The European Central Bank has launched Pontes, a platform to settle tokenized wholesale assets in central-bank money, and plans to buy tokenized public debt with its own funds.
Central-bank infrastructure for tokenized assets, chipmaker valuations, and AI model releases dominated trading and tech developments.
xAI rolled out Grok 4.7 at the same price as its predecessor. Meta's Muse hit 730,000 downloads in roughly five days.
Crypto super PAC Fairshake is spending $30 million to oppose former Sen. Sherrod Brown's Ohio Senate campaign, repeating its 2024 playbook against the crypto-skeptical Democrat.
Total USDC supply is now $49.6bn. Read off the chain at 16:57 UTC on 21 Sep 2026.
Bitmine added 27,562 ETH worth roughly $75 million, lifting its stash to nearly 5.99 million ETH as chairman Tom Lee calls the crypto bull market 'underway'.
AMD's stock has climbed over five consecutive days, lifting the chipmaker to a $1 trillion valuation.
Strategy resumed bitcoin purchases after a pause, buying 950 BTC for $76 million and pushing its total holdings to 846,000 BTC.
Bitcoin surged past $85,000 for the first time since January as a short squeeze liquidated hundreds of millions in bearish crypto bets, according to CoinDesk and The Block.
X has filed suit against two UK-based individuals, accusing them of manipulating Bitcoin-focused accounts to siphon hundreds of thousands of dollars from its creator payout program.
Byte News's Byte 500 index added 68 assets and dropped 68 others in its latest weekly review, with Tether, Bitcoin and USDC topping 24-hour volume rankings.