Malaysia has emerged as one of the most crypto-open Islamic markets, supported by clear regulations and sharia standards, Wu Blockchain said. The Shariah Advisory Council under the Securities Commission Malaysia approved major cryptocurrencies including BTC, ETH, XRP and XLM as sharia-compliant assets from 2020 through the first half of 2026. As of mid-2026, 10 digital asset businesses had received regulatory approval. In 2025, trading volume on regulated exchanges in Malaysia rose 23% from a year earlier to more than $4 billion, equivalent to about 2.5% of local stock market turnover.…

With financial markets largely pricing in a 25-basis-point rate hike by the U.S. Federal Reserve’s Federal Open Market Committee, on-chain analyst Axel Adler Jr said stronger-than-expected signals of further hikes could increase downside pressure on stocks and BTC. In a blog post, Adler said CME FedWatch showed a 92.7% probability of a 25-basis-point hike, with rates expected to rise to 3.75%-4.00%. Since 1988, there have been seven cases in which the Fed began a rate-hike cycle, and in five of those cases the S&P 500 fell six weeks after the…

After the U.S. Senate rejected a cloture vote overnight on the CLARITY Act, a decision on whether to move the bill to floor debate, Euro Pacific Capital CEO Peter Schiff, a prominent Bitcoin critic, said "비트코인은 가치가 없기 때문에 의회의 어떤 법안도 필요하지 않다." BTC was trading at $75,744.70, down 1.64%, at the time of writing, according to CoinMarketCap. Source: Coinness

Bitcoin’s decline began before the U.S. Senate’s vote on the Clarity Act, making it difficult to explain the recent pullback solely by the bill’s defeat, according to on-chain analytics firm Santiment. In a post on X, Santiment said BTC had already fallen about 5% from its Sept. 3 peak before the vote, while the additional drop during the voting period was just 1.7%. That means the decline tied to the vote accounted for less than one-quarter of the total 7% pullback from the peak, Santiment said. Santiment added that its…

South Korean crypto exchange Upbit announced it will temporarily suspend VANA deposits and withdrawals from 9:00 a.m. UTC on Sept. 21 due to the VANA hard fork. Source: Coinness

Capital Research and Management Company, the largest shareholder of Japan-listed BTC-buying company Metaplanet, has lost its status as a major shareholder after cutting its stake and seeing its voting-rights ratio fall below 10%, according to a Metaplanet filing. The firm still remains Metaplanet’s largest shareholder. Its holdings fell by 10,603,300 shares to 125,455,820 on Sept. 8 from 136,059,120 on July 13, while its voting-rights ratio declined to 9.32% from 10.63%. Source: Coinness

Financial markets have effectively priced in a 25-basis-point rate hike at the U.S. Federal Reserve’s September Federal Open Market Committee meeting, with some additional tightening this year also already reflected, CoinDesk reported. The outlet said the current backdrop is a nightmare for Fed Chair Kevin Warsh, as less-hawkish-than-expected remarks could weaken the dollar while lifting long-term Treasury yields amid inflation and U.S. debt concerns. That could trigger near-term selling pressure on risk assets, but later turn supportive for Bitcoin and gold, according to the report. CoinDesk added investors may still…

AI is having an overall negative impact on the crypto industry, Phemex CEO Federico Variola said in an interview with Cointelegraph, citing capital leaving the sector for other fields and more threatening hacking capabilities for attackers. Variola said rising security costs are putting greater pressure on small teams and could deepen centralization during the response process. At the same time, Variola added AI agents could still be useful for portfolio construction and trading decisions. Source: Coinness

Hyperliquid generated about $3.12 million in trading fees over the past 24 hours, and 99% of that was used for HYPE buybacks and token burns, Jinse Finance reported. Source: Coinness

Six Malaysian men were sentenced to prison for robbing about $3.9 million in assets, including cryptocurrency, during a raid on a poker game at an upscale home in Singapore, The Independent reported. The group broke into the house in April 2024 carrying bladed weapons and baseball bats, tied up 11 victims, searched mobile phones for crypto apps and transferred assets from one victim’s account, according to the report. After fleeing to Malaysia, they cashed out part of the stolen cryptocurrency and split the proceeds. The court handed down prison terms…

South Korean police have decided not to refer Democratic Party lawmaker Kim Nam-kuk to prosecutors after determining there was no evidence to support allegations that he underreported his assets, Yonhap reported. Police found that Kim had reinvested 4.7 billion won ($3.5 million) in proceeds from cryptocurrency sales that had been at the center of the omission allegations into other virtual assets, and that the overall value of his assets later fell sharply as prices declined. Police also reviewed the findings of a 2023 investigation by the Seoul Southern District Prosecutors’…