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Federal prosecutors in Manhattan and the Justice Department are said to be investigating whether the crypto exchange knowingly permitted users to bypass U.S. sanctions on Iran.

Bitcoin pushing back toward $86,000 has many retail traders convinced the bear market is dead and the bulls are back in full control. But Dan Krupka, founder of Connection Capital and former research head at Coin Bureau, sees something far uglier: the tail end of a textbook relief rally setting up a brutal liquidity trap […] The post Contrarian Crypto Analyst Who Predicted 2026 Perfectly Calls for Caution and Q4 Crash appeared first on Cryptonews.

The total crypto market cap hit a multi-month peak at over $2.9 trillion after the latest rally.

Glassnode’s Altcoin Cycle Signal printed a new altseason signal after a month of Bitcoin and altcoin market-cap gains. Bitcoin’s (BTC) rise to $86,000 this week has dragged altcoin markets higher as the industry’s market cap reclaimed $3 trillion. Key points: Read more

Bitcoin traded near $86,000 as major altcoins gained, while rising derivatives leverage pointed to growing speculative activity across crypto markets. The cryptocurrency market cap briefly climbed back above $3 trillion earlier on Tuesday as Bitcoin and the biggest altcoins extended a broad rally, while increasing leverage pointed to growing speculative activity.  Bitcoin (BTC) traded around $86,000, up about 4.5% over the past 24 hours, according to CoinGecko. Ether (ETH) gained about 2.3% to $2,745, while XRP rose 5.7% to $1.53 and Solana (SOL) advanced 3.6% to $117. BNB gained 1.6%, while Dogecoin (DOGE) was among the stronger large-cap performers, rising about 11%. The total crypto market cap stood just below $3 trillion at the time of writing, up about 4.3% over the previous day.  Read more

Binance says it has a "zero-tolerance policy" for sanctions violations. Prosecutors are asking whether its 2023 compliance fixes held.

Talks between the two kicked off late last year, with plans for the former to own 95% of the merged company.

Multiple bullish indicators are converging on PENGU, raising the possibility of a sharp move in the coming weeks.

Bitcoin climbed 5.6% to $85,435 as oil fell below $100 and Treasury yields eased, but Monday's relief does not prove the rally can last. The post Bitcoin Reclaims $85,000 as Oil and Yields Retreat appeared first on Cryptonews.

Crypto corporations contributed $206 million to super PACs and hybrid PACs through the second quarter of 2026, according to Public Citizen's Aug. 27 analysis of FEC records. That makes the industry the largest disclosed corporate donor sector tracked in this midterm cycle. Yet that figure doesn't capture how much of the amount has reached a […] The post Crypto firms put $206 million behind the midterms: here’s who their political machine is backing appeared first on CryptoSlate.

White hats secured about 40% of the Bitcoin moved in the Coldcard exploit’s second wave, transferring it to a Wyoming trust for victims. White hats have transferred Bitcoin they rescued from wallets exposed by a Coldcard vulnerability to a trust set up to return the funds to victims. A total of 52.37 Bitcoin was moved to an address controlled by Wyoming-based Crypto Recovery Trust, Galaxy Digital head of research Alex Thorn said in an X post on Monday. About 40% of the Bitcoin associated with the second wave was swept by white hats to protect victims’ funds. Thorn said 3.0134 BTC included in the transfer came from addresses Galaxy had not previously tracked. He said the funds were presumably also rescued from wallets affected by the Coldcard flaw, but that Galaxy could not confirm their origin. Read more

Is this the start of a major bull run?

The record inflows into the spot BTC ETFs were just a part of the overall price gain puzzle.

Bitcoin closed the week of Sept. 20 at $81,178, its first weekly settlement above the 50-week moving average since November 2025, and pushed further to an intraday high above $87,000 the next day. The breakout clears one of the market's most closely watched technical lines, but leaves open the question of whether the buying underneath […] The post Bitcoin’s $87,000 breakout puts $90,000 in sight, but history comes with a catch appeared first on CryptoSlate.

Solstice CEO Ben Nadareski says deeper liquidity and growing institutional participation could make future crypto bull runs less volatile than previous cycles. Ben Nadareski, CEO of Solana-based decentralized finance platform Solstice, said crypto markets are unlikely to return to the extreme boom-and-bust cycles as deeper liquidity brings stability to digital assets. Speaking on Cointelegraph’s Chain Reaction show, Nadareski said liquidity across major crypto trading pairs has increased significantly, even during bear markets, reducing the conditions that produced sharp price swings seen in previous cycles. He added that crypto is increasingly a market for institutional capital and household wealth rather than speculative trading. Read more

Inflows into spot bitcoin ETFs picked up Monday as bitcoin rallied to its highest since January.

US spot Bitcoin ETFs drew nearly $1 billion on Monday, their largest daily inflow since October 2025, as Bitcoin briefly climbed above $87,000. US spot Bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs) drew nearly $1 billion in net inflows on Monday, their biggest daily haul of 2026. The funds recorded $998.9 million in daily net inflows, surpassing the previous 2026 high of $844 million on Jan. 14, according to SoSoValue data. Monday’s total also marked the largest daily inflow since Oct. 6, 2025, when US spot Bitcoin ETFs attracted more than $1.2 billion. Despite the surge, US spot Bitcoin ETFs have posted about $464 million in net outflows so far in 2026. Read more

Bitcoin's brief tryst above $87,000 has flipped market sentiment sharply. But Santiment believes "risk is less attractive now than when the crowd was fearful last week."

Animoca Brands suspended its reverse merger talks with Currenc but said it remains committed to pursuing a listing on a major exchange. Animoca Brands has suspended plans to take the company public through a reverse merger with Nasdaq-listed Currenc Group. Both parties mutually agreed on the decision after reviewing market conditions and the deal’s projected closing timelines, Animoca announced Tuesday. Under the proposed transaction, Currenc would have acquired Animoca, with Animoca shareholders owning 95% of the combined Nasdaq-listed company. Read more

According to Galaxy Digital, the good guys have moved 52 BTC to an address carrying an OP_RETURN message reading "claim:cryptorecoverytrust dot com."