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BNB chain gets Griffin AI tool for chat-controlled DeFi

DeFiSep 25

Griffin AI has launched a tool that allows users to execute DeFi transactions using natural language commands. Summary Griffin AI launches Transaction Execution Agent, enabling users to interact with DeFi in natural language The agent will work on BNB and be able to interact with DeFi platforms such as Pancakeswap DeFi has long suffered from an accessibility issue, especially for new users. However, AI could be a potential solution. On Tuesday, Sept. 23, Griffin AI announced the launch of its Transaction Execution Agent Turbo on the BNB chain. The AI agent will enable users to interact with DeFi platforms and…

Bullish Sentiment Gradually Builds for ETH

EthereumSep 25

Ethereum has been in a period of consolidation, showing strength above the psychological $4K level while continuing to hold a bullish structure. Despite a lack of aggressive upside moves, the asset action remains constructive, and sentiment appears to be shifting in favor of buyers again. Technical Analysis By Shayan The Daily Chart On the daily chart, Ethereum is still moving inside a steep ascending channel, consistently printing higher highs and higher lows. After consolidating below the $4.8K resistance, ETH has pulled back slightly toward the midline of the channel. It is also staying above both the 100-day and 200-day moving…

MSTR outperformed bitcoin on just 22 days in the past year

RegulationSep 25

For most of the past 12 months, it’s been better to own bitcoin (BTC) than Strategy (formerly MicroStrategy) stock. Indeed, over the past 250 trading days through yesterday’s close, MSTR has underperformed BTC 90% of the time. Although founder Michael Saylor promotes his common stock as a leveraged play on BTC — and BTC has doubled over the past 12 months — timing is always what makes or breaks an investment. Sure, MSTR has rallied 152% over the past year, which is certainly better than the 98% rally in BTC. However, unless investors held for those entire 12 months or…

'Crypto Dad' Speaks Out About Breakthrough Regulatory Cooperation

LegalSep 25

Chris Giancarlo, who is colloquially known as 'Crypto Dad,' recently took to the X social media network to highlight the upcoming roundtable between the SEC and the CFTC. He will be responsible for guiding the upcoming discussion about the history of the relationships between the two agencies. The list of panelists will include Kenneth Bentsen (SIFMA), Craig Lewis (Vanderbilt University), Scott Litvinoff (Interactive Brokers), and others. High-stakes roundtable According to a Tuesday announcement, a joint roundtable between the CFTC and SEC will take place on Sept. 29. The purpose of the roundtable is to discuss aligning regulatory oversight across both…

Blockchain founders gather in Egypt to advance use cases and mass adoption

BlockchainSep 25

Co-Founder and Chief Cryptographer of Mysten Labs, Kostas Kryptos Chalkias, Mohamed Abdou, CEO and Founder of MENA-based Pravica, Gregorios Siourounis, Co-Founder and CEO of Xmoney Global, and A. Tony Amer, CEO of EMURGO Labs, met in Egypt to integrate blockchain into the economies and societies of Egypt and MENA. The global and regional blockchain leaders met in Egypt this week to discuss building blockchain solutions across multiple sectors in the Arab world. They plan to integrate blockchain technology into the financial sector, logistics, academia, government, and other areas, as they seek to build MENA’s digital economies. The meeting was hosted…

Curve DAO supports $60M in crvUSD credit for new protocol

DeFiSep 25

Curve’s decentralized autonomous organization (DAO) approved a proposal to provide Yield Basis, a new protocol developed by Curve founder Michael Egorov, with a $60 million credit line in crvUSD stablecoin ahead of its mainnet launch. The vote cleared the way for Yield Basis to introduce Bitcoin-focused liquidity pools designed to eliminate impermanent loss — when assets in a liquidity pool dip in value compared with simply holding them. The protocol also aims to unlock yield opportunities in Bitcoin (BTC) in decentralized finance (DeFi). Under the plan, three pools, including WBTC, cbBTC and tBTC, will be launched on Ethereum using Yield…

Ethereum Rainbow Chart predicts ETH price for October 1, 2025

EthereumSep 25

As Ethereum (ETH) pushes toward the $4,500 resistance level, the Rainbow Chart has offered insights into how the second-largest cryptocurrency by market cap could trade at the start of October. At press time, Ethereum was trading at $4,480, posting modest gains of less than 0.1% in the past 24 hours. On the weekly timeframe, however, the asset has corrected by nearly 3%. Notably, Etheruem is sitting above both its 50-day SMA of $4,298.89 and its 200-day SMA of $2,935.01. This alignment indicates a strong bullish trend, as the price remains comfortably above key support levels on both the short- and…

Bitcoin Price Breaches $114K as ETF Inflows Hit 8-Week High

RegulationSep 25

Bitcoin bounced back from Tuesday’s low of $110,714 and topped $114,000 Thursday morning, reaching its highest level since August 24, per CoinGecko data. Its price movement comes as U.S. spot Bitcoin ETFs notched inflows of $757.1 million Wednesday, per SoSoValue, an eight-week high. In total, U.S. ETFs have accumulated $1.39 billion worth of Bitcoin in September. “These inflows were largely driven by the excellent news from the PPI numbers, which came in much better than expected,” DarkFrost, a pseudonymous verified analyst at CryptoQuant, told Decrypt. Bitcoin’s recent push beyond $113,000 is an “encouraging sign,” according to DarkFrost, who noted that…

Australia Drafts Law to Tighten Oversight of Digital Asset Platforms

LegalSep 25

Australia has released draft legislation to regulate digital asset platforms, proposing a framework that extends financial services laws to crypto businesses in an effort to bolster consumer protections and provide clarity for the industry. Assistant Treasurer Daniel Mulino announced the reforms on Wednesday at the Digital Economy Council of Australia’s Global Digital Asset Regulatory Summit. He described the bill as the “cornerstone” of the government’s digital asset roadmap, published in March, and said it would align Australia with international peers. “This is about legitimizing the good actors and shutting out the bad,” Mulino said. “It is about giving businesses certainty…

Don’t Let the SEC Privacy Roundtable Miss the Point

BlockchainSep 25

Washington is finally paying attention to the full spectrum of crypto issues; earlier this week, it was the Bitcoin reserve, and soon it’s privacy. On October 17, the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) will hold a public roundtable on financial surveillance and privacy. This is a rare chance to change how privacy is treated in economic regulation. When people use blockchains today, they expose drastically more than they realize. Link a social identity to a wallet, and an economic life becomes a public feed. This level of data exposure can’t be overlooked in the upcoming public roundtable.. Zero-knowledge…