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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

This blockchain just voted to shut itself down for a Solana-powered AI pivot

Proposal 68 approved the direction of a 1:1 native ZETA move, while a follow-up vote must still set the snapshot, shutdown block and claims process. The post This blockchain just voted to shut itself down for a Solana-powered AI pivot appeared first on CryptoSlate.

Microsoft and Amazon linked to AI model risks after Hugging Face incident

The incident underscores the urgent need for robust AI governance and security measures to mitigate cascading risks in interconnected ecosystems. The post Microsoft and Amazon linked to AI model risks after Hugging Face incident appeared first on Crypto Briefing.

US equity futures climb as oil prices slide ahead of Trump-Xi summit

The rise in US equity futures amid falling oil prices and diplomatic optimism may stabilize markets temporarily, but underlying tensions persist. The post US equity futures climb as oil prices slide ahead of Trump-Xi summit appeared first on Crypto Briefing.

Bitcoin Tops $85K as $648M in Crypto Shorts Liquidated

A short squeeze started the move, but spot buyers have sustained it, and one measure of selling pressure is near a record low.

Robinhood plans to launch tokenized stock trading in US by 2027

Robinhood's move could revolutionize US stock trading by enhancing liquidity, accessibility, and efficiency through blockchain technology. The post Robinhood plans to launch tokenized stock trading in US by 2027 appeared first on Crypto Briefing.

Nscale’s contracts surge 1,000x to over $103 billion, driven by Microsoft and Anthropic

Nscale's rapid growth highlights the escalating demand for AI infrastructure, but reliance on few clients and financing gaps pose significant risks. The post Nscale’s contracts surge 1,000x to over $103 billion, driven by Microsoft and Anthropic appeared first on Crypto Bri

Trump calls rising gas prices “inexpensive price” amid Iran conflict

Rising fuel costs highlight the complex trade-offs in geopolitical conflicts, impacting economic stability and market expectations globally. The post Trump calls rising gas prices “inexpensive price” amid Iran conflict appeared first on Crypto Briefing.

Google and Apple seek crypto talent as Big Tech eyes stablecoin and tokenization rails

Iranian airlines face global grounding risk as US sanctions wind-down expires September 23, 2026

The expiration of US sanctions wind-down could isolate Iran, disrupt global aviation routes, and strain diaspora connections and financial systems. The post Iranian airlines face global grounding risk as US sanctions wind-down expires September 23, 2026 appeared first on Crypto B

US to shut down all Iranian airlines worldwide on September 23: CNBC

The shutdown of Iranian airlines may intensify U.S.-Iran tensions, potentially leading to broader regional airspace restrictions and economic strain. The post US to shut down all Iranian airlines worldwide on September 23: CNBC appeared first on Crypto Briefing.

Strives Buys 1,355 BTC as Bitcoin’s Price Crosses $85K

The company has been quite consistent lately with its BTC purchases.

Turkey considers pooling frozen assets to repay investors after $18B fund crisis

Turkey's fund crisis highlights vulnerabilities in emerging markets, potentially affecting investor confidence and regulatory frameworks globally. The post Turkey considers pooling frozen assets to repay investors after $18B fund crisis appeared first on Crypto Briefing.

Strategy Buys 950 Bitcoin and Rebuilds Its 846,000 BTC Hoard

Strategy is buying bitcoin again, but the bigger number is already sitting on its balance sheet. Michael Saylor’s company picked up 950 BTC for $75.7 million last week, lifting its stash to exactly 846,000 BTC, roughly 4% of all bitcoin that can ever exist. At the same time, Stra

‘A little more orange’: Strategy buys 950 bitcoin for $76 million, bringing total holdings to 846,000 BTC

Strategy's total holdings account for around 4% of the 21 million bitcoin supply cap — worth roughly $72 billion.

Strategy returns to bitcoin buys, adding $75 million of BTC last week

Strategy’s Bitcoin Stash Hits 846,000 After Fresh 950 BTC Purchase

The move now comes as the company's BTC holdings have turned green after months of struggle.

