Sep 25, 2026
Zcash price surged close to $1,600, while developers target November 5 for the NU7 upgrade that would cut block times to 25 seconds from 75 seconds. Grayscale announced a 3-for-1 forward share split for its Zcash ETF to improve accessibility.
The XRP Ledger's BatchV1_1 amendment has secured 68.57% validator support (24 of 35 votes) as of September 8, 2026, falling short of the 80% threshold required to begin its two-week activation period. XRP is trading at $1.41 as the governance vote continues.
Zcash (ZEC) jumped approximately 20% to briefly top $1,000 on September 4, reaching its highest level in nearly a decade and lifting its market cap to roughly $17 billion. The rally was fueled by strong inflows into Grayscale's ZCSH ETF, which has crossed $400 million in assets.
CFTC-regulated platform Kalshi expanded its cryptocurrency derivatives offerings on September 4 by launching perpetual futures contracts for BNB, Cardano, Worldcoin, Aave, and Venice Token, making these tokens available as regulated derivative products for eligible U.S. traders. The move comes as the CFTC asked a federal court to dismiss CME's challenge to Kalshi's Bitcoin perpetual contract.
Japanese publicly-listed company Remixpoint sold all of its Ethereum, Solana, XRP, and Dogecoin holdings on September 1 for ¥878.8 million ($4.47 million), realizing a ¥117.8 million profit as it shifts to a bitcoin-only cryptocurrency treasury strategy.
CME Group introduced two new multi-asset cryptocurrency benchmarks developed with CF Benchmarks, including a 10-token index that excludes Bitcoin and Ether while tracking assets like XRP, Solana, BNB, and Hyperliquid. The indices are free-float market-cap weighted with real-time pricing and multiple settlement variants.
Charles Schwab announced plans to add Solana (SOL), Avalanche (AVAX) and Chainlink (LINK) to its crypto trading platform in the coming months, expanding beyond its current Bitcoin and Ethereum offerings to nearly 40 million brokerage accounts.
Cryptocurrency exchange Gemini has activated native XRP Ledger deposits and withdrawals for its Singapore customers on August 25, 2026, expanding beyond its previous buy, sell, and hold-only XRP offering in the region.
A critical consensus flaw allowed invalid blocks onto the Ravencoin blockchain starting August 7 at block height 4,487,776. Two mining pools controlling majority hashpower are building a replacement chain from before the exploit, threatening to reverse four days of deposits, withdrawals, and payments.
Grayscale Investments withdrew its S-1 registration statements with the SEC for spot ETFs tied to Cardano (ADA), Hedera (HBAR), and Polkadot (DOT) on August 7, 2026, with all three filings pulled within a 190-second window. No reason was provided for the withdrawals, and no securities had been issued or sold.
Bitcoin stabilized near $64,000 and Ethereum posted modest gains in early August 2026, while the broader cryptocurrency market experienced significant rotation away from altcoins. DeFi tokens crashed 38.7% and stablecoins declined 5% as traders moved toward large-cap cryptocurrencies amid geopolitical uncertainty and anticipation of the U.S. CLARITY Act.
Coinbase is suspending six non-USD trading pairs including CRO/USDT and MINA/EUR effective August 6, while Binance is removing four spot trading pairs (QNT/BTC, RPL/USDC, SIGN/BNB, SKL/USDC) on August 7 and delisting six tokens (ACX, HFT, PIVX, PYR, VANRY, VIC) later in August, citing low trading liquidity and volume.
On July 16, 2026, T. Rowe Price listed TKNZ on NYSE Arca — the first actively managed multi-token spot crypto ETF — dynamically holding 5–15 assets from a 15-token universe at a 0.75% net fee, benchmarked against the FTSE Crypto US Listed Index.
BitMEX co-founder Arthur Hayes disclosed he sold his complete positions in Hyperliquid (HYPE) and Near Protocol (NEAR), warning that financial markets could be approaching a major top ahead of AI IPOs and U.S. midterm elections. The move came days after Hayes made a $100,000 public bet on HYPE.
Goldman Sachs completely exited its XRP and Solana ETF positions in Q1 2026 while reducing Ethereum ETF holdings by approximately 70%. The firm maintained approximately $700 million in Bitcoin ETF exposure.
Bernstein analysts forecast prediction market volumes will hit $1 trillion by 2030, identifying Robinhood and Coinbase as key distribution platforms. The firm sees 'asymmetric upside' for Robinhood with a $130 price target, noting sports betting as entry point rather than endgame.
An attacker exploited Polkadot-based Hyperbridge to mint 1 billion bridged DOT tokens on Ethereum through a forged cross-chain message, ultimately stealing approximately $237,000. Korean exchanges Upbit and Bithumb suspended DOT deposits and withdrawals.
Trump-backed World Liberty Financial's WLFI token plunged to record lows after Justin Sun publicly accused the project of hidden blacklist backdoor controls in its token contract. WLFI threatened legal action, calling Sun's claims 'FUD.'
Bitwise added ticker $BHYP and a 0.67% management fee in its latest amended S-1 filing for a Hyperliquid ETF. Multiple asset managers including Grayscale, 21Shares, and VanEck are competing to launch HYPE-linked ETFs.
WLFI token fell 12% to a record low after the Trump-backed project used billions of its own tokens as collateral to borrow $75 million in stablecoins on DeFi platform Dolomite, triggering concerns over insider access and depositor risks.
Covenant AI, a leading subnet operator, publicly exited Bittensor citing 'decentralization theatre' and alleging punitive actions from co-founder Jacob Steeves. The TAO token fell 18% following the announcement, with Steeves denying the allegations.
Solana Foundation partnered with Asymmetric Research to launch STRIDE, a tiered security program offering 24/7 monitoring and incident response for DeFi protocols, following the $285 million Drift Protocol hack attributed to North Korean actors.
Algorand jumped 50% after a Google Quantum AI research paper highlighted the blockchain as a live example of post-quantum cryptography implementation, while warning that quantum computers could threaten Bitcoin and Ethereum's current cryptographic security.
Decentralized email service Dmail Network announced it will cease operations on May 15, 2026, after five years of development, citing high infrastructure costs, failed fundraising attempts, and weak token utility.
Interactive Brokers has launched crypto trading for eligible retail investors in the European Economic Area, offering 11 cryptocurrencies including Bitcoin, Ethereum, Solana, and XRP alongside traditional assets in a single account.
World Foundation subsidiary sold 239 million WLD tokens worth $65 million through OTC deals to fund operations, R&D, and orb production. The token hit a new all-time low of approximately $0.24, down 97% from its March 2024 peak near $11.82.