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Polygon founder Sandeep posted on platform X that Polygon is ready to permanently burn 100 million POL tokens. The related contract is currently in the testnet and will go live on the mainnet after the final signature from the Polygon Council.After going live, anyone can trigger the first burn, and then community members can execute a burn operation once every quarter.

The British pound fell to a 12-week low against the US dollar due to the Bank of England's cautious stance on interest rate hikes, contrasting with the Federal Reserve's tightening policy.The Federal Reserve raised interest rates by 25 basis points last week and hinted at at least one more rate hike this year, strengthening the dollar. The Bank of England kept rates unchanged last week, causing the pound to drop by as much as 0.6%, reaching a low of 1.326 dollars.

According to the Citi Research podcast, Citi's Global Macro Strategy Head Dirk Willer and the Head of Quantitative Global Macro and Asset Allocation Team Alex Saunders engaged in an in-depth discussion about recent market dynamics. The two strategists pointed out that most central banks currently maintain a hawkish stance, but the Bank of Japan unexpectedly released dovish signals, which have a key impact on the USDJPY trend.Meanwhile, Bitcoin has shown a significant rebound recently, which may indicate a new round of changes in digital asset investment strategies in 2026, as institutional investors' interest in the crypto market continues to rise.

According to Blockaid monitoring, the QiDao Protocol stablecoin miMATIC on Polygon is currently still in a depegged state, reported at approximately 0.86 USD, about 14% lower than its 1 USD peg price.Blockaid stated that the depegging situation is still ongoing as of now.

The Polish prosecutor's office has charged a former police officer in the case of the collapsed cryptocurrency exchange Zondacrypto. The Central Bureau of Cybercrime (CBZC) in Poland detained Artur K. on Tuesday under the orders of the organized crime department of the national prosecutor's office. He faces two charges: one for participating in an organized crime group, and the other for causing significant property losses to BitBay, BB Trade Estonia, and another entity, assisting in the misappropriation of entrusted property, aiding computer fraud, and money laundering. The prosecutor's office stated that a search of his residence uncovered documents related to the operation of the exchange, and he is being questioned as a suspect; the prosecutor's office will decide whether to apply for pre-trial detention.Meanwhile, the police in Katowice are searching and investigating a fuel depot, which is the last known location of Zondacrypto founder Sylwester Suszek before he went missing in March 2022. The case is classified as illegal deprivation of liberty rather than a disappearance, as a suspect has been accused of removing a hard drive from the gas station's surveillance camera.Suszek founded the exchange in Katowice in 2014, originally named BitBay, and relocated its registration to Estonia as BB Trade Estonia in 2020, rebranding it as Zondacrypto, claiming to have 1.3 million customers, most of whom are Polish. The exchange froze withdrawals and went offline in April, and the Estonian Financial Intelligence Unit revoked its operating license on June 29. Since August, at least five people have been charged, including former Polish Olympic Committee president Radosław P. All public respondents have denied the charges, and the related accusations have not yet been tried in court.

Jamie Selway, the Director of the Division of Trading and Markets at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, stated on Bloomberg TV: Tokenization and cryptocurrency have recently been politicized, but this is not their inherent nature. The success of the nation in developing these markets should receive strong bipartisan support.

According to the Dutch police (politie.nl), the police in eastern Netherlands arrested two men suspected of using counterfeit EURC cryptocurrency to purchase multiple Rolex watches on the second-hand platform Marktplaats. The victims discovered that the tokens they received were counterfeit and worthless after the payment was made.After the case was exposed on the television program "Plaats Delict," the police identified the suspects through viewer reports. The two men are a 24-year-old male from Geleen and a 45-year-old male from Leiden. During the search, firearms and drugs were found at the residence of the former, who has been detained for 14 days; the latter has been released but remains a suspect in the case. The police remind the public to be cautious with cryptocurrency payments and to avoid using unfamiliar payment methods.

PPP prediction market tool monitoring shows that the probability of "BTC reaching $90,000 during the remaining period of September" on Polymarket has risen to 35%, a 24-hour increase of 22%. Additionally, the probability of reaching $92,500 has risen to 17%, a 24-hour increase of 10%.According to the settlement rules, this market settles based on the 1-minute K-line of the Binance BTC/USDT trading pair. If the highest price of any 1-minute K-line within the specified month reaches or exceeds the price indicated in the title, the market will immediately settle as "Yes"; otherwise, it will settle as "No". Prices from other exchanges or trading pairs are not used as the basis for settlement.

PPP market prediction tool monitoring shows that the probability of "Polymarket's next Claude Opus model being released on September 22" has risen to 77%, up 50% in 24 hours. Only the new model officially named "Opus" by Anthropic counts, such as Claude Opus 5.1, Opus 5.5, Opus 6, etc. Other names like Sonnet, Haiku, Fable, Mythos do not count unless officially named Opus by Anthropic.The release time is based on the calendar date in Eastern Time, USA. It must be genuinely open to the public to trigger settlement. Public beta and open rolling waitlists count; closed beta, invitation-only, or private access do not count. If the model name, placeholder, or labeling error appears only on Anthropic's official website, but the model is not actually available for public use, it does not count as released. The final settlement will primarily rely on official information from Anthropic, verified with credible media reports.

According to FT, the prediction market platform Polymarket is conducting regulatory lobbying in the UK, Brussels, and several EU countries, hoping that its prediction market contracts will be classified as financial derivatives and included under financial service regulations like MiFID, rather than continuing to be subject to various national gambling regulations.The company has engaged with agencies such as ESMA, the European Commission, and the UK FCA, and is seeking to obtain a license in Europe. Polymarket is currently raising funds at a valuation of over $20 billion. Several European countries maintain strict regulations on retail prediction markets, and regulatory authorities in the UK, France, Germany, and Italy have previously indicated that related businesses may require gambling licenses.

