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Himanshu Sakre is the co-founder of Trend Wire Group and a research editor at BTC Newz. Himanshu chooses the crypto and Bitcoin stories worth scrutinising, gathers the primary sources behind them, and uses AI tools to structure and sharpen the reporting; every article is then cross-checked against its sources, edited and finalised by hand before publication.
Background: Editorial team member at BTC Newz; researches crypto markets, regulation and protocols, verifies each claim against its primary source, and edits AI-assisted drafts to publication. This is general information, not financial or investment advice.
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.
Saudi Arabia has never passed a crypto law, but two official warnings from 2018 and 2019 still set the rules: virtual currencies are not recognized, not regulated, and no local exchange is licensed to trade them.
Owning Bitcoin is not a crime in Saudi Arabia, but no law recognizes it either. A 2018 statement from five government bodies calls virtual currencies unregulated and licenses no exchange to trade them. Here is what the law actually says, and what it leaves unsaid.
Is Bitcoin halal or haram? Islamic scholars disagree. Malaysia's securities regulator allows crypto trading under conditions, while Egypt's Dar al-Ifta and Indonesia's MUI have ruled it forbidden. Here is what the main rulings actually say.
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.
Resolution BCB No. 588 adds transfers to and from self-custody wallets worth $10,000 or more to the list of activity that licensed exchanges must report to Brazil's financial intelligence unit. It takes effect on October 1.
Citi and Coinbase expanded their partnership on September 28, 2026 to let businesses accept stablecoin payments and settle in ordinary dollars. No launch date or deal terms were disclosed.
The UAE charges no personal income tax and no capital gains tax, so most people who buy and sell crypto owe nothing. Businesses are the exception. Corporate tax and VAT rules now apply, and the detail matters.
The Clearing House has chosen Quant to build a US network for moving tokenized bank deposits, days after seven UK banks ran the first live interbank tokenized deposit transfers. Here is what that means and how it differs from a stablecoin.
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.
Hester Peirce, the crypto industry's steadiest ally inside the US SEC, leaves the agency on October 2. Her exit drops the commission to two sitting members and raises questions about the digital asset rules her task force is still writing.
US spot bitcoin ETFs drew $2.4 billion in the week to September 25, their best week since October and enough to erase a $5.8 billion deficit from July. BlackRock's fund led. Daily inflows shrank as the week went on.