Archives for September 18, 2026

“The CFTC is locked in and ready to ship its rules for the new frontier of finance,” CFTC chair Mike Selig wrote in a post on X following the vote on Wednesday.  The CFTC, on Friday, also published a no-action letter, giving certain software providers a way to connect users to regulated derivatives markets without […]

The London-based firm provides portfolio, risk-management and trade-data infrastructure to institutional digital-asset firms. Its platform connects with centralized exchanges, custodians, blockchains and decentralized-finance (DeFi) protocols, giving clients a consolidated view of their positions, transactions and risk exposure. “GSR has not been impacted by any rumored breach,” a company spokesperson said. Bitcoin Suisse, Flowdesk, 3iQ, M2, […]

Predictive-policing is wrong, but it stems from the long-time surveillance of the American people. It is these various surveillance mechanisms that have empowered the state to target anyone for anything, even before they commit a crime — if they were going to commit a crime at all. Thus, DHS should end PITT’s use of financial […]

“We are actively working toward becoming MiCA-authorised and view this as an important step in providing users with a consistent, regulated, and trusted service across the European market,” the spokesperson said. Binance withdrew its Greek application in mid-June and began winding down operations after officials at the Hellenic Capital Market Commission (HCMC) decided not to […]

Public blockchains create a privacy problem. Paying from a visible address can expose its balance, previous transactions and links to other addresses. A shielded Zcash payment hides the sender, recipient and amount from the public record, allowing a customer to pay without handing the merchant or anyone watching the blockchain a searchable trail into their […]

That said, many of those golden crosses did produce impressive three-month gains (check Today’s Signal). Five of the 10 crosses that survived long enough to reach the three-month mark posted gains ranging from 85% to more than 1,000%, including a 1,009.6% run following the April 2017 cross and a 135% gain after the February 2021 […]

Crypto’s post-Fed hike bid extended into Friday, with decentralized finance (DeFi) and layer-2 tokens taking over from privacy and haven assets that led Thursday’s gains, a rotation that demonstrates a return to risk-on trading. Bitcoin BTC$77,929.78 rose above $78,000 during the European morning, adding 2.1% since midnght UTC and 1.9% over the past 24 hours. […]

If that’s not enough, the Dollar Index, which measures the dollar against a basket of major currencies, has topped 100, hitting its highest level in over a month. Sustained dollar strength can tighten financial conditions and weigh on risk assets, including bitcoin. Further, the Bank of Japan lifted its benchmark borrowing cost to a 31-year […]

Hyperliquid’s HYPE rose more than 11% to nearly $89 as of Asian morning hours Friday, the strongest move among the majors, according to CoinDesk data. Zcash’s ZEC added 8% to roughly $1,472 and Solana’s SOL 6% to just above $106. BNB and DOGE each gained about 4%, with XRP, ether and bitcoin up 2%. TRX […]

Stablecoin payments firm dtcpay announced today the formal completion of its $25 million Series A funding round, securing a strategic investment from Japan’s financial giant, the SBI Group. The capital raise, initially anchored earlier this year by Vertex Ventures Southeast Asia & India, concluded with SBI entering the fold through SBI Ventures Asset and the […]