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Galaxy Digital, a Nasdaq-listed digital asset company, has incorporated $100 million in Sky Protocol interest-bearing savings tokens sUSDS into its corporate treasury and included them in the collateral range for institutional business facing over 1,600 counterparties. Galaxy also purchased an undisclosed amount of SKY.Galaxy clients can use sUSDS as collateral for loans and continue to earn Sky Savings Rate yields during the loan term. The average loan size in Galaxy's institutional lending business is approximately $1.4 billion; the Sky ecosystem's Prime Agent Grove had previously provided a $500 million warehouse loan limit to it.

According to Bloomberg, the New York State government has filed a lawsuit accusing the prediction market platform Polymarket of operating an illegal gambling business. Specific allegations in the lawsuit and the remedies sought by New York State have not yet disclosed further details.

According to BBX data, yesterday global publicly listed companies in the U.S. stock market announced their latest accounts regarding digital asset treasury allocation, targeted private placements, and stock repurchases at a discount. The core updates are as follows:Galaxy Digital (TSX: GLXY) invested $100 million to purchase sUSDS and increased its holdings in SKY tokens: The well-known cryptocurrency financial services firm Galaxy Digital announced that it has utilized $100 million of its own funds to officially incorporate the interest-bearing stablecoin sUSDS from Sky Protocol into its corporate treasury. At the same time, Galaxy has approved sUSDS as compliant collateral for its institutional trading business, allowing institutional clients to apply for loans by pledging sUSDS while continuing to enjoy Sky's savings interest rate benefits. Additionally, Greg Feibus, the global head of capital markets at Sky Frontier Foundation, confirmed that Galaxy also purchased an undisclosed amount of SKY tokens. The two parties have established a new tripartite lending arrangement and are discussing expanding the existing $500 million warehouse financing limit.Forward Industries (NASDAQ: $FWDI) plans to raise $25 million through a registered direct offering, fully allocated to increase its holdings in SOL: The publicly listed company Forward Industries, which is part of the Solana treasury, announced that it has signed a securities purchase agreement with institutional investors to sell 3.125 million shares of common stock at a price of $8 per share through a registered direct issuance, raising a total of approximately $25 million (expected to complete settlement around September 24). A.G.P./Alliance Global Partners is acting as the exclusive placement agent. Forward Industries clearly stated that the net proceeds from this offering will be fully used to increase its holdings in SOL in the secondary market, to expand its SOL treasury size and enhance the per-share fully diluted SOL content.Silvia (formerly ProCap Financial, NASDAQ: $SVIA) reduced its holdings by repurchasing 124 BTC, bringing total holdings down to 5,130 BTC: The Nasdaq-listed company Silvia, under cryptocurrency entrepreneur Anthony Pompliano, announced that since September 15, it has repurchased an additional 2.3% of its circulating common stock at a market discount below net asset value (NAV). Since the repurchase program began, the cumulative repurchase ratio has reached approximately 14.5%. As of the market close on September 22, the company's circulating shares have been reduced to 82,881,223 shares, with the treasury holding approximately 5,130 BTC (a decrease of about 124 BTC from approximately 5,254 BTC on September 15), and the NAV per share is approximately $4.27. The company reiterated its firm commitment to selling some assets to repurchase shares until the secondary market trading price is no longer below NAV.

According to Onchain Lens monitoring, a certain whale transferred 42,000 ETH to Galaxy Digital about an hour ago, valued at approximately 112 million dollars, intending to sell.This whale has accumulated these ETH through over-the-counter trading with Galaxy Digital over the past two months.

According to a report by TASS, Bogdan Shablya, head of the financial monitoring and foreign exchange regulation department of the Central Bank of Russia, stated that the Central Bank of Russia expects that after the implementation of laws related to digital currencies, the issue of illegal cryptocurrency exchanges will be resolved, and the related "gray area" should disappear before July 1, 2027.After that, the market will be clearly divided into "white" and "black" parts, with corresponding penalties implemented.

Galaxy Research Director Alex Thorn posted on X: The U.S. spot Bitcoin ETP saw a net inflow of $1 billion yesterday, marking the largest single-day inflow of 2026 so far.Alex Thorn stated that this inflow has pushed the net flow positive for the first time since April this year. The accompanying image title is "Bitcoin ETF Fund Flow Turns Positive This Year."

