NASDAQ-listed company CDT Equity has allocated $1 million to purchase approximately 8.6 bitcoins

September 17th. The African fintech firm Kredete declared the accomplishment of a $22 million Series A funding round. This round was led by AfricInvest via its Cathay AfricInvest Innovation Fund (CAIF) and Financial Inclusion Vehicle (FIVE). Partech also participated, and Polymorphic Capital made a follow-on investment. Kredete is dedicated to assisting African immigrants in enhancing their credit records by means of stablecoin payments and credit-building services. It intends to expand into the Canadian, UK, and European markets. The company will launch Africa's first stablecoin credit card, rental credit reports, credit savings plans, and other novel features. Additionally, it will build a banking and wallet aggregation API that covers 41 countries to facilitate secure and low-cost cross-border payments for businesses.

September 17th. Circle announced a partnership with Kraken in order to expand access to USDC and EURC. This move is accelerating the development of stablecoins as a core infrastructure within the new internet financial system.

On September 17th, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) officially announced that the cryptocurrency special working group is actively making preparations to arrange opportunities for stakeholders to meet with Commissioner Hester Peirce, who is crypto-friendly, and her team. In order to promote open dialogue and transparency, the SEC will release a list of projects and representatives participating in each meeting.

On September 17th, an investment outlook report indicates that BlackRock, the world's largest asset management company, is "increasing its risk exposure". In its $185 billion model investment portfolio platform, it has significantly increased its holdings of U.S. stocks and expanded its exposure to the artificial intelligence (AI) sector. The outlook report points out that with the "top-notch earnings performance" of the U.S. stock market, BlackRock reduced its holdings of international developed market stocks in its series of model portfolios and increased its allocation to U.S. stocks. After the adjustment, these portfolios are overall over-allocated by 2% in stock holdings. Data shows that on Tuesday, as BlackRock completed its asset allocation adjustment, its corresponding ETFs witnessed billions of dollars in fund flows. BlackRock's adjustment of its model portfolios this time is a "vote of confidence" in the upward trend of the U.S. stock market. Driven by the AI sector investme

September 17th. The prediction market Kalshi announced the commencement of the Kalshi Ecosystem. This is intended to provide support to Kalshi's builders and content creators, as well as to offer funding for on-chain and off-chain innovation.

September 17th. L1 network Mavryk Network declared the accomplishment of a $10 million financing round, with MultiBank Group taking the lead. Mavryk Network will enlarge its Real World Asset (RWA) tokenization initiative by tokenizing real estate in the United Arab Emirates, which is worth over $10 billion, through MultiBank's RWA platform.