Raw News Items
91 itemsSeptember 9, 2026
- Decrypt
Bitcoin Wallet Maker Trezor Says Hackers Breached Its Email Provider
The hardware wallet maker said a fake security alert claimed a hardware flaw could expose users’ recovery phrases.
- CointelegraphScore: 90
Malone Lam pleads guilty in $245M crypto theft conspiracy
US prosecutors said Lam organized an international network that targeted cryptocurrency holders through social engineering and home break-ins.
- CryptoSlateScore: 85
Crypto lobbies launch a last-minute TV campaign against banks to pass the CLARITY Act
The crypto industry is launching a seven-figure national advertising campaign to rescue the CLARITY Act ahead of a crucial Senate vote next week. The Senate is scheduled to vote Sept. 15 on whether to invoke cloture on a motion to proceed to the Digital Asset Market Clarity Act, a procedural hurdle ...
- The BlockScore: 85
India seeks takedowns of 15 crypto platforms over AML compliance
India's FIU issued non-compliance notices to 15 crypto platforms and sought takedowns of their apps and URLs.
- DecryptScore: 85
Secret Service Freezes $52.8 Million in Crypto Tied to Telegram Bazaar Behind Global Scams
Blockchain sleuths at Elliptic traced the money, Treasury sanctioned the marketplace, and Xinbi—which ran $24 billion through a Telegram scam bazaar—called the freeze unfair.
- CryptoSlateScore: 85
How 4,100 stolen Bitcoin bankrolled a life of private jets and supercars
Malone Lam pleaded guilty to leading a crypto theft enterprise that prosecutors say stole and laundered more than $245 million. The 22-year-old Singapore citizen admitted Tuesday in Washington to participating in a racketeering conspiracy, marking a major turn in a case that began with one of the la...
- CoinDeskScore: 80
Bitcoin recovers toward $79,000 as Zcash records a $500 million ETF haul
Bitcoin fell to nearly $77,600 on Tuesday before clawing most of it back, leaving it little changed on the day while zcash gained roughly 43% on the week and Grayscale's new fund crossed half a billion dollars.
- DecryptScore: 80
Jack Dorsey's Block Applies for Bank Charter to Custody Bitcoin
Builders Bank would consolidate custody work Block now runs under more than 50 state money transmitter licenses.
- CoinDeskScore: 80
Germany moves to tax bitcoin like stocks as new draft bill targets tax-free gains
Existing holdings would keep the current tax treatment, which can allow tax-free sales after a 12-month holding period.
- CoinDeskScore: 80
Tether pushes into private credit with $400 million fund with Fasanara
The USDT issuer will help source lending opportunities and provide stablecoin payment infrastructure for Fasanara's private credit network.
- CointelegraphScore: 80
Tether, Fasanara launch $400M private credit fund targeting $3B
The evergreen fund will use USDT infrastructure to support asset-backed lending through fintech platforms in more than 60 countries.
- CointelegraphScore: 80
Trade groups seek to block Illinois crypto tax before January effective date
Following on their earlier lawsuit, CCI and the Blockchain Association seek to block Illinois’ 0.2% crypto tax, arguing it is unconstitutional and would impose costly compliance burdens.
- CointelegraphScore: 80
TRM Labs doubles valuation to $2B in Series C expansion
The blockchain intelligence firm said its annual recurring revenue has quadrupled over the past three years as it expands its AI-powered investigations business.
- CoinDeskScore: 75
Moonshot’s Kimi rattled markets. U.S. agencies now say it was trained on American models
Moonshot, whose Kimi model rattled markets earlier this year, is among six Chinese AI firms accused of systematically extracting capabilities from U.S. models.
- CointelegraphScore: 75
Gemini receives Singapore payment license for crypto services
Gemini’s local entity is authorized to provide digital payment token and cross-border money transfer services without standard transaction-volume limits.
