhere else
Expect slippage on any meaningful conversion in or out
Decide whether you want a bankroll that moves on its own
How a platform handles funds is a separate question from what the asset does while you hold it.
Confirm what is legal where you live, keep stakes within a set budget, and play only if you are of legal age, since KYC or AML checks may apply.
Responsible gambling connects to volatile deposits in a specific way: a balance that grew because the token moved is not a winning session, and treating market movement as a result is a dependable way to misjudge how you are actually doing.


Disclaimer: The information here is provided for general purposes only and is not legal, tax, investment, or financial advice, and nothing here is a recommendation to buy, hold or transact in any token. Figures cited are as reported by third-party trackers and vary by source and date. Cryptoasset prices are volatile and small-capitalisation tokens carry liquidity risk. Token support varies by operator and changes. Betting carries risk, and rules vary by country, so check the law where you live. Please gamble responsibly, within your means, and only if you are of legal age.

Industry recognition highlights AML RightSource's expertise in helping organizations navigate evolving crypto and digital asset regulations
HIGHLAND HILLS, Ohio, Sept. 17, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- AML RightSource, a global expert solutions provider of financial crime compliance managed services and advisory solutions, has been recognized by CobraSight with a 2026 Crypto & Digital Assets Growth Partner Award in the Licensing & Compliance category. The award recognizes firms that demonstrate deep expertise, specialization, and experience supporting organizations operating within the digital asset ecosystem.
As digital assets continue to move further into the financial mainstream, organizations face an increasingly complex regulatory environment. New and evolving requirements across jurisdictions are raising expectations around anti-money laundering, financial crime compliance, governance, licensing, and risk management.
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Celsius entities, represented by Blockchain Recovery Investment Consortium, filed a complaint on September 12 in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York against five BitMEX-linked companies, alleging fraud, market manipulation, wrongful liquidation and conversion involving 6,360.1666 BTC. The filing turns disputed liquidations during the March 2020 Bitcoin crash into a claim by the Celsius estate for the return of Bitcoin and additional damages.
Celsius estate files bankruptcy complaint
The complaint was filed in the Southern District of New York, according to an OffshoreAlert court-filing listing. It names five companies linked to BitMEX, though the supplied filing record does not identify them individually.
The allegations concern liquidations during the sharp market downturn of March 12–13, 2020. The estate alleges that the defendants' actions improperly disposed of Bitcoin collateral and seeks remedies through Celsius' bankruptcy proceedings.
Celsius collateral and JST liquidations
Celsius collateral accounted for 1,325.84 BTC allegedly liquidated on March 12, 2020, while investment fund JST accounted for another 5,034.33 BTC allegedly liquidated the following day, according to Cointelegraph.
JST later assigned its related claims to the Celsius estate, bringing both alleged losses into the estate’s action. The action cites 6,360.1666 BTC in total.
Allegations over liquidation controls
According to CoinDesk, the Celsius estate alleges that BitMEX controlled the prices that triggered liquidations, the liquidation engine and the platform’s insurance fund.
The estate also alleges that certain liquidation sell orders were filled at prices more than 24% below the next-best ask on the platform.
Together, the assertions support the complaint’s claims of manipulation and wrongful liquidation. They remain allegations in a civil complaint.
Estate seeks Bitcoin return and damages
The estate is seeking the return of at least 6,360.16 BTC or its equivalent value. It also seeks statutory, punitive and potentially treble damages, profits and legal costs, Cointelegraph reported.
Disclaimer: This article is provided for informational purposes only. It is not offered or intended to be used as legal, tax, investment, financial, or other advice.

