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S&P Global has agreed to acquire smart contract security company OpenZeppelin in a transaction that would put the crypto company inside the group that includes S&P Global Ratings.
United States crypto legislation might be toast, but America’s securities regulator is opening the floodgates for blockchain-based tokenized stock trades.
On September 18, 2026, the cryptocurrency market experienced notable trends as Bitcoin ETFs attracted significant inflows while Ethereum ETFs faced continued outflows. The stock ticker for Bitcoin is BTC.
U.S. spot Ether and XRP ETFs recorded fresh outflows on Thursday even as Bitcoin climbed above $77,000 and major cryptocurrencies extended their recovery.
Ethereum developers have confirmed a public test of the Glamsterdam upgrade on October 6, 2026, but warned about a vulnerability in the new block auction system on the Sepolia testnet. CoinDesk reported this, citing a core developers call.
The cryptocurrency industry has gotten a major boost from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, which today announced a five-year exemption that allows companies to facilitate the trading of blockchain-based tokenized stocks and securities.
DefiLlama announced the launch of its new REAL Ranking tab on September 16, providing an alternative to the exchange leaderboard, which was mainly based on reported volume.
Bitcoin ETFs could eventually become much larger than gold ETFs, according to Bloomberg senior ETF analyst Eric Balchunas.
Matthew Sigel, VanEck’s head of digital assets research, told CNBC on September 18 that Bitcoin could rise to $100,000 next year. He said concerns about US government debt and fiscal sustainability are supporting the cryptocurrency’s price.
On September 2, Equitable Holdings (NYSE:EQH) added the industry’s first bitcoin-linked investment option to a registered index-linked annuity, a striking move for products built around downside protection rather than crypto speculation. The new SCS Premier option tracks the iShares Bitcoin Trust ETF (NASDAQ:IBIT), giving retirement savers a way into bitcoin’s swings without going all in.…