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$XRP registered an intraday high of $1.60 on Sept. 22, with roughly $7.4 billion in reported volume. The move was strong, but the latest public data on regulated futures showed different positioning shifts across venues. The Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s Sept. 15 snapshot showed leveraged funds cutting their net short in CME futures by the equivalent of 46.3 million $XRP in one week. Net short means reported short contracts exceeded reported long contracts. Across three separately reported Coinbase Derivatives products, adjusted for each contract’s unit, the same trader category reduced its combined net short by only 2.452 million $XRP and…

Former Democratic congressman Tim Ryan has said the CLARITY Act could still pass this year if lawmakers resolve disputes that blocked a 49–50 Senate vote on Sep. 15. Tim Ryan, a former Ohio congressman and adviser to Shyft, told crypto.news that lawmakers still have a path to an agreement if they return to negotiations and make concessions. The Senate rejected cloture on a motion to proceed to the Digital Asset Market CLARITY Act on Sep. 15, with 49 senators voting yes, 50 voting no, and one not voting. The motion needed 60 votes to advance the bill to debate; it…

US-based cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase announced that it has added the Concrete (CP) token to its “listing roadmap.” This development has increased expectations that the CP token may be listed on Coinbase’s spot trading platform in the future. Coinbase’s listing roadmap includes the crypto assets the exchange is considering and plans to offer trading support for on its platform in the future. However, the inclusion of a token in this list does not necessarily mean that the asset will be listed on Coinbase. The exchange makes the final listing decision after technical and operational reviews. The inclusion of the Concrete (CP)…

Perplexity AI has launched a free Fast Search feature for users of the Hermes Agent platform, making web searches more efficient. This innovation comes as part of an initiative to enhance user experience within the Nous Portal tiers. As reported by NousResearch, this could significantly improve the way users interact with web content and applications in the crypto landscape. The Key Development The broader crypto market is currently exhibiting mixed signals, and this development from Perplexity AI adds an interesting layer to the conversation. With the Fast Search feature, users can expect quicker access to information, which aligns well with…

Bitcoin’s price rose on Friday — despite data revealing that U.S. inflation had risen. The biggest cryptocurrency by market cap was recently trading for close to $78,749 after jumping 2% over a 24-hour period. At one point on Friday morning in New York, bitcoin rose as high as $79,607. Bitcoin’s price spike came after news dropped that U.S. consumer prices accelerated in August, reinforcing ​expectations that the Federal Reserve will raise interest rates next week. The consumer price index, excluding food and energy, climbed 0.3% in August from a month earlier, which was higher than expected. Inflation in the U.S.…

Investor Ownership Retreats From Its 2025 Peak U.S. investors pulled back from cryptocurrency after ownership reached a record level in 2025. Gallup, the Washington-based research and analytics company, released its latest survey on Sept. 21, placing crypto ownership at 11% among investors with at least $10,000 in investable assets, six percentage points below last year’s 17% reading. The June 1-15 poll of 2,043 U.S. adults, including more than 1,000 investors, also placed ownership among all adults at 9%, down from 14% in Gallup’s initial measurement last year. Even after the decline, the investor rate remains above the 6% recorded in…

Zcash gained about 20% over the past 24 hours as Paradigm co-founder Matt Huang disclosed that the crypto investment firm made an unspecified purchase of $ZEC, the privacy-focused token that has been outperforming a broader rise across crypto markets. Zcash ($ZEC), a cryptocurrency that enables users to make shielded transactions that conceal addresses and transaction amounts using zero-knowledge proofs, traded around $1,338 at last look on Thursday. Its surge came in the wake of Huang’s Wednesday post revealing that Paradigm is an investor in the Zcash Open Development Lab (ZODL) as well as a $ZEC token holder. Today’s more than…

Senator Cynthia Lummis is intensifying her efforts to pass the Digital Asset Market CLARITY Act, which aims to provide essential consumer protections for seniors using crypto ATMs. This legislation has gained significant bipartisan support and is nearing a critical Senate floor vote, highlighting the urgency of regulatory clarity in the crypto industry. Failure to pass the Act could leave seniors vulnerable to scams, as noted in Lummis’ recent tweet. Inside the Move The rejection of the CLARITY Act by Democrats has sparked significant concern among crypto advocates and stakeholders. The Act seeks to establish regulatory clarity for digital assets, which…

South Korea-based cryptocurrency exchange Bithumb announced that it has added the HEMI token to its delisting watchlist. The decision reportedly comes after a security vulnerability was discovered in the smart contract used for token distribution. According to a statement by Bithumb, a security vulnerability was discovered in the smart contract used by the organization responsible for operating the HEMI ecosystem to distribute initial reward claims. Due to this vulnerability, some tokens were withdrawn from the contract in an unusual manner, and assets were unauthorizedly liquidated. The security incident led Bithumb to re-evaluate the trading status of the HEMI token on…

AxLabs has released its Simple Agent Wallet, a command-line wallet designed for AI agents to autonomously pay for resources across multiple blockchains using the x402 payment protocol, with Neo X as a supported settlement chain. The open-source tool, now at v0.3.1, enables agents to inspect and execute payments without human intervention. Traditional crypto wallets assume a human is present, with browser extensions that open popups and mobile apps that require a tap to confirm. For AI agents operating programmatically, these interaction models create friction that effectively blocks autonomous commerce. SAW addresses this by providing a wallet built entirely around CLI…