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Deutsche Bank has launched a cryptocurrency custody service for institutional clients, Watcher.Guru reported. The bank had announced the plan in July last year, and Bitpanda Technology Solutions, the technology unit of Austria-based crypto exchange Bitpanda, is participating in the business as a partner.

Dunamu signed a memorandum of understanding to support the development of Kazakhstan’s digital financial infrastructure, SBS Biz reported. The counterparties are the Alatau City Administration and Alatau City Bank in Kazakhstan. Under the agreement, the three parties will jointly review the potential use of real-world asset tokenization and token securities. They also plan to explore cooperation on stablecoins, payment solutions and other digital financial tools. Dunamu will provide tokenization-related solutions and the technical expertise needed to build digital infrastructure, while the Alatau City Administration will coordinate cooperation with government and related institutions.

Self-custody wallet D'CENT Wallet said on X that it had detected abnormal asset transfers from its app wallet and had launched an urgent investigation. D'CENT urged app wallet users, as well as users who use the same mnemonic phrase for both the app wallet and a hardware wallet, to move assets immediately to another secure wallet. The company said it will provide a further notice after the investigation on the exact cause, the scope of damage, and response measures.

September inflows into ETH ETFs reached about 30 times new issuance, roughly twice the inflow intensity seen in SOL and three times that of BTC, Real Vision crypto market analyst Jamie Coutts said.

Zcash holders voted in favor of reducing the block generation interval to 25 seconds from 75 seconds in the upcoming NU7 upgrade, while keeping the existing halving schedule unchanged, CoinDesk reported. Support reached 99.9% for the block-time reduction and 98.9% for maintaining the current halving timetable, and the change is set to be implemented on the live network after NU7 development and testing.

Bitcoin short-term holders moved a large amount of loss-making supply to exchanges after the U.S. Senate rejected a cloture vote on the Clarity Act, on-chain analyst Darkfost said in an analysis on X. Darkfost said exchange inflows from short-term holders rose from 19,400 BTC to 33,100 BTC, with 23,200 BTC of that total transferred to exchanges at a loss, the largest such volume in the past month. More than 10,000 BTC flowed into Binance, while inflows to Kraken climbed to more than 6,000 BTC from the usual 2,000 BTC to 3,000 BTC range. By contrast, inflows to Coinbase Advanced, where institutional trading accounts for a relatively large share, were 7,300 BTC, in line with typical levels.

Binance announced it will carry out a system upgrade for at least three hours from 6:00 a.m. to 9:00 a.m. UTC on Sept. 22. During that period, intermittent issues may affect some services, including login, sign-ups, two-factor authentication (2FA/MFA), crypto deposits and withdrawals, transfers between accounts and payments, while core trading services such as spot and futures trading will not be affected.

The following are the 24-hour long/short ratios for BTC perpetual futures on the world’s three largest crypto futures exchanges by open interest: Overall: 48.86% long, 51.14% short - Binance: 48.73% long, 51.27% short - OKX: 47.86% long, 52.14% short - Bybit: 48.96% long, 51.04% short

The spot CVD chart is an order-book analysis chart for the BTC/USDT spot trading pair. The top section shows a volume heatmap, while the bottom section shows cumulative volume delta, or CVD. - The volume heatmap tracks trading volume at each price level. The background color becomes brighter when the price stays in a specific range for an extended period or makes a large move. Brighter zones may act as support or resistance. - The cumulative volume delta indicator reflects buy and sell orders by order size. As buy orders increase, the line for the corresponding color rises. The yellow line represents orders between $100 and $1,000, while the brown line reflects large orders between $1 million and $10 million.

Song Eon-seok of South Korea’s People Power Party said the crypto income tax should be abolished. In a Facebook post today, Song said taxation parity with stocks should be considered and warned that, given the global single-market nature of virtual assets, imposing a tax on crypto income could trigger a large outflow of funds to overseas markets such as Singapore and Hong Kong.

Binance announced the delisting of four spot trading pairs: BREV/USDC, COOKIE/USDC, LA/USDC and QNT/USDC. The pairs will be removed at 3:00 a.m. UTC on Sept. 18, according to the exchange.

Underdog has filed a lawsuit in federal court against Connecticut authorities to block them from treating the company’s sports event-related contracts as illegal gambling, The Block reported. The move follows cease-and-desist orders Connecticut issued last week to nine prediction market platforms, including Underdog, Polymarket, Coinbase and Robinhood.

