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The Basis Ledger

Gathered from the major desks

The Wire

Headlines as they are published, grouped when several desks report the same story, with paid posts left out. Each one links to the desk that wrote it.

Thursday, October 8, 2026

  1. NewsBTC
    Polygon Open Money Stack Expands to TRON, Extending Network Access to Regulated U.S. Payment Rails

    POLTRXUSDT

  2. CryptoSlate+1 deskMajor
    US government moves $470 million in seized crypto to Coinbase wallets, raising Bitcoin sale questions

    BTCUSDT

Wednesday, October 7, 2026

  1. CoinDesk+1 desk
    Polygon taps TRON’s $94 billion stablecoin supply for seamless cross-border transfers

    POLTRXUSDT

  2. CoinDesk+2 desks
    Tether tapped by Kazakhstan’s central bank to explore stablecoin and tokenization

    USDT

Tuesday, October 6, 2026

  1. CointelegraphNotable
    Conduit sues Tether over allegedly freezing $2.8M without explanation

    USDT

  2. The Block+1 deskMajor
    Conduit sues Tether over $2.76 million freeze, says it has ‘no legal entitlement’ to funds

    USDT

  3. Bitcoinist
    KuCoin Adds Nike, Accenture And Shipping ETF Perpetuals With 20x Leverage

    USDT

  4. Bitcoinist
    Binance Pay Offers 20% Mobile Top-Up Discount Across 10 Markets

    USDT

  5. Bitcoinist
    Binance Adds Four More Stock Perpetuals With Up To 20x Leverage

    USDT

Monday, October 5, 2026

  1. CryptoSlate+1 desk
    ZachXBT infiltrates $1B crypto syndicate to expose Lazarus Group

    USDT

  2. CryptoSlate
    Circle and Tether find common ground against MiCA’s bank reserve rules

    USDT

Sunday, October 4, 2026

  1. CryptoSlateNotable
    Drift hack recovery opened near one cent per dollar lost

    USDT

Friday, October 2, 2026

  1. CryptoSlateNotable
    Stablecoin issuers have replaced 40% of China’s lost US Treasury demand

    USDT

  2. Cointelegraph
    $4.2B crypto bank Anchorage Digital cuts 17% of workforce: Report

    USDT

  3. CryptoSlate
    US targets $17 billion Russia-linked crypto payment network using USDT as an escape route

    USDT

  4. CoinDesk
    Crypto traders are in risk-on mode as bitcoin dominance nears return to 60%

    BTCUSDT

  5. Bitcoinist
    Upbit Adds Dolphin POD Across KRW, BTC And USDT Markets

    USDTBTC

  6. CoinDesk
    Tether's USDT is 'coming home' to Bitcoin this month over a decade after debut there

    BTCUSDT

Thursday, October 1, 2026

  1. CryptoSlate
    Open USD bets Stripe’s $1.9 trillion network can break USDT and USDC’s grip

    USDTUSDC

Wednesday, September 30, 2026

  1. CoinDesk
    Open USD takes on Tether, Circle with a different stablecoin model that's 'building money'

    USDT

  2. DecryptNotable
    US Senator Blumenthal Calls Tether's USDT a 'Superhighway' for Iranian Sanctions Evasion

    USDT

  3. Bitcoinist
    Tether And Shiga Build Self-Custodial USDT, Bitcoin And Gold Products For Africa

    BTCUSDT

  4. Cointelegraph+1 desk
    Binance Pay lets visitors spend USDT at PayPay merchants in Japan

    USDT

  5. Bitcoinist
    OKX Opens Spot And 20x Perpetual Trading For Doppler Finance Token

    USDT

Tuesday, September 29, 2026

  1. Cointelegraph+1 desk
    Tether says it helped freeze $550M in Iran-linked USDT this year

    USDT

Monday, September 28, 2026

  1. CryptoSlateMajor
    Bitget says Bitcoin withdrawals are open after $387M hack, but ETH and USDT must wait

    BTCUSDTETH

  2. The BlockNotable
    Tether’s USDT at center of Iran’s shadow banking network, new Senate Report says

    USDT

  3. CryptoSlate
    USDT grew on Ethereum through 2024, but smart contract holdings stalled, BIS data show

    ETHUSDTTRX

  4. CoinDeskNotable
