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Charles Schwab said a U.S. House Financial Services Committee vote advancing a strategic Bitcoin reserve bill could mark an important first step toward establishing a legal framework, Bitcoin Magazine reported. On Sept. 16, the committee passed the Reserve Modernization Act (H.R. 8957), which would formalize a strategic Bitcoin reserve, by a 28-21 vote. The bill would place Bitcoin obtained by the federal government through seizures and similar means into a strategic reserve managed by the Treasury Department. To become law, the measure must still pass the full House and the Senate before being signed by President Donald Trump.

Ethereum developers have warned of a potential attack that could disrupt block production on Sepolia during testing for Glamsterdam, CoinDesk reported. According to the report, a hacker could use freely available testnet ETH and a one-time builder identity to win Sepolia block bids and then refuse to submit real transaction data. Such an attack would not affect funds on the Ethereum mainnet, but it could disrupt testing of Glamsterdam infrastructure and related features. The public Sepolia test is scheduled to begin on Oct. 6, while Hoodi testing is tentatively planned for Oct. 27. The timing of the mainnet rollout has not yet been finalized.

Binance founder Changpeng Zhao said on X there is no need to view blockchain as something banks should fear or be protected from, adding that it is an open technology anyone can use, including banks, and a way to transfer value faster, more cheaply and more easily.

An anonymous whale beginning with “bc1py” deposited 1,651.82 BTC into Kraken, worth about $126.69 million, according to Arkham. The BTC was withdrawn from Kraken in April, later moved through two newly created wallets, and then deposited back to the exchange. Estimated realized profit was put at about $15.21 million.

Across Protocol said it will gradually wind down operations for the ACX token and shift its operating structure to a newly established Across entity. ACX will lose all governance, utility and economic value starting Jan. 8, 2027, and holders must complete the redemption process before that date. Under the plan, ACX holders can choose either company equity or redemption in USDC on a one-to-one basis, with each ACX valued at $0.04375. In principle, applicants must hold at least 250,000 ACX, allocations will be made on a first-come, first-served basis, applicants must complete know-your-customer checks, and U.S. applicants must also meet accredited investor requirements.

ZEC may be following a path similar to Bitcoin’s 2017 rally, well-known crypto trader Ansem said, after ZEC rose from $300 to $1,500. Ansem said ZEC’s current trajectory resembles the stage when Bitcoin surged from $1,000 to $20,000 in 2017, and on that basis projected ZEC would maintain strong momentum this year and next year.

Shareholders in publicly listed companies holding cryptocurrency reserves have amassed about $50 billion in losses as the sector’s weak stock performance continues, Bloomberg reported. The fully diluted market capitalization of listed companies invested in BTC and ETH now stands at about $90 billion, down roughly 40% from its peak. Shares of Solana treasury company SkyAI have fallen about 90% since it completed fundraising for a business transition in August 2025. Metaplanet shares have dropped 84% from their June 2025 peak after the company made BTC a core asset. As investors raised criticism over management incentives and share dilution, the company decided to cancel some warrant agreements and redesign its compensation plan. Bloomberg said falling share prices are prompting retail and institutional investors to step up scrutiny of employee compensation, equity incentives and related-party transactions at the companies.

U.S. spot Ethereum ETFs posted about $39.24 million in net outflows on Sept. 17, marking a third straight trading day of net withdrawals, according to Farside Investors and SoSoValue. - BlackRock ETHA: -$42.86 million - Fidelity FETH: +$1.83 million - VanEck ETHV: +$1.79 million

U.S. spot Bitcoin ETFs recorded about $159.45 million in net inflows on Sept. 17, according to SoSoValue, marking a return to net inflows after one day. - BlackRock IBIT: +$183.66 million - Fidelity FBTC: -$16.64 million - VanEck HODL: -$7.57 million

UNI has risen by 3.57% in the past five minutes on the COINNESS market. Currently, UNI is trading at $8.82.

South Korean exchange Bithumb announced it will temporarily suspend WLD deposits and withdrawals starting at 9:00 a.m. UTC on Sept. 21 to support the Worldcoin network upgrade.

Stablecoin payments firm dtcpay raised $25 million in a Series A funding round, CoinPost reported. The round was led by Southeast Asian venture capital firm Vertex Ventures Southeast Asia & India, while Japan’s SBI Group joined as a strategic investor. The specific use of the funds was not disclosed.

UNI has risen by 4.13% in the past five minutes on the COINNESS market. Currently, UNI is trading at $8.42.

