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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.

Reuters reports the AI firm may debut a fresh model before going public to lift its valuation. Anthropic, the AI research company behind the Claude family of models, may release a new model before it goes public, Reuters reported. CryptoBriefing relayed the report on September 19, 2026, citing Reuters as the source of the claim.

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 AI company is said to be weighing a public offering that could raise as much as $100 billion. Anthropic, the artificial intelligence company behind the Claude family of models, is reportedly eyeing a public listing this November. According to reports from CoinGape and crypto.news, the company is targeting a valuation of roughly $2 trillion.

Bitcoin's rally defies expectations after a setback for crypto market structure legislation and a tightening move from the Federal Reserve. Bitcoin traded above $81,000 this week, a move that caught attention because it came alongside two developments many expected to weigh on prices.

Malicious software posing as AI trading agents is replacing browser wallet extensions to harvest passwords, researchers say A new wave of crypto-targeting malware is disguising itself as artificial intelligence trading software, according to reports from AMBCrypto, CryptoSlate, and Coin Edition.

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.

The Wall Street Journal reports Christine Lagarde intervened to keep Binance locked out of the European Union market. Christine Lagarde, president of the European Central Bank, personally blocked Binance’s attempt to secure a license inside the European Union, according to a Wall Street Journal report.

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 trading platform's stake values the former crypto-mining firm at $30.9 billion as it builds out AI data centers. Robinhood has committed $25 million to Crusoe, a company that began life powering Bitcoin mining rigs and has since retooled itself around artificial intelligence infrastructure.

Technical analysts point to a rare momentum reading on XRP's chart, though outlets differ on how to interpret it XRP has produced a Relative Strength Index pattern that analysts describe as unusually favorable, according to reports from CryptoPotato and Cryptonews.com.

Falling futures open interest tempers optimism even as regulatory clarity efforts and ETF demand shape the outlook for XRP. XRP has held steady around the $1.30 level this week, according to CoinJournal, even as broader market signals turned mixed.

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.

Weak purchases from public companies add to a broader pattern of soft bitcoin demand signals. Corporate treasuries purchased only 5,900 bitcoin during the third quarter, according to CoinDesk. At current prices, that haul was worth approximately $451 million, as reported separately by The Cryptonomist.

A report alleging ECB President Christine Lagarde pressured Greek regulators over Binance's license application has raised fresh questions about the exchange's EU market entry. Binance’s bid to secure a license under the European Union’s Markets in Crypto-Assets regulation, known as MiCA, is facing new questions.

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.