The crypto-backed super PAC Fairshake is preparing a $30 million offensive against former Senator Sherrod Brown, marking its largest single expenditure of the 2026 election cycle. The move aims to block Brown’s return to the Senate following the recent legislative collapse of the industry-backed CLARITY Act.
Bitcoin Core developers have moved version 32.0 into release-candidate testing, setting an October 10 target for the stable software. The shift follows an August feature freeze, allowing node operators and wallet developers to audit the branch for bugs before a final decision to tag the release is made.
The Zcash Foundation has officially disavowed any connection to the ZRC-20 token standard and the associated CASH token, following a mysterious promotional post on its X account. The organization clarified that these projects were developed independently and do not constitute sanctioned features of the privacy-focused Zcash blockchain.
After a two-week hiatus, Strategy has returned to the market, adding 950 Bitcoin to its treasury. The Virginia-based company executed the purchase between September 14 and September 20, utilizing its existing USD cash reserves rather than issuing new common stock to fund the $75.7 million transaction.
Retail investors on Coinbase can now participate in initial public offerings, starting with the $2.2 billion market debut of smart-ring maker Oura. The exchange is positioning the new feature as a cornerstone of its strategy to consolidate diverse financial instruments, from crypto to equity, into a single mobile application.
Bitmine chairman Tom Lee declared a crypto bull market is underway, citing a shift of capital from AI stocks into digital assets. As the company continues its aggressive accumulation strategy, its Ethereum treasury has surged to nearly 5.98 million tokens, leaving it just short of a major supply milestone.
Strategy has broken a two-week hiatus on Bitcoin acquisitions, deploying $75.7 million to add 950 coins to its treasury. The move, disclosed in a Sept. 21 regulatory filing, brings the firm’s total holdings to 846,000 BTC as it balances crypto expansion with an ongoing $174 million preferred stock buyback program.
Proposed exchange control regulations in South Africa have paralyzed at least R2.2 billion in digital asset deals, as companies fear the government’s new oversight framework will stifle cross-border transactions and push legitimate crypto activity into unregulated offshore channels or informal markets.
The European Central Bank has officially introduced Pontes, a new service enabling wholesale financial transactions on distributed ledger technology to settle directly in central bank money. By bridging market platforms with the Eurosystem’s TARGET infrastructure, the project aims to eliminate the credit risks associated with private stablecoins or commercial bank money.
Four masked men stormed a home in Vendin-le-Vieil early Sunday, holding a family of four hostage for three hours. The attackers assaulted the father, a cryptocurrency IT worker, before forcing him to hand over €40,000 in digital assets while his children were restrained with black tape.
Hyperliquid has integrated trailing stop orders across its perpetual futures platform, providing traders an automated mechanism to lock in gains or limit losses as market conditions evolve. The new tool adjusts trigger prices dynamically, allowing orders to track favorable price movements before executing a market order upon a specified retracement.
Eugene Investment & Securities has partnered with blockchain developer BEATOZ to test stablecoin integration for tokenized securities subscriptions. The proof of concept aims to move payment and settlement processes onto a single blockchain-based flow, eliminating the current reliance on traditional bank accounts for the financial leg of transactions.
Security concerns have forced SecondFi to issue a stern warning: users with compromised wallets should avoid claiming upcoming NIGHT token allocations. Because the Midnight Foundation’s redemption system mandates claims occur through original, affected addresses, any attempt to move the tokens risks immediate theft by the attackers who hold the compromised keys.
Stripe has expanded its Crypto Onramp tools for React Native, allowing Android developers to integrate Samsung Pay directly into their applications. The feature, which enables users to purchase digital assets with fiat currency, was quietly rolled out in version 0.75.0 of the company's software development kit back in August.
PancakeSwap has launched its inaugural Pre-Access campaign, offering users a chance to acquire pPOLY tokens issued by Paimon Finance. The event, accessible through Binance’s Keyless Wallet, seeks to raise $4.8 million, providing participants with synthetic exposure to private-market assets ahead of a potential public listing.
