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S&P Global agrees to acquire blockchain security firm OpenZeppelin

S&P Global has agreed to acquire blockchain security company OpenZeppelin as the financial data and ratings provider expands its digital asset business into smart contract and onchain technology risk assessment.　　SummaryS&P Global has agreed to acquire OpenZeppelin to expand its smart contract security and onchain risk assessment capabilities.OpenZeppelin has completed more than 900 security engagements, while its smart contracts have supported over $37 trillion in value transferred.OpenZeppelin will operate as a separate S&P Global business unit and keep its open source contracts library free and publicly maintained.The deal follows S&P Globals $110 million strategic investment round in crypto market data provider Kaiko earlier this week.　　According to S&P Globals Sept. 17 announcement, the transaction is expected to complement its existing risk assessment and digital asset capabilities. Financial terms were not disclosed, and the acquisition remains subject to closing conditions.　　OpenZeppelin will continue operating under its existing name as a separate S&P Global business unit. CEO Demian Brener will remain in charge of the company and report to S&P Global Ratings President Yann Le Pallec.　　S&P Global said the transaction is not expected to have a material effect on its financial results.　　S&P Global acquisition adds smart contract security capabilities　　Founded in 2015, OpenZeppelin develops open source

09-18Industry

Canadian Dollar: Underperformance persists on wider spreads – Scotiabank

Scotiabank strategists Shaun Osborne and Eric Theoret highlight that USD/CAD remains elevated near 1.40 after the FOMC, with the Canadian Dollar (CAD) underperforming peers as the Fed/BoC rate differential returns to 175bps. Their fair value model suggests modest USD overvaluation around 1.3894, but limited prospects for narrowing spreads imply CAD may struggle to recover, while technicals point to potential USD gains above 1.40 toward 1.4050/1.4125.　　Rate differentials weigh on Canadian Dollar　　“The CAD slide following the FOMC Wednesday has steadied in overnight trade. But the CAD has failed to improve, unlike most of its major currency peers, leaving it a clear underperformer on the session.”　　“With the Fed/BoC policy rate differential back to 175bps, where it spent much of last year, wider front-end spreads account for the CADs softness and underperformance. Our fair value model indicates an equilibrium exchange rate of 1.3894, indicating that there is a degree of USD overvaluation in current spot rates but, with little prospect of that gap narrowing anytime soon, the CAD may find it hard to recover meaningfully for now.”　　“Bullish—USD gains are holding just under 1.40, with the 50% retracement resistance of the June/August slide in the USD at 1.3990 holding gains for now. ”　　“Trend momentum has

09-18Industry

S&P Global Buys the Auditor Behind Most Stablecoins: Why Now, and Why Twice？

S&P Global agreed Thursday to buy OpenZeppelin, whose open-source code sits beneath most of the world‘s largest stablecoins. It is the ratings giant’s second crypto deal in three days.　　Neither company disclosed a price. The purchase hands S&P a grip on the code that moves tokenized money, not just the data describing it.　　S&P Global two major crypto deals in three days. Led the top-up to Kaikos $110M Series B Monday, buying OpenZeppelin today.　　The Code Running Beneath Most Stablecoins　　OpenZeppelin has published free smart contract building blocks since 2015. Smart contracts are programs that move money on a blockchain without a bank in the middle.　　The firm says its code has carried more than $37 trillion in value. It has run over 900 security reviews and found more than 10,000 flaws.　　Discover more　　News　　Compare Exchange Rates　　Choose POS Systems　　“OpenZeppelin‘s standards, technology, and expertise already power the infrastructure behind the world’s leading stablecoins, tokenized funds, DeFi protocols, and onchain markets,” Chief executive Demian Brener said that in the companys statement.　　He keeps his job and will report to S&P Global Ratings president Yann Le Pallec.　　S&P Global Has Spent a Year Rating Crypto Products　　The company issued the first credit rating of a DeFi protocol, Sky, and the first stablecoin stability

