Crypto for Wednesday, September 30, 2026

Gemini 4 Is Here, and Google’s Flagship Tops All Other AI Models on Cybersecurity
Brazil’s largest energy giant tests Cardano to fix carbon double-counting
Perplexity AI Predicts Insane $40 Price Target for XRP: How Did It Get There?
Robinhood to Launch Crypto Perpetual Futures in the US
Dogecoin Is Getting Apps as DogeOS Opens Its Public Testnet
Standard Chartered says Ethena’s ENA could crush Bitcoin and Ethereum returns by 2028
FBI Tells Its Employees to Assume Hackers Have Their Personal Data
Standard Chartered sees Ethena’s USDe reaching $40B, ENA hitting $2
Coinbase-Backed Crypto Group Reveals Midterm Endorsements After Clarity Act Collapse
Bitcoin Bull Market Shows Signs of Cooling: CryptoQuant
Bitget’s hackers turn to Zcash after $50 million laundering route gets blocked
Bitget Hacker Turns to Zcash Privacy Pool After Near Rejects $50M in Swaps
Bitcoin’s Biggest Holders Ramp Up Buying While Retail Traders Remain Flat
Kalshi’s $40 billion growth story hits tough questions about its trading volume
Bitcoin Fell After Four US Midterms: Could 2026 Break the Pattern?
US Government's New AI Chatbot Has a Weird Minecraft Secret
Crypto advocacy group announces picks for US Congress as midterms loom
Base completes Cobalt upgrade, adds new tools for tokenized assets
Bloomberg brings onchain stablecoin data to its Terminal
CFTC Sends White House New Rules to Cement Its Grip on Prediction Markets
Zcash (ZEC) Gains 1,000% and Still Has Room to Grow, Grayscale Research Says
XRP Price Battling Resistances as BlackRock Rumors Pop
Aave’s $50 million lending plan could lose money without a single default
Bitcoin fails to sustain $85,000 breakout, and bond yield spikes are blamed
Bitcoin ETFs Extend Win Streak to 9 Days, Matching August Rally
UK’s 2027 crypto rules let firms remove trust protection from Bitcoin lent for yield
Brazil’s Petrobras uses Cardano to track sustainable aviation fuel, renewable diesel
Crypto industry gave $8 million to Clarity Act lobbyists who didn't close the deal
Stolen Bitget Funds Converted to BTC via CoW, Chainflip: Report
Introducing The Information Exchange on Solana, Powered by Decrypt and MYR
Bitget ‘gradually back to usual’ as protection fund reaches $309M
Stablecoin cards enter ‘hyper growth’ mode as monthly spending hits record $1.17 billion
Trump Unveils 'Morally Binding' AI Accord Signed by OpenAI, Google and Nvidia
Bitcoin Jumps on Cool PCE Inflation Data as Bond Yields Hit 20-Year Highs
Open USD takes on Tether, Circle with a different stablecoin model that's 'building money'
Robinhood Chain kept producing blocks through a roughly 40-minute app disruption
U.S. CFTC seeks event contract definitions that may defy states' gambling claims
Ex-NCA Officer Must Repay $2.4M for Bitcoin He Stole When It Was Worth $77K
Crypto Long & Short: What will the AI agents run on?
SEC changes token buyback guidance as spending hits $638M
Clock's ticking: UK's crypto regulatory application window opens with February deadline
Ripple Price Analysis: XRP Maintains Bullish Structure After Defending Key Support
Bitcoin Price Tops $85K as US Core PCE Rises 0.2% MoM, Cooler Than Expected
Could THORChain face prosecution over stolen Bitget funds?
