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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

Iran sentences student to death over January protests: HRANA

Iran's harsh response to protests may destabilize leadership, heightening unrest and impacting international relations and market dynamics. The post Iran sentences student to death over January protests: HRANA appeared first on Crypto Briefing.

United Russia leads with 58% in Russian election amid Ukraine conflict

United Russia's electoral dominance amid conflict may solidify Kremlin's policies, impacting geopolitical stability and future political dynamics. The post United Russia leads with 58% in Russian election amid Ukraine conflict appeared first on Crypto Briefing.

Younger Investors Could Help Bitcoin ETFs Overtake Gold: Analyst

The analyst says Bitcoin's biggest hurdle with investors is volatility, but he expects that concern to fade as the market matures.

Donald Trump’s business empire expands into artificial intelligence

Trump's AI ventures highlight potential conflicts of interest, raising concerns about regulatory fairness and national security implications. The post Donald Trump’s business empire expands into artificial intelligence appeared first on Crypto Briefing.

Iran warns of action in Strait of Hormuz amid US tensions

Escalating tensions in the Strait of Hormuz could disrupt global energy supplies, impacting international markets and diplomatic relations. The post Iran warns of action in Strait of Hormuz amid US tensions appeared first on Crypto Briefing.

NEAR surges over 80% following launch of confidential futures trading

NEAR's innovative privacy-focused trading could redefine market dynamics, balancing transparency with anonymity, and potentially influencing future blockchain protocols. The post NEAR surges over 80% following launch of confidential futures trading appeared first on Crypto Briefi

Iranian manufacturers face raw material shortages amid supply chain woes

Iran's raw material shortages may lead to increased global oil prices and further strain its industrial sector, impacting economic stability. The post Iranian manufacturers face raw material shortages amid supply chain woes appeared first on Crypto Briefing.

Qatari minister disputes US claim on Strait of Hormuz’s future significance

The ongoing strategic importance of the Strait of Hormuz may influence U.S. policy and market perceptions, affecting global trade dynamics. The post Qatari minister disputes US claim on Strait of Hormuz’s future significance appeared first on Crypto Briefing.

Jeff Dean claims AI can reduce chip design time from 18–30 months to 3–6 months

AI-driven chip design could revolutionize the semiconductor industry by enabling rapid innovation and reducing dependency on long-term forecasts. The post Jeff Dean claims AI can reduce chip design time from 18–30 months to 3–6 months appeared first on Crypto Briefing.

Offshore Bitcoin futures crash 97% as traders abandon traditional risk

A strange thing has happened to Bitcoin's derivatives market over the past five years. The market is larger, institutions play a much bigger role, exchanges offer more sophisticated products, and traders have become far better at moving risk around. At the same time, one of the p

Multi-Asset Trading Venue Monochrome Exchange Announces IEO of Its Native Token, $MCR

[PRESS RELEASE – Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, September 20th, 2026] Monochrome Exchange, a multi-asset trading platform, has announced the Initial Exchange Offering (IEO) of its native utility token, MCR. The platform aims to consolidate crypto, equities, bonds, and

Options Nearly Double Their Share as Crypto Derivatives Market Shifts: Report

Options are taking a larger role in crypto derivatives as traders increasingly use them for hedging and volatility trading.

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.

Ethereum Price Retreats From $2,668 as Momentum Starts to Fray

Ethereum’s price is back close to $2,600 after climbing from $2,360 to nearly $2,668 in a matter of days, yet the second-largest crypto asset by market cap remains roughly 47% below its October 2025 peak near $4,946. That hasn’t stopped forecasts ranging from $4,000 to $10,

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.

EU staking review threatens crypto yields and network security could pay the price

Some of the most consequential financial rules begin with surprisingly little text. For example, on page 36 of the European Commission's current MiCA review, item 66 asks whether Europe's treatment of staking is adequate and, if it isn't, what requirements should apply to compani

Crypto platform Gemini’s stock is down 80% from its IPO. That’s reviving takeover speculation

Ripple (XRP) ETFs Hit 10-Week Green Streak, but Solana (SOL) Funds Go Even Further

New all-time high for the XRP ETFs in terms of total cumulative net inflows.