The House Financial Services Committee advanced H.R. 8957, the American Reserve Modernization Act of 2026, by a 28–21 vote on September 16, sending legislation intended to place the U.S. Strategic Bitcoin Reserve on a statutory footing toward consideration by the full House. The committee’s official markup agenda listed the bill for consideration that day, while Unchained reported the vote tally.
House Financial Services Committee advances H.R. 8957
The committee action is a procedural step, not final enactment. H.R. 8957 must still be considered by the full House before it could advance further through Congress.
The measure is titled the American Reserve Modernization Act of 2026. Its central purpose is to turn a bitcoin-reserve policy established by executive action into a program created under federal law.
H.R. 8957 sets 20-year bitcoin holding rule
Under the bill text, the Treasury secretary would be directed to establish a Strategic Bitcoin Reserve and a separate Digital Asset Stockpile. The distinction would place bitcoin in its own reserve structure rather than treating it solely as part of a broader pool of digital assets.
Bitcoin held by the federal government would be subject to a minimum 20-year holding period. The legislation also places restrictions on the sale or other disposal of those holdings, according to the introduced bill text published by the Government Publishing Office.
The holding requirement would make the reserve a long-duration federal program if enacted, limiting the Treasury’s ability to liquidate bitcoin within that period except as permitted under the measure’s terms.
Bill would codify Executive Order 14233
The legislative effort concerns the Strategic Bitcoin Reserve established under Executive Order 14233, signed on March 6, 2025. H.R. 8957 seeks to convert that executive-created arrangement into a statutory federal program, according to the legislative record cited by the House Office of the Law Revision Counsel.
That shift matters because executive orders can be changed by a later administration, while a statutory reserve would require congressional action to alter or repeal. The bill’s 20-year bitcoin holding provision would be among the operating constraints written into that framework.
Disclaimer: This article is provided for informational purposes only. It is not offered or intended to be used as legal, tax, investment, financial, or other advice.

Payward said Sept. 16 that it plans to deploy onchain perpetual futures for U.S. clients, beginning with permissioned markets built under Hyperliquid’s HIP-3 framework.
The proposed products would use a distinct U.S. market structure. They would not make Hyperliquid’s existing perpetual markets available in the country; access would depend on regulated exchange, clearing and account arrangements.
The plan remains subject to regulatory approval and does not yet open the products to U.S. customers, according to Payward.
Bitnomial and NinjaTrader market structure
Bitnomial Exchange would create and administer the HIP-3 permissioned markets under CFTC-regulated rules, Payward said. Bitnomial Clearinghouse would clear and settle the contracts, and NinjaTrader Clearing would carry client accounts.
Access would require clients to have futures accounts and approval from both NinjaTrader Clearing and Bitnomial, CoinDesk reported.
The proposal describes an onchain perpetual-futures deployment, not participation by U.S. clients in Hyperliquid’s existing markets. Those roles and requirements would form the proposed exchange, clearing and customer-account structure.
Launch timing and commercial terms
No launch date, fee schedule, expected trading volume or revenue-sharing arrangement with Hyperliquid has been disclosed. CoinDesk reported the omissions.
Payward’s proposed structure would use permissioned Hyperliquid HIP-3 markets administered by Bitnomial Exchange, cleared and settled by Bitnomial Clearinghouse, with client accounts carried by NinjaTrader Clearing.
The offering remains subject to regulatory approval, and individual U.S. clients would need approval from both NinjaTrader Clearing and Bitnomial. Payward said the plans remain subject to that approval, leaving timing and availability unresolved.
Disclaimer: This article is provided for informational purposes only. It is not offered or intended to be used as legal, tax, investment, financial, or other advice.

