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According to CoinDesk, the government of Illinois has reached an agreement with the Digital Chamber of Commerce and the Illinois Blockchain Association to postpone the 0.2% cryptocurrency tax, originally set to take effect on January 1, 2027, by 6 months to July 1, but still requires approval from a state circuit court judge.If the postponement is approved, both parties will temporarily suspend their request for an emergency injunction and continue litigation regarding the compliance, enforceability, and constitutionality of the tax law.

According to a report by the Korean News Agency, Jeong Dae-sik, a representative of the People Power Party (the largest opposition party in South Korea), stated that the government needs to re-examine the establishment plan of the "Future Response Fund" funded by excess tax revenue, as well as the taxation system for virtual assets (digital assets).Jeong Dae-sik stated that excess tax revenue is temporary, and once spending increases, it is difficult to reduce. Therefore, priority should be given to alleviating the tax burden on the public. Regarding the taxation of virtual assets scheduled to be implemented in January next year, he called for a postponement or abolition, stating that forced taxation could lead to capital flowing to places like Hong Kong and Singapore.

Smart wearable device company OURA has postponed its IPO plans due to market uncertainty. The company previously planned to issue 50 million shares to raise up to $2.2 billion.OURA is currently profitable and is expected to see a 90% year-over-year revenue growth in fiscal year 2026. CEO Tom Hale stated that the company still has flexibility in choosing the timing.

The ruling Democratic Party of Korea and opposition party members, along with industry groups, jointly called for the postponement of the cryptocurrency tax plan scheduled to take effect in January 2027.A member of the Democratic Party's Policy Committee, Min Byeong-deok, stated that initiating taxation before the establishment of the Basic Act on Digital Assets lacks sufficient legal and institutional foundation, and the mechanisms for tracking income from overseas exchanges and loss carryforwards are still inadequate.

The digital credit protocol Apyx announced on September 23 that the TGE of the governance token APYX has been postponed to after the originally scheduled date of October 13, 2026, when rewards were planned to be distributed to Season 1 and Season 2 participants. The reasons for the delay are twofold: the core reserve asset STRC has experienced the deepest and longest drawdown in its brief history, the protocol has not been interrupted, and the Chainlink on-chain NAV, proof cadence, minting, and redemption are still operating under existing terms, but the volatility of digital credit exceeds the range shown by its short history, requiring more time to address; multiple institutions have proactively reached out, hoping to use their infrastructure to bring their assets on-chain.The additional time will be used to strengthen the core protocol and to build a broader RWA platform V1 before the TGE. Digital credit remains the reserve anchor and source of yield for apyUSD, with custody, proof, on-chain NAV, redemption, and compliance frameworks being opened to other issuers and asset types. Apyx stated that the zero-fee, instant redemption, government bond-backed aptUSD has been launched, making it the first asset in the ecosystem not derived from digital credit. The Pips plan will continue, and Season 2 will no longer end on the originally scheduled date of October 11; the accumulation under the existing multiplier will remain uninterrupted, and positions, commitments, Curve and Pendle positions, and lending positions will continue to score without any action required.Due to the extended accumulation period, the airdrop allocation for Season 2 has increased from 6% of the total supply to 9%. The new end date will be confirmed along with the new TGE date, and it will not end without prior notice. The allocations for Season 1 and Season 2 will still be fully unlocked at the TGE.

The fourth round of USMCA negotiations between the United States and Mexico will be postponed to September 28-29 in Washington. The U.S. side is expected to push Mexico to accept rules of origin for artificial intelligence devices, increase the share of the North American supply chain, and discuss tariff adjustments in the steel, aluminum, and automotive sectors.

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman stated that the company will not go public this year, with the IPO potentially delayed until 2027. In an interview with Fortune, Altman mentioned that given the current circumstances surrounding safety issues, going public now is not a wise move, and the company feels no pressure in this regard.He added that the company has a lot of work to do, including meeting safety and alignment requirements, as well as promoting collaboration between the industry and the government. This statement comes as Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei publicly called for a slowdown in the AI race on Saturday, with both Altman and Elon Musk quickly expressing their agreement.

