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Bernstein raises prediction market outlook tenfold to $10T
Bernstein predicts that prediction markets can see $10 trillion in trading per year by 2035, rising from the expected $410 billion per year now. The prediction comes at a time when prediction market platforms are striving for dominance in the space; these include Kalshi and Polymarket. This prediction is important for these firms as they...
Tue, Sep 22
Russia's crypto user base reaches 20 million with $44 billion in holdings
Around 20 million people in Russia use cryptocurrencies and they keep more than $44 billion worth of coins, according to the country’s finance ministry. The federal government in Moscow expects their number to grow by another 10 million in 2027, the first year after transactions with digital assets were legalized. 20 million Russians use crypto...
Tue, Sep 22
Ethereum ICO whale spends $23.7 million on ETH it sold at $2,010 in March
A 2015 Ethereum ICO wallet bought 8,492.8 ETH at about $2,794, 39% above the $2,010.68 it sold at in March, and sits about $382,000 underwater.
Tue, Sep 22
Binance and Circle agree USDC promotion as part of $100M ownership stake deal
An SEC filing has revealed that Binance paid $100 million for a slice of Circle (NYSE: CRCL). The same filing also shows that Binance agreed to be paid for promoting the USDC stablecoin on its exchange over the next five years. Did Binance buy Circle stocks? An SEC filing has revealed that Binance received 1,237,011...
Tue, Sep 22
BTC, ETH ETFs record largest inflow day since October 2025
US spot Bitcoin and Ethereum ETFs had their biggest day since October 2025 as each product recorded $998.95 million and $269.98 million, respectively on the same day, Monday, September 21. The inflow stats at the end of the day closed the biggest single-day haul for BTC ETFs since October 6, 2025, and ETH ETFs since...
Tue, Sep 22
Animoca shelves Currenc merger over 'short- and medium-term' misalignment
Animoca Brands and Currenc Group have mutually suspended talks on the proposed reverse merger. Both companies said Tuesday that the time still needed to close the deal no longer fits their near-term plans. Why did the Animoca and Currenc deal fall apart? Animoca Brands and Currenc Group released a joint statement on Animoca’s website stating...
Tue, Sep 22
Strategy's $32 billion MSTR gain includes about $6.3 billion in new share sales
Strategy touted a $32 billion, 80% MSTR gain in three months, but about $6.3 billion came from selling new shares while the stock rose 54%.
Tue, Sep 22
XRP chart from Peter Brandt implies $5.40, and he says it is not a trade
Peter Brandt's long-term XRP chart implies an eventual advance to $5.40, about 251% above $1.54, but the veteran trader says the chart is not a trade call.
Tue, Sep 22
xAI's Grok 4.7 outscores Anthropic and OpenAI models on legal agent work for less
Grok 4.7 scored 19.6% on the Harvey legal agent benchmark, ahead of Fable 5.1 and GPT-5.6 Sol, at $2 per million input tokens.
Tue, Sep 22
Ethereum breakout signs line up as price recovers closer to the $2,800 level
ETH recovered close to $2,800, wit expanding open interest and a shift to greedy sentiment in the past weeks.
Tue, Sep 22
OpenAI's new math advisory group gets a say on releases but not on research pace
Nine mathematicians hosted at Princeton's IAS will advise OpenAI on releasing its 100-plus AI math results, but the group has no power to slow its pace.
Tue, Sep 22
USDe scare returns as stablecoin drops nearly 10% from $1 peg on Binance
Ethena’s USDe stablecoin endured a brief 8% drop to $0.9202 against Tether’s USDT on Binance’s spot market early on Tuesday, an episode that quickly brought back memories of the October 2025 episode when the synthetic dollar lost its dollar peg on the same platform. As of this report, USDe had recovered to $0.9996, limiting the...
Tue, Sep 22
Alibaba takes on Nvidia with new AI chip and 20GW data center plan
Alibaba Group is launching a massive new AI processor, the Zhenwu V900. The company claims it will be China’s top-performing chip, putting it in direct competition with Nvidia. CEO Eddie Wu further asserted that the new hardware delivers three times the performance of the last generation, the Zhenwu M890, and can scale to 500,000 units...
Tue, Sep 22
Binance faces DOJ probe as Iran sanctions crackdown widens
US federal prosecutors are looking into whether Binance knowingly allowed trading related to Iran on its platform. The investigation comes at a time when the US is intensifying its pressure on Iran, including in the crypto sector, and the question of what Binance has done, or not done, regarding sanctions compliance between 2023 and now...
Tue, Sep 22
Spaces launches Trust Anchor to verify Bitcoin identities without a central resolver
Spaces has released Trust Anchor, a tool that allows applications to confirm human-readable identities, such as alice@bitcoin, via Bitcoin instead of using a central resolver. The release, which was also covered by Bitcoin News, solves a decades-long issue that the cryptocurrency industry has wrestled with: how to simplify address usage without having to trust a...
Tue, Sep 22
DSA Hosts Financial Literacy Focus Group on Personal Finance and Emerging Technology
Washington, D.C., September 21, 2026 — The Digital Sovereignty Alliance (DSA), a nonprofit organization dedicated to advancing clear and ethical public policy, research, and education related to emerging technologies, today announced the conclusion of its Financial Literacy in a Changing Economy focus group session, held September 18, 2026, in Hillsdale, Michigan. Organized by DSA in...
Tue, Sep 22
California woman gets 18 months for hiding $2.6 million tied to crypto criminal
On Monday, a woman from California was sentenced to 18 months in a federal prison after she did not disclose income of over $2.6 million, which was made from illegal activities, which just shows how crimes related to cryptocurrency can have legal repercussions well beyond the blockchain. Iris Au, 37 years old, lived in Irvine...
Tue, Sep 22
GRAM's $52 million unlock lands near a full day of TON trading
GRAM, previously called Toncoin, has a cliff unlock scheduled for today (September 22), amounting to about $52.68 million. The total amount of GRAM to be released is 36.58 million, which is about 1.3% of the circulating supply of the token. Although the nominal value looks unimpressive due to the overall picture of the broader crypto...
Tue, Sep 22
California enacts seven data center laws that could redraw the AI compute map
On Monday, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed a package of seven bills implementing new reporting requirements and regulations regarding water use and the cost of electricity that will affect the economics of building AI facilities in the state. However, the bills are relevant outside of California, because energy costs, electrical grid development, water availability, and...
Mon, Sep 21
Venice VVV token hits record $34 as its privacy-AI staking model draws fresh bets
Venice (VVV), the cryptocurrency associated with the privacy-oriented AI platform Venice started by Erik Voorhees, founder of ShapeShift, peaked at a record $34.51 on September 21 but then came down to around $31. Thus, as of now, VVV is approximately 3,000% higher than the low of $0.92 reached in December 2025 (note that this is...
Mon, Sep 21
