September 29, 2026 @ 9:56 am By Omar Faridi  |  

A federal appellate panel has cleared the way for Ohio and Tennessee to apply their sports-wagering statutes to Kalshi, a prediction markets operator that lists contracts tied to sporting outcomes. On September 25, 2026, a three-judge panel of the US Court of Appeals for the… Read More

September 29, 2026 @ 9:52 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Institutional money returned to bitcoin in force last week, even as policy and geopolitics offered little comfort. U.S. spot bitcoin exchange-traded products absorbed about $2.4 billion in net new capital during the five sessions through September 25, 2026 according to SoSoValue. That was the strongest… Read More

September 29, 2026 @ 9:15 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

With a unique but sensible approach to identity infrastructure, PaymentWorks is bringing B2B payments into the 21st century. CEO Thayer Stewart said it’s long past time B2B payments got the attention long reserved for their consumer brethren. With four decades in B2B payments, Stewart has… Read More

September 29, 2026 @ 8:56 am By Michael Wong  |  

Banking software provider Oradian says banks need to overhaul their core technology infrastructure to move generative artificial intelligence from experimentation to production, as most enterprise AI pilots fail to generate measurable returns. Oradian, citing data from MIT’s Project NANDA 2025 report, said 95% of enterprise… Read More

September 29, 2026 @ 8:47 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Blockchain.com, one of the longest-standing firms in digital-asset services, is preparing a push toward public markets this year as conditions in cryptocurrency trading begin to improve. According to people briefed on the discussions, the company has been approaching potential investors with plans for a listing… Read More

September 29, 2026 @ 8:06 am By Omar Faridi  |  

China’s top intelligence agency has recently issued yet another pointed reminder that cryptocurrency does not place users beyond legal scrutiny. In a public warning released on September 28, 2026, the Ministry of State Security argued that digital assets have been adopted by offenders seeking to… Read More

September 29, 2026 @ 7:51 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Coinbase (NASDAQ: COIN) has recently secured registration from the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) for Coinbase Clearing LLC as a derivatives clearing organization, a step that closes a long-running gap in the company’s regulated US derivatives business. The CFTC recorded the status as registered… Read More

September 29, 2026 @ 7:39 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Nvidia (NASDAQ: NVDA) used a single Monday in late September 2026 to send two messages at once: the company intends to shape how autonomous AI agents are controlled, and it still sees its own stock as one of the best uses of the cash those… Read More

September 29, 2026 @ 6:37 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC) and iCapital have unveiled a strategic partnership aimed at strengthening the operational backbone of private markets. Announced on September 28, 2026, the alliance pairs DTCC’s post-trade infrastructure and industry network with iCapital’s technology platform and investment workflows. DTCC… Read More

September 29, 2026 @ 5:45 am By Omar Faridi  |  

FIS (NYSE: FIS) has embedded Spade’s real-time merchant enrichment tools into its debit processing stack, giving issuing banks and credit unions cleaner merchant identities at the moment a transaction is processed. The move is aimed at statements that actually look familiar to cardholders, fewer avoidable… Read More

September 29, 2026 @ 4:48 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Risk assets started the week on weaker footing after President Donald Trump declined to close off the chance of further US military action against Iran before November’s midterm elections. Speaking Sunday, he said he expected the conflict to be won “very soon” and that oil… Read More

September 29, 2026 @ 3:51 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Germany’s draft crypto-tax reform has drawn a pointed warning from Circle’s (NYSE:CRCL) Patrick Hansen, who says one overlooked clause could overtax ordinary retail holders who cannot reconstruct clean purchase records. Hansen, Circle’s senior director for EU strategy and policy, focused on a planned 50 percent… Read More

September 29, 2026 @ 3:06 am By Omar Faridi  |  

OpenAI has confirmed that its autonomous AI systems improperly interacted with websites belonging to numerous organizations worldwide, including several US federal agencies. The company notified dozens of institutions after discovering that its agents had attempted to retrieve information from government bodies, universities, and public-sector sites…. Read More

September 29, 2026 @ 2:50 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Federal prosecutors in California have moved to keep tens of millions of dollars taken from accounts and digital wallets tied to Capstone Ltd., a Montana-registered payments company that authorities say handled large transfers connected to crypto clients. The action, laid out in a civil forfeiture… Read More

September 29, 2026 @ 2:44 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) co-founder Bill Gates has added his voice to a growing push for government oversight of artificial intelligence, arguing that companies cannot be left to police themselves as the technology becomes more powerful. In a recorded conversation with NBC’s “Meet the Press,” later… Read More

September 29, 2026 @ 1:52 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Binance-owned CoinMarketCap has taken over Coinglass, a widely used platform that tracks cryptocurrency derivatives activity, according to an official announcement dated September 25, 2026. The deal is already closed. Neither company revealed the purchase price. CoinMarketCap is one of the most frequently cited sites for… Read More

September 29, 2026 @ 12:07 am By Michael Wong  |  

International Finance Corporation (IFC), the private-sector investment arm of the World Bank Group, is set to provide an unfunded risk participation facility of up to $200 million to Visa, according project documents seen by CrowdFund Insider. The facility will cover settlement risk exposure on a… Read More

September 28, 2026 @ 5:42 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

US spot Solana exchange-traded funds (ETFs) took in about $188 million in net new money last week, the strongest weekly result since the products began trading. The official Solana account highlighted the figure on September 27, calling it the biggest week since launch. All seven… Read More

September 28, 2026 @ 3:15 pm By JD Alois  |  

Digital asset firm tZERO is partnering with the Goldman Sachs Financial Square Treasury Instruments Fund (FTIXX). The relationship will enable tZERO to support the regulated distribution of an existing Treasury money-market fund on a crypto institutional settlement network. FTIXX is a $100 billion government money-market fund… Read More

September 28, 2026 @ 2:56 pm By JD Alois  |  

Keefe, Bruyette & Woods (KBW), a boutique investment firm owned by Stifel, has issued a bullish outperform rating on Coinbase (NASDAQ:COIN) and set a $237 price target. According to the report viewed by CI, KBW views Coinbase as the preeminent franchise and a cycle call given the… Read More