A Little More Orange: Saylor Signals Fresh Strategy Bitcoin Buy

Michael Saylor has revived speculation about another Strategy bitcoin purchase with a new “orange” signal and holdings chart. The post follows a two-week buying pause while the company retained 845,050 BTC and billions in cash. Saylor Drops Another Bitcoin Purchase Si

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 Price Hits an $82K Wall After a Wild $7,000 Comeback

Bitcoin’s price is sitting in an interesting spot Sunday morning, caught between a daily uptrend that still looks intact and a shorter-term rally that has plainly run out of steam beneath $82,000. Trading around $80,438 to $80,443 and down roughly 1% over 24 hours, BTC remains ab

Why Russia’s harsh 1% crypto cap actually protects bank customer assets

The draft counts banks’ own holdings and crypto-linked instruments against capital but conditionally excludes customer assets. The post Why Russia’s harsh 1% crypto cap actually protects bank customer assets appeared first on CryptoSlate.

Strategy’s Saylor Teases New Bitcoin Buy Despite Fed Hike and CLARITY Setback

Will this be Strategy's first purchase in three weeks?

What Happened to Bitcoin and Ethereum ETFs During the Crucial Macro Week?

Here's how Friday changed the entire week for the BTC ETFs.

No CLARITY, Plenty of Activity — Week in Review

This editorial is from this week’s edition of the newsletter Week in Review, sent to subscribers on Friday. Subscribe to the newsletter to get this weekly editorial the second it’s finished. The newsletter also includes the biggest stories of the week, with a comment on each stor

Ethereum Price Prediction: Is $3K in Sight After ETH’s Latest Breakout?

Ethereum’s latest rally has carried the price back into a major supply area, but sellers have started to respond around the highs. With the asset now near $2.58K, the next reaction could determine whether the recent advance develops into a larger breakout or gives way to another

Stablecoin salaries can leave workers paying to access their wages

Every paycheck eventually has to pay for something: rent, groceries, transport, or bills. Stablecoins can move between wallets in seconds. But that does not mean an employee can spend the money immediately. They may still need to convert the stablecoins into local currency, move

Trump says US will form ‘AI Force’ and appoint AI czar: Reports

Trump posted on Truth Social that his new project would manage the fast-growing sector without adding regulations that could slow innovation.

Coinbase, Robinhood, Circle could be early winners of SEC's tokenized-stock push, analysts say

Crypto traders braced for a total wipeout this week but Bitcoin had other plans

Schiff Warns Tokenized Stocks Will Siphon Liquidity From Bitcoin

The gold bug argued that the market reaction to the new official push for tokenized stocks made no sense, as these would constitute another investment source competing with bitcoin for available liquidity, comparing the latter to a Ponzi scheme. Peter Schiff Says Latest Bitcoin R

Why Bitcoin’s rally above $80,000 isn’t backed by institutional conviction

Leveraged funds became 7,275 BTC-equivalent less net short as asset-manager longs fell and weekly ETF demand barely stayed positive. The post Why Bitcoin’s rally above $80,000 isn’t backed by institutional conviction appeared first on CryptoSlate.

Scammers Use Fake USDT Tokens to Steal From Venezuelan Merchants

Reports indicate that scammers are taking advantage of the high level of adoption of USDT in Venezuela to send fake USDT tokens as payment. Scammers use fake USDT tokens with zero value to target merchants using self-custody wallets. Fake USDT Tokens Surge for Payments in Venezue

Everything Went Against Bitcoin This Week – So Why Is BTC Back Above $80K?

If you had shown BTC investors the headlines from the past several days a week ago, most would have expected a bloodbath.

Why real-time election odds are misleading prediction market crypto traders

You can be right about who will win an election and still pay too much to bet on it. On prediction markets, the price available when you open the app may be gone by the time you try to buy, especially when news sends other traders rushing toward the same outcome. It took very lit

NASA’s Apollo Computer Mined Bitcoin in 2019 But Today It Would Take Forever

The computer that guided Apollo astronauts to the moon once ran Bitcoin’s mining math, and a viral clip of the stunt is lighting up crypto timelines again this week. The Clip That Came Back Crypto media outlets circulated the story again earlier today, explaining that compu

Grayscale’s Zcash ETF files for 3-for-1 forward share split

At the close of trading on Sept. 28, shareholders will receive two extra shares for each one they hold.

