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2026-09-20 · 3 high-impact headlines

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  1. SOL falls below 110 USDT, down 3.31% in 24HDashTape reports, according to OKX market data, SOL has fallen below 110 USDT, currently trading at 109.99 USDT, with a 24H decline of 3.31%.
  2. Kalshi Files to Launch US Single-Stock Perpetual Contracts, Proposal Still Awaiting CFTC ApprovalDashTape informa Prediction market platform Kalshi has applied to launch perpetual contracts linked to US individual stocks and has submitted a proposed rule change filing to the US SEC, while also submitting the related proposal to the CFTC for approval. It has not yet been approved. According to the proposal, the contracts would have no predetermined expiration date and would use periodic funding rate payments between long and short positions to keep the contract price aligned with the underlying stock price. Kalshi said the product would be treated as a securities futures product and cleared through its CFTC-registered clearinghouse, KalshiKlear. On the same day, Coinbase also submitted a related proposal to launch perpetual contracts on US individual stocks.
  3. UK Reform Party Plans to Launch Crypto Industry Union in Response to Overseas Donation RestrictionsDashTape informa Arron Banks, a senior aide to the UK Reform Party, has stated that if the Labour government further tightens rules on overseas political donations, the party plans to establish the "Allied Computer & Crypto Workers Union (ACCAW)," covering workers in IT, AI, and the crypto industry, in order to raise political funds through union channels. Previously, crypto industry billionaires Ben Delo and Christopher Harborne each donated £36 million to the UK Reform Party, totaling £72 million. The UK government is advancing new restrictions on overseas donors, and the retroactive application of the relevant rules may affect the compliance of some donations. (Daily Mail)
  4. DashTape Morning Brief1. Trump launches AI renaming vote, proposes names like "Superintelligence"; 2. Standard Chartered predicts ARB will reach $10 by 2030, with Arbitrum's monthly revenue potentially hitting $5 million; 3. Michael Saylor: The best protection for digital asset innovation is mass adoption, aiming to attract 50 million U.S. users; 4. PlanB: Bitcoin has reclaimed the 50-week moving average, confirming the end of the bear market and targeting $89,000; 5. Fee revenue drops 97%, Robinhood Chain's daily fees fall to approximately $230,000; 6. Over $500,000 in assets stolen, attackers forged Uniswap-related ENS names to execute arbitrage bot scam; 7. Cumulative HYPE burn reaches $4.5 billion in value, Hyperliquid burns another 26,300 tokens in 24 hours; 8. Arc launches agent payments, providing a custodial onboarding path for x402; 9. Genius.fun creates over 13,000 tokens within 24 hours of launch, pays nearly $530,000 in fee splits to creators; 10. Permissionless blockchains can operate compliantly, Jito Labs executive says banks don't need to rely on permissioned networks; 11. ZachXBT questions zkSNARKs NFT project: raised over $17 million, with little to no ecosystem development seen.
  5. Will cease operations on November 17, 2026, as Universal gradually shuts down the protocolDashTape informa Universal has officially announced that it will gradually shut down the Universal protocol because user adoption over the past two years has not reached the level needed to sustain the protocol over the long term. The protocol will continue normal operations for the next 60 days, and the existing infrastructure and the underlying asset backing for uAssets will not be affected; during the shutdown period, users can sell uAssets through the Universal app or directly redeem the underlying assets through the minting and redemption interface, and large redemptions can be handled by contacting the team. After November 17, 2026, the protocol will officially close, and remaining uAssets will be redeemed through smart contracts; uSOL, uXRP, uDOGE, uADA, uBTC, and uLTC on Base will each be exchanged for the corresponding bridged assets, while the remaining uAssets will be exchanged for USDC. The final redemption assets and smart contract information will be announced before the shutdown.
  6. Network paused, MultiversX says attackers attempted to exploit VM-level atomicity issueDashTape informa According to MultiversX monitoring, attackers attempted to exploit a VM-level atomicity issue, causing invalid state changes on the network. To prevent the incident from escalating further, the network has been paused. The development team has prepared a fix, which will first be verified in a shadow fork environment; after successful testing, it will be coordinated with validators, exchanges, and infrastructure partners for deployment to mainnet. Currently, the team is evaluating a targeted recovery plan to process only the invalid state changes related to this incident while preserving confirmed transaction history and normal user state. Users do not need to take any action. Until the official recovery notice is issued, please do not submit or rebroadcast transactions, and do not deposit or withdraw EGLD and ESDT assets through trading platforms or cross-chain bridges. After the incident is resolved and the investigation results are confirmed, MultiversX will release a full technical report.
  7. DPRK hacking group WaterPlum uses fake job listings to steal $10.71 millionDashTape reports that a joint alert from multiple international agencies, including the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation and Japan's National Police Agency, shows that the DPRK-linked hacking group WaterPlum, also known as Contagious Interview, posed as companies in the AI, cryptocurrency, or NFT sectors offering fake positions from December 2025 to July 2026, launching attacks against IT developers worldwide. The attackers approached job seekers through social media and recruitment platforms, luring them into downloading malicious files under the pretext of technical interviews or coding tests. They have infected more than 30,000 devices across over 100 countries and regions and stolen data from more than 7,000 crypto wallets; at least $10.71 million in funds flowed into wallets controlled by the attackers.
  8. Holds 12.4 billion AKE, valued at $803 million; suspected AKE proactive market maker withdrew 216 million AKE 4 hours agoDashTape informa According to on-chain analyst Ember, 4 hours ago, after AKE briefly surged 115%, wallets suspected to belong to an AKE proactive market maker (0x803e...d7CD, 0xaf6b...9da1, 0xFE15...9A09b) withdrew 216 million AKE from Binance Alpha, worth $13.83 million. Currently, this group of wallets holds at least 12.4 billion AKE on-chain, worth $803 million, accounting for over 54% of the circulating supply. AKE and yesterday's gainer B2 are suspected to be operated by the same proactive market maker.