Bitcoin cycle bottom may already be in at $58K, says analyst James Check
Onchain analyst James Check says Bitcoin may have bottomed near $58,000 after two capitulations and warns against anchoring to an October low.
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Cointelegraph · Sep 18, 2026
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SBI Group backs payments firm dtcpay in $25 million funding round
Stablecoin payments company dtcpay completed a $25 million Series A funding round with a strategic investment from Japan’s SBI Group.
CoinDesk · Sep 18, 2026
Iran’s Strait of Hormuz toll booth ran through a bitcoin exchange, U.S. says
The U.S. Treasury sanctioned BitBank, a Tehran exchange it says moved hundreds of millions of dollars in bitcoin to the Revolutionary Guards and handled payments collected from ships buying passage through the world’s most important oil chokepoint.
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CoinDesk · Sep 18, 2026
Solana speeds up blocks by 17%, but transaction capacity stays the same
The network is cutting its target slot time to 250 milliseconds, giving apps fresher blockchain data and validators shorter control windows while reducing the amount of work allowed in each slot.
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CoinDesk · Sep 18, 2026
Corporate treasuries bought just 5,900 bitcoin in 3 months. Other demand signals look weak, too.
Corporate treasuries bought just 5,900 bitcoin in three months, while broader demand signals remain weak.
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CoinDesk · Sep 18, 2026
Ethereum confirms Glamsterdam dates, but warns 'fake' builders could stall the chain
Free test ether lets fake builders outbid rivals and withhold transaction payloads, while client teams get half the usual review time before Sepolia.
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CoinDesk · Sep 18, 2026
Zcash targets November for NU7 mainnet upgrade with 25-second blocks
NU7 will cut Zcash block times to 25 seconds and preserve its halving schedule, with testnet activation planned for Oct. 6.
Cointelegraph · Sep 18, 2026
Ether and XRP ETFs post outflows as bitcoin moves above $77,000
Ether funds shed money for a third straight session even as the token rose, while every major gained and zcash extended its run.
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CoinDesk · Sep 18, 2026
Cardano’s IOG warns users to avoid YouTube channel amid giveaway scam
Input Output Group told users to avoid its YouTube channel after it began livestreaming a suspected AI-manipulated Charles Hoskinson video promising to “double your wealth.”
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Cointelegraph · Sep 18, 2026
World launches self-custodial ‘super app’ World Money
World Money is rolling out across more than 150 countries, combining stablecoin payments, digital asset rewards and trading in a self-custodial app.
Cointelegraph · Sep 18, 2026
Bank of Japan raises interest rates by 25 basis points. Bitcoin rises against yen
The yen declined after the BOJ hiked rates to the highest level in 31 years.
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CoinDesk · Sep 18, 2026
US sanctions Iran’s BitBank, saying it processes ‘Hormuz Safe’ Bitcoin payments
US Treasury says the Iranian exchange processed payments received through Iran’s Strait of Hormuz maritime scheme and helped move hundreds of millions of dollars in Bitcoin to the IRGC.
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Cointelegraph · Sep 18, 2026
North Korea drives onchain malware surge, CoinEx shuts: Asia Express
North Korea and Iran account for the majority of onchain malware, while Malaysia has been named among the most crypto curious Islamic nations.
Cointelegraph · Sep 17, 2026
OpenAI Models Are Writing Their Own Jailbreak Instructions—And Sometimes Obeying Them
OpenAI's new transparency framework reveals AI models that invented fake "breach alerts," coached themselves to hide mistakes, and smuggled a file onto the public internet to talk to each other.
Decrypt · Sep 17, 2026
Real stocks are finally coming on blockchain. Here’s how the SEC wants it to work
The SEC is giving tokenized stocks a regulated U.S. pathway, while keeping trading volumes, access and issuer rights tightly controlled.
CoinDesk · Sep 17, 2026
Security Experts Want the US and China to Promise Never to Let AI Control Nukes
Brookings researchers in the US and China are urging Washington and Beijing to agree to keep humans in control of nuclear weapons.
Decrypt · Sep 17, 2026
The Ondo Finance succession crisis gets messier as Kathleen Allman’s daughter alleges ‘dementia’, alcoholism and reckless spending
The estranged daughter of 77-year-old Kathleen Allman has petitioned a Hawaiian court to establish a limited conservatorship to protect her parents’ share of her brother’s stake in Ondo.
CoinDesk · Sep 17, 2026
Your Data Could Outlive the Startup You Gave It To. Elon Musk Wants to Buy What's Left
SpaceX's AI division has held internal talks about buying customer records from dead startups—cheap fuel for Grok, no questions asked, because there's nobody left to ask them.
Decrypt · Sep 17, 2026