According to The Bell, Samsung Electronics' foundry division has delayed its contract for application processor foundry production with Qualcomm due to differences in production unit prices, and both parties have failed to narrow the price gap, prolonging negotiations. There have been no significant technical issues, and the currently discussed 2-nanometer process has received a considerable degree of stabilization evaluation.Industry sources indicate that the Qualcomm AP foundry using Samsung's 2-nanometer process may be postponed until next year, and it is unclear whether production can commence within this year. Qualcomm had previously entrusted advanced AP production to Samsung before 2021, and Samsung has been continuously striving to regain this business in recent years, having secured clients such as Tesla and Broadcom.Informed sources state that the contract delay has made it difficult for Samsung to produce APs for Qualcomm this year, and both parties may turn to discuss the next generation of products. After acquiring strategic clients, Samsung is no longer willing to accept low-price orders as it did in the past.

The core development team of Solana, Anza, posted on platform X stating that the mainnet Beta transaction V1 will begin activation at epoch 1035, expected around September 15 at 1:20 UTC.The ecosystem team indicated that more time is needed to test and integrate V1 support; V1 is currently live on the development network for integration testing. The computational budget in V1 is set through new transaction configuration settings; the computational budget instructions are still usable in traditional transactions and V0 transactions, but will not take effect in V1; application developers should check the impact of related changes on their applications even if they do not plan to send V1 transactions.

According to Reuters, citing informed sources, the artificial intelligence company Anthropic is adjusting its IPO plans, with a roadshow expected to start as early as mid-October, aiming to complete the listing before the U.S. midterm elections in November.Informed sources revealed that Anthropic originally planned to publicly release its IPO prospectus as early as next week, but the expected release date has now been postponed to the end of September. If the latest plan proceeds, the company's listing valuation could reach as high as approximately $2 trillion, potentially making it one of the largest IPOs in history.Meanwhile, Anthropic is advancing a $15 billion revolving credit facility. Bank analysts participating in this financing are expected to meet with the company before the prospectus is published. Institutions such as Morgan Stanley, Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan Chase, and Citigroup are currently involved in the IPO preparation work.This listing plan is expected to attract significant market attention and may coincide with potential listing plans from other AI companies like OpenAI.

According to two informed sources, Payward, the parent company of cryptocurrency exchange Kraken, has postponed its highly anticipated initial public offering (IPO) to as early as the second quarter of 2027. CoinDesk reported in March this year that the company had shelved its multi-billion dollar IPO plans due to a challenging market environment; this delay further extends the much-watched listing process.Payward confidentially submitted its S-1 registration statement draft to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission in November 2025, shortly after the company completed an $800 million funding round at a $20 billion valuation, which included a $200 million investment from Citadel Securities. After Circle and Bullish successfully went public last year, the cryptocurrency industry originally expected a wave of listings in 2026, but weak coin prices and trading volumes, along with the lackluster market performance of some newly listed digital asset companies, dampened investor enthusiasm, leading companies like Grayscale, Consensys, and Ledger to also postpone their listing plans.During the IPO hiatus, Payward continued to expand beyond its core exchange business, venturing into traditional and crypto derivatives, tokenized stocks, and payment infrastructure through a series of acquisitions and product launches. The company's adjusted revenue for the second quarter was $508 million, a 17% year-over-year increase, with the number of funded accounts rising to 6.6 million and platform assets reaching $40 billion.

