Crypto news today

Bybit and Franklin Templeton to use tokenized funds as collateral. Citi and Coinbase enable virtual accounts and stablecoin payments for corporate clients.

The Wallet app from The Open Platform has disappeared from the Telegram menu as the non-custodial Gram Wallet launches. Wallet remains available as a separate a

In 2027, ESMA will direct MiCA oversight toward CASP resilience, outsourcing, and reverse solicitation, standardize reporting, and launch phase one of MIDAS.

The first crypto banks have been registered in Belarus. They will operate in the High Technologies Park under a special regime for digital asset transactions.

Talos reports top 10 altcoins make up ~80% of altcoin market cap; CoinMarketCap index at 64/100, below the 75 threshold. September saw daily buying dominance.

The US Senate is investigating Iranian use of USDT and Tether’s blocking measures. Tether reports freezing nearly $550 million in USDT linked to Iran.

LINK has risen 90% since August as Chainlink launched CCIP 2.0, Infosys standardized its stack for 1.7 billion accounts, and Bottomline introduced Global Pay Co

Strategy purchased 1,665 BTC for $142.7M at $85,681 each, raising its reserve to 847,666 BTC. Sale of 1.47M MSTR shares brought in $246.2M.

Bitcoin dropped to $82,557 but remains up over 40% for Q3, its best since 2017. Market sees 70% chance of Fed rate hike in October ahead of PCE and NFP data.

Michael Saylor announced the purchase of 1,666 BTC for $138 million at an average price of $85,681. Strategy now holds 847,666 BTC ($70.6 billion) and $6.02 bil

CryptoQuant reports altcoin inflows to exchanges at their highest since October 2025. Over 7 days, 34,123 BTC ($2.8B) withdrawn from CEX, per Coinglass.

Bitget has resumed BTC withdrawals after a $387.5 million hack. ETH withdrawals will restart Tuesday, USDT on Wednesday. The hacker is using THORChain.

Polygon has burned 100 million POL (~1% of supply), with another 25 million POL ready for burning. Polygon PoS is preparing block streaming with 1 ms confirmati

Hong Kong regulators SFC and AFRC signed a new MoU expanding reporting and audit oversight to licensed virtual asset providers, replacing the 2021 MoU.

Bitcoin dropped below $82,700 as over $30M in sell orders clustered at $85,700 and about $70M in longs were liquidated in 24 hours. Nasdaq futures -0.9%, WTI ab

US spot Bitcoin ETFs saw $2.39B in weekly inflows, the highest since October 2025 and the top result for 2026. Friday's inflow reached $134.5M.

Vitalik Buterin said an Ethereum node can now sync in under half a day and use less than 500 GB of disk space with aggressive settings, thanks to EIP-4444 and S

US 10-year Treasury yield reached 5.2%, the highest since June 2007; 30-year exceeded 5.5%, a record since 2004. High rates increase pressure on the crypto mark

South Korea's FSC is considering market making for digital assets after JPYC on Upbit surged from 12 to 37.6 KRW on September 17, over 4 times the market price.

Scammers launched a fake GIWA mainnet and bridge; DYORSWAP mistakenly connected. About 766.3 ETH (~$2M) stolen, 1335 addresses deposited ~767.7 ETH.

Vitalik Buterin said the Hegotá upgrade, planned for 2027, may be the last 'regular' Ethereum fork. PeerDAS marked the start of the transition.

The Federation Council Advisory Board recommended that the Ministry of Justice and Bank of Russia consider allowing cryptocurrency, including stablecoins, as co

Governor Newsom signed AB 2409, banning California officials from issuing memecoins and providers from offering related tokens starting January 1, 2027.

Zano rolled back its blockchain by one month and relaunched at block 3,833,000 after a Gateway Addresses vulnerability allowed unauthorized ZANO and fUSD.