Bitcoin fell to about $83,000 as U.S. Treasury yields climbed, with the 10-year yield quoted at 5.30%. Bitfinex says higher real yields are a headwind and further Bitcoin gains need spot demand.
Open Standard launched OUSD on Ethereum, Solana, Base and Tempo, with Stripe’s Bridge issuing the stablecoin. OUSD shares reserve revenue with adoption partners, and Stripe now offers it across Bridge, Privy wallets, Issuing cards and Treasury.
The Senate failed to advance the CLARITY Act on September 15. Bitwise’s Matt Hougan says its failure helped crypto rally by sparing exchanges and stablecoin rewards from restrictions.
Hyperliquid Labs agreed to sell 3.75 million HYPE from its October team unlock to one institution through an OTC deal. Estimates value the sale at roughly $300 million to $320 million, with none slated for open-market sale.
October Fed hike odds fell to about 34% after cooler August PCE, easing expected near-term rate pressure on crypto. Goldman moved its next hike forecast from October to December.
Sen. Steve Daines introduced the ADAPT Act to change federal crypto taxes. The bill would exempt eligible dollar-stablecoin spending and qualifying network fees of $10 or less, apply wash-sale rules to crypto, and clarify staking, mining and lending treatment; it is not law.
QNT rose more than 350% over a week after The Clearing House selected Quant to connect its tokenized-deposit network.
U.S. forces struck three more Iranian oil carriers on Sept. 5, extending tanker attacks that began near Khasab on Aug. 31. Brent neared $108, adding inflation and rate pressure for Bitcoin.
The U.S. 30-year Treasury yield rose above 5.6%, its highest level since 2002. One trader expects the rise to weigh on Bitcoin in the short term.
Bitcoin retraced its morning rally and needs to reclaim $85,000, where sellers remain active. Holding support in the low $80,000s keeps further upside possible.
Pump.fun users report earning thousands of dollars in callout rewards, including $3,900 in one day. A user with 117 followers also received a payout.
Bitget returned to net inflows on the third day after withdrawals reopened following its hack, with $9.47 million in net deposits on September 29. ETH deposits exceeded withdrawals as the exchange offered fixed stablecoin yields and BTC and ETH lockup rewards.
Base activated Cobalt on mainnet, adding conditional transactions and new B20 asset controls. Issuers can combine access lists and, when seizure is enabled, transfer seized balances to another wallet with an onchain note.
Ethereum’s September 29 breakout attempt failed. Traders want a strong close above $2,700 backed by spot demand, with a move above $2,800 potentially opening another leg higher.
SAEWOO won Frontier’s Solana perpetuals trading contest in South Korea, with Jadoodoo finishing runner-up. SAEWOO earned a sponsored trip to the London Breakpoint final, where traders will compete for a Porsche.
U.S. spot Bitcoin ETFs took in about $2.39 billion for the week, their largest weekly inflow since October 2025. The inflow pushed 2026 net flows back above zero.
TxFlow announced Points Season 1 and says it will recognize traders who used the platform before the season. Season 1 has not started, and traders expect it to begin in roughly two weeks.
NEAR has moved above a multiyear downtrend on its monthly chart, with the month-end close still pending. Its monthly MACD has turned bullish.
Bitwise’s spot NEAR ETF began trading on NYSE Arca under NRR with planned in-house staking. The fund drew $35.5 million in net inflows on its first day, bringing assets to $36 million.
Bitcoin is up about 42% since July 1, putting it on track for its best quarter since late 2024. The quarter has not closed yet.
Decrypt and Myriad announced plans for The Information Exchange on Solana, combining news, data, prediction markets and spot and perpetual trading. The planned product would use MYR.
Petrobras built two Cardano apps to track environmental claims for sustainable aviation fuel and Diesel R. The aviation-fuel design issues CS-SAF tokens that are retired when claimed to prevent the same credit being counted twice.
Garrett Jin closed his full 38,000 ZEC short for a $35.44 million loss. He still holds 202,078 ZEC spot worth about $309 million, with roughly $221 million in unrealized profit.
Bitcoin is on track to finish September higher after gains in July and August, putting it close to three straight positive months.
ZEST broke above its range and retested former resistance as support, but a later push into $0.20 met selling. Traders put the next targets at $0.26 to $0.28.