Archives - September 2026

Vlad Tenev says Robinhood will expand its on-chain stock token selection into the thousands and pursue private company tokens at scale, with launch details still to come.

BitMart proposes liquid distributions and two recovery tokens after acknowledging a hack-linked deficit, with repayment estimates and court approval still pending.

Visa, Mastercard and Stripe are among more than 200 Open Standard partners backing OUSD, whose model shares reserve income with participating businesses.

Bitcoin briefly topped $85,000 after August core PCE came in at 3.0%, below the 3.3% consensus, before giving back its initial gains.

Petrobras is researching Cardano-based systems to prevent duplicate aviation-fuel claims and trace Diesel R data across its supply chain.

Robinhood brings AI agents into its app and announces US crypto perpetuals, with phased access and recurring automation still to come.

HSBC RedCoin is planned for Hong Kong dollar payments through PayMe and the bank’s app, with issuance still to begin.

A potential second Federal Reserve interest rate hike poses a far greater immediate risk to Bitcoin's price trajectory than legislative delays surrounding the Senate's CLARITY Act, according to HashKey Group.

Standard Chartered sees ENA reaching $2 by end-2028 as USDe supply expands, institutional lending diversifies returns and revenue-funded buybacks support the token.

Michael Saylor expects bank lending to support Bitcoin’s next growth phase, while Strategy ties further purchases to its ability to raise capital.

Cboe Global Markets and S&P Dow Jones Indices have signed a 25-year extension to their exclusive licensing deal, securing Cboe's rights to S&P 500 index options through 2051 while laying the groundwork for digital…

The European Central Bank is opening its innovation platform to explore AI-driven digital euro payments, machine-to-machine interactions, and conditional transactions, with testing set to begin in early 2027.

Tether has disclosed assisting US authorities in freezing nearly $550 million in Iran-linked USDT during 2026, backing broader Treasury sanctions against illicit digital asset networks.

Hedera’s native token HBAR spiked past $0.12 as technical indicators hit multi-week extremes, fueled by growing market interest in its governance council’s ties to NVIDIA's new AI initiative.

Bitget has initiated a phased rollout to restore withdrawal services following a $387.5 million exploit, confirming that its $464 million Protection Fund will absorb all financial losses.