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Ethereum price traded below $2,500 on Sept. 8 as weak short-term momentum and uncertainty over the Federal Reserve’s next move kept the asset inside a narrow range. Ethereum price action today According to data from crypto.news, Ethereum ($ETH) price traded at approximately $2,475 at the time of writing, down 0.7% over the previous 24 hours. The asset recorded a daily high of $2,507.99 and a low of $2,463 on the daily chart. The latest decline kept $ETH below the $2,500 psychological level, which has repeatedly limited recovery attempts since the start of September. Buyers briefly pushed the price to $2,500…

Crypto-linked stocks jumped sharply as Bitcoin moved back above $81,000 and Ethereum climbed above $2,500. Strategy (MSTR) led the rally, rising 17.56% to close at $144.82, helped by its latest Bitcoin purchase and bullish Wall Street ratings. Meanwhile, Bitmine Immersion Technologies (BMNR), one of the largest corporate holders of Ethereum, also surged more than 15%. Strategy MSTR Stock Jumps 17.5% Sentiment turned bullish after Michael Saylor’s Strategy ended its 10-week buying pause and purchased 4,603 BTC for $370 million. The company also spent $151.8 million buying back 1,557,177 STRC preferred shares, while $50.7 million went toward STRC dividend payments and…

Grayscale withdrew its Cardano, Polkadot, and Hedera ETF registrations in under four minutes on August 7, exactly two days before $ADA cleared the SEC seasoning threshold. With Bitwise and Canary still in the race, the retreat says more about the economics of altcoin ETFs than about Cardano itself. – Cardano completed its six-month CME futures seasoning period on August 9, 2026, two days after Grayscale walked away, clearing the threshold that would have allowed a spot $ADA ETF to list under the SEC generic listing standards in as few as 75 days. – Five other issuers, including Bitwise, Canary Capital,…

Wall Street’s top regulator has said that he expects the long-awaited Clarity Act will get passed this month and the U.S. will be on track to be the “crypto capital of the world.” Speaking to Fox Business on Tuesday, Securities and Exchange Chairman Paul Atkins confirmed that the regulator was pushing ahead with rules to help the crypto industry. Pro-crypto lawmakers had hoped to pass the Clarity Act before Congress broke for August recess, but the vote slipped to September. The bill will establish a framework for distinguishing between digital assets that are securities, commodities or stablecoins. JUST IN: SEC…

FinBox’s Dave Murry recently highlighted that the founders of Hedera maintain total control over their equity, a significant aspect that adds transparency to the platform’s operational structure. This revelation came during the Hedera General Community Call and underscores the unique ownership dynamics within the project. Such clarity may enhance investor confidence as the crypto landscape continues to evolve, particularly in light of mixed signals across the broader market. The Story So Far In the past week, the crypto market has shown varied momentum, with many assets experiencing fluctuations that reflect shifting trader sentiment. Hedera’s emphasis on founder equity control stands…

Lido has launched the 0x02 CSM testnet, which provides Ethereum node operators with a permissionless and capital-efficient way to run 2048-$ETH validators. This move is significant as it enhances the operational capabilities of validators within the Ethereum ecosystem, potentially leading to better performance and security for users. For more details, check the official announcement here. The Key Development The broader crypto market is witnessing mixed signals, but Lido’s recent launch of the 0x02 CSM testnet stands out as a notable development. The testnet allows Ethereum node operators to efficiently manage their validator setups, which is essential as the network continues…

Genius Group, a Singapore-based education group, has cleared a legal obstacle to raising capital for its planned Bitcoin and artificial intelligence treasury expansion. The US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit vacated a preliminary injunction that Genius said had restricted its ability to issue shares, raise capital, and purchase Bitcoin. The Aug. 31 order removes the injunction as applied to the company and sends the dispute back to the Southern District of New York. The ruling comes days after Genius unveiled a five-year capital plan targeting an $827 million Bitcoin treasury and an $800 million AI portfolio, with total…

A $550,000 community audit contest uncovered two critical vulnerabilities in $XRP Ledger features that could have drained user accounts without private keys. The findings reveal how Ripple’s audit-before-release model diverges sharply from the broader crypto industry’s patch-after-exploit norm. $XRP Ledger version 3.3.0 shipped on August 6, 2026, carrying five proposed amendments and a bundled cleanup patch. On paper it looked like a routine infrastructure release. Underneath, the update represented the conclusion of a six-month security gauntlet that caught two account-draining bugs, rewrote two entire feature implementations from scratch, and paid hundreds of thousands of dollars to outside researchers who found…

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has proposed a major overhaul of U.S. transfer agent regulations. This is an area that has experienced little regulatory change in nearly four decades. The proposal updates registration, reporting, recordkeeping, asset safeguarding, transfer processing, and restrictive-legend requirements across securities markets. Importantly, this regulatory reform recognizes new technology such as electronic records and security tokens represented using blockchain. As securities markets continue to evolve to accommodate faster transaction processing, including same-day settlement and potentially same-day or real-time transactions, this represents a significant change from the current regulatory structure. Source: X Historically, all of the current…

Local-currency stablecoin launches have increased demand for 24/7 foreign exchange liquidity as more than 70% of conversions into dollar stablecoins begin in another currency. Raj Kamal, founder and CEO of payments company TransFi, told crypto.news that issuing euro, sterling, yen, and other local-currency stablecoins would bring more foreign exchange activity directly into payment transactions. More than 70% of flows from fiat currencies into dollar stablecoins already originate outside the U.S. dollar, according to data cited by Kamal. Each flow requires a currency conversion somewhere in the process, even when the token used for payment is denominated in dollars. The Bank…