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SEC Crypto Custody Rewrite Enters White House Review

The planned rule would cover advisers and investment companies and clarify digital-asset custody, following the withdrawal of a separate 2023 proposal.

SEC Clears Tokenized Stocks To Trade Onchain As CFTC Widens Software Relief

The Securities and Exchange Commission issued a five-year conditional exemption on Thursday letting tokenized National Market System (NMS) stock trade on permissioned automated market makers (AMMs), and Commodity Futures Trading Commission staff opened introducing-broker relief t

Brent Tops $106 And Hike Odds Reach 64% As Crypto Sells Off

One hundred and three of the 125 largest non-stablecoin tokens were lower on the day after August producer prices came in at 0.4% and the 30-year Treasury yield passed every close of the past five years. Bitcoin traded at $77,120. Ether.fi rose 14.2% on a buyback vote that closed

European central banks push to expand stablecoin yield ban to crypto lending and staking

Bitcoin Holder’s $4,500 Stash Turns Into a $51.6M Fortune

An old bitcoin wallet created on July 14, 2012, suddenly moved 600 BTC on Tuesday after sitting through nearly 14 years of market chaos. Back then, bitcoin traded near $7.52 per unit, putting 600 coins at roughly $4,512. At Tuesday’s $86,012 price, the same stash is worth $51.6 m

Federal Reserve Vice Chair Jefferson makes the case for discount window modernization at Treasury Market Conference

Modernizing the discount window could enhance liquidity and stability in Treasury markets, reducing stigma and improving financial resilience. The post Federal Reserve Vice Chair Jefferson makes the case for discount window modernization at Treasury Market Conference appeared fir

US Central Command overhauls AI targeting protocols after deadly school strike killed 156 in Iran

The overhaul of AI targeting protocols highlights the critical need for balancing technological efficiency with ethical responsibility in military operations. The post US Central Command overhauls AI targeting protocols after deadly school strike killed 156 in Iran appeared first

Macron urges EU to loosen oil product rules as France faces diesel crisis

Macron's plea highlights the tension between urgent energy needs and environmental commitments, potentially setting a precedent for future crises. The post Macron urges EU to loosen oil product rules as France faces diesel crisis appeared first on Crypto Briefing.

Derive dominates Delphi options dashboard with top ETH and SOL contracts

Derive commands 95% of onchain options premium volume and tops Delphi Digital's cross-venue dashboard with leading ETH and SOL contract The post Derive dominates Delphi options dashboard with top ETH and SOL contracts appeared first on Crypto Briefing.

European Central Bank emphasizes digital innovation’s impact on banks’ resilience

The ECB's digital push could redefine banking resilience, emphasizing regulated digital finance over decentralized alternatives, impacting market dynamics. The post European Central Bank emphasizes digital innovation’s impact on banks’ resilience appeared first on Cry

US spot Solana ETFs pull in $26M in a single day as BSOL continues its dominance

The surge in Solana ETF inflows highlights growing investor confidence and could accelerate the adoption of blockchain-based financial products. The post US spot Solana ETFs pull in $26M in a single day as BSOL continues its dominance appeared first on Crypto Briefing.

Massive ETF capital exits threaten Bitcoin’s fragile $86,000 price surge

Spot taker flow and realized-cap growth improved while futures exposure and profit-taking climbed with the rebound. The post Massive ETF capital exits threaten Bitcoin’s fragile $86,000 price surge appeared first on CryptoSlate.

Coinbase adds fixed-rate bitcoin-backed loans through Morpho Midnight

Coinbase has added fixed-rate loans through Morpho Midnight, letting users borrow USDC against their bitcoin.

