The Commodity Futures Trading Commission authorized Polymarket to resume U.S. operations as a regulated intermediated exchange through an Amended Order of Designation. Spot XRP exchange-traded funds launched by Grayscale and Franklin Templeton attracted combined net inflows exceeding $130 million on Monday. Swedish fintech firm Klarna announced plans to introduce a USD-backed stablecoin on the Tempo blockchain by 2026.

UK fintech firm Valereum Plc has entered a $200 million investment partnership with Valereum QGP-SP. The asset-backed financing arrangement is projected to generate $10.5 million annually at a 5.25% coupon rate. Valereum plans to use the capital for digital asset treasury development and pursue a Nasdaq or NYSE listing in H1 2026.

USDT0, a Tether-pegged omnichain stablecoin issued by Everdawn Labs, has surpassed $50 billion in cumulative transfers across 15 blockchain networks. The milestone was reached 10 months after its January 2025 launch using LayerZero's Omnichain Fungible Token standard. Over one-fifth of the total volume was transferred in the past month alone, with more than 415,000 transactions completed since debut.

VanEck has filed an application with the US Securities and Exchange Commission for a spot BNB exchange-traded fund, proposing to list on Nasdaq under the ticker VBNB. The fund would provide institutional and retail investors direct exposure to BNB through traditional brokerage accounts. The S-1 filing indicates the ETF will physically hold BNB tokens rather than using futures or cash-settled derivatives.

Swedish digital bank Klarna has launched KlarnaUSD, a USD-pegged stablecoin on Tempo, the layer-1 blockchain developed by Stripe and Paradigm. The stablecoin is live on Tempo's testnet, with mainnet deployment planned for 2026. Klarna will initially use the token for internal cross-border payments to reduce costs for its 114 million customers before extending access to merchants and consumers.

NYSE Arca certified the listing of Bitwise's Dogecoin ETF (BWOW) on Tuesday, clearing the fund for a potential Wednesday launch. Dogecoin ranks as the 10th largest cryptocurrency with a $23 billion market capitalization. The fund follows Grayscale's Monday debut and REX-Osprey's September launch.

XRP-related social activity reached 29.19k mentions and 12.95 million interactions in the latest period, while the Galaxy Score settled around 62, data show. The surge coincided with the launch of several XRP exchange-traded products in the United States, including offerings from Bitwise and Grayscale.

MegaETH's USDm stablecoin pre-deposit launch on Tuesday faced multiple technical disruptions, including a bridge outage and a multisig configuration error. The misconfigured 4-of-4 signature threshold allowed premature execution of a cap-increase transaction, causing deposits to reopen 34 minutes early and surpass $400 million before the team stabilized operations. MegaETH has since canceled plans to raise the cap to $1 billion and will offer a withdrawal option to affected users.