The system, which handles data for 12.5 million citizens issued by government and private entities, will upgrade to use Avalanche’s decentralized services to “strengthen the scalability and performance needed to support continued growth” of digital identity and verifiable documents in the UAE. UAE Upgrades National Document ID Vault To Avalanche The UAE is trusting the […]

Major fintech Revolut and some of its clients falling into a fraudsters’ extortion trap have once again highlighted the inefficiency and dangers of KYC/AML policies. Below, you will find alternatives to some platforms that require KYC, which will help you better manage your risks. While Revolut claims that “a limited number” of its customers were […]

On Monday, at block height 966937, a bitcoin whale with a wallet first created in 2013 shifted 113 BTC, worth around $8.8 million, for the first time since the address was loaded. While September hasn’t matched August’s massive dormant supply moves so far, with two weeks left in the month, around 3,790 vintage BTC has […]

On Monday, the non-custodial merchant payment processor Swiss Bitcoin Pay disclosed that it had discovered a malicious user had gained access to the firm’s internal systems. The company reported that the team believes the user accessed information like customer email addresses, bitcoin addresses, and IBANs. Malicious User Gains Access to Swiss Bitcoin Pay Systems 2026 […]

Senate Republicans released a final CLARITY Act draft with 126 policy revisions they said Democrats requested during negotiations. The changes alter token classifications, issuer disclosures, exchange rules, DeFi compliance, bank protections, developer safeguards, consumer enforcement, and federal ethics restrictions. What the 126 Democrat-Requested Changes Cover The 126 changes are revisions to the existing CLARITY Act […]

Bitcoin rebounded past $78,000 on Monday, reaching around $78,972 after dipping to a Sunday low of $76,464. The move leaves the top cryptocurrency virtually flat compared to its Sept. 1 opening price. CLARITY Act News Sparks Monday Rebound Bitcoin’s price rallied past $78,000 on Monday, rebounding from quiet weekend trading as momentum built around the […]

Blackrock’s ether staking ETF has attracted $307.72 million across 20 inflow days since late July without recording a single day of net redemptions. The streak strengthens the case that yield-bearing ethereum ETFs could become an important second leg of institutional demand for ETH. Blackrock Stakes 75% of ETHB as Inflows Rise Blackrock’s newer ether ETF […]

S&P Global has led a strategic investment that expands Kaiko’s Series B to $110 million, drawing backing from banks, exchanges and trading firms across traditional and crypto markets. The deal signals that institutions are moving beyond experimenting with tokenization and beginning to fund the infrastructure needed to run markets onchain. Nasdaq, BNP Back Kaiko to […]

New York Attorney General Letitia James is leading a bipartisan coalition of 18 states to kill a landmark cryptocurrency bill on the eve of the CLARITY Act Senate vote. The twist is that the legislation grants these state prosecutors unprecedented national power over presidential crypto holdings. Yet the coalition is willing to throw that authority […]

U.S. crypto ETFs ended the holiday-shortened week with roughly $263 million in combined net outflows, as heavy bitcoin redemptions overwhelmed continued demand for ether, XRP, and solana funds. Bitcoin ETFs lost $462.73 million, ending a three-week inflow streak, while ether extended its winning run to four weeks. Ether Gains $197M as Bitcoin Ends Three-Week Inflow […]

Bitcoin’s derivatives market is doing something it has not done in a year. Derive data and Reuters reports that traders are paying more for upside than downside protection, even with bitcoin still nearly $50,000 below its October 2025 peak. Futures open interest sits at a hefty $52.64 billion, calls command 61.39% of options open interest, […]

The world’s largest bitcoin treasury company, Strategy, announced it has repurchased $139 million worth of its preferred stock STRC. The company did not sell or acquire any bitcoin over the past week and defended the preferred instead. Strategy Spends $139 Million Defending STRC “Strategy has repurchased $139M of STRC,” Strategy founder Michael Saylor wrote on […]

Bitcoin’s price is back near $77,800 after buyers stepped in around $76,370 and turned an ugly overnight drop into a fast rebound. The strange part is that the charts now look considerably better without actually resolving much of anything. Short-term momentum is picking up steam, the longer moving averages remain firmly positive, and yet bitcoin […]

