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Metaplanet’s Bitcoin expansion puts executive share plan under scrutiny
Metaplanet shareholders are seeking to cancel roughly 273 million potential shares added to an executive options pool that grew from 46 million to 319 million as the company issued equity to finance Bitcoin purchases.
CryptoSlate
XRP Ledger Logs Millions of AI Micro-Payments With Limited XRP Buying
CryptoSlate reports millions of AI-agent micro-payments on the XRP Ledger, but limited XRP buying. A September 8 dashboard also recorded 4,125 RLUSD settled, showing payment counts alone do not prove substantial XRP demand.
CryptoSlate
Ethereum’s 2029 Quantum Deadline Is Influencing Its Next Development Priorities
Ethereum’s 2029 quantum-security deadline is influencing upgrade discussions. EF Protocol priorities keep shorter slots and node efficiencies conditional, while a proposal could delay mandatory execution proofs by one fork, CryptoSlate reports.
CryptoSlate
Polish Court Detains Fifth Suspect in Zondacrypto Exchange Probe
A Polish court has detained a fifth suspect in the Zondacrypto exchange probe, Decrypt reports. The platform’s two chief executives have disappeared four years apart, while 1.3 million clients remain locked out.
Decrypt
Binance expands equity options access with physically settled contracts on more than 1,000 US stocks
Binance is offering eligible users physically settled options on more than 1,000 US equities. Binance handles access, Nest routes orders, and Alpaca executes, settles and safeguards the underlying shares.
CryptoSlate
Swift’s global payments network confronts a blockchain challenge
Blockchain payment infrastructure is challenging Swift’s established role, while bankers argue its 11,500-institution network can absorb the technology. Crypto executives instead see blockchain as a potential replacement for Swift.
CoinDesk
AI Agents May Need a New Digital Currency for Machine-to-Machine Payments
Crypto executives agree AI agents will need to transact with one another, but they disagree on the solution. CoinDesk reports the eventual machine-payment currency could be a stablecoin—or an asset that has not yet been invented.
CoinDesk