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Odaily News: The U.S. Federal Reserve plans to establish rules for payment stablecoins issued by banks, requiring that every $1 of tokens be backed by at least $1 in approved reserve assets, with customer redemptions typically completed within two business days. If an issuer persistently falls below minimum capital requirements, it may be required to liquidate reserve assets and redeem all tokens.Reserve assets may include U.S. dollars, Federal Reserve bank balances, certain bank deposits, U.S. Treasury securities with remaining maturities of no more than 93 days, eligible repurchase agreements, and qualifying investment funds, and tokenized forms of certain assets may also be included. If reserves are insufficient, the issuer must notify the Federal Reserve and restore full backing, or otherwise liquidate reserves and redeem the dollar-pegged tokens.The Federal Reserve plans to require issuers to hold standardized capital against operational and certain credit risks, with a capital charge of 2% on the first $20 billion of issued stablecoin scale and 1% on amounts exceeding $50 billion. Another proposal would allow insured depository state member banks to apply to establish subsidiaries that issue payment stablecoins, and the GENIUS Act provides that after an application is substantially complete, the Federal Reserve must make a decision within 120 days.Federal Reserve Governor Michael Barr said stablecoins should be reliably and promptly redeemable at par under a variety of market conditions and when issuers run into problems, and he called for the final rules to clarify a universal redemption right. He also expressed concern about the threshold requiring anti-money laundering deficiencies to reach a "material or systemic" level before triggering supervisory or enforcement action. The public comment period is 60 days after publication in the Federal Register. (Bitcoin.com News)
Bitcoin fluctuated amid rising US Treasury yields before stabilizing at $84,500; Ondo Finance led gains following the launch of new projects, pushing its token back to $0.50. The US 10-year Treasury yield surpassed 5.18%, reaching its highest level since 2007.
Bitcoin News posted on X platform stating that Blink said all account balances that suffered financial losses in the September 19 security incident have been restored to pre-incident levels.The software vulnerability had allowed attackers to transfer funds from dozens of accounts and obtain account information of approximately 3,400 other users. Blink stated that no funds were stolen from these 3,400 accounts, and the attackers did not obtain users' names, identification documents, or addresses; the company has contacted affected users and will publish a full incident review.
According to PR Newswire, Bitcoin application layer platform Citrea has announced the acquisition of Crest, a self-custody private Bitcoin wallet. Backed by Founders Fund and Galaxy Ventures, Citrea states the acquisition aims to bring Zcash-style zero-knowledge privacy pools into the Bitcoin ecosystem. Crest founder Meliksah Gurtemel will join Citrea as head of product. Over the next few weeks, Crest will launch a Bitcoin mobile wallet supporting automatic shielding, private BTC transfers, and cross-chain private payments (enabling BTC to be privately swapped for USDC or ETH for payments to EVM addresses). Citrea co-founder and CEO Orkun Mahir Kılıç noted that addressing Bitcoin privacy represents the largest breakthrough for Bitcoin layers to meet genuine user demand, with Crest serving as the primary gateway for both users and liquidity flowing into Citrea.
Odaily News — According to Glassnode's latest "The Week On-chain - Escape Velocity" report, among the exchanges tracked by Glassnode, Gate has climbed 4 positions in BTC spot trading volume rankings over the past two years, marking the largest gain on the list and securing the third spot globally. During the same period, Gate's share of BTC spot trading volume within the tracked scope surged from 2.0% to 9.1%, a net increase of 7.1 percentage points — the largest growth among all exchanges.The report notes that Gate's rise is both sustained and long-lasting. Over the past 24 months, Gate has held a top-three position in BTC spot trading volume for 9 months, demonstrating continuously strengthening market competitiveness. As the exchange leading all platforms in both ranking improvement and market share growth, Gate's trading activity and market participation in the BTC spot market continue to expand.Glassnode also points out that the 24-hour spot trading volume across all exchanges has rebounded 121% from its August trough, with returning capital flowing to multiple trading platforms. Against the backdrop of an overall recovery in market activity, Gate's simultaneous gains in market share and global ranking stand out notably, fully demonstrating its growing momentum and expanding industry influence in the BTC spot market.
The Basel Committee on Banking Supervision released statistical data for the second half of 2025. Banks' prudential risk exposure to crypto assets remained broadly flat overall, but the asset composition shifted: in the Americas, Bitcoin's share fell from 75.8% to 44.2%, Ethereum rose to 38.5%, and Solana and XRP accounted for 7.8% and 5.6%, respectively; stablecoin proportions increased in other regions. In the same period, the volume of crypto asset business conducted by banks in the Americas on behalf of clients grew by 93% to €6.4 billion, while that in Europe decreased by 25% to €1.9 billion.
