CoinDesk - 2026-09-18 ​
16 items collected.
1. CFTC sends crypto rules to White House to review as Congress stalls on Clarity Act ​
Author: Helene Braun
Published: 9/18/2026, 3:16:37 PM
Categories: Policy, Clarity Act, Regulation, News
The regulator is moving ahead with crypto market rules as the SEC also opens a new path for tokenized stock trading.
2. Crypto tech provider Haruko hit by cyberattack affecting 15 clients, some funds lost ​
Author: Will Canny
Published: 9/18/2026, 3:06:31 PM
Categories: Finance, hacking, Exclusive, Crypto Trading, Breaking News, News
Some smaller hedge funds with weaker security controls may have lost funds in the targeted attack, sources said.
3. DHS’s predictive policing is unconstitutional, un-American and should be stopped ​
Author: Laz Pieper
Published: 9/18/2026, 1:00:00 PM
Categories: Opinion, Opinion
Targeting Americans based on what their spending habits can tell us about their politics is an abuse of our financial system, writes Coin Center’s Laz Pieper.
4. ECB President Christine Lagarde intervened to block Binance’s EU MiCA license: WSJ ​
Author: Olivier Acuna
Published: 9/18/2026, 12:57:06 PM
Categories: Policy, Binance, ECB, MiCA, News
Although the ECB holds no formal licensing authority under MiCA, high-level intervention led Greece to stall an application that regulators had previously deemed complete, the Journal said.
5. Zcash targets November upgrade to make private payments up to three times faster ​
Author: Shaurya Malwa
Published: 9/18/2026, 12:50:01 PM
Categories: Tech, Privacy, News
NU7 would reduce block times to 25 seconds while setting aside at least 60% of transaction fees to supplement mining rewards beginning in 2031.
6. XRP on the brink of a golden cross as focus switches to altcoins ​
Author: Omkar Godbole
Published: 9/18/2026, 11:15:00 AM
Categories: Crypto Daybook Americas, Crypto Daybook Americas, News
Your day-ahead look for Sept. 18, 2026
7. Layer-2 and DeFi tokens lead broad crypto advance as post-Fed hike nerves fade ​
Author: Oliver Knight,Omkar Godbole
Published: 9/18/2026, 10:33:05 AM
Categories: Markets, Crypto Markets Today, News
Starknet and arbitrum gained more than 17% while the 10-year Treasury yield slipped back below 5%, with 98 of CoinDesk 100 constituents advancing.
8. Bitcoin weathers September storm as rate hikes and Clarity act setback test bulls ​
Author: James Van Straten,Omkar Godbole
Published: 9/18/2026, 10:07:33 AM
Categories: Markets, Bitcoin News, News
Bitcoin is down just 1.5% in its historically weakest month and remains on track for its first quarterly gain in a year, despite rising rates, surging oil and a stronger dollar.
9. Live updates: Bitcoin climbs over $80,000 as rally accelerates at U.S. market open ​
Author: Shaurya Malwa,James Van Straten,Stephen Alpher
Published: 9/18/2026, 9:49:51 AM
Categories: Tech, Live News, live_news
Another central bank hiked rates overnight, this time the Bank of Japan. The move failed to halt the slide in the yen.
10. SBI Group backs payments firm dtcpay in $25 million funding round ​
Author: Omkar Godbole,AI Boost
Published: 9/18/2026, 7:37:32 AM
Categories: Markets, Funding Rounds, Stablecoins, Japan, SBI Holdings, News
Stablecoin payments company dtcpay completed a $25 million Series A funding round with a strategic investment from Japan’s SBI Group.
11. Iran’s Strait of Hormuz toll booth ran through a bitcoin exchange, U.S. says ​
Author: Shaurya Malwa
Published: 9/18/2026, 6:52:23 AM
Categories: Policy, News
The U.S. Treasury sanctioned BitBank, a Tehran exchange it says moved hundreds of millions of dollars in bitcoin to the Revolutionary Guards and handled payments collected from ships buying passage through the world’s most important oil chokepoint.
12. Solana speeds up blocks by 17%, but transaction capacity stays the same ​
Author: Shaurya Malwa
Published: 9/18/2026, 6:16:57 AM
Categories: Tech, News
The network is cutting its target slot time to 250 milliseconds, giving apps fresher blockchain data and validators shorter control windows while reducing the amount of work allowed in each slot.
13. Corporate treasuries bought just 5,900 bitcoin in 3 months. Other demand signals look weak, too. ​
Author: Omkar Godbole
Published: 9/18/2026, 5:43:21 AM
Categories: Markets, Bitcoin News, News
Corporate treasuries bought just 5,900 bitcoin in three months, while broader demand signals remain weak.
14. Ethereum confirms Glamsterdam dates, but warns 'fake' builders could stall the chain ​
Author: Shaurya Malwa
Published: 9/18/2026, 5:23:29 AM
Categories: Tech, News
Free test ether lets fake builders outbid rivals and withhold transaction payloads, while client teams get half the usual review time before Sepolia.
15. Ether and XRP ETFs post outflows as crypto majors move higher ​
Author: Shaurya Malwa
Published: 9/18/2026, 4:49:17 AM
Categories: Markets, News
Ether funds shed money for a third straight session even as the token rose, while every major gained and zcash extended its run.
16. Bank of Japan raises interest rates by 25 basis points. Bitcoin tops $77,000 ​
Author: Omkar Godbole
Published: 9/18/2026, 3:03:38 AM
Categories: Markets, Japan, News
The yen declined and BTC rose after the BOJ hiked rates to the highest level in 31 years.