Grayscale has made its XRP ETF one of the largest allocations across its new crypto model portfolios for financial advisors. The XRP fund ranks second only to Grayscale’s ether ETF in the bitcoin-excluding Next Gen strategy and third behind its bitcoin and ether funds in the broader Leaders model. XRP Takes Top-Three Position in Grayscale’s […]
Bitcoin.com News•Kevin Helms46m ago
SEC Chair Paul Atkins has asked staff to develop a proposal allowing investment advisers to self-custody crypto assets under certain conditions. The plan would also permit state trust companies to serve as custodians for advisers and regulated funds. Atkins Wants Advisers to Self-Custody Crypto Assets Investment advisers could gain a clearer path to holding crypto […]
Bitcoin.com News•Kevin Helms1h ago
Ripple has signed a multi-year partnership with the University of Louisville athletics program that will place XRP branding on the school’s basketball court. The XRP logo will appear permanently on Denny Crum Court at the KFC Yum! Center, where Louisville’s men’s and women’s basketball teams play home games. XRP Logo Gets Permanent Place on Denny […]
Bitcoin.com News•Kevin Helms2h ago
Grayscale says the crypto industry is still making progress despite the Senate’s failure to advance the CLARITY Act to formal debate. The asset manager pointed to ongoing work at the SEC and CFTC while reaffirming its support for comprehensive digital asset rules. Grayscale Points to Regulatory Progress After Senate Vote Grayscale is looking beyond Congress […]
Bitcoin.com News•Kevin Helms3h ago
Ethiopia has cut electricity deliveries to bitcoin miners by 75%, leaving them with just 23% of contracted power after El Niño reduced reservoir inflows by roughly 20%. The twist is that miners had become one of Ethiopian Electric Power’s biggest customers, consuming roughly a third of its electricity and supplying about 35% of revenue. Now […]
Bitcoin.com News•Jamie Redman5h ago
In the interesting world of meme coins, surprising things happen all the time, and this week, the meme coin project Baby Doge announced that it acquired the peer-to-peer file-sharing brand Limewire. While the merger pairs a meme coin project and a legacy tech brand, the team did not disclose the purchase price. Baby Doge Buys […]
Bitcoin.com News•Jamie Redman6h ago
The CLARITY Act finally reached its first real Senate floor test Tuesday and promptly hit a wall. Senators voted 49-50 against cloture on the motion to proceed to H.R. 3633, leaving the crypto market-structure bill 11 votes short of the 60 needed to advance. The bill isn’t technically dead, but with Congress racing toward its […]
Bitcoin.com News•Jamie Redman6h ago
The tokenized real-world asset market has expanded to $46.7 billion, up 17.4 times in three years, with growth spreading across credit funds, gold, stocks, and multiple blockchains. RWA Market Grows 17-Fold as Onchain Liquidity Deepens Tokenized real-world assets have crossed a new milestone, with the onchain market reaching $46.7 billion, as of Sept. 15, as […]
Bitcoin.com News•Emmanuel Musa7h ago
The Senate’s first full-floor test of comprehensive crypto market-structure legislation ended before the bill itself was even debated. On Sept. 15, senators failed to invoke cloture on the motion to proceed to H.R. 3633, the Digital Asset Market Clarity Act, after the opposition reached the point where 60 votes became mathematically impossible. Among those voting […]
Bitcoin.com News•Jamie Redman8h ago
The integration brings Dinari’s tokenized U.S. equities to eligible Bitcoin.com users in the United States and demonstrates a turnkey embedded model that can extend to broker-dealers and other financial platforms. Earlier this year, Dinari and Bitcoin.com announced a partnership to bring tokenized U.S. equities and ETFs directly into the Bitcoin.com Wallet. Today, that integration is […]
Bitcoin.com News•Media8h ago
