Odaily News: Reap, the payments company under Kraken parent Payward, has launched a virtual asset ledger that allows users of exchanges, wallets, neobanks, and fintech platforms to directly spend Bitcoin and other virtual asset balances via Visa cards issued by Reap. Payments are converted at real-time exchange rates without the need to pre-convert to stablecoins. Reap data shows that card spending funded by virtual assets reached $1.04 billion in July 2026.

Odaily News: This acquisition will enhance Bookit's ability to provide crypto institutions with native travel and experience booking platform access services, and strengthen the tokenization capabilities of on-chain points and interoperable rewards. As part of the acquisition of Spree.Finance, Animoca Brands will become a strategic investor and shareholder of Superlogic, and its Chief Operating Officer Minh Do will join the Superlogic advisory board. Following the completion of the acquisition, the Bookit ecosystem will add 27 white-label partners including Kraken, MetaMask, and EtherFi, and open a travel, retail, and VIP experience network covering over 2 million merchants to partners and end users.

Odaily reports that X Business posted on X platform, announcing the launch of the Cashtag Partners program, which connects financial information and trading features for stocks and crypto assets. Partners in the program include Kraken, moomoo, Gemini, Interactive Brokers, and Coinbase, allowing users to more easily connect financial discussions on the platform with trading features.

1. Public companies' Bitcoin allocation shifts from net selling to net buying of $183 million; Strategy increases holdings again after a two-week hiatus;2. Strive adds 6,400 BTC in one month; SATA purchases another 316 BTC today;3. GMGN officially opens perpetual contract public beta;4. U.S. Senate does not advance the Clarity Act; stablecoin platform reward policies remain led by SEC and CFTC;5. Market share continues to expand; Robinhood CEO expects crypto prediction contracts to surpass traditional sports betting within years;6. Crypto market sentiment returns to extreme greed; Fear & Greed Index rises to 78, the highest in nearly a month;7. Genius Foundation holds approximately 142,900 shares of BNC, ranking as the 15th largest shareholder;8. WLFI community opens voting on a governance participation incentive program proposal, which would require a lock-up of at least 180 days;9. Kraken co-CEO criticizes U.S. crypto regulatory stance, says Europe's MiCA is more mature;10. Cumulative investment exceeds $1.12 billion; Strategy spends another $174 million to repurchase STRC;11. Planning to invest $30 million, Fairshake opposes Sherrod Brown's return to the Senate;12. Market cap surpasses Nasdaq and London Stock Exchange; Hyperliquid valuation reaches new heights.

Odaily News: According to Onchain Lens monitoring, BitMine accumulated and withdrew 12,500 ETH from Kraken today, worth approximately $34.56 million; three weeks ago, BitMine also accumulated 20,000 ETH from Kraken, worth approximately $48.89 million.

Odaily reports: David Ripley, Co-CEO of U.S. cryptocurrency exchange Kraken, stated that Europe has taken a more pragmatic approach to crypto regulation, with the Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation (MiCA) providing clarity on market rules. In contrast, the U.S. regulatory environment is more adversarial.Ripley noted that the CLARITY Act has been slow to advance, with related efforts ongoing for years. He believes that if the U.S. continues to delay pushing forward crypto regulatory legislation, it may cede its leadership in financial innovation to the European Union.Kraken obtained a MiCA license from the Central Bank of Ireland (CBI) in June 2025, allowing it to operate across all 30 member states of the European Economic Area (EEA). (Bitcoin.com News)

1. Garrett Jin closed a ZEC short position after holding it for 3 months, incurring a loss of $36.13 million;2. Bitmine holds nearly 5.96 million ETH, with losses narrowing to $2.71 billion;3. Total cryptocurrency market cap returns to $2.8 trillion, briefly approaching $2.9 trillion;4. Trading entry points move upstream as Kraken integrates with X's Cashtag program;5. Fed's Kashkari: Inflation remains too high, not solely driven by oil prices;6. Cynthia Lummis: The CLARITY Act previously required crypto projects raising over $25 million from the public to undergo audits;7. Visa to close loophole allowing credit card points on meme coin purchases;8. Hundreds of millions of dollars in Bitcoin transferred to IRGC; U.S. Treasury sanctions Iranian exchange BitBank;9. GMGN transferred 23,550 BNB to Pionex in one week, generating $17.34 million in fee revenue;10. Holdings surpass 25,000 BTC as Strive CEO hints at upcoming new round of purchases;11. StonkFun ranks 10th on the protocol revenue list, with $4.85 million in revenue over the past 7 days.

Odaily reports that Kraken joined X's U.S. Cashtag partner program on September 16. After users click on ticker tags such as BTC on X, in addition to viewing related posts and price charts, they can also follow a trading link to jump to the Kraken app or website, where they can log in or sign up to complete a purchase, with the transaction still executed on Kraken's side. A 2024 experiment by the UK Financial Conduct Authority involving more than 9,000 consumers showed that push notifications increased trading volume by 11%, while points and sweepstakes increased trading volume by 12%.

Odaily reports that Kraken has been forcibly liquidating the balances of XMR, ZEC, DASH, USDD, DAI, USDS, and USDe held by UAE users since September 15, with the liquidation window continuing until September 25. Withdrawals of the relevant assets ceased at 14:00 UTC on September 14, and trading and deposits were closed on June 16, with no remedy available thereafter. Kraken stated that the delisting was based on a "routine asset review," did not mention any regulatory requirements, and said it could not confirm the denominating currency of the liquidation proceeds prior to execution.

Odaily reports that this batch of Bitcoin was worth approximately $126.69 million, withdrawn from Kraken in April of this year, and then redeposited into Kraken after being transferred through two new wallets. The relevant wallet balance has now been emptied, and the whale made a profit of approximately $15.21 million on this position.