Richmond Fed manufacturing index slips to -2 in September as orders and shipments retreat

The decline in the Richmond Fed index suggests potential economic challenges, with rising costs and softening demand impacting manufacturers' margins. The post Richmond Fed manufacturing index slips to -2 in September as orders and shipments retreat appeared first on Crypto Brief

Richmond Fed manufacturing index falls to -2 in September, signaling regional contraction

The Richmond Fed's contraction signals potential challenges for regional economic growth, impacting business sentiment and future employment trends. The post Richmond Fed manufacturing index falls to -2 in September, signaling regional contraction appeared first on Crypto Briefin

CME adds Bitcoin Cash and Uniswap futures as crypto derivatives push grows

The exchange will offer standard and Micro contracts, covering 250 BCH and 25 BCH, and 10,000 UNI and 1,000 UNI, respectively.

Bitcoin ETFs Hit 2026 High With $999M Inflow as Bitcoin Price Tops $86K

U.S. bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs) opened the week with $998.95 million in net inflows, their largest single-day haul of 2026, as bitcoin traded above $86,000. Ether, solana, HYPE and ZEC funds also attracted capital, while XRP ETFs finished flat. Bitcoin and Ether ETFs Pu

GameStop may have surrendered $31 million of Bitcoin upside with one options trade

Bitcoin traded above the $70,000 strike ahead of the Sept. 25 maturity, but GameStop’s position status and settlement terms remain undisclosed. The post GameStop may have surrendered $31 million of Bitcoin upside with one options trade appeared first on CryptoSlate.

Big Questions: Does Satoshi actually own 1.1 million Bitcoin?

Researchers can trace an estimated 1.1 million BTC to a distinctive early mining operation. The harder question is whether that miner was actually Satoshi.

Ethereum (ETH) Price Analysis: Bulls Eye $3K Following Breakout Above $2.7K Resistance

Ethereum has extended its recovery from the September lows and is now trading around $2.73K after slightly breaking above the $2.7K resistance area. The latest move has strengthened the short-term structure, although ETH is approaching another major resistance zone and momentum m

ECB, EU cenbanks seek changes in MiCA’s minimum bank deposit for stablecoins

The ECB and EU central banks want to replace MiCA’s stablecoin bank-deposit requirements with liquidity thresholds, warning that sudden withdrawals could strain lenders.

Here’s what happened in crypto today

Need to know what happened in crypto today? Here is the latest news on daily trends and events impacting Bitcoin price, blockchain, DeFi, Web3 and crypto regulation.

Binance Makes $100M Bet on Circle and Signs Five-Year USDC Deal

Binance has invested $100 million in Circle, acquiring 1.24 million shares, while renewing a five-year partnership to expand USDC adoption across global markets.

Kamui Finance Brings Three Institutional Real-World Asset Vaults Live Onchain, Integrated With DigiFT, Hastra Prime, Midas

Kamui Finance today announced bringing its first three real-world asset (RWA) vaults live onchain along with its operational infrastructure, giving professional and sophisticated investors different levels of exposure to tokenized real-world assets.

Bitcoin Price Tests $86K as 1.07M BTC Supply Wall Looms

Bitcoin has climbed into the $86K resistance zone, one of the market’s most important technical and onchain barriers. With 1.07 million BTC concentrated between $83,000 and $86,000 and U.S. spot exchange-traded fund (ETF) investors above breakeven, the next move could reveal whet

Binance takes $100 million Circle stake alongside five-year USDC deal

The exchange also expanded its USDC partnership with Circle, agreeing to promote USDC on its platform under a five-year arrangement.

Bitcoin, ether perpetual volumes on Kalshi are dominated by an unusual, repetitive trade, data shows

Moscow Exchange launches 5 crypto perpetual futures as demand tops 600 billion rubles

The automatically rolling contracts track Bitcoin, Ether, Solana, XRP and Tron prices, but settle in rubles and never deliver cryptocurrency. The post Moscow Exchange launches 5 crypto perpetual futures as demand tops 600 billion rubles appeared first on CryptoSlate.

Binance takes $100M stake in Circle under expanded USDC deal

Circle sold Binance $100 million in stock and agreed to pay monthly incentives under an expanded five-year partnership promoting USDC.

