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Bitcoin entered this week (Sept. 21–27) above $80,000, but Friday’s update on Americans’ inflation expectations could test whether its rebound can withstand tighter monetary policy.The Bitcoin price stood at $80,323 in CryptoSlate’s Sept. 20 snapshot, up 4.82% over seven days and 3.82% over 30 days. That recovery leaves two questions for the coming week: whether buyers keep adding exposure, and whether inflation concerns intensify after the Federal Reserve’s latest rate increase.CryptoSlate’s 90-day forecast points to a higher median price in December. September prediction markets, however, leave room for both a rebound into the mid-$80,000s and another decline. Neither supplies a…

Trusted Editorial content, reviewed by leading industry experts and seasoned editors. Ad Disclosure TL;DR Balancer contributors are discussing an orderly protocol wind-down. The plan would eventually return treasury assets to BAL holders. A Snapshot vote is expected September 25–29; no vote has passed yet. Balancer is considering something DeFi protocols rarely plan for properly: how to shut down. A proposal on the Balancer governance forum lays out an orderly wind-down process that would stop new pool creation, reduce activity across the protocol and eventually distribute remaining treasury assets to BAL holders. The proposal is still at the forum stage. A…

Fraudsters used stolen debit cards on a U.S. prediction market in a bid to take at least $10 million through bets and cash-outs, according to a new report. A debit-card processor flagged the scheme to the company in February, reports The Wall Street Journal. Users linked stolen cards to Polymarket US accounts then tried to wager and pull the money into clean accounts they controlled. At one point the processor rejected more than 80% of deposits as fraudulent, far above the roughly 1% industry norm. Polymarket employees took the problem to leadership. Chief Executive Shayne Coplan told the compliance team to focus…

Trusted Editorial content, reviewed by leading industry experts and seasoned editors. Ad Disclosure TL;DR Aave Labs has proposed a V4 market built around institutionally custodied collateral. Bitcoin would remain with Anchorage while an on-chain receipt represents the collateral. Chainlink infrastructure would keep custody data synchronized with Aave. Aave Labs is exploring a lending structure that would let institutions borrow on-chain without first moving their Bitcoin out of regulated custody. The proposal, titled “Custodied Collateral Lending: Aave V4 Isolated Hub & Spoke,” would create a new Aave V4 setup designed specifically for assets held with institutional custodians. In the initial model,…

Trusted Editorial content, reviewed by leading industry experts and seasoned editors. Ad Disclosure TL;DR Lido governance is considering a contingent centralized-exchange liquidity mandate. The authorization is capped at 7.5 million LDO and $480,000 USDC. Funds would only be deployed if LDO liquidity deteriorates enough to justify intervention. Lido DAO is considering giving itself a liquidity backstop for LDO trading on centralized exchanges. The proposal would authorize a contingent market-making mandate, allowing up to $1.5 million worth of LDO — capped at 7.5 million LDO — to be made available as recallable market-making inventory. It also provides for up to 480,000…

In brief The House Financial Services Committee reported the American Reserve Modernization Act favorably by 28 votes to 21. The version that advanced drops the gold and Federal Reserve mechanisms floated for buying more Bitcoin. Proof-of-reserve reporting falls from quarterly to annual. A House committee has advanced a bill that would write President Donald Trump’s Strategic Bitcoin Reserve into law, reporting the American Reserve Modernization Act, H.R. 8957, favorably on Wednesday by 28 votes to 21.All 28 votes to report the bill came from Republicans and all 21 against from Democrats. An amendment from ranking member Maxine Waters (D-CA) failed…

In brief ZEC reached $1,388 following the NU7 sentiment polls, whose results landed on Sunday. Coinholders voted 98.9% to preserve halvings, with 2.4 million ZEC cast, a record 66% of the eligible pool. The privacy coin has tripled since July’s Ironwood upgrade and is up more than 2,500% over a year that brought a Grayscale ETF. Zcash surged double digits to $1,388 Thursday, after the community settled the shape of its next network upgrade. ZEC is currently trading at $1,368, up 10.9% on the day and 168% over 30 days, making it the ninth-largest asset by market cap at $22.9…