Raoul Pal Says Bitcoin Will Outrun the Nasdaq as Rates Break Higher

Real Vision founder Raoul Pal says bitcoin is set to outperform the Nasdaq 100 from here, arguing that rising rates will force governments into printing the liquidity crypto feeds on. What Did Pal Actually Say? The macro investor laid out his case in a six-post thread on X on Fri

X brings crypto trading closer to your social feed

Crypto Twitter (now X) has always been a place where someone with an illustrated animal for a profile picture can explain why your financial future depends on a token you just learned about. Now X’s Cashtag links are shortening the route from that conversation to a crypto exchang

Anthropic tabs Accenture as embedded evaluator to help with AI slowdown proposal

The partnership is non-exclusive, and Anthropic expects to announce other evaluators in forthcoming weeks with which it will also work.

Why Bitcoin’s 63% HODL wave isn’t the mega bull signal everyone thinks it is

The one-year share rose 0.98 percentage points in a month while adjacent age bands shifted around the threshold. The post Why Bitcoin’s 63% HODL wave isn’t the mega bull signal everyone thinks it is appeared first on CryptoSlate.

EU Cyber Resilience Act Brings 24-Hour Vulnerability Reporting Into Force

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REX launches 2x leveraged ETF tied to Bitcoin treasury firm Strive

The new ASSX fund offers 2x daily exposure to Strive shares, giving traders a leveraged way to bet on the Bitcoin treasury company.

Coinbase And Stablecore Open Digital Asset Rails To 3,000+ Banks And Credit Unions

Read the latest update on Coinbase And Stablecore Open Digital Asset Rails To 3,000+ Banks And Credit Unions.

Kalshi joins Coinbase with own filing for US stock perpetual futures

Kalshi’s proposal would bring perpetual futures tied to individual stocks to US traders, as Coinbase and Bitnomial pursue similar products.

Treasury Sanctions BitBank Over Iranian Crypto Sanctions-Evasion Network

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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.

SEC Grants Five-Year Exemption For Tokenized Stock Trading Venues

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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.

FCA Crypto Authorisation Gateway Opens September 30

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VanEck criticizes Metaplanet over executive dilution despite compensation cuts

VanEck said Metaplanet’s executive equity exposure remains well above its digital asset treasury peers, even after the company cut its potential share pool by 41%.

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.

Clarity Act, we hardly knew ye: We look at what was in the bill and what's replacing it

CleanSpark Prices $2.276B Secured Notes For Sandersville Data Center

Read the latest update on CleanSpark Prices $2.276B Secured Notes For Sandersville Data Center.

Chainalysis Warns Malware Operators Are Turning Blockchains Into Dead Drops

Read the latest update on Chainalysis Warns Malware Operators Are Turning Blockchains Into Dead Drops.

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.

Ethereum ETFs Add $29.4M Friday As Fidelity Leads Reported Flows

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'We have lost control': Crypto pioneer warns AI could trigger systemic banking and infrastructure shocks

Ripple says asset managers are preparing for XRP Ledger’s next payments upgrade

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.

'The orange tie stays': Michael Saylor responds to venture capitalist's bitcoin obituary

Robinhood Chain fees collapse 97% even as transactions stay near record highs

Bastion wins conditional OCC approval for national trust bank charter

Bastion Platforms National Trust Company will offer stablecoin custody and wallets, payment infrastructure and white-label issuance from a single federally regulated entity.

Hong Kong jails ex-banker over $1.6B false credit, cryptocurrency bribes: Report

Former banking official gets four years in prison over false letters of credit and accepting $470,000 in cryptocurrency bribes.

Coinbase Files to List Single-Stock Perps on Apple, Tesla and Nvidia

The filing seeks CFTC approval for contracts giving US traders 24/5 leveraged exposure to individual stocks without ownership.

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

Zcash Is Running—Devs Want to Make It Faster

A new upgrade would cut Zcash block time from 75 seconds to 25, while quietly rewriting how the network pays for its own security after 2031.

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.

Grayscale’s Zcash ETF plans 3-for-1 split after $233 million inflow surge

The Grayscale Zcash ETF (ZCSH) nears $890 million in assets as ZEC’s rally pushes mining competition to record highs.

Ava Labs president says NYSE spent a year testing Avalanche technology for tokenization plans

Cooper described a close working relationship with NYSE parent ICE but did not say the exchange had selected Avalanche.

CFTC files crypto asset rulemaking with White House, pressing ahead without Congress

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission isn't sitting idle — the agency has sent its crypto rulemaking to the White House for review.

Kevin O’Leary is buying crypto again, says major stock exchange adoption is the ‘watershed moment’ to watch

Kevin O'Leary says he is buying crypto again and watching for a major stock exchange to adopt a blockchain network.