Morning Minute: Robinhood CEO Bets Crypto Will Beat Sports at Prediction Markets

Crypto is interesting again and that means attention is flowing back to the sector. And it’s starting to show in the data.

Important Pi Network News and PI Price Update: September 22

"Pi Network completes last step towards protocol v27 launch," X account BSCN disclosed.

Why Payward-backed Reap is betting on non-USD stablecoins for 24/7 cross-border FX settlement

SoFi begins stablecoin settlement on Mastercard network for program expected to exceed $25 billion in annualized volume

SoFi launches live SoFiUSD stablecoin settlement on Mastercard's network, with its card program targeting $25 billion in annualized volume.

Binance Takes $100M Stake in Circle Under Five-Year USDC Promotion Deal

The two sides closed an equity placement and a five-year commercial deal on the same day, with money moving in both directions.

A $3.2 million 'bitcoin butterfly' option trade bets on $95,000 by the end of October

Bitcoin FOMO Hits Two-Year High After $87K Breakout

Market psychology around bitcoin has shifted sharply into bullish territory as the cryptocurrency broke past $87,300, driven by a combination of a major short squeeze and a surge in social volume. Short Squeeze Drives Volume Jump Market sentiment across the cryptocurrency space f

Coinbase pushes beyond crypto with retail access to $2.2 billion Oura IPO

Eligible U.S. users can request Oura shares at the offer price, but allocations remain limited and early exits may restrict future access. The post Coinbase pushes beyond crypto with retail access to $2.2 billion Oura IPO appeared first on CryptoSlate.

Coincheck Group Confirms Executive Chairperson Change In SEC Filing

TL;DR Coincheck Group disclosed that Executive Chairperson Takashi Oyagi resigned effective September 21. The company said the resignation was for personal reasons. The filing supports a leadership-transition story, not speculation about enforcement or financial distress. Coinche

ECB to put its own money into tokenized securities via new Pontes DLT

The ECB aims to gain firsthand DLT market experience by buying tokenized public-sector securities and settling the trades through Pontes.

Binance buys $100 million Circle stake in five-year USDC promotion deal

Bitcoin clears $86,000 as $1B in shorts liquidated again – battle now shifts to $90k

Bitcoin’s break above $86,000 has cleared a major pocket of bearish leverage and put $90,000 back in traders’ sights. The largest cryptocurrency climbed as high as $87,363 over the past 24 hours, its strongest level since January, before easing to $85,824 at press time, CryptoSla

Bitcoin recovers from Asian-session lows as falling oil price supports risk appetite

This Signal Has Flipped to Altcoin Season as Crypto Rally Spreads Beyond Bitcoin

Glassnode's indicator compares BTC with a market-cap-weighted basket of 250 altcoins, excluding stablecoins, to track relative performance.

Bernstein sees annual prediction market volumes hitting $10 trillion by 2035 as financial assets overtake sports

Bernstein projects global prediction market volume will hit $10 trillion by 2035, driven by expanding financial assets.

CLARITY Act needs 11 more Senate votes, but 4 of the 49 it already has want the bill changed

Four Republican senators who voted to advance the CLARITY Act on Sept. 15 also appear as named supporters on a bank-backed amendment seeking tougher restrictions on stablecoin yield. As Punchbowl News reported on Sept. 21, John Cornyn, John Curtis, Cindy Hyde-Smith, and Lisa Murk

Strategy’s Market Cap Soared 80% in 3 Months; The Stock Rose 54%

Strategy says MSTR added $31.6 billion, or 80%, in market value over three months, yet the Class A share price rose about 54% over the same stretch. The Numbers Strategy posted a chart on X on Monday night with a one-line caption: Last 3 months for MSTR: +$32B (+80%). The graphic

Kalshi Files To Bring Perpetual Futures To US Stocks And ETFs

TL;DR KalshiEX has filed proposed listing standards for perpetual security futures tied to 58 stocks and ETFs. The proposal was published on September 18 under SEC File No. SR-KALSHIEX-2026-02. The products are not live; CFTC approval is still pending. KalshiEX is seeking regulat

