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Oct 5, 2026 · Regulation

Wall Street Goes Onchain as Weak Jobs Data Lifts Bitcoin

OKX and NYSE owner ICE have filed with the SEC to launch a 24/7 tokenized stock venue, while a weak US jobs report has cooled Fed hike bets and kept Bitcoin near $86,000. Here is what both stories mean for US markets.

Ethan Brooks· 4 min

Oct 2, 2026 · Regulation

Bitcoin Climbs Toward $87,000 as Weak Jobs Data Meets a New SEC Custody Proposal

Bitcoin rallied to around $86,700 after the U.S. added just 29,000 jobs in September, while the SEC proposed a custody framework that would let investment advisers and regulated funds hold crypto assets.

Priya Nair· 3 min

Oct 1, 2026 · Regulation

Bitcoin Stalls Near $84,000 After Best Quarter Since 2024 as Illinois Agrees to Delay Crypto Tax

Bitcoin ended a 40% quarter flat near $84,000 as soft US inflation data failed to overcome high Treasury yields, while Illinois agreed to postpone its first-in-the-nation 0.2% crypto tax until July 1.

Priya Nair· 3 min

Sep 29, 2026 · Markets

Fed Opens Stablecoin Rulebook as Strategy Keeps Buying Bitcoin Into a Pullback

The Federal Reserve's GENIUS Act stablecoin proposals are now open for public comment through November 30, while Strategy added 1,665 BTC as Bitcoin slipped toward $83,000 and ETF inflows cooled.

Priya Nair· 3 min

Sep 28, 2026 · Markets

California Bans Official Memecoins as Solana ETFs Post Record $188M Inflows

California Governor Gavin Newsom has signed AB 2409, barring state public officials from issuing memecoins. Meanwhile, U.S. spot Solana ETFs pulled in a record $188 million in a single week.

Priya Nair· 3 min

Sep 26, 2026 · Markets

Bitcoin ETFs Swing Back to Positive as Crypto Market Holds Near $3 Trillion

U.S. spot Bitcoin ETFs have erased a $5.8 billion deficit to turn positive for 2026, while the broader crypto market holds near $3 trillion with sentiment firmly in "Greed" territory

Priya Nair· 4 min

Sep 25, 2026 · Security

Bitget loses $351.6m — and the fund it says covers it is one we could not verify

The largest exchange theft of 2026 came through spoofed transfers, not stolen keys. Bitget says a $464m protection fund absorbs it. We reviewed that fund before the hack: genuinely scoped to theft, and impossible to check.

Theo Walsh· 5 min

Sep 25, 2026 · Markets

Bitcoin Falls Below $84K as Hot US PMI Data Meets Bitget's $352M Hack

A stronger-than-expected US PMI reading reignited Federal Reserve rate-hike bets and pulled Bitcoin back below $84,000, just as crypto exchange Bitget confirmed a $352 million breach it now blames on North Korean hackers.

Priya Nair· 4 min

Sep 24, 2026 · Markets

Bitcoin Holds Steady as Trump-Xi Summit Looms and BitMEX Shuts Down

As Bitcoin consolidates above $86,000 ahead of a high-stakes Trump-Xi meeting, the crypto derivatives pioneer BitMEX has closed its doors for good after eleven years in the market.

Priya Nair· 4 min

Sep 23, 2026 · Markets

Bitcoin Nears $90K as Record ETF Inflows Outweigh Senate's Crypto Bill Setback

A record billion-dollar Bitcoin ETF inflow day pushed BTC above $87,000, showing institutional demand can outweigh regulatory setbacks like the Senate's rejection of the CLARITY Act.

Priya Nair· 4 min

Sep 21, 2026 · Markets

Bitcoin Tops $85,000 as a Short Squeeze Meets a Stalled CLARITY Act in Washington

Bitcoin briefly climbed above $85,000 on Monday, its highest level since January, as short sellers were forced out of positions. In Washington, the CLARITY Act remains stuck after a failed Senate vote, leaving US crypto rules in the hands of regulators.

Ethan Brooks· 3 min

Sep 19, 2026 · Markets

SEC and CFTC Move on US Crypto Rules Without Congress After CLARITY Act Failure

Two days after the Senate blocked the CLARITY Act, the SEC issued a five-year exemption for tokenized stock trading and the CFTC sent its crypto market rules to the White House for review.

Priya Nair· 3 min

Sep 18, 2026 · Markets

Bitcoin Tops $77,400 as Bank of Japan Hikes Rates and US Congress Advances Landmark Crypto Bills

Bitcoin holds above $77,000 after the Bank of Japan's rate hike to 1.25%, while two major crypto bills — a Strategic Bitcoin Reserve act and a digital asset tax framework — clear key House committees in Washington.