Bitdeer has secured another 65.1 megawatts of AI data-center capacity in Malaysia, taking its committed AI Cloud footprint to about 206.5 MW. The expansion underscores how bitcoin miners are increasingly using their power infrastructure to chase potentially larger and more predictable AI revenues. Bitdeer Adds 65.1 MW in Malaysia as AI Expansion Accelerates Bitdeer is […]
Bitcoin.com News•Emmanuel Musa8h ago
Two Robinhood engineers allegedly turned one of the company’s most sensitive pieces of information, which cryptocurrencies were about to get listed, into a personal trading signal on Hyperliquid. Federal prosecutors say Hefu Chai and Huaisong Xiang repeatedly bought perpetual futures before Robinhood Crypto announced new token listings in 2025 and 2026. Each allegedly cleared more […]
Bitcoin.com News•Jamie Redman9h ago
Bitcoin’s price dropped below $76,000, erasing its Monday gains and hitting a nearly four-week low of $75,560 after breaking past key $77,000 support. Market Reversal Bitcoin wiped out Monday’s gains, tumbling below $76,000 as Senate negotiations over the CLARITY Act remained deadlocked. The reversal came ahead of a crucial Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meeting, […]
Bitcoin.com News•Terence Zimwara10h ago
U.S. crypto ETFs opened the week broadly higher, with bitcoin funds drawing $160.04 million and ether products adding another $121.02 million. XRP and solana ETFs also attracted fresh capital, giving the major categories a clean sweep of inflows. Blackrock Drives $160M Bitcoin ETF Rebound Institutional buyers returned to bitcoin with conviction on Monday, Sept. 14. […]
Bitcoin.com News•Emmanuel Musa11h ago
A Senate vote at 2:15 p.m. ET Tuesday could decide whether the CLARITY Act stays alive, but senators aren’t actually voting on whether to pass the crypto bill. They’re voting on whether to stop debating it. That requires 60 votes, meaning the Republican majority needs Democratic help before the Senate can even reach the ordinary […]
Bitcoin.com News•Jamie Redman12h ago
Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, September 15th, 2026, Chainwire. The National Bank of the Kyrgyz Republic (NBKR) and CertiK have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), establishing a long-term strategic partnership to advance cooperation on Digital Som security and digital asset oversight. The partnership brings CertiK into a central-bank environment shaped by stringent security, compliance, and operational requirements, […]
Bitcoin.com News•Media12h ago
Morgan Stanley’s spot bitcoin ETF has crossed $600 million in net assets only five months after launch, with almost no redemption pressure since debut. The fund’s rapid growth adds another sign that major-bank distribution is becoming a meaningful channel for crypto demand. Bitcoin ETF Buyers Stick With Morgan Stanley Morgan Stanley’s bitcoin exchange-traded fund (ETF) […]
Bitcoin.com News•Emmanuel Musa13h ago
Bitcoin’s price is sitting near $76,900 on Sept. 15, 2026, after getting knocked back from the upper-$79,000 range, and the strange part is how cleanly the three major time frames agree. Sellers have the short-term advantage, but they have pushed BTC directly into an area where buyers recently showed up. The $76,000-$76,700 neighborhood has effectively […]
Bitcoin.com News•Jamie Redman14h ago
More than a dozen banks are expecting the Federal Reserve to raise rates by 25 basis points on Sept. 16. The List UBS, HSBC, Barclays, Citigroup, Wells Fargo, Morgan Stanley, Goldman Sachs, Bank of America and JPMorgan Chase all expect the Federal Reserve to lift rates by 25 basis points (bps) this week. Both JPMorgan […]
Bitcoin.com News•Shiraz Jagati15h ago
The Bank of Russia’s latest draft policy document classifies cryptocurrencies and stablecoins as major financial market risks, citing threats to monetary sovereignty, potential complete losses for investors, and their role in enabling shadow markets. Central Bank Identifies Major Crypto Risks The Bank of Russia has categorized cryptocurrencies and stablecoins as major financial market risks in […]
Bitcoin.com News•Terence Zimwara16h ago