Foreign buyers returned to U.S. Treasury bills in July 2026, but the rebound stopped short of a broad vote of confidence in longer-dated government debt. For Bitcoin, that distinction matters because long-term Treasury yields remain a benchmark for borrowing costs and the returns available on safer assets. Foreign residents bought a net $38.8 billion of…
Ripple brings news with updated XRPL AI Starter Kit to version 1.1, adding support for the Machine Payments Protocol, or MPP, a standard co-authored by Stripe and Tempo for software agents that pay for services without a checkout flow. The release also adds Open Wallet Standard support, giving developers a common interface for managing wallets…
GalaChain’s August exploit turned failed transactions into reusable authorization, exposing a security flaw that had survived multiple audits. The blockchain developed by Gala Games said the attacker used historical signatures from unsuccessful transactions to drain about 2 billion GALA (about $3 million) and dozens of other tokens from nine wallets on Aug. 18. Its Sept.…
[PRESS RELEASE – Paris, France, 17th September 2026] Following June’s launch with Morpho and Steakhouse, Zama extends confidential access to 16 curated vaults across five curators and five asset classes, and opens the Zama Swap Protocol for confidential swaps between positions. Zama, the fastest growing confidentiality protocol for onchain finance, today announced a major expansion…
Zcash crypto trades at $1,330, up 15% over the past 24 hours, cementing its status as the session’s standout privacy asset. That kind of move doesn’t happen in a vacuum. There’s a specific regulatory trigger behind it, and a specific bull case that follows, one that carries implications well beyond ZEC itself. The catalyst traces…
Your day-ahead look for Sept. 17, 2026
The CLARITY Act failed to clear a Senate cloture vote on September 15, falling short of the 60 votes needed to advance the crypto market structure bill. The measure remains procedurally open after Sen. Thom Tillis moved to reconsider the vote. Digital Sovereignty Alliance managing director Adrian Wall said another attempt could be considered before…
Bitcoin fell to an intraday low of $75,064.82 on Sept. 16, but recovered and reclaimed the $76,000 zone after Fed Chair Kevin Warsh’s press conference wrapped up. The S&P 500 fell roughly 0.7%, the Dow dropped 1.2%, and the 2-year Treasury yield climbed to 4.734% in the same window, while Bitcoin held its ground. Warsh’s…
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.
Bitcoin and crypto markets turned volatile on Wednesday after the US Federal Reserve raised interest rates by 25 basis points. The Fed lifted its target range to 3.75%-4%. The move was widely expected, but BTC still briefly dropped below $75,000 before recovering to around $76,400. Analysts remain divided on what could come next. BTC Recovers…