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Fed raises rates by 25 basis points in first hike since July 2023

The widely expected move places the U.S. Federal Reserve's benchmark fed funds rate range at 3.75%-4.0%.

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Celsius sues BitMEX for $495 million over 2020 crash liquidations

The estate is chasing 6,360 BTC lost in the Covid crash — a leveraged long position that sits awkwardly with the lender's delta-neutral marketing.

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JPMorgan says Clarity Act ‘not fully dead,’ but passage window ‘extremely narrow’

The Clarity Act is "not fully dead," but the window for passing the crypto bill this year is now "extremely narrow," JPMorgan said.

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The Quantum Issue: To Freeze Coins Or Not

Bitcoin Magazine The Quantum Issue: To Freeze Coins Or Not From The Quantum Issue: Jameson Lopp's massive essay on the contentious social decisions for Bitcoin quantum computing will force people to confront. This post The Quantum Issue: To Freeze Coins Or Not first appeared on Bitcoin Magazine…

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Ripple Joins Velocity, Targets Payment Back End With $10 Million Extension

Velocity raised $10 million to extend its Series A to $48 million, building payments infrastructure linking stablecoins with banks and card networks. The post Ripple Joins Velocity, Targets Payment Back End With $10 Million Extension appeared first on Cryptonews .

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Zuckerberg Pushes Back on Coordinated AI Slowdown, Says Labs Can Act Alone

Meta’s CEO says competition and potential liability give AI developers reasons to prioritize safety, citing the company’s decision to delay Muse.

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Russian spies using crypto and Telegram to incite chaos across Europe

Russian spies are using Telegram and crypto to entice teenagers and young adults across Europe to carry out acts of sabotage and violence. The post Russian spies using crypto and Telegram to incite chaos across Europe appeared first on Protos .

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Anchorage expands institutional custody to Etherlink, tokenized uranium

Anchorage Digital Bank added custody support for Etherlink and several Etherlink-based assets, including xU3O8, a token representing physical uranium.

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Coinbase faces greater fallout from CLARITY Act setback: Saxo

A strategist at the Danish bank said Coinbase has more at stake in the CLARITY setback because its trading business is directly exposed to US market-structure rules.

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Solana News: Transaction V1 Expands Capacity, Price Lags

Solana Transaction V1 raised the limit from 1,232 to 4,096 bytes, but adoption—not throughput, fees or speed—will determine its impact. The post Solana News: Transaction V1 Expands Capacity, Price Lags appeared first on Cryptonews .

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Hamas military wing told donors to avoid sending crypto directly from Binance, DOJ filing shows

Hamas’ military wing advised donors not to use Binance to handle funds but rather to use Trust Wallet, Bybit, OKX, Kast and Redotpay to send funds to an external TRON wallet, according to recent U.S. Department of Justice documents.

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Strategy still can’t get STRC back to parity

It’s been four months since Strategy’s STRC broke parity and its execs made getting it back to its $100 peg their number one priority. The post Strategy still can’t get STRC back to parity appeared first on Protos .

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Crypto Long & Short: Six signs a crypto winter is ending

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AI Pause Would Help Dominant Firms, Not Safety, Think Tank Warns

Cato favors voluntary safeguards, while Block Chairman Jack Dorsey backs independent testing and narrowly justified restrictions.

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Revolut ID thefts highlight KYC’s dangers: Here’s how to fix it

Zero-knowledge technology could let companies verify who you are without storing your identity documents. So why isn’t it already standard practice?

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FCA Guidance Lands Two Weeks Before UK Crypto Authorization Window Opens

Overseas firms serving UK retail customers need authorization too, and nobody trades under the new rules before October 2027.

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Kraken Parent Plans Permissioned Hyperliquid Perps for US Traders

Bitnomial would deploy, administer, clear and settle the proposed markets, while NinjaTrader Clearing would carry approved customer accounts.

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Morning Minute: Clarity Act Vote Falls Short as Democrats All Vote ‘No’

It should not have come as a surprise given the odds, but crypto majors, alts and memes all sold off anyway in the wake.

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Trump and Melania’s coins are down over 95% from ATHs

$TRUMP reached its all-time high of ~$75 per token on January 19, 2025, and has been on a slow, but relentless, decline ever since. The post Trump and Melania’s coins are down over 95% from ATHs appeared first on Protos .

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US 20-year bond auction just had its worst showing ever

Hours after Scott Bessent hailed two "successful" debt auctions, America sold 20-year bonds at their worst rate since 1986. The post US 20-year bond auction just had its worst showing ever appeared first on Protos .

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DOGE-1 Moon Mission Launches Today Amid Broader Crypto Market Pullback

The historic Dogecoin-funded DOGE-1 satellite is scheduled to launch today, September 16, 2026. Here is how the market is reacting following recent Senate legislative setbacks, and how emerging projects like Maxi Doge are capturing investor interest. The post DOGE-1 Moon Mission Launches Today…

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XRP Price Loses 10% as Crypto Weakness Deepens

XRP fell 10.58% to $1.3216 on September 15 as Bitcoin and Ethereum also dropped, but the data confirmed no specific support level. The post XRP Price Loses 10% as Crypto Weakness Deepens appeared first on Cryptonews .

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Circle Launches Arc Mainnet With BlackRock, DTCC and Visa Producing Blocks

The Layer 1 charges gas in USDC and runs proof-of-authority across a permissioned set of 11 institutions plus Circle. More than 100 applications are live at launch, with Aave, Morpho and Uniswap anchoring DeFi. Circle minted 10 billion ARC tokens this week without committing to a public launch.

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UK Backs Money Laundering Crackdown With $676M and 500 New Officers

The Home Office names crypto alongside fintech and AI as drivers of a threat the NCA puts at £100 billion a year in the UK.

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