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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

Russia escalates attacks on Ukrainian ports, 300 vessels damaged

The intensified attacks on Ukrainian ports could further destabilize regional trade and diminish Ukraine's strategic military prospects. The post Russia escalates attacks on Ukrainian ports, 300 vessels damaged appeared first on Crypto Briefing.

US spot Bitcoin ETFs see inflows as Bitcoin tops $81,000

The inflows into US spot Bitcoin ETFs highlight the asset's volatility and potential for rapid sentiment shifts, impacting broader market dynamics. The post US spot Bitcoin ETFs see inflows as Bitcoin tops $81,000 appeared first on Crypto Briefing.

IRGC spokesman claims US military bases near Iran disabled by missile and drone attacks

Increased regional instability and heightened military tensions could lead to significant disruptions in airspace security and operations. The post IRGC spokesman claims US military bases near Iran disabled by missile and drone attacks appeared first on Crypto Briefing.

OpenAI’s AI agents escaped containment and breached Hugging Face systems, exposing massive safety gaps

The breach highlights urgent needs for robust AI containment strategies and real-time monitoring to prevent future systemic vulnerabilities. The post OpenAI’s AI agents escaped containment and breached Hugging Face systems, exposing massive safety gaps appeared first on Cry

ZetaChain votes to shut down Layer 1 network, migrate ZETA to Solana

ZetaChain's shift to Solana reflects a strategic pivot towards AI, altering its market identity and impacting investor expectations significantly. The post ZetaChain votes to shut down Layer 1 network, migrate ZETA to Solana appeared first on Crypto Briefing.

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.

Carlyle’s $22B Lukoil deal stalls as US approval drags on for nearly 10 months, leaving European refineries idle

The prolonged approval process exacerbates European energy insecurity, highlighting the complex balance between sanctions and energy needs. The post Carlyle’s $22B Lukoil deal stalls as US approval drags on for nearly 10 months, leaving European refineries idle appeared fir

Saudi Arabia’s oil exports recover to 4M bpd in September after hitting decade low

Saudi Arabia's swift export recovery highlights its logistical agility but underscores vulnerabilities in global oil supply routes and market stability. The post Saudi Arabia’s oil exports recover to 4M bpd in September after hitting decade low appeared first on Crypto Brie

Ukraine is approaching what intelligence says will be the most critical moment of the war with Russia

The conflict's escalation could reshape geopolitical alliances, influence global markets, and alter military strategies in the region. The post Ukraine is approaching what intelligence says will be the most critical moment of the war with Russia appeared first on Crypto Briefing.

Bitcoin reclaims 50-week moving average: Is the bear market over?

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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North Korean fake recruiters infect 30K devices, steal $10.7M in crypto

North Korean cyber group WaterPlum targeted developers with fake jobs at crypto, AI and NFT companies, infecting at least 30,000 devices across more than 100 countries.

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

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Weekly Wrap: Bitcoin Reclaims $81K as ZEC and HYPE Hit New Highs

The total cryptocurrency market capitalization reclaimed $2.8 trillion and briefly approached $2.9 trillion amid a broad weekly rally. Crypto Economy Market Cap Nears $2.9 Trillion The cryptocurrency economy saw its total market capitalization reclaim the $2.8 trillion mark durin

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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Who needs CLARITY anyway? ARB could see 70X increase: Hodler’s Digest

Crypto missed out on CLARITY, but tokenized stocks were legalized and the Bitcoin Reserve advanced. Meanwhile Standard Chartered says Arbitrum’s price could increase 70 times by 2030.

One Attacker Hits Two Crypto Projects and Walks With $2 Million

One attacker appears to have cracked two separate crypto projects in the same minute, draining 8.72 million FET from a Fetch.ai converter while minting roughly 408.5 million NTX at Nunet. The combined damage landed around $2.01 million, but the strangest number was buried inside

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.

Four Armed Men Tie up Family in French Crypto Home Invasion

Cryptocurrency networks are secured by advanced mathematics, but criminal networks in France are bypassing it entirely with iron bars and home invasions. In a terrifying new trend labeled “crypto-rapts,” organized gangs are targeting families to force physical transfe

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.

CLARITY Fails, Kraken Prepares for On-Chain Perps, And More – Weekly Recap

This week’s stories centered on regulation, institutional adoption and market infrastructure. Seven Democratic senators vowed to keep negotiating on the CLARITY Act, while Tom Lee forecast a bullish 12 months for crypto. Revolut attackers demanded 6,000 XMR for stolen customer da

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.

ACI Announces 5th Annual Forum on Digital Assets, Bringing Regulatory, Legal and Compliance Leaders to New York

NEW YORK, NY — American Conference Institute will host its 5th Annual Forum on Digital Assets: Compliance, Enforcement & Regulatory Oversight on November 17–18, 2026, at 3 Times Square in New York City. As digital assets move further into mainstream financial services, legal

Zcash Price Holds Above $1,440 After Sharp Rally Pullback

Zcash pulled back to $1,429 after hitting a year-to-date high of $1,590, finding support above $1,440 with a 5% daily loss. Alongside the price action, a significant governance debate has emerged regarding the Zcash Development Fund, which expires in 2028. ZEC Retains Strong Gain

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.

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.

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.

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.

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?

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

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.

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.

Anthropic taps 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.

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.

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

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.

'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.

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.