The MATIC migration was completed two years ago, and a surprising number of cashiers have not caught up. Some list POL, some still say MATIC, and a few show both.
Knowing which you are holding and which network you are sending on is most of what goes wrong here.
Five Things the Migration Left Behind
The upgrade is essentially finished. The confusion is not.
MATIC became POL on 4 September 2024, at a 1:1 ratio. By September 2025 the migration was 99% complete, and POL is now the native gas and staking token on Polygon PoS.
Holders on Polygon did nothing. Tokens sitting on the Polygon chain converted automatically. Nobody had to act, which is why many people never noticed the change happened.
Holders on Ethereum had to migrate manually. MATIC held as an ERC-20 on Ethereum required a trip through Polygon Portal to swap it. Anyone who left tokens there and forgot may still be holding the old asset.
Your wallet may still say MATIC. Polygon's own documentation notes that no manual migration is required, but the currency symbol will keep displaying MATIC unless you change it yourself in the network settings. So a wallet reading MATIC and a cashier reading POL can be describing the same balance.
Exchanges are still finishing. Some venues only completed the switch in August 2026, delisting MATIC afterwards and warning that deposits sent post-cutoff would not be credited automatically. If you are moving tokens from an exchange, check which asset it thinks you hold.
The Network Selection Problem
This is where deposits actually fail, and it is worth being precise about.
POL exists on both Polygon and Ethereum. Same token, two networks, and a casino cashier will generate a different deposit address for each.
Select Ethereum in the dropdown and send on Polygon, or the reverse, and the funds land at an address the operator may hold no key for. That is the standard failure mode and it has nothing to do with the migration.
The fix is mechanical: generate the deposit address fresh from the network you intend to send on, in the same session, and confirm the network name matches in both your wallet and the cashier before confirming. Costs and failure modes differ by coin and rail, and this one is entirely avoidable.
Polygon Suits Casino Play
The chain's characteristics line up well with how people actually use a casino balance.
Sub-cent fees matter here when you are adding to a bankroll in small amounts instead of moving a position once. Monthly transactions reached an all-time high of 204 million in February 2026, so the network handles volume without the congestion pricing that catches Ethereum users.
It is also the second most active chain by USDC addresses, with stablecoin supply hitting an all-time high of $3.28 billion in February 2026.
USDC holds 51.1% of that, USDT 27.8% and USDS 19.5%. For a player who wants to fund in POL and hold a balance in something stable, the swap liquidity is there on the same chain.
Where to Use It
Casinos supporting Polygon as a network, ordered by how cleanly the cashier handles it.
Dexsport runs a multi-coin, multi-network cashier and adds nothing above the network fee, so a Polygon deposit costs what the chain charges and no more. Being non-custodial, settled play returns to a wallet you hold instead of sitting in an operator balance. Demo mode covers much of the library if you want to check a game's configured return before staking. Anjouan licence, lighter than Curacao or Malta.
Stake supports a wide asset list with per-asset withdrawal minimums published clearly, which is the figure that decides whether a small Polygon balance can leave. Custodial.
BC.Game offers broad coin and network support under reformed Curacao licensing, with documentation thorough enough to confirm network options before depositing.
Rollbit provides wallet-forward access with operator-held balances during play and a narrower catalogue.
Vave carries multi-chain funding with thinner published documentation than the platforms above.
Support for a coin and support for a network are separate questions, and a cashier listing POL without saying which chain is telling you half of what you need. How a platform handles deposits and withdrawals varies more than the coin list suggests.
Before Your First Polygon Deposit
Three checks, and the first takes ten seconds.
Check your wallet's symbol, since the balance may be correct while the label still reads MATIC
Select the Polygon network explicitly in the cashier instead of assuming
Send a small test transfer on any platform you have not used, which costs a fraction of a cent here
Confirm what is legal where you live, keep stakes within a set budget, and play only if you are of legal age, since KYC or AML checks may apply.
Responsible gambling has a quiet connection to cheap networks: when a deposit costs nothing to make, the friction that used to space out deposits disappears, and the running total is worth watching more closely than the fee.


Disclaimer: The information here is provided for general purposes only and is not legal, tax, investment, or financial advice. Network support, token symbols and cashier options vary by operator and change, so confirm current details before transferring. Crypto transfers are irreversible and funds sent on an unsupported network are often unrecoverable. Betting carries risk, and rules vary by country, so check the law where you live. Please gamble responsibly, within your means, and only if you are of legal age.

