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BITCOINSep 23, 2026CoinDesk
Bitcoin's $16 billion quarterly options settlement arrives with a 'call-heavy' book
According to CoinDesk, Bitcoin's upcoming $16 billion quarterly options expiry could lead to increased volatility and the removal of some buying pressures, particularly dealer hedging that previously contributed to upward movement. Over half of the $9.4 billion in expiring call options are currently in the money, especially around the $70,000 strike price, with a concentration of open interest at the $85,000, $90,000, $95,000, and $100,000 calls. The maximum pain point for option buyers is at $75,000, which is below the current spot price of approximately $85,500. The expiry is expected to reset the trading range for Bitcoin's spot price and potentially increase short-term volatility as dealer hedging effects diminish post-settlement.
ALLSep 23, 2026Cointelegraph
MoonPay Buys North Capital to Expand RWA Push
MoonPay’s North Capital acquisition adds US broker-dealer, trading and investment infrastructure as it expands into tokenized securities.
ALLSep 23, 2026Cointelegraph
Stablecoin cross-border flows surge 78%, defying crypto bear market
Cross-border stablecoin transfers surged as the wider crypto market shrank 37%, with Chainalysis pointing to growing use for trade, remittances and savings.
ALLSep 23, 2026CoinDesk
MoonPay to acquire SEC-registered North Capital in $60 million all-stock deal
The acquisition will support MoonPay’s aim of supporting mass adoption of tokenized real-world assets, CEO Ivan Soto-Wright said.
BITCOINSep 23, 2026Cointelegraph
EU watchdogs warn quantum computers could pick crypto’s locks
EU supervisors warn quantum computing could weaken blockchain security as Bitcoin developers weigh a draft migration plan and Ethereum targets 2029.
BITCOINSep 23, 2026CoinDesk
Live updates: Bitcoin pulls back to $84,000 as bond yields fly higher
Bitcoin Cash experienced a significant 28% increase to nearly $349 following CME Group's announcement that it will list Bitcoin Cash futures starting October 19, providing institutional investors a new hedging venue. Bitcoin itself is trading around $85,800, down slightly over 24 hours after reaching a high of nearly $87,300, while other altcoins such as ZEC and XRP have risen 9% and 3%, respectively. An analyst from FxPro noted that optimism in the altcoin market suggests a temporary shift of speculative capital from Bitcoin into altcoins, although previous pullbacks in Bitcoin have attracted new buyers. Bitcoin Cash's price has only recovered to levels last seen in late May, after a reversal near $660 in January and a decline to $190 earlier this year, with the potential for further gains if buying interest continues.
ALLSep 23, 2026CoinDesk
The S&P 500 has a 'breadth' problem. Crypto doesn’t.
Your day-ahead look for Sept. 22, 2026
BITCOINSep 23, 2026CoinDesk
Bitcoin consolidates near $86,000 as rally narrows and Brent slips below $100
Thirty-eight of the 100 CoinDesk 100 constituents were lower on the day, with bitcoin cash up 32% over 24 hours on a CME futures listing.
ALLSep 23, 2026CoinDesk
BitMEX shuts down: perpetuals pioneer officially closes it doors after 11 years
The exchange, co-founded by Arthur Hayes, stopped trading and deposits, but says users can still log in and withdraw funds as its wind-down continues.
ALLSep 23, 2026Cointelegraph
CFTC chair pushes tokenization as SEC opens door to onchain stocks
Michael Selig said tokenization could reshape financial markets as the CFTC and SEC continue advancing onchain initiatives despite the CLARITY Act setback.
BITCOINSep 23, 2026Cointelegraph
Bitcoin bull market ‘confirmed’ but $90K presents profit-taking risk: Analysis
BTC price analysis concluded that onchain signals had “confirmed” the new Bitcoin bull market.
ALLSep 23, 2026CoinDesk
FTX, Alameda-linked wallets send $75 million in ether to Wintermute, onchain data shows
Onchain analysts PeckShield and EmberCN say the funds moved to a Wintermute wallet, but neither a sale nor the purpose of the transfer have been confirmed.
