Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong says the Wall Street Journal is preparing a story blaming him for the CLARITY Act’s Senate defeat, and he went public with his defense before it ran. A Pre-Emptive Strike Armstrong did not wait for the alleged article to come out; instead, he took to X and aired his thoughts, stating:…Read More

U.S. crypto ETFs closed the week with a broad surge in demand, led by $433.03 million flowing into bitcoin funds. Ether, solana, Zcash and HYPE products also attracted fresh capital, while XRP ETFs posted a marginal outflow. Bitcoin Leads as Crypto Funds Rally Broadly Institutional money returned with force on Friday, Sept. 18, spreading well…Read More

The new ASSX fund offers 2x daily exposure to Strive shares, giving traders a leveraged way to bet on the Bitcoin treasury company.Read More

Kalshi’s proposal would bring perpetual futures tied to individual stocks to US traders, as Coinbase and Bitnomial pursue similar products.Read More

On Saturday, the Lightning Network payments platform Blink Wallet, which provides both custodial and non-custodial services, revealed that an attacker had infiltrated a limited number of custodial accounts and moved the funds. Blink Wallet Says Every Affected Custodial Account Will Be Made Whole Lightning Network applications and platforms cannot get a break these days, and…Read More

This week, Japan’s first licensed yen stablecoin, JPYC, landed on South Korea’s largest crypto exchange, Upbit, and promptly shot higher, briefly reaching the equivalent of more than 3 yen. At present, the JPYC/KRW pair ranks among the trading platform’s most active markets. JPYC’s 1:1 Yen Peg Meets Upbit’s Retail Rush Launched under strict national regulations,…Read More

Turkey’s lira has fallen to a fresh record low near 48.8 per dollar, while bitcoin’s price now costs roughly 3.95 million lira. Five years ago, a dollar bought about 8.3 to 8.9 lira. Today it buys nearly six times as many. Behind that slow-motion erosion sits inflation still running above 31% officially, while Turkish households…Read More

VanEck said Metaplanet’s executive equity exposure remains well above its digital asset treasury peers, even after the company cut its potential share pool by 41%.Read More

Bastion Platforms National Trust Company will offer stablecoin custody and wallets, payment infrastructure and white-label issuance from a single federally regulated entity.Read More

Former banking official gets four years in prison over false letters of credit and accepting $470,000 in cryptocurrency bribes.Read More