Key News (Sept 20-21): Saudi Arabia Exits mBridge, Token Unlocks Approaching

Saudi Arabia's central bank (SAMA) has exited the mBridge cross-border CBDC platform after completing a proof of concept. Coinbase Derivatives filed rules for single-stock perpetual futures, setting a $100 billion market cap threshold that excludes current crypto-related stocks. A Rhodium Group report estimates that seven Chinese AI model firms generated $10.7 billion in ARR, roughly 10% of the combined revenue of OpenAI and Anthropic. Additionally, several tokens including Plasma (XPL), Humanity Protocol (H), and SoSoValue (SOSO) are scheduled for significant unlocks next week. Elsewhere, Alibaba's Qwen team open-sourced the Qwen-Image-2.1 model, and Vitalik Buterin is confirmed to speak at ETHShanghai 2026.