- CryptoSlateScore: 75
Bitcoin Core Lightning Docker bug leaves node operators exposed despite showing updated version
The Bitcoin Lightning software's maintainers say four image tags delivered unpatched binaries while reporting version v26.06.7 at startup, leaving affected users with another task: check the image digest and download a corrected image if it differs. Some Core Lightning operators who attempted the v2...
- CoinDeskScore: 75
U.S. Bank takes next step towards launching its stablecoin with cross-border payment test
The fifth-largest U.S. commercial bank said it is exploring USBDC stablecoin for treasury payments, liquidity management and collateral after completing a live transaction.
- CointelegraphScore: 75
Italy’s central bank orders sanctions screening for crypto transfers
Banca d’Italia ordered crypto service providers to implement internal controls to screen for crypto transfers tied to sanctioned entities.
- The BlockScore: 75
Tether, Fasanara launch $400 million fund for stablecoin-enabled private credit
The firms seek up to $3 billion from institutional investors to deploy through Fasanara's global fintech lending network.
- CointelegraphScore: 75
German finance ministry proposes 25% crypto tax starting 2028: Report
The German Ministry of Finance is reportedly seeking to impose a 25% tax on cryptocurrencies, departing from current laws that make crypto gains tax-free after one year of holding.
- DecryptScore: 75
German Finance Ministry Drafts 25% Tax on Crypto Gains From 2027
Anything bought before 2027 keeps the twelve-month exemption, so the change lands only on Germany's future crypto buyers.
- CoinDeskScore: 75
Bitcoin and Ethereum race quantum clock as U.S. backs $300 million hardware push
The threat is not here yet, but fault-tolerant machines and crypto’s migration plans are starting to converge on the same 2029 window.
- CointelegraphScore: 75
U.S. Bank tests proprietary stablecoin in cross-border Stellar transaction
The pilot moved USBDC between the bank’s North American and European entities on the public Stellar blockchain.
- CryptoSlateScore: 75
How Tether’s $45 million crackdown drove Southeast Asian scam compounds into an ‘unfreezable’ decentralized stablecoin
Tether is pursuing Xinbi Guarantee across its USDT payment network, freezing operational wallets as the sanctioned marketplace tries to keep transacting. Blockchain analytics firm Bitrace said on Sept. 9 that more than $45 million in USDT had been frozen across at least 22 operational addresses link...
- CryptoSlateScore: 70
Solana’s 300ms speed boost to outrun trading bots might come with a hidden cost
Solana’s shorter trading intervals could let liquidity providers keep more of the value that trading bots extract from outdated pool prices. Fee-charging pools whose prices lag external markets have the clearest modeled benefit. Solana’s mainnet has reached the reported 300-millisecond slot target, ...
- The BlockScore: 70
First staked ETF tied to Tron hits the US markets on Wednesday
The first staked ETF tied to Tron is set to hit the market Wednesday, giving investors a new way to gain exposure to TRX.
- CointelegraphScore: 70
Jack Dorsey’s Block seeks US trust bank charter for Bitcoin, stablecoin
The proposed Builders Bank would offer federally supervised digital asset custody but would not accept deposits or issue loans.
- CoinDeskScore: 70
India’s financial intelligence unit flags 15 crypto platforms for AML lapses
The Financial Intelligence Unit-India (FIU-IND) issued non-compliance notices to what it calls virtual digital asset service providers.
- CoinDeskScore: 70
Singaporean 22-year old pleads guilty to being the ringleader in $245 million crypto fraud case
Malone Lam, a Miami resident charged with stealing 4,100 bitcoin, led a ring of fraudsters who stole crypto via online scams and home invasions.
- CryptoSlateScore: 70
Does becoming a federal bank protect crypto from Washington—or give Washington more control?
Silvergate's former chief executive, Alan Lane, says the crypto-focused bank survived withdrawals of roughly 70% of its demand deposits before political pressure drove it to choose liquidation. His account raises a question for the crypto companies obtaining federal bank charters: how much protectio...
