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Banks double on EU MiCA crypto provider list as share hits 23%

Banks now represent nearly one in four providers on ESMA’s MiCA register after roughly doubling their presence since late June.

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.

DHS’s predictive policing is unconstitutional, un-American and should be stopped

Targeting Americans based on what their spending habits can tell us about their politics is an abuse of our financial system, writes Coin Center’s Laz Pieper.

ECB President Christine Lagarde intervened to block Binance’s EU MiCA license: WSJ

Although the ECB holds no formal licensing authority under MiCA, high-level intervention led Greece to stall an application that regulators had previously deemed complete, the Journal said.

Microsoft Staff Asked If AI Scraping Was 'Largest Theft of Labor in Human History'

Internal memos warned of a doom loop threatening the quality of the very models it was building with OpenAI.

Zcash targets November upgrade to make private payments up to three times faster

NU7 would reduce block times to 25 seconds while setting aside at least 60% of transaction fees to supplement mining rewards beginning in 2031.

Ethereum Institutional signals support for Ethlabs’ motion to reduce Ethereum block times

The non-profit signaled support for reducing Ethereum block times, citing increasing institutional activity moving onto the smart-contract network.

Morning Minute: SEC Approves ‘Innovation Exemption’ Moving Tokenized Stocks Forward

It came just hours after S P Global announced its acquisition of OpenZeppelin, as everything TradFi moves onchain.

HYPE hits record above $90 as Hyperliquid launches manual borrowing

HYPE hit a record $90.92 after Hyperliquid opened manual borrowing, letting users borrow stablecoins against HYPE and Bitcoin collateral.

Dragonfly’s Qureshi calls for end to Zcash dev fund after 2028

Industry watchers are debating the fate of the Zcash development fund after the ZEC token’s rally pushed its value above $95 million.

XRP on the brink of a golden cross as focus switches to altcoins

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Bitcoin adds to bull-market hopes as price metric prints fourth-ever bullish cross

The Fisher Transform indicator produced a rare crossover for only the fourth time in Bitcoin’s history.

Layer-2 and DeFi tokens lead broad crypto advance as post-Fed hike nerves fade

Starknet and arbitrum gained more than 17% while the 10-year Treasury yield slipped back below 5%, with 98 of CoinDesk 100 constituents advancing.

Bitcoin weathers September storm as rate hikes and Clarity act setback test bulls

Bitcoin is down just 1.5% in its historically weakest month and remains on track for its first quarterly gain in a year, despite rising rates, surging oil and a stronger dollar.

UAE, Sweden Arrest Seven Over $7.1M Crypto Laundering Ring Linked to Contract Killings

Investigators say tracing the network s crypto transactions exposed links to organized crime and murder-for-hire.

Live updates: Bitcoin climbs over $80,000 as rally accelerates at U.S. market open

Another central bank hiked rates overnight, this time the Bank of Japan. The move failed to halt the slide in the yen.

Stablecoin payments firm dtcpay closes $25M round with SBI backing

Dtcpay plans to expand its merchant network and payment products after completing a $25 million Series A backed by Japan’s SBI Group.

Treasury Sanctions Crypto Exchange Behind Iran's Bitcoin Tolls on Hormuz Ships

OFAC says hundreds of millions of dollars in Bitcoin moved through BitBank to the Revolutionary Guards in two months.

Binance brushes off Lagarde MiCA speculation, reaffirms Europe commitment

Binance declined to address reports of ECB intervention in its Greek MiCA bid, saying it remains committed to securing authorization in Europe.

Bitcoin cycle bottom may already be in at $58K, says analyst James Check

Onchain analyst James Check says Bitcoin may have bottomed near $58,000 after two capitulations and warns against anchoring to an October low.

SBI Group backs payments firm dtcpay in $25 million funding round

Stablecoin payments company dtcpay completed a $25 million Series A funding round with a strategic investment from Japan’s SBI Group.

Iran’s Strait of Hormuz toll booth ran through a bitcoin exchange, U.S. says

The U.S. Treasury sanctioned BitBank, a Tehran exchange it says moved hundreds of millions of dollars in bitcoin to the Revolutionary Guards and handled payments collected from ships buying passage through the world’s most important oil chokepoint.

Solana speeds up blocks by 17%, but transaction capacity stays the same

The network is cutting its target slot time to 250 milliseconds, giving apps fresher blockchain data and validators shorter control windows while reducing the amount of work allowed in each slot.

Corporate treasuries bought just 5,900 bitcoin in 3 months. Other demand signals look weak, too.

Corporate treasuries bought just 5,900 bitcoin in three months, while broader demand signals remain weak.