    Tether is a ‘lifeline’ for Iranian regime, Senate Dems say in new report

    USDT

  5. CointelegraphNotable
    Bitget resumes Bitcoin withdrawals as hacker swaps ETH via THORChain

    RUNEBTCETHUSDT

  6. CoinDesk+2 desks
    Crypto-friendly institution Franklin Templeton brings its tokenized collateral service to Bybit

    USDTUSDC

Sunday, September 27, 2026

  1. CryptoSlateMajor
    An $84 million US asset seizure just sparked a massive question for Tether

    USDT

  2. Bitcoinist
    BIX Card Wants To Expand Crypto Spending From 29 To 49 US States

    USDTUSDC

  3. BitcoinistMajor
    Tether Says EQIBank Exposure Is Below 0.034% After US Asset Seizure

    USDT

Saturday, September 26, 2026

  1. CryptoSlate
    Washington has $114 billion reasons to want Tether around

    USDT

  2. CoinDesk
    Binance deal gives Circle a boost in stablecoin race with Tether, analysts say

    USDTUSDC

  3. Bitcoinist
    Tether Builds Self-Custodial Wallet Tools For AI Agents

    USDT

  4. Bitcoinist
    Binance Lists Hyperliquid HYPE For Spot Trading

    HYPEUSDTUSDC

Friday, September 25, 2026

  1. Decrypt
    US Prosecutors Want $84.2 Million From a Bank Tied to Tether

    USDT

  2. CointelegraphMajor
    Tether says it had ‘limited’ exposure to bank linked to $84M US seizure

    USDT

  3. DecryptNotable
    Circle and Tether Freeze Stablecoins Tied to Bitget Hack—But Most Funds Slip Away

    USDTUSDCETH

  4. Bitcoinist
    MeshWallet Says It Raised $10M To Expand Gasless USDT Wallet

    USDTTRX

  5. CoinDeskNotable
    Circle and Tether step in to freeze hacker wallet after massive Bitget crypto heist

    USDTETHUSDC

  6. CoinDeskMajor
    Tether confirms minimal EQIBank exposure following $89M US asset seizure

    USDT

  7. Bitcoinist
    KuCoin Opens 20x Moonshot AI Pre-IPO Perpetual Trading

    USDT

  8. NewsBTC
    Privy Expands TRON Support As Stablecoin Payment Infrastructure Grows

    TRXUSDT

Thursday, September 24, 2026

  1. CryptoSlate
    Why TRON’s $30 trillion lifetime volume could become a trap

    TRXUSDT

  2. Bitcoinist
    Binance Adds Dividend Support For Four More Leveraged ETF bStocks

    USDT

  3. Bitcoinist
    Bybit Launches Odds Product For Prediction Market Data And Sentiment

    USDT

Wednesday, September 23, 2026

  1. Bitcoinist
    Binance Extends Tokenized Stock Utility With SOXL Dividend Support

    USDT

  2. CoinDesk
    Crypto Long & Short: Inside the chain settling $150 billion of stablecoins a week

    TRXUSDT

  3. NewsBTC
    Bybit Adds PATH, CYPH And HUT Equity Perpetuals With Up To 25x Leverage

    USDT

  4. NewsBTC
    Anchorage Digital Taps LayerZero To Take USAT Stablecoin Cross-Chain

    USDT

Tuesday, September 22, 2026

  1. CryptoSlate
    Rogue iPhone app escapes iOS sandbox to hijack $580,000 in USDT

    USDT

  2. NewsBTC
    USDT On TRON Overtakes Bitcoin In CoinsBee Payment Activity

    BTCTRXUSDT

Monday, September 21, 2026

  1. NewsBTC
    USDT on TRON Becomes Most Used Onchain Payment Option on CoinsBee as Stablecoin Spending Grows

    TRXUSDTBTC

Friday, September 18, 2026

  1. Cointelegraph+1 desk
    HYPE hits record above $90 as Hyperliquid launches manual borrowing

    HYPEBTCUSDTUSDC

Thursday, September 17, 2026

  1. CryptoSlateNotable
    Chainflip to reset TRON USDT provider balances to zero following $736,000 exploit

    TRXUSDT

Wednesday, September 16, 2026

  1. NewsBTC
    MEXC Releases July–August Security Report: Over 38 Million USDT in Risk-Related Funds Intercepted, Futures Insurance Fund Reaches 792 Million USDT

    USDT

Tuesday, September 15, 2026

  1. CryptoSlateNotable
    Tether, Binance and a $1.5 billion Iran oil network converge in new US forfeiture case

    USDTTRX