- CryptoSlateScore: 70
Bitcoin holds near $78,500 as a surging Japanese yen threatens global risk assets
Bitcoin held near $78,500 on Sept. 8 as the Japanese yen touched its strongest level since February, leaving BTC inside its recent trading range while investors cut bets against Japan’s currency. The yen reached 152.89 per dollar during Asian trading before retreating to 154.14, easing part of the c...
- CryptoSlateScore: 70
Nearly a fifth of all Bitcoin mining power is sitting completely dark, and turning it back on could trigger a brutal margin trap
Mining services firm Luxor estimates that about 235 exahashes per second (EH/s) of capacity in specialized Bitcoin mining machines is sitting idle. Its Sept. 8 report puts that equipment in several categories: machines that are uneconomic, deliberately curtailed, in transit, or under maintenance. Th...
- CryptoSlateScore: 70
Bitcoin traders bet borrowed money on a rally as oil surges ahead of Friday’s inflation test
Bitcoin is holding above $78,000 as Brent crude breached $100 and rising Treasury yields revived inflation fears. Data from CryptoSlate showed the flagship cryptocurrency trading around $78,451 at press time, with little sign of the pressure spreading across bond and energy markets after an escalati...
- CoinDeskScore: 70
U.S. Treasury sanctions another widespread cyber-scam hub, Xinbi Guarantee
Chinese-language platform Xinbi is accused of operating on crypto transactions as it offered services to other criminal networks.
- CointelegraphScore: 70
Bitcoin fails to reclaim $80K as Bessent fuels yen strength around 153 per dollar
Bitcoin trended lower with US stocks on Iran escalation while US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent contributed to fears of a yen carry-trade unwind.
- CointelegraphScore: 70
Consensys to split into MetaMask and institutional blockchain company
The restructuring will separate MetaMask’s consumer business from Consensys’ Ethereum protocols and institutional blockchain infrastructure operations.
- CointelegraphScore: 65
Silvergate ex-CEO blames Biden pressure for bank’s 2023 wind-down
Alan Lane said a “coordinated attack” by the Biden administration made Silvergate’s continued operation untenable and prompted its liquidation.
- CoinDeskScore: 65
Crypto lobbying orgs ask court to suspend Illinois tax as legal case continues
The motion for a preliminary injunction comes a few weeks after the Crypto Council for Innovation and Blockchain Association sued to block the law.
- CoinDeskScore: 65
Consensys to split MetaMask into its own firm while staying silent on IPO
The existing company, Consensys Software Inc., will rebrand as MetaMask under Ethereum co-founder Joe Lubin as chairman and CEO.
- DecryptScore: 65
Consensys Is Splitting in Two as MetaMask Goes Its Own Way
Consensys Software Inc. will become MetaMask, while a newly formed Consensys will take over the firm's Ethereum protocols and institutional blockchain infrastructure business.
- CryptoSlateScore: 65
Ethereum’s institutional staking boom is growing, but Lido’s share is shrinking
Lido, the liquid-staking protocol, captured just 5.7% of Ethereum’s net staking growth in the first half of 2026. For holders of its LDO token, the business challenge is to turn a growing market into DAO income that can fund automated purchases. The gap is visible in NEST, Lido’s automated buyback m...
- CointelegraphScore: 60
Iran eases currency rules to bypass US sanctions with crypto: Report
Exporters can now fund imports with overseas earnings without first selling their foreign currency at official rates, the Financial Times reported.
- DecryptScore: 60
Mexico Seizes 300 Crypto Mining Rigs Wired Into a Hydroelectric Dam
Forensic accountants are tracing who paid for the mining hardware, and money laundering has not been ruled out.
- CoinDeskScore: 60
Iran eases currency controls to let traders bring earnings home in crypto: FT
Exporters can use overseas earnings to fund imports directly, bypassing the official foreign-exchange system, the FT reported.
- CointelegraphScore: 60
What could happen if the CLARITY Act fails to pass in 2026
The US Senate has a limited window to pass a crypto market structure bill, but if it were to fail, the legislation could be completely remade or scrapped under Democrats in 2027.
