AltcoinsGrayscale to Split Zcash ETF Shares After $233 Million Inflow
Grayscale filed a 3-for-1 split for its Zcash ETF: split-adjusted trading starts Sept. 30, and inflows into the fund have topped $233 million.
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MarketsBitcoin Above $80,000 After $445M Short Squeeze
Bitcoin climbed to $81,000 as short liquidations topped $445 million across the market. What drove the rally, how funds reacted and which levels matter next.
RegulationLagarde Blocked Binance's MiCA License as Banks Gain Ground in the EU
ECB chief Christine Lagarde stopped Binance's MiCA license in Greece while banks expand their share of the register. What it means for EU traders.
RegulationCFTC Sends Crypto Rulemaking Plan to the White House
The CFTC sent crypto market rules to the White House and the SEC approved tokenized stock trading, both sidestepping the stalled CLARITY Act in the Senate.
InstitutionalJPMorgan: Bitcoin Could Outpace Gold If Hedging Around IBIT Eases
JPMorgan compared bitcoin and gold ETFs: gold recovered all its outflows, bitcoin only about half, while IBIT short interest sits near a yearly high.
InstitutionalS&P Global Acquires OpenZeppelin
S&P Global has agreed to acquire OpenZeppelin, whose smart contracts have secured $37 trillion in transactions. Deal terms were not disclosed.
RegulationSEC Allows Onchain Trading of Tokenized US Stocks
The SEC launched an "Innovation Exemption": limited trading of tokenized US stocks via AMMs and blockchain liquidity pools, without exchange status.
RegulationUS House Committee Advances Bill to Codify Trump's Bitcoin Reserve
A House committee voted 28-21 to advance ARMA, a bill that would lock Trump's Strategic Bitcoin Reserve into US Treasury law for 20 years.
RegulationUS Senate Blocks Clarity Act as Bitcoin ETFs Lose $450 Million in a Day
The US Senate rejected cloture on the Clarity Act 49-50. Bitcoin fell below $76,000 as Bitcoin ETFs lost $450 million in a single day.