09-18Industry

Edel Expands Institutional Push as Wall Street Tokenization Matures

New York, USA, September 17th, 2026, Chainwire. Edel announced an expanded institutional push for its tokenized equity and commodity markets on Canton, led by board member Brad Klaas, a securities lending and prime brokerage veteran whose career spans BlackRock‘s predecessor firms and Franklin Templeton. The push comes as Wall Street’s largest institutions move assets onchain and confront a harder question: what those assets can do once they arrive, and whether the answer gives institutions a compelling reason to change.　　As part of that effort, Edel has joined the DTC Digital Assets Solutions Industry Working Group, convened to provide feedback on the creation of the DTCC Tokenization Service.　　Edel will help shape this work alongside more than 100 other members, including institutions at the core of US capital markets such as NYSE, BlackRock, Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan and Citadel Securities. The DTCC Tokenization Service is expected to launch in Q4 2026.　　For most of the past decade, the question hanging over blockchain and capital markets was whether the two belonged in the same sentence. That question has largely been settled. BlackRock has tokenized funds. JPMorgan has built blockchain settlement rails.　　Sponsored　　Sponsored　　Franklin Templeton has moved investment products onchain. The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation, the post-trade utility

09-17Industry

Bolt and Lucid target 25,000 robotaxis for Europe

Bolt and Lucid Motors are planning to put at least 25,000 self-driving vehicles on European roads, the Estonian mobility company and U.S. electric-car maker announced today. If the plan goes ahead, it would be Lucids biggest robotaxi commitment to date and give Bolt a vehicle designed specifically for its push into autonomous ride-hailing.　　However, there are still no firm orders placed yet, and no transactions have been done. Bolt has not ordered a single Lucid vehicle, which makes the 25,000 autonomous vehicle target a plan on paper and not an actual committed purchase.　　Discover more　　Brokerages & Day Trading　　Merchant Services & Payment Systems　　News　　Bolt would own and run the fleet　　The vehicles will be built on Lucids upcoming mid-size EV platform, which the company says will be smaller and cheaper than its current models, according to TechCrunch. Bolt plans to own and operate the fleet instead of getting the vehicles on a lease, while the two sides will develop the platform with autonomous driving in mind from the start, according to a press release.　　The vehicles are expected to use Nvidias Hyperion platform for the computing and sensors needed for autonomous driving. However, it remains unclear who will provide the software that actually controls the vehicle,

09-17Industry

SEC grants 5-year exemption for tokenized stock trading

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has granted tokenized securities venues five years of conditional relief to trade tokenized U.S. stocks through permissioned automated market makers and liquidity pools.　　SummaryThe exemption permits eligible venues to support tokenized NMS stock trading for five years.Token holders must receive the same rights and privileges as traditional shareholders.Trading limits, public smart contracts and coordinated stock halts form part of the conditions.The SEC is seeking public feedback on whether it should change the relief.　　SEC tokenized stock exemption opens a five-year pathway　　The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission said in its order that Tokenized Securities Venues, or TSVs, may use permissioned automated market makers and liquidity pools to facilitate trading in tokenized National Market System stocks.　　Issued as conditional exemptive relief, the measure will remain available for five years after publication. The agency also requested public comments on possible changes to the framework while it studies how blockchain-based trading can operate under U.S. securities laws.　　Eligible platforms will receive relief from several rules that apply to national exchanges such as the Nasdaq and New York Stock Exchange. Liquidity providers working with tokenized shares will also receive temporary relief from certain dealer-registration requirements, according to the SEC.　　You might also like:　　Hong Kong

09-17Industry

Fed Holds Rates Near 4% as Trump Pushes for 1%: What It Means for Bitcoin

Fed rates remain near 4% as Trump pushes for 1%, creating a major policy divide.Lower rates support Bitcoin, but rising inflation and bond yields create risks.Bitcoin traders are watching inflation, Treasury yields, the dollar, and the September 30 PCE report.　　Bitcoin is facing mixed signals from U.S. interest-rate policy. On September 16, the Federal Reserve raised interest rates by 0.25 percentage points to 3.75%-4%.　　At the same time, President Donald Trump has called for interest rates to fall to 1% or lower. That creates a large gap between Trump‘s preferred rate and the Fed’s current rate. Bitcoin traders are watching whether rates eventually fall or remain high because of inflation.　　Trump Wants Much Lower Interest Rates　　Trump again called for much lower interest rates after the Feds decision. He said the U.S. has strong credit, investment is growing, and lower rates would help the economy and trade. Cutting rates from 3.75%-4% to 1% would represent a reduction of about 275-300 basis points.　　For Bitcoin, lower rates are generally positive because cheaper borrowing encourages investors to take more risk. Lower U.S. interest rates also reduce the returns available from dollar-denominated investments, putting downward pressure on the dollar. These conditions have historically supported assets such as Bitcoin

