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🇮🇷🇺🇸LATEST: Iran says reports of talks with the United States are false and intended to influence markets.@cryptonwsuk 2 sources

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🇮🇷🇾🇪 MARKET: Oil prices rise as concerns over a Middle East escalation grow, after talks between Gulf nations and Iran are called off amid fighting in Yemen.

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🇮🇹 NEW: Italy’s central bank orders sanctions checks on every crypto transfer.

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🇯🇵 JUST IN: Binance Pay is now accepted at PayPay merchants across Japan, letting users spend crypto nationwide.

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🇯🇵 JUST IN: Japan's two-year bond yield climbs to 1.975%, its highest since 1995, as traders ramp up bets on more Bank of Japan rate hikes.

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🇯🇵 LATEST: Japan has added Russian crypto exchange Garantex to its sanctions list as part of new asset freezes tied to the war in Ukraine.

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🇯🇵 NEW: Citi offers instant cross-border payments for Japan firms via blockchain, per Nikkei.

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🇯🇵 NOW: The Bank of Japan is expected to lift its policy rate to 1.25%, the highest level since 1995.

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🇯🇵 TODAY: Japanese yen surges to its highest level against the US dollar since February.

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🇯🇵 UPDATE: BOJ raises rates to 1.25%, a 31-year high, but a dovish tilt sends the yen lower and Japanese stocks higher.

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🇯🇵 UPDATE: Metaplanet is cutting its Series 10 stock pool by 41% and plans to launch a $1M Hong Kong subsidiary to trade Bitcoin, equities and credit products.

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🇯🇵Japan is rewriting the rules for crypto. The country has moved digital assets toward securities style regulation, bringing tougher disclosure and market conduct rules. But the bigger question is what this means for crypto taxes, ETFs, exchanges, and investors. Read the full

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🇰🇬 BIG: Kyrgyzstan is pushing deeper into crypto, with plans to pilot its digital som and expand regulation, licensing, and stablecoin infrastructure.

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🇰🇷 @CryptoHayes is taking the stage at Cointelegraph CONNECT Seoul. The @MaelstromFund CIO joins us for a fireside chat on Sept. 29 during Korea Blockchain Week. Sept. 29 | Seoul Secure your spot

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🇰🇷 ADOPTION: Circle’s MiCA-compliant euro stablecoin EURC is now live on Upbit across KRW, BTC and other markets, giving South Korean users easier access.

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🇰🇷 BULLISH: Bitcoin remains the foundation of crypto for @CryptoHayes. “Bitcoin's definitely created long lasting value. It's the bedrock of our entire ecosystem,” he said at CONNECT: Seoul alongside Sheraz Ahmed of @STORM_Partners.

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🇰🇷 CHIPS: South Korean exports have exploded as the result of the chip boom.

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🇰🇷 CONNECT: “The DAT model has the ability to outperform spot. We've seen that through cycles.” @Sharplink’s @mcamarda0 on the potential upside of digital asset treasury companies compared with simply holding the underlying asset.

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🇰🇷 CONNECT: AI could be changing how crypto markets move. “There tends to be a lot less volatility now than there was three years ago,” @Wincent_co’s Paul Howard said, pointing to more sophisticated traders and the growing use of similar AI models as possible factors.

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🇰🇷 CONNECT: AI could push the future of trading far beyond buying and selling assets. “The proliferation of trading is going to be huge, but it's going to be a lot less about trading assets and more about trading predictions and beliefs,” @gensynai’s @benfielding said.

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🇰🇷 CONNECT: AI is reshaping how traders think about finding an edge in the market. “When everyone is using the same tooling, what does alpha mean? And how do you generate alpha in that world?” @CMT_Digital’s @AugieIlag said at CONNECT: Seoul.

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🇰🇷 CONNECT: Asia is making progress on tokenized finance, but not every market is moving at the same pace. @FranklnTempletn Chetan Karkhanis says Korea, Japan, Singapore and Hong Kong are “probably 2 to 3 years ahead,” while much of the region still trails the US on stablecoin

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🇰🇷 CONNECT: Crypto has enough regulatory clarity to start building, according to @inside_r3 co-founder @Mcdtv. “We're never going to get perfect clarity,” he said, arguing that the next few years offer an opportunity to build new products, infrastructure and tokenized capital

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🇰🇷 CONNECT: Does financial privacy have to come at the expense of compliance? “We don't believe that privacy should be a binary,” @0xMiden’s @azeemk said, arguing that onchain privacy can coexist with KYC, AML and other regulatory requirements

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