What if Bitcoin could whisper your transactions instead of shouting them in public? Three researchers have just put a plan on the table that would allow Zcash-style privacy on Bitcoin without touching the protocol.
Binance puts 100 million dollars on Circle and gives a serious boost to USDC. The exchange acquired 1.237 million shares of the stablecoin issuer at 80.84 dollars each, while signing a new five-year business agreement. The goal is to further push USDC on Binance, especially in emerging markets where Tether maintains a considerable lead with USDT.
On September 25, the U.S. spot XRP ETFs recorded $22.65 million in net inflows. Bitwise mainly concentrates these flows, while XRP remains close to $1.55 despite this demand.
The cryptocurrency market enters a phase where every level counts. On Saturday, September 26, 2026, bitcoin trades below its all-time high after a pullback from 87,374 dollars. The rise since mid-September remains visible despite less sustained activity. The hourly, four-hour, and daily charts show consolidation around 84,000 dollars. From then on, supports near 83,000 dollars and resistances from 85,500 to 86,000 dollars focus traders' attention.
Predictive markets still anticipate growth for Ethereum, Solana, and Zcash before the end of this year. However, their bets remain much more cautious regarding the closing price on December 31.
The cost of protecting bitcoin against quantum computing has sharply dropped in a few days. An open competition led by StarkWare, Yukon Research, and Eigen Labs allowed developers and AI agents to speed up the necessary calculations. In one week, the estimate went from about 320 dollars to 67 dollars in GPU computation. This decrease especially shows how code optimization can reduce the resources needed to build transactions capable of better resisting the quantum threat.
The SEC brings new clarifications to the crypto market. In an FAQ published on September 25, its staff details the treatment of tokens, liquid staking, buyback programs and promises made by issuers. A crypto asset that is not itself a security can still be sold under an investment contract. It all depends in particular on what the issuer promises to buyers.
The federal appeals court for the 6th circuit ruled Friday in favor of Ohio and Tennessee against Kalshi. States can apply their sports betting laws to the platform's contracts, a second loss on appeal bringing the case closer to the Supreme Court.
Claude's exclusion from the Pentagon's systems and contracts has just been validated by a U.S. court of appeals. This new setback weakens Anthropic ahead of an IPO that would value it at $2 trillion, but it does not close the legal battle.
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