Author: Jeremy Ryan

Circle has scheduled the public launch of Arc for Sept. 16, giving $USDC a network where the same dollar balance can fund both payments and transaction fees. That could remove a common obstacle to using stablecoins, giving Circle a possible way to attract additional $USDC demand as it competes with Tether. The public-mainnet rollout follows a private network that Circle said had more than 100 ecosystem and institutional builders in August. Arc’s public testnet opened on Oct. 28, 2025. Today’s scheduled milestone is the move to a public production network, where its design can face a broader commercial test. One…

The probability that the Federal target rate could be bumped up by 25 bps to 375-400 bps was increasing by the day. The FedWatch tool showed a probability of a rate hike at 87.3%. This meant that the chances of a bearish Bitcoin [BTC] price reaction are also higher. In a CryptoQuant analysis, XWIN Japan pointed out that BTC was between persistent, long-term buyers and short-term caution. The short-term trends could flip bearishly for Bitcoin once again, especially if the caution is given reason to blossom into panic. Bitcoin retraces into key demand zone at $76k Friday’s U.S. CPI report…

Zcash’s [ZEC] privacy system has gained a major security boost, as Zcash Labs commits $80,000 to help Ledger integrate Ironwood into their products. This allows users to store their own Zcash with Ironwood, which means that private storage is going to become even more user-friendly as the network transitions from Orchard. Source: X While this may provide a smoother transition and make it easier for the remaining migration, it will also depend on whether users have enough reason to migrate. If so, then the implementation needs to be smooth and seamless among all of the supported hardware. The agreement strengthens…

A Bitcoin investor can withdraw coins from an exchange, return them to the same account, and still fall outside mandatory cost-basis reporting when those coins are sold.For the 2026 US reporting year, the broker can still be required to report sale proceeds, while reporting the acquisition cost remains voluntary.Cost basis, the acquisition cost used to calculate a gain, only changes the broker’s obligation to supply an ordinary transfer between the investor’s own accounts. That creates a practical divide between a record showing how much a sale brought in and one that supports the gain calculation.The IRS’s 2026 Form 1099-DA instructions…

Bitcoin [BTC] faced conflicting institutional signals after the CLARITY Act failed in the U.S. Senate. Three major entities accumulated $238 million in BTC. Meanwhile, Spot Bitcoin ETFs recorded $450 million in Outflows. The contrast mattered more than either figure alone. Large purchases continued, but broader U.S. demand remained weak. Are institutions buying Bitcoin again? Onchain Lens reported that Morgan Stanley’s MSBT acquired 123.21 Bitcoin [BTC] worth $9.33 million through Coinbase Prime. MSBT had accumulated aggressively over the previous two weeks. Since the 4th of September 2026, the fund has recorded Net Daily Inflows without a single weekly outflow. Source: SoSoValue…

Curve DAO [CRV] has been dominated by bears in the market, who are selling the asset. CRV is down 13% as of early 16 September as the sell-off intensifies. Interestingly, the sell-off coincides with a spike in on-chain activity, with active addresses and transactions surging simultaneously. DeFiLlama data shows that active addresses reached roughly 5,868, while transactions grew to 45,536 at the same time. The expansion also saw on-chain volume hit a high of $167.9 million at the time of writing, marking the second-highest level it has reached since the 3rd of September. Source: DeFiLlama Notably, the surge in volume…

The American Reserve Modernization Act (ARMA) would put the federal government’s Bitcoin reserve into law for the first time. But ahead of its first House committee vote on Sept. 16, the bill has attracted just one Democratic cosponsor, and he does not sit on the committee considering it.That goes against Congress’s broader crypto push. Seventy-eight House Democrats voted for the CLARITY Act in 2025 after the crypto market structure bill advanced through the House Financial Services Committee on a bipartisan 32-19 vote.The difference is what lawmakers are being asked to support now.CLARITY establishes rules for private crypto markets. ARMA asks…

Hyundai Card appears to be moving toward a much more ambitious phase of its blockchain strategy after successfully testing stablecoin-based corporate payments on Avalanche. Heejung Nam, head of Payments and business development at Hyundai Card, stressed that Hyundai now has to demonstrate that the system can work beyond a relatively small proof of concept. “We have to prove the entire operation model works at scale,” Nam said, according to Avalanche. “What happens if we can scale up? Then the economic model works.” Hyundai is now focused on whether the infrastructure can handle the much larger transaction volumes and operational complexity…

The US Federal Reserve has raised interest rates by 25 basis points, taking its target range to 3.75%–4.00%. Crypto assets did not really react to the news. Bitcoin prices were slightly up and Ethereum slightly down, as the Fed’s revised forecast implied an extended period of high borrowing costs for risk assets well past this year, perhaps even into 2027. Fed turns its attention back to inflation This was the first rate hike since 2023, and the Federal Open Market Committee approved the increase unanimously. Fed Chair Kevin Warsh commented on the strengthening of the economy, because of which officials…

1inch has officially launched Arc in its decentralized application, enhancing its utility for users. This integration allows for seamless asset swaps and cross-chain transactions, reflecting the platform’s commitment to evolving in the competitive crypto space. As noted in a tweet from the project, this feature aims to simplify the trading experience for users navigating multiple blockchain networks. What Went Down The launch of Arc comes at a time when the broader crypto market is displaying mixed signals. Despite the lack of trading volume data for 1inch, the announcement has generated buzz on social media, reflecting a growing interest in cross-chain…