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Shaw Walters, the founder of ElizaOS, the AI agent project that started life as ai16z, has said that its token is dead and its foundation is winding down. Walters shared this information via his personal X account, stating that he is done fighting for the token side of the project and is moving on to something new. He wrote, “I am starting over, since I own the IP, and I am never letting a token come close to Eliza again.” What reasons did Walters give for shutting down ElizaOS? Of all the challenges that plagued the platform, it may seem…

The US Treasury Department has sanctioned BitBank and several people linked to Iranian financier Babak Zanjani, accusing them of helping operate a cryptocurrency network used to evade sanctions. The Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) also designated BitBank’s developer, Pishtaz Simorgh Electronic Trade Company, along with Hossein Ali Zaker Hossein, Mohammad Mahdi Zaker Hossein and Seyed Adel Heidari. The measures were announced under Treasury’s “Operation Economic Outcast.” BitBank Linked to Bitcoin Transfers OFAC said Zanjani used BitBank between June and July to move hundreds of millions of dollars in Bitcoin. The agency said the funds ultimately went to Iran’s Islamic…

World has begun rolling out World Money in more than 150 countries. The service supports payments, stablecoins and investing, while allowing users to manage funds, transfer assets and track their portfolios. World Money supports eight currencies and lets users send assets using a World username. Users can also track portfolios, transactions and set price alerts. Payments and Investing Users can access Mini Apps such as Kalshi, Credit and Morpho. They can also receive deposits and paychecks through virtual accounts powered by Bridge. Related: UK Stablecoin Rules Split Payments From Lending Under 2027 Crypto Regime Earn lets users deposit assets, including…

As of September 18, 2026, Bitcoin trades at $78,061, pinned below a resistance cluster that has defined recent sessions. However, the tension between the daily uptrend and hourly exhaustion signals captures where $BTC value stands right now — a market pausing at a decision point rather than chasing aggressively. $BTC/USDT — daily chart with candlesticks, EMA20/EMA50 and volume. Key takeaways $BTC trades at $78,061, sitting below a resistance zone spanning $78,170 to $78,380 on the hourly chart. The daily trend remains bullish with price above the EMA20, EMA50, and EMA200, though the MACD histogram has turned negative at -586.63. Hourly…

State treasurers across the country are quietly holding roughly $70 billion in unclaimed property, according to the National Association of Unclaimed Property Administrators. The money often comes from everyday loose ends like uncashed paychecks, dormant bank accounts, and even abandoned safe deposit box contents, and NAUPA says about 1 in 7 Americans could have something waiting. In fiscal year 2024 alone, state programs returned over $4.49 billion to rightful owners, with earlier reporting putting the average value of each claimed asset at $2,080. A free search on MissingMoney.com can surface potential matches, but NAUPA and the National Association of State…

A fresh supply has entered the Hyperliquid [$HYPE] market and challenges the protocol’s ability to absorb additional liquidity. Recently, Hyperion unstaked a total of 519,480 $HYPE worth about $28.56 million and increased the float of the token while trading at about 28% below peak levels. Despite this, newly liquid tokens have not attracted significant inflows to exchanges. This suggests distribution has not yet materialized. That distinction matters because the Assistance Fund continues generating structural demand. Source: X Since November 2024, 99% of fees have funded buybacks, retiring 462 million $HYPE worth $1.27 billion. Monthly purchases have eased from $111 million…

Traditional exchanges generally match buyers and sellers through order books. That’s a high regulatory bar for a company that simply wants to test whether stocks can trade through blockchain infrastructure. Under the SEC’s experiment, a qualifying venue can instead let investors trade tokenized stocks through blockchain-based liquidity pools governed by smart contracts. That could give banks, brokers and crypto firms room to experiment with a different market structure; instead of relying exclusively on an exchange order book, tokenized shares could trade against pools of assets managed by smart contracts or pre-set algorithms. Simply put, the SEC is letting the industry…

Public blockchains record every transaction, yet researchers can derive multiple measures of economic activity from the same transparent ledger. A Bank for International Settlements (BIS) working paper published Sept. 15, found that Bitcoin transfer-value estimates differed by as much as a factor of six across the measurement approaches tested. That result is specific to the tested approaches rather than a universal sixfold error. It shows that totals can change sharply when analysts make different choices about how technical blockchain records should be translated into economically meaningful transfers. For Bitcoin, measurement turns on how recorded movements are grouped and interpreted when…

James Check, founder and lead analyst at Checkonchain, said Bitcoin may have already established its cycle bottom after undergoing two capitulation events, arguing that shifts in holder behavior indicate the market has absorbed much of its selling pressure. Bitcoin ($BTC) reached a record of just over $126,000 in October 2025 and traded around $77,400 at the time of writing, nearly 39% below its peak. Some traders expect $BTC to establish another low in October 2026 based on its historical four-year cycle. In July, analyst Benjamin Cowen said that cycle-duration data and the US midterm-election calendar pointed toward a fourth-quarter bottoming…

Australia’s second-largest superannuation fund has built its largest Japanese yen overweight in years while reducing U.S. dollar exposure. The move reflects a defined view on interest rates and currency valuation. It shows how the institution is positioning for macro uncertainty through traditional markets. The Australian Retirement Trust (ART) manages around A$375 billion for 2.4 million members. It expanded the yen position over six months as the exchange rate moved toward 160 per dollar. Senior portfolio manager Jimmy Louca said ART financed part of the trade by trimming greenback exposure. His explanation focused on relative value, energy costs, and monetary policy,…