Zoomex to Host Traders After Party During TOKEN2049 Singapore, Connecting Traders and the Web3 Community

Industry KOL panels, an interactive session with F1 driver Ollie Bearman, live music, and grand prizes including a MacBook Air and iPhone Duo will highlight the evening. Global cryptocurrency derivatives platform Zoomex will host the “ZOOMEX TRADERS AFTER PARTY @ TOKEN2049 SINGAP

Bitcoin's 44% gain in third quarter teases full-blown crypto bull run

BLAKE2b Bitcoin Fork Wants Miners to Wait 45 Days to Touch Their Coins

The developers who maintain the minority chain that forked away from Bitcoin on Aug. 8, 2026, plan to make it so miners cannot unlock newly mined coins for 45 days. The news comes as BTCB2, also labeled Bitcoin BLAKE2b, Bitcoin BIP-110, or XBT on some trading venues, has dropped

Perp futures linked to 'bitcoin VIX' debut on Hyperliquid

ECB launches Pontes to settle tokenized assets without stablecoins

Pontes will expand its services and operating hours gradually, with full implementation expected by 2028 and more participants set to join.

ECB deploys Pontes platform to settle wholesale tokenized assets in central-bank money

Bitcoin hits $85,000 after $648M wipeout forces mass buying

Bitcoin surged above $85,000 as a wave of short liquidations accelerated the cryptocurrency’s strongest advance since January. Data from CryptoSlate showed BTC gained more than 5% over the past 24 hours to reach $85,193, extending its advance over the past 35 days to about 29%. T

Bitcoin Price Taps $85K, But the Coinbase Premium Index Just Went Negative

Bitcoin’s price broke $85,200 earlier today for the first time in over eight months, yet the Coinbase Premium Index, the market’s favorite gauge of U.S. spot demand, slid back below zero. The Number That Didn’t Move BTC has climbed about 6% over the past day and

Bitcoin taps $85,000 for first time since January as crypto short liquidations surge

CoinGlass recorded at least $750 million in crypto liquidations over 24 hours, most of them short positions.

NEAR jumps nearly 80% in a week as Intents volume nears $30B

Near expanded privacy features for traders as NEAR Intents recorded $29.3 billion in cumulative volume, including swaps involving Zcash.

Sui (SUI) Hits a 4-Month High: 3 Reasons Why It Can Pump Even More

SUI has finally reclaimed the $1 psychological level.

Bitcoin hits $85,000 as short squeeze forces out $648 million of bearish bets

Kasplex KRC-20 Indexer Signature Bypass Drains Two Token Pools

This weekend, an attacker pulled 186.4 million ZEAL and 54.4 billion NACHO from a Kaspa KRC-20 bridge wallet without possessing its private key, then recycled the tokens through layer two (L2) networks and sold them into liquidity pools. The strange part is that Kaspa itself wasn

A Bitcoin Lightning flaw could send a node’s entire balance straight to miners

ACINQ says operators can install the security fixes without closing existing Lightning channels. The post A Bitcoin Lightning flaw could send a node’s entire balance straight to miners appeared first on CryptoSlate.

Liquidations Top $750M as BTC, ETH, and XRP Rocket to New Local Peaks

Roughly $650 million out of the total came from short positions as BTC and the alts are on fire on Monday.

BTC price nears eight-month high above $85K: Five things to know in Bitcoin this week

Bitcoin hit $85,000 for the first time since January as markets focused on cooling oil prices.

X sues its own users for running a fake bitcoin news bot farm

Ethereum Price Clears $2,700 Behind Two Whales Pouring $106M Into ETH

Two ether whales have committed a combined $106.4 million to ETH over five days, and the second-largest crypto asset just traded above $2,700 for the first time since Jan. 31. The Rotation That Hasn’t Stopped Over the past five days, a whale sold 1,107 BTC worth $86.76 mill

Crypto Worker's Children Held Hostage in Latest French ‘Wrench Attack,’ $46,000 Taken

France is the worst-hit country in the world for these attacks, with more than 70 logged in the first eight months of 2026.

X sues Bitcoin account operators over alleged $278K payout fraud

X alleges six Bitcoin-focused accounts coordinated posts and engagement to inflate creator payouts, with claimed and projected losses of at least $378,000.

