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Gathered from the major desks

The Wire

Headlines as they are published, grouped when several desks report the same story, with paid posts left out. Each one links to the desk that wrote it.

Tuesday, September 15, 2026

  1. Decrypt+3 desksMajor
    Robinhood Engineers Charged With Fraud Over Alleged Crypto Listing Trades

    HYPE

  2. Bitcoin Magazine
    AI Could Be Bitcoin’s Next Onboarding Engine, Nakamoto CEO Says

    BTC

  3. CryptoSlate
    Why Japan’s 3.8% bond shock is quietly setting a trap for Bitcoin

    BTC

  4. Cointelegraph
    Binance adds 11 US-listed ETFs to wealth management offering
  5. CryptoSlate+1 desk
    Why a CLARITY victory may still leave Bitcoin trapped at $76,000

    BTCXRP

  6. Decrypt
    Crypto's Long-Sought 'De Minimis' Tax Break Gets a House Markup This Week
  7. CryptoSlate
    DeFi governance gap allows one wallet to request 98% of Ampleforth treasury’s USDC balance

    USDC

  8. Cointelegraph
    Bitcoin price falls to $75.6K September low as global bonds hit multidecade highs

    BTC

  9. CoinDesk
    Crypto Clarity Act barrels toward disappointment barring last-minute Senate turnaround
  10. The Block
    Bitcoin price recovery unlikely to lure AI-focused miners back, CoinShares says

    BTC

  11. CointelegraphNotable
    ETH wallet exploit backfires as MEV bot captures $7.7M, Kelp freezes address

    ETH

  12. CryptoSlate
    Bitcoin’s newest mobile privacy feature can make your incoming money completely invisible

    BTC

  13. Decrypt
    Democrats 'Move the Goalposts' on Clarity Act Hours Before Key Senate Vote
  14. DecryptNotable
    Bitcoin Sinks as the Senate's Clarity Act Showdown Looms

    BTC

  15. The BlockNotable
    Lead Senate Republican Lummis rejects Democratic counteroffer as Clarity Act vote nears
  16. CryptoSlate
    Bitcoin ETF inflows are back, but BlackRock is carrying the market into the Fed meeting

    BTC

  17. CoinDesk
    European Central Bank calls for merchants to participate in digital euro pilot
  18. CoinDesk
    Clarity Act's odds of passing plunge as Republicans reject Democrats' counter-proposal
  19. Decrypt
    Morning Minute: Clarity Act Odds Slump After Democrat Pushback
  20. CryptoSlate
    CLARITY Act chances sink below 20% as Senate’s path to 60 votes narrows
  21. CoinDeskMajor
    A hacker turned 25 cents of bitcoin into 46 billion fake BTC tokens on a DeFi bridge

    BTC

  22. Cointelegraph
    USDT payments feature in Polish energy giant’s failed $230M oil deal: FT

    USDT

  23. CryptoSlateNotable
    XRP’s path back to $2 now hinges on whether the Senate passes the CLARITY Act

    XRP

  24. Bitcoin Magazine
    Strike CEO Jack Mallers: Inflation Outlook, Bond Stress and BTC vs Gold

    BTC

  25. Bitcoin Magazine
    Will the Clarity Act Pass the Senate? | Connor Brown, Bitcoin Policy Institute

    BTC

  26. CryptoSlate
    A DeFi giant that once held $3 billion is now proposing to wind itself down
  27. CoinDesk
    To ensure permanent economic innovation, we must pass the Clarity Act now
  28. The Block
    House committee releases sweeping crypto tax bill ahead of Wednesday markup
  29. The Block+2 desks
    Standard Chartered sees Arbitrum at $10 by end-2030, up 70-fold

    ARBBTCETH

  30. CryptoSlate
    Bitcoin needs to reach $82,900 to outrun a looming miner margin squeeze

    BTC

  31. CoinDesk
    Ether, solana, XRP likely to gain if Clarity Act progresses

    SOLETHXRP

  32. CoinDeskNotable
    Velocity extends Series A to $48M at $200M valuation with backing from Visa, Circle, and Ripple

    XRP

  33. CoinDesk
    Why banks should stop worrying and learn to love the Clarity Act
  34. CoinDesk
    Bitcoin gives back Monday's gain as Clarity Act odds fade on Polymarket

    BTC

  35. CoinDesk
    How a simple coding mistake let a hacker drain $7.8 million from a crypto wallet
  36. CryptoSlate
    Altcoins gained 21% and still lost ground to Bitcoin. What would finally turn the tables?

    BTC

  37. CoinDesk
    Nigel Farage-backed Stack BTC plans to acquire a gold dealer for $16 million to fund bitcoin buy

    BTC

  38. Cointelegraph
    US House crypto tax package omits mining, staking reward deferral
  39. NewsBTC
    MEXC’s September 2026 Proof of Reserves Reaffirms Full Backing of User Assets, BTC Reserve Ratio Increases to 297%

    BTC

  40. Cointelegraph+1 desk
    Ethereum, Base wallet standards talks fail, Ethlabs researcher says

    ETH

  41. The Block
    Tonkeeper rebrands as Keeper with support for 7 networks, including Bitcoin and Ethereum

    ETHBTC

  42. The Block
    Ark Invest sells $14 million in Circle, trims Coinbase as crypto stocks rally
  43. Cointelegraph
    Bitcoin short-term holders hit 30-day profit streak as bull-market odds improve: CryptoQuant

    BTC

  44. Cointelegraph
    Solana more than triples transaction size limit with mainnet upgrade

    SOL

  45. The Block
    Zama expands confidential Morpho lineup after first vault hits $40 million, launches private swaps on Ethereum

    ETH

  46. CoinDesk
    Live updates: Bitcoin slumps as Clarity Act passage odds fade

    BTC

  47. CoinDesk
    XRP Ledger is one vote away from starting its next big payments upgrade

    XRP

  48. Cointelegraph
    CLARITY Act odds fall to 16% as key Democrats resist GOP’s ‘final’ offer
  49. The BlockNotable
    Balancer proposes winding down protocol and distributing treasury to BAL holders

    BAL

  50. The Block
    Ethereum, Base developers abandon effort to align account abstraction proposals

    ETH

  51. CoinDesk
    Solana transactions just got more than 3 times bigger, narrowing the gap with Ethereum

    ETHSOL

  52. Cointelegraph+2 desksNotable
    CoinEx to cease operation after 9 years, citing ‘significant’ crypto contraction
  53. CoinDesk
    Democrats send counteroffer to Republicans over Clarity Act provisions
  54. The Block+4 desksNotable
    US DOJ seeks $61 million in crypto proceeds from illicit Iranian oil sales laundered on Binance

    USDTTRXBTC

  55. CointelegraphNotable
    Balancer eyes wind-down after restructuring fails to revive revenue

    BAL

  56. CoinDesk
    U.S. House panel shares crypto tax bill ahead of hearing later this week
  57. CoinDeskNotable
    Bitcoin slips to $77,800 as Senate Clarity Act vote nears and oil prices climb

    BTC

  58. Cointelegraph
    Democrats push back on GOP’s ‘final’ CLARITY offer with counterproposal: Politico

Monday, September 14, 2026

  1. CoinDesk
    Even if Clarity fails, Wall Street’s crypto push is unlikely to stop
  2. CoinDesk
    SEC's Atkins backs Clarity Act but says agency will keep pushing crypto rules without it