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Companies coverage from the StreamSage Companies desk: Large Cap, Small Cap, Public, Private. Sources on every story.

• Coinbase launches fixed-rate Bitcoin loans via Morpho

  Users can now borrow USDC against Bitcoin with a locked interest rate and repayment date, alongside an existing $1.4 billion loan book.

• IBM Links Digital Asset Haven to Swift Blockchain Ledger

  IBM's Digital Asset Haven can now connect to Swift's shared ledger, allowing tokenized deposit transactions via standard ISO 20022 messages.

• Hut 8 clears Poolin’s Texas debt at nearly triple the floor price

  Hut 8 bid $140 million for Poolin’s Pyote and Tarbush sites, outbidding a $52 million stalking-horse anchor as AI capacity demand strains the Texas grid.

• HTX September Proof of Reserves Shows Zero USDS on Claimed Address

  The September disclosure listed 360,949.90 USDS on a specific address that held nothing at the stated block height, ending a 34-month run of disclosed reports.

• CoinEx Shuts Down After Nine Years, Sets December Cash-Out Deadline

  The Hong Kong-founded crypto exchange is closing following a prolonged market downturn and increasing regulatory costs.

• Ethiopian Airlines Suspends Flights to Three Tigray Destinations

  The carrier halted services after TPLF-linked forces seized control of the regional capital's airport, according to Bloomberg Markets.

• Hashed Anchors $300M Digital Asset Credit Fund

  Thoro Capital will lend in stablecoins using covenant-based underwriting, aiming to address a financing gap in the institutional crypto sector.

• Coinbase Preps Quantum-Proof Custody for $250B

  The firm is testing fallbacks to handle signature schemes that may break standard key-splitting methods.

• Animoca Brands pauses Currenc Group merger talks

  The companies agreed to suspend negotiations on Sept. 22 after failing to reach definitive terms before the exclusivity period expired.

• Meta halts human caller test for AI assistant Muse

  Meta ended a pilot using human contractors to handle calls for Muse after merchants rejected AI callers and staff raised privacy concerns.

• Airtel Money Files for London IPO

  Airtel Money Commerce NV filed for a potential record London offering as the city's listing reforms show early results.

• Coinbase Launches Fixed-Rate USDC Loans Against Bitcoin

  Fixed-rate bitcoin-backed credit settles on Base via Morpho Midnight, complementing Coinbase’s variable-rate lending business.

• Solana Alpenglow upgrade moves to public testnet

  Developers will test reducing transaction finality from about 13 seconds to 0.15 seconds on the public test network.

• XRP Ledger restarts validator countdown for payment delegation update

  PermissionDelegationV1_1 begins a 14-day window on Sept. 21 to enable role-specific account controls if support stays above 80%.

• PYMNTS Report: Gen Z Shoppers Abandon Carts Without Digital Wallets

  A September 2026 study by PYMNTS Intelligence and PayPal found 28% of Gen Z shoppers dropped carts due to missing wallet options.

• Six Canadian banks explore tokenized deposit system

  Bank of Montreal, CIBC, National Bank, RBC, Scotiaband and TD are jointly developing the Canadian-dollar system.

• Zcash NU7 upgrade risks freezing legacy Sprout funds

  A proposed change to Zcash version 4 transactions may leave coins in the legacy Sprout shielded pool permanently unspendable.

• PYMNTS Finds AI Shopping Research Grows While Spend Stays on Amazon

  Survey of 2,191 consumers shows 23% now start retail research with AI, but six in ten AI-assisted purchases still close on Amazon.

• Circle pays millions for Binance distribution while its margins collapse

  Circle and Binance announced a five-year commercial agreement and a $100 million equity investment on Sept.

• Strategy's Bitcoin Roundtrip Cost $100.2M in Lost Gains

  Strategy repurchased 5,553 bitcoin it sold in the summer, paying a premium that erased a six-figure gain and left 1,363 coins missing from its treasury.