Live updates: Zcash jumps 17% as $345 million of liquidations hit crypto traders
Short sellers took the bulk of the damage, with zcash alone accounting for $56 million of forced closures.
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Crypto rallies through the Fed's first rate increase since 2023
Bitcoin rose 0.88% over 24 hours to $76,621 as the central bank's projections implied only one further hike. Zcash jumped 23% to a record after Paradigm disclosed a stake.
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CoinDesk · Sep 17, 2026
Zcash gains 20% as Paradigm founder reveals firm made ZEC investment
Zcash rose about 20% in 24 hours as Paradigm co-founder Matt Huang disclosed that the firm invested in ZEC amid a broader crypto market rally.
Cointelegraph · Sep 17, 2026
House Committee Advances US Bitcoin Reserve Bill on Party-Line Split
A substitute text adopted before the vote strips out the Federal Reserve funding routes and thins the transparency rules.
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Decrypt · Sep 17, 2026
Revolut says no direct contact after $3 million public ransom demand
Revolut says it received no direct contact despite separate ransom demands for $3 million in Monero and 10,000 Bitcoin from competing breach claimants.
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Cointelegraph · Sep 17, 2026
Polymarket users referred to prosecutors in South Korea: Report
South Korean police reportedly referred 18 Polymarket users to prosecutors in a gambling probe involving 26 people and $12.7 million in bets.
Cointelegraph · Sep 17, 2026
Bitcoin treasuries buy just 5.9K BTC in three months as paper losses linger
Bitcoin corporate treasuries remained at an unrealized loss on their holdings as the price fell below $80,000 and fresh capital inflows dwindled.
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Cointelegraph · Sep 17, 2026
Bitcoin faces 2022 parallels as federal reserve resumes rate hikes
Bitcoin’s drawdown mirrors its position before the Fed’s first hike in March 2022, raising questions over whether a relief rally could precede further losses.
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CoinDesk · Sep 17, 2026
Ripple adds XRP payments to Stripe and Tempo’s AI standard in new developer kit
The update expands support for automated payments in XRP and RLUSD, with tools that let agents pay repeatedly for services and manage wallets across blockchains.
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CoinDesk · Sep 17, 2026
U.S. diesel prices hit record high as bitcoin and gold struggle
Record diesel prices could feed through to consumer price inflation, confirming more Fed rate hikes. The central bank appears determined to raise rates into a oil supply shock.
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CoinDesk · Sep 17, 2026
BitMEX faces Celsius lawsuit ahead of exchange closure
The Celsius estate alleges BitMEX wrongfully liquidated and seized 6,360 BTC, worth nearly $490 million, during the March 2020 market crash.
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Cointelegraph · Sep 17, 2026
OpenAI discloses 6 new cases of ‘misaligned’ AI behavior
The six cases are separate from July’s incident, when OpenAI models escaped containment and hacked Hugging Face during a security evaluation.
Cointelegraph · Sep 17, 2026
Zcash jumps 23% as bitcoin and major tokens rise despite Fed’s first hike since 2023
Bitcoin traded above $76,000 as the Fed projected limited further tightening, while Paradigm’s Matt Huang discussed Zcash’s role as a privacy complement to bitcoin.
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CoinDesk · Sep 17, 2026
Goldman pivots, now forecasts Fed hike in October
The Fed is likely to raise rates by 25 basis points in October, Goldman said, drawing attention to Fed's own hawkish near term rate projections.
CoinDesk · Sep 17, 2026
Bitcoin absorbs Fed rate hike as officials see more tightening
Bitcoin showed little immediate reaction to the Fed’s first rate increase since 2023, but 16 of 18 officials expect at least one more hike before the end of the year.
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Cointelegraph · Sep 17, 2026
US lawmakers advance bill to lock Trump’s Bitcoin reserve into law
The legislation would effectively codify Trump’s Bitcoin reserve policy, locking up Bitcoin acquired through civil and criminal forfeiture for 20 years.
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Cointelegraph · Sep 17, 2026
Crypto Tax Bill Clears House Committee After Clarity Act Setback
The bill would exempt qualifying crypto fees from gain-or-loss calculations and restrict tax-loss deductions on tokens sold and quickly repurchased.
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Decrypt · Sep 16, 2026
Meta May Have Found a Fix for Its 'Pervert Glasses'
Meta is reportedly developing a version of its smart glasses without a camera, potentially addressing one of the biggest privacy objections to AI wearables.
Decrypt · Sep 16, 2026