Crypto news today

The Bank of Russia expects illegal crypto exchanges to disappear, with the "gray zone" ending by July 1, 2027, according to the regulator.

MoonPay agreed to acquire North Capital in an all-stock deal over $60M, adding a US broker-dealer, ATS, transfer agent, and tokenized securities services.

EBA, EIOPA, and ESMA warn quantum computing could undermine blockchain cryptography. Google Quantum AI says 20x fewer qubits needed for an attack.

BitMEX has fully ceased all exchange services after 11 years of operation. Users can still withdraw any remaining funds from their accounts.

CFTC Chair Michael Selig urges readiness for large-scale tokenization: near-instant settlements, real-time collateral, 24/7 markets, and a key role for stableco

On September 17, the SEC granted a temporary exemption for trading tokenized US stocks; the CFTC submitted a crypto markets act to the White House and called fo

CryptoQuant confirms the start of the BTC bull market and warns of profit-taking risk at $88–90K; price recovers above the 365-day MA at $80.5K.

BlackRock reports that autonomous AI agents will increase demand for native tokens, stablecoins, and blockchain payments, with computing power as a digital asse

Raiffeisen Bank International is expanding its partnership with Bitpanda to gradually roll out digital asset trading via banking apps across CEE; network serves

On September 23 at 4:00 UTC, BitMEX ceased exchange operations after 11 years. Trading and deposits stopped; web withdrawals remain open, API until September 28

The Zcash NU7 upgrade in November will disable v4 transactions, potentially making Sprout pool funds unspendable. Testnet Oct 6, decision Oct 20, mainnet Nov 5.

Solana is preparing the Alpenglow update for public testnet, reducing transaction finality from 12.8 seconds to ~150 ms—an 85x improvement. Mainnet date not ann

US spot Bitcoin ETFs saw over $1.7 billion in net inflows in two days, with assets rising to about $111 billion. IBIT and FBTC led Tuesday's inflows.

Vitalik Buterin said at Shanghai Blockchain International Week that Ethereum will see fundamental changes in two years: STARK, FOCIL with 16 participants, and Z

US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent is being considered for the AI coordinator role after Donald Trump announced the creation of AI Force on September 19.

On September 21, 2026, Senator John Curtis urged the Senate to investigate Donald Trump Jr. and Hunter Biden, citing crypto projects and prediction markets.

BlackRock, in The Machine-Native Economy, states that agent-based AI will boost demand for stablecoins and on-chain payments, with computing power tokenization

OpenAI and Anthropic will brief the UN Security Council on AI risks Wednesday. UN confirmed participation. Speakers include Clément Delangue and Yoshua Bengio.

The CFTC on Tuesday issued a warning on 'mention' contracts due to high manipulation risk; a trader previously returned $107,539 in profits and paid a $65,000 f

ShinyHunters claim to have stolen 2–3 TB of data on FBI employees and applicants. A sample of 5,000 records was shared, with some information confirmed.

Rosfinmonitoring proposes blocking bank accounts for up to 5 business days if owner data matches that of a person whose funds are frozen; blockings may rise 20%

Arch Lending plans to launch loans backed by tokenized stocks. The market for such assets is about $3.15 billion; over 80% of Arch loans are backed by BTC.

Senator John Curtis asked the Senate Committee to investigate Donald Trump Jr. and Hunter Biden for crypto industry ties and requested subpoenas; Trump disclose

Donald Trump has directed US officials to use 'Super Intelligence' (SI) instead of AI in official documents and called on other countries to adopt the same term