Priya Nair· 4 min

Sep 17, 2026 · Markets

US Crypto Roundup: Bitcoin Reserve Bill Clears House Panel as Fed Rate Hike Tests Market Nerves

A House committee advanced Trump's Strategic Bitcoin Reserve into law on a party-line vote, hours before the Fed's first rate hike since 2023 sent bitcoin briefly below $76,000.

Priya Nair· 3 min

Sep 16, 2026 · Markets

US Crypto Policy in Flux: CLARITY Act Stalls in Senate as House Pushes Bitcoin Reserve Bill

The Senate's CLARITY Act failed a key cloture vote on September 15, while the House Financial Services Committee moved a day later to codify a Strategic Bitcoin Reserve into law — a split week for U.S. crypto regulation.

Priya Nair· 5 min

Sep 16, 2026 · Policy

Senate blocks the CLARITY Act 49–50, leaving market structure to the regulators

Cloture on the motion to proceed failed eleven votes short of sixty. The Democrats who negotiated the text voted against opening debate on it.

Priya Nair· 4 min

Sep 15, 2026 · Markets

US Crypto Market Rallies as Senate Weighs Landmark CLARITY Act

Bitcoin neared $78,000 and Ethereum topped $2,500 as the crypto market gained 3% on September 15, with traders positioning ahead of a pivotal Senate cloture vote on the CLARITY Act.

Priya Nair· 3 min

Sep 14, 2026 · Markets

Bitcoin Holds Near $78K as Senate Braces for Pivotal CLARITY Act Vote

Bitcoin trades near $77,500 as ETF outflows rise and the Fed decision looms — while the Senate's make-or-break cloture vote on the CLARITY Act arrives September 15

Priya Nair· 4 min

Sep 12, 2026 · Markets

Bitcoin Braces for First Fed Rate Hike Since 2023 as Senate's Make-or-Break Crypto Vote Looms

Two decisions set for the same week could reshape US crypto policy: an 87% market-implied chance of a Fed rate hike on September 16, and a Senate cloture vote on the CLARITY Act just one day earlier.

Priya Nair· 4 min

Sep 11, 2026 · Markets

Bitcoin Slides Toward $77K as Senate Advances Crypto Regulation Bill

Bitcoin fell to about $77K on hot inflation data and Middle East tensions, while the Senate's revised CLARITY Act adds CFTC registration rules ahead of a Sept. 15 vote.

Priya Nair· 4 min

Sep 9, 2026 · Regulation

US Regulators and Wall Street Deepen Crypto Ties as Block Seeks Bank Charter and XRP ETFs Draw Institutional Money

Block applies for a federal trust bank charter to expand Bitcoin and stablecoin custody, while Charles Schwab and other major institutions disclose growing exposure to XRP ETFs, which have now pulled in $1.8 billion since launch.

Priya Nair· 4 min

Sep 8, 2026 · Markets

Bitcoin Drops Below $79K as Senate Prepares Make-or-Break CLARITY Act Vote

Bitcoin slipped under $79,000 on strong U.S. jobs data while Washington gears up for a critical September 15 Senate vote on the CLARITY Act — a pivotal week for U.S. crypto markets and regulation.

Theo Walsh· 3 min

Sep 7, 2026 · Markets

US Crypto Markets Cool Off as Senate's CLARITY Act Vote Looms

Bitcoin eased to $79,794 as the global crypto market cap slipped 0.3%, but attention is shifting to Washington, where the Senate's September 15 cloture vote could decide the CLARITY Act's fate for 2026.

Priya Nair· 3 min

Sep 5, 2026 · Markets

Sheriffs Drop Opposition to CLARITY Act as Bitcoin ETFs Rebound Past $80,000

A major U.S. law enforcement group has stepped back from opposing landmark crypto legislation just as Bitcoin ETFs snap back from early-September outflows — two signals that momentum may be building for both Washington and Wall Street.

Ethan Brooks· 4 min

Sep 2, 2026 · Markets

Bitcoin and Ethereum Slide as Iran Conflict Escalates While Senate Sets Up Make-or-Break CLARITY Act Vote

Bitcoin and Ethereum opened lower on September 2 as renewed U.S.-Iran military strikes rattled markets, while Washington prepares for a critical September 15 Senate vote that could decide the fate of U.S. crypto market-structure regulation.

Priya Nair· 4 min

Sep 1, 2026 · Markets

Fed Rate-Hike Bets and Iran Sanctions Crackdown Rattle U.S. Crypto Markets

Bitcoin and Ethereum slipped Tuesday as traders priced in a near two-thirds chance of a September Fed rate hike, while Washington widened its sanctions reach over Iran's crypto sector — a one-two punch of monetary and regulatory pressure hitting U.S. digital asset markets on the same day.

Priya Nair· 4 min

Aug 31, 2026 · Markets

Strategy Buys $370M in Bitcoin as Fed Rate-Hike Fears Grip the Market

Strategy resumed Bitcoin purchases after a 10-week pause, spending $370 million, even as hawkish Fed signals and Middle East tensions keep US crypto markets under pressure.