Ethereum confirms Glamsterdam dates, but warns 'fake' builders could stall the chain

Free test ether lets fake builders outbid rivals and withhold transaction payloads, while client teams get half the usual review time before Sepolia.

Zcash targets November for NU7 mainnet upgrade with 25-second blocks

NU7 will cut Zcash block times to 25 seconds and preserve its halving schedule, with testnet activation planned for Oct. 6.

Ether and XRP ETFs post outflows as crypto majors move higher

Ether funds shed money for a third straight session even as the token rose, while every major gained and zcash extended its run.

Cardano’s IOG warns users to avoid YouTube channel amid apparent hijack

Input Output Group told users to avoid its YouTube channel after it began livestreaming a suspected AI-manipulated Charles Hoskinson video promising to “double your wealth.”

World launches self-custodial ‘super app’ World Money

World Money is rolling out across more than 150 countries, combining stablecoin payments, digital asset rewards and trading in a self-custodial app.

Bank of Japan raises interest rates by 25 basis points. Bitcoin tops $77,000

The yen declined and BTC rose after the BOJ hiked rates to the highest level in 31 years.

US sanctions Iran’s BitBank, saying it processes ‘Hormuz Safe’ Bitcoin payments

US Treasury says the Iranian exchange processed payments received through Iran’s Strait of Hormuz maritime scheme and helped move hundreds of millions of dollars in Bitcoin to the IRGC.

North Korea drives onchain malware surge, CoinEx shuts: Asia Express

North Korea and Iran account for the majority of onchain malware, while Malaysia has been named among the most crypto curious Islamic nations.

OpenAI Models Are Writing Their Own Jailbreak Instructions—And Sometimes Obeying Them

OpenAI s new transparency framework reveals AI models that invented fake breach alerts, coached themselves to hide mistakes, and smuggled a file onto the public internet to talk to each other.

Real stocks are finally coming on blockchain. Here’s how the SEC wants it to work

The SEC is giving tokenized stocks a regulated U.S. pathway, while keeping trading volumes, access and issuer rights tightly controlled.

Security Experts Want the US and China to Promise Never to Let AI Control Nukes

Brookings researchers in the US and China are urging Washington and Beijing to agree to keep humans in control of nuclear weapons.

The Ondo Finance succession crisis gets messier as Kathleen Allman’s daughter alleges ‘dementia’, alcoholism and reckless spending

The estranged daughter of 77-year-old Kathleen Allman has petitioned a Hawaiian court to establish a limited conservatorship to protect her parents’ share of her brother’s stake in Ondo.

Your Data Could Outlive the Startup You Gave It To. Elon Musk Wants to Buy What's Left

SpaceX s AI division has held internal talks about buying customer records from dead startups—cheap fuel for Grok, no questions asked, because there s nobody left to ask them.

Why Is Chipotle Now Working With the CIA-Funded Palantir?

Chipotle is piloting a Palantir-built food safety dashboard after a summer of outbreaks, putting employee data in the hands of a company seeded by the CIA s venture arm.

CFTC Opens Door for Crypto Apps to Offer Regulated Derivatives Access

In a no-action letter, the CFTC said certain software providers can connect users to regulated derivatives markets without registering as brokers.

OpenAI Says It's Made Progress on a Second $1 Million Math Problem

Days after its disputed Navier-Stokes claim, OpenAI says it s made substantial progress on another Millennium Prize math problem—and won t say which one yet.

CFTC expands regulatory relief for passive trading software providers

The US regulator’s move could make it easier for crypto wallets and other apps to offer access to regulated derivatives and prediction markets without registering as introducing brokers.

Ethereum Founder Vitalik Buterin Says AI Won’t Doom Crypto Security

The Ethereum co-founder said AI could help developers mathematically verify entire software systems, turning the same technology powering new attacks into a tool for defense.

Kevin O’Leary says Congress will revisit Clarity early next year as crypto tax bill advances

The Shark Tank investor says Congress will face pressure to revive crypto market structure legislation as it moves to establish tax rules for digital assets.

SEC opens door to tokenized U.S. stock trading. Here’s who could benefit

The five-year experiment gives DeFi-style trading venues, tokenization firms and liquidity providers a new U.S. pathway while leaving synthetic stock tokens outside the framework.

Andrew Yang Calls for AI Kill Switch as Safety Fears Mount

The former presidential candidate said lawmakers should impose liability rules and waiting periods on frontier AI firms as autonomous agents raise new cyber and labor concerns.

King Charles Convenes OpenAI, Anthropic, Nvidia and Google for AI Safety Summit

King Charles hosted senior AI executives at his Scottish estate to discuss keeping the technology in the service of humanity, days after industry leaders called for a slowdown.

