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Read the lead brief →Lead development · 9/16/2026, 5:54:04 AM UTC
Nearly 2.4 million ZEC participated, with 99.9% backing 25-second blocks and 98.9% voting to preserve the network’s existing halving schedule.
Crypto · 9/16/2026, 12:00:41 PM UTC
The October update changes how nodes estimate transaction fees and process blocks, while fixing a wallet flaw that could let an authenticated user run commands on a node.
Crypto · 9/16/2026, 11:16:51 AM UTC
Your day-ahead look for Sept. 16, 2026
Crypto · 9/16/2026, 11:00:00 AM UTC
Two Prime expands into onchain finance with a bitcoin lending vault built on Pareto for institutional investors.
Crypto · 9/16/2026, 11:00:00 AM UTC
Bitcoin is stuck near $80,000 as traders build stablecoin positions that could return to the market once Fed uncertainty clears.
Crypto · 9/16/2026, 10:48:44 AM UTC
U.S. spot bitcoin ETFs shed $450 million, the most since June, as the Senate's failure to advance the Clarity Act sent regulatory-sensitive tokens sharply lower.
Crypto · 9/16/2026, 10:46:28 AM UTC
The service will support a select range of cryptocurrencies at debut, including bitcoin and ether and stablecoins like USDC and EURC.
Crypto · 9/16/2026, 10:37:46 AM UTC
Privacy token zcash, meanwhile, is up 130% over 30 days and trades near its all-time highs from 2016.
Crypto · 9/16/2026, 10:30:00 AM UTC
The USDC issuer's chain is built for payments, tokenized assets and institutional finance as banks and payment giants pile into the stablecoin market.
Crypto · 9/16/2026, 9:57:12 AM UTC
Weakening U.S. demand, a setback for the Clarity act and expectations of a fed rate hike weigh on bitcoin.
Crypto · 9/16/2026, 9:42:37 AM UTC
U.S. prosecutors allege two engineers used confidential Robinhood token listing data to front-run announcements using Hyperliquid perpetual futures.
Crypto · 9/16/2026, 8:07:59 AM UTC
Ethereum is moving ahead with EIP-8141 while Coinbase-backed Base backs EIP-8130, leaving wallets and apps that span both networks facing different transaction systems.
Crypto · 9/16/2026, 6:42:22 AM UTC
An aggressive market expectations trap and a strict aversion to forward guidance have backed the Fed chair into a corner, where failing to deliver a hawkish message risks destroying the central bank’s inflation-fighting credibility.
