Crypto Industry News & Market Trends

Bitcoin (BTC) Blasts Through $80K, Liquidating $250M in Short Positions

Key HighlightsBTC experienced a 6% rally on Friday, reaching a session peak of $81,034Approximately $250 million worth of bearish crypto positions faced liquidation within a four-hour windowThe 30-year US Treasury yield jumped to 5.34%, marking a 90 basis point increaseMarket analysts identify the $80,000–$82,000 band as critical resistance territoryCongressional committee approval of the Strategic Bitcoin Reserve legislation occurred Thursday　　The worlds leading cryptocurrency experienced a dramatic upward trajectory on Friday, punching through the $80,000 threshold as chaos in international energy markets drove Treasury yields to elevated levels. This momentum shift materialized at the opening of US equity market hours.　　Bitcoin (BTC) Price　　The BTC/USD trading pair touched an intraday peak of $81,034 on the Bitstamp exchange, as shown by TradingViews market data. This explosive movement reflected a wider market rotation toward riskier assets as market participants responded to escalating energy sector volatility.　　West Texas Intermediate crude experienced a drop to $94.8 per barrel before staging a rebound. Current trading activity shows oil hovering near the $98 mark, with supply disruption fears maintaining pressure across commodity markets.　　Discover more　　Economics　　financial　　Brokerages & Day Trading　　The International Energy Agency issued a Friday warning indicating nations might need to implement oil consumption reductions. According to the IEAs assessment, petroleum flows passing

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'Crypto King' Barry Silbert Doubles Down on AI Token Poised to Be the Next Zcash (ZEC)

Digital Currency Group (DCG) founder Barry Silbert, who earned the status of a “crypto king” in the industry for building a massive institutional empire and making early investments in Bitcoin, is shifting his capital focus to the decentralized artificial intelligence market.　　His new major bet is the Bittensor AI token ($TAO), in which the investor, who for years has remained one of the main defenders of Zcash (ZEC) on Wall Street, sees a direct continuation of the scarcity model behind privacy coins.　　You Might Also Like　　Discover more　　Brokerages & Day Trading　　FINANCE　　NEWS　　Scam Alert: Charles Hoskinson‘s and Cardano’s YouTube Are Hacked, Dont Click Any Links　　Shiba Inu (SHIB), Zcash (ZEC), Ethereum (ETH) and Dogecoin (DOGE) Price Analysis For September 18: Pivotal Moment for the Market　　Meme depicting the alignment between ZEC and TAO shared by Barry Silbert, Source: Barry Silbert via X.com　　The discussion in the industry was sparked by a widely shared social media thread in which analysts compared the fundamental properties of the two ecosystems.　　DCG chief brings the scarcity model of Zcash and Bitcoin to the decentralized AI market　　Silbert responded with an affirmative gesture to a post whose authors recalled his early calls on Bitcoin and Zcash, effectively confirming that he sees this AI token as

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US stocks sink as Treasury yields boast another session of gains

Thursdays post-rate-hike rally dissipated on Friday as bulls paused the run in light of rising US Treasury yields. Government bond yields rose across the curve on Friday, with the 2-year yield up 1.5% to 4.75% and the 10-year back above 5.00%.　　While the NASDAQ Composite and S&P 500 saw large gains on Thursday in spite of the Federal Reserve‘s (Fed) 25 bps rate hike on Wednesday, Japan’s subsequent 25 bps hike overnight lent more credence to the view that the world is in the midst of a major hiking trend.　　While the NASDAQ is only slightly negative at the time of writing, down 0.1%, the S&P 500 is off 0.2%, and the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) has given up 0.4%.　　Importantly, the third Friday in September is a ‘triple witching day,’ wherein stock options, stock index futures contracts, and stock index options all expire by the close. This makes these days more prone to heavy volatility as investors close out of their options trades. This leaves the final hour of trading, the ‘witching hour’ between 15:00 and 16:00 EST, one of the most volatile periods of the entire quarter. Triple witching days often see double the average volume level.　　Markets turn bearish on

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Zcash Price Surges Toward $1,500 as NU7 Upgrade Targets Nov. 5

