Payments firm OpenPayd targets year-end Nasdaq listing to fund U.S. expansion and acquisitions

CEO Iana Dimitrova said OpenPayd aims to launch in the U.S. by April 2027 and is eyeing deals to add licenses and technology.

Crypto job postings triple to over 1,200 in September, but applications fall

Finance, engineering and trading led hiring demand, while Bitcoin, Ethereum and Solana were the most frequently requested blockchain skills.

Cathie Wood says smart investors need to start watching where AI agents spend money

As AI agents evolve from answering questions to spending real money, investors and tech giants are scrambling to control the financial networks powering machine-driven commerce.

Crypto's Sisyphean struggle

Progress will effectively reset when the new Congress is sworn in, because key senators who quarterbacked the bill will not be on the ballot again, writes the Cato Institute's Ryan Chan-Wei.

BlackRock offers a glimpse of how tokenization may change your investment portfolio

Tokenization is not just about putting individual stocks and funds onchain. The next step could be entire investment portfolios that can be traded, rebalanced and eventually managed in real-time.

Bank group sues U.S. regulator over granting crypto trust charters

The Independent Community Bankers of America sued the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, accusing the regulator of overstepping its legal authority.

BNY in talks with Kraken parent Payward over infrastructure partnership

The potential agreement could span digital assets, custody, trading, payments and other financial-market infrastructure.

Once a $2 billion Ethereum layer-2, Blast is shutting down after assets plunge 98%

Once home to more than $2 billion in crypto assets, Blast is shutting down as activity fades, costs rise, and bigger platforms like Coinbase and Robinhood build networks of their own.

Possible next crypto czar, Jay Clayton, began crypto's regulation-by-enforcement at SEC

The former SEC chairman who may be tapped to oversee the Trump administration's AI work has a potentially divisive history as a watchdog of tech innovation.

America at a crossroads: Commissioner Peirce’s parting challenge

It is incumbent upon us to continue Commissioner Peirce’s mission, writes Will Schwartz, policy associate at the Blockchain Association.

U.S. added just 29,000 jobs in September, with unemployment rate rising to 4.2%

Bitcoin held earlier gains following the report, up more than 2% over the past 24 hours and just below $87,000.

Cboe wants to turn VIX into a never-ending trade

Your day-ahead look for Oct. 2, 2026

Live updates: Bitcoin rises, re-taking $86,000 ahead of key U.S. jobs data

U.S. stock index futures were also gaining as oil fell more than 3% and yields continued to ease from recent highs.

Crypto traders are in risk-on mode as bitcoin dominance nears return to 60%

Bitcoin dominance is closing in on 60% while USDT's has slipped to 6.3%, pointing to a market growing more comfortable with risk.

Why rising perpetual funding rates signal growing bullish leverage as bitcoin crosses $86,500

Rising open interest and funding rates signal renewed demand for bullish bitcoin exposure.

Tether's USDT is 'coming home' to Bitcoin this month over a decade after debut there

A Tether-backed project, Utexo, plans to support private USDT transfers, direct swaps between BTC and USDT and loans backed by BTC, while keeping most transaction data off Bitcoin’s public ledger.

Bitcoin tops $86,000 ahead of U.S. jobs report

Bitcoin is up roughly 3% in October as traders await September’s jobs data, while rising bond yields, a stronger dollar weigh on broader markets.

SEC proposes new crypto custody rules for investment advisers and funds

The regulator issued a proposed rule for custody, marking a swan song for its inaugural Crypto Task Force chief, Commissioner Hester Peirce, who exits this week.

Another Trump memecoin dinner advertised for token's top investors

The company managing the memecoin calls the November event the "most exclusive dinner in the world."

Crypto for Advisors: The CLARITY Act failed, but the rules came anyway

NEAR Intents hit by $3.8 million exploit as crypto's rough year of hacks continues

The popular cross-chain trading system said it will reimburse losses after a bug affected deposits and withdrawals across several networks.

