Binance has completed the Maker (MKR) token replacement, incremental upgrade, and rebranding to Sky (SKY) on September 17, 2025, and has opened the deposit and withdrawal services for the new SKY token. Binance opened SKY/BTC, SKY/TRY, SKY/USDC, and SKY/USDT spot trading at 16:00 on the same day. Users can enable the new trading pairs through spot follow-up settings.

 according to the official announcement, ASTER is now online and users can claim airdrops. ASTER spot trading will be launched on Aster Spot at 20:00, and the withdrawal function will be available on October 1.

 according to Cointelegraph news, Cardano co-founder (Charles Hoskinson) confirmed that he will attend the roundtable meeting of the Senate Banking Committee on legislation on the structure of the cryptocurrency market.

 Paolo Ardoino, CEO of stablecoin issuer Tether, announced on the X platform that the password management solution PearPass is about to be released, and the solution will be completely open source. It is reported that PearPass uses a fully localized open source password manager, without the need for cloud services or servers.

 according to on-chain analyst The Data Nerd's monitoring, half an hour ago, a certain whale deposited 50 million PENGU into Binance, worth approximately 1.67 million US dollars. 9 months ago, he received 322.32 million PENGU from an airdrop wallet (equivalent to 9.32 million US dollars) and sold 232 million tokens for 5.77 million US dollars. Currently, he still holds 90.32 million PENGU (approximately 3.02 million US dollars).

 Jiachengye Capital (00936.HK) announced that the board of directors of the company has announced that the group has reached a cooperation with a virtual asset trading platform licensed by the Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission on September 17, 2025, to jointly promote the tokenization of real world assets (RWA) under the Hong Kong regulatory framework. In the future, the group will continue to promote innovation exploration and resource integration in the fields of financial technology, digital finance, and Web3.0.

the cross-chain trading protocol ParaSwap has officially been renamed Velora, and has launched a new governance token VLR to replace the original token PSP. With the launch of VLR, the functions of PSP in governance, staking, and rewards will be terminated immediately. The team stated that VLR will be integrated into a single asset model, adopt a gas-free mechanism, and directly link rewards and protocol income through a unified staking center on Base to achieve a more transparent and sustainable incentive model.

According to official sources, MGBX will launch EUL (Euler) spot trading at 17:00 (SGT) on September 17, 2025.

according to the Hong Kong stock market data, as of the close, the trading volume of 6 Hong Kong virtual asset ETFs today was 40.1441 million Hong Kong dollars, including: Huaxia Bitcoin ETF (3042.HK) with a trading volume of 13.71 million Hong Kong dollars, Huaxia Ethereum ETF (3046.HK) with a trading volume of 16 million Hong Kong dollars, Jiashi Bitcoin ETF (3439.HK) with a trading volume of 3.12 million Hong Kong dollars, Jiashi Ethereum ETF (3179.HK) with a trading volume of 0.6341 million Hong Kong dollars, Boshi HashKey Bitcoin ETF (3008.HK) with a trading volume of 5.14 million Hong Kong dollars, and Boshi HashKey Ethereum ETF (3009.HK) with a trading volume of 1.54 million Hong Kong dollars.

 according to analyst Yu Jin's monitoring, an address possibly belonging to the investment institution Maven 11 withdrew 4.03 million ENA from Binance 1 hour ago, worth approximately 2.76 million US dollars. This address has accumulated a total of 30.08 million ENA in the past two days, worth approximately 20.63 million US dollars. At the same time, an address possibly belonging to YZi Labs' ENA investor withdrew 5 million ENA 1 hour ago, worth approximately 3.4 million US dollars. They have transferred a total of 54 million ENA into Binance in the past three weeks, worth approximately 37.8 million US dollars.

 affected by the news that Binance will delist ALPHAUSDT perpetual contract, ALPHA briefly broke through $0.028, now priced at $0.02769, with a 24-hour increase of 71.2%, and the market fluctuates greatly, please do risk control.

 according to Cointelegraph, the Japanese listed company Metaplanet plans to invest $1.25 billion in Bitcoin by October and $139 million in its Bitcoin revenue department.

according to The Bitcoin Historian, Metaplanet has successfully raised $1.4 billion to purchase more Bitcoin, which is enough to buy nearly 12,000 Bitcoins.

 OKX announced that BARD (BARD) will be added to multiple services, including multiple trading services, and will officially go live on September 18, 2025 at 22:00 (UTC+8).

 the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) of the United Kingdom announced on the 17th that it is seeking opinions on the minimum standards that cryptocurrency companies need to comply with. These proposals reflect many requirements that have already been applied to traditional financial institutions, such as operational resilience, system controls, and measures to combat crime. The new regulations aim to maintain fairness and enable British businesses to participate in international competition.

 according to the official announcement, Binance Alpha is the first platform to launch Maiga.ai (MAIGA), and Alpha trading will start on September 17, 2025 at 19:00 (UTC+8).

Matrixport released a daily chart analysis stating that since November 2023, the currency supply indicator has closely matched the price trend of Bitcoin, reflecting expectations of a weaker US dollar and global liquidity expansion. Although this correlation is a useful signal, it is more of a proxy indicator of market sentiment rather than a reliable driving factor. However, it still points to the possibility of further Bitcoin price increases, despite historical evidence of its cyclical nature.

 the Securities and Futures Commission of Hong Kong welcomes the measures proposed in the "2025 Policy Address" to support the continued development of Hong Kong as a leading international financial center. The policy address proposes measures to strengthen the stock market and optimize the listing system, which will consolidate Hong Kong's position as the preferred listing destination globally. At the same time, the proposal to include RMB counters and real estate investment trusts in the Shanghai-Hong Kong Stock Connect will help deepen the connection between Hong Kong and the mainland market. In terms of innovation, the proposal to expand the types of digital asset products and services provided to professional investors is expected to promote the development of Hong Kong's digital asset ecosystem. These measures are highly consistent with the strategic focus of the Securities and Futures Commission.

On September 17th, according to Metaplanet's announcement, it has strategically acquired the Bitcoin-related domain "Bitcoin.jp" and established a wholly-owned subsidiary "Bitcoin Japan Co., Ltd.". The company will be responsible for operating Bitcoin-related media, events, and services, including Bitcoin.jp, Bitcoin Magazine Japan, and future Bitcoin Japan conferences. In addition, Metaplanet has also established a new subsidiary "Metaplanet Income Corp." in the United States, focusing on Bitcoin revenue business and related derivative trading.

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