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- 1mo ago
CFTC Gives Crypto Wallet Developers a New Regulatory Escape Hatch
The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) just opened a regulatory side door for software developers, allowing some to market derivatives, collect trading fees and avoid registering as brokers. The agency’s Market Participants Division extended conditional no-action relief to providers of “passive software” on Sept. 17, taking a framework originally granted to Phantom Technologies in…
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- 1mo ago
JUSTICE Skyrockets While Bitcoiners Cheer Return of Julian Assange
The native token of AssangeDAO, JUSTICE, jumped fourfold in a couple of hours amid low trading volume as Wikileaks founder Julian Assange returned to X after two years of silence, prompting welcome messages from bitcoiners. “I’m back,” Assange posted on X on Thursday, sharing a post by Wikileaks with his picture and fueling the JUSTICE […]
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- 1mo ago
Crypto Liquidations Surge Past $260M as Bitcoin’s Price Touches $77K
Bitcoin’s price snapped its recent downward trend, briefly touching $77,000 before settling around $76,600. Despite sharp swings and pressure from a unanimous 25-basis-point Fed rate hike, bitcoin maintained a $1.54 trillion market cap with a 1% daily gain. Market Recovery and Price Action Bitcoin’s price showed signs of recovery Thursday after briefly touching $77,000, snapping […]
- 1mo ago
Tom Lee Sees Bullish 12 Months as Wall Street Embraces Crypto
Bitmine Chairman Tom Lee expects crypto to enter a powerful 12-month period as Wall Street embraces blockchain, leverage returns and the market approaches what he views as the bottom of its four-year cycle. Wall Street Turns to Blockchain as Tom Lee Sees Crypto Cycle Bottom Tom Lee sees the ingredients for another major crypto expansion […]
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- 1mo ago
XRP Open Interest Plunges 32% on Binance as Spot Sellers Beat Buyers
XRP derivatives exposure has fallen sharply since late August as traders reduce leveraged positions while aggressive selling continues across spot and perpetual markets. Binance XRP open interest has dropped about 32%, while selling pressure has intensified across centralized exchanges. XRP Open Interest Drops Nearly One-Third XRP traders have sharply reduced derivatives exposure while…
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- 1mo ago
Bitcoin, Ether ETFs Lose $520M as XRP Bucks Fed Rate-Hike Selloff
U.S. bitcoin and ether ETFs lost a combined $520.09 million on Wednesday as the Federal Reserve delivered its first interest-rate increase since 2023. XRP, solana and HYPE funds bucked the pressure with modest inflows. Blackrock Leads Bitcoin, Ether ETF Selloff Wall Street’s renewed fight against inflation landed squarely on the crypto market on Wednesday, Sept. […]
- 1mo ago
S&P Global Buys Openzeppelin in a Big Bet on Onchain Finance
According to the major market intelligence firm S&P Global, the company is acquiring the digital security firm Openzeppelin. The goal of the acquisition is to enhance S&P Global’s “risk assessment and ecosystem development capabilities” associated with the digital asset market space. S&P Global Expands Its Onchain Reach On Thursday, the 158-year-old company S&P Global announced […]
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- 1mo ago
SEC Cracks Open the Door for Wall Street Stocks to Trade Onchain
The SEC just gave a limited slice of the U.S. stock market permission to do something that sounds more like crypto than Wall Street: trade tokenized stocks through onchain automated market makers and liquidity pools. Under an exemption approved Sept. 17, certain venues can temporarily handle tokenized NMS stocks while the regulator watches the experiment, […]
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- 1mo ago
Bitcoin Price Escapes $74.9K Low, but the Easy Part May Be Over
At 8:45 a.m. Eastern time, bitcoin’s price is trading between $76,875 to $77,083 per coin on Thursday, Sept. 17, caught between a broader recovery structure that still has some life and short-term charts that keep flashing caution. After falling as low as roughly $74,913-$74,962 and bouncing toward the mid-$76,000s, BTC has stopped the bleeding for […]
- 1mo ago
Zcash Nears $1,400 as Privacy Coins Rally
Zcash surged nearly 15% in 24 hours to hit a high of $1,388, pushing its market capitalization to $23.21 billion and extending its lead over monero by more than $10 billion. Privacy Coin Surge and Market Decoupling Zcash (ZEC) price nearly breached $1,400 Thursday amid a privacy coin rally that saw several coins post double-digit […]
- 1mo ago
BASIS.pro Expands On-Chain Infrastructure With XDC Network Partnership and Zypher DAO as Auto Earn Goes Live