Live Updates: Bitcoin flat near $84,000 after closing out best quarter since 2024

After a spike higher overnight, interest rates are dipping ahead of tomorrow's key U.S. employment report.

Illinois agrees to six-month delay of crypto tax as industry continues court battle

Both sides agreed the 0.2% tax should be put off until July 1, if the court approves the deal, which will let the state and industry focus on the legal dispute.

Crypto lost $1.26 billion in hacks while bitcoin bulls enjoyed a monster quarter

Your day-ahead look for Oct. 1, 2026

Synthetic tokenized stocks are bad for American investors

U.S. markets are the envy of the world because investors trust that whoever owns a share owns it fully, writes Aaron Kaplan, founder of Promethum. The synthetic models cheapens that trust, shortchanges U.S. investors, and undercuts the issuer-led capital markets model.

Bitcoin kicks off new quarter in the old $82,000-$85,000 price range

Prices briefly topped $85,000 on Wednesday after weaker-than-expected U.S. inflation cooled bets on Fed rate hikes, But bulls couldn’t hold the move and spot ETFs didn’t help.

Citigroup raises 12-month bitcoin target to $113,000 as ETF inflows resume

Citi also raised its 12-month target for ether from from $2,240 to $3,028.

MetaMask security incident forces Ethereum staking exits, no funds at risk

An Ethereum security researcher estimates about 0.36 ETH in rewards was diverted, while precautionary exits cover validators holding roughly 523,000 ETH.

Dogecoin gets DeFi testnet as DogeOS bets miners will eventually secure its apps

DogeOS wants to turn DOGE into more than a payments and speculation asset, but its applications still rely on selected operators rather than Dogecoin miners.

Bitcoin's soft-inflation pop to $85,500 fades as bond yields refuse to fall

A cooler-than-expected PCE report sent bitcoin briefly above $85,000 on Wednesday. Treasury yields held near their highest since 2002 and the gains drained away.

Crypto industry gave $8 million to Clarity Act lobbyists who didn't close the deal

In the first half of this year, the sector poured millions into lobbying, with most of it tied to pushing the U.S. market structure bill to a goal it never reached.

Open USD takes on Tether, Circle with a different stablecoin model that's 'building money'

The “overwhelming majority” of Open Standard’s equity will be distributed over time to partners based on how much they help grow the stablecoin, CEO Zach Abrams said.

U.S. CFTC seeks event contract definitions that may defy states' gambling claims

As it battles with states over prediction markets, the CFTC sent two related rules on swaps definitions for White House review.

Crypto Long & Short: What will the AI agents run on?

Clock's ticking: UK's crypto regulatory application window opens with February deadline

The five-month application window precedes the new regulatory framework’s planned introduction in October 2027, after years of legislative development.

Cardano tapped by Brazil’s state oil giant to track cleaner jet fuel and diesel

Petrobras is testing the blockchain in two research projects aimed at preventing emissions benefits from being counted twice and tracing fuel data across production and use.

A stronger dollar is a weaker threat to bitcoin than traders think

Your day-ahead look for Sept. 30, 2026

Bitget hackers move $4 million into Zcash’s private pool, making funds harder to trace

Three transfers pushed about 15% of the stolen ZEC into Ironwood, where payments hide their senders, recipients and amounts.

The SEC Is finally modernizing transfer-agent rules. Wall Street must not repeat the ‘paperwork crisis’

If ownership data is split across a token wrapper, a special-purpose vehicle (SPV), a broker’s internal ledger and a transfer agent's off-chain database, we are setting the stage for a Paperwork Crisis for the blockchain age, argues Fairmint’s Joris Delanoue.

OpenAI, Google and Meta pledge outside AI audits under voluntary White House deal

Six companies signed a safety pact covering hacking and biological threats, with no penalties or deadline for putting the checks in place.