Ủy ban Chứng khoán và Giao dịch Mỹ (SEC) ngày 17/9 đã ban hành một “Miễn trừ Đổi mới” tạm thời, có điều kiện, cho phép một số Sàn giao dịch Chứng khoán Mã hóa giao dịch cổ phiếu của Hệ thống Thị trường Quốc gia (National Market System) được mã hóa thông qua các nhà tạo lập thị trường tự động được cấp quyền và các nhóm thanh khoản. Động thái này mở ra một tuyến đường pháp lý được xác định cho các hệ thống giao dịch dựa trên blockchain đủ điều kiện, thay vì cấp một sự cho phép toàn diện cho các cổ phiếu mã hóa.
Miễn trừ năm năm cho các sàn giao dịch chứng khoán mã hóa
Theo Axios, cơ chế miễn trừ này cung cấp lộ trình trong 5 năm để các sàn giao dịch blockchain đủ điều kiện và các nhà cung cấp thanh khoản tự động có thể hoạt động mà không bị xử lý ngay như sàn giao dịch hoặc đại lý thông thường theo các luật chứng khoán được quy định.

Lần tăng lãi suất đầu tiên của Cục Dự trữ Liên bang kể từ tháng 7/2023 đã diễn ra với ít xáo trộn ngay lập tức đối với hai tài sản tiền mã hóa lớn nhất. Bitcoin giao dịch quanh mức khoảng 75.000 đến 76.500 USD quanh quyết định ngày 16/9 và ở gần 75.600 USD khi được đưa tin, trong khi Ether dao động trong khoảng 2.370 đến 2.430 USD. Phản ứng bị kìm hãm như vậy cho thấy việc tăng thêm 0,25 điểm tự nó phần lớn đã được thị trường trông đợi.
Với tiền mã hóa, vấn đề không nằm ở việc thắt chặt biên độ từ mức trước đó lên một dải mục tiêu 3,75% đến 4,00% cho bằng triển vọng phải vận hành với chi phí vốn cao kéo dài. Lợi suất Trái phiếu Kho bạc kỳ hạn dài hiện mang lại mức lợi nhuận cạnh tranh trực tiếp với vị thế đầu cơ. Tuy nhiên, Cục Dự trữ Liên bang cũng đã chỉ đạo Ngân hàng Dự trữ Liên bang New York mua tín phiếu Kho bạc khi cần thiết để duy trì dự trữ dồi dào. Kết quả là hình thành sự giằng co giữa lãi suất cao hơn và quản lý dự trữ, khiến cho việc diễn giải đơn giản kiểu “Fed thắt chặt thì thanh khoản crypto giảm” trở nên phức tạp.