MEXC Expands Opportunity Compass with Stock Trading Handbook to Help Crypto Users Build Investment Knowledge

Mutsamudu, Comoros, September 22, 2026 – MEXC, a pioneer in 0-fee digital asset trading, has expanded its Opportunity Compass education initiative by introducing the MEXC Stock Trading Handbook, a new guide designed to help crypto traders bridge the knowledge gap as they enter th

Live updates: Bitcoin trades near $86,000 as U.S. stocks post small gains

Binance probed by U.S. federal prosecutors for sanctions violations: Bloomberg

XRP Reclaims Key Resistance as BTC Cools at $86K After Massive Run: Market Watch

The total crypto market cap hit a multi-month peak at over $2.9 trillion after the latest rally.

Crypto metric signals altseason as Bitcoin market-cap share stalls below 60%

Glassnode’s Altcoin Cycle Signal printed a new altseason signal after a month of Bitcoin and altcoin market-cap gains.

Crypto market cap reclaims $3 trillion as Bitcoin, altcoins rally

Bitcoin traded near $86,000 as major altcoins gained, while rising derivatives leverage pointed to growing speculative activity across crypto markets.

US Probes Whether Binance 'Knowingly' Let Iran-Linked Trades Through: Report

Binance says it has a "zero-tolerance policy" for sanctions violations. Prosecutors are asking whether its 2023 compliance fixes held.

PENGU Bull Run Incoming? Rare Cluster of Bullish Signals Spotted

Multiple bullish indicators are converging on PENGU, raising the possibility of a sharp move in the coming weeks.

ICO Era Whale Buys ETH at $2,794 as Ethereum Price Now Sits At $2,720

A wallet linked to an Ethereum initial coin offering (ICO) participant swapped $23.7 million in stablecoins for 8,492.8 ETH on Sept. 21, six months after selling ETH near $2,010. Four Orders in Eight Minutes The trade surfaced through onchain analyst ai_9684xtpa, who described th

Cipher Mining Expands AI Data Center Push With ERCOT Capacity And Long-Term Lease

TL;DR Cipher Mining disclosed conditional ERCOT interconnection capacity for up to 300 MW. The company also reported a 15-year hyperscaler master lease tied to HPC data-center infrastructure. The SEC filing does not identify the hyperscaler tenant by name. Cipher Mining is pushin

Crypto firms put $206 million behind the midterms: here’s who their political machine is backing

Crypto corporations contributed $206 million to super PACs and hybrid PACs through the second quarter of 2026, according to Public Citizen's Aug. 27 analysis of FEC records. That makes the industry the largest disclosed corporate donor sector tracked in this midterm cycle. Yet th

White hats outrun Coldcard hackers in 52-Bitcoin evacuation

White hats secured about 40% of the Bitcoin moved in the Coldcard exploit’s second wave, transferring it to a Wyoming trust for victims.

Top Ripple Price Predictions as XRP Reclaims $1.50

Is this the start of a major bull run?

Report: Polymarket Ignored Warnings During $10M Fraud Attack

Bad actors targeted Polymarket’s U.S. platform in a $10 million fraud scheme using stolen debit cards, pushing payment processor Checkout.com to reject over 80% of deposits as fraudulent. High Rejection Rates Trigger Payment Processor Crackdown Prediction-market startup Polymarke

REX Launches 2X Leveraged ETF Tracking Bitcoin Treasury Firm Strive

TL;DR REX Shares has launched the T-REX 2X Long Strive Daily Target ETF under ticker ASSX. The fund seeks 200% of the daily performance of Strive Asset Management stock. ASSX is a leveraged single-stock ETF, not a spot Bitcoin ETF. Investors now have a leveraged ETF tied to one o

The Real Reasons Why Bitcoin Skyrocketed by $7K Daily: But Can the Rally Last?

The record inflows into the spot BTC ETFs were just a part of the overall price gain puzzle.

