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Blockchain Association CEO Summer Mersinger To Step Down In October

TL;DR Blockchain Association CEO Summer Mersinger will step down on October 16 and remain as an adviser through the end of 2026. Founding leader Kristin Smith will return as interim CEO from October 17. The leadership change comes during an unusually active period for U.S. digital-asset legislation and regulation. One of Washington’s most influential crypto trade groups is changing leadership.

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Blockchain Association CEO Summer Mersinger To Step Down In October

TL;DR Blockchain Association CEO Summer Mersinger will step down on October 16 and remain as an adviser through the end of 2026. Founding leader Kristin Smith will return as interim CEO from October 17. The leadership change comes during an unusually active…

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SEC Clarifies When Crypto Buybacks And Network Upgrades Can Raise Securities Questions

TL;DR SEC staff has published new FAQs explaining how federal securities laws may apply to crypto-asset buybacks, network upgrades and secondary-market activity. The guidance says a buyback can become relevant to an investment-contract analysis when an issuer…

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Kalshi loses appeal over Ohio and Tennessee sports betting laws, widening circuit split

A federal appeals court ruled on Friday that Kalshi has not adequately shown its sports event contracts are swaps under the Commodity Exchange Act.

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New York Sues Polymarket Over Alleged Illegal Gambling Operation

New York Attorney General Letitia James and Governor Kathy Hochul have announced a lawsuit against Polymarket US. The state alleges the prediction platform is operating illegal, unlicensed gambling in New York. The lawsuit seeks to stop the activity and asks…

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Ex-CFTC leader to leave Blockchain Association after CLARITY vote fails

Former CFTC Commissioner Summer Mersinger joined the Blockchain Association in 2025 after resigning during her second term at the federal commodities regulator.

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Streamex Converts Interest Into Capital as GLDY Investment Strategy Secures $1M+ Institutional Allocation

A Metalayer Capital strategy backed by an initial institutional allocation uses GLDY as the long leg of a delta-neutral gold trade, creating a new channel for demand for Streamex’s yield-bearing tokenized gold, with follow-on investments anticipated. Streamex…

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Blockchain Association CEO Summer Mersinger To Step Down In October

TL;DR Blockchain Association CEO Summer Mersinger will step down on October 16 and remain as an adviser through the end of 2026. Founding leader Kristin Smith will return as interim CEO from October 17. The leadership change comes during an unusually active period for U.S. digital-asset legislation and regulation. One of Washington’s most influential crypto trade groups is changing leadership.

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0G Wants To Turn AI Compute Into A Financial Asset

0G has introduced a “Compute Finance” framework designed to financialize access to AI compute. Its Ascend liquid-staking product is already live, while the iAI compute-focused asset is scheduled to launch on September 29. The model is designed to let users hold, earn and eventually spend claims linked to AI-compute capacity rather than treating compute purely […]

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Kraken’s parent Payward is betting billions on becoming financial infrastructure, not just a crypto exchange

Kraken parent Payward is unifying trading, payments, asset management and institutional services on common rails, co-CEO Arjun Sethi said.

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Bitget CEO Wants Thorchain to Block Hackers, but There’s a Catch

On Saturday, two days after Bitget was hacked, CEO Gracy Chen publicly asked Thorchain to cut off the hackers who drained hundreds of millions from her exchange this week. “Decentralization is a design principle, not a shield for facilitating known stolen funds,” the Bitget executive insisted. Bitget’s Hack Climbs to $387.5 Million as CEO Gracy […]

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The NFT party is over and everybody now owes storage rent

In 2021, Christie's sold a Beeple NFT for $69.35 million, and Sotheby's took another $24.40 million for 101 Bored Ape Yacht Club NFTs, giving cartoon primates the kind of auction-house treatment usually reserved for Fabergé eggs. But now, not five years later, one of the marketplaces that helped sell the digital art revolution is explaining […] The post The NFT party is over and everybody now…

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RBI Expands Digital Rupee Pilot to More Cities and Banks

The Reserve Bank of India has widened its retail digital rupee (e-rupee) pilot, adding more participating banks and cities. The central bank reports steady growth in wallet sign-ups and offline transaction testing. Officials say the CBDC is designed to complement, not replace, existing payment systems. For Indian users, the expansion means more opportunities to try state-backed digital money. The…

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Cathie Wood's ARK is tokenizing its venture fund holding SpaceX and OpenAI on Ethereum. Here's what investors actually get. The post Cathie Wood Brings $1.3 Billion Fund Holding SpaceX and OpenAI Onchain appeared first on BeInCrypto.

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