The U.S. Senate failed to advance the Digital Asset Market Clarity Act after the measure drew only 49 votes, well short of the 60 needed to move legislation forward. According to CoinDesk, negotiations broke down over ethics restrictions tied to President Donald Trump’s crypto holdings, with Democrats arguing the bill did not do enough to prevent senior officials from profiting from personal digital asset positions, while Republicans said they had already made major concessions. Binance, meanwhile, said its commodity-linked TradFi perpetual contracts would move to a 24/5 trading schedule starting Sept. 16 at 05:00 Beijing time, ending the previous one-hour daily maintenance pause. The change covers XAUUSDT, XAGUSDT, XPTUSDT, XPDUSDT, COPPERUSDT, CLUSDT, BZUSDT and NATGASUSDT, as well as future contracts in the same category. On-chain trackers also flagged several notable transfers. Onchain Lens said Multicoin Capital moved 441,000 HYPE, worth about $35.31 million, from four wallets to Coinbase Prime over the past six hours, a transaction interpreted as a possible pre-sale move. Lookonchain reported that BIT deposited 1,400 BTC to Binance and withdrew 10,000 ETH, while Lazarus Group sold 911 ETH over the past two hours at an average price of $2,499.

Binance said in an official announcement that its commodity-linked TradFi perpetual contracts will move to a 24/5 trading model starting at 05:00 on Sept. 16, 2026, Beijing time. The change removes the current daily one-hour maintenance break. According to the notice, the updated regular trading hours will apply across all commodity TradFi perpetual contracts listed on Binance, including XAUUSDT, XAGUSDT, XPTUSDT, XPDUSDT, COPPERUSDT, CLUSDT, BZUSDT, and NATGASUSDT. The exchange also said the same schedule will apply to future commodity TradFi perpetual contracts that are listed on Binance Futures. The announcement only covers the trading-hour adjustment and specifies the effective time and the set of contracts affected.

Silver fell to $66 per ounce, with XAGUSD last quoted at $66.063 per ounce, according to data cited by Odaily from Gate. The move leaves the metal down 0.4% versus the previous trading session’s close. No additional market context or trading details were provided in the newsflash. This item was published as a brief market update and only reported the latest quoted price, the $66 per ounce level, and the percentage change from the prior close.

Silver (XAGUSD) climbed past $63 per ounce, most recently quoted at $63.000, according to Gate data. The metal is up 1.6% over the past 24 hours.

Binance is launching USDT-margined perpetual futures for platinum and palladium, offering 24/7 trading, up to 100x leverage, and a 0.001 XPT/XPD minimum order size.

Binance Wallet lists Crude Oil perpetual futures (CLUSDT) with zero maker fees, 20% extra ASTER points, and a $10K competition. The launch coincides with WTI surging past $90 amid Middle East tensions.

Decentralized exchange Aster has adopted USD1 as the exclusive settlement asset for all TradFi perpetual contracts, replacing USDT, and launched its first RWA trading markets while partnering with World Liberty Financial for deep token integration.

Blockbooster researcher BlazingKevin_ argues that crypto leverage, lending and yield products still lack a shared benchmark rate comparable to SOFR. Perpetual funding rates, Bitfinex FRR, Aave rates, Sky SSR, tokenized Treasuries and Ethena sUSDe each measure different risks, and none currently combines broad market depth, term structure and independent governance.