Banks double on EU MiCA crypto provider list as share hits 23%
Banks now represent nearly one in four providers on ESMA’s MiCA register after roughly doubling their presence since late June.
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DHS’s predictive policing is unconstitutional, un-American and should be stopped
Targeting Americans based on what their spending habits can tell us about their politics is an abuse of our financial system, writes Coin Center’s Laz Pieper.
CoinDesk · Sep 18, 2026
ECB President Christine Lagarde intervened to block Binance’s EU MiCA license: WSJ
Although the ECB holds no formal licensing authority under MiCA, high-level intervention led Greece to stall an application that regulators had previously deemed complete.
CoinDesk · Sep 18, 2026
Microsoft Staff Asked If AI Scraping Was 'Largest Theft of Labor in Human History'
Internal memos warned of a "doom loop" threatening the quality of the very models it was building with OpenAI.
Decrypt · Sep 18, 2026
Zcash targets November upgrade to make private payments up to three times faster
NU7 would reduce block times to 25 seconds while setting aside at least 60% of transaction fees to supplement mining rewards beginning in 2031.
CoinDesk · Sep 18, 2026
Ethereum Institutional signals support for Ethlabs’ motion to reduce Ethereum block times
The non-profit signaled support for reducing Ethereum block times, citing increasing institutional activity moving onto the smart-contract network.
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Cointelegraph · Sep 18, 2026
Morning Minute: SEC Approves ‘Innovation Exemption’ Moving Tokenized Stocks Forward
It came just hours after S&P Global announced its acquisition of OpenZeppelin, as everything TradFi moves onchain.
Decrypt · Sep 18, 2026
HYPE hits record above $90 as Hyperliquid launches manual borrowing
HYPE hit a record $90.92 after Hyperliquid opened manual borrowing, letting users borrow stablecoins against HYPE and Bitcoin collateral.
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Cointelegraph · Sep 18, 2026
Dragonfly’s Qureshi calls for end to Zcash dev fund after 2028
Industry watchers are debating the fate of the Zcash development fund after the ZEC token’s rally pushed its value above $95 million.
Cointelegraph · Sep 18, 2026
XRP on the brink of a golden cross as focus switches to altcoins
Your day-ahead look for Sept. 18, 2026
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CoinDesk · Sep 18, 2026
Bitcoin adds to bull-market hopes as price metric prints fourth-ever bullish cross
The Fisher Transform indicator produced a rare crossover for only the fourth time in Bitcoin’s history.
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Cointelegraph · Sep 18, 2026
Layer-2 and DeFi tokens lead broad crypto advance as post-Fed hike nerves fade
Starknet and arbitrum gained more than 17% while the 10-year Treasury yield slipped back below 5%, with 98 of CoinDesk 100 constituents advancing.
CoinDesk · Sep 18, 2026
Bitcoin weathers September storm as rate hikes and Clarity act setback test bulls
Bitcoin is down just 1.5% in its historically weakest month and remains on track for its first quarterly gain in a year, despite rising rates, surging oil and a stronger dollar.
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CoinDesk · Sep 18, 2026
UAE, Sweden Arrest Seven Over $7.1M Crypto Laundering Ring Linked to Contract Killings
Investigators say tracing the network's crypto transactions exposed links to organized crime and murder-for-hire.
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Decrypt · Sep 18, 2026
Live updates: HYPE leads altcoin rally as bitcoin recovers toward $78,000
Bitcoin recovered from $75,972 overnight to just below $78,000, a third straight day of gains.
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CoinDesk · Sep 18, 2026
Stablecoin payments firm dtcpay closes $25M round with SBI backing
Dtcpay plans to expand its merchant network and payment products after completing a $25 million Series A backed by Japan’s SBI Group.
Cointelegraph · Sep 18, 2026
Treasury Sanctions Crypto Exchange Behind Iran's Bitcoin Tolls on Hormuz Ships
OFAC says hundreds of millions of dollars in Bitcoin moved through BitBank to the Revolutionary Guards in two months.
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Decrypt · Sep 18, 2026
Binance brushes off Lagarde MiCA speculation, reaffirms Europe commitment
Binance declined to address reports of ECB intervention in its Greek MiCA bid, saying it remains committed to securing authorization in Europe.
Cointelegraph · Sep 18, 2026