According to The Block, Galaxy Digital announced that it has incorporated $100 million of the yield-bearing stablecoin sUSDS from Sky Protocol into its corporate treasury and approved it as collateral for institutional trading operations. Galaxy's lending head Max Bareiss stated that this purchase was made using the company's own balance sheet funds; as of June 30, Galaxy held nearly $2.5 billion in cash and stablecoins.As part of the collaboration, Galaxy also acquired an undisclosed amount of SKY tokens. Clients can now borrow by pledging sUSDS through Galaxy and continue to earn Sky savings rates during the loan period. Galaxy's institutional platform serves over 1,600 counterparties, with an average loan book of $1.4 billion.Sky stated that the supply of sUSDS reached $5.52 billion at the end of the second quarter, a year-on-year increase of 149%. The two parties previously had arrangements such as $500 million in warehouse financing provided by Grove and are currently discussing expanding that limit.

Russian Deputy Finance Minister Ivan Chebeskov stated that Russia will promote the establishment of a transparent and legal cryptocurrency market. The country has about 20 million cryptocurrency users, with a total investment of approximately 3.7 trillion rubles, and a daily trading volume of about 50 billion rubles.

According to CoinDesk, Taylor Lindman, the Chief Legal Counsel of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Crypto Working Group, stated at the CoinDesk Policy & Regulation event held in Washington that the SEC is advancing rules for the custody of crypto assets. The relevant proposal has been submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review, covering investment companies and broker-dealers. She indicated that the rule aims to inform the market about how to hold non-securities crypto assets within broker-dealers without special registration and clarifies that investment advisors can store client assets in institutions such as state-chartered trusts.Once the proposal passes the review by the Office of Management and Budget, the SEC will formally present it and seek feedback from the industry and the public. Lindman also mentioned that the SEC will issue an employee statement in December 2025 as a transitional arrangement, guiding broker-dealers on handling crypto custody matters before the rules are implemented, and will allow investment advisors to store client assets in state-chartered trusts as qualified crypto custodians starting in September 2025.Lindman described the SEC's recent work as "laying the groundwork," including previously proposed rules allowing crypto issuance and exemptions for tokenized securities. She stated that the SEC is working to ensure that existing securities intermediaries and market participants can confidently use blockchain to hold and trade crypto assets. Previously, the SEC's attempts at custody rules under Gary Gensler in 2023 were abandoned, and a leadership supportive of crypto was appointed after the Trump administration took office.

According to Bitcoin Magazine, Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin stated that the circulation of cryptocurrency within Russia has been legalized since September 1, and the relevant laws have been signed into effect by the president.

The Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Russia, Vladimir Chistyukhin, stated that the country's cryptocurrency industry may have the necessary conditions to operate legally by the end of the year, with relevant regulations progressing as planned. According to the International News Agency, Chistyukhin mentioned that significant and large-scale secondary regulatory rules are currently being formulated, and the "fine-tuning" of internal rules is expected to be completed by the end of 2026.This year, Russia has continued to advance cryptocurrency legislation. President Putin signed a law in August that establishes a regulatory framework for digital currencies and digital rights, but the use of Bitcoin for payments remains prohibited. The central bank has approved the public to trade Bitcoin on the country's cryptocurrency exchanges, and non-qualified investors can purchase Bitcoin and other assets worth 300,000 rubles (approximately $3,582) through a single intermediary, while qualified investors face no restrictions.Russia's largest bank, Sberbank, plans to launch Bitcoin and cryptocurrency wallets and digital asset custody services in December. The bank expects that the trading volume of its new cryptocurrency business could reach 40 trillion rubles (approximately $4.7 billion) in its first year. Since 2022, Russia has prohibited the use of digital assets as a means of payment or legal tender, but lawmakers have made exceptions for international payments, likely aimed at circumventing Western sanctions. After the Russia-Ukraine conflict in 2022, the U.S. and Europe excluded Russia from the SWIFT system, and the Russian Finance Minister stated that the country's enterprises have been using Bitcoin to bypass related restrictions.