SparkLabs Group and Mirae Asset Venture Investment have signed a term sheet to launch the SparkLabs Mirae Silk Road Fund I LP, targeting Series A startups across Central Asia. With anchor backing from Kazakhstan’s QIC and Uzbekistan’s IT Park Ventures, the fund aims to scale AI-native companies for global expansion.
Evernorth Holdings has entered a $30 million convertible note agreement, a strategic move contingent on the successful completion of its business combination with Armada Acquisition Corp. II. The funding, supported by NH Investment & Securities, is earmarked for corporate growth and potential expansion of the firm’s substantial XRP treasury.
South Korean exchange Upbit has flagged EGLD for trading caution after a virtual machine exploit forced the MultiversX network to halt block production on September 19. The move, which triggers a formal review period through late October, follows widespread suspension of deposits and withdrawals across multiple global trading platforms.
Hyperliquid has secured the top spot in CoinGecko’s 2026 revenue rankings for crypto-native protocols, generating $429.04 million between January 1 and September 15. The perpetual futures platform outperformed its closest competitor, Pump.fun, by more than $106 million, capturing over 12% of the total revenue pool analyzed in the study.
The Bank of Korea has initiated a 24-hour won settlement network pilot, allowing foreign investors to bypass traditional Korean banking hours. By enabling transactions through registered offshore institutions, the central bank aims to reduce dependency on local operating windows and boost the currency’s international standing.
The Bank of Russia has unveiled draft regulations imposing a strict 1% ceiling on the total risk exposure banks can hold in cryptocurrencies and foreign digital assets. This move aims to insulate the traditional banking sector from the volatility and liquidity risks inherent in the newly legalized digital asset market.
Vietnam expects to grant its first official crypto asset service licenses by 2026, marking a pivotal step in a five-year pilot program. As regulators finalize supervision protocols, the country is actively seeking expertise from Austrian and European Union authorities to bolster risk management and anti-money laundering controls.
Binance has issued an urgent security warning to iPhone and iPad users regarding the FomoPeek application, specifically versions 1.1 and 1.2. Security researchers discovered that these updates contain malicious code capable of bypassing iOS sandbox protections to harvest private keys, seed phrases, and sensitive credentials stored across the device.
Saudi Arabia has formally withdrawn from the mBridge digital currency platform, concluding its participation shortly after finalizing a proof-of-concept trial in May 2025. The move distances the kingdom from a high-profile, China-backed initiative designed to facilitate cross-border settlements outside traditional, dollar-dependent banking networks.
Shibarium has corrected a reported blockchain reorganization as of September 19, though the network remains in a state of technical transition. While developers confirmed the fix, infrastructure providers like dRPC are still navigating the migration process, leaving validator staking and block explorer indexing as ongoing recovery tasks.
Following the Senate’s narrow failure to advance the CLARITY Act on September 15, Michael Saylor has called on the crypto industry to abandon immediate legislative lobbying. Instead, he advocates for an aggressive expansion of the U.S. user base to 50 million, aiming to build a political constituency capable of securing future regulatory victories.
Hana Bank has completed a $100 million digital bond issuance via Euroclear’s D-FMI platform, achieving a T+0 settlement cycle. This transaction marks the first time a South Korean institution has utilized the proprietary blockchain infrastructure to bypass the traditional three-to-five-day processing window for foreign-currency debt.
X has launched legal action in the High Court of England and Wales against two individuals and several unidentified operators, accusing them of orchestrating a coordinated scheme to manipulate platform engagement and siphon at least £207,384 from its now-retired Creator Revenue Sharing program.
A high-profile dispute has emerged over Kalshi’s cryptocurrency perpetual futures, as a trader known as Beni alleged that reported volume figures are inflated through wash trading. The accusations center on a massive discrepancy between trading turnover and open interest, sparking a heated debate over the exchange’s incentive programs.
Sam Bankman-Fried allegedly paid seven figures to acquire the domain Uniswap.com, a move Uniswap founder Hayden Adams claims was intended as a calculated provocation. While the domain was eventually seized by Uniswap Labs through a legal victory, the transaction remains a footnote to the platform's early competitive skirmishes.