Polymarket traders give Anthropic a 66% chance of closing its first trading day above a $2 trillion market cap, even though a second contract says its initial public offering (IPO) will most likely price below that line. Two Markets, One Gap The figure Polymarket posted on Sunday comes from its Anthropic IPO closing market cap […]

The XRP Ledger crammed a record 3,254 transactions into one ledger on Sept. 13, yet 2,000 of them were identical 1-drop payments fired by just 20 wallets. The Number on the Explorer The record belongs to ledger 106,965,249, which closed on Sunday, Sept. 13, holding 3,254 transactions. Hussein Zangana, the XRP Ledger Foundation community director […]

Dubai, UAE, September 14th, 2026, Chainwire. Zamanat Fund CEIC Limited is the company’s first live proof point for regulated fund tokenization on ZIGChain focused on GCC private credit. Zamanat today announced its sponsorship of Zamanat Fund CEIC Limited (the “Fund”), a DIFC-domiciled tokenized private credit fund with a target size of up to USD 100 […]

A memecoin trader known as loshmi says he closed every position on Sept. 13 with $327,436 in realized profit, led by STONK, a token he began buying near a $1 million market cap. Where the Conviction Came From Loshmi, who has about 54,000 followers on X, laid out the trade in a long post on […]

Ripple’s RLUSD stablecoin touched a record $2.442 billion in supply this week, yet most of the dollars added since July landed on Ethereum, not the XRP Ledger. The Number on the Board Data aggregators flagged a fresh all-time high of $2.442 billion for RLUSD this week. Defillama’s stablecoin tracker showed $2.42 billion in circulation on […]

A memecoin called STRATEGY has climbed to a roughly $7.2 million valuation on Robinhood Chain, and every trade into its main pool runs through tokenized shares of Michael Saylor’s Strategy. What Is STRATEGY, Exactly? The token’s main pool went live on Sept. 4 on Robinhood Chain, the Ethereum L2 built on Arbitrum. A Sept. 6 […]

On September 10, the city passed O-26-49, known as the “Virtual Currency Ordinance,” banning cryptocurrency ATMs and cashier-facilitated crypto transaction services within city limits. Councilor Stephanie W. Telles, a co-sponsor of the ordinance, stressed that 90% of these transactions in Albuquerque were tied to fraud. Albuquerque Imposes Blanket Ban on Crypto ATMs With Virtual Currency […]

Researchers led by Ludovic Slimak at the University of Toulouse sequenced DNA from a tooth belonging to Thorin, a Neanderthal found at Grotte Mandrin in France’s Rhône Valley and dated to about 42,000 years ago. The analysis, published in Cell Genomics, shows long-term inbreeding and no genetic mixing with modern humans, pointing to a population […]

On Sunday night, Senate Republicans released an updated draft of the CLARITY Act with changes to the ethics and other relevant provisions to sway Democrats to vote for the bill on Tuesday. However, it is still unclear whether these changes will be enough for Democrats to support the bill. Senate Republicans Update CLARITY Act With […]

Before the crypto exchange FTX collapsed, the company and several senior executives, including Sam Bankman-Fried (SBF), poured tens of millions of dollars into Washington, recruited former government officials, and championed legislation billed as consumer protection. To this very day, some critics believe FTX’s broader ambition was regulatory capture, a strategy in which one of an […]

Bank of Russia Governor Elvira Nabiullina stated that the digital ruble launch had progressed smoothly and that the number of accounts had jumped by nearly 87,000 over ten days, prompted by the instrument’s novelty and users’ curiosity to test how it works. Bank of Russia Reveals Digital Ruble Accounts Rose to Record Levels Since Its […]

According to a myriad of reports, a drone strike reportedly launched from Iraq paralyzed Saudi Arabia’s East-West Pipeline, also known as Petroline. Between the pipeline and the Strait of Hormuz disruption, Brent crude oil prices jumped 3% to $109 a barrel. Petroline Strike Sends Oil to $109 as Global Markets Flinch Earlier this week, drones […]

According to a Substack post written by Manifund co-founder and CEO Austin Chen, former Alameda Research CEO Caroline Ellison has been hired by the 501(c)(3) charity. Chen explained that Ellison spent two months quietly working under the name “Carol” when she started. Caroline Ellison Became ‘Carol’ The girl who had a relationship with Sam Bankman-Fried […]