Federal prosecutors in Manhattan on Sept. 15 charged former Robinhood engineers Hefu Chai and Huaisong “Jerry” Xiang with commodities fraud and wire fraud, alleging they traded crypto perpetual futures on Hyperliquid using confidential information about upcoming Robinhood token listings. The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York said each defendant allegedly made more than $50,000; the charges carry maximum penalties of 10 years for commodities fraud and 20 years for wire fraud.
The allegations are contained in criminal complaints, and Chai and Xiang are presumed innocent unless proven guilty in court.
SDNY charges against Hefu Chai and Huaisong Xiang
The futures trades were allegedly executed on Hyperliquid, a decentralized derivatives venue, rather than on Robinhood itself. The case nevertheless concerns information the defendants allegedly obtained through their work at the online brokerage.
According to the Justice Department, the alleged conduct occurred between 2025 and 2026. Prosecutors allege Hefu Chai and Huaisong Xiang bought perpetual futures tied to tokens before Robinhood publicly announced listings for those assets and positioned themselves ahead of announcements they expected would move the relevant tokens.
The accusations are set out in criminal complaints, and both men are presumed innocent unless proven guilty in court.
Alleged trades in Hyperliquid perpetual futures
The futures trades were allegedly executed on Hyperliquid, a decentralized derivatives venue. That detail distinguishes the accusations from a case focused solely on transactions through the employer’s own platform: the government alleges confidential Robinhood information was used to trade elsewhere.
CoinDesk described the prosecution as extending crypto listing-front-running enforcement into decentralized derivatives markets, given that the alleged positions were in Hyperliquid perpetual futures rather than spot purchases directly on Robinhood. The DOJ did not specify in its announcement the full trading results for each individual position, but said each defendant earned more than $50,000 overall from the alleged scheme.
Robinhood’s restricted listing channel and trading blackout
According to the criminal complaint filed in the Southern District of New York, Chai allegedly had access to a restricted Robinhood Slack channel called “Coin Aware Individuals,” and prosecutors allege he traded ahead of at least 10 listings: MEW, MOODENG, ASTER, XPL, HYPE, ENA, AERO, SYRUP, LDO, DOT and LIT. Robinhood’s insider-trading policy allegedly barred designated employees from trading the relevant crypto-assets, on Robinhood or elsewhere, before a listing announcement and for 24 hours afterward. The complaints present the policy as part of the alleged breach of confidentiality surrounding Robinhood’s listing process.
Disclaimer: This article is provided for informational purposes only. It is not offered or intended to be used as legal, tax, investment, financial, or other advice.

Nguồn cung stablecoin đạt 303 tỷ USD vào tháng 8 năm 2026, tăng 6% so với cùng kỳ năm trước từ mức 285 tỷ USD, theo dữ liệu Allium được CoinDesk tổng hợp. Trong tám tháng đầu năm 2026, khối lượng thanh toán stablecoin được xác định đạt từ 401 tỷ USD đến 527 tỷ USD, tăng 42% đến 63% so với năm trước—một chỉ số giúp tách biệt hoạt động thanh toán khỏi vũ trụ lớn hơn nhiều của các giao dịch chuyển tiền trên chuỗi.
Sự phân biệt đó là trọng tâm để diễn giải các con số. Allium tách các khoản thanh toán có thể nhận diện khỏi hoạt động chuyển tiền gắn với giao dịch, phái sinh, cơ chế giao thức và định tuyến thông qua bên trung gian.

Một ví Safe đã mất khoảng 2.900 rsETH—được định giá vào khoảng 7,73 triệu USD—trong một giao dịch liên quan đến một tuyến hook Uniswap v4 độc hại vào lúc 04:38:47 UTC ngày 15 tháng 9.
Giao dịch đã loại bỏ các tài sản khỏi ví 0x40E93a52F6Af9fCD3b476aeDADD7FeABD9f7AbA8, theo bản ghi của ví trên Etherscan. Trong cùng một khối, một bot MEV được biết đến với tên Yoink đã chạy trước (front-ran) cuộc khai thác và chiếm lấy rsETH được trích xuất, theo bản tái hiện được Cointelegraph đưa tin.
Các tài sản đã bị chặn lại trong quá trình thực hiện cuộc khai thác, thay vì vẫn ở lại theo lộ trình khai thác dường như.

Con số trung tâm trong kịch bản của Nhà Trắng về việc hạn chế lợi suất stablecoin không phải là lớn: 2,1 tỷ đô la cho thêm khoản vay ngân hàng tại Mỹ. Đây là 0,02% tổng các khoản vay ngân hàng theo mô hình cơ sở của họ. Đối với các ngân hàng cộng đồng, mức tăng dự kiến vào khoảng 500 triệu đô la, tương đương 0,026%.
Những ước tính đó không chứng minh rằng lợi suất từ stablecoin không liên quan đến các ngân hàng. Tuy nhiên, chúng khiến việc đưa ra lệnh cấm như một biện pháp mở rộng tín dụng có ý nghĩa trong ngắn hạn trở nên khó khăn, dựa trên chính các giả định của chính quyền. Cùng một phân tích cũng ước tính mức lỗ phúc lợi ròng hằng năm vào khoảng 800 triệu đô la, trong đó chi phí vượt lợi ích cho vay được mô hình hóa tới 6,6 lần.