09-17Industry

Eredivisie Crypto Betting: Where Dutch Football Is Priced Sharpest

Eredivisie betting starts from one fact: Dutch football scores, and it has for decades, and that single tendency shapes every market on an Eredivisie board more than any tactical trend or transfer window.　　If you bring habits from Serie A or Ligue 1, the totals will surprise you.　　A League That Behaves Differently　　How the Eredivisie compares with the divisions most bettors are used to.EredivisieTypical major leagueScoring tendencyAmong Europes highestDiscover moreDeploy Cloud ServersFinanceChoose POS SystemsTrade Crypto AssetsTry Operations SoftwareNEWSAccess Premium NewsOpen Trading AccountLower, more compressedQuality distributionWide gaps between tiersNarrower through the tableHandicap sizesLarge in mismatched fixturesUsually one goal or lessInternational followingModerateExtensiveMargin on fixturesMiddle bandAmong the tightest available　　Three things drive the first row. Dutch football culture favours attacking play, defensive lines push high and leave space behind, and the distance between the established clubs and the rest of the division is wider than in most comparable leagues.　　None of that is a secret, and all of it is already in the prices. The point is not that you can bet overs blindly; it is that the baseline expectation is different, and importing a Serie A instinct into a Dutch total is importing the wrong distribution.　　Handicaps Carry More Than the Result　　A consequence of the quality spread,

09-17Industry

Inter Miamis 11 TAM Players And More MLS Roster Profile Takeaways

MIAMI, FLORIDA – AUGUST 29: Casemiro #5 of Inter Miami CF celebrates scoring his teams first goal during the MLS match between Inter Miami CF and CF Montreal at Nu Stadium on August 29, 2026 in Miami, Florida. (Photo by Carmen Mandato/Getty Images)　　Getty Images　　Major League Soccer released the latest version of its club roster profiles Thursday morning, a document that shows how every player is classified within the leagues roster regulations, the date of their contract expiration and potential options, and the general allocation money teams still possess.　　Its the seventh time the league has published such information since the start of the 2024 season, this time coming shortly after the close of the 2026 MLS secondary transfer window.　　Here are three key takeaways.　　Inter Miamis 11 TAM Players　　We basically knew this already, but the document confirms it: Inter Miami have an MLS-high 11 players who are considered Targeted Allocation Money (or TAM) players.　　Discover more　　Compare Exchange Rates　　FINANCE　　Trade Crypto Assets　　This means the Herons have leaned into utilizing a combination of general and targeted allocation money to buy down 11 different contracts to fit within the MLS salary cap. This is in addition to their six active players either signed to designated player or U-22

09-17Industry

Cardanos Splash fix patches the exploit, but leaves 2.4M ADA missing and holders trapped

Three days after Splashs Cardano-based ADA/OADA StableSwap pool was drained, OADA holders still faced a problem that corrected code alone could not solve: the pool had lost the ADA that provided their meaningful route out of the token.　　Related Asset Cardano #15 ADA · $0.20 24-hour change: up 5.25% Loading price history… 24H Up 5.25% 7D Down 3.97% 30D Up 14.85%　　Splash‘s incident report said one actor used two transactions on Sept. 13 to remove 2,434,648 ADA and 1,988,222 OADA. After subtracting the attacker’s 9,870 ADA deposit, but before network fees, the ADA drain was 2,424,778.　　Why a code patch is not a liquidity fix　　The pools validator calculated a “tradable” reserve by subtracting accrued protocol fees from its real balances. According to Splash, it did not require that reserve to remain positive, bounded fee changes only from below and did not enforce the direction of a swap.　　Those missing checks allowed the validator to accept a transaction after the tradable ADA reserve had turned negative. Splash said a reserve-domain check or a two-sided fee bound would have stopped the reconstructed attack.　　Either fix would close the documented exploit path. Neither would return the ADA that had already left the pool. Immediately after the drain, the

09-17Industry

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