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Tether Freezes Nearly $550M in Iran-Linked USD₮ as US Sanctions Tighten

The stablecoin issuer reports freezing $550 million in 2026 across wallets linked to the Central Bank of Iran following US Treasury actions.

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  1. $USDC

    Whale alert: $90.0M in USDC (89,999,999 USDC) moved on Ethereum from Circle to an unlabelled wallet Source: on-chain data via Basis Desk scanner.

    Neutral Source: etherscan.io
  2. $USDC

    Whale alert: $90.0M in USDC (90,000,000 USDC) moved on Ethereum from an unlabelled wallet to Circle Source: on-chain data via Basis Desk scanner.

    Neutral Source: etherscan.io
  3. $USDC

    Whale alert: $90.0M in USDC (89,981,581 USDC) moved on Ethereum from an unlabelled wallet to Circle Source: on-chain data via Basis Desk scanner.

    Neutral Source: etherscan.io
  4. $USDC

    Whale alert: $90.0M in USDC (90,000,000 USDC) moved on Ethereum from Circle to an unlabelled wallet Source: on-chain data via Basis Desk scanner.

    Neutral Source: etherscan.io
  5. $HBAR

    $HBAR is up 36.2% over 24 hours at $0.1275 (market cap $5.4B, rank #24). Prices via Coinbase, Kraken and DefiLlama.

    Bullish Source: basisdesk.news
  6. $USDC

    Whale alert: $50.0M in USDC (50,000,000 USDC) moved on Ethereum from an unlabelled wallet to Circle Source: on-chain data via Basis Desk scanner.

    Neutral Source: etherscan.io
  7. $BTC

    Whale alert: $83.9M in BTC (1,000 BTC) moved on Bitcoin from an unlabelled wallet to an unlabelled wallet Source: on-chain data via Basis Desk scanner.

    Neutral Source: mempool.space
  8. $WBTC

    Whale alert: $84.8M in WBTC (1,010 WBTC) moved on Ethereum from an unlabelled wallet to an unlabelled wallet Source: on-chain data via Basis Desk scanner.

    Neutral Source: etherscan.io

AI Daily Brief

2026-09-28 · Listen 1:55

  1. 1. The Financial Conduct Authority will open its regulatory authorization gateway on Sept. 30, 2026, ahead of the full regime implementation on Oct. 25, 2027. Coordinated raids on Sept. 10, 2026, targeted suspected illegal P2P traders.
  2. 2. Regulators will publish a joint roadmap to transition wholesale tokenization from testing sandboxes to permanent market infrastructure. The FCA also plans to consult on safeguarding rules to clarify asset ownership for tokenized products.
  3. 3. The European Securities and Markets Authority will prioritize artificial intelligence and tokenization starting in 2027. This new strategic priority replaces its ESG disclosure mandate and will run alongside cyber resilience oversight.
  4. 4. The FCA, HMRC, and Metropolitan Police issued cease-and-desist notices to three London premises on Sept. 10, 2026. The regulator confirmed that no peer-to-peer cryptocurrency businesses currently hold regulatory registration in the UK.
  5. 5. The project published a framework using governed state machines to address ERC-721 ownership limits. The v0.5 prototype tested delegation, custody, and rental capabilities, with native on-chain minting planned for the v1.0 release.
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  1. 1 $SHFL Shuffle $0.6005 +52.9%
  2. 2 $HBAR Hedera Hashgraph $0.1277 +36.7%
  3. 3 $QNT Quant $236.32 +29.6%
  4. 4 $ALGO Algorand $0.1342 +14.7%
  5. 5 $NMR Numeraire $11.22 +14.4%
  6. 6 $MIOTA IOTA $0.0550 +10.1%
  7. 7 $GRT The Graph $0.0312 +9.8%
  8. 8 $SEI Sei $0.0791 +7.4%
  1. 1 $FARTCOIN Fartcoin $0.1686 −12.8%
  2. 2 $AR Arweave $4.28 −12.7%
  3. 3 $WLD Worldcoin $0.4957 −11.9%
  4. 4 $ZEN Horizen $7.00 −10.4%
  5. 5 $APE APEcoin $0.1488 −9.7%
  6. 6 $RAY Raydium $1.96 −9.6%
  7. 7 $PENDLE Pendle $2.39 −9.5%
  8. 8 $SUPER SuperVerse $0.1926 −9.4%
  1. 1 $BTC Bitcoin $31.4B −0.9%
  2. 2 $ETH Ethereum $12.7B −0.0%
  3. 3 $SOL Solana $3.1B −2.1%
  4. 4 $XRP XRP $3.1B −1.3%
  5. 5 $SUI Sui $1.3B −6.4%
  6. 6 $QNT Quant $1.3B +34.3%
  7. 7 $NEAR NEAR Protocol $1.1B −4.2%
  8. 8 $HBAR Hedera Hashgraph $1.0B +36.0%

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  1. 1UK FCA Issues Crypto Regime Guidance and Targets Unregistered P2P Traders
  2. 2ESMA to Address Crypto-Asset Monitoring at Data Day 2026 in Paris
  3. 3ARCOS Unveils Modular State-Machine Framework to Expand NFT Ownership Rights
  4. 4Ethereum Core Developers Schedule ACDE Call 247 for October 8
  5. 5Paradigm Reth Team Tags Version 2.7.0 Release on GitHub

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  3. Bitmine Surpasses 6 Million ETH Holdings Valued at $17.2B
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ESMA Pivot to Tokenization and Digital Supervisory Oversight

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  1. $6.4M 2,400 ETH
    0x7391…a2a6 0xa937…a915
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  2. $8.0M 7,999,998 USDT
    Bitfinex 0x1468…b65c
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  3. $6.0M 6,000,000 USDC
    0x0668…2f9b 0x7d1d…b073
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  4. $90.0M 89,999,999 USDC
    Circle 0x0000…0000
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  5. $8.0M 7,999,998 USDT
    Bitfinex 0x1468…b65c
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  6. $6.8M 2,534 ETH
    Coinbase Coinbase
    Internal
  7. $90.0M 90,000,000 USDC
    0xb8d4…c31d Circle
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  8. $5.0M 5,000,000 USDC
    0x36da…6448 0xd178…a121
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