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  • Polygon fixes RPC node bug, consensus returns to normal
    Cointelegraph.com - 21:55 Sep 10, 2025
    The bug impacted some remote procedure call (RPC) nodes, causing them to fall out of sync, but did not impact onchain block production. The Polygon Foundation, the organization that oversees development of the layer-2 scaling network in the Ethereum ecosystem, said on Wednesday that consensus and finality functions have been restored, following a software bug that caused some nodes to fall out of sync with the blockchain. Polygon successfully executed a hard fork following the software bug that disrupted some remote procedure call (RPC) nodes, which are used to relay information between applications and the blockchain layer, the Polygon team said in Wednesday’s update. The bug was caused by a “faulty” proposal from a validator, which pushed some of the Bor nodes, used for transaction ordering and block production, onto divergent network forks, according to Polygon co-founder Sandeep Nailwal. Nailwal said: Read more
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  • Alabama state senator warns GENIUS Act could harm small banks
    Cointelegraph.com - 21:36 Sep 10, 2025
    Sate Senator Keith Kelley of Alabama echoed concerns made by some banking groups after the passage of the GENIUS Act in July. Keith Kelley, a Republican state senator representing Alabama’s 12th district, is sounding the alarm for the potential impact of the federal stablecoin bill, the GENIUS Act, two months after it was signed into law by US President Donald Trump. In a Wednesday op-ed for 1819 News, Kelley said there was a loophole in the GENIUS Act that, if exploited, could “devastate” the economies of rural areas like many in Alabama. According to the senator, the bill would allow “cryptocurrency platforms to distribute financial rewards,” incentivizing people to withdraw funds or close accounts at small community banks in the state. Read more
  • REX-Osprey crypto ETFs to launch Friday barring SEC objection — Bloomberg analyst
    Cointelegraph.com - 21:18 Sep 10, 2025
    REX and Osprey clear the SEC’s 75-day window with multiple crypto ETFs poised to debut, even as regulators push back decisions on rival Ether, Solana and XRP products. New batches of cryptocurrency exchange-traded funds (ETFs) from REX and Osprey have cleared the US Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) 75-day review window and are expected to begin trading by Friday, according to Bloomberg Intelligence analyst Eric Balchunas. “Post-effective means that it’s going to launch, basically,” Balchunas told Cointelegraph in a phone interview, referring to the lineup that includes the REX-Osprey Bonk ETF, Trump ETF, Bitcoin ETF, XRP ETF and Doge ETF. Cointelegraph previously reported that the Doge ETF was slated to debut on Thursday, with timing determined by its structure under the Investment Company Act of 1940. Unlike products filed under the Securities Act of 1933 — which was used to approve spot Bitcoin (BTC) ETFs last year — 1940 Act funds face a simpler path to market. Read more
  • XRP reserves rose by 1.2B in a day: Is it accumulation or signs of a sell-off?
    Cointelegraph.com - 21:00 Sep 10, 2025
    XRP reserves grew by 1.2 billion, and the altcoin’s price topped $3 the next day. Is this a sign that traders expect new highs if an XRP ETF is approved by the SEC? Key takeaways: XRP exchange reserves surged by 1.2 billion tokens in a single day, led by Binance’s 610 million inflow. Futures demand rose with CME open interest up 74%, but XRP underperformed peers despite the ETF optimism. Read more
  • Price predictions 9/10: BTC, ETH, XRP, BNB, SOL, DOGE, ADA, LINK, HYPE, SUI
    Cointelegraph.com - 19:57 Sep 10, 2025
    Bitcoin and altcoins picked up momentum after the softer-than-expected US inflation numbers boosted traders' confidence for a rate cut during the Federal Reserve's next meeting. Key points: Bitcoin rallied above $114,000 on Wednesday as markets cheered the softer-than-expected inflation figures. Several major altcoins have broken above their overhead resistance levels, signaling the resumption of the up move.  Read more
  • Sub-Saharan Africa third-fastest growing region for crypto adoption: Report
    Cointelegraph.com - 19:10 Sep 10, 2025
    The region has growing institutional momentum and retail adoption, as the countries face economic challenges that could provide fertile ground for Web3. Sub-Saharan Africa is the third-fastest growing region for crypto adoption, according to a new report from blockchain data platform Chainalysis. The report underscores the region’s emphasis on real-world crypto use cases in the face of currency devaluation, lack of traditional finance rails and other challenges. According to the report, Sub-Saharan Africa received $205 billion in onchain value between July 2024 and June 2025. This onchain value received is up 52% compared to the previous reporting period and makes the region the third-fastest growing for crypto adoption, behind Asia-Pacific and Latin America. This reporting period, the region saw growth in institutional adoption, led by stablecoin flows, which are accounting for million-dollar transactions between Africa, the Middle East and Asia. In Sub-Saharan Africa, Nigeria led the way for institutional m...