ZEC traded around $1,465-$1,470 on Sept. 18 after reaching an intraday high near $1,527. The move follows a dramatic rally that has pushed the privacy coin from roughly $500 in August into price discovery.　　Now traders have another date to watch: Nov. 5.　　The official NU7 timeline targets testnet activation for Oct. 6, a final mainnet decision on Oct. 20 and activation on Nov. 5. The upgrade would reduce Zcashs target block spacing from 75 seconds to 25 seconds.　　ZEC Rally Meets a Major Network Upgrade　　NU7 arrives while interest in Zcash is already surging.　　ZEC recently exploded toward $1,400 after Paradigm disclosed its investment, with the rally dramatically outperforming Bitcoin at the time.　　The latest advance has carried ZEC even further, although the move above $1,500 has proved volatile. Todays price briefly reached approximately $1,527 before pulling back toward $1,465.　　NU7 could provide a fundamental narrative alongside that price momentum.　　Moving from 75-second to 25-second blocks is designed to cut confirmation latency by roughly three times. The proposal also increases potential Orchard transaction throughput while keeping daily ZEC issuance on the existing schedule.　　What Changes for ZEC Miners？　　NU7 also introduces a new approach to network sustainability.　　The planned mechanism would remove at least 60% of transaction fees from circulation

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FLOKI Price Prediction: Trapped Below the 200-Day MA as BTC Stalls — Rally or Bull Trap？

Rebeca Moen　　Sep 18, 2026 10:19　　FLOKI is up 4% today to ~$0.0000248 but remains pinned below its bearish 200-day SMA ($0.0000265) with MACD still in negative territory. The 7–30 day setup gives bulls a 55/45 edge only if $0.00002…　　A Dead-Cat Bounce or the Real Thing？ FLOKIs 4% Pop Demands Scrutiny　　Right now FLOKI is printing around $0.00002480, up roughly 4% on the day. That sounds like momentum. It isn‘t — not yet. Step back and look at where this token has been: it peaked near $0.0003458 in June 2024 and has been cut by 93% since. It spent August oscillating between a low of $0.00001967 and a high of $0.00003131, and September has so far carved a tighter range of roughly $0.0000236 to $0.0000275. Today’s pop sits at the high end of that range. Buyers havent broken out; theyve bounced.　　The macro backdrop is not doing FLOKI any favors. As covered by Blockchain.news, the Federal Reserve‘s 25-basis-point rate hike to 3.75–4.00% on September 16 — its first since July 2023 — hit crypto sentiment hard. Bitcoin subsequently got pinned around $76,400–$77,300, and the broader crypto market underperformed the equity rebound. Critically, the Senate’s failure to advance the CLARITY Act also pulled the rug

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US Dollar Index Price Forecast: Technical setup favours further gains above 100

The US Dollar Index (DXY) climbs to a fresh seven-week high on Friday, supported by the Federal Reserves (Fed) hawkish interest rate hike on Wednesday. At the time of writing, the index trades around 100.40 and is on track to register a weekly gain of more than 1%.　　Meanwhile, US Treasury yields rebound sharply, lending additional support to the Greenback, largely driven by firm Oil prices and persistent concerns over energy-related inflation. The benchmark 10-year yield trades around 5.00%, up over 1% on the day and not far from the 2007 high of 5.04% touched earlier this week.　　UOB shifts to modestly hawkish Fed view, putting medium-term bearish USD bias at risk　　Analysts at UOB Group note that their previously articulated stance in the “4Q26 quarterly report” — where a “medium-term bearish USD bias is contingent on an extended Fed rate pause through the remainder of 2026” — is now being reassessed in light of the latest FOMC developments. The bank stresses that, “like the markets, we do not think this is a ‘one-and-done hike’ from the Fed, and as per previous rate hike cycles, the Fed usually does not stop at one.” At the same time, they caution that “we do not

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North Korean Hackers Infect 30,000 Devices, Target 7,000 Crypto Wallets