London, United Kingdom, September 17th, 2026, Chainwire. New developments extend BASIS across real-world asset and AI-native infrastructure while introducing automated reward restaking for BTC, ETH, SOL, and PAXG participants BASIS, the institutional-grade crypto yield and staking platform built on market-neutral execution infrastructure, is continuing to expand its institutional footprint with…
- 1mo ago
French Court Rejects Emergency Bid to Halt EU Crypto Data Rules
France’s Council of State has rejected an emergency bid by Bull Bitcoin and Paymium to halt a decree enforcing the EU’s DAC8 crypto tax‑transparency rules. Emergency Motion Dismissed France’s highest administrative court, the Council of State, has rejected an emergency motion seeking the immediate suspension of the French decree implementing the European Union’s Eighth Directive […]
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- 1mo ago
Draftkings CEO Says Prediction Market Wins Are Sinking His Own Stock
At a Tuesday industry event, Jason Robins used harsh language to dismiss a Fortune report on a $30 million marketing deal with a departing cofounder as a “total hit piece.” He also described something as an unusual economic mechanic: a share price that falls when prediction markets win and rises when courts rule against them. […]
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- 1mo ago
Kraken Parent Payward to Launch US Onchain Perpetuals
Payward plans to launch the first regulated U.S. onchain perpetual futures markets using the Hyperliquid protocol. Regulatory framework and oversight Payward, the parent company of cryptocurrency exchange Kraken, announced Sept. 16 its plans to deploy onchain perpetual futures markets for U.S. clients through the decentralized trading protocol Hyperliquid. The initiative, which remains subject…
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- 1mo ago
Is the CLARITY Act Really (Not) Needed for Bitcoin Price to Rally?
The short answer, if you’re looking at the CLARITY Act as it is and not at the speculative sentiment around it in the market, is — not really. However, if signed into law, its main value for bitcoin would be protection against policy reversals, and it would matter mostly from 2029, and only if the […]
- 1mo ago
Jeff Bezos Says One Question in a Job Interview Reveals Who Never Did the Reading
Jeff Bezos’s “perfect meeting” at Amazon banned PowerPoint in favor of six-page narrative memos, with everyone silently reading the document together for about 30 minutes at the start in what he called “study hall.” The idea, Bezos said, is that participants can’t “pretend to do the reading” the way they can in a slide-driven meeting […]
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- 1mo ago
FCA Clears Crypto Rulebook, but UK Banks Can Still Block Transfers
The FCA has published final guidance defining which crypto businesses will need authorization under the U.K.’s incoming regulatory regime. The clarity removes a major uncertainty for firms, but a separate problem remains: U.K. banks can still restrict customers from sending money to crypto platforms. FCA Sets Oct. 2027 Start for New UK Crypto Authorization Regime […]
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- 1mo ago
How $230M in Crypto for Venezuelan Oil Vanished on USB Drives
Poland’s state energy company Orlen lost hundreds of millions of dollars after a covert plan to buy discounted Venezuelan crude using tether collapsed. Disappearing Millions and USB Drives A clandestine attempt by Poland’s state-controlled energy giant to purchase discounted Venezuelan crude using cryptocurrency has collapsed into one of the largest corporate and political scandals in […]
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- 1mo ago
7 Democratic Senators Vow to Keep Pushing CLARITY Act After Setback
A group of Democratic senators says the failed Senate vote on the CLARITY Act will not end efforts to establish a federal framework for cryptocurrency markets. The lawmakers pledged to continue bipartisan negotiations aimed at passing the legislation. Democratic Senators Renew CLARITY Act Push The push for comprehensive U.S. cryptocurrency legislation remains active despite this […]
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- 1mo ago
Ripple Says XRP Is Not a Security, Recognized as Digital Commodity
Ripple Chief Legal Officer Stuart Alderoty says XRP’s U.S. regulatory status remains clear following years of litigation and federal agency guidance. He pointed to the 2023 federal court ruling and a March SEC-CFTC interpretation naming XRP a digital commodity. Alderoty Says Ripple and XRP Stand on Settled Ground XRP’s legal and regulatory position remains intact, […]
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- 1mo ago