  • US Senate committee advances Trump’s ‘crypto-friendly’ Fed pick
    Cointelegraph.com - 18:50 Sep 10, 2025
    Stephen Miran has made few public statements on crypto or blockchain, but signaled in interviews before joining the Trump administration that he would support digital assets. The US Senate Banking Committee has advanced the nomination of Stephen Miran to a temporary position on the Federal Reserve Board of Governors after another member resigned in August.  In a Wednesday meeting, the banking committee voted along party lines, 13 to 11, to advance Miran’s nomination to the full Senate for consideration. All Democrats voted against the potential Fed governor, while Republicans, in the majority, voted in favor. Miran, whom President Donald Trump picked to chair the Council of Economic Advisors in December, said during a hearing last week that he would not resign from his role advising the White House if his time as a Fed governor were extended past January. If confirmed, he would fill a term vacated by Fed member Adriana Kugler, ending on Jan. 31.   Read more
  • StarkWare announces lightweight Bitcoin verification for use on mobile devices
    Cointelegraph.com - 18:27 Sep 10, 2025
    The lightweight zero-knowledge proof will allow Bitcoin users to verify payments without having to download the full blockchain history. StarkWare, a company specializing in zero-knowledge (ZK) technology, a way of verifying information without revealing the specific contents of that information, said it created a ZK verification of the Bitcoin (BTC) blockchain that can run on mobile devices. The proof contains all the Bitcoin block headers from the genesis block until the present, but not the full and detailed Bitcoin blockchain history, which is over 680 gigabytes in size.  Each block header includes the version number of the Bitcoin software used to mine the block, a reference to the previous block in the chain, a timestamp, the block size and the nonce — the random number the miner has to find to add the block to the ledger. Read more
  • From 55% to 20%? How Japan plans to fix its crypto tax rules
    Cointelegraph.com - 16:37 Sep 10, 2025
    From harsh 55% taxes to a flat 20%, Japan’s crypto overhaul promises relief for investors in a bid to boost Web3 innovation. Japan plans to replace progressive crypto tax rates up to 55% with a flat 20% by fiscal year 2026. New rules will align digital assets with equities, adding safeguards against insider trading and unfair practices. Investors will gain three-year loss carry-forward provisions, which ease volatility and improve portfolio risk management. Read more
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  • Bitcoin price cycles ’getting longer’ as new forecast says $124K not the top
    Cointelegraph.com - 16:10 Sep 10, 2025
    Bitcoin bulls have reasons to eye new all-time highs as analysis shows a BTC price breakout and ongoing resistance showdown. Key points: Bitcoin has not peaked for this bull market, analysis argues after BTC revisits $114,000. History suggests that the bull market would be too short if $124,000 was the top. Read more
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  • Bitcoin breaks $114K as cooling US PPI data boosts Fed rate cut bets
    Cointelegraph.com - 14:56 Sep 10, 2025
    Bitcoin surged past $114,000 as softer-than-expected US PPI data reinforced Federal Reserve interest rate cut expectations. Key takeaways: Bitcoin broke $114,000 as data showed PPI inflation cooled sharply in August. Traders believe the data could push the Federal Reserve to cut rates in September. Read more
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  • EU Chat Control hinges on Germany’s decision
    Cointelegraph.com - 14:29 Sep 10, 2025
    The EU’s proposed Chat Control law is just short of the critical support it needs to pass in the EU Council, and Germany could change the balance. As the EU Council heads to vote on the so-called “Chat Control” law, Germany could prove the deciding factor. Put forward by Denmark, the law would essentially eliminate encrypted messaging, requiring services such as Telegram, WhatsApp and Signal to allow regulators to screen messages before they are encrypted and sent. Legislators from 15 member states of the EU have indicated support for the bill, but those countries do not constitute at least 65% of the EU population, meaning they need additional support. Read more
  • California vs. MAGA memecoins: Why Gavin Newsom is fighting Trump
    Cointelegraph.com - 14:19 Sep 10, 2025
    How TRUMP, DJT and WLFI clash with California’s crypto rules and why Newsom teased a “Trump Corruption Coin.” Political memecoins are tokens themed around real politicians or campaigns. They trade less on utility and more on narrative or community sentiment, which can push them up during election cycles. Most of these memecoins are launched on Solana or Ethereum, with platforms like Pump.fun lowering costs and making it easy for thousands of short-lived tokens to appear. Read more
  • Reserve Bank of India says crypto rules risk legitimizing sector: Report
    Cointelegraph.com - 14:08 Sep 10, 2025
