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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.

Sunday, September 20, 2026

  1. CryptoSlate
    Why Bitcoin’s 63% HODL wave isn’t the mega bull signal everyone thinks it is

    BTC

  2. Bitcoinist
    NEAR Ships nearcore 2.14.0 RC With Protocol And Database Upgrade

    NEAR

  3. Bitcoinist
    Avalanche Helicon Upgrade Set For September 22 Mainnet Activation

    AVAX

  4. BitcoinistNotable
    Lido Completes Wind-Down Of Simple DVT Module

    LDO

  5. Bitcoinist
    Uniswap Proposes Extending Protocol Fees To Arc

    UNI

Saturday, September 19, 2026

  1. Bitcoinist
    Aave V4 Goes Live On Arc With USDC, EURC, cirBTC And WETH

    AAVEUSDC

  2. Bitcoinist
    Lido DAO Votes On Contingent 7.5M LDO Market-Making Mandate

    LDO

  3. CryptoSlate
    Gen Z are investing like Boomers – with some surprising portfolio decisions
  4. Bitcoinist
    Aave Proposal Brings Anchorage-Custodied Bitcoin Into V4 Lending Model

    BTCAAVE

  5. Bitcoinist
    XRPL Releases xrpld v3.4.0 With New Lending Amendment

    XRP

  6. CryptoSlate
    Why Trump backed a crypto ethics rule that stopped at the family business
  7. Bitcoinist
    Solana Pushes Into 250ms Slots As SIMD-0525 Mainnet Rollout Advances

    SOL

  8. CryptoSlateNotable
    Fidelity surge brings in $310M BTC saving Bitcoin ETFs from a disastrous week

    BTC

  9. CointelegraphNotable
    REX launches 2x leveraged ETF tied to Bitcoin treasury firm Strive

    BTC

  10. CryptoSlate
    Circle wants you to love USDC a little like you love Chelsea

    USDC

  11. NewsBTC
    Coinbase And Stablecore Open Digital Asset Rails To 3,000+ Banks And Credit Unions
  12. Cointelegraph+1 desk
    Kalshi joins Coinbase with filing for US stock perpetual futures
  13. NewsBTC
    Treasury Sanctions BitBank Over Iranian Crypto Sanctions-Evasion Network
  14. CryptoSlateNotable
    Anthropic’s potential $2 trillion IPO is fueling an $80 million crypto trade
  15. The BlockNotable
    Bitcoin ETFs eke out positive week with $433 million Friday inflow as ether funds snap four-week inflow streak

    BTCETH

  16. NewsBTC
    SEC Grants Five-Year Exemption For Tokenized Stock Trading Venues
  17. CryptoSlate
    AI was supposed to take scammers’ jobs, but it gave them superpowers instead
  18. Decrypt
    How the Clarity Act's Defeat Handed the SEC and CFTC the Wheel on Crypto
  19. NewsBTC
    FCA Crypto Authorisation Gateway Opens September 30
  20. Cointelegraph+1 desk
    VanEck criticizes Metaplanet over executive dilution despite compensation cuts

    BTC

  21. Decrypt
    Bitcoin's Sharpest Rally in Two Years Ran Almost Entirely on Short Liquidations

    BTC

  22. CoinDesk
    Clarity Act, we hardly knew ye: We look at what was in the bill and what's replacing it
  23. CryptoSlateNotable
    ZEC’s 100% rally above $1500 sends Grayscale’s Zcash ETF within $85 million of $1 billion

    ZEC

  24. NewsBTC
    Chainalysis Warns Malware Operators Are Turning Blockchains Into Dead Drops
  25. The Block
    Visa to close Crossmint memecoin rewards loophole following The Block investigation: report
  26. Decrypt
    Grayscale Is Making Its Red-Hot Zcash ETF More Affordable

    ZEC

  27. NewsBTCNotable
    Ethereum ETFs Add $29.4M Friday As Fidelity Leads Reported Flows

    ETH

  28. CoinDesk
    'We have lost control': Crypto pioneer warns AI could trigger systemic banking and infrastructure shocks

    BTC

  29. NewsBTCNotable
    Bitcoin ETFs Add $324.6M As Fidelity Dominates Friday Flows

    BTC

  30. CoinDesk
    Ripple says asset managers are preparing for XRP Ledger’s next payments upgrade

    XRP

  31. CryptoSlateNotable
    Bitcoin faces an October 18 test as Trump prepares new Russia tariffs

    BTC

  32. Decrypt
    Solana's Heartbeat Quickens: Block Times Fall 17% in Latest Speed Upgrade

    SOL

  33. NewsBTC
    CFTC Crypto Asset Rules Enter White House Review
  34. CoinDesk
    'The orange tie stays': Michael Saylor responds to venture capitalist's bitcoin obituary

    BTC

  35. CryptoSlate
    Did RWA futures really overtake crypto? Only if you ignore 90% of the market
  36. CoinDesk
    Why Wall Street giants build tokenization money for institutions, not regular consumers
  37. Cointelegraph+1 desk
    Bastion wins conditional OCC approval for national trust bank charter
  38. CryptoSlate
    Brazil blocks stablecoins from key cross-border payment rail as $1.1 trillion market faces new limits
  39. CryptoSlate
    Bitcoin survived the Fed and CLARITY, and now faces the next major test at $82,000 this weekend

    BTC

  40. Cointelegraph
    Hong Kong jails former banker over $1.6B false credit, cryptocurrency bribes: Report
  41. CryptoSlate
    Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin argues that local AI can protect your privacy without losing speed

    ETH

  42. CryptoSlate
    XRP ETFs hit a speed bump, but big investors aren’t dumping their tokens yet

    XRP

Friday, September 18, 2026

  1. CryptoSlate
    Exchanges lower token risk values, leaving leveraged traders with less breathing room
  2. Bitcoin Magazine
    European Central Bank President Blocked Binance’s EU Entry: Report

    BTC

  3. CryptoSlate
    Bitcoin faces an eight-year rates test as the BOE unwinds £368 billion

    BTC

  4. Decrypt
    Coinbase Files to List Single-Stock Perps on Apple, Tesla and Nvidia
  5. CryptoSlate
    Bitcoin rallies after BOJ’s 1.25% hike, but the real yen-carry test starts next week

    BTC

  6. Bitcoin MagazineNotable
    CFTC Sends Proposal To Regulate Crypto Transactions Following Clarity Act Fail

    BTC

  7. Cointelegraph
    Coinbase files to bring single-stock perpetual futures to US market
  8. CryptoSlate
    Why SBI just put millions behind a Singapore startup’s stablecoin push
  9. Decrypt
    Zcash Is Running—Devs Want to Make It Faster

    ZEC

  10. Cointelegraph
    Binance launches 24/7 FX perps with weekend pricing system
  11. CryptoSlate
    FCA draws the UK boundary for offshore crypto platforms ahead of 2027 rules
  12. Decrypt
    Bitcoin Will Hit $1 Million, Says Kevin O’Leary—But There’s a Quantum Catch

    BTCETH

  13. Cointelegraph
    Crypto stocks rebound after CLARITY Act selloff