Trusted Editorial content, reviewed by leading industry experts and seasoned editors. Ad Disclosure TL;DR Uniswap Labs has proposed turning on protocol fees across Arc. The proposal covers Uniswap v2, v3 and v4 deployments on the network. A Snapshot vote is scheduled before any on-chain execution. Uniswap’s protocol-fee rollout could be heading to Circle’s Arc blockchain next. Uniswap Labs has published a temperature-check proposal to extend the protocol’s fee collection and UNI burn infrastructure to Arc, where Uniswap v2, v3, v4 and UniswapX are already deployed. If governance approves the proposal, protocol fees generated on Arc would ultimately feed into the…

A long-dormant Bitcoin (BTC) wallet is awakening after holding funds untouched for over 14 years. The wallet received 100 BTC on November 2nd, 2011, and remained inactive until transferring the coins in block 967732. Galaxy Research highlights the move on X, attributing the sender to Noah Doe #3113 from address 1Mj5R3kbScUeccyiNKJnAMk6vhHppzsEq8. The research firm is spotlighting the enormous appreciation realized by the holder. “Awakened — dormant 14+ years100.00 BTC ($8.09M) untouched since first received 2011-11-02 (14.9y ago) — just moved in block 967732 Address: 1Mj5R3kbScUeccyiNKJnAMk6vhHppzsEq8Sender Attribution: Noah Doe #3113  Realized PnL: +$8.09M (+2,486,052% gain) – basis ~$3 avg – held…

In brief Visa is moving to close a loophole in Crossmint-powered checkouts that let meme coin purchases made with credit cards be processed under a merchant code meant for digital media. The move follows a challenge from Chase, which said one Visa transaction was misclassified and shouldn’t have earned rewards; the New York AG’s office is also reviewing the matter. Meme coin purchases will continue but must be coded as crypto transactions, subject to Visa’s rules; processors have a grace period expected to end next week. Banks came away empty-handed in their bid for tighter restrictions on stablecoin rewards after…

Trusted Editorial content, reviewed by leading industry experts and seasoned editors. Ad Disclosure TL;DR Lido says the wind-down of its Simple DVT Module’s regular clusters is complete. Governance approved the shutdown earlier this year. Eligible node operators have begun receiving the first tranche of transition grants. Lido has finished winding down the regular clusters in its Simple DVT Module, closing another chapter in the protocol’s validator decentralization rollout. A September 18 update on Lido’s governance forum confirmed that the wind-down process has been completed. The move follows an earlier DAO vote that overwhelmingly supported retiring the regular Simple DVT clusters.…

In brief Over two years, Bitcoin gained 28% while the median mid-cap altcoin lost 74% and Ethereum landed roughly sideways, per a Glassnode and Bybit report—a stark reversal of the usual “altseason” rotation. Leverage has pooled in the riskiest corners: Bitcoin carries futures open interest worth about 2% of its market cap, versus roughly 24% for PEPE. This week’s rebound above $80,000 dragged majors up with it, while ETF flows still tilt heavily toward Bitcoin’s $55.2 billion over Ethereum’s $13.1 billion. The gap between Bitcoin and the rest of the market has become a chasm. Over the past two years,…

Gen Z now makes up less than 5% of the new home market and Hunter Albright of SALT Lending thinks that changes what assets an entire generation chooses to build wealth with. In this conversation he connects housing affordability, Bitcoin as collateral, and the rise of borrowing against Bitcoin for down payments without locking your coins up for 30 years. Albright also covers Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac recognizing Bitcoin, SALT’s five-year loan terms, and what a Bitcoin-powered life actually looks like in practice. DISCLAIMER: The views and opinions expressed in this show are those of the participants and do…

September 20th, 2026 – Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Monochrome Exchange, a multi-asset trading platform, has announced the Initial Exchange Offering (IEO) of its native utility token, MCR. The platform aims to consolidate crypto, equities, bonds, and real-world assets into a single venue where trades settle on-chain. The exchange is currently live, featuring over 260 active markets. MCR Initial Exchange Offering Details Date: September 21, 13:00 UTC+8 to September 28, 13:00 UTC+8 Location: Monochrome Launchpad (monochrome.exchange/launchpad) Token Price: $0.88 per MCR Public Sale Supply: 10,500,000 MCR (5% of total supply) Vesting Schedule: 1-month cliff from Token Generation Event (TGE), followed…