ALLSep 23, 2026Cointelegraph
Raiffeisen to offer crypto trading across 11 European markets via Bitpanda
Raiffeisen Bank International (RBI), an Austrian banking group, is expanding its cryptocurrency services through a partnership with Bitpanda, which will provide digital asset infrastructure across RBI’s network of banks in Central and Eastern Europe. The collaboration aims to potentially serve around 18 million customers, with individual banks determining their offerings based on local market and regulatory requirements, according to the joint announcement. Bitpanda’s co-CEO mentioned that the rollout remains at an early stage and will proceed gradually. The partnership builds on a prior crypto integration launched with Raiffeisenlandesbank Niederösterreich-Wien in 2024, and Bitpanda is authorized under the EU’s Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation (MiCA).
ALLSep 23, 2026CoinDesk
Why Wall Street’s biggest asset manager thinks artificial intelligence will supercharge digital assets
The asset manager sees payments as the nearer-term opportunity, while markets for computing capacity remain at an early stage
ALLSep 23, 2026Cointelegraph
BitMEX ends crypto trading, keeps withdrawals open after closure
BitMEX officially ended exchange operations after more than 11 years, while withdrawals remain open as the crypto derivatives platform urges users to remove their funds.
ALLSep 23, 2026Cointelegraph
Zcash’s November upgrade could freeze funds in legacy Sprout pool
The proposed NU7 change would disable version 4 transactions, leaving ZEC in Zcash’s legacy Sprout shielded pool unspendable.
BITCOINSep 23, 2026CoinDesk
Coinbase users can now borrow USDC against bitcoin at a fixed rate
Coinbase has introduced fixed-rate loans allowing users to borrow USDC against their bitcoin holdings, with the interest rate and repayment date established at the start of the loan, according to CoinDesk. The loans are processed on Morpho Midnight, a non-custodial decentralized lending protocol, and settle on Coinbase’s Ethereum layer 2 network, Base. This development expands Coinbase's lending options beyond its existing variable-rate loans, which are backed by nearly $3 billion in collateral and over $1.4 billion in active loans. Fixed-rate bitcoin-backed loans are not new in the market, but Coinbase’s implementation is notable for operating on-chain through a DeFi application within a mainstream platform.
ALTCOINSSep 23, 2026CoinDesk
XRP Ledger retries upgrade that lets banks split payment and compliance duties
The upgrade could activate Oct. 5, letting businesses give another account limited powers such as making payments or approving customers without handing over full control.
BITCOINSep 23, 2026Cointelegraph
Bitcoin ETFs take in $1.7B in 2 days as BTC tops holder cost basis
US spot Bitcoin ETFs recorded more than $1.7 billion in net inflows over two days as Bitcoin rose above investors’ estimated average cost basis.
ALLSep 23, 2026Cointelegraph
US Treasury secretary emerges as frontrunner for Trump’s AI czar role: Report
US President Donald Trump previously tapped David Sacks as his AI and crypto czar before Sacks stepped down from the role earlier this year after reaching his service limit as a special government employee.
ALLSep 23, 2026Cointelegraph
Malicious iOS App FomoPeek Linked to $580K Crypto Theft
SlowMist said malicious FomoPeek versions distributed through Apple’s App Store used iOS kernel exploits to escape the sandbox and access sensitive data from other apps.
ALTCOINSSep 23, 2026CoinDesk
Solana starts testing upgrade that could cut finality from 12.8 seconds to 150 milliseconds
Solana has begun testing its Alpenglow upgrade on its public test network, which aims to reduce transaction finality from approximately 13 seconds to 150 milliseconds, according to CoinDesk. The upgrade replaces Solana's current TowerBFT consensus system with a new voting protocol called Votor that allows validators to finalize blocks after one or two rounds of voting, without requiring users to change how they send funds. The testnet migration requires the use of Agave 4.3 software and temporarily does not support Firedancer or Frankendancer, two alternative validator programs. A mainnet update, tentatively scheduled for September 28, is not yet confirmed as the official launch date.
BITCOINSep 23, 2026CoinDesk
Bitcoin's on a streak it hasn't hit since 2012
Bitcoin’s 10% September gain puts it on track for a rare three-month winning streak last seen in 2012.
ALLSep 23, 2026Cointelegraph
AI Could Drive Crypto Demand, Black
BlackRock says AI agents could drive demand for stablecoins and programmable payment rails, while tokenized computing capacity could create another opportunity for digital assets.