Priya Nair· 4 min

Jun 19, 2026 · Markets

Spot Ether ETFs log record weekly inflows as the staking debate reopens

A fresh wave of net inflows into US spot Ether ETFs has revived the industry's most consequential unanswered question: whether these funds will ever stake the ETH they hold, and what happens to redemptions if they do.

Jun 16, 2026 · Infrastructure

A major layer-2 finalizes its move to a permissionless prover set

One of Ethereum's largest layer-2 networks has opened validity-proof generation to anyone, retiring the single trusted prover that quietly sat at the center of its trust model. The change is incremental, but it removes a real chokepoint and sharpens the questions about what remains centralized.

Theo Walsh· 6 min

Jun 13, 2026 · Policy

Stablecoin framework clears committee with reserve and audit rules attached

A stablecoin bill has advanced out of committee carrying reserve-quality, attestation and redemption rules — a framework that would legitimize the biggest compliant issuers while squeezing everyone else. Here is what it would require and where the real fights remain.

Priya Nair· 7 min

Jun 10, 2026 · DeFi

DeFi lending TVL tops its prior-cycle high as real-world collateral expands

Total value locked in DeFi lending has climbed past its previous cycle peak, but the headline number hides a structural shift: a growing share of that collateral now lives off-chain, changing the risk in ways TVL was never built to show.

Ethan Brooks· 7 min

Jun 7, 2026 · Infrastructure

Validators flag client-diversity risk after a single client nears supermajority

Validators are warning that one software client is edging toward a supermajority of the network — a concentration that could turn a single bug into a chain-wide failure. Here is the mechanism, the thresholds that matter, and how operators can pull the system back from the edge.

Theo Walsh· 6 min

Jun 4, 2026 · Security

Exchange publishes proof-of-reserves with a zero-knowledge attestation

An exchange has published a proof-of-reserves backed by a zero-knowledge attestation, proving it holds the assets it claims without exposing customer data. But reserves are only half of solvency. The liabilities side is where the real questions live.

Ethan Brooks· 6 min

Jun 1, 2026 · Markets

Bitcoin miners hedge production as hashrate sets another record

As Bitcoin's hashrate grinds to fresh highs, the miners securing the network are locking in future revenue rather than betting on it, a defensive turn that reshapes how coins reach the market.

May 29, 2026 · DeFi

Restaking protocol caps new deposits amid concentration concerns

A leading restaking protocol has paused new deposits, a defensive move that spotlights the correlated-slashing and concentration risks lurking beneath one of DeFi's fastest-growing designs.

Ethan Brooks· 6 min

May 26, 2026 · Markets

CME crypto futures volumes set a quarterly record

Record volumes in regulated crypto futures point to deeper institutional involvement, and to a market that increasingly runs through hedged, cash-settled derivatives rather than spot alone.

May 23, 2026 · Policy

The EU’s crypto rulebook enters its next compliance phase

Europe's unified crypto framework is shifting from paper to practice, forcing exchanges, custodians and stablecoin issuers to prove they can operate under bank-style oversight or leave the market.

Priya Nair· 6 min

May 20, 2026 · DeFi

Decentralized exchanges capture a growing share of spot volume

On-chain venues are steadily taking spot-trading business that centralized exchanges once dominated. The mechanics of automated market makers, plus self-custody and open listing, explain why, and reveal what the shift costs traders.

Ethan Brooks· 6 min

May 17, 2026 · Infrastructure

Account-abstraction wallets pass a usage milestone

Smart-account wallets have crossed a usage milestone, pushing account abstraction from a developer experiment toward a default way people hold crypto. Here is what changes, and what still doesn't.

Theo Walsh· 7 min

May 14, 2026 · Policy

A national tax authority issues clearer crypto guidance

A national tax authority has sharpened its guidance on how crypto is taxed, spelling out which everyday actions trigger a bill and shifting the record-keeping burden onto users.

Priya Nair· 6 min

May 11, 2026 · DeFi

A liquid staking token briefly depegs, then recovers

A liquid staking token slipped below the value of the assets backing it, then snapped back within hours. The wobble was a liquidity event, not an insolvency, and knowing the difference is the whole story.

Ethan Brooks· 7 min

May 8, 2026 · Security

Cross-chain bridge resumes operations after a security audit

A cross-chain bridge is back online after pausing for a security audit. The restart is a good moment to understand why bridges concentrate so much risk, how their trust models actually work, and what an audit can and cannot promise.

Theo Walsh· 7 min

May 5, 2026 · Infrastructure

Developer activity climbs across several major ecosystems

Developer activity is rising across several major blockchain ecosystems, a fundamental signal that often runs ahead of price. Here is how it is measured, where the metrics mislead, and why building through a downturn tends to precede the next cycle.

Theo Walsh· 6 min