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OFAC designated Tehran-based crypto exchange BitBank on 17 September, alleging financier Babak Zanjani used it to move hundreds of millions of dollars in Bitcoin to the IRGC between June and July. Software developer Pishtaz Simorgh Electronic Trade Company and three Zanjani associates were designated alongside the exchange under Executive Order 13902, which carries secondary sanctions exposure. Treasury says the Hormuz Safe Marine Services Authority, designated in July, has used BitBank since June to pass Strait of Hormuz transit payments to the Iranian regime. US Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control sanctioned Tehran-based cryptocurrency exchange BitBank on Thursday, alleging Iranian financier…

Seven Democratic senators said Sept. 16 that CLARITY’s failed Senate vote was not the end. The crypto market-structure bill fell short 49-50 the previous day on a procedural motion that needed 60 votes to advance.Getting from that statement to a law now depends on a compressed legislative calendar, still-unresolved policy disputes, and a House of Representatives that would need to accept whatever the Senate eventually produces.Even if all seven signatories switched from “No” to “Yes,” the count would move from 49 to 56, four short of 60. Adding North Carolina Republican Thom Tillis, whose “no” vote was a procedural move…

JPMorgan says Bitcoin could see stronger ETF demand than gold if investors unwind heavy hedges. Gold ETFs have recovered all their 2026 outflows, while Bitcoin ETFs have recovered around half. IBIT has high short interest and a higher put-to-call ratio than GLD, pointing to heavier defensive positioning. US Bitcoin ETFs saw US$159.5 million in net inflows on September 17, with IBIT accounting for US$183.7 million. Investors seem more nervous about Bitcoin than gold right now, and JPMorgan says that’s precisely why Bitcoin has further to climb. In a note dated September 17, analysts led by Nikolaos Panigirtzoglou pointed to a…

Key takeaways The failed CLARITY Act vote and the Federal Reserve’s rate increase have weighed on sentiment. XRP futures open interest fell from 2.25 billion to 2.12 billion tokens, signaling softer speculative demand. The 50-day and 100-day EMAs provide support between $1.28 and $1.26. Ripple’s XRP remained under bearish pressure on Friday, trading just above $1.30 as buyers attempted to defend a cluster of short-term moving-average supports. The token has struggled since rising to $1.50 on Monday. Sentiment weakened after the U.S. Senate failed to advance the CLARITY Act and the Federal Reserve raised its benchmark interest rate by 25…

The SEC has approved a temporary exemption allowing certain tokenised US stocks to trade on permissioned onchain venues. TSVs must meet conditions including US operation, sanctions compliance and restricted access for approved participants. Tokenised stocks must retain corresponding dividend and voting rights, while anti-fraud rules and trading limits remain in place. SEC Chair Paul Atkins and Commissioner Mark Uyeda said the exemption could help inform longer-term rules for onchain securities markets. The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has approved a temporary exemption allowing certain tokenised US stocks to trade on selected onchain venues, marking a significant step towards bringing…

S&P Global has agreed to acquire smart contract security company OpenZeppelin in a transaction that would put the crypto company inside the group that includes S&P Global Ratings.The transaction remains subject to closing conditions, S&P Global’s announcement said. Financial terms were not disclosed, and S&P said it does not expect the deal to materially affect its financial results.Future Contracts versions will also stay open source, and OpenZeppelin extended that commitment to its other open-source applications and tools.OpenZeppelin says more than $37 trillion in value has been transferred through its Contracts software since 2015. Related ReadingWhy crypto ‘audited’ badges are giving investors…

Avalanche Treasury Company CEO Bart Smith stated “block space is not infinite anymore” in a 16 September interview at the Avalanche Summit in New York. Smith argued even low-end forecasts for AI agent activity in financial markets would land on blockchains, making technical differences between Avalanche, Solana and Ethereum increasingly significant.His Nasdaq-listed firm held about 15.3 million AVAX, worth roughly US$100 million (AU$141 million) as of 30 June, while AVAX traded at US$7.69 (AU$10.84) on Friday. Avalanche Treasury Company chief executive Bart Smith says the spread of artificial intelligence agents through financial markets could overwhelm blockchain capacity. He warned in…

HP Wolf Security, the company’s threat-research team, said a fake AI crypto-trading assistant distributed malware that could replace browser crypto wallet extensions on an infected Windows computer and turn the familiar wallet interface into a credential trap.The campaign appeared in HP’s September threat report, published Sept. 17 and based on threats observed from April through June 2026. HP described a compromise that began on a user’s endpoint after a counterfeit trading tool was downloaded and run, not a breach of Coinbase, MetaMask, or their official extensions.Malwarebytes had documented the TradingClaw campaign in April and found that Needle Stealer also circulated…

XRP Ledger’s (XRPL) newest server release defines a future lending market in which depositors could commit assets to a vault for a fixed term and wait until a set redemption date to withdraw. For XRP holders, the design introduces a possible liquidity lock that can last from minutes to years.The XRP Ledger Foundation released xrpld 3.4.0 on Sept. 16 with LendingProtocolV1_1 code for closed-ended vaults and cash-basis accounting.The first feature fixes the period during which deposited capital can fund loans, and the second recognizes interest when a borrower pays it.Availability still depends on the amendment process and the rest of…

S&P Global agreed to acquire smart contract security firm OpenZeppelin, expanding its digital asset business into the technology underpinning tokenized finance.On Sept. 17, the financial data and ratings company said that OpenZeppelin will continue operating under its own name as a separate business unit. Chief Executive Demian Brener will remain in charge and report to S&P Global Ratings President Yann Le Pallec.Financial terms were not disclosed, and the transaction remains subject to closing conditions.The deal gives S&P direct exposure to the security layer behind stablecoins, tokenized funds, and decentralized-finance applications. OpenZeppelin’s open-source contracts have supported more than $37 trillion in…