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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

FC Barcelona remains only unbeaten club in Europe’s top five leagues

Barcelona's unbeaten streak highlights their tactical depth and consistency, setting a high standard in European football's competitive landscape. The post FC Barcelona remains only unbeaten club in Europe’s top five leagues appeared first on Crypto Briefing.

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

Mistral challenges US AI firms over safety regulation claims

The debate highlights tensions between innovation and regulation, potentially reshaping global AI leadership and influencing future tech policies. The post Mistral challenges US AI firms over safety regulation claims appeared first on Crypto Briefing.

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.

Iran conflict drives oil prices up, boosts EV demand and battery metals

Geopolitical tensions are reshaping energy markets, accelerating the shift to EVs and increasing demand for critical battery metals. The post Iran conflict drives oil prices up, boosts EV demand and battery metals appeared first on Crypto Briefing.

ECB launches Pontes to support Europe’s tokenized financial markets

The ECB's Pontes platform could enhance financial stability and trust, accelerating Europe's transition to a tokenized financial ecosystem. The post ECB launches Pontes to support Europe’s tokenized financial markets appeared first on Crypto Briefing.

Anthropic rebrands Workbench as Playground for API exploration

Anthropic's shift to Playground emphasizes ephemeral testing, aligning with industry trends, but challenges developers to adapt workflows. The post Anthropic rebrands Workbench as Playground for API exploration appeared first on Crypto Briefing.

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

SUI has finally reclaimed the $1 psychological level.

Paradex options open interest crosses $250M after Paradigm’s RFQ integration supercharges volumes

The integration highlights the potential for decentralized platforms to attract institutional liquidity, reshaping the DeFi derivatives landscape. The post Paradex options open interest crosses $250M after Paradigm’s RFQ integration supercharges volumes appeared first on Cr

Slide in oil prices drives rebound in government bonds

Oil price fluctuations significantly impact inflation expectations, influencing bond yields and shaping monetary policy and investment strategies. The post Slide in oil prices drives rebound in government bonds appeared first on Crypto Briefing.

Bitcoin surges to $85,000 as $648M in shorts liquidated

Bitcoin's surge highlights the volatility and potential for rapid market shifts, emphasizing the critical role of institutional demand and macroeconomic factors. The post Bitcoin surges to $85,000 as $648M in shorts liquidated appeared first on Crypto Briefing.

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.

Hana Bank issues South Korea’s first digital bond using Euroclear’s blockchain

Live updates: Bitcoin hits $85,000 as short liquidations hit $300 million in an hour

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.

Kalshi faces ‘fake crypto volume’ allegations as critic flags identical $5,500 trades

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.

Hana Bank taps Euroclear blockchain for $100M bond issuance: Report

The five-year digital bond reportedly shortened settlement from three to five business days to the same day using Euroclear’s blockchain infrastructure.

FCA Targets Three London Premises In Illegal P2P Crypto Trading Crackdown

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Bitcoin rises above $81,000, while NEAR jumps 23% on Zcash swap traffic

Bitcoin’s price has cleared a key hurdle that has historically preceded major bull runs

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.

House Panel Advances US Bitcoin Reserve Bill With 20-Year Hold

A House committee advanced legislation that would codify the existing U.S. Strategic Bitcoin Reserve and prohibit sales of qualifying federal bitcoin for 20 years. The amended bill would place the current executive policy in federal law. House Panel Advances the Bitcoin Reserve B

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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Massive French Data Leaks Spark Surge in Fake Crypto Support Calls

Owen Simonin, known as Hasheur, reported a rise in the number of fraudulent call scams in which threat actors impersonate customer service representatives of a crypto platform. Simonin stressed that this rise was caused by the recent data leaks affecting French crypto users. Cryp

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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Coinbase Files To Bring Single-Stock Perpetual Futures To US Market

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Robinhood Engineers Charged After Allegedly Trading Crypto on Secret Listing Information

Two engineers allegedly turned confidential Robinhood crypto listing plans into profitable Hyperliquid trades, according to newly unsealed complaints.

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

Iranian Crypto Exchange BitBank Lands on US Treasury’s Sanctions List

US Treasury has expanded its Iran crackdown by targeting BitBank, its developer, and executives linked to financier Babak Zanjani.

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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

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.