Circle plans USDC expansion into 40 new markets
Circle's Jeremy Allaire outlined expansion into about 40 emerging markets. Mastercard and BVNK separately launched a platform connecting fiat accounts, stablecoins and payouts.
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Nine firms form alliance for quantum-resistant crypto standards
Hacken, Midnight Foundation and seven other organisations formed the Quantum Alliance to develop shared migration standards for blockchains, wallets and proof systems.
Chainlink data feeds go live on Stellar
Chainlink Data Feeds and Data Streams are live on Stellar, giving developers market prices for lending, collateral and tokenised-asset applications.
Ripple brings Stripe-owned Privy wallets to the XRP Ledger
Ripple and Stripe-owned Privy announced programmable XRPL wallets for fintechs and AI agents, supporting XRP, RLUSD, transaction signing and key export.
France proposes taxing gains when crypto becomes stablecoins
French MPs propose taxing gains on conversions into e-money stablecoins from 2027. The current private-investor flat rate is 31.4%; the measure remains under debate.
China plans a national blockchain network for industry
China's new policy calls for a national blockchain network alongside computing infrastructure and manufacturing upgrades. A Shanghai hub already supports industrial data sharing.
XRP Ledger patches decade-old bug that could mint XRP
RippleX disclosed an integer-overflow flaw that could create spendable XRP through crafted DEX payments. The emergency xrpld 3.4.1 release fixed it on 25 September.
Ledger asks reseller to pause sales after $103m wallet theft
The Ledger thief put 100 ETH more through Tornado Cash on 16 October, after 390 ETH on 15 October, and earlier withdrawals were sold for USDT and sent to cash-out desks on Tron.
Buterin backs warning that AI could threaten crypto signatures
Vitalik Buterin backs preparations for AI-assisted attacks on blockchain signatures. Bitcoin research estimates about 6.7 million BTC behind exposed public keys.
FinCEN withdraws proposed crypto mixing rule
FinCEN announced the withdrawal of its crypto mixing proposal on 5 October, citing privacy and reporting concerns. A separate self-hosted wallet proposal is also withdrawn.
SEC clears 3x Bitcoin and Ether funds for listing
The SEC approved Cboe's listing proposal for 3x Bitcoin and Ether funds. The products target three times a daily futures benchmark, with returns compounded each day.
OKX and ICE plan round-the-clock tokenised US stock trading
An OKX and ICE joint venture has notified the SEC of plans to trade 63 US stock symbols against stablecoins, with dividend and voting rights attached to the tokens.
Base vault loses $6m in six transfers
A Base vault lost about $6m on 4 October 2026. Three Safe owners signed calls naming the draining contract; $3.37m entered pending Ethereum withdrawals.
ECB's Schnabel weighs three ways central banks could go on-chain
Isabel Schnabel of the ECB's Executive Board weighs direct issuance, bridging and a private intermediary in slides for the Bank of England's Future of Money conference on 1 October 2026. At Jackson Hole on 28 August she argued central banks should issue tokenised reserves themselves.
Tether says USDT is returning to Bitcoin, where it began
Tether chief executive Paolo Ardoino wrote on 24 September 2026 that USDT on Bitcoin is 'coming home'. Tether's sister exchange Bitfinex said the relaunch runs on Utexo and the RGB protocol, which keeps payment details off Bitcoin's public ledger. USDT first launched on Bitcoin on 6 October 2014.
New York and Wyoming could fast-track each other's crypto firms
New York's Department of Financial Services and Wyoming's Division of Banking announced a pact on 1 October 2026 to coordinate crypto oversight. A firm licensed in one state for three years, with no enforcement action and a similar business, can seek a faster review in the other.
SEC proposes letting advisers hold crypto when no custodian will
The SEC voted 3-0 on 1 October 2026 to propose rules letting registered investment advisers hold a client's crypto themselves when no qualified custodian will, and keep it at state trust companies. SEC staff put self-custody at $433,833 a year per adviser, mostly for an accountant's report.
Citi raises bitcoin target to $113,000 after cutting it twice
Citigroup raised its 12-month bitcoin target to $113,000 from $82,000 and its ether target to $3,028 from $2,240 in a note dated 30 September 2026. It now expects $5bn of ETF inflows over the next year, after cutting that assumption to zero in June.
Ex-NCA officer must repay £1.8m after stealing seized Bitcoin
Paul Chowles must repay £1,810,678.93 after stealing Bitcoin seized in the Silk Road 2.0 investigation. The order includes the value of recovered coins.
Gemini switches Zcash software ahead of planned 25-second blocks
Gemini now runs Zakura for Zcash. The exchange reports faster synchronisation as NU7 targets a move from 75-second to 25-second blocks.
Coinbase wins CFTC approval for its derivatives clearing house
Coinbase Clearing has received CFTC registration for fully collateralised futures, options on futures and swaps, adding in-house clearing to Coinbase's US derivatives business.
Quant jumps 278% after The Clearing House selects its technology
QNT rose about 278% between the 23 and 29 September daily closes after The Clearing House selected Quant for a US tokenised deposit network planned for 2027.
