Nasdaq's venture arm invested $100M in Kraken parent Payward at a $21B valuation, expanding their tokenized equities partnership and adding market surveillance tech across Payward's venues.

Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong says Bitcoin has likely bottomed and sees $400K by 2030 as reasonable, citing cycle trends and easing selling pressure.

Solana hit an ATH in daily token issuance on Sept. 10, with 263K+ new SPL tokens minted, far exceeding the 40K–50K daily peak seen during the 2024 meme coin cycle.

Hunter Biden's LAPTOP meme coin crashed over 99% on launch day after briefly hitting a $110B market cap, with the team blaming sniper bots and thin early liquidity.

Bitcoin miners have returned a median 1.8% since the Aug. 17 bull market start, badly trailing BTC's 22% gain while crypto exchanges and stablecoins kept pace.

Unicoin has sued Uniswap Labs in New York federal court, seeking to cancel the UNI trademark and defend its UNICOIN mark ahead of its Sept. 28 UNCN token launch.

Crypto projects spent a record $638 million on token buybacks in 2026, with Hyperliquid and Pump.fun driving 90%. Are buybacks actually working?

CoinMarketCap's AI insights are now available through the API. Three /v5/cmc-ai endpoints return the homepage feed, per-coin answers and a coverage map.

The Hyperliquid Policy Center filed an amicus brief backing the CFTC after CME sued the regulator in June over its decision to allow perpetual futures to trade in the US.

Bitcoin slipped below $80K as US-Iran tensions pushed oil above $100/barrel, while yen strength near 153 per dollar and record short positioning raised carry trade unwind fears.

Scott Bessent urged US senators to advance the CLARITY Act before its Sept. 15 procedural vote as crypto and bank lobbies faced off.

Germany's Finance Ministry drafted a bill applying a flat 25% tax on crypto gains from assets acquired after Jan. 1, 2027, with automatic platform withholding to begin in 2028.

Consensys Software Inc. is dividing into MetaMask and a new Consensys by end-2026, separating its consumer wallet business from Ethereum protocol and institutional blockchain infrastructure.

Tether and Fasanara Capital launched StableFund with $400M to fund asset-backed lending via USDT across 60+ countries, with plans to raise $3B from institutional investors.

Canary Capital's staked TRX ETF, ticker TRXS, debuted on US markets Sept. 9, offering exposure to Tron's $32.1B market cap token plus proof-of-stake rewards.

Jack Dorsey's Block applied to the OCC to establish Builders Bank & Trust, a federally supervised trust bank for BTC and stablecoin custody with no deposit or loan functions.

Plattsburgh, NY, is weighing a 12-month moratorium on high-energy computing facilities, including crypto mining and AI data centers, affecting operations using 300+ kW.

Visa is combining VisaNet settlement data with blockchain lending tools to help stablecoin card programs access working capital, as stablecoin payment volume on its network jumps 200% YoY.