WisdomTree, MoonPay team up to expand US access to tokenized money market fund

MoonPay plans to use WisdomTree’s $1.2 billion WTGXX tokenized fund as part of its stablecoin reserves while helping expand access to US investors.

Bitcoin Bounces as Markets Brace for the Fed’s Next Move

The Federal Reserve s first rate increase since 2023 barely dented crypto prices, but what comes next could change calculations on Wall Street.

Is there any chance left to save the CLARITY Act?

CLARITY isn’t dead after failing a key Senate vote, but with time running short and Democrats still demanding changes, its path forward is narrowing.

Financial Data Giant S&P Global Moves Deeper Into Crypto With OpenZeppelin Deal

S P Global is expanding into the technology risks underpinning stablecoins, tokenized funds, and other onchain financial products.

Bitcoin coils near $76.5K as US stocks rebound from Fed rate hike

Bitcoin made modest daily gains as US stocks saw upside in the aftermath of the US Federal Reserve’s first interest-rate hike since July 2023.

Zcash miner Fortitude taps former Hut 8 CEO to lead ahead of public listing

Former Hut 8 CEO Jaime Leverton will take the helm at Fortitude as the Zcash-focused miner expands its operations and moves toward a planned public listing.

FCA Targets Three More London Sites Over Unregistered P2P Crypto Trading

Anyone running an unregistered peer-to-peer crypto business should assume we are looking at them, the FCA s enforcement chief said.

UK signals end of 'light-touch' era with multi-agency raid on peer-to-peer crypto hubs

Increased enforcement coincides with detailed regulatory guidance issued to crypto firms ahead of the full framework taking effect in late 2027.

U.S. SEC begins prepping for around-the-clock trading that crypto treats as the norm

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission dug into plans for around-the-clock trading in an event on the same morning it approved tokenized securities.

Crypto for Advisors: The case for diversifying beyond bitcoin and ether

SEC Clears a Path for Tokenized Stocks After Clarity Act Stumbles

The innovation exemption lets qualifying venues trade tokenized versions of U.S. stocks on public blockchains without registering as exchanges—though it excludes price-tracking synthetics and lets companies block tokenization of their shares.

Clarity Act failure may hamper U.S. crypto as industry seeks legal clarity elsewhere

The U.S. is likely to lose out to foreign markets in the short term, but SEC and CFTC rules will help underpin the industry.

What Is Arc? The Stablecoin Blockchain From USDC Issuer Circle

Arc is a new layer-1 blockchain developed by USDC issuer Circle, designed specifically for stablecoin-native finance.

OG.com cleared by SEC to offer single-stock futures, says Crypto.com CEO

Crypto.com’s CEO said its sister exchange was cleared to offer US access to single-stock perpetual futures, as the latest platform to bridge TradFi and digital assets.

SEC grants temporary exemption for tokenized US stock trading

The SEC’s Innovation Exemption allows limited tokenized US stock trading on onchain venues with trading caps and transparency requirements.

Bitcoin treasury firms can outperform BTC... but is the risk worth taking?

Bitcoin treasury companies promise to amplify returns over investing in Bitcoin alone, but does the potential upside outweigh the risks to the downside?

Ratings giant S&P Global acquires OpenZeppelin in tokenized finance risk push

Building on its recent market-data investment in Kaiko, S&P Global’s latest purchase targets the technological risks facing banks and asset managers onchain.

SEC rolls out long-awaited 'innovation exemption' for tokenized securities venues

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission issued a blanket 5-year exemption for listing and trading tokenized securities without registering as an exchange.

S&P Global to acquire blockchain security platform OpenZeppelin

S&P Global agreed to buy OpenZeppelin, which says its smart contracts have facilitated more than $37 trillion in value transfers.

Revolut Hackers Demand $3M Monero Ransom, Threaten to Sell Customer Data: Report

The group says it chose whom to target by scanning the blockchain for Revolut accounts holding significant crypto.

Ethereum’s upcoming Glamsterdam upgrade clears rehearsal for a big jump in capacity

The test network raised its limit on work per block toward 200 million gas as developers prepare for a proposed October 6 public test.

Crypto adoption blooming in Germany, while UK is falling ‘behind,’ says CoinShares researcher

German crypto adoption is progressing through family offices and wealth managers, while the UK’s retail-facing cryptocurrency market remains “nascent,” according to the researcher.

Morning Minute: Crypto Rebounds After The Fed’s First Hike Since 2023

The Clarity Act failed to pass and FOMC hiked rates, and yet, crypto majors are green and alt leaders are flying. What does it mean?

