SEC Issues New Crypto Guidance, Clarifies When Tokens Fall Under Securities Laws
SEC Issues new guidance, Clarifying when crypto assets can fall under federal securities laws.
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XRP Ledger’s Batch upgrade slips to Oct. 9 after validator support resets
An XRP Ledger upgrade expected to activate Sept. 29 has been pushed back by at least 10 days after validator support briefly fell below the level required to turn it on.
Bitcoin Targets Historical 77% Q4 Rally: Key Breakout Level to Watch
Bitcoin is looking at up to a 77% surge in price this Q4, based on historical movement in that period.
Ex-CFTC leader to leave Blockchain Association after CLARITY vote fails
Former CFTC Commissioner Summer Mersinger joined the Blockchain Association in 2025 after resigning during her second term at the federal commodities regulator.
U.S. SEC's steadiest crypto advocate, Hester Peirce, to depart next week
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's longtime ally of the crypto industry, Commissioner Hester Peirce, has set a departure date for next week, marking an end to a long era in which she sought clear rules for th…
Blockchain Association sees leadership shift shortly after crypto Clarity Act fizzles
Summer Mersinger is leaving the helm of the Blockchain Association, one of the crypto industry's leading advocacy groups, a week after the sector weathered a major legislative setback in the loss of the Digital Asset Ma…
US Prosecutors Want $84.2 Million From a Bank Tied to Tether
The US Department of Justice wants to keep $84.2 million that, according to a civil forfeiture complaint, moved through accounts used to process payments for Tether.
XRP ETF Inflows Clash With a $1.60 Wall of Overhead Supply
XRP traded at $1.5176 on Tuesday, September 22, up 5.30% over 24 hours from a previous close of $1.4156. The day's range ran from $1.5062 to $1.5398 on 24-hour volume of $6.12 billion. The token is up 6.70% over seven d…
AI Agents Hacked Their Own Test Environment to Cheat, Cybersecurity Firm Finds
Cybersecurity firm Darktrace ran a stress test on AI agents this summer. One of them broke into the system grading the test and rewrote its own score.
Why Solana Is Targeting $160 According to Multiple Market Signals
Solana is 26% up in the month following sustained institutional uptake, increasing on-chain activity, and a rising Altcoin Season Index.
XRP Price Analysis: Open Interest Drops 3x Faster Than Price
XRP has pulled back roughly 5%, falling from a local high of $1.66 to around $1.57, according to analyst Cryptoinsightuk. But open interest has dropped far more sharply, down about 10% in coin terms and 15% in dollar te…
OpenAI Is Building a $500 per Month ChatGPT Pro Max Plan, Leaks Suggest
OpenAI is quietly testing a new ChatGPT subscription tier called Pro Max that would cost $500 a month, according to code references and screenshots that started circulating this week. That's 25 times the price of the $2…
Why Peter Brandt Still Won’t Call XRP An Investment: ‘Useful Doesn’t Mean Valuable’
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Bitcoin Options Expiry Removes a Key Source of Market Stability
Bitcoin faces one of its largest-ever derivatives events as nearly $16 billion in options approach expiry. The September 25 settlement comes after a sharp BTC▲$77,666.00 rebound, and ahead of several macro releases.
Strategy seeks shareholder approval for daily preferred stock dividends
Strategy’s proposal would move STRC and its three other preferred stocks to daily dividend payments, following a similar move by Bitcoin treasury firm Strive.
Strategy Proposes Daily Dividends Across Preferred Shares
Strategy is proposing daily dividends across STRF, STRC, STRK and STRD, changing how preferred shareholders receive their cash income. If implemented, dividends would accrue every calendar day, including weekends and ho…
Bitcoin Rally Slows as $15.6 Billion Options Expiry Hits—XRP and Solana Keep Climbing
Bitcoin slipped to around $83,600 on Friday, a pullback of roughly 1% from the prior close, as the week's rally took a breather. The dip follows an intraday high near $87,000—territory Bitcoin hadn't touched in months—a…
Circle and Tether Freeze Stablecoins Tied to Bitget Hack—But Most Funds Slip Away
Circle and Tether have frozen a wallet linked to the massive Bitget exchange hack, cutting off roughly $318,000 in stablecoins from the attacker, though the bulk of the stolen fortune moved beyond reach before issuers c…
OG.com seeks CFTC approval for single-stock perpetual futures
OG.com, recently spun out of Crypto.com, joins Coinbase, Kalshi and Kraken parent Payward in seeking approval to bring perpetual futures to individual US stocks.
Crypto Biz: Wall Street and crypto fight for the same turf
Stablecoins and tokenized assets are pushing banks, exchanges and crypto companies into the same markets, from payments to stocks and ETFs.
Bitget Hack Details: How Fraudulent Approvals Enabled $387M Theft
Bitget says attackers stole $387.5M after compromising a critical backend system and triggering fraudulent transfer approvals.
Bitget clarifies $388M in assets affected by security breach
The Bitget breach announced on Thursday affected about $35 million more than previously reported, based on an analysis of assets on Zcash and TRON.
Tether says it had ‘limited’ exposure to bank linked to $84M US seizure
US prosecutors alleged that a payments business illegally transferred hundreds of millions of dollars at the direction of EQIBank, where Tether holds some assets.
Circle and Tether step in to freeze hacker wallet after massive Bitget crypto heist
Circle and Tether have frozen stablecoins in a wallet linked to Thursday's $351.6 million Bitget hack, though the amount is a small fraction of the total.