Crypto Industry News & Market Trends

DOJ Seizes $84M From Tether-Linked Payment Processor Capstone

Key TakeawaysThe DOJ seized $84M from processor Capstone over illegal transfers, pushing EQIBank toward liquidation.Capstone moved $700M via US banks for Tether, highlighting ongoing crypto banking access challenges.Capstone also converted stolen elder fraud cash into stablecoins, prompting Tether to deny wrongdoing.　　Tether Gets Indirectly Hit in Capstones $84 Million Seizure　　Tether, the issuer of USDT, the largest stablecoin in the market, has been involved in a $84 million civil forfeiture case in California.　　According to the FT, Tether and Bitfinex relied on Capstone, a Montana-based payment provider, to open bank accounts and make payments to “hundreds of individuals and entities”without being licensed to do so, hiding the nature of its business and declaring it was an IT services company.　　Capstone was linked to Tether and Bitfinex through EQIBank, a bank registered in Dominica, which specialized in online payments and directed Capstone to lend these services to Tether and Bitfinex. Tether had invested in the bank and offered to increase its backing if the bank could provide“successful opening of at least one bank account”for Tether at Singapores DBS, according to documents reviewed by FT.　　In the civil forfeiture order executed against Capstone, the DOJ seized $84 million in the companys accounts at Wells Fargo and JPMorgan

Within 1 weeksIndustry

Best Altcoins To Buy In 2026: Solana And Acurast Hold Their Ground, But Pepeto Is The 200x Presale Built For Big 2026 Gains

This is a press release sponsored content. BlockchainReporter did not write, edit, or verify this content.　　Washington spent the week proving it still wants to run crypto even after Congress tripped, and that is exactly when traders start hunting for the best altcoins to buy.　　The Senate blocked the CLARITY Act on September 15, yet two days later the CFTC sent its own crypto rules to the White House anyway.　　Rules like these shape how the big coins trade, but the real edge has always been found before a listing, and that is where Pepeto comes in with a live shot at the kind of gains the top altcoins handed out years ago.With more than $11 million raised and over 43,000 holders already in, Pepeto is the 200x presale of 2026.　　Washingtons crypto rulebook moves ahead without Congress　　On September 15 the Senate voted 49 to 50 on the CLARITY Act, eleven short of the 60 needed to open debate, per Datawallet. Because the bill would have split oversight between the SEC and the CFTC, its failure likely pushes a market structure law into 2027.　　The regulators refused to sit still, though, as the CFTC filed its crypto market proposal with the White House budget office

Within 1 weeksIndustry

CFTC Sues Cash FX Over Alleged $950M Crypto-Linked Forex

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission sued Cash FX Group and three people over an alleged $950 million foreign-exchange investment scheme that used cryptocurrency. The agency filed the complaint Sept. 25 in federal court in Florida, alleging the operation took money from more than 400,000 customer accounts and caused at least $406 million in losses.　　The CFTC said more than 6,000 U.S. accounts contributed at least $27 million. The complaint names founder Huascar Jose Lopez Castillo, TCP President Ronald Pope and promoter Justin Halladay as defendants.　　Cash FX Allegedly Misrepresented Trading　　Cash FX told participants that 70% of their contributions would go toward foreign-exchange trading, while the remaining 30% would fund an “Academy Program” offering trading education, according to the CFTC.　　Related: U.S. and Australia Raise Fresh AI Safety Concerns — Are Frontier Models Moving Faster Than Oversight？　　The agency alleges that less than 81% of the money collected was used for forex trading. It also claims some payments to earlier participants came from funds contributed by later participants.　　Cash FX also promoted an artificial-intelligence trading system that it said could generate weekly returns of about 10%, the CFTC alleges. The agency claims the system was never operational.　　Crypto Wallets Enter Investigation　　The complaint identifies cryptocurrency wallets that Cash

