The Commodity Futures Trading Commission registered Coinbase Clearing LLC as a derivatives clearing organization on September 28, 2026. The move lets Coinbase list, broker and settle fully collateralized crypto derivatives inside one company, though leveraged products stay with outside clearers.
Ethereum is a public blockchain that runs software, powered by the coin ether (ETH). It launched in 2015 and switched to proof of stake in 2022. Here is what it is, how ether and gas fees work, what smart contracts do, and where the risks sit.
Ethereum is the largest blockchain built for running apps and smart contracts, with ether (ETH) paying the fees. Here is what it does, how proof of stake secures it, and where it still falls short.
Bitcoin is set to close September higher, its third monthly gain in a row and the first positive September to follow a positive August since 2013. A strong quarter sits behind it, but rising bond yields and an unfinished month leave the run unconfirmed.
Bitcoin is on track to close September higher, a feat it has not pulled off after a winning August since 2013. Rising bond yields are the main threat to the run, with two trading days left.
Rumors pointed to a September 28 mainnet launch for Solana's Alpenglow consensus upgrade. The developers behind it say no. The code is live on testnet, aiming to cut finality from about 13 seconds to 150 milliseconds, but Anza has set no mainnet date.
Strategy added 1,665 bitcoin for $142.7 million last week, taking its treasury to 847,666 BTC. The company funded the buy by selling stock, and its newest coins already sit below the current price.
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Coinbase says the CFTC registration completes an end-to-end, USDC-native derivatives stack that lets it build and settle regulated products in-house for always-on markets.
Our read: The CFTC's own register confirms Coinbase Clearing is registered as of September 28, 2026, but only for fully collateralized futures, options and swaps. Leveraged products, the bulk of crypto derivatives volume, still clear through outside firms, and no new product has launched yet.
Bitcoin has beaten its September curse and is set up for its strongest fourth quarter in years.
Our read: The monthly and quarterly gains are real and match CoinGecko price data. But September has not closed, seasonality is a thin basis for a forecast, and rising bond yields with a high MOVE index cut against a smooth run.
Bitcoin is set to break a pattern in place since 2013 and post a third straight monthly gain, a bullish sign heading into the fourth quarter.
Our read: The monthly numbers are real and sourced: about 25% in August and roughly 7% in September, per CoinDesk, with Yahoo Finance data agreeing. But the streak is a small statistical sample, the month is not closed, and rising bond yields work against it. Q4's strong average masks large drawdowns.
Solana's Alpenglow upgrade brings 150-millisecond finality, and some in the market expect it on mainnet within weeks.
Our read: The testnet handoff on September 24 is real and SIMD-0326 is approved, with official figures citing 12.8 seconds down to about 150 milliseconds. The gap: Alpenglow has only days of public testing, Agave v4.3 did not include it, Anza has set no mainnet date and still has an observation period to run.
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US spot bitcoin funds took in about $2 billion in the week to September 23 and flipped 2026 flows positive, yet bitcoin was rejected at $87,000. The gap between demand and price is the real story.
Every four years or so, the reward for mining a bitcoin block is cut in half. The event gets the attention, but the fixed supply schedule behind it is the more important idea, and it is why bitcoin’s scarcity is a rule rather than a policy.
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission registered Coinbase Clearing LLC as a derivatives clearing organization on September 28, 2026. The move lets Coinbase list, broker and settle fully collateralized crypto derivatives inside one company, though leveraged products stay with outside clearers.
Strategy added 1,665 bitcoin for $142.7 million last week, taking its treasury to 847,666 BTC. The company funded the buy by selling stock, and its newest coins already sit below the current price.
Bitget reopened Bitcoin withdrawals on Monday, the first stage of a phased restart, after raising its loss estimate from the September 24 breach to $387.5 million. The exchange says its protection fund will cover the shortfall and user balances are untouched.
Rumors pointed to a September 28 mainnet launch for Solana's Alpenglow consensus upgrade. The developers behind it say no. The code is live on testnet, aiming to cut finality from about 13 seconds to 150 milliseconds, but Anza has set no mainnet date.
The cross-chain swap protocol turned down Bitget's plea to blacklist attacker addresses, saying its emergency controls cannot freeze a single wallet. About $6.3 million in stolen ether moved to bitcoin through it on Monday.
Restaking lets staked ETH secure extra services for more yield. EigenLayer, the biggest such protocol, held about $7 billion on 27 September 2026, down from a $20 billion peak after real penalties and a 2026 hack repriced the risk.
Bitcoin is set to close September higher, its third monthly gain in a row and the first positive September to follow a positive August since 2013. A strong quarter sits behind it, but rising bond yields and an unfinished month leave the run unconfirmed.
Bitcoin is on track to close September higher, a feat it has not pulled off after a winning August since 2013. Rising bond yields are the main threat to the run, with two trading days left.
Quant's QNT token roughly tripled after UK Finance and The Clearing House picked the firm to run early tokenized deposit systems for banks. The deals are real, but the networks do not go live until 2027 and analysts have questioned the trading volume behind the rally.