Kèo chấp rugby chạy tới 15 và 20 điểm, trong khi kèo chấp football chỉ tới 1. Sự khác biệt này không chỉ là thẩm mỹ, và nó thay đổi phần nào trên bảng rugby đáng để bạn chú ý.
Rugby câu lạc bộ của Pháp có thêm hai điểm “lạ” mà phần lớn nội dung cá cược bỏ qua hoàn toàn.
Bốn đặc điểm định hình một bảng kèo Rugby
Mỗi loại hành xử khác nhau so với bản tương đương của football.
Kèo chấp lớn và nửa điểm không quan trọng lắm
Một trận rugby có thể kết thúc với tỷ số 38-12. Kèo chấp được tính theo quy mô như vậy, và một đường chấp 15 hoặc 20 điểm hoàn toàn là bình thường.

France bans online casino games outright. Not restricted, not licensed under tight conditions. Slots, roulette, blackjack and baccarat are prohibited for private operators, and France shares that position with Cyprus alone across the European Union.
Everything about crypto casinos and French players follows from that one fact.
Nothing here is legal advice, and anyone with a specific question should speak to a professional in France.
Six Things the ANJ Framework Establishes
The Autorité Nationale des Jeux regulates online gambling in France, and its position is unusually clear.
Three verticals are licensed online: sports betting, horse racing and poker. Poker qualifies because it is treated as a game of skill. Everything resembling a casino game does not.
The online casino prohibition applies to all private operators, and the ANJ's stated reasoning is addiction risk driven by pace. A quick-resolving slot is a different product from a football accumulator in the regulator's view, and it is regulated as one.
Crypto is excluded without being named. The ANJ's list of permitted payment methods for funding a player account stops at bank cards, mobile payment, bank transfers, e-wallets and prepaid cards. A wallet is not a payment account in an EU or EEA state, and a crypto withdrawal is not a bank transfer to a named account, so the rule closes the door without ever mentioning tokens.
Licensed operators run under an 85% payout cap, audited across the full year, not month by month. That ceiling exists to limit turnover velocity and is one reason the French licensed product looks different from offshore offerings.
Three compliance plans are filed annually by 31 January: promotional strategy, responsible gaming, and anti-fraud with anti-money laundering. The ANJ can order changes to any of them, and suspicious transactions are referred to Tracfin.
The ANJ president can order ISPs to block unlicensed sites. Enforcement is aimed at operators and access, and there is a national exclusion register licensees must screen against.
A Reform That Stopped
Worth setting out precisely, because coverage of it is frequently out of date.
A 2024 amendment to the finance bill would have opened the online casino market at 55.6% of gross gaming revenue, matching the online lottery rate. Its authors withdrew it on 28 October 2024 and called a national consultation instead.
That consultation never restarted. The ANJ confirmed in April 2026 that it remains suspended with no timetable, and the 2026 finance law left the prohibition untouched.
The politics explain the outcome. Land-based casino operators, local deputies and public-health arguments carried the weight against reform, with venue operators arguing that a legal online market would cut footfall by twenty to thirty percent and damage the economies of small provincial resort towns.
So anyone reading that France is about to legalise online casino is reading something that was true as a proposal in late 2024 and has not been true since.
What This Means for a French Player
Two facts sit side by side and both are true.
Online casino play is not available from any licensed French operator, and it will not be during the current framework. Any French player accessing casino games online is on an offshore site.
At the same time, authorities do not penalise French players for using unlicensed sites, and there are no reported prosecutions of players. The ANJ cautions instead of pursuing, and its enforcement powers point at operators and access routes.
What a player gives up offshore is the protection layer: the national exclusion register, the payout cap, certified games and a regulator with jurisdiction. Licensing decides what recourse exists when something goes wrong, and offshore that answer is thinner.
One development worth noting for a crypto audience: France introduced JONUM in early 2026, an experimental framework for games using monetizable digital objects.
It is not an online casino licence and it does not change the prohibition, and it is the first French regulatory structure to engage with Web3 mechanics directly.
Five Platforms French Players Use
Ordered by how much of the absent protection each one substitutes for.
1. Dexsport
Dexsport is non-custodial, which addresses the largest structural exposure of playing outside a regulated market: settled funds return to a wallet you control, so no operator holds your balance between sessions.
Two named firms, CertiK and Pessimistic, have reviewed its contracts, and resolved bets are recorded on a public settlement desk.
Neither substitutes for the French exclusion register or the payout cap, and that is worth stating directly: the protection infrastructure does not travel with you. Its licence is Anjouan, lighter than Curacao or Malta.
2. Cloudbet
Trading since 2013 with its operating company named on a Curacao licence, which is the nearest thing to accountability available when no domestic regulator applies.
3. Stake
Holds market-specific licences in several jurisdictions alongside its offshore position, so the protection depends on which entity covers your access. Custodial balances.
4. BC.Game
Operating under reformed Curacao licensing with named beneficial owners on record, and a catalogue including the casino content French licensees cannot legally offer.
5. Vave
A conventional catalogue funded across several chains, documenting less about its own licensing position than the four above.
Custody models vary across the European market, and it is one of the few variables a player can actually assess before depositing.
The Position in One Paragraph
Licensed online: sports betting, horse racing and poker
Prohibited: all casino games, for every private operator
Crypto: excluded through a payment rule that never mentions it
Reform: proposed, withdrawn in October 2024, suspended with no timetable as of April 2026
Everything else is a consequence of those three sentences.
Confirm what is legal where you live, keep stakes within a set budget, and play only if you are of legal age, since KYC or AML checks may apply.
Responsible gambling is the specific thing France has built its framework around, and the national exclusion register is a genuinely strong tool that offshore platforms do not replicate.