According to Catcher Predict monitoring, in the market prediction on Polymarket for the event "Counter-Strike: Astralis vs Sangal (BO3) - Stake Pulse Beat II Group A," the option "Astralis" in the sub-market "Match Winner" has experienced a drastic fluctuation in winning probability, dropping from 82% an hour ago to the current 56.5% (a fluctuation of 25.5%). Please note the impact of related breaking news.

Galaxy Research Director Alex Thorn posted on X: Bitcoin's weekly close is above the 50-week moving average for the first time in 45 weeks.Alex Thorn stated that regaining the 50-week moving average has historically been a strong signal confirming bear market lows. Bitcoin has risen 29% in 35 days.

According to Catcher Predict monitoring, in the Polymarket event "Bengals vs. Texans," the "Bengals" option in the sub-market "1H Spread -13.5" has experienced significant fluctuations in winning probability, rising from 24% an hour ago to the current 42% (a fluctuation of 18%). Please note the impact of related breaking news.

According to on-chain analyst PeckShield (@PeckShieldAlert), the same attacker successively exploited vulnerabilities in the SingularityNET bridging contract to illegally mint 260 million AGIX and 53.83 million WMTx on Ethereum.Currently, the attacker holds approximately 16.77 million USD in crypto assets, including 198.3 million AGIX (approximately 14.42 million USD), 649 ETH (approximately 1.67 million USD), and 33.58 million WMTx (approximately 627,000 USD).

Paraguayan authorities shut down two illegal cryptocurrency mining facilities in Upper Paraná province within a week, seizing a total of 35 mining machines. One mining site, which was discovered on September 17, illegally drew electricity through a line without an installed meter, resulting in the confiscation of 10 ASIC mining machines, with related costs and fines totaling approximately $30,000.Another operation on September 12 seized 25 mining machines. The Paraguayan House of Representatives has passed a resolution requiring the National Electricity Administration to submit a report on the electricity consumption, electricity prices, and regulatory situation of the cryptocurrency mining industry.

According to Catcher Predict monitoring, the probability of the "Over" option in the sub-market "O/U 31.5" for the "Bengals vs. Texans" event on the Polymarket has experienced significant fluctuations, soaring from 71% an hour ago to the current 88% (a fluctuation of 17%). Please note the impact of related breaking news.

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has released an "Innovation Exemption" to establish a pathway for on-chain secondary trading of tokenized stocks. This exemption will be implemented from September 17, 2026, to September 17, 2031, and applies to specific tokenized securities trading venues that provide licensed automated market makers and liquidity pools.Trading venues must be deployed on public, permissionless blockchains, but trading is limited to verified or authorized participants. Eligible tokens must correspond to actual U.S. national market system stocks and grant the same shareholder rights as traditional stocks; this exemption does not cover primary issuances, synthetic exposures, or products that do not have legal or beneficial rights to the underlying stocks. Galaxy stated that it is exploring the next steps to enable on-chain GLXY secondary trading.

Bitget's Chief Legal Officer Hon Ng released an open letter on the occasion of the 8th anniversary. As the platform continues to evolve towards a panoramic exchange (UEX), Bitget has further upgraded its Proof of Reserves (PoR) system, expanding the range of verifiable assets from the original 4 cryptocurrencies to 19 major assets. Data shows that as of September 2026, Bitget has consecutively released 46 PoR reports.In the letter, Hon Ng pointed out, "Growth and responsibility have never been two independent matters." As the platform's scale, asset categories, and market boundaries continue to expand, security, transparency, and compliance standards also need to be upgraded in tandem. "Making trust visible and verifiable has always been an important cornerstone of Bitget's commitment to long-termism."In terms of security systems, the account side covers 2FA, FIDO2, WebAuthn Passkeys, and anti-phishing codes, while the platform's security mechanisms integrate withdrawal protection, abnormal behavior detection, and anti-fraud systems, providing backend support for every user operation. The "Market Order and Token Responsibility Framework" launched this year further strengthens ongoing monitoring and risk management for listed assets, project parties, and market makers. Continuous optimization of mechanisms and transparency initiatives maintain a fair and orderly trading environment.In terms of compliance, Bitget has obtained corresponding registrations, licenses, or regulatory approvals in multiple jurisdictions, including Argentina, Australia, New Zealand, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom, and continues to improve its compliance systems such as KYC, KYB, AML, CFT, and sanctions list screening to adapt to the regulatory requirements of different markets and asset categories.