Bitcoin, ether, stablecoins, CBDCs and the regulated edge of digital money.
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The derivatives regulator moved to cover exchanges and crypto activity even as a separate agency scrapped digital-asset guidance for banks.
The CFTC proposed two new rules covering crypto exchanges and trading activity, while a separate US regulator withdrew its digital-asset rules for banks, continuing a broader pullback in crypto oversight.
Security losses mounted in the same quarter bitcoin logged its strongest performance in roughly two years, underscoring a split between price gains and platform risk.
Crypto hacks totaled $1.26 billion over the quarter in which bitcoin posted its best performance since 2024, a split CoinDesk highlighted as the quarter closed.
The bank also raised its ether target to $3,028 from $2,240, citing renewed inflows into crypto exchange-traded funds.
Citigroup raised its 12-month bitcoin price target to $113,000 and its ether target to $3,028, pointing to the resumption of ETF inflows as the catalyst.
The reversal comes with bitcoin trading just above $80,000, well off its earlier highs.
US spot bitcoin ETFs moved from $5.8 billion in cumulative outflows to $800 million in net inflows, even as bitcoin trades just above $80,000, per The Motley Fool.
Fixed-income swings are running at their most intense level since March even as stock and crypto volatility gauges sit near yearly lows.
The 10-year Treasury yield has now risen for six consecutive weeks, and bond market volatility has climbed to its highest level since March, even as Wall Street's VIX and bitcoin's equivalent volatility gauges stay near their yearly lows.
A level once seen as resistance has held as support, while Coinbase now lets users borrow the USDC stablecoin against bitcoin holdings at a fixed rate.
Bitcoin has stopped retreating below $82,000, a level analysts previously flagged as resistance, while Coinbase's new fixed-rate borrowing product against bitcoin adds another way for holders to access cash without selling.
The bank started coverage of Hut 8, Terawulf and Applied Digital with buy ratings, citing data center and leasing growth rather than mining economics.
UBS opened coverage on Hut 8, Terawulf and Applied Digital with buy ratings, betting their shift from bitcoin mining toward AI data center capacity will drive growth.
The exchange's investment pairs it more closely with the issuer of the second-largest dollar stablecoin as competition among digital-dollar tokens intensifies.
Binance has committed a $100 million stake in Circle alongside a new partnership agreement to promote USDC.
A $3.2 million options bet is now wagering bitcoin reaches $95,000 by the end of October.
Bitcoin and ethereum prices reached levels not seen since January, coinciding with a large options trade targeting $95,000 by October's end.
The world's largest crypto exchange becomes a shareholder in the stablecoin issuer it already promotes, tying the two companies together through 2031.
Binance's $100 million purchase of Circle stock comes packaged with a five-year agreement to keep promoting USDC on its platform.
Bitcoin traded toward $108,000 and Ethereum broke above $2,672 as falling bond yields lifted risk assets, with Strategy adding $75 million more bitcoin to its holdings.
Bitcoin pushed toward the $108,000 level and Ethereum broke above $2,672 in the September 21 session as easing Treasury yields boosted both crypto and tech stocks, while Strategy bought another $75 million of bitcoin.
A wave of short liquidations pushed bitcoin past $84,000 and then above $85,000, with the token now up 44% for the third quarter.
Bitcoin climbed to an eight-month high above $85,000 after roughly $300 million in short positions were liquidated, extending a third-quarter gain of 44%.
Solana funds have now pulled in money for 12 straight weeks while Bitcoin ETFs posted their quietest week on record, even as Bitcoin ETFs' total holdings reached 6.29% of all bitcoin in circulation.
Solana ETFs logged a 12th consecutive week of inflows while Bitcoin ETFs saw their quietest week on record, even as Bitcoin ETF holdings climbed to 6.29% of all bitcoin outstanding.
ARK trimmed two AI software winners while adding $3.35 million to a flying-taxi startup and defending Tesla and bitcoin against bearish calls.
ARK sold its Palantir and AMD positions and put $3.35 million into Archer Aviation, while Wood publicly pushed back on a 'dead cat' bitcoin warning and kept Ark's core Tesla stake despite Tesla trailing every other Magnificent Seven stock in 2026.
Commentary points to select cryptocurrencies recovering after the Federal Reserve's rate move and a stumble in the CLARITY Act process.
Analysts argue several leading cryptocurrencies have absorbed both a Fed rate hike and a setback in the CLARITY Act regulatory push without lasting damage.
A wave of forced buying from short sellers pushed bitcoin above the $81,000 level even as rate and regulatory headwinds persisted.
Bitcoin climbed above $81,000 as a short squeeze forced bearish positions to cover, overwhelming pressure from interest-rate and regulatory concerns.
Crypto prices climbed Friday even after the CLARITY Act, a proposed crypto market-structure bill, failed to advance, with XRP nearing a bullish chart signal.
Bitcoin and ethereum prices rose on September 18, 2026, as traders shifted focus away from the failed CLARITY Act toward altcoins including XRP, which is approaching a golden cross.
Corporate treasuries added only 5,900 bitcoin over three months while ether and XRP funds kept bleeding money.
Bitcoin traded above $77,000 even though corporate treasury buying slowed to 5,900 bitcoin over the past three months and ether and XRP exchange-traded funds (ETFs) posted a third straight session of outflows.
Bitcoin and ether rose even as the Federal Reserve's rate increase left short-term Treasury yields flat and silver unchanged a day later.
Bitcoin and ethereum climbed in the session after the Federal Reserve raised interest rates, while U.S. short-term rates and silver held steady following Wednesday's yield surge.
Bernstein tells clients to stay bullish on crypto stocks even as the CLARITY Act's failure hit token prices directly.
XRP dropped 10% after the CLARITY Act failed a vote, though Bernstein analysts told clients the setback does not change their bullish view on crypto-linked equities.