- CoinDeskScore: 60
Hunter Biden's new LAPTOP token lost 98% of its value in under an hour after $1.6 billion debut
LAPTOP swung from $190 to under $4 within minutes of opening on Base. Onchain records show tokens had been distributed to market makers for a week before trading began.
- CoinDeskScore: 60
PayPal expands stablecoin rails with custom token issuance platform
The PYUSDx stablecoin developer platform, backed by PayPal USD (PYUSD), is built with the help of M0 and MoonPay.
- The BlockScore: 60
Crypto industry groups escalate fight against Illinois, asking court to block controversial crypto tax
Crypto groups representing a slew of digital asset firms are escalating its legal fight in Illinois over its controversial crypto tax.
- The BlockScore: 60
Hyperliquid Policy Center backs CFTC in fight over perpetual futures, asks court to drop CME’s case
The Hyperliquid Policy Center accused CME Group of stifling innovation and urged a court to dismiss the exchange’s lawsuit against the CFTC.
- DecryptScore: 60
Crypto, Banks Take Clarity Act Lobbying Fight to Senators' Home States
Crypto advocates and community bankers are targeting lawmakers in their home states as the Senate prepares for a September 15 procedural vote.
- CoinDeskScore: 55
Bitcoin climbs as oil tops $100, equities drop after Iran strikes
Bitcoin advanced to as high as $79,700 while Brent crude topped $100 and European shares fell, leaving crypto tracking gold rather than equities.
- DecryptScore: 55
While Bitcoin Devs Debate Next Moves, IonQ Unveils Superion 256 Quantum Computer
The company has built its first chips and begun testing prototypes as it seeks to manufacture quantum computers in larger quantities.
- CoinDeskScore: 50
Live updates: XRP funds stand out among U.S. ETFs as bitcoin, ether, solana funds see outflows
XRP ETFs took nearly $2 million on Tuesday while bitcoin, ether, solana and hyperliquid funds all lost money. Grayscale's products account for the entire outflow in both bitcoin and ether.
- CointelegraphScore: 50
Bitcoin SOPR metric sees longest profit run of 2026 as new analysis challenges bear market
Bitcoin aggregate onchain profit entered its fourth week, but a popular analyst warned that BTC price “downside risk” remained in place.
- DecryptScore: 50
UK Crime Agency Warns of 'Innovative Use' of Crypto by Launderers
The agency ranks cryptoassets third among nine economic crime priorities, and says it wants to generate its own targets.
- CoinDeskScore: 50
Algorand names former Chainlink executive William Herkelrath as CEO
The former Chainlink and Curv executive will lead the blockchain organization’s push into institutional finance and quantum-resistant security.
- The BlockScore: 50
Consensys splits MetaMask from institutional and Ethereum infrastructure businesses
The separation is expected to be completed by the end of 2026, with the existing entity rebranding as MetaMask under CEO Joe Lubin.
- CryptoSlateScore: 50
Bitcoin miner manufacturer Canaan sells crypto to buy back shares after $97 million loss
Canaan, the Bitcoin mining-equipment maker, reported second-quarter 2026 revenue below its earlier guidance on Sept. 8, as weaker machine demand put more weight on its cash and crypto treasury. More than half of its Bitcoin holdings were pledged for loans at June 30. Revenue totaled $31.9 million, s...
- DecryptScore: 50
Mexican Musician and Family Killed Over Bitcoin Cold Wallet Believed to Hold Millions
Mexican prosecutors allege suspects targeted Camilo Séptimo keyboardist Jonathan Meléndez and his family while searching for a cold wallet they believed contained millions in Bitcoin.
- The BlockScore: 50
Solana treasury firm SkyAI faces board challenge from would-be acquirer Forward Industries, shareholder group
SkyAI’s proposed equity plan would authorize 5.145 million shares for stock-based compensation, representing roughly 7.2% additional dilution.