Metaplanet directors push back against shareholder fury over a controversial executive payout plan

Independent directors cite management’s financial risk and restructuring role, but leave questions about Gerovich’s exercised shares and MMXX Ventures unanswered.

Live updates: Standard Chartered initiates ENA coverage, BTC tentative ahead of U.S. inflation data

Standard Chartered predicts big rally in Ethena's ENA token. Traders await the Fed's favored inflation gauge after a month of oil-driven rate-hike bets that sent 30-year Treasury yields to their highest since 2002.

Bitcoin stalls near $83,000 while lighter drops 17% on Robinhood perps plan

Bitcoin held near $83,000 as the 30-year Treasury yield topped 5.6%, while DeFi tokens reversed and lighter fell after Robinhood unveiled U.S. perps.

OpenAI seeks $30 in funding at whopping $1.4 trillion valuation after delaying IPO

The ChatGPT maker is pursuing fresh funding after delaying its public listing, while expanding its AI tools despite mounting safety concerns.

Winklevoss-owned Gemini switches Zcash software ahead of faster 25-second blocks

The new Zakura nodes caught up with the network in just over six hours in Gemini’s deployments. The crypto exchange’s previous software took close to a day.

How European investors can now buy bitcoin without taking on U.S. dollar risk

Asset management platform HANetf has listed ETCs in London, Frankfurt and Paris providing pound sterling and euro-hedged exposure to bitcoin.

Bitcoin bulls have one price level to defend

Here's the level analysts are watching and what a break below it could mean for the bulls.

Robinhood announces AI agent for customers that trades around the clock, plus 10x crypto perps

Robinhood users could soon access an AI agent that trades on behalf of them even at 2 am. Plus, they will get to trade crypto perpetuals.

XRP Ledger starts carrying fund records from Brazil operator overseeing $4 trillion

The regulated operator is mirroring ownership of selected investment funds on XRPL while keeping its existing database as the official record.

Bitcoin rally shows signs of cooling even as a 'bull score' gauge nears its perfect score

A trend guage tracked on onchain analysis firm CryptoQuant is near its ceiling. The buyers who drove BTC to an eight-month high are already pulling back.

Robinhood adds AI agents, perps and weekend trading in push to win active traders

The brokerage is expanding its trading hours and adding leveraged crypto products and automated trading tools to attract more active investors.

Cboe, S&P Dow Jones may explore tokenized options contracts under extended licensing deal

The agreement opens the door to tokenized derivatives as some of Wall Street's biggest institutions, including Nasdaq, NYSE and DTCC, move traditional markets onchain.

Ethereum users get another way to pay privately as zk.money returns after three years

The relaunched wallet hides payments made on the Aztec Network, while deposits from Ethereum remain visible.

Democrats killed the Clarity Act

Democrats should remember the people they represent and do what's best for them, not what's best for their political calculus, consultants, and special interests, writes Sen. Tim Scott (R-S.C.).

Bitcoin beats gold, surge to $100,000 in play

Your day-ahead look for Sept. 29, 2026

Zcash developers begin moving Tachyon code into faster private-payment software

Developers are starting to fold Project Tachyon into Zakura Common as they work toward a long-term target of more than 50,000 private payments a second.

Aave leads DeFi higher as crypto shrugs off surging bond market

Aave jumped 11% on speculation over a token burn, with 72 of 100 CoinDesk 100 constituents higher even as the 10-year Treasury yield sat at 5.234%.

Live updates: Bitcoin rebounds above $84,000 as Treasury yields steady

Ether led a modest recovery among major tokens, while ZEC extended its slide and its U.S. fund posted the only outflow among crypto ETFs on Monday.

Blockchain.com targets $500 million IPO at up to $6 billion valuation

The London-based crypto services company confidentially filed for an initial public offering with the Securities and Exchange Commission earlier this year.

Bitcoin is on track to shatter a major decade-long streak as September gains surge

Bitcoin is on track for a third straight monthly gain, but higher yields, oil prices and two major November events could test its Q4 momentum.