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Aster launches VERONA perpetual contracts, introducing a trading reward program of $30,000 in ASTER and VERONA

Aster announced the launch of the VERONA ($VERONA) perpetual contract, with the trading pair VERONAUSDT. The launch time for the perpetual contract is September 21, 2026, at 12:00 UTC. To coincide with the launch, Aster is also launching the Trade Arena trading competition, which will run from September 21, 2026, at 12:00 UTC to September 26, 2026, at 14:00 UTC, with a prize pool of $30,000 in ASTER, along with additional VERONA rewards.Rewards will be distributed based on the user's trading volume as a proportion of the total trading volume of all eligible participants, with a maximum reward cap of 3% of the total prize pool for a single user, and a minimum distribution threshold of no less than 1 VERONA and 1 ASTER. The event is open to all new and existing users, excluding market makers; only trades completed through the Aster perpetual contract during the event period for VERONAUSDT will be counted, including trades via supported channels such as Binance Wallet, Trust Wallet, SafePal, etc. Abusive behaviors such as wash trading, self-trading, and splitting wallets will result in disqualification.Verona (@verona_dev) is building a decentralized fact verification engine that can transform any internet data into verifiable facts and store them on-chain for reuse, allowing verified facts to be used across applications without exposing underlying data. The official claims that its technology has been used by brands such as Uber, Amazon, Nike, and millions of users. For complete rules, please refer to the official announcement.

BitMine increased its holdings by 27,562 ETH last week, bringing the total holdings to approximately 5.984 million

According to PR Newswire, BitMine increased its holdings by 27,562 Ethereum last week. As of September 20, 2026, its total Ethereum holdings reached 5,983,940, accounting for approximately 4.9% of the total Ethereum supply.Currently, the total value of the cryptocurrencies, cash, and other investment assets held by BitMine is approximately $17.1 billion, which includes $714 million in cash and securities, 212 Bitcoin, $180 million in equity assets from Beast Industries, and a $105 million investment in Eightco Holdings (ORBS). Additionally, the amount of Ethereum it has staked remains at 5,067,309 (85% of total holdings), valued at approximately $13.6 billion, with a current annualized staking yield of about $357 million.Furthermore, BitMine Chairman Tom Lee stated in the company's weekly report that the crypto bull market began in late June 2026, driven by factors including the rotation of funds from AI stocks to crypto assets, the continued strengthening of crypto fundamentals centered around tokenization and AI, and the four-year cycle hitting bottom. So far in the third quarter, ETH has outperformed the S&P 500 by over 6,519 basis points, making it the best macro asset globally.Lee believes that ETH's significant outperformance in the third quarter is a prelude to a stronger upward trend in the fourth quarter; due to institutions being underweight in crypto assets influenced by the performance of AI stocks in the first half of 2026, a significant increase in allocation is expected in the fourth quarter, which may bring additional upside to the gains since June 30. Additionally, Lee will deliver a keynote speech at the Korea Blockchain Week (KBW) on September 30.

first_img French cryptocurrency practitioners' entire family was kidnapped, approximately $46,000 worth of cryptocurrency was transferred away

A family in the northern French town of Vendin-le-Vieil was invaded and taken hostage by four masked men early Sunday morning. According to BFMTV, the suspects entered the house around 4 AM, binding the couple and their two children with tape, and held them for over three hours. The 40-year-old father, an IT expert in the local cryptocurrency industry, was taken to another room, beaten, and forced to give up access codes, resulting in approximately 40,000 euros (about 46,000 dollars) worth of cryptocurrency being transferred away.According to the Béthune prosecutor's office, the four suspects fled the scene by car and are still at large. The 12-year-old daughter was struck in the face with a car key during the incident, and the victims are in a state of shock; they have been sent for forensic examination and are receiving support from the victims' assistance association. The case has been filed under organized gang kidnapping and extortion and is being jointly investigated by the regional judicial police and the French Cybercrime Office.France is the country most severely affected by such "ransom attacks" globally. Records from the national prosecutor's office for organized crime show that over 70 kidnapping and illegal detention incidents related to cryptocurrency have occurred in the first eight months of 2026, with 88 people already prosecuted in earlier crackdowns this year. Previous similar cases often targeted wealthy individuals, including the father of a cryptocurrency millionaire, the wife of a co-founder of The Sandbox, and the CEO of Binance France, while the victim in this case is merely an ordinary IT professional. Chainalysis reported that global ransom attacks in 2026 resulted in approximately 30 million dollars in losses, while CertiK stated that losses over six months reached 124 million dollars, a 12-fold increase.

first_img The Bank of Korea launches a 24-hour won settlement pilot program aimed at foreign investors

The Bank of Korea (BOK) has launched the first 24-hour Korean won settlement network pilot, aimed at allowing foreign investors to settle won transactions outside of normal banking hours in South Korea. The central bank announced on Monday that its international wire transfer network has begun trial operations with four domestic banks: KB Kookmin Bank, Woori Bank, Hana Bank, and Shinhan Bank. Full operations are expected to start in January 2027, at which point participation will expand to other institutions and foreign banks.The network operates 24 hours a day on weekdays, excluding weekends and public holidays. Foreign investors can settle won transactions during their domestic business hours by registering a Foreign Institution (RFI-K) account for won services, without the need to open an account directly with a South Korean financial institution. The Bank of Korea stated that the network is expected to enhance the international status of the won by improving foreign investors' access to won settlement infrastructure.In addition, the Bank of Korea is also experimenting with tokenized settlement infrastructure through the Agorá project led by the Bank for International Settlements, which completed a cross-border payment trial using tokenized central bank reserves and commercial bank deposits, including the won, in July. The Bank of Korea is simultaneously advancing the Hangang project, a blockchain-based pilot that utilizes wholesale central bank digital currency to settle tokenized commercial bank deposits.

The on-chain perpetual contract protocol Travix has completed its seed round financing, with participation from Amber Group

Recently, the on-chain perpetual contract protocol Travix, which focuses on computing power asset trading, completed its seed round financing. The disclosed investor in this round is Amber Group, but the financing amount has not been disclosed. The funds will be used to accelerate the deep construction of perpetual contracts for computing power assets and exotic assets such as East Asian stocks, expand trading pairs for Compute-Led RWA like chips and storage, promote the development of the "Financial World Model," deepen the development and deployment of a trusted AI agent trading engine, and expand global markets and multilateral ecological construction as well as launch trading promotion incentive programs.It is reported that Travix is a new generation PerpDEX protocol built on a modular blockchain architecture, adopting a hybrid architecture of offline high-performance matching and on-chain settlement, achieving millisecond-level processing efficiency, and introducing a unified account management model. Its core directions include: perpetual contracts for computing power assets, supporting hardware asset trading such as H100 chips and storage; the Financial World Model, which transforms probabilistic events such as policy implementation and product launches into quantifiable event trading signals; and trusted AI agent trading, supporting users in deploying automated strategies through the Agent Engine.Travix claims that its goal is to achieve the integration of computing power assets, probabilistic trading, and trusted agents, creating a new generation of decentralized perpetual contract entry point where "trading is understanding the world."
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