Bitcoin’s $87,000 breakout puts $90,000 in sight, but history comes with a catch

Bitcoin closed the week of Sept. 20 at $81,178, its first weekly settlement above the 50-week moving average since November 2025, and pushed further to an intraday high above $87,000 the next day. The breakout clears one of the market's most closely watched technical lines, but l

Spot bitcoin ETFs attract nearly $1 billion in largest daily inflow in 11 months

US spot bitcoin ETFs saw $999 million in net inflows on Monday, the largest single-day amount the funds have attracted since Oct. 6, 2025.

Bitcoin Price Has Risen 37% Since Jim Cramer Said Sell BTC Last Month

Bitcoin has climbed as much as 37% since Jim Cramer told CNBC viewers on Aug. 3 that he was dumping his bitcoin over quantum computing fears. The Call That Aged Badly Cramer’s apprehension apparently began on July 30, when, during an interview with IBM Chairman and CEO Arvi

Bitwise Updates XRP ETF Prospectus In New SEC Filing

TL;DR Bitwise filed a post-effective amendment updating disclosures for its XRP ETF trust. The September 21 filing registered zero new shares. The filing is a prospectus update, not an SEC approval notice or a new ETF launch. Bitwise has filed an updated prospectus for its XRP ex

New York Life Takes High-Yield Bond Strategy Onchain With Centrifuge

TL;DR New York Life Investment Management is working with Centrifuge to tokenize a US high-yield corporate bond strategy. The product is being built on Avalanche with USDC subscriptions and redemptions. Access is restricted to qualified institutional buyers. New York Life Investm

Onchain prediction market Trueo migrates to Ethereum; Vitalik Buterin welcomes ‘ethical’ market contender

Vitalik Buterin touted Trueo as a strong prediction market contender that is decentralized, ethical, and 'not corposlop.'

USDT On TRON Overtakes Bitcoin In CoinsBee Payment Activity

TL;DR CoinsBee says USDT on TRON generated about 1.8 times as many completed payments as Bitcoin over its measured 90-day window. USDT on TRON accounted for 16.23% of CoinsBee’s 2026 year-to-date payments, up from 9.92% in 2025. The figures describe CoinsBee activity only a

Animoca Brands suspends merger deal that would have taken it public

Animoca Chairman Yat Siu says that the 'corporate agility must take precedence' over pursuing the Currenc merger.

Google Admits Gemini AI Hacked Three Companies—It Stayed Silent for 7 Weeks

Google learned in late July that Gemini had breached three real companies during a May security test, but said nothing publicly for seven weeks.

After Clarity Act Fails, Crypto Super PAC Fairshake Targets Sherrod Brown With $30 Million

The Ohio spending comes days after the Senate blocked the crypto industry’s Clarity Act.

Robinhood CEO Says Crypto Will Beat Sports at Prediction Markets' Own Game

Robinhood CEO Vlad Tenev says crypto event contracts are already outpacing sports bets, and could become the platform's dominant category within a few years.

ZetaChain Votes to Wind Down Layer 1 and Move ZETA to Solana

Proposal 68 passed with 99.4% support and 58% participation, but exchanges must confirm the swap before a second vote sets the snapshot, claims and shutdown schedule.

Coinbase Opens IPO Allocations to US Retail Investors With Oura

Eligible US customers can request shares at the offer price before trading begins, but allocations depend on supply from underwriters and investor demand.

OCC Gives Catena Preliminary Conditional Approval for National Trust Bank

The proposed bank could custody and manage fiat, securities and digital assets, but Catena must meet capital, liquidity and preopening requirements before it can operate.

X Sues Two Bitcoin Influencers Over Bot Army That Milked Creator Payouts

A lawsuit accuses UK users of running six coordinated accounts to pull at least $278,000 from X's now-defunct Creator Revenue Sharing Program.

Coinbase Brings IPO Shares to US Retail Traders, With Oura Up First

Eligible customers can request shares at the offering price, but allocations are not guaranteed.