Real Vision co-founder Raoul Pal said in an interview on the Wolf Financial Show that Bitcoin is a much stronger long-term hedge against currency debasement than gold. Pal said the purchasing power of fiat currencies worldwide is declining by about 8% a year as central banks expand money supply, while average annual wage growth is only about 3%, steadily eroding the public’s real purchasing power. He added that only crypto and tech stocks have outpaced the rate of currency debasement, while traditional assets such as gold and real estate have only managed to preserve value against it. Pal said gold has already reached a mature stage and has limitations, whereas Bitcoin has the same scarcity as gold but remains in an "Earlier Adoption Stage," giving it much greater upside potential.

ARGUS, a token on the Arc chain, briefly surpassed a $34 million market capitalization to reach an all-time high, Odaily reported. ARGUS is the native token of token issuance platform ArgusPad.

BSC memecoin Lobster’s market capitalization has surpassed $215 million, setting an all-time high, BlockBeats reported. Lobster was trading at $0.215, up 33.09% over the past 24 hours.

MEXC released its September proof-of-reserves report with blockchain security auditor Hacken, showing reserve ratios above customer deposits for major cryptocurrencies. The exchange reported reserve ratios of 297% for Bitcoin (BTC), 119% for USDT, 111% for USDC and 111% for Ethereum (ETH). Hacken said it verified the Merkle tree structure, confirmed wallet ownership and assessed reserve adequacy, and found MEXC’s customer assets to be fully backed. MEXC publishes its reserve status every month and plans to expand its Guardian Fund for user protection to $500 million from the current $100 million within the next two years.

U.S. spot Ethereum ETFs posted about $141.52 million in net outflows on Sept. 15, reversing after two trading days of net inflows, according to data compiled by Farside Investors and SoSoValue. - BlackRock ETHA: -$98 million - BlackRock staking ETHB: +$12.4 million - Fidelity FETH: -$7.2 million - Bitwise ETHW: -$34.4 million - 21Shares TETH: +$2.4 million - Grayscale ETHE: -$17.5 million - Morgan Stanley MSSE: +$780,000

Crypto journalist Brady Dale argued that President Donald Trump bore the greatest responsibility for the failed procedural vote on the Clarity Act in the U.S. Senate after launching the TRUMP memecoin. Dale added that Sen. Tim Scott drained the remaining legislative momentum after the GENIUS Act passed by insisting on a separate Senate bill instead of advancing the House bill as is. Dale said the outcome was not unexpected and that industry attention is likely to shift toward the political activity of crypto super PAC Fairshake ahead of the midterm elections.

About $450.4 million left U.S. spot Bitcoin ETFs on Sept. 15, reversing to net outflows after one day of net inflows, according to Farside Investors. - BlackRock IBIT: -$161.7 million - Fidelity FBTC: -$214.8 million - Bitwise BITB: -$12.4 million - ARK Invest ARKB: -$17.4 million - Grayscale GBTC: -$44.1 million

The following shows estimated liquidation volumes and position ratios for major crypto perpetual futures over the past 24 hours: - BTC: $231.03 million liquidated (83.68% longs) - ETH: $219.58 million liquidated (87.9% longs) - XRP: $34.61 million liquidated (84.58% longs)

BitMEX co-founder Arthur Hayes said the Clarity Act could constrain innovation in the U.S. crypto industry and block the launch of products aligned with actual market demand. In a post on X, Hayes said Bitcoin has never needed the Clarity Act since its emergence in 2009 and will not need it going forward, adding that industry development and new product creation should not depend on the passage of regulatory legislation.

An anonymous whale sold 866.1 BTC worth $65.42 million about 12 hours ago and then bought 26,924 ETH, according to on-chain analyst EmberCN, who shared the update on X. The average purchase price for the ETH was $2,430.

An anonymous whale address beginning with 0x039 has been sitting on an unrealized loss of about $4.295 million on an 8x leveraged long position of roughly 45,000 ETH held since Aug. 31, on-chain analyst ai_9684xtpa said on X. The position is currently worth about $107 million, making it the third-largest single ETH long position on Hyperliquid. The average entry price is $2,486, and the liquidation price is $2,182. ai_9684xtpa added the address appears to be opening a position for the first time, while estimating that an existing large trader likely used a new address this time.

Japan’s Financial Services Agency is moving to apply on-chain finance to real-world financial services and infrastructure, CoinPost reported. In its fiscal 2026 financial administration policy, the agency said it will review technical, regulatory and supervisory issues through public-private pilot programs and consultations while ensuring user protection and financial system stability. To support the effort, it plans to set up an on-chain finance forum in line with the AI era and discuss ways to introduce on-chain finance. It also plans to promote the adoption of on-chain payment methods and links with existing financial infrastructure, while reviewing shorter securities settlement periods and system upgrades with industry officials in preparation for broader asset tokenization.

Binance announced it will temporarily suspend deposits and withdrawals on the VANA network from 11:29 a.m. UTC on Sept. 21 as the network undergoes an upgrade and hard fork.