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Public blockchains create a privacy problem. Paying from a visible address can expose its balance, previous transactions and links to other addresses. A shielded Zcash payment hides the sender, recipient and amount from the public record, allowing a customer to pay without handing the merchant or anyone watching the blockchain a searchable trail into their finances. Zcash block times Blocks are batches of transactions that miners add to a blockchain, and a payment receives its first confirmation when it appears in one. Cutting Zcash’s target block time would let an exchange or bridge that waits for a fixed number of…

Coinbase’s tokenized stocks have made a significant impact in the decentralized exchange (DEX) space, generating $399.3M in trading volume on Base over the past 30 days. This surge, highlighted by CryptoTwitter commentator @tokenterminal, illustrates the growing interest in tokenized assets and their appeal in the current market. As trading options expand, it could reshape user engagement with Coinbase’s offerings. Breaking It Down The broader crypto market is currently showing mixed signals, but Coinbase’s tokenized stocks stand out with impressive trading activity. Aerodrome processed $324.6M of the total volume, followed by Uniswap v4 with $64.5M and Uniswap v3 with $7.5M. This…

Prediction market platform Trueo plans to migrate from Base to Ethereum, citing broader integration opportunities and plans to build the next iteration of its oracle system. The project, which launched on Base in March 2025, said its priority after the migration will be attracting liquidity and launching the next generation of its oracle, the system used to verify real-world outcomes that are used to resolve prediction markets. Trueo said it chose to move from Base to Ethereum because it offered higher integration potential and product upside, while on Base, integrations are limited to the immediate ecosystem. “Ethereum is the best…

Satsuma Technology said the High Court of Justice approved the cancellation of 11,235,874,700 B shares, authorizing the share-capital reduction behind a £30,718,881 return to shareholders. The return is fixed at £0.002734 per B share after the UK-listed company sold all 669 $BTC it disclosed. The B shares are the mechanism for moving cash back to investors. Under the transaction structure, eligible investors received one B share for each ordinary share held at the record time. Canceling those B shares allows Satsuma to make the corresponding capital repayment while the ordinary shares proceed toward delisting. Shareholders had approved the capital return…

Although Ethereum ($ETH) price has been trapped in a bear market so far in 2026, down over 10% year-to-date (YTD), cryptocurrency analysts’ consensus has turned bullish. The Analyst Consensus Index, a daily crypto market sentiment metric that shows net bullish-vs-bearish balance among a curated group of tracked analysts, on Ethereum was bullish on September 23, according to data from CryptoQuant. Meanwhile, the hourly sentiment from 180 opinions from crypto analysts hovered at +59, or a ‘Strong Buy’ sentiment. Analyst Consensus Index for Ethereum. Source: Ethereum This index has remained on the ‘Buy’ consensus since around July 29, 2026, when $ETH…

Circle Internet Group (NYSE: CRCL) shares traded near $91 in Thursday premarket trading after closing Wednesday at $91.72, down 3.03%. Two September transactions highlight how much equity Circle has issued — and may still issue — under separate deal structures. No reliable evidence links CRCL’s latest decline to Circle’s pending deal to acquire Tazapay. Current stock weakness provides market context for the share-count mechanics of Circle’s recent Binance investment and its approximately $400 million agreement to acquire Tazapay. Meanwhile, Circle Internet Group Tokenized bStocks ($CRCLB), a tokenized instrument providing economic exposure to Circle shares, was trading at $90.95, down 1.79%…

Grayscale said on September 18 that it plans a 3-for-1 forward split of its Zcash ETF (ZCSH). ZCSH is the first U.S. fund tracking a privacy coin. The move will triple each holder’s share count without changing what their stake is worth. What Grayscale’s Zcash ETF share split means for holders What does Grayscale’s share split mean for its shareholders? Grayscale has said that it is planning on splitting its Zcash ETF (ZCSH) in a way that anyone holding ZCSH at the close on September 28 receives two additional shares for each one they already own. The shares are to…

Ant International has partnered with Visa and Mastercard to develop common standards for identifying and monitoring AI agents as autonomous software takes on a larger role in global payments. Ant International said Thursday that the companies will work on an interoperable “Know Your Agent” framework designed to let merchants and payment providers verify which AI agents are behind transactions and whether they are authorized to act. The work comes as payment companies prepare for AI systems that can search for products, place orders and make payments for consumers and businesses. Ant cited McKinsey projections that AI agents could handle between…

South Korea has introduced a new regulation that paves the way for public institutions to use blockchain-based digital currency for operating expenses. According to the regulation, public institutions will be able to pay for certain operating expenses, including promotional and similar expenditures made by employees in the course of their official duties, using blockchain-based digital currency. South Korea’s Ministry of Science and ICT announced the approval of nine regulatory sandbox exemptions for new technologies and services. The decisions were made following a written review by the 45th ICT Regulatory Sandbox Committee, held on September 21st. Under the new regulation, public…

A hypothetical $10k investment highlights a key divergence. From a technical perspective, Bitcoin displayed stronger resilience than precious metals during the US-Iran conflict. A hypothetical $10,000 investment in $BTC would have grown to $11,762, while the same investment in gold and silver would have hit $8,200 and $7,310, respectively. This is notable, as metals usually act as a safe haven during macro uncertainty. However, in the presented scenario, Bitcoin was able to outperform both gold and silver, thus presenting a different risk-reward profile, making it a key divergence that could become important as macro volatility picks up this month. Source:…