Bitcoin News posted on X platform that the x402 Foundation has incorporated the Lightning Network payment specification into its open internet payment standards. x402 was initially developed by Coinbase, aiming to enable AI agents and applications to automatically complete payments and continue executing tasks upon receiving a "402 Payment Required" response, without needing to create accounts, enter credit card information, or manage API subscriptions.The protocol is now governed by the Linux Foundation, with participation from companies such as Cloudflare, Google, AWS, Visa, Mastercard, Stripe, and American Express. With the integration of the Lightning Network, AI agents can use satoshis to pay for API calls, data, computing power, MCP tools, and other digital resources, and cryptographically prove payment through Lightning Network preimages.
Odaily News: Coinbase has launched fixed-rate loans powered by the decentralized lending protocol Morpho, allowing users to borrow USDC against bitcoin and lock in the interest rate and repayment date at the start of the loan.This product marks the first enterprise-grade deployment of Morpho Midnight, with Coinbase handling the application experience, Morpho providing the credit infrastructure, and the Base network handling settlement.Coinbase's existing Morpho floating-rate loans have surpassed $1.4 billion in active volume, corresponding to approximately $3 billion in collateral. The business launched bitcoin-collateralized lending in early 2025 and later expanded collateral to assets such as XRP and Dogecoin. (Decrypt)
veteran trader Peter Brandt stated that his long-term ETH chart shows that if ETH breaks above $5,000, the price could eventually rise to $8,600. The higher target marked on the chart is $8,674.50.Brandt emphasized that publishing a chart or making a price judgment is not the same as an actual trade, and those claiming to have completed a trade need to provide proof of the trade. His commodity trading career began in 1976, and he founded Factor Trading Co. in 1980. (Bitcoin News)
Bitwise's Institutional Crypto Asset Adoption Report states that it engaged with investment heads from 15 institutions, including endowments, pension funds, sovereign wealth funds, family offices, and publicly traded companies, between late March and April 2026. All surveyed institutions holding crypto assets hold Bitcoin, with allocations ranging from 0.5% to 13% of investable assets, mostly between 1% and 2%. During the crypto market's approximately 50% decline from October 2025 to April 2026, no institution reduced its holdings; some even increased them. Nearly all surveyed institutions have either used or plan to use spot crypto ETFs, with governance processes, operational arrangements, and reputational risk serving as the primary obstacles to expanding their allocations. Bitwise expects that most institutional investors will hold crypto assets over the next five years.
Odaily News: Bitwise has released its first "Institutional Crypto Asset Adoption" report, based on interviews with investment professionals responsible for crypto asset allocation at 15 large institutions. The report states that between Q4 2025 and Q2 2026, the crypto market experienced an overall drawdown of approximately 50%, yet none of the surveyed institutions reduced their crypto asset allocations, and some even increased their holdings further. All surveyed institutions holding crypto assets hold Bitcoin, with most viewing it as a store of value and ranking it alongside gold as a hedge against fiat currency depreciation. The report also shows that the surveyed institutions' crypto asset allocation ratios range from 0.5% to 13% of investable assets, with most concentrated between 1% and 2%.
Odaily News: Citrea has announced the acquisition of self-custodial privacy Bitcoin wallet Crest. Crest will become Citrea's flagship privacy product, and its founder Meliksah Gurtemel will join Citrea as Head of Product. Citrea stated that in the coming weeks, Crest will launch a Bitcoin mobile wallet supporting automatic privacy protection, private BTC transfers, and cross-chain access from Bitcoin and Ethereum. It also plans to support private cross-chain swaps and exit paths, enabling users to privately pay USDC or ETH to EVM addresses using privacy BTC.
Odaily News: The European Banking Authority (EBA), the European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (EIOPA), and the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) stated in a joint risk update that advances in quantum computing could weaken the cryptographic systems that secure blockchain transactions, communications, and database security.In March, Google Quantum AI researchers estimated that the number of physical qubits required to break the cryptographic techniques used by many cryptocurrencies may be about 20 times fewer than previously estimated. A computer capable of carrying out such an attack does not yet exist.In February, Bitcoin developer Jameson Lopp and others proposed phasing out current signature schemes and restricting how unmigrated funds can be used five years after the proposal's activation. The proposal has not yet been adopted. The Ethereum Foundation plans to make Ethereum's execution, consensus, and data layers quantum-resistant by December 2029. (Cointelegraph)
Odaily reports: Bitcoin News posted on X that REX Shares and Tuttle Capital listed the T-REX 2X Long ASST Daily Target ETF on Cboe on Friday under the ticker ASSX. The fund aims to deliver 200% of the daily price movement of Strive's stock, resetting daily, and does not hold Bitcoin or track the price of Bitcoin. Strive holds 25,000 BTC, making it the fifth-largest Bitcoin holder among public companies, with its latest purchase of 469 BTC funded by SATA preferred shares; both issuers have previously launched 2x leveraged products tied to Strategy, BitMine, Cipher Mining, Circle, and SharpLink.
