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Crypto Economy and CryptoBriefing both cover the Senate's September 15 block of the CLARITY Act but disagree on how far Bitcoin fell and on the core reason the bill failed. Crypto Economy and CryptoBriefing both cover the Senate's September 15 block of the CLARITY Act but disagree on how far Bitcoin fell and…

Across tax law, a presidential ethics deal and an XRP price call, named outlets give directly conflicting readings of the same event, and none of the source documents are on the record here. Across tax law, a presidential ethics deal and an XRP price call, named outlets give directly conflicting readings of the same event…

The wallet-infrastructure provider is broadening its developer toolkit beyond custody and key management. Turnkey has expanded its wallet infrastructure platform to include swap and earn capabilities, according to reports from CoinGape and Yahoo Finance. The company built its reputation on secure key management and wallet infrastructure for developers building crypto applications.

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 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.

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.

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.

The National Bank of the Kyrgyz Republic will use CertiK's blockchain security tools to oversee its planned digital currency The National Bank of the Kyrgyz Republic has brought in CertiK to support security and oversight of its digital som initiative. CertiK is a blockchain security firm known for smart contract audits and on-chain monitoring tools.

A newly revised version of the crypto market structure bill is drawing resistance from multiple camps just before lawmakers are set to vote. The Clarity Act has been positioned in Washington as an attempt to settle years of uncertainty over which federal agency should oversee digital assets.

The move comes a day before a scheduled cloture vote on the crypto market structure bill. Senate Democrats intend to submit a counterproposal to Republicans on the CLARITY Act, Politico reported. The move follows a GOP offer described as final, setting up a last-minute negotiation ahead of a scheduled cloture vote.

The milestone follows activation of the fixCleanup amendment on the XRP Ledger mainnet. The XRP Ledger has reached a new milestone, processing the highest number of transactions ever recorded in a single block. The event was reported by U.Today and CoinGape, both pointing to a link between the record and a recent protocol update.

CryptoBriefing reports the administration has signed off on added ethics language as the crypto market structure bill advances. CryptoBriefing reported on September 14 that the White House has agreed to new ethics language in the CLARITY Act.

The cross-chain protocol paused operations following an exploit that generated more than 40 billion synthetic Bitcoin tokens without proper backing. Symbiosis, a cross-chain liquidity and bridging protocol, has confirmed the recovery of 15 BTC following a security incident involving its synthetic Bitcoin token, syBTC.

BusinessDay NG reports that Dangote is wagering on sheer refining capacity to shift Africa's position in the worldwide fuel supply chain. BusinessDay NG reports that Dangote is staking its refining strategy on scale, betting that sheer size can change Africa’s role in global refined-product markets.

CryptoBriefing and Bitcoin.com News both cover the Senate GOP's revised Clarity Act but cite different prediction-market odds for its passage. CryptoBriefing and Bitcoin.com News both cover the Senate GOP's revised Clarity Act but cite different prediction-market odds for its passage.

Danmarks Nationalbank says growing use of dollar-pegged stablecoins could threaten financial stability Danmarks Nationalbank, Denmark's central bank, has raised concerns about the risks posed by US dollar stablecoins. The bank said continued growth in stablecoin usage could create financial stability challenges. Its warning was reported by Bitcoin.com News and crypto.news on September 11, 2026.

The remittance giant ties digital dollar balances to everyday Visa spending as competitors race to add crypto rails. MoneyGram has rolled out a stablecoin-backed Visa card in Colombia, according to reporting from The Block, Cointelegraph, Coindoo and Crypto News Flash.