Crypto's growing up, and the growing pains are showing.

US platforms are handing retail traders institutional-grade tools. The UK is building a proper licensing regime from scratch.

Meanwhile, hackers just proved that privacy tech can erase a $4M trail overnight.

The gap between ambition and infrastructure has never been more obvious.

Robinhood rolls out 10x leveraged crypto futures for US traders

Starting September 29, Robinhood is letting select US users trade perpetual crypto futures.

These are no-expiry contracts on Bitcoin and Ethereum with up to 10x leverage.

That means a 10% move wipes out your entire position, or doubles it.

Regulators will be watching how millions of first-time futures traders handle that math.

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Markets

A nine-day ETF buying spree meets a stubborn ceiling

US spot Bitcoin ETFs pulled in roughly $3B over nine consecutive days of inflows.

That streak flipped year-to-date flows positive after sitting $6B underwater at midyear.

But softer PCE inflation data sparked only a brief rally past $85K before fading.

Still-high Treasury yields kept a lid on any sustained breakout.

BTC hovered near $84K, ETH sat around $2,700, SOL traded near $119, and XRP slipped below $1.50.

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UK FCA now accepting authorization applications from crypto firms

Britain's financial watchdog is officially taking license applications from crypto companies.

The move is part of a new regulatory regime built through recent legislation.

Firms that want to operate in the UK will need proper authorization, not just registration.

That shift from registry to licensing could set the template for other markets.

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Standard Chartered sees Ethena's ENA hitting $2 by 2028

Standard Chartered just slapped a $2 price target on Ethena's ENA token.

That implies a 669% jump from its current price around $0.26.

The bank is betting on surging demand for yield-bearing stablecoins and tokenized assets.

When a major bank publishes DeFi coverage, the line between traditional and decentralized finance gets thinner.

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Bitget hackers funnel $4M through Zcash shielded pools

Roughly $4M stolen from exchange Bitget has vanished into Zcash's shielded transaction pool.

Once funds enter that pool, they become effectively untraceable on the public ledger.

The breach ranks as the largest single crypto theft of 2026.

Privacy tech designed to protect users is proving equally useful for the people robbing them.

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On Our Radar

Much coin, such utility: Dogecoin is actually becoming useful for actual transactions now.*

Stablecoin redux: Bank-backed firm launches yet another dollar-pegged crypto token anyway

Banking's crypto bet: HSBC is launching RedCoin, a stablecoin aimed at streamlining payments.

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