A wallet that had lost nearly $200,000 on the CS2 Blast grand final prediction market purchased 786,825.9 shares of MOUZ defeating Spirit at an average price of 36.4 cents, totaling $28.6. The BO5 match starts at 22:00 on Sept 6. MOUZ advanced to the final after a 2-0 semifinal victory over Team Vitality, while Spirit is considered a top-tier team.

Binance has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the National Bank of Kazakhstan to pursue a newly established 'First-Class Non-Bank Payment Service Provider (PSP)' license. The exchange also inked two additional MOUs with Kazakhstan's Ministry of Digital Development and the Astana International Financial Centre (AIFC), with founder Changpeng Zhao (CZ) attending the signing ceremony in Baku. The license would allow Binance to facilitate crypto-to-fiat exchange, payments, and transaction infrastructure, excluding deposit-taking or lending. The parties also discussed exploring a local stablecoin for Kazakhstan.

The Dubai Virtual Assets Regulatory Authority (VARA) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with tokenization platform Securitize to jointly explore support for tokenization projects in Dubai's virtual asset ecosystem. The collaboration covers regulatory engagement, knowledge sharing, ecosystem development, and market education. It will also examine the development of tokenized financial products operating within Dubai's regulatory framework. Securitize stated that the partnership will provide licensed market participants with its global expertise while supporting market integrity and investor protection.

South Korean economic and industry news outlet Etoday and blockchain-focused digital asset media platform Nexblock said on Sept. 2 that they have signed a memorandum of understanding with global Web3 data platform RootData for blockchain and digital asset data and content cooperation. The partnership is aimed at making global Web3 industry data more accessible to users in South Korea, including information on projects, fundraising activity, investment firms, token unlock schedules and market attention. Under the arrangement, the parties will examine how RootData’s existing Web3 datasets can be connected with the content and data services run by Etoday and Nexblock. Etoday said it plans to strengthen the data foundation behind its blockchain and digital asset coverage, while Nexblock will review, in stages, how specialized Web3 content and data services could be linked across areas such as project information, investment flows, token unlock events and market trends. The two sides said they will begin with a data integration test and then consider expanding the scope of cooperation based on test results and market response.

Iran stated that the current situation does not allow the restoration of the Memorandum of Understanding with the United States, accusing the US of violating the agreement.

tZERO said Intercontinental Exchange, or ICE, has agreed to participate in its latest financing round and, as part of that investment, will receive a license to use tZERO’s blockchain patent portfolio. The license will support the development of a New York Stock Exchange-affiliated tokenized securities platform under ICE, referred to as the Digital Trading Platform, along with other possible use cases. tZERO said the portfolio covers 23 patent families and 103 patents tied to core parts of the security token lifecycle, including compliance-aware transfer logic, upgradeable smart contract frameworks, scalable corporate actions processing, and broker-level identity interoperability. The two companies also signed a memorandum of understanding under which tZERO will act as a core design partner for digital transfer agent and broker infrastructure supporting on-chain settlement. Under the MOU, ICE and tZERO plan to develop standards for digital transfer agents, tokenization agents, and broker users on the platform, while also evaluating whether tZERO tokenized assets could be used in collateral management across ICE clearinghouses and affiliated entities.

SK hynix held a groundbreaking ceremony on Aug. 27 in Indiana for an advanced packaging artificial intelligence wafer facility, a project the company said will involve more than $4 billion in investment. The site is intended to become the first U.S. production base for high bandwidth memory, or HBM, and will serve as a key link in semiconductor cooperation between South Korea and the United States. Under the operating plan, advanced wafers made in South Korea will be shipped to Indiana for advanced packaging and testing before being delivered to U.S. customers as products made in America. The company said the cleanroom is scheduled to open in October 2028, with mass production of next-generation HBM set for the second half of 2029. The facility is expected to hire about 1,000 professionals across technical and operational roles, while the broader project and follow-on business activity are estimated to create about 7,000 direct and indirect jobs locally and across the U.S. SK hynix also signed an MOU with Purdue University on joint research covering system integration and advanced packaging technologies, including HBM.

Shinhan Financial Group has signed a strategic memorandum of understanding with Visa to test stablecoin-based payment functions in South Korea, according to a report by The Block on Aug. 26. The planned work covers issuance, transfers, and redemptions, and will use Visa’s stablecoin platform to verify how those processes operate in practice. The agreement was signed at Shinhan Financial’s headquarters in Seoul. Beyond testing core stablecoin flows, the two companies also plan to design a business model tailored to South Korea’s domestic financial environment. The cooperation extends to integrating stablecoins into credit card payment settlements, exploring AI-based future payment models, and expanding both B2B and B2C payment services. Key details have not been disclosed. The report said the parties have not revealed which stablecoin will be used, how large the pilot will be, or when testing will begin. The move comes as South Korea broadens its digital asset push. The Ministry of Economy and Finance is planning to introduce a tokenization system in Sejong City in the fourth quarter of 2026, pointing to a wider effort by both public and private sector players to bring digital assets into the existing financial system.