Bitcoin Price Crosses $84,000 as Analysts Declare Bear Market Over

Bitcoin’s price crossed the $84,000 mark early Monday morning after closing the week above its 50-week moving average for the first time in 45 weeks. Technical Milestones Signal Potential Cycle Bottom Bitcoin’s price crossed the $84,000 mark late Sept. 21 as the top cryptoc

X sues UK duo over alleged $277K crypto account payout fraud

X alleges two UK users manipulated crypto-focused accounts to obtain $277,000 through its creator revenue-sharing program.

Crypto enjoys bullish bounce post-Fed rate hike: Crypto Week Ahead

Bitcoin shattered $80,000 after a $148 billion US liquidity shock failed to break markets

Federal Reserve data show a large tax-date transfer, but SOFR remained five basis points below the new reserve rate. The post Bitcoin shattered $80,000 after a $148 billion US liquidity shock failed to break markets appeared first on CryptoSlate.

Bitcoin (BTC) Skyrockets to 8-Month High Above $84K as Altcoins Mark Big Gains: Market Watch

The other big gainers today include XMR, VVV, NEAR, SEI, SUI, RENDER, and more.

ZetaChain holders approve plan to wind down L1, move ZETA to Solana

ZetaChain plans to wind down its Cosmos-based layer 1 and migrate ZETA to Solana, joining other crypto projects moving away from standalone chains.

Bitcoin Reclaims 50-Week Moving Average for the First Time in Over 10 Months

According to an analyst, the historical odds of a cycle low after a 50-week MA reclaim are 75% and 100% when the Covid crash is excluded.

Bloomberg Analyst Warns Crypto Faces a Lose-Lose Scenario

Mike McGlone stressed that, since 2017, crypto has been performing poorly with increasingly high volatility levels, and that the reason behind this behaviour could be linked to a hawkish turn by the Federal Reserve and an overstretched SPX index valuation. McGlone Warns About Cry

Bank of Korea launches 24-hour won settlement pilot for foreign investors

The Bank of Korea’s new network will let foreign investors settle won transactions during business hours in their home countries.

3 Events That Could Shake Up Bitcoin and Crypto Markets This Week

From Fed speakers to PMI Data and, of course, the major meeting between Donald Trump and Xi Jinping.

2 key economic reports threaten Bitcoin’s $80k rally as BTC price model predicts $95k incoming

Friday's Michigan survey, ETF demand and Japan's rate implementation frame the outlook for Sept. 21–27. The post 2 key economic reports threaten Bitcoin’s $80k rally as BTC price model predicts $95k incoming appeared first on CryptoSlate.

US Blacklists Bitbank Over Hundreds of Millions in Bitcoin Transfers

The United States blacklisted Iranian crypto exchange Bitbank and its software developer over alleged sanctions-evasion activity. Treasury says financier Babak Zanjani used the platform to move hundreds of millions of dollars in bitcoin to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (I

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.

Bitcoin reclaims 50-week moving average as analysts eye end of bear market

Bitcoin’s move above its 50-week moving average has historically marked the end of bear markets, but analysts say one weekly close isn’t enough to confirm a new bull run.

FCA Targets Three London Premises In Illegal P2P Crypto Trading Crackdown

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Michael Saylor Says Crypto Should Move Beyond CLARITY: Here’s His Alternative

Crypto may be better served by spending the next few years building products and attracting millions of users rather than accepting restrictive compromises for the sake of passing CLARITY, said Saylor.

Ondo’s Oasis Pro Joins DTCC Fund/SERV In Tokenized Fund Milestone

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World Rolls Out World Money App With Stablecoins And Stripe Integration

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WisdomTree And MoonPay Expand US Access To Tokenized Funds

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S&P Global Agrees To Acquire Smart Contract Security Firm OpenZeppelin

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dtcpay Completes $25M Series A As SBI Group Joins Stablecoin Payments Push

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Binance Announces 24/7 FX Perpetuals With USD/BRL Contract Set For September 21

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Charles Hoskinson says Cardano no longer comes first – its treasury vote explains why

The Pogun rejection blocked a 12.29 million ADA withdrawal while Hoskinson says future products will not default to Cardano. The post Charles Hoskinson says Cardano no longer comes first – its treasury vote explains why appeared first on CryptoSlate.

