Odaily reports that stablecoin infrastructure company Bastion has received conditional approval from the U.S. Office of the Comptroller of the Currency to apply to establish a national trust bank. Founded in 2023 by two former a16z crypto executives, Bastion provides white-label stablecoin issuance, reserve custody, customer wallets, and payment infrastructure for enterprises; its investors include Coinbase Ventures, Sony Innovation Fund, and Samsung Next, and its latest funding round last year raised $14.6 million.

Odaily reports that the funding round was led by Expa, with participation from Coinbase Ventures and others. Fin.com primarily provides global stablecoin infrastructure services.

Odaily News — Crypto market data provider Kaiko has secured a new round of investment led by S&P Global, bringing the latest funding round's total size to $110 million. DRW Holdings, Susquehanna, Royal Bank of Canada, Nasdaq, BNP Paribas, Bpifrance, Broadridge, Canton Ventures, Coinbase Ventures, and Stellar also participated. Previously, crypto market data provider Kaiko completed a $53 million Series B funding round in June 2022, led by Eight Roads (a venture capital firm backed by Fidelity), with participation from French venture capital firm Revaia and existing investors Alven, Point Nine, Anthemis, and Underscore. (Bloomberg)

Odaily News: Blockchain-native fintech startup OpenReserve received preliminary conditional approval from the U.S. Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) on September 2 to establish a full-service national bank in Salt Lake City, Utah. The approval process took less than five months, with OpenReserve submitting its application on April 13.OpenReserve must raise at least $210 million in initial paid-in capital within 12 months and maintain a minimum Tier 1 leverage ratio of 12% for three years after opening. It must also commence operations within 18 months, or the approval will lapse. The relevant deadlines are September 2027 and March 2028, respectively.OpenReserve plans to offer tokenized deposits, treasury management, foreign correspondent banking, and Banking-as-a-Service for institutional clients. The full-service national bank charter, upon final approval, would allow it to accept deposits and conduct lending activities.OpenReserve previously completed a $25 million seed funding round led by a16z crypto, with participation from Coinbase Ventures, Jump Capital, and Wintermute Ventures, among others. The company plans to establish a wholly-owned subsidiary to issue and redeem dollar-denominated, reserve-backed stablecoins, but that subsidiary has not yet filed an application with the OCC. (Decrypt)

Odaily星球日报讯 美国货币监理署（OCC）已初步批准 OpenReserve 的国家银行牌照申请。该公司于 4 月完成 2500 万美元种子轮融资，由 a16z crypto 领投，Jump Capital、Acrew、Coinbase Ventures、Clocktower、Quona 和中东风险投资基金 AAF Management 参与投资。OpenReserve 由包括 MoneyLion 联合创始人 Dee Choubey 在内的金融科技高管领导，致力于结合传统银行业务、区块链基础设施和数字资产服务，并利用数字资产和技术实现全天候 24 小时运营。OpenReserve 还在申请联邦存款保险公司（FDIC）保险，目前已向 FDIC 提交申请。

Odaily星球日报讯 Everyrealm 全资子公司 Interstice Digital 宣布推出跨链兑换引擎，数字资产主经纪商 FalconX 为其提供流动性。该引擎连接公链 Canton 与 Ethereum、Solana 及 Robinhood Chain，支持用户在四条网络间兑换资产。 该引擎采用非托管模式，Interstice Digital 不会持有用户资产，也不会代表用户执行交易。其连接 Canton 机构市场与公链上的资产及交易活动，为 Canton 代币化资产提供通往 Ethereum、Solana 等网络流动性的路径。 Canton 生态已包括 JPMorgan、Goldman Sachs 和 BNP Paribas 等金融机构。Interstice Digital 获 a16z Crypto、Coinbase Ventures、Galaxy 和 Brevan Howard 支持，公司未披露首批支持资产及交易量。（Cointelegraph）

Odaily News – River Markets, a startup building trading infrastructure for prediction markets, has announced the completion of an $8.5 million seed funding round, led by Haun Ventures with participation from Y Combinator, Coinbase Ventures, and Qube Research Technologies, among others. The new capital will primarily be used to expand the engineering team, enhance trading system speed and security, and grow institutional clientele, while also developing new tools to support large-scale capital management and cross-platform trading.In recent years, prediction markets have drawn attention from institutional investors. Data from industry platforms shows that institutional trading demand is growing rapidly. For example, prediction market platform Kalshi previously stated that its institutional trading volume increased by approximately 800% within six months. Meanwhile, market participants have begun using prediction markets for risk hedging, including building trading positions around real-world economic variables such as carbon emission allowances and GPU rental prices. (Fortune)

Odaily reported that Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong has responded to recent controversy surrounding his X account profile picture change and claims that the Base community is "unsupported." He thanked the community for their feedback and acknowledged that his previous communication regarding expectations was not clear enough. Users should not interpret the content of his personal X account as investment advice or signals for individual tokens. He stated that he simply shares internet content he finds interesting or amusing, and may not even be aware whether such content is associated with any particular token or project. He pointed out that his tweets and profile picture changes do not represent endorsements of or commitments to any project.Regarding support for the Base ecosystem, Brian Armstrong explained that Base aims to build financial services infrastructure, supporting various application scenarios including stock tokenization, lending protocols, stablecoin payments, and Meme coin trading. Coinbase supports users in freely trading assets but will not use its official influence to "pump" or promote specific tokens. Both Coinbase and the Base team are indeed subject to compliance and regulatory restrictions, preventing them from listing certain tokens on the centralized exchange and from marketing specific projects at the community's request.Base currently supports ecosystem development primarily through offline Base Batches events, developer grant programs, and investments from Coinbase Ventures and the Base Ecosystem Fund. Additionally, based on long-term user value assessment, Coinbase may integrate certain Base ecosystem DeFi protocols into its own products to help projects expand distribution.Brian Armstrong stated that Coinbase will continue to prioritize projects capable of creating long-term user value in the future, and expressed hope that this clarification will help the community set clearer expectations. He added that he may still continue to post Meme content he finds interesting, but such content will not constitute investment advice.

Odaily reports that Glacis Labs has announced the completion of a $6.8 million seed funding round, led by Lightspeed Faction, with participation from Franklin Templeton, Coinbase Ventures, A.GAIN, Protein Capital, Techni Ventures, and others. The project primarily focuses on developing the ZeroDelta multi-chain clearing platform, which reduces counterparty risk by matching, netting, and settling cross-chain digital asset transfers.

Odaily reports that Velocity, a stablecoin payment infrastructure startup, announced the completion of a $38 million Series A funding round. This round was led by crypto investment firm Dragonfly, with participation from Coinbase, Capital One Ventures, Wintermute, and other institutions. Velocity CEO Eric Queathem did not disclose the latest valuation. Founded in 2025, Velocity focuses on providing stablecoin payment solutions for enterprises, payment service providers, fintech companies, and financial institutions, helping them leverage dollar-pegged tokens to optimize cross-border payments, fund settlement, and treasury management processes.Currently, Velocity has covered markets in the United States, parts of Europe, and Australia. The company plans to use the new funds to apply for licenses, expand into Africa and Latin America, while also investing in building more secure asset custody infrastructure and developing new features, including stablecoin yield products. (Fortune)