Binance ends Funding Account crypto deposits as Pay and Convert move to Spot
Ethereum Price Prediction: $3K Is Still in Play, But ETH Must Clear This Key Hurdle First
Sui (SUI) Could Be Headed for a 230% Price Explosion: Here’s Why
Singapore crypto activity grows 55% as broader region contracts
Cardano tapped by Brazil’s state oil giant to track cleaner jet fuel and diesel
Arthur Hayes Predicts Ethereum Will Reach $10K by Year-End
Bitcoin could react to new 40M barrel US oil sale before a single barrel is delivered
FCA opens crypto authorization window ahead of 2027 UK regime
Bitcoin in New Zealand: Regulation, Tax, and What Investors Need to Know
Morning Minute: Robinhood Adds Perps, Weekend Stocks, and AI Traders
CFTC Investigating Adam Kinzinger Over Kalshi Bets on His Own Pardon: Report
Altcoin exchange deposit count jumps 160% in 2 weeks
Coinbase just completed its US derivatives stack but its biggest bet still sits outside it
A stronger dollar is a weaker threat to bitcoin than traders think
McDonald's AI ‘Pricing Engine’ Gauges What Customers Will Pay for a Big Mac: Report
Bitget hackers move $4 million into Zcash’s private pool, making funds harder to trace
A single market worth protecting: Getting the MiCA review right
The SEC Is finally modernizing transfer-agent rules. Wall Street must not repeat the ‘paperwork crisis’
NEAR Hits a 21-Month Peak Following This Strong Catalyst: Key Predictions Ahead
Bitcoin Price Tests $83,000 Ahead of Key PCE Inflation Release
OpenAI, Google and Meta pledge outside AI audits under voluntary White House deal
US Senator Blumenthal Calls Tether's USDT a 'Superhighway' for Iranian Sanctions Evasion
Metaplanet directors push back against shareholder fury over a controversial executive payout plan
Live updates: Standard Chartered initiates ENA coverage, BTC tentative ahead of U.S. inflation data
Lighter Crypto LIT Drops Violently on Robinhood Plan
These Altcoins Pump With Double Digits as Bitcoin (BTC) Consolidation Continues: Market Watch
Bitcoin ETFs stretch $3.1B inflow streak as Ether funds turn red
Bitcoin stalls near $83,000 while lighter drops 17% on Robinhood perps plan
Crypto hardware wallets compared for 2026
SlowMist traces Bitget hack activity to Aug. 31 zero-day exploit
XRP Price Prediction: Binance XRP Scarcity Index Hits 20-Month Low
FOMC Polymarket Odds: A Rate Hold Regains the Edge in October Pricing
Bitcoin’s $87,000 rally just flipped from short squeeze to long risk
BetFury Offers Futures With an x1000 Multiplier and Slippage-Free Crypto Trading
PUMP Crypto Surges +15%: Will Pump.Fun Explosion Boost SOL?
Pokemon Crypto Case: Collector Faces Trial Over $55 Million Hack
Anthropic tokenized pre-IPO volume hits $643M, but liquidity test looms
Worldcoin PeaqOS Integration Brings World ID to AI Agents: Can WLD Price Hold $0.50?
OpenAI seeks $30 billion in funding at whopping $1.4 trillion valuation after delaying IPO
Bitcoin $215K Scenario Emerges as BTC Reclaims Key Market Levels
Ethereum Price Prediction: Could Aztec’s zk.money Drive ETH Higher as Zcash Fuels Privacy Narrative?
Winklevoss-owned Gemini switches Zcash software ahead of faster 25-second blocks
How European investors can now buy bitcoin without taking on U.S. dollar risk
Bitcoin could put the average ETF buyer back in losses this week
Bitcoin Price Prediction: Is the BTC Correction Over as It Defies September’s Red Trend?
Major Ripple (XRP) Partnership Targeting Brazil’s $22 Trillion Financial Market Infrastructure
GhostSwap Review 2026: Privacy-Oriented Crypto Swaps
XRP News: Brazil $4T Financial Infrastructure Expands Onto XRPL
Bitcoin bulls have one price level to defend
European stablecoin issuer AllUnity launches USD stablecoin USDAU
Robinhood announces AI agent for customers that trades around the clock, plus 10x crypto perps
3 Cryptocurrencies AI Predicts Could Explode This October
Kalshi in advanced talks to raise new funding at $40B valuation: Reuters
XRP Ledger starts carrying fund records from Brazil operator overseeing $4 trillion
Bitcoin rally shows signs of cooling even as a 'bull score' gauge nears its perfect score
Illinois draft crypto tax rules detail DeFi, stablecoin treatment
Apple Patches iOS Flaw That Could Let Attackers Run Malicious Code on iPhones
Crypto.com AI agent still in ‘stealth mode’ nearly 8 months after Super Bowl debut
Binance Pay lets visitors spend USDT at PayPay merchants in Japan
Sentora split 50% Aave revenue, but suppliers absorb all losses
Trump accord calls for tech firms to ‘self police’ their own frontier AI