- CryptoSlateScore: 45
Strive adds $12 million to its dividend tab after issuing nearly one million new preferred shares to buy Bitcoin
Bitcoin treasury company Strive added almost $12 million to its annualized preferred-dividend burden in one week as its SATA preferred share count grew, according to calculations using its Sept. 8 disclosure. At the current rate, the larger share base implies about $130 million in yearly payouts, wh...
- CoinDeskScore: 45
Crypto Long & Short: Inside the 300-to-1 onchain gap between the dollar and euro
Ryan Connor of RockawayX writes that the dollar leads the euro about 3 to 1 across the offchain economy and more than 300 to 1 onchain. Euro-pegged stablecoins total €711 million, under 1% of supply. He traces the gap to path dependency and missing euro DeFi infrastructure, and argues MiCA-regulated...
- CoinDeskScore: 45
Robinhood’s CEO Vlad Tenev fires back at AMC CEO in escalating fight over stock tokens
Tenev told CNBC's "Squawk Box" on Wednesday that public companies shouldn't have veto power over third-party securities that reference their shares.
- The BlockScore: 40
StoneX sees 45% upside for Robinhood, points to accelerating Layer 2 chain and prediction markets
The report says the launch of Robinhood Chain and the company's prediction markets business provide new growth drivers.
- CryptoSlateScore: 40
Bitcoin just hit a decade-low S&P 500 correlation, but the daily data tells a different story
Investors holding Bitcoin alongside US stocks cannot tell whether their portfolio has become safer simply from a negative correlation between the assets’ price paths. A historical comparison through September 4 shows why: Bitcoin and the S&P 500 can move further apart over a year while still posting...
- CoinDeskScore: 40
Wall Street's newest crypto fund comes with a staking feature to boost returns
Your day-ahead look for Sept. 9, 2026
- The BlockScore: 40
Renzo expands beyond restaking with basis trade product on Hyperliquid
Renzo Basis will first support BTC and HYPE and is designed to let users earn yield from funding rates through automated positions.
- CointelegraphScore: 40
BitMart misses roadmap deadline, appoints financial adviser
BitMart provided no asset figures or withdrawal timetable and will launch a feedback portal within five working days during a financial adviser review.
- CryptoSlateScore: 40
You can borrow against Bitcoin without selling it, but there’s a catch
Bitcoin holders who need cash do not necessarily have to sell their BTC. They can borrow against it instead, keeping exposure to Bitcoin while using its value as collateral for a loan. The complication is that the loan they want may exist on another network. Many blockchain lending applications run ...
- DecryptScore: 40
Prediction Markets Abandon Cheap Oil as Brent Passes $100
Myriad's $120 side overtook $55 at the start of September, while Polymarket puts WTI reaching $100 this month at 59%.
- The BlockScore: 40
Hunter Biden’s LAPTOP airdrops briefly worth over $1 million each before 99% crash
Substack subscribers were reportedly able to claim 4,276 LAPTOP tokens each, with some quickly selling their allocations.
- The BlockScore: 40
Bitcoin miners are missing the crypto rally as exchanges, stablecoins surge
Among tracked companies, only one bitcoin mining company has outperformed the cryptocurrency: Canaan (ticker CAN).
- The BlockScore: 40
DoubleZero adds Kalshi’s election markets ahead of November midterms
Kalshi's elections and politics markets went live on the market data delivery platform DoubleZero Edge on Wednesday.
- CointelegraphScore: 40
DoubleZero adds Kalshi election market data ahead of US midterms
The expansion gives institutional and automated traders real-time access to Kalshi’s political markets as election betting activity continues to grow.
- DecryptScore: 30
AI Is Solving Math's Best Problems Faster Than They Can Be Replaced, Terence Tao Warns
The Fields medalist points to a real race between OpenAI and Anthropic as proof: AI can now flatten a hard problem the moment someone starts working on it.
- CoinDeskScore: 30
Anthropic researcher quits with a warning on AI that echoes 'The Terminator' script
The people building AI earnestly believe that it could kill us all by the end of the decade, Coxon said on X, explaining his resignation.