Disclaimer: The information here is provided for general purposes only and is not legal, tax, investment, or financial advice. French gambling law is set nationally and is subject to change, so confirm current provisions and consult a qualified professional about your own position. Betting carries risk, and rules vary by country, so check the law where you live. Please gamble responsibly, within your means, and only if you are of legal age.

Việc cá cược Ligue 1 có một vấn đề mang tính cấu trúc: một CLB đã thống trị bóng đá Pháp trong phần lớn thập kỷ qua, và sự thống trị đó tạo ra một tác động cụ thể lên thị trường cá cược—nó đẩy toàn bộ phần bất định thật sự vào những nơi chẳng ai đang theo dõi.
Mười tám CLB, một gần như chắc chắn, và bên dưới đó là mười bảy câu hỏi đáng quan tâm.
Sự chú ý nằm ở đâu so với nơi bất định nằm
Hai điều này lẽ ra phải khớp với nhau, nhưng chúng không.

Nơi các nhà cái tập trung độ sâu
Nơi bất định thực sự nằm
Ngôi vô địch theo kèo thẳng

Người sáng lập Uniswap, Hayden Adams, cho biết vào ngày 15 tháng 9 rằng các bộ tổng hợp—không phải thiết kế hook của Uniswap—chịu trách nhiệm tránh các hook độc hại, làm gia tăng tranh chấp được khởi xướng bởi phân tích của 0x một ngày trước đó. The Defiant cho biết Uniswap nói rằng API của hãng sử dụng các hook đã được thẩm định.
Phản hồi này diễn ra sau tuyên bố của 0x rằng hơn một nửa số hook của Uniswap v4 mà họ nghiên cứu là độc hại, từ đó đặt trọng tâm vào rủi ro thực thi đối với các bộ tổng hợp chuyển lệnh thông qua hệ sinh thái hook không được cấp phép.
0x phân loại 54,2% các hook là độc hại