Wintermute released its weekly market report, as the Federal Reserve voted unanimously 12-0 on September 21 to raise interest rates by 25 basis points to 3.75%-4.00%. Sixteen officials project at least one more rate hike this year, with inflation not expected to return to the 2% target until 2029. Two key catalysts previously monitored by the market—the FOMC rate decision and the CLARITY Act—have both materialized: the CLARITY Act failed to advance in the Senate (49-50 vote, falling short of the 60-vote threshold), prompting the SEC and CFTC to immediately state that they would establish crypto regulatory frameworks under their current authority. The market adjusted for only a single trading session before reclaiming its losses. BTC traded between $75,000 and $81,000 this week, closing at $81,159—the first time since last November it has breached the 50-week moving average; ETH gained 6.7%, trading in the $2,350–$2,600 range. Regarding ETF capital flows, net outflows totaled $746 million from Tuesday to Wednesday, partially reversed by $593 million in inflows from Thursday to Friday, resulting in a five-day net outflow of approximately $6 million. Outflows triggered by the CLARITY Act were nearly fully offset within 48 hours. At the start of this week, both BTC and ETH broke above the range resistance ahead of the U.S. equity market open. Fueled by approximately $250 million in short liquidations, BTC briefly surged to $86,000, setting an eight-month high. Wintermute’s analysis suggests:
According to Bitcoin News on X, TOYOSA announced new payment options on September 18 at Expocruz 2026, allowing customers to pay with Bitcoin, Bolivianos, US dollars, and USDT when purchasing Toyota vehicles. Towerbank provides the transaction processing platform, while BitGo Bank & Trust provides digital asset wallet infrastructure, jointly supporting the payment system.
According to Odaily, Bitcoin News posted on X that Morgan Stanley's spot Bitcoin ETF MSBT recorded its largest single-day net inflow of $61.7 million yesterday since its launch in April. Since inception, the ETF has seen only one net outflow day, on May 29, amounting to approximately $5.3 million.
Odaily reports: AI model developer Typesafe AI has announced the opening of its System One model Jev, removing the waitlist and giving each new user $5 in credits. The project has been developed in stealth for two years and has raised $40 million in cumulative funding.Jev does not support chat; it only accepts facts and closed-ended questions, returning probabilistic results within 70 to 500 milliseconds. Input pricing is $0.042 per million tokens, and output is free. It can answer questions such as buy or sell, yes or no.In a Bitcoin price prediction test, Jev estimated a 55% probability that Binance's one-minute K-line would reach $85,000 before 2027, with probabilities of 48% and 34% for reaching $90,000 and $100,000, respectively; the corresponding Polymarket market probability for $85,000 was 81%.On September 16, Monad Chief AI Engineer Jarrod Watts connected Jev to price data and built a trading bot that submits limit orders to the Kuru on-chain order book approximately every 300 milliseconds. The bot can decide whether to buy or sell based on Jev's judgments and has been open-sourced on GitHub as jarrodwatts/jev-trader. (Bitcoin.com News)
Odaily News: Vladimir Chistyukhin, Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Russia, stated that Russia's crypto industry may already have the conditions needed to operate legally by the end of 2026, with related regulation progressing as planned. A large-scale set of secondary regulatory rules is currently being drafted, and fine-tuning of internal rules is expected to be completed by the end of 2026. Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a law in August establishing a framework for the management of digital currency and digital rights, but Bitcoin payments remain prohibited. The central bank has approved public trading of Bitcoin on Russian crypto exchanges. Non-qualified investors can purchase Bitcoin and other assets worth 300,000 rubles (approximately $3,582) through a single intermediary, while qualified investors are not subject to restrictions. Sberbank, Russia's largest bank, plans to launch Bitcoin and crypto wallets and digital asset custody services in December, and expects trading volume for the related business to reach 4 trillion rubles (approximately $47 billion) in its first year of operation.
Odaily reports: SlowMist Chief Information Security Officer 23pds has stated that attackers are exploiting the Darksword vulnerability to bypass iOS security mechanisms through Safari, take control of devices, and extract private keys and other data from self-custodial crypto wallets. The vulnerability was previously used in attacks targeting users in Saudi Arabia, Turkey, Malaysia, and Ukraine.Google Threat Intelligence Group previously disclosed that Darksword initially only affected iOS versions 18.4 through 18.7. According to 23pds, attackers have now adapted it to iOS 26.5, though this assessment has not yet been officially verified.Attacks typically begin with social engineering. After users click on malicious links sent via social media or messaging apps, their devices may be rooted and wallet data extracted. Users should promptly update their phone's operating system and avoid visiting website links sent by strangers. Separately, three investors who lost nearly $1.8 million in Bitcoin after downloading fake wallet apps from Apple's official App Store have filed a lawsuit against Apple. (Bitcoin.com News)