Zcash Closes On $1,400 After Coinholders Vote to Keep Bitcoin-Style Halvings

The privacy coin rose double digits Thursday and 168% over the past month in the wake of the NU7 upgrade vote.

State hackers drive 420% surge in onchain malware, Chainalysis finds

North Korea-linked hackers used Tron, Aptos and BNB Chain to maintain malware infrastructure, while suspected Iran-linked actors embedded directions in Bitcoin transactions.

Zcash gains 20% as Paradigm founder reveals firm made ZEC investment

Zcash rose about 20% in 24 hours as Paradigm co-founder Matt Huang disclosed that the firm invested in ZEC amid a broader crypto market rally.

House Committee Advances US Bitcoin Reserve Bill on Party-Line Split

A substitute text adopted before the vote strips out the Federal Reserve funding routes and thins the transparency rules.

Revolut says no direct contact from hackers after $3M public ransom demand

Revolut says it received no direct contact despite separate ransom demands for $3 million in Monero and 10,000 Bitcoin from competing breach claimants.

Polymarket users referred to prosecutors in South Korea: Report

South Korean police reportedly referred 18 Polymarket users to prosecutors in a gambling probe involving 26 people and $12.7 million in bets.

Bitcoin treasuries buy just 5.9K BTC in three months as paper losses linger

Bitcoin corporate treasuries remained at an unrealized loss on their holdings as the price fell below $80,000 and fresh capital inflows dwindled.

BitMEX faces Celsius lawsuit ahead of exchange closure

The Celsius estate alleges BitMEX wrongfully liquidated and seized 6,360 BTC, worth nearly $490 million, during the March 2020 market crash.

Crypto Tax Bill Clears House Committee After Clarity Act Setback

The bill would exempt qualifying crypto fees from gain-or-loss calculations and restrict tax-loss deductions on tokens sold and quickly repurchased.

Meta May Have Found a Fix for Its 'Pervert Glasses'

Meta is reportedly developing a version of its smart glasses without a camera, potentially addressing one of the biggest privacy objections to AI wearables.

OpenAI's Rogue AI Agents Were Probing Hugging Face Two Months Before Hack

An independent researcher found the agents hijacked Hugging Face accounts and mapped the platform s defenses as early as May 13—activity OpenAI s own incident report never fully described.

Fed Chair Implies Trump Is Only Half Right on the Economy Following Rate Hike

Chair Kevin Warsh credited Trump s economy, then ignored his rate-cut wishes entirely.

Bitcoin Core Software Update Aims for Speed and Security Patches

Bitcoin Core 32.0 has entered final testing, bringing faster block checks and changes to how wallets prepare payments.

Fed Hikes Rates for the First Time Since 2023, Bitcoin Spikes

The Federal Reserve delivered the hike Wall Street had almost unanimously priced in.

CFTC and SEC Double Down on Crypto After Clarity Act Defeat

Michael Selig and Paul Atkins pledged to use their agencies’ existing powers to provide crypto regulatory certainty after the Senate failed to advance the bill.

Hackers Hijack HBO Max’s Reddit Account to Spread Crypto-Stealing Malware

Attackers ran 108 malicious ads through the streaming service’s verified account, directing users to fake software downloads.

Zuckerberg Pushes Back on Coordinated AI Slowdown, Says Labs Can Act Alone

Meta’s CEO says competition and potential liability give AI developers reasons to prioritize safety, citing the company’s decision to delay Muse.

Bitcoin ETFs Had Their Worst Day Since June Following Failed Clarity Act Vote

Bitcoin, Ethereum, and XRP ETFs shed roughly $593 million combined Tuesday, their heaviest single-day drawdown since June.

Circle Launches Arc Mainnet With BlackRock, DTCC and Visa as Validators

The Layer 1 network’s validator set is permissioned, and Circle has minted 10 billion ARC tokens without committing to publicly launch them.

AI Pause Would Help Dominant Firms, Not Safety, Think Tank Warns

Cato favors voluntary safeguards, while Block Chairman Jack Dorsey backs independent testing and narrowly justified restrictions.

FCA Guidance Lands Two Weeks Before UK Crypto Authorization Window Opens

Overseas firms serving UK retail customers need authorization too, and nobody trades under the new rules before October 2027.

Morning Minute: Clarity Act Vote Falls Short as Democrats All Vote ‘No’

It should not have come as a surprise given the odds, but crypto majors, alts and memes all sold off anyway in the wake.

Bitcoin Hovers at $76K as Analysts Argue the Fed Matters More Than Clarity Act

With Bitcoin sitting around $76,000, the argument from analysts is that dollar liquidity, not Congress, sets the floor from here.