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EBA's Sept. 24, 2026 filing urges MiCA to cover crypto lending and DeFi access in 16+ EU states; no rule changes yet.
France's 10-year bond yield topped 4.5% for the first time since 2008 as PM Lecornu pushes €54 billion in cuts to hold the 2027 deficit near 5% of GDP.
Outstanding SPX box-spread trades hit a record $146 billion as investors seek Treasury-bill-like returns with better tax treatment amid the bond rout.
EU regulators flagged quantum computing as a blockchain risk on Sept. 23, 2026, months after Ethereum's post-quantum hub drew in over 10 client teams.
The ECB and all 27 EU national central banks filed a 57-page response on Sept. 22, 2026, urging Brussels to ban stablecoin yield from lending and staking too.
BitMEX halted all trading and deposits at 04:00 UTC on Sept 23, 2026, ending 11 years. Withdrawals stay open, but fees hit unclaimed balances Sept 28.
US spot Bitcoin ETFs pulled in $999 million on Sept. 21, 2026, their largest single-day inflow since Oct. 6, 2025, as bitcoin's price hit $87,374 intraday.
US prosecutors probe whether Binance knowingly allowed Iran-linked trades; a separate SDNY filing seeks $61M tied to Iranian oil.
Bitcoin surged to $85,193 on Sept. 21, 2026, as $647.9 million in crypto short positions got liquidated, while futures open interest jumped to $156 billion.
The ECB's Pontes system went live Sept. 21, 2026 with 13 institutions onboard, settling tokenized-asset trades in central bank money, not stablecoins.
Hana Bank issued a $100M five-year digital bond via Euroclear's D-FMI blockchain, settling the same day instead of the usual three to five business days.
Oil prices move as futures traders reprice supply and demand. Brent settled at $103.87 on Sept 18, 2026: what moves it, and how to read an oil price chart.
Kalshi filed Sept. 18 with the SEC and CFTC for perpetual futures on large-cap US stocks and ETFs, with a 15.50% margin floor and a Nov. 2 target date.
Why tariffs exist: revenue, protection, leverage and security. See US effective rates as of July 2026, who pays, a worked duty calculation and common mistakes.
Ackman's April 29, 2026 combined IPO raised $5 billion for closed-end fund PSUS at $50 per share; manager PS Inc. shares went to those buyers free, 1 per 5.
Bastion won preliminary conditional OCC approval on Sept. 18, 2026 for a national trust bank charter: no deposits, no FDIC, 23 of 40 charter bids crypto.
Bitcoin rose 5.88% to $80,846 on Sept 18, 2026, and CoinGlass logged $547M in 24-hour crypto liquidations, $469M of them shorts. Here is what the data shows.
Stock market today: S&P 500 closed 7,637.76 Sept 17, 2026 and slipped Friday as the 10-year hit 5%. Hours, order types, T+1 settlement, worked example.
OFAC designated Tehran exchange BitBank and four other targets on Sept 17, 2026, over bitcoin sent to the IRGC and Hormuz passage fees of $1m-$2m per tanker.
The Bank of Japan raised its policy rate 25bp to 1.25% in a 7-2 vote on Sept. 18, 2026. The yen fell to 157.085 per dollar and the Nikkei 225 closed 1.51% up.