Binance Wallet announced the launch of the pPOLY token issued by Paimon Finance, as the first Pre-Access project provided by PancakeSwap. Users can participate through Binance Wallet to gain potential indirect exposure to tokenization before the public listing.The price of the PancakeSwap pPOLY event token is $15.5, with a total issuance scale of $4.8 million, and the network is BNB Smart Chain. The event time (UTC) is from September 21, 2026, 09:00 to September 24, 2026, 09:00, totaling 72 hours. Claiming pPOLY, returning unallocated funds, and pPOLY trading will all start from September 24, 2026, 09:00.The user subscription limit is mainly determined by the Alpha Points level at the time of the event announcement and the on-chain holdings and trading volume of bStocks in the previous 15 days (from September 6, 2026, 00:00:00 to September 20, 2026, 23:59:59 UTC), corresponding to the activity level. Higher levels can receive higher limits. All Alpha Points holders can subscribe without deducting points. Users can participate through Binance Keyless Wallet. Binance Wallet only displays the access entry, does not issue tokens, does not facilitate transactions, and does not grant equity or IPO rights.

The Gate contract POLYMARKET_USDT has strengthened in the short term, with a 24-hour increase of 44.51%, and the highest price in 24 hours reached 21.667 USDT.This contract was launched on Gate on April 13, 2026, at 20:00 (UTC+8), and has increased by 196.88% since its launch.

Base person in charge Jesse Pollak posted a call for "Venice," which may have influenced VVV to surge briefly, breaking through 32 dollars, currently reported at 32.53 dollars, with a 24-hour increase of 18.64%.

PPP prediction market tool monitoring shows that the probability of Polymarket "Anthropic's next generation Claude Opus will be released before September 27" has risen to 90%, up 13% in 24 hours; the probability of it being released before September 30 has risen to 94%, up 7% in 24 hours.According to the settlement rules, if Anthropic's next Claude Opus model is made publicly available before the specified date (Eastern Time ET), the prediction market will settle as "Yes"; otherwise, it will settle as "No". Claude Opus refers specifically to the model explicitly named "Opus" by Anthropic; models released under other names, such as Sonnet, Haiku, Fable, or Mythos, do not qualify. Additionally, qualifying models must have been officially launched and made publicly accessible, including open testing or public rolling waitlist registration. Closed testing or any form of private access does not qualify for settlement.

According to CoinDesk, the U.S. SEC has launched a five-year innovation exemption that provides a pathway for eligible tokenized U.S. stocks to be traded through automated market makers (AMM) on public blockchains. Analysts from Goldman Sachs and Citizens believe that Coinbase, Robinhood, and Circle could become early beneficiaries of this policy.The new framework requires tokens to retain shareholder rights such as dividends and voting rights while imposing limits on the number of stocks and trading volume that trading platforms can offer. Goldman Sachs stated that Coinbase's existing tokenized stock products already possess several of the required features, and its institutional custody business and Coinbase Tokenize may also benefit.However, Coinbase's current trading platform uses a centralized limit order book, and to operate a trading venue directly under the exemption, it will still need to build AMM infrastructure or route trades to decentralized trading platforms on Base.Currently, the stock tokens offered by Robinhood for markets outside the U.S. are derivatives that only provide price exposure and do not possess the complete shareholder rights required by the framework, thus requiring further adjustments to the product. Robinhood has previously stated plans to add 1:1 redemption and voting rights features for stocks.Analysts also believe that an increase in on-chain securities trading may drive demand for tokenized cash, benefiting Circle indirectly, with USDC potentially being used for settlement and collateral in on-chain markets.

In February, a company that handles debit card transactions for Polymarket's U.S. betting platform reported that fraudsters are flooding the app. Users are linking stolen debit cards to their Polymarket U.S. accounts, attempting to place bets and withdraw funds to clean cards or accounts under their control, with thieves trying to make off with at least $10 million.The processor once rejected over 80% of deposits as fraudulent, far exceeding the industry standard of about 1%. Polymarket employees raised concerns to CEO Shayne Coplan. Insiders said the compliance team's response to Coplan was shocking: continue to grow, and if regulators find out, just pay the fines.

Polymarket Vice President of Engineering @devjoshstevens announced that Polymarket Perps has launched and is open to everyone. This product is a brand new exchange built from scratch using Rust, aimed at both retail and professional traders, can be integrated via SDK, and welcomes product feedback.

The Cyber Investigation Department of the Gangwon Special Self-Governing Province Police Agency in South Korea has identified 26 Polymarket users by analyzing public blockchain transaction records and on-chain open-source intelligence, and has filed cases against them for suspected illegal gambling. Among them, 18 have been referred to the prosecution, with a total bet amount of 12.7 million USD, and the highest single user bet reaching 4.1 million USD.The police launched a preliminary investigation in March and began filing cases against the involved individuals in May; the South Korean Communications Commission only ordered the blocking of Polymarket on August 18, and the transactions under investigation occurred while the platform was still accessible. The police are advancing the investigation based on Article 246 of the South Korean Criminal Code.

According to Catcher Predict monitoring, the event "Political Party with the Most Seats in the Russian Parliamentary Election" is currently the most actively traded on the prediction market Polymarket, with a cumulative fund pool size reaching 367 million dollars. The option with the highest market consensus is "United Russia (ER)", corresponding to a winning probability of approximately 75.5%.