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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.

Monday, September 21, 2026

  1. Bitcoinist
    Celestia Ships v0.34.2-corto Update For Corto Testnet Nodes

    TIA

  2. CoinDesk
    Bitcoin's 44% gain in third quarter teases full-blown crypto bull run

    BTC

  3. CoinDesk
    Perp futures linked to 'bitcoin VIX' debut on Hyperliquid

    HYPEBTC

  4. CoinDesk+1 desk
    ECB deploys Pontes platform to settle wholesale tokenized assets in central-bank money
  5. The Block
    Bitcoin taps $85,000 for first time since January as crypto short liquidations surge

    BTC

  6. Cointelegraph
    NEAR jumps nearly 80% in a week as Intents volume nears $30B

    NEARZEC

  7. CoinDesk+1 desk
    Bitcoin hits $85,000 as short squeeze forces out $648 million of bearish bets

    BTC

  8. CryptoSlate
    A Bitcoin Lightning flaw could send a node’s entire balance straight to miners

    BTC

  9. Cointelegraph
    BTC price nears eight-month high above $85K: Five things to know in Bitcoin this week

    BTC

  10. CoinDeskNotable
    X sues its own users for running a fake bitcoin news bot farm

    BTC

  11. Bitcoinist
    Bitget Wallet Adds 1,700+ Tokenized Stocks Through Reality Integration
  12. Decrypt
    Crypto Worker's Children Held Hostage in Latest French ‘Wrench Attack,’ $46,000 Taken
  13. The Block+1 deskNotable
    X sues UK duo over alleged $277K crypto account payout fraud

    BTC

  14. CoinDesk
    Crypto enjoys bullish bounce post-Fed rate hike: Crypto Week Ahead
  15. CryptoSlate
    Bitcoin shattered $80,000 after a $148 billion US liquidity shock failed to break markets

    BTC

  16. CoinDesk+2 desks
    Live updates: Bitcoin jumps toward $83,000 as falling oil lifts risk assets

    BTCXMR

  17. BitcoinistNotable
    Balancer Proposal Seeks Orderly Protocol Wind-Down And Treasury Return To BAL Holders

    BAL

  18. Bitcoinist
    Dragonfly’s Haseeb Qureshi Calls For Zcash Dev Fund To End After 2028

    ZEC

  19. CryptoSlate
    2 key economic reports threaten Bitcoin’s $80k rally as BTC price model predicts $95k incoming

    BTC

  20. Bitcoinist
    Hyperliquid Launches Manual Borrowing With HYPE And Bitcoin Collateral

    HYPEBTC

  21. CoinDesk
    Kalshi faces ‘fake crypto volume’ allegations as critic flags identical $5,500 trades

    ETH

  22. Bitcoinist
    Zcash Sets November 5 Target For NU7 Upgrade And 25-Second Blocks

    ZEC

  23. Bitcoinist
    Neutrl Opens NUSD Redemptions As On-Chain Rate Sits Near $0.51
  24. Cointelegraph+1 desk
    Bitcoin reclaims 50-week moving average: Is the bear market over?

    BTC

  25. Cointelegraph+1 desk
    Hana Bank taps Euroclear blockchain for $100M bond issuance: Report
  26. NewsBTC
    FCA Targets Three London Premises In Illegal P2P Crypto Trading Crackdown
  27. CoinDesk
    Bitcoin rises above $81,000, while NEAR jumps 23% on Zcash swap traffic

    BTCZECNEAR

  28. CoinDesk
    Bitcoin’s price has cleared a key hurdle that has historically preceded major bull runs

    BTC

  29. NewsBTC
    Ondo’s Oasis Pro Joins DTCC Fund/SERV In Tokenized Fund Milestone

    ONDO

  30. NewsBTC
    World Rolls Out World Money App With Stablecoins And Stripe Integration
  31. NewsBTC
    WisdomTree And MoonPay Expand US Access To Tokenized Funds
  32. Cointelegraph
    North Korean fake recruiters infect 30K devices, steal $10.7M in crypto
  33. Bitcoin MagazineMajor
    Strategy Founder Michael Saylor Argues Clarity Act Collapse Is a Win

    BTC

  34. NewsBTC
    dtcpay Completes $25M Series A As SBI Group Joins Stablecoin Payments Push

Sunday, September 20, 2026

  1. NewsBTC
    Binance Announces 24/7 FX Perpetuals With USD/BRL Contract Set For September 21
  2. Cointelegraph
    Who needs CLARITY anyway? ARB could see 70X increase: Hodler’s Digest

    ARBBTC

  3. NewsBTC
    Coinbase Files To Bring Single-Stock Perpetual Futures To US Market
  4. CryptoSlate
    Charles Hoskinson says Cardano no longer comes first – its treasury vote explains why

    ADA

  5. CryptoSlate
    Why keeping your private keys safe won’t always stop crypto theft

    BTC

  6. The Block+2 desksMajor
    ZetaChain votes to shut down Layer 1 network and move ZETA to Solana

    SOL

  7. CryptoSlate
    Why Solana’s new 250ms speed boost could actually trigger network instability

    SOL

  8. CryptoSlate
    Offshore Bitcoin futures crash 97% as traders abandon traditional risk

    BTC

  9. The Block
    Polymarket faced $10 million fraud attempt as its CEO pushed growth over compliance concerns: WSJ
  10. Decrypt
    Visa Moves to Close Meme Coin Credit Card Rewards Loophole
  11. CryptoSlate
    EU staking review threatens crypto yields and network security could pay the price
  12. CoinDesk
    Crypto platform Gemini’s stock is down 80% from its IPO. That’s reviving takeover speculation
  13. Decrypt
    Why Holding Anything But Bitcoin Has Been a Losing Bet for Two Years

    BTC

  14. CryptoSlate
    Why Russia’s harsh 1% crypto cap actually protects bank customer assets
  15. Bitcoin Magazine
    Move Over Housing – Bitcoin is Gen Z’s New Wealth Building Asset

    BTC

  16. Bitcoin Magazine
    T. Rowe Price’s Blue Macellari: Bitcoin is Now Core to the Debasement Conversation

    BTC

  17. Bitcoin Magazine
    Coinbase Policy Chief: Strategic Bitcoin Reserve Bill Outlook

    BTC

  18. Bitcoin Magazine
    Strategy CEO Phong Le: We Want to Be the JPMorgan of Bitcoin

    BTC

  19. Bitcoin Magazine
    Why Legendary Investor Bill Miller IV has “Never Been More Bullish on Bitcoin”

    BTC

  20. CryptoSlate
    Stablecoin salaries can leave workers paying to access their wages
  21. CoinDesk
    Crypto traders braced for a total wipeout this week but Bitcoin had other plans

    BTC

  22. CoinDesk
    Coinbase, Robinhood, Circle could be early winners of SEC's tokenized-stock push, analysts say
  23. CryptoSlate
    Why Bitcoin’s rally above $80,000 isn’t backed by institutional conviction

    BTC

  24. CryptoSlate
    Why real-time election odds are misleading prediction market crypto traders
  25. CointelegraphNotable
    Grayscale’s Zcash ETF files for 3-for-1 forward share split

    ZEC

  26. CryptoSlate
    X brings crypto trading closer to your social feed