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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.

Friday, September 25, 2026

  1. The Block+1 desk
    Blockchain Association CEO Summer Mersinger to step down, Kristin Smith to return as interim CEO
  2. CryptoSlateNotable
    Bitget’s hack just got $36 million bigger, and now there’s a bounty on the stolen crypto
  3. CointelegraphMajor
    Tether says it had ‘limited’ exposure to bank linked to $84M US seizure

    USDT

  4. DecryptNotable
    Circle and Tether Freeze Stablecoins Tied to Bitget Hack—But Most Funds Slip Away

    USDTUSDCETH

  5. CointelegraphNotable
    Former Hack VC partner Hsin-Ju Chuang’s death ruled a suicide

    SOL

  6. Bitcoinist
    Kamino Brings Sterling Lending Onchain With tGBP Market

    SOLUSDC

  7. The Block
    Man charged in $16 million crypto ‘massive pig butchering’ scam
  8. Bitcoinist
    Forward Industries Raises $25M To Buy More Solana

    SOL

  9. Cointelegraph
    Bitget clarifies $388M in assets affected by security breach

    ZECTRX

  10. Decrypt
    Bitget Hack Losses Climb to $387M: Here’s What Happened, and Why North Korea Is a Suspect
  11. CryptoSlate
    Strategy’s daily dividend proposal puts Bitcoin funding back in investors’ hands

    BTC

  12. Cointelegraph
    Strategy seeks shareholder approval for daily preferred stock dividends

    BTC

  13. Bitcoinist
    MeshWallet Says It Raised $10M To Expand Gasless USDT Wallet

    USDTTRX

  14. DecryptNotable
    Magic Eden Warns Old Ethereum NFT Listings Are Exposed to Payment Processor Exploit

    ETH

  15. Decrypt
    Bitcoin Rally Slows as $15.6 Billion Options Expiry Hits—XRP and Solana Keep Climbing

    BTCSOLXRP

  16. CryptoSlate
    Why a $2.38 XRP price target is actually hiding a $1.18 crash risk

    XRP

  17. Cointelegraph
    Crypto Biz: Wall Street and crypto fight for the same turf
  18. Bitcoin Magazine
    Is US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth a Bitcoiner? This Is What His Accounts Say

    BTC

  19. Bitcoinist
    Streamflow Burns 70% Of STREAM Supply In 699.99M Token Cut
  20. CryptoSlate+1 deskNotable
    US crypto ETFs draw over $3 billion this week, with nearly $800 million flowing beyond Bitcoin

    BTCETHSOLZEC

  21. CoinDeskNotable
    Circle and Tether step in to freeze hacker wallet after massive Bitget crypto heist

    USDTETHUSDC

  22. CoinDesk
    Tokenization is moving faster than Washington
  23. CoinDeskMajor
    Tether confirms minimal EQIBank exposure following $89M US asset seizure

    USDT

  24. Bitcoinist
    Canadian-Dollar Stablecoin CADD Goes Live On Solana

    SOL

  25. The Block+1 deskNotable
    Magic Eden legacy approvals leave $5.7 million in NFTs exposed to exploit before rescue
  26. CryptoSlate
    Bitcoin faces a new inflation test after diesel hits a nominal $6.53 record

    BTC

  27. The Block+1 desk
    Aave V4 on Base adds Coinbase tokenized stocks as collateral for USDC loans

    AAVEUSDCLINK

  28. The Block+2 desks
    Strategy proposes daily dividends for STRC, STRD, STRF and STRK preferred stocks

    BTC

  29. Bitcoinist
    Zest Lets Bitcoin Back Ethereum USDC Loans Without Wrapping BTC

    ETHBTCUSDC

  30. Cointelegraph
    Exchanges reporting crypto gains to IRS becomes tax nightmare
  31. Bitcoin Magazine
    Mitchell Askew Explains What 15M Inactive BTC Means for Bitcoin’s Next Move

    BTC

  32. Decrypt
    Morgan Stanley Joins NEXTPredict as Prediction Markets Bet on 'More Institutional' Play
  33. Decrypt
    Morning Minute: BlackRock Leans Deeper Into Tokenization with Ondo

    ONDO

  34. CryptoSlate+1 desk
    SEC’s Hester Peirce wants to end crypto’s KYC honeypots before stablecoin rules create more of them
  35. Cointelegraph
    CoinMarketCap buys CoinGlass to expand crypto derivatives data
  36. Bitcoinist
    Travala Creates Permanent AVA Reserve And Doubles Monthly Buybacks
  37. Cointelegraph
    SlowMist has yet to confirm crypto theft from iPhone Safari attack
  38. Decrypt
    Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth Holds Bitcoin in a Coinbase Wallet, Filing Shows

    BTC

  39. CoinDesk
    Bond volatility surges while bitcoin and Wall Street stay calm

    BTC

  40. Bitcoinist
    MoonPay Agrees To Buy North Capital In Push Into Tokenized Securities
  41. CoinDesk
    Bitcoin holders are cashing out, just not the way they did at prior market tops

    BTC

  42. Cointelegraph
    IBIT options price trading more calmly after Bitcoin rebound

    BTC

  43. The Block
    Ethena expands USDe backing strategy into bStocks and equity perpetuals on Binance

    ENA

  44. CryptoSlateNotable
    MultiversX restarts after exploit halt, but Kraken still bars new EGLD trades
  45. NewsBTC
    MEXC Returns to TOKEN2049 Singapore as Platinum Sponsor with Interactive Experiences and Industry Conversations
  46. Bitcoinist
    KuCoin Opens 20x Moonshot AI Pre-IPO Perpetual Trading

    USDT

  47. NewsBTC
    TokenInsight September Report: MEXC Posts Deepest BTC and ETH Futures Depth at $21.03M, Lowest Silver Slippage at 0.002%

    BTCETH

  48. CoinDesk
    Altcoins rally across the board as bitcoin consolidates near $84,000

    BTC

  49. Decrypt
    Researchers Publish 'Zcash-Style' Design for Private Bitcoin Transfers

    BTCZEC

  50. Cointelegraph+1 desk
    Magic Eden scare puts 3,832 NFTs in whitehat protective custody
  51. Bitcoinist
    KuCoin Adds Apple, Robinhood, Strategy And SpaceX Tokenized Stocks

    SOL

  52. CoinDesk+2 desksMajor
    Bitcoin ETFs have erased a $5.8 billion hole

    BTC

  53. CryptoSlate
    Solana DEX volume spike hides circular trades, and automated bots are blamed

    SOL

  54. NewsBTC
    Bitcoin Falls Back Below $85K As Treasury Yields Jump Above 5%

    BTC

  55. CointelegraphNotable
    Bitcoin ETF inflows slow to $191M as six-day streak reaches $2.8B

    BTC

  56. NewsBTC
    Circle Mints 250M USDC On Solana In Fresh Treasury Issuance

    SOLUSDC

  57. Cointelegraph
    Samourai Wallet co-founder faces new transfer after 30-day ordeal
  58. CryptoSlateNotable
    Payy bridge exploit freezes crypto cards, and no balances remain safe
  59. CoinDesk
    Live updates: Bitcoin steadies near $84,000 as the bond selloff pauses

    BTC

  60. NewsBTC
    Senate Democrats Demand Public Hearing On Prediction Markets