Vassilis Tziokas from Matter Labs pointed out in a CoinDesk article that the U.S. Senate has postponed the Clarity Act until September. This market structure bill failed to complete the final vote before the August recess, meaning that regulatory rules for the digital asset market will take weeks to be implemented. Meanwhile, banks are not waiting for regulation; JPMorgan has processed over $30 trillion in transactions through the Kinexys platform and launched the deposit token JPMD, while Citigroup operates cross-border Treasury token services. A clearinghouse, in collaboration with 17 major financial institutions, plans to achieve on-chain tokenized deposit clearing by 2027.The article argues that the interoperability of interbank tokenized deposits does not come from messaging standards or token bridges, but is realized through clearing mechanisms: the sending bank redeems tokens, the receiving bank issues its own tokens, inter-institutional obligations are recorded and netted, and ultimately settled in central bank currency. The engineering challenge lies in simultaneously satisfying privacy, neutrality, and verifiability; each institution must operate its own ledger, prove transfers through cryptography without exposing underlying data, and anchor to a neutral settlement facility owned by no participants.The author notes that the Clarity Act will not directly regulate tokenized deposits, but it can clarify the boundaries of the digital asset market and improve the stablecoin framework established by the GENIUS Act. The Global Financial Markets Association's report in April 2026 lists unresolved gaps such as unified processing of cross-border tokenized deposits and guidelines for off-network transfers, which are regulatory unlocking points for interbank tokenized fund interoperability. In the face of regulatory uncertainty, banks rationally choose to isolate, and each month of delay rewards closed gardens.

According to The Block, the rescheduling date for Tornado Cash developer Roman Storm has been postponed to April 26, 2027, because the motion for his release on bail is still under review.Previously, U.S. prosecutors had pushed for the rescheduling to take place in October 2026. Tornado Cash is a mixing protocol in the Ethereum ecosystem, and Roman Storm, as one of the core developers, has faced judicial proceedings due to related charges. This schedule adjustment is directly related to the progress of his motion hearing.

The recovery test of SpaceX's Starship is at a critical stage. Although the recovery of the first-stage booster has been successful multiple times, the recovery of the second-stage spacecraft has not yet been achieved. Musk recently announced that the recovery plan for the Starship second-stage spacecraft, originally scheduled for late August, may be postponed until the end of the year or early next year.

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) suddenly canceled the meeting originally scheduled for last Friday. The meeting was planned to advance the formulation of cryptocurrency regulatory rules and to announce the repeatedly postponed innovation exemption arrangements, which may be related to the Clarity Act.Earlier last week, the SEC announced it would hold a public meeting where commissioners would discuss the Reg Crypto proposal, which involves how companies can raise funds through tokens and ultimately exit SEC oversight after issuing their own digital assets. The SEC had originally planned to announce at least some of the innovation exemption arrangements, concerning how security token issuers handle the underlying securities. Both of these arrangements did not proceed as scheduled.

According to Bloomberg, the stablecoin payment company RedotPay has postponed its plans for an IPO in the United States. Sources reveal that the company previously aimed to complete its IPO as early as this year, but the listing date may now be delayed until next year or even later. RedotPay needs to obtain regulatory approval from the country where it operates before advancing its IPO, and the company is also facing related legal issues that need to be addressed.

On the evening of August 14, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced that the "Regulation Crypto" rule proposal meeting originally scheduled for August 15 was canceled due to "unforeseen scheduling issues," and a new meeting date has not yet been announced. This rule is seen as the SEC's first significant rule-making attempt in the digital asset space, expected to provide a limited exemption framework for crypto securities issuance, allowing issuers to advance projects without triggering full registration requirements, and potentially allowing for a gradual exit from SEC oversight in later stages.SEC Chairman Paul Atkins had previously identified this rule-making as one of the core components of the digital asset regulatory agenda. The industry had also anticipated that the SEC would simultaneously advance the "tokenized securities innovation exemption," but this matter is also facing delays. Meanwhile, the legislative process for the Senate's "Digital Asset Market Clarity Act" remains unresolved, with negotiations between both parties and the White House yet to reach a consensus on crossing the 60-vote threshold. The two regulatory paths for the crypto industry, administrative rule-making and legislative advancement, are currently at a standstill.