HM Treasury on September 15 laid final legislation in Parliament to amend the UK’s cryptoasset regulations, proposing a narrow exemption for certain stablecoin payment activity before the wider regime takes effect in October 2027. The measure would remove several crypto dealing permissions for transfers and exchanges of qualifying stablecoins issued by authorised UK firms, while leaving custody-like safeguarding and lending activity regulated.
HM Treasury’s proposed stablecoin payments exemption
According to HM Treasury’s policy note, the draft statutory instrument would exempt transfers and exchanges involving qualifying stablecoins from dealing in cryptoassets as principal, dealing as agent and arranging.
The exemption is confined to qualifying stablecoins issued by authorised UK firms, not stablecoin-related business generally or tokens outside the specified category.
Interim bridge to the October 2027 regime
HM Treasury’s September 15 publication confirmed that it had laid the legislation in Parliament on the draft statutory instrument.
The proposed exemption covers specified payment-related transactions involving qualifying stablecoins issued by authorised UK firms. Particular transfers or exchanges may fall within the dealing and arranging carve-out, while lending and borrowing involving those stablecoins would remain within the cryptoasset regulatory perimeter.
HM Treasury describes the measure as an interim step ahead of broader reforms to payments services. Its stated purpose is to avoid requiring stablecoin payment firms to obtain cryptoasset dealing and arranging authorisations before the new framework begins in October 2027.
The measure does not replace the planned broader cryptoasset framework or create a general exclusion for stablecoin-related business or tokens issued outside the specified category.
Safeguarding, lending and borrowing remain in scope
Firms holding qualifying stablecoins for customers would generally still need safeguarding permissions.
Lending and borrowing involving those stablecoins would remain within the cryptoasset regulatory perimeter, while particular transfers or exchanges may fall within the dealing and arranging carve-out.
The draft therefore narrows permission relief to specified payments activity by authorised UK issuers. It does not exempt the broader services that can accompany stablecoin use.
Disclaimer: This article is provided for informational purposes only. It is not offered or intended to be used as legal, tax, investment, financial, or other advice.

Vào ngày 15/9, Thượng viện đã bác bỏ đề nghị tiến tới xem xét H.R. 3633, Đạo luật Làm rõ Thị trường Tài sản Kỹ thuật số, chưa đạt ngưỡng cần thiết để bắt đầu xem xét dự luật. Theo biên bản biểu quyết ghi danh chính thức của Thượng viện, kết quả bỏ phiếu cloture là 49-50 lúc 14:19 ET, trong khi cần 60 phiếu.
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Phiếu cloture dừng việc xem xét H.R. 3633
Cuộc bỏ phiếu liên quan đến cloture đối với đề nghị tiến tới xem xét, chứ không phải việc thông qua cuối cùng Đạo luật CLARITY. Nhưng việc không vượt qua “cửa ải” thủ tục đó đã ngăn phòng họp tiến tới xem xét H.R. 3633.

Vào ngày 15 tháng 9, Chainflip cho biết họ đã vá lỗ hổng TRON USDT nằm sau một cuộc tấn công đã rút cạn 736.442,17 USDT khỏi kho TRON (TRON vault) của mình, đồng thời vạch ra kế hoạch khởi động lại mạng theo từng giai đoạn, trong đó ban đầu sẽ loại trừ các giao dịch TRON. Theo bản cập nhật của giao thức, bản sửa lỗi được thiết kế để ngăn các memo đính kèm với các lệnh gọi hợp đồng được bọc (wrapped contract calls) tạo ra các lệnh swap hoặc hoàn tiền trùng lặp.
Thông báo đưa sự cố từ tình trạng dừng khẩn cấp sang việc khôi phục dịch vụ giới hạn, trong khi vẫn loại trừ tuyến TRON bị ảnh hưởng khỏi đợt khởi động lại ban đầu.