The Attackers Who Deceived Revolut Now Demand 6,000 XMR
The attackers claiming to be behind the Revolut breach have dropped the earlier bitcoin demand and are now asking for 6,000 XMR, roughly $3 million, to keep 680 customer files off the market. According to the hackers speaking exclusively with the Financial Times (FT), Revolut didn’t lose customer data because hackers cracked its servers. The […]
- 1mo ago
What CLARITY Act’s Failure Means for XRP, Ripple and Investors
Ripple says the CLARITY Act’s failure does not alter XRP’s established legal position or disrupt its business. The company is emphasizing continued demand across payments, stablecoins, and institutional markets while broader U.S. crypto legislation remains unresolved. XRP’s Position Remains Unchanged After Senate Vote The CLARITY Act failed its Sept. 15 Senate test, but the result […]
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- 1mo ago
Saylor Sees Bitcoin Winning as Regulators Move Without Congress
Bitcoin can continue gaining institutional ground even with the CLARITY Act stalled in Congress, according to Strategy Executive Chairman Michael Saylor. He expects regulators to advance rules under existing law and banks to expand bitcoin custody and loans. Saylor Says Bitcoin Progress Does Not Depend on Congress Bitcoin’s integration into the U.S. financial system can […]
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- 1mo ago
Ripple CEO Sees Reason for Crypto Optimism After CLARITY Act Defeat
Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse says there is still reason for optimism about U.S. crypto after the CLARITY Act failed to advance, pointing to continued SEC and CFTC rulemaking while stressing that the company’s business momentum remains intact. Garlinghouse Looks Beyond Failed Senate Vote Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse is looking beyond Congress after the CLARITY Act […]
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- 1mo ago
Elon Musk’s X Adds One-Tap Trading Links to Stock and Crypto Cashtags
X is turning Cashtags into a more direct bridge between market conversation and trade execution. U.S. users can now move from a stock or crypto ticker on the platform to a participating brokerage or exchange with a single tap. Coinbase, Kraken Join X Cashtags as U.S. Trading Links Go Live X is pushing deeper into […]
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- 1mo ago
KBW2026 Unveils Partner Lineup Featuring Global Digital Asset Leaders
Korea Blockchain Week 2026 with Upbit (KBW2026), Asia’s leading digital asset conference, has unveiled its partner lineup, bringing together major players across exchanges, blockchain infrastructure, stablecoins and institutional digital assets. FACTBLOCK, the organizer of KBW2026, announced on September 9 that Upbit, 0G, BRV, Stable, Tria and BitGo will participate as key sponsors of this…
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- 1mo ago
After Years of Holds and Cuts, the Fed Just Raised Rates Again
The Federal Reserve just did something it hadn’t done in 1,148 days: raise interest rates. The Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) voted 12-0 to lift the federal funds target range by a quarter percentage point to 3.75%-4%, marking the first increase since July 26, 2023. That ends a stretch of more than three years without […]
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- 1mo ago
Bitcoin Price Holds $75,500 as Traders Price In Fed Rate Hike
Bitcoin’s price oscillated between $75,000 and $76,000 following a market slide triggered by the failed passage of the CLARITY Act in Congress. Investors are awaiting an upcoming Federal Reserve rate decision, where prediction markets expect a 25-basis-point hike. Bitcoin Volatility Follows Failed CLARITY Act Vote Bitcoin spent the last 24 hours hovering between $75,000 and […]
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- 1mo ago
SEC and CFTC Take the Wheel After CLARITY Vote Failure
Following the failed Senate vote on Tuesday concerning the CLARITY Act, several high-profile individuals shared their two cents on the matter. The following day, the Chairman of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) told the public that the “outcome of yesterday’s Senate vote was unfortunate.” The SEC and CFTC Are Ready to Move Without Congress […]
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- 1mo ago
Crypto Wallet Maker DCENT Tells Users to Get Their Coins Out
On Wednesday, the cybersecurity company based in South Korea and the firm behind DCENT App Wallet issued a critical security notice telling users to “transfer assets as soon as possible to a secure hardware wallet or another trusted wallet address.” DCENT Warns App Wallet Users to Move Assets 2026 continues to be riddled with security […]
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