Crypto — September 2026

Robinhood lets AI agents trade your money for you

At its HOOD Summit, Robinhood unveiled AI agents that trade on their own, 10x-leverage crypto futures, and weekend stock trading.

Newsom signs law banning officials from launching memecoins

Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a law barring California officials from launching memecoins — a clear jab at Trump's own coin.

Bitcoin ETFs turn positive for the year after $2.4B week

A single week's inflow erased months of losses, but daily figures already show the rally cooling.

North Korea blamed as Bitget hack total climbs to $388M

Bitget's CEO says North Korean hackers are the likely culprits, as the hack's estimated losses grew from $352 million to about $388 million.

Crypto exchange Bitget loses $352 million to hackers

Hackers drained several hot wallets across multiple blockchains; Bitget halted withdrawals and says user funds are safe.

NYSE and Blockchain.com plan tokenized stock trading

The exchange and the crypto platform signed a deal to let crypto users trade tokenized versions of US stocks and ETFs, pending regulator approval.

Canada's six biggest banks pilot tokenized deposits

RBC, TD and four other banks are testing a shared system to move digital Canadian dollars between themselves instantly.

Bitcoin hits $85,000, its highest price since January

Traders wiped out $750 million in bets — mostly short sellers — as the rally builds on last week's breakout.

Bitcoin closes above key average for first time in 45 weeks

The 50-week moving average had capped every rally since November 2025 — until Sunday, when bitcoin finally closed above it.

Fidelity's $310M rescues Bitcoin ETFs' rough week

A single Friday inflow flipped a losing week positive, while ether funds' streak snapped.

Treasury sanctions Iran's BitBank over bitcoin ship tolls

The US says BitBank moved hundreds of millions in bitcoin for Iran's Revolutionary Guard, collected as tolls from ships passing the Strait of Hormuz.

SEC opens the door to tokenized stock trading

Days after a bigger crypto bill died in the Senate, the SEC let a handful of platforms trade tokenized versions of real US stocks.

House panel votes to codify Trump's Bitcoin reserve

A House committee approved a bill locking Trump's Strategic Bitcoin Reserve into law, keeping seized bitcoin off the market for 20 years.

Senate crypto bill dies over Trump's crypto investments

The CLARITY Act failed a 49-50 cloture vote, ending 2026's push to regulate crypto.

House readies crypto tax bill before Wednesday markup

The bill would let Bitcoin miners and Ethereum stakers delay paying tax on new coins until they actually sell them — if the provision survives this week's review.

Senate's crypto bill now covers Trump's own coin

Senate Republicans released final CLARITY Act text with ethics rules Trump agreed to, ahead of Tuesday's vote.

UK's Lords defeat government, force a crypto strategy

In a 194-138 vote, the House of Lords is forcing the Treasury to write a national digital-asset strategy within a year, over the government's objection.

Blockstream refuses to pay ransom for stolen Bitcoin

Hackers are holding $46 million in bitcoin from a hack of Blockstream's Liquid Network. The company says it won't pay to get it back.

Malone Lam, 22, admits to $240M bitcoin heist

The 22-year-old pleaded guilty to conning one victim out of $240 million in bitcoin, one of the biggest crypto thefts in U.S. history.

GameStop's best quarter ever came with a $75M Bitcoin hit

The retailer's record operating profit was partly offset by a $75 million loss on the Bitcoin it holds as a corporate treasury asset.

Hunter Biden launches his own memecoin called $LAPTOP

The coin airdrops tokens to people who lost money on the $TRUMP coin, with part of its supply set to burn or go to charity based on real events.

Liquid Network gets back $268M in stolen bitcoin

So-called white-hat hackers returned 3,400 of the 4,000 bitcoin they took, keeping $47M and still in talks over the rest.

Hackers take $320M from Bitcoin network, claim good intent

Liquid Network halted all transactions after 4,000 bitcoin left its reserve wallet in an apparent exploit.

Trezor says shipping partner exposed 67K more customers

ShipMonk promised Trezor it deleted old customer data. It hadn't, exposing 67,000 more people's information.

UK's biggest broker reverses itself, opens Bitcoin trading

Hargreaves Lansdown once said bitcoin 'is not an asset class.' Now its 2 million clients can buy it.

Standard Chartered opens Bitcoin trading in the UAE

It's the first major global bank to offer institutional Bitcoin and Ether trading inside the country.

New Jersey asks Supreme Court to rule on prediction markets

New Jersey wants the Supreme Court to decide whether platforms like Kalshi must follow state gambling laws or answer only to federal regulators.

DOJ seizes $560K in crypto meant to fund Hamas

The Justice Department also shut down the fundraising and recruitment sites the group used to solicit online donations.

Michael Saylor's Strategy resumes Bitcoin buying

Strategy bought $370 million in Bitcoin, ending a 10-week pause driven by a slumping stock and mounting losses.