ECB President Christine Lagarde reportedly asked Greek PM Mitsotakis not to approve Binance's MiCA license. Binance withdrew its Greek filing on June 24, 2026, a week before the EU's July 1 deadline, leaving its French entity unable to offer spot, margin, or futures trading.
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Crypto.com's futures venue Nadex became a US-registered national securities exchange for security futures products the moment it filed Form 1-N on Sept. 14, 2026. Section 6(g) of the Securities Exchange Act made the filing equivalent to registration, with no SEC vote.
OFAC designated Tehran-based BitBank on Thursday under Executive Order 13902, saying the exchange moved hundreds of millions of dollars in bitcoin to Iran's IRGC between June and July.
Nostra paused its Starknet money market after a manipulated NSTR price oracle let one account borrow about $3.5 million against a $546,751 token.
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CFTC Market Participants Division Staff Letter 26-25 lets wallet software developers route regulated derivatives trading through registered venues without registering as a broker, extending a position first given to Phantom in March.
Binance will pause deposits and withdrawals across its platform from 06:00 UTC on Sept. 22, 2026, for about an hour of infrastructure wallet maintenance. Token trading will not be affected.
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Aave V4 on Arc shows $76M USDC supplied against less than $100,000 borrowed by Sept. 17, with utilization near 0.1% and 0.00% APRs. LlamaRisk has proposed raising the add cap to 150 million.
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Optimism governance finished voting on Upgrade 20 on Sept. 16, putting four OP Stack testnets on Super Root dispute games on Sept. 17 and targeting mainnet for Sept. 24 if a seven-day soak passes. The swap from Output Root to Super Root games is the prerequisite for cross-chain interoperability.
NEAR Protocol launched perpetual futures on near.com with positions private by default. NEAR Intents routes collateral from 35+ blockchains; Hyperliquid handles execution for 50+ markets at 40x.
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Bitcoin climbed above $77,000 after the Bank of Japan raised rates to 1.25%, while the yen weakened and markets assessed the impact on global risk assets.
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Ether and XRP ETFs saw fresh outflows as Bitcoin ETFs attracted $159 million and BTC climbed above $77,000. Zcash ETF demand also surged.
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Bitcoin Core 32 adds parallel validation reads and a mempool-based fee estimator. Draft release notes also flag mining compatibility changes, wallet updates and server limits.
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U.S. spot Bitcoin ETFs lost $450.4 million on September 15, marking their largest daily outflow since June as Bitcoin fell and the CLARITY Act stalled.
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Avalanche (AVAX) rose 4.65% as the broader crypto market rallied, while fresh tokenization developments added support to the network's RWA narrative.
Bitcoin climbed after the Federal Reserve raised rates to 3.75% - 4.00%, as traders looked past an expected hike and focused on future Fed policy and crypto regulation.
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Bitcoin fell to $75,242 after the Federal Reserve raised rates by 25 basis points, while another 2026 hike and the failed CLARITY Act vote add pressure to crypto markets.
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The Federal Reserve raised rates by 25 basis points to 3.75% - 4%, its first hike since July 2023, while Bitcoin remained near $75,700 after a volatile reaction.
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Ripple says the failed CLARITY Act vote did not change XRP’s established legal position, while Strategy argues Bitcoin already has regulatory clarity in the U.S.
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Long positions worth about $571 million were force-closed after the Clarity Act failed a 49-50 procedural vote in the U.S. Senate, with bitcoin and ether longs taking roughly $190 million each.
SHIB, HYPE, DOGE and XMR are consolidating near key support levels as momentum cools. Here are the critical levels that could determine their next moves.
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XRP plunges nearly 10% after the CLARITY Act fails to advance in the Senate, while Bitcoin falls toward $76,000 and major crypto assets slide.
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The Fed and Bank of Japan could raise rates within 48 hours this week, putting the yen, carry trades and global risk assets in focus.
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Bitcoin, Ethereum and XRP fell sharply after the CLARITY Act failed to clear a key Senate procedural vote, triggering $669.71 million in crypto liquidations.
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The CLARITY Act failed to clear a key Senate procedural hurdle after lawmakers voted 49 - 50 against invoking cloture, sharply reducing expectations for the crypto bill in 2026.
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