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Block, the fintech company led by Jack Dorsey, has filed an application with the U.S. Office of the Comptroller of the Currency to establish a bank focused on bitcoin and stablecoin custody, according to a report from crypto.news.
2026-09-09 · Source: crypto.news
CoinDesk reports that USDC issuer Circle has agreed to acquire cross-border payments company Tazapay for $400 million, a deal described as giving Circle regulated "last-mile" infrastructure linking stablecoins to traditional local banking systems.
2026-09-09 · Source: CoinDesk
Cronos validators rolled back nearly two hours of blockchain history to recover roughly $111 million in user assets after an exploit of the Tectonic lending protocol. Cronos says $9.19 million remains unrecovered.
Self-described white-hat hackers have returned 3,400 of the 4,000 BTC drained from Liquid Network's federation wallet, but roughly 598 BTC worth about $47 million is still outstanding and the Bitcoin sidechain remains paused.
2026-09-08 · Source: CoinDesk
Bitcoin.com News reports that SoFi and crypto exchange Kraken have struck a crypto banking deal that brings SoFiUSD, 24/7 settlement and Kraken Prime pricing to users. Key rollout details were not specified in the report.
2026-09-07 · Source: Bitcoin.com News
Privacy-focused tokens outpaced the broader market as bitcoin pushed above $81,000, with zcash up 16% and dash up 19%. ZEC traded above $1,000 on Sept. 4 as short positions were liquidated and Grayscale's zcash trust swelled in size.
2026-09-06 · Source: CoinDesk
US regulators have put forward a 421-page proposal that would overhaul transfer agent rules for the first time in about 40 years, with provisions aimed at blockchain-native agents and tokenized fund administration.
2026-09-06 · Source: Investing News Network
Bitcoin reclaimed $80,000 on Friday after a reported 4.3% daily gain, capping its strongest month since November 2024. But analysis attributed to Fidelity says the rebound does not yet confirm a new bullish cycle under its four-year-cycle framework.
2026-09-05 · Source: Yahoo Finance
Bitcoin slid back below $79,000 after stronger-than-expected U.S. jobs data trimmed Federal Reserve rate-cut expectations, triggering roughly $295 million in liquidated long positions across crypto markets, according to Bitcoin.com News.
2026-09-05 · Source: Bitcoin.com News
The IMF confirmed that all bitcoin added to El Salvador's official holdings since June 2025 came from private donations, with no public funds used for the accumulation, CoinDesk reported.
2026-09-04 · Source: CoinDesk
CoinDesk reported that U.S. spot bitcoin ETFs pulled in $731 million in a single session, their largest daily haul since January, with combined net assets topping $103 billion for the first time and BlackRock's IBIT taking the bulk of the money.
The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency has granted a provisional full-service bank charter to OpenReserve, adding the blockchain firm to a growing group of crypto-native institutions moving inside the regulated U.S. banking system.
Australia is tightening oversight of digital-asset businesses ahead of a Sept. 30 licensing deadline. CoinDesk reports firms that miss it could breach financial services law from Oct. 1 and face civil or criminal penalties.
2026-09-04 · Source: crypto.news
Bitcoin pushed above $81,000 alongside falling interest rates and a softer U.S. dollar, with major altcoins also higher. CoinDesk reports that next week's inflation data, more than tomorrow's jobs report, is seen as decisive for Fed policy.
Standard Chartered is now offering institutional spot crypto trading in Dubai, putting bitcoin and ether onto the same electronic FX rails that institutions already use to trade dollars and euros, according to CoinDesk.
Uniswap's UNI token fell roughly 9-10% after a sharp multi-week rally, with a large transfer of tokens to Binance and publicly posted short positions cited as triggers, against a broader risk-off crypto backdrop.
2026-09-04 · Source: CoinMarketCap
On-chain data cited by Bitcoin.com News shows wallets holding 100 or more BTC added about 60,000 bitcoin during August, while smaller holders sold roughly 47,000 BTC combined — a split beneath an otherwise choppy market.
2026-09-03 · Source: Bitcoin.com News
CoinDesk reports bitcoin has climbed back above $77,500 with every major token higher over 24 hours, led by XRP, as traders trim the odds of a Federal Reserve rate hike to 62%.
2026-09-03 · Source: CoinDesk
The U.S. Justice Department says crypto seizures tied to Hamas fundraising have reached about $560,000, and FBI agents seized domains and servers, including Alqassam.ps, to intercept donations to the Al-Qassam Brigades, CoinDesk reported.
CoinDesk reports that Payward, the company behind crypto exchange Kraken, has pushed its planned U.S. listing to Q2 2027 at the earliest, after confidentially filing last November and already pausing plans amid difficult market conditions.
After multiple federal appeals courts split on whether states can crack down on prediction markets' sports products, New Jersey has petitioned the U.S. Supreme Court to resolve the question.
CrowdStrike and law enforcement across four countries have disrupted Sality, a botnet operating since 2003 that spent its final eight years swapping copied bitcoin and ether wallet addresses for the attacker's own.
2026-09-02 · Source: CoinDesk
U.S. spot bitcoin ETFs shed roughly $236 million in a single session, led by redemptions from BlackRock's IBIT, as bitcoin slipped below $77,500 and every major cryptocurrency traded lower, according to CoinDesk.
CoinDesk reports that a wave of unsolicited password reset emails hit X users on Tuesday, with multiple crypto industry figures and CoinDesk staff among the recipients. There is no evidence yet that X itself has been breached.
CoinDesk reports that revenue on Robinhood Chain hit a 24-hour record of about $1.9 million, coinciding with a roughly 30% rally in ARB as traders positioned in tokens seen as downstream beneficiaries of the network's growth.
2026-09-01 · Source: CoinDesk
Prediction market platform Kalshi has banned former U.S. congressman George Santos for life over manipulation, according to CoinDesk, in what the outlet frames as the sector's push to show it can police bad behavior.
CoinDesk reports that blockchain data shows wallets tied to North Korea's Lazarus Group sold more than $30 million in bitcoin on Hyperliquid in the past three weeks, even as the Trump administration pushes to bring the platform onshore.
Russia's largest bank is reportedly preparing to accept ether and Tether's USDT, alongside bitcoin, as collateral for crypto-backed loans once new Russian digital-asset regulations take full effect.
Donald Trump Jr.'s 1789 Capital is leading a roughly $1 billion funding round valuing prediction market Polymarket at about $21 billion, up from $15 billion, according to reporting summarized by CoinDesk. The firm is said to be adding about $300 million.
Cronos paused its blockchain following an exploit of the lending protocol Tectonic that crypto.news reported affected an estimated $75 million, with most identified assets said to remain on the network.
2026-09-01 · Source: crypto.news
