Summary: ZetaChain governance passed proposal 68 with 99.4% support, authorizing the shutdown of its layer-1 blockchain and a 1:1 conversion of ZETA into an SPL token on Solana.
Summary: South Korea’s Hana Bank issued a five-year, $100 million digital bond using Euroclear’s blockchain infrastructure, marking the first such issuance in the country to directly utilize this platform.
Summary: Bitcoin closed the week at $81,159 on Coinbase, surpassing its 50-week moving average of $78,788 for the first time since November 2025.
Summary: A joint advisory reveals that the North Korean hacking group WaterPlum infected 30,000 devices and stole $10.7 million by impersonating recruiters for legitimate AI and cryptocurrency firms.
Summary: Visa is closing a loophole allowing meme coin purchases to earn credit card rewards by misclassifying them as digital media, following a challenge from Chase.
Summary: A Glassnode and Bybit report reveals Bitcoin gained 28% while the median mid-cap altcoin lost 74% over two years, reversing traditional market rotation patterns.
Summary: Coinbase Chief Policy Officer Faryar Shirzad attributes the failed cloture vote on the Clarity Act to a $200 million bank campaign and timing issues, signaling a regulatory shift toward agency action.
Summary: Blue Macellari, head of T. Rowe Price’s digital assets business, argues that institutional interest in Bitcoin is increasingly driven by concerns over currency debasement and fiscal sustainability.
Summary: Hunter Albright of SALT Lending argues that Gen Z's minimal share of the new home market is shifting wealth-building strategies toward Bitcoin collateral.
Summary: Miller Value Partners CEO Bill Miller IV argues that worsening global fiscal deficits have widened the gap between Bitcoin's current price and its fair value.
Summary: Strategy CEO Phong Le stated the company aims to become the "JPMorgan of Bitcoin" by providing liquidity and market-making for a digital asset economy.
Summary: Anthropic selected Accenture as its initial embedded evaluator to implement CEO Dario Amodei’s proposal for slowing AI development through independent oversight.
Summary: A joint Glassnode-Bybit report reveals Bitcoin's 24.6% August surge was driven by short liquidations, with open interest falling 12.6% as bears were forced out.
Summary: Grayscale will execute a 3-for-1 forward share split for its Zcash ETF, aiming to lower the per-share price and improve accessibility for retail investors.
Summary: Solana reduced its target slot time from 300 to 250 milliseconds, marking the third phase of a speed upgrade that lowers latency without increasing transaction throughput.
Summary: Stablecoin infrastructure provider Bastion received preliminary conditional approval from the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency for a national trust bank charter.
Summary: Japanese financial conglomerate SBI Group has joined Singapore-based payment company dtcpay as a strategic investor, completing the firm's $25 million Series A funding round.
Summary: Coinbase Derivatives filed with the CFTC to list perpetual futures tracking individual equities like Apple and Nvidia, aiming for a launch later this year.
Summary: Coinbase Derivatives filed with the Commodity Futures Trading Commission to list single-stock perpetual futures, aiming to provide US traders 24/5 exposure to equities without owning shares.
Summary: The CFTC filed a prerule-stage regulatory action on Sept. 17, signaling agency-led oversight following the Senate's failure to advance the CLARITY Act.