✅Global Crypto Key News 1. Binance Makes $100 Million Strategic Investment in Circle Binance announced that it has made a $100 million strategic equity investment in Circle. The two companies have also newly signed a five-year commercial contract. Through this partnership, they aim to expand USDC accessibility, focusing on emerging markets, and accelerate integration within the platform. Circle will provide infrastructure services for USDC utilization, while Binance will collaborate on developing digital asset products using these services. Binance agreed to a lock-up period of up to two years for the Circle Class A common shares acquired in this transaction. 2. Chainlink Partners with Infosys to Expand On-Chain Finance Indian IT services company Infosys announced that it has entered into a strategic partnership with Chainlink to accelerate the adoption of on-chain finance by institutions. Infosys supports banking and payment infrastructure for over 1.7 billion customer accounts worldwide and plans to standardize and deploy the Chainlink platform through this collaboration. Key technologies to be adopted include CCIP, CRE, ACE, Proof of Reserves (PoR), Data Streams, and Data Feeds. The two companies plan to lay the foundation for connecting major financial institutions globally to on-chain markets. 3. Avalanche Officially Launches Helicon Upgrade Avalanche has officially launched its network upgrade, Helicon. This upgrade introduces continuous execution functionality for the Avalanche C-Chain, improving network speed, and adds an automatic staking renewal feature. Avalanche stated that Helicon will enhance network performance and capital efficiency, strengthen the economic model, and serve as the foundation for future large-scale upgrades. 4. CME Plans to Launch BCH and UNI Futures on October 19 The Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) Group announced that, following regulatory review, it plans to launch futures products for Bitcoin Cash (BCH) and Uniswap (UNI) on October 19. These products will consist of standard and micro contracts. Bitcoin Cash can be traded in units of 250 BCH and 25 BCH. Uniswap can be traded in units of 10,000 UNI and 1,000 UNI. The CME Group explained that it decided to launch these products to meet the cryptocurrency risk management needs of institutional investors. 5. Hashed Makes Anchor Investment in $300 Million Stablecoin Private Credit Fund Global digital asset venture capital firm Hashed announced that it will participate as an anchor investor in a $300 million private credit fund being raised by Toro Capital Management. Toro Capital plans to provide stablecoin-based dollar loans to digital asset companies. This fund introduces a credit review model that evaluates a company's financial condition and cash flow, rather than relying on traditional collateral-based lending methods. Hashed intends to support Toro Capital's global business expansion as a key partner, going beyond simple capital contribution.
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September 23, 2026 1.2K