Dragonfly Partner Qureshi Urges Zcash Development Fund to Cease Operations After Its 2028 Expiry

According to a report by The Wall Street Journal, Coinbase Global said on Friday that the company has sought regulatory approval to launch perpetual contracts linked to individual stocks of large U.S. listed companies.

Key pre-market news for US stocks on Friday is as follows: 1. The US SEC has introduced new tokenized stock innovation exemption rules to boost growth. SEC Chair Paul Atkins said the initiative aims to advance US stocks toward 24/7 trading, noting tokenization could support real-time inventory management and reduce naked short selling risks. 2. Robinhood has upgraded stock token dividend benefits, with automatic crediting on ex-dividend dates; Coinbase is seeking to list perpetual contracts tied to individual listed company stocks. 3. The Fed's mouthpiece stated that if the Federal Reserve raises interest rates again in October, Walsh is likely to be re-examined by Trump. 4. Bitcoin spot ETFs recorded a net inflow of $159.5 million yesterday, while Ethereum ETFs posted a net outflow of $39.3 million. 5. Buffett steps down as chairman of Berkshire Hathaway, will serve as honorary chairman effective immediately, while retaining his seat on the board of directors.

According to market data, the ZHIPU contract trading pair on Hyperliquid once dropped over 9% after the Hong Kong stock market closed, hitting a low of $92.045. It is now trading at $95.077, equivalent to approximately HK$754.89.

According to market sources, Turkey's wealth fund bought stocks on Thursday to stem the market's sharp plunge.

Anthony Pompliano’s bitcoin treasury firm ProCap Financial has been added to the Russell 2000 and Russell 3000 indices. The inclusion will take effect when U.S. stock markets open on September 21 (next Monday). The company previously announced it would rebrand to Silvia, Inc. on September 22, with its stock ticker changed to “SVIA”.

AI developer Mantic announced Friday it has closed a $25 million seed funding round. The firm recently defeated human contestants in a prediction competition. Results from the 2026 Summer Cup, a London-based online prediction platform Metaculus that wrapped up this month, show Mantic’s probability forecasts for political, economic and cultural events outperformed human participants. The strong scores posted by Mantic and other AI entrants also mark the first time AI has dominated the competition. The funding round was led by Radical Ventures, with participation from Microsoft’s venture fund M12, AI startup Thinking Machines Lab, Balderton Capital and others; specific valuation was not disclosed. Mantic CEO Toby Shevlane said the company is focused on advancing humanity’s ability to understand the future. Founded in 2024 by Shevlane and Ben Day, Mantic enhances its forecasting capabilities by optimizing cutting-edge models developed by other AI labs specifically for prediction tasks, testing its systems against historical data, evaluating performance and iterating to improve accuracy. (Reuters)