    India is reportedly delaying comprehensive crypto regulation as its central bank warns rules could legitimize digital assets and create systemic risks. Indian regulators are reportedly holding back from introducing comprehensive crypto rules over concerns that regulation could legitimize digital assets and create systemic risks. According to a Wednesday Reuters report citing documents the outlet’s reporters viewed, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) maintains the view that containing the risks posed by cryptocurrencies through regulation would be challenging. The document reportedly states that regulating cryptocurrencies would legitimize them and “cause the sector to become systemic.” An outright ban on cryptocurrencies, the document continued, would address the alarming risks of speculative crypto assets but could not tackle peer-to-peer transfers or trades on decentralised exchanges. Read more
  • Binance and Franklin Templeton join forces on tokenization ventures
    Cointelegraph.com - 13:49 Sep 10, 2025
    Binance has partnered with the crypto ETF issuer Franklin Templeton to explore the tokenization of securities combined with a global trading infrastructure. Binance, the world’s largest crypto exchange by trading volume, has entered into a partnership with the US crypto exchange-traded fund (ETF) provider, Franklin Templeton. Binance and Franklin Templeton are collaborating to explore tokenization of securities combined with a global trading infrastructure, the crypto exchange announced on Wednesday. “Our goal is to take tokenization from concept to practice for clients to achieve efficiencies in settlement, collateral management, and portfolio construction at scale,” said Roger Bayston, Franklin Templeton’s head of digital assets. Read more
  • Dogecoin ETF pushes crypto industry to embrace speculation
    Cointelegraph.com - 13:35 Sep 10, 2025
    The first US Dogecoin ETF sparks debate over whether it’s a milestone for adoption or the institutionalization of speculation. The first US Dogecoin (DOGE) exchange-traded fund (ETF) is set to launch Thursday, dividing industry voices between those calling it a breakthrough for crypto’s community-driven legitimacy and those dismissing it as speculation in a new wrapper. Unlike Bitcoin ETFs approved under the Securities Act of 1933, the Rex-Osprey Dogecoin ETF (DOJE) won approval under the Investment Company Act of 1940, a framework typically used for mutual funds and diversified ETFs. BlackRock’s spot crypto fund, for instance, simply holds Bitcoin (BTC) in Coinbase custody. DOJE instead gains exposure through a Cayman Islands subsidiary and derivatives since the 1940 act requires diversification and restricts single-asset concentration. Read more
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  • Crypto’s crosschain future depends on regulatory readiness
    Cointelegraph.com - 13:30 Sep 10, 2025
    Regulatory compliance is reshaping crosschain crypto as AML blind spots persist in bridges, forcing DeFi protocols to choose between innovation and adoption. Opinion by: Temujin Louie, CEO of Wanchain Institutional capital is not crossing the bridge — it’s waiting for the compliance gatekeeper. While crosschain transactions promised a seamless, borderless crypto economy, regulatory walls are rising on every chain.  Emerging standards like Markets in Crypto Assets (MiCA) in Europe and the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) Travel Rule are no longer optional hurdles. They define who survives in the race for global liquidity.  Read more
  • Meet the Ethereum and Polkadot co-founder who wasn’t in Time Magazine
    Cointelegraph.com - 13:20 Sep 10, 2025
    Ethereum and Polkadot co-founder Gavin Wood admits Vitalik Buterin’s success used to bother him but now he just wants to build great products. Does it bother you that Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin made Times 2021 list of the 100 most influential people? Magazine asks. Itd be a weird question to ask most people, but not Ethereum co-founder Dr. Gavin Wood. If I said, No, it has never bothered me. I think it would be a lie, Wood tells Magazine, before taking a short pause Read more
  • Meet the Ethereum and Polkadot co-founder who wasn’t in Time Magazine
    Cointelegraph.com - 13:20 Sep 10, 2025
    Ethereum and Polkadot co-founder Gavin Wood admits Vitalik Buterin’s success used to bother him but now he just wants to build great products. Does it bother you that Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin made Times 2021 list of the 100 most influential people? Magazine asks. Itd be a weird question to ask most people, but not Ethereum co-founder Dr. Gavin Wood. If I said, No, it has never bothered me. I think it would be a lie, Wood tells Magazine, before taking a short pause Read more
  • Bubblemaps alleges largest Sybil attack in crypto history on MYX airdrop
    Cointelegraph.com - 13:06 Sep 10, 2025
    Bubblemaps flags 100 wallets that claimed 9.8 million MYX tokens worth around $170 million, calling it the “biggest airdrop Sybil of all time.” Blockchain analytics firm Bubblemaps has flagged what it claimed could be the largest Sybil attack in crypto history, identifying around 100 freshly funded wallets that claimed 9.8 million MYX tokens, worth $170 million, from a recent airdrop. In a series of X posts on Wednesday, Bubblemaps revealed that the wallets received similar amounts of BNB (BNB) from crypto exchange OKX within minutes of each other, nearly a month before the airdrop. “Everyone is talking about MYX hitting a $17B FDV A 20x in under 48 hours,” Bubblemaps wrote. “But we spotted something unusual. Something no one is mentioning,” it added. Read more

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