Why keeping your private keys safe won’t always stop crypto theft

Almost 4,000 Bitcoin left Liquid's reserve on Sept. 6 through a withdrawal the network approved, even though the private keys used to authorize it hadn't been stolen. Software had accepted a withdrawal that should never have qualified. Liquid lets people move a Bitcoin-backed tok

ZetaChain votes to shut down Layer 1 network and move ZETA to Solana

The team plans to focus instead on Anuma, its private AI app, though the migration will still take one more vote.

Why Solana’s new 250ms speed boost could actually trigger network instability

Early mainnet data look stable, but the path to 200ms may depend more on leader handoffs, client agreement and infrastructure diversity than headline throughput. The post Why Solana’s new 250ms speed boost could actually trigger network instability appeared first on CryptoSlate.

Polymarket faced $10 million fraud attempt as its CEO pushed growth over compliance concerns: WSJ

In a separate attack, hackers compromised nearly 500 users' accounts using stolen personal information, according to the report.

Visa Moves to Close Meme Coin Credit Card Rewards Loophole

After banks lost their push for tighter stablecoin rules in the failed Clarity Act, JP Morgan scored a narrower win as Visa moves to stop meme coin purchases from being coded as ordinary "digital media" and earning card rewards.

Why Holding Anything But Bitcoin Has Been a Losing Bet for Two Years

A Glassnode and Bybit report frames the divergence as the defining feature of this cycle, with froth pooling in the market's riskiest corners even as Bitcoin does the heavy lifting.

Bitcoin ETFs eke out positive week with $433 million Friday inflow as ether funds snap four-week inflow streak

Fidelity's FBTC accounted for $310.7 million of Friday’s overall $433 million net inflow, a notable sum that helped offset earlier withdrawals.

How the Clarity Act's Defeat Handed the SEC and CFTC the Wheel on Crypto

The Clarity Act failed to advance in the Senate, shifting the industry’s focus to a new wave of action from the SEC and CFTC.

Bitcoin's Sharpest Rally in Two Years Ran Almost Entirely on Short Liquidations

A Glassnode and Bybit report found Bitcoin climbed 24.6% in five August days even as active leverage fell, with short positions supplying 89% of every liquidated dollar.

Visa to close Crossmint memecoin rewards loophole following The Block investigation: report

Though the Crossmint-powered memecoin sales are still live on both apps, Visa's grace period is expected to end next week, per the report.

Grayscale Is Making Its Red-Hot Zcash ETF More Affordable

The Zcash ETF is splitting its shares three ways after pulling in more than $233 million in under a month, as Wall Street piles into crypto's hottest privacy trade.

Solana's Heartbeat Quickens: Block Times Fall 17% in Latest Speed Upgrade

The network's clock just sped up again, but the extra speed goes to freshness, not capacity.

Polygon Prepares Permissionless Burn of 100 Million POL

Contracts are on testnet and await final Security Council signatures, with later base-fee burns set to become community-callable each quarter, Sandeep Nailwal said.

CFTC Files Crypto Market Rulemaking With White House at Prerule Stage

The Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs received RIN 3038-AF80, "Regulation Crypto Asset Transactions and Regulation Crypto Asset Markets," from the CFTC on Sept. 17, two days after the Senate blocked the CLARITY Act. OIRA lists the filing at the prerule stage, not as a

Neutrl Opens NUSD Redemptions at 51 Cents as Strata Junior Tranche Faces Wipeout

Strata scheduled a 48-hour valuation update that would write jrNUSD to zero while withdrawals from its senior tranche settle in sNUSD at revised share values.

Coinbase Seeks CFTC Approval for US Single-Stock Perpetual Futures

The contracts would trade 24/5 on Coinbase Derivatives, use hourly funding and clear through Nodal Clear, but the CFTC filing remains pending.

Bitcoin reclaims $80,000, Solana and Hyperliquid rally as crypto markets shrug off Clarity setback

The moves comes as the SEC and CFTC advance crypto-related rulemaking despite the Clarity Act stalling in the Senate.