- CointelegraphScore: 30
Metaplanet’s executive stock pool sparks shareholder backlash as CEO addresses MMXX ties
Metaplanet’s executive stock pool continues to draw backlash over dilution concerns, as investors urged the company to freeze the exercise rights tied to 273 million shares.
- DecryptScore: 30
Morning Minute: Venice’s VVV Token Soars After OpenAI Dispute
Concerns over frontier AI labs stealing user data has driven demand for private inference (or at least tokens tied to private inference).
- The BlockScore: 30
Ink Foundation, GSR and others open Charter Foundation to help cut token launch costs
A group of crypto firms has launched Charter Foundation to offer a new framework to help founders reduce the cost of launching tokens.
- DecryptScore: 30
Hunter Biden's LAPTOP Meme Coin Crashes 99% on Debut
LAPTOP hit a $190.81 peak within minutes of launching on Base, then shed roughly 99% as thin liquidity met a wave of selling.
- CryptoSlateScore: 30
It looks like a stock and trades like a stock, but it isn’t actually a stock – what is it?
Tokenized stocks promise cheaper trading and wider access, while some products make speculation easier without passing shareholder rights to the buyer. Two people can open their investment apps, see the same company name beside a similar price, and still own different things. One holds shares in the...
- CryptoSlateScore: 20
Strategy doubles its stock buyback to $2 billion to pull its STRC shares back to $100
Strategy doubled the size of its preferred-stock repurchase program to $2 billion Tuesday as Michael Saylor’s Sept. 8 recovery benchmark arrived with STRC still short of its $100 stated value. The board’s decision extends a campaign that was approaching the limits of its original $1 billion authoriz...
- CoinDeskScore: 20
Hunter Biden defends LAPTOP ahead of Wednesday launch, calls TRUMP a ‘grift’
Biden says the token is about “resilience, redemption and recovery” and will give coins to nearly one million wallets that lost money on TRUMP.
- CoinDeskScore: 20
OpenAI says 10,000 AI agents solved a $1 million math problem. Now mathematicians are fighting
An internal model more powerful than GPT-6 Astra produced a proposed solution to one of mathematics’ seven Millennium Prize Problems, though questions are emerging over how independently it got there.
- CointelegraphScore: 20
Hunter Biden’s laptop controversy gets a memecoin afterlife
The project’s disclosures say LAPTOP has no utility, lock founder tokens for six months and reserve 2% for wallets that lost money on TRUMP.
- CoinDeskScore: 20
KYC data is an irresistible honeypot for hackers, and we must change how it is collected
Privacy-preserving identity verification systems could allow individuals to prove only what a service needs to know while keeping the underlying information under their control, writes Coin Center’s Laz Pieper.
- CoinDeskScore: 20
Kalshi election data goes live on DoubleZero ahead of U.S. midterms
The expansion gives institutional and automated traders access to full-depth political prediction-market order books ahead of the U.S. midterms.
- DecryptScore: 20
Apple Unveils Redesigned Siri AI and A20 Pro Chip as CEO John Ternus Makes Debut
The company's first fall keynote under new leadership paired a Gemini-powered Siri overhaul with Apple's first 2-nanometer chip, plus a $1,999 foldable iPhone that won't ship until October.
- CryptoSlateScore: 20
OpenAI just showed why one of its former researchers thinks AI could kill everyone
OpenAI says its latest AI system solved a 90-year-old math problem in 88 hours, reigniting fears over runaway intelligence. On Sept. 8, the company said that an internal model significantly more capable than its recently released GPT-6 Astra coordinated roughly 10,000 AI agents to solve the Navier-S...
- The BlockScore: 10
Hunter Biden details LAPTOP memecoin’s airdrop and burn-or-charity rules ahead of launch
About 30% of the supply is tied to 30 public real-world events that either burn or donate the tokens depending on the results.
- CointelegraphScore: 10
10 of the greatest unsolved crypto mysteries
From the whereabouts of the CryptoQueen to a mysterious death involving a DeFi builder paranoid about the “pedo elite,” here are 10 crypto mysteries that still have no good answer.