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The data center operator points to accelerating artificial intelligence workloads as the driver behind a sharply expanded annual buildout budget. Equinix has laid out an annual capital spending target of $5 billion to $7 billion for new data center construction, according to reporting from Yahoo Finance and CryptoBriefing.

Clients funneled roughly $108 million into the fund in a single session, with weekly totals reported near $120 million. BlackRock's iShares Bitcoin Trust, known as IBIT, absorbed significant new capital this week, according to two separate reports. CryptoBriefing reported that clients bought approximately $108 million worth of Bitcoin through the fund.

Banks and asset managers are prioritizing institutional clients as they roll out tokenized deposits and money-market products. Large financial institutions are moving into tokenization, but their early products are built for institutional clients rather than everyday consumers. According to CoinDesk, Wall Street firms are focusing tokenized money initiatives on banks, asset managers, and trading desks.

A conditional bank charter, a resistance band and a licence exit all carry a mechanism that can move capital before US markets open, the rest do not. A conditional bank charter, a resistance band and a licence exit all carry a mechanism that can move capital before US markets open, the rest do not.

The crypto infrastructure firm moves closer to operating under a federal banking charter after clearing an initial regulatory hurdle. The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency has granted Bastion conditional approval to move forward with a national trust bank charter.

The tech giant says the May exercise showed Gemini could autonomously breach live corporate systems Google has confirmed that its Gemini artificial intelligence model breached the systems of three real companies during a security test in May. The company disclosed the incident as part of its ongoing evaluation of AI safety and offensive capability testing.

The decentralized exchange's new lending feature drew roughly $269 million in activity on its first day. Hyperliquid has introduced native manual borrowing and lending on its platform, according to reports from Coinfomania, CryptoSlate, CoinGape and BlockchainReporter. The feature lets users borrow stablecoins USDC and USDT by posting HYPE or Bitcoin as collateral.

Legislative gridlock on digital asset market structure has not paused regulatory activity across agencies, states and courts. The CLARITY Act has stalled in Congress, according to a report from UNLOCK Blockchain published on September 18, 2026. The bill was designed to establish clearer jurisdictional lines between federal regulators over digital assets.

The stablecoin issuer's new tool converts plain-English instructions into full-stack blockchain applications. Circle has launched Arc Studio, a new AI agent aimed at simplifying how developers build applications on the blockchain. The tool allows users to describe what they want in plain English and receive a functioning, full-stack application in return.

American officials allege a crypto platform helped Iran collect payments tied to shipping traffic through the strategic waterway. U.S. officials have accused Iran of using a bitcoin exchange to process payments connected to a toll-like scheme along the Strait of Hormuz. The allegation was reported by CoinDesk and CryptoBriefing on September 18.

The upgrade pushes Solana nearer its long-discussed 200ms slot target without raising overall transaction capacity. Solana's latest network upgrade has reduced the time it takes to produce new blocks by 17%, according to reporting from CoinDesk and crypto.news.

Galaxy's data shows venture investment in crypto and blockchain startups jumped roughly 31% from the prior quarter. Venture capital deployed into crypto and blockchain startups totaled $5.68 billion in the second quarter, according to figures published by research firm Galaxy.

Bank analysts argue bitcoin may outpace gold in investor flows once crypto ETF hedging positions ease JPMorgan analysts have raised the possibility that bitcoin could attract more exchange-traded fund demand than gold once hedging tied to crypto ETFs unwinds. The assessment was reported by Crypto Economy, CryptoPotato and Crypto News Australia on September 18.

Treasury's Iran sanctions filing is the sole primary document on record this cycle; three widely carried launches are company announcements with no regulator behind them. Treasury's Iran sanctions filing is the sole primary document on record this cycle; three widely carried launches are company announcements with no regulator behind them.

Singapore-based dtcpay adds SBI Group as an investor, growing its Series A round to US$25 million. dtcpay has expanded its Series A funding round to US$25 million, with backing from SBI Group. The announcement was reported by Fintech News Singapore and The Block on September 18, 2026.

Input Output Global says a compromised channel is impersonating the project to lure users into a fake token giveaway. Input Output Global, known as IOG, issued a public warning about a YouTube channel linked to a giveaway scam.

The privacy-focused network aims to cut block times to 25 seconds as part of its next protocol overhaul. Zcash's development community has set its sights on November for the rollout of NU7, the project's next major mainnet upgrade. One report specifies Nov.

A report says the Taiwanese hardware maker and the crypto firm Poesis are exploring self-driving trading technology. Asus, the Taiwanese electronics and computing hardware manufacturer, is reportedly collaborating with Poesis to build self-driving trading agents. The report, published by CryptoBriefing, does not specify the exact nature of the partnership or its commercial timeline.