The purchase lifts Bitmine’s stash to nearly 5.99 million ETH—4.9% of supply—as chairman Tom Lee argues Ethereum’s outperformance signals a stronger move ahead and institutions remain underweight.
The European Central Bank rolled out a new system to link its payment system to blockchain-based financial markets.
One expert believes that the failure to pass the bill is a win for the banks that staunchly oppose stablecoin yields, while a global crypto lawyer believes overseas jurisdictions benefit.
Meanwhile, Bitcoin pushed up to $85,000 and a new local high and altcoins soared in a huge overnight rally.
Multicoin Capital co-founder Samani expects SOL to surpass Ether’s market capitalization “this market cycle” and argues that “today, no one really uses Ethereum.”
The largest Ethereum-centric treasury firm kept buying, while its chairman argued ETH’s strong third quarter could push institutions to increase crypto exposure.
The Bitcoin treasury firm’s holdings bottomed at 840,447 BTC in August. They have since climbed 5,553 BTC, to within 0.2% of the high.
Strategy bought 950 Bitcoin for $75.7 million after a two-week pause and spent another $174 million repurchasing its STRC preferred stock.
Bessent pushed back against a bearish assessment of the U.S. economy highlighting strong growth, foreign demand for American assets and continued dollar dominance.
A short squeeze started the move, but spot buyers have sustained it, and one measure of selling pressure is near a record low.
The tech giants’ job listings could indicate that they are separately pursuing experts in stablecoins and tokenized deposits for future projects.
It’s the first week of bitcoin purchases for Strategy in about three weeks.
Your day-ahead look for Sept. 21, 2026
Deployed via Kinetiq’s Markets frontend and led by Volmex CEO Cole Kennelly, Hyperliquid’s new BVIV perpetuals let traders easily go long or short on 30-day bitcoin volatility.
Pontes will expand its services and operating hours gradually, with full implementation expected by 2028 and more participants set to join.
The EU central bank’s new wholesale platform connects DLT market infrastructure to its payment rails, separate from the retail digital euro pilot planned for 2027.
Near expanded privacy features for traders as NEAR Intents recorded $29.3 billion in cumulative volume, including swaps involving Zcash.
Open interest climbed 7.59% to $156 billion even as positions were closed out, a sign traders are chasing the move rather than stepping back.
Bitcoin hit $85,000 for the first time since January as markets focused on cooling oil prices.
X has sued Vivek Kumar Sen and Zmyang Sherpa for running fake bitcoin headline accounts to fraudulently earn creator rewards from the platform.
France is the worst-hit country in the world for these attacks, with more than 70 logged in the first eight months of 2026.
X alleges six Bitcoin-focused accounts coordinated posts and engagement to inflate creator payouts, with claimed and projected losses of at least $378,000.
Your look at what’s coming in the week starting Sept. 21.
South Korea’s second-largest bank’s $100 million foreign-currency bond blockchain issuance shortened settlement time to the same day from three to five business days.
Crypto majors climbed alongside equity futures on Monday, with Monero’s XMR up 13%, as Brent fell for a fourth straight session and traders positioned ahead of a Trump-Xi summit later this week.
ZetaChain plans to wind down its Cosmos-based layer 1 and migrate ZETA to Solana, joining other crypto projects moving away from standalone chains.
The Bank of Korea’s new network will let foreign investors settle won transactions during business hours in their home countries.
A trader alleged on X that Kalshi is inflating trading volumes in its ether perpetual futures.
Bitcoin’s move above its 50-week moving average has historically marked the end of bear markets, but analysts say one weekly close isn’t enough to confirm a new bull run.
The five-year digital bond reportedly shortened settlement from three to five business days to the same day using Euroclear’s blockchain infrastructure.