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The latest $36.6 million purchase rounds out a milestone holding as corporate bitcoin treasuries keep expanding. Strive has added 469 bitcoin to its corporate treasury, according to reports published on September 15. The purchase, valued at approximately $36.6 million, lifts the company's total holdings to a round 25,000 BTC.

Bitcoin briefly touched $80,000 before retreating as hopes for the Clarity Act cooled Bitcoin's price briefly climbed to $80,000 before falling back, marking a notable reversal in what had been a period of renewed optimism across crypto markets.

The meme coin project takes over the revived file-sharing brand and installs new leadership for its 8 million users. BabyDoge, the meme coin project built on a Shiba Inu-inspired brand, has acquired LimeWire, according to reporting from crypto.news and The Cryptonomist.

Binance's former CEO CZ compares the CoinEx shutdown to the 2019 QuadrigaCX collapse. CoinEx is in the process of winding down its operations, according to reporting from UNLOCK Blockchain published on September 15, 2026.

The exchange points to a prolonged market downturn as it winds down operations, drawing a reaction from Binance founder CZ. CoinEx has announced plans to shut down after nine years in operation, according to reports from The Block and CoinGape.

Garlinghouse warns lawmakers against derailing digital asset legislation and voices support for Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent. Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse has called on U.S. senators not to derail crypto legislation currently before Congress. His remarks, reported on September 15, frame the bill as a critical step toward regulatory clarity for the digital asset industry.

New data pointing to weak investment activity has renewed concerns over the pace of China's economic recovery. China's investment activity has slumped to new lows, CryptoBriefing reported on September 15. The outlet's reporting points to weakening fixed-asset investment as a key drag on the world's second-largest economy.

CoinGape and Bitcoin.com News both cover the Sept. 16 Ways and Means markup of the Digital Asset Tax Certainty Act but disagree on whether the mining and staking tax provision has already been removed. CoinGape and Bitcoin.com News both cover the Sept.

Lawmakers will debate and vote on legislation to formally establish a federal bitcoin reserve, according to three separate reports. A committee within the U.S. House of Representatives is set to hold a markup vote on legislation establishing a Strategic Bitcoin Reserve.

The asset manager points to more than $1.7 billion in XRP ETF inflows while noting a gap between token utility and holder value. Crypto asset manager 21Shares has published an assessment of XRP that frames the token around three core arguments.

The mainnet upgrade raises the transaction size limit to 4,096 bytes, opening the door to more complex on-chain applications. Solana's mainnet now runs Transaction V1, a protocol upgrade that expands how much data a single transaction can carry. The change increases the maximum transaction size by about 3.3 times compared to the prior limit.

Atkins says the agency will keep building digital asset regulation even if the market structure bill stalls in Congress. SEC Chair Paul Atkins has publicly backed the CLARITY Act, according to CoinDesk and CoinGape. The bill aims to establish clearer boundaries between securities and commodities regulators over digital assets.

Federal prosecutors allege the funds trace back to black market oil proceeds moved through digital asset channels to evade U.S. sanctions. The U.S. Department of Justice is seeking to seize approximately $61 million in cryptocurrency assets it links to Iranian black market oil sales.

Traders are watching a congressional vote on crypto market structure legislation, but analysts warn conditions could limit any XRP rally. XRP price forecasts are drawing attention ahead of a scheduled vote on the CLARITY Act. The bill addresses crypto market structure and could shape how digital assets like XRP are regulated going forward.

Thai payments firm embeds a baht-linked digital asset wallet into its app using infrastructure from custody provider Fireblocks. TrueMoney has partnered with Fireblocks to launch an embedded digital wallet supporting THBT, a token tied to the Thai baht, on the Base blockchain.

Engineers from both networks have ended talks aimed at merging their separate account abstraction proposals into one shared standard. Ethereum and Base developers have called off an attempt to merge their competing account abstraction proposals into a single, shared standard.

Ripple's Garlinghouse voices support for Treasury Secretary Bessent's case for the bill as lawmakers finalize the crypto market structure legislation. The CLARITY Act is approaching a decisive moment in the Senate, with lawmakers finalizing the text of a bill designed to clarify how digital assets are regulated in the United States.

Banking groups want stricter limits on stablecoin yield as lawmakers finalize market-structure legislation US banks are asking senators to tighten rules around stablecoin rewards before lawmakers vote on the CLARITY Act, according to Cryptopolitan. The push comes as the bill moves toward a final Senate decision on how digital dollar-pegged tokens should be regulated.