ECB President Christine Lagarde intervened to block Binance’s EU MiCA license: WSJ
Although the ECB holds no formal licensing authority under MiCA, highlevel intervention led Greece to stall an application that regulators had previously…
Zcash targets November upgrade to make private payments up to three times faster
NU7 would reduce block times to 25 seconds while setting aside at least 60% of transaction fees to supplement mining rewards beginning in 2031. Source：CoinDesk
Ethereum Institutional signals support for Ethlabs’ motion to reduce Ethereum block times
The nonprofit signaled support for reducing Ethereum block times, citing increasing institutional activity moving onto the smartcontract network.…
Why mortgage bonds are set to deteriorate, and possibly hit the whole market, according to this Wall Street expert
A flattening Treasury yield curve is part of the problem for mortgagebacked securities, says Harley Bassman. Source：MarketWatch
HYPE hits record above $90 as Hyperliquid launches manual borrowing
HYPE hit a record $90.92 after Hyperliquid opened manual borrowing, letting users borrow stablecoins against HYPE and Bitcoin collateral. Source：Cointelegraph
Dragonfly’s Qureshi calls for end to Zcash dev fund after 2028
Industry watchers are debating the fate of the Zcash development fund after the ZEC token’s rally pushed its value above $95 million. Source：Cointelegraph
XRP on the brink of a golden cross as focus switches to altcoins
Your dayahead look for Sept. 18, 2026 Source：CoinDesk
Warren Buffett exits Berkshire Hathaway as his son Howard becomes chairman
Warren Buffett, the investing legend that turned Berkshire Hathaway into an massive conglomerate, has officially stepped aside as chairman after leaving as CEO…
Bitcoin adds to bull-market hopes as price metric prints fourth-ever bullish cross
The Fisher Transform indicator produced a rare crossover for only the fourth time in Bitcoin’s history. Source：Cointelegraph
A sideways market and rising earnings are presenting opportunities not seen since ChatGPT first launched
A reset for technology makes the sector more attractive relative to the market, says Truist. Source：MarketWatch
Layer-2 and DeFi tokens lead broad crypto advance as post-Fed hike nerves fade
Starknet and arbitrum gained more than 17% while the 10year Treasury yield slipped back below 5%, with 98 of CoinDesk 100 constituents advancing.…
The Fed’s never been so confident on economic growth. What investors should do now, according to KKR.
Members of the Federal Open Market Committee showed their lowest level of worry about gross domestic product growth since it first started releasing its…