North Korean hackers infected 30,000 devices and stole data from 7,000 crypto wallets while targeting victims across 100 countries.　　North Korea-linked hackers infected more than 30,000 devices and stole information from over 7,000 crypto wallets. Japans National Police Agency says the attacks were carried out against targets in over 100 countries from December 2025 to July 2026. The FBI and other foreign agencies aided the investigation.　　The primary audience for WaterPlum (also called Contagious Interview) was IT professionals. The group targeted developers and others in the tech industry using fake job offers.　　WaterPlum Uses Fake Jobs to Target Crypto Professionals　　Japanese authorities say that WaterPlum reached out to job seekers via social media. It also leveraged online job sites, freelance websites, and gig-work platforms.　　North Korean Hackers Infect Over 30,000 Devices, Steal Data From 7,000 Crypto Wallets　　Japans National Police Agency and the FBI reported that North Korea-linked WaterPlum infected over 30,000 devices across more than 100 countries and regions from December 2025 to July 2026,… 　　The attackers were allegedly impersonating cryptocurrency, artificial intelligence, and NFT companies. They also pretended to be recruitment agencies to seem genuine.　　Related reading: South Korea Eyes Law for Crypto Wallet Seizures.　　Discover more　　Compare Exchange Rates　　NEWS　　Choose POS Systems　　Once they met, they were required

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3-year-old bug triggers $1.3 million drain and forces 10-day blockchain halt

A routine Radix code refactor created a vault flaw that enabled a roughly $1.3 million theft and later forced validators to halt the blockchain.　　Related Asset Radix #1037 XRD · $0.00058 24-hour change: up 1.20% Loading price history… 24H Up 1.20% 7D Up 18.08% 30D Down 40.05%　　The Radix Foundation said Sept. 17 that an RDX Works development team introduced the defect during a June 2023 cleanup of the Radix Engine, the software layer that executes transactions and enforces asset ownership across the network. The vulnerability remained undetected for more than three years before an attacker exploited it on Aug. 31.　　A community reconstruction of the ledger shows the attacker withdrew about 458,915 USDC, 72,420 USDT, 61.08 ETH, 6.35 wrapped Bitcoin, 536.16 SOL and 32.91 BNB across 26 transactions. The assets were worth roughly $1.26 million using Aug. 31 market prices, and the attackers took another 13,000 XRD from a vault to pay transaction fees. The two stablecoins alone accounted for about $531,335.　　Related Asset Ethereum ETH · $2,596.78 24-hour change: up 5.49%　　The stolen assets were sent through Hyperlane to Ethereum, BNB Chain, and Solana, then sold for ETH, Radix said. Hyperlane itself operated as designed: the attacker had already obtained the assets through

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Crypto Tracing Helps UAE and Sweden Bust $7M Laundering Ring

UAE and Swedish authorities arrested 7 suspects in an international money-laundering ring.The group laundered $7.1M in illicit funds over 10 months, funneling money between criminal networks. Crypto tracing and digital evidence linked the laundered funds to violent crimes.　　In a joint operation, authorities in the UAE, in coordination with Swedish officials, arrested a Swedish national suspected of running an international money-laundering network. The move coincided with the arrest of six other alleged members of the group in Sweden.　　The UAE Ministry of Interior says the suspect had left Sweden and was wanted under an INTERPOL Red Notice for suspected money laundering.　　Investigators found that the group moved about SEK 70 million (roughly $7.1 million) over 10 months. The money supposedly consisted of cash proceeds from criminal activity that got passed along to other criminal groups.　　Crypto Tracing Helped Investigators　　So far, officials havent said which cryptos or platforms were used, but said the crypto trail became a key part of the case.　　The UAE Ministry of Interior said that tracing the crypto transactions and analyzing digital evidence helped investigators link the money to other crimes, including organized crime and contract killings.　　Interestingly, the arrests also show how countries are working together more and more to track crypto

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Real Yield Passes a Test Most of Crypto Fails

Brila, the team behind Elara, just brought its native token to Robinhood Chain. The chain has quietly become one of the more credible new networks in digital assets and was holding around $700 million in TVL by late August. In announcing the move, Brilas team singled out Elara by name. They described it as the kind of “institutional stablecoin yield strategies designed to generate attractive income without taking directional token exposure” they want more of across the network.　　Two years ago, that sentence would have been a warning sign. This year, its what serious money is screening for.　　The screen changed　　Anyone whos spent more than a few years in the space has seen the pattern. A new protocol launches with an eye-watering APY. For a while it looks incredible. Then the token emissions funding that yield starts diluting faster than new deposits can absorb. The number quietly collapses, and the depositors who left early are the only ones who made money. That was never yield. It was early liquidity subsidizing later liquidity, dressed up with a percentage sign.　　Evan wrote the closing chapter on that era this week in a piece called Have Fun Staying Poor. His short version: cryptos endgame turned out

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