The following shows estimated liquidation volumes and position ratios for major crypto perpetual futures over the past 24 hours: - BTC: $27.86 million liquidated (68.06% shorts) - ETH: $37.5 million liquidated (68.25% shorts) - ZEC: $29.07 million liquidated (81.94% shorts)

The Bank of Japan raised its policy rate by 25 basis points to 1.25% at its monetary policy meeting today, marking its first rate increase in three months since the June meeting. The move accelerates the pace of hikes, which had come roughly once every six months since March 2024, as the central bank moved to curb the risk of further inflation driven by higher oil prices and a weaker yen. Raising the target for the uncollateralized overnight call rate to 1.25% brought it to its highest level since 1995. The decision passed 7-2, with policy board members Doichiro Asada and Ayano Sato dissenting.

A Hyperliquid whale address has held a HYPE long position for 343 days and is sitting on $65.74 million in unrealized profit, according to Onchain Lens. The whale holds a long position of 1.38 million HYPE built at an average entry price of $38.68, and the position is now worth about $119.12 million.

According to CoinNess market monitoring, BTC has risen above $77,000. BTC is trading at $77,008 on the Binance USDT market.

An anonymous whale withdrew an additional 55,800 HYPE from Coinbase, worth about $4.65 million. Exchange outflows are typically interpreted as a sign of holding intent. Over the past nine days, the whale increased its HYPE holdings to 107,940 tokens, worth $9.11 million.

Chainlink added 97,500 LINK worth $1.1 million to its strategic reserve, Onchain Lens reported. Over the past 30 days, Chainlink has added a total of 487,000 LINK worth $5.5 million to the reserve.

Polymarket CEO Shayne Coplan said the company has hired Jacob Horne, the former CEO of multichain social platform ZORA, as head of product development. Horne will focus on building out Polymarket’s DeFi business.

The Bitcoin-based digital lending market, now worth about $16 billion, could eventually grow to a scale comparable to Bitcoin’s $1.5 trillion market capitalization, Dan Hillery, vice president at Bitcoin-focused asset manager UXTO Management, said in an interview with Bitcoin Magazine. Hillery said the Bitcoin-backed lending market barely existed two years ago and has since become one of the fastest-growing segments, adding that a range of new financial products is likely to emerge in the market over the next five years.

CoinMarketCap’s Altcoin Season Index came in at 42, up eight points from yesterday. The index compares the price performance of Bitcoin with that of the top 100 coins by market capitalization, excluding stablecoins and wrapped coins. A reading is considered altcoin season when 75% of the top 100 coins have outperformed Bitcoin over the past 90 days, while the opposite is considered Bitcoin season. The closer the index is to 100, the stronger the signal for altcoin season.

Christine Lagarde, president of the European Central Bank, directly intervened to block Binance from obtaining a Greek crypto service provider license for entry into the European Union, The Wall Street Journal reported, citing people familiar with the matter. Binance had applied through Greek financial authorities for a license that would have been recognized across the EU, and Greek authorities told the European Securities and Markets Authority’s digital finance committee in early June they planned to approve it, the report said. A Greek Capital Market Commission official then told Binance that Lagarde had asked Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis not to approve the license, according to the WSJ. The WSJ said Lagarde was concerned not only about Binance’s past compliance issues but also that the large exchange could strengthen the dominance of dollar-denominated stablecoins in Europe and affect the push for a digital euro. The ECB, however, does not hold the authority to approve crypto exchange licenses under MiCA. Binance withdrew the application in mid-June before the HCMC issued a formal rejection, and by July, after failing to secure the license, stopped promoting services to EU users, the report said. Separately, the HCMC said it reviewed Binance’s application independently under relevant EU and Greek regulations.

South Korean payments company Danal has begun a joint technical integration with Mongolian payment firm KKTT LCC to expand the global reach of its digital-asset payment platform Paycoin (PCI) and commercialize two-way cross-border payment services between South Korea and Mongolia. The company plans to connect Paycoin with QPay, Mongolia’s largest QR payment network, and build infrastructure in South Korea that will allow Mongolian users to pay with QPay, expanding the payment ecosystem between the two countries.

The spot CVD chart is an order-book analysis chart for the BTC/USDT spot trading pair. The upper section shows the volume heatmap, while the lower 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 areas may act as support or resistance levels. - The cumulative volume delta indicator in the lower section 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 represents large orders between $1 million and $10 million, among others.