Crypto

Crypto coverage across every StreamSage desk, filed under Crypto: Bitcoin, Ethereum, Altcoins, Stablecoins, DeFi, Exchanges, Networks, Tokenization Page 3.

• Coinbase Preps Quantum-Proof Custody for $250B

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

• Bitcoin ETFs See $999 Million Inflows as Prices Rise

  US bitcoin ETFs received $999 million in new investment on Monday, the most in a single day since October 6.

• Bitcoin Treasury Stocks Post Negative Returns Despite Flat BTC

  The median 18-month return for the 20 largest BTC treasury stocks is -18%, while Bitcoin itself is up less than 3%.

• William Blair sees Coinbase, Circle poised for crypto recovery

  Analysts cut Coinbase's 2026 EBITDA by 11% to $810 million while maintaining that current valuations offer attractive entry points for investors.

• Bitcoin ETFs pull in $1.7B as BTC tops holder cost basis

  Spot Bitcoin funds attracted $1.7B over two days while an analyst identified $90,000 as the next profit-taking threshold.

• 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.

• Zcash leads major gains as bitcoin holds near $87,000

  A House committee approved a bill for a Strategic Bitcoin Reserve, and falling oil eased inflation concerns.

• 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%.

• Six Canadian banks explore tokenized deposit system

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

• FTX-linked wallets move $75 million in ether to Wintermute

  Onchain analysts tracked 27,373 ETH sent to the market maker Wednesday, amid a planned $2.2 billion March payout.

• 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.

• BitMEX ends trading operations after 11 years

  The crypto derivatives platform has ceased exchange operations but says users can still withdraw their remaining funds.

• DEX volume exceeds tokenized stock trading by $76 billion over 30 days

  A joint proposal seeks to exempt decentralized exchanges from registration, arguing automated systems do not create the intermediary risks that securities law targets.

• Kalshi metronome bot stops after $2M wash trading pattern

  A bot trading $1 of the Mamdani contract every two seconds halted after nearly two months, leaving Kalshi to rebut the wash trading claims.

• 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.

• CME Expands Crypto Futures Lineup With Bitcoin Cash and Uniswap

  CME Group has added Bitcoin Cash and Uniswap to its regulated futures lineup, an expansion that has already generated over $1 billion in total notional value year-to-date across five other altcoin contracts.

• FomoPeek malware drained $579,900 in USDT from compromised iPhones

  SlowMist found eight iOS exploits in the App Store tracker; Salus traced the proceeds through FixedFloat and KuCoin.

• 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.

• Coldcard exploit: 2.8% of stolen BTC routed to recovery trust

  On-chain records show 52.37 BTC moved into a flagged address with an OP_RETURN claim, a small fraction of the $130 million theft.