Bitwise launches NEAR ETF with staking and 0.75% fee
Bitwise's NEAR ETF began trading on NYSE Arca on 29 September under NRR. It holds NEAR, charges 0.75% annually and plans to stake tokens in-house.
Analyst ties 53 Robinhood Chain memecoins to one $18.4m operation
On-chain analyst Wazz has linked 53 memecoin launches on Robinhood Chain, made between 10 July and 21 September 2026, to one operation that extracted 7,447.45 ETH, about $18.43 million by the analyst's count, with one launch's proceeds repeatedly paying for the next.
Binance buys a $100m Circle stake in five-year USDC deal
Binance bought 1,237,011 Circle shares for $100 million on 17 September 2026 and signed a five-year agreement under which Circle pays it a monthly fee to promote USDC, Circle disclosed in an SEC filing on 22 September.
Banks could issue their own stablecoins under proposed Fed rules
The US Federal Reserve Board proposed two GENIUS Act rules on 24 September 2026. One sets reserve, capital and redemption standards for the stablecoin issuers it supervises; the other sets how its member banks apply to issue one. Comments run for 60 days.
SEC staff clear token buybacks on blockchains that already work
The SEC's Division of Corporation Finance published nine staff answers on crypto on 25 September 2026. On a working network, announcing a buyback or paying for upgrades sits outside the managerial effort the Howey test looks for; before launch, a buyback sold as a return could count.
Solana's upgrade makes transactions final 20 times faster in testing
Solana's devnet switched from TowerBFT to the Alpenglow consensus protocol on 25 September 2026, a day after testnet, Anza confirmed. Validators now send votes directly to each other, and Solana targets finality of about 150 milliseconds against 12.8 seconds under TowerBFT.
CFTC staff open $666.5bn of client money to tokenised assets
Three CFTC staff divisions updated their crypto FAQ on 24 September 2026. Futures brokers and clearing houses may invest customer funds in tokenised versions of assets they can already hold, and registered firms may keep required records on a blockchain.
How Bitget's $387.5 million hack unfolded
An attacker stole $387.5 million from Bitget on 24 September 2026, in Ethereum, XRP, Bitcoin, Zcash and stablecoins. Below, we follow the money from the exchange through swaps, bridges, coinjoins and Zcash's shielded pool, with every transaction on the public chain.
Ondo launches tokens that each hold a whole investment portfolio designed by BlackRock
Ondo Finance launched Ondo Intelligent Portfolios on 24 September 2026: three tokens, each holding a basket of tokenised stocks and ETFs weighted to a model portfolio BlackRock developed for Ondo. They are open to eligible investors outside the United States.
UK banks complete their first real customer payments with tokenised pound deposits, starting with two remortgages
Lloyds, NatWest and Barclays paid out two real remortgages in tokenised sterling deposits, and HSBC led a marketplace payment, UK Finance said on 24 September 2026. Seven banks share the platform, which Quant built.
Satoshi Nakamoto's computer ran on London time, but his sleep pattern points to North America
Timestamps in Bitcoin's first release and in 144 of Satoshi Nakamoto's emails show a computer set to British time. The hours Satoshi slept, the mining rig switched off in those hours and a Los Angeles home connection all point to North America.
Crypto laundering for Asia's scam compounds moved within days of every US crackdown
When Telegram shut Huione's channels and the US froze Xinbi, their trade reappeared on rival markets and a different stablecoin within days. Cartel cash brokers and Iran's Revolutionary Guard move money in crypto too, and US courts are testing how it gets frozen.
Crypto casino Duelbits hacked again: about $6 million taken from five blockchains in under an hour
Someone holding the keys to Duelbits' hot wallets emptied them on Ethereum, BNB Chain, Tron, Solana and Bitcoin on 24 September 2026, turned the lot into ether and parked 2,234.60 ETH, about $6.02 million, in one wallet.
The ECB now settles blockchain trades in central bank money, with 13 banks connected on day one
The Eurosystem switched on Pontes on 21 September 2026, linking market blockchain platforms to TARGET so tokenised asset trades settle in central bank money. Thirteen banks and four DLT operators were connected on day one.
ASI exploit: $2.23 million traced, and the bitcoin leads to one Hyperliquid account
An unauthorised party reached SingularityNET's cloud systems on 19 September 2026 and minted 895.96 million AGIX. Selling that and other tokens put about $2.23 million into two wallets, and part of it became bitcoin and then wrapped Monero on one Hyperliquid account.
North Korean hackers used fake job offers to infect 30,000 computers and steal crypto
Seven agencies across Japan, the United States, Australia and Germany have named WaterPlum, the group running fake developer job interviews, and counted 30,000 infected PCs and ¥1.7bn in stolen crypto.
Circle sold $222m of ARC to institutions in May, four months before Arc opened
Circle raised $222 million selling ARC at a $3 billion network valuation, announced on 11 May 2026, with a16z crypto leading and BlackRock, Apollo and Intercontinental Exchange among the buyers. Arc opened to the public four months later, on 16 September.
The SEC and CFTC will write crypto rules now the CLARITY Act has stalled
The Senate rejected cloture on the CLARITY Act 49 to 50 on 15 September 2026. Within a day the SEC chairman said the agency would act with or without legislation, and the CFTC chairman had already said the same thing nearly four weeks earlier.
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