Within 1 weeksIndustry

Circle Exec Slams Germany's Proposed 50% Crypto Tax Penalty

Key TakeawaysGermany proposed a 50% tax basis on crypto sales if taxpayers lack credible proof of their purchase costs.Circles Patrick Hansen warned this hits everyday investors hard, forcing them to overpay taxes on losses.Experts warn the rule poses severe liquidity risks for transfers from self-custody to German exchanges.　　Circles Patrick Hansen Criticizes German Crypto Tax Reform　　The cryptocurrency tax reform proposed by the Federal Ministry of Finance (BMF) in Germany is worrying industry actors about the effects of some of its considerations for regular cryptocurrency holders.　　Patrick Hansen, Senior Director, EU Strategy & Policy at Circle, the largest MiCA-regulated stablecoin issuer, has rejected the planned 50% substitute assessment basis, which would affect taxpayers who fail to provide credible purchase information for their cryptoassets to the tax agency.　　On social media, Hansen, who had warned about the state of stablecoins under the Markets in Crypto Assets (MiCA) framework, declared that if taxpayers cannot provide this proof, the agency will assume the cryptocurrency purchases were executed after December 31, 2026, with taxes being calculated over 50% of the sales proceeds.　　He warned that this proposal, if passed as is today, will hit the less crypto-savvy retail users hard, and they usually have less technical experience with crypto

Within 1 weeksIndustry

CleanSpark Senior Secured Notes Propel Bitcoin Data Center Growth

CleanSpark, Inc. has closed a massive debt deal that puts fresh financial muscle behind its Bitcoin mining and data center ambitions. The Nasdaq-listed company confirmed that its subsidiary, CSDC Finance I, LLC, finalized an offering of $2.276 billionin aggregate principal amount of senior secured notes, one of the largest capital raises tied to a Bitcoin infrastructure firm this year. The transaction, structured through this CleanSpark senior secured notes offering, gives the company a sizable new pool of capital to work with as it continues expanding its footprint in energy-driven data center development.　　Key takeawaysCleanSparks subsidiary CSDC Finance I, LLC closed a $2.276 billion offering of senior secured notes carrying a 7.875% interest rate and maturing in 2031.The notes were not registered under the Securities Act of 1933 and cannot be offered or sold in the United States without registration or an applicable exemption.CleanSpark says it controls more than 1.8 GW of power, land, and data center assets across the United States.The company frames its strategy around Bitcoin, energy, operational efficiency, and capital stewardship aimed at shareholder returns.CleanSpark points investors to its SEC filings, including its Form 10-K and multiple Form 10-Q reports, for detailed risk disclosures.　　CleanSpark closes $2.276 billion senior secured

Within 1 weeksIndustry

HBAR Price Holds Above $0.09 as Analysts Track a Larger Recovery Setup

Hederas price is holding above $0.09 after another attempt to push through the upper end of its recent range.　　Market data puts HBAR at $0.09281, up 0.99% over 24 hours. The token traded between $0.09115 and $0.09667 during the session.　　HBAR briefly moved toward $0.097 before giving back part of the advance. That places the market back near $0.093, while $0.10 remains the nearest round-number level above price.　　The tokens market capitalization stands at about $4.07 billion, with approximately $150.44 million in reported trading volume. Available supply is listed at 43.83 billion HBAR.　　HBAR Price Pulls Back After Testing $0.09667　　BraveNewCoins intraday data show HBAR spending much of the session around $0.092 before momentum increased later in the day.　　Price climbed through $0.093 and then accelerated toward the $0.09667 daily high. The move failed to hold at that level, and HBAR subsequently slipped back toward $0.093. Source: BraveNewCoin　　That leaves $0.0967 as the first immediate resistance from the current session. Above it, the $0.10 area becomes the next visible psychological level.　　On the downside, $0.09115 marks the latest daily low. A move below that price would return HBAR toward the lower end of its short-term trading structure.　　The wider market picture still shows considerable distance from Hedera‘s historical peak.

Within 1 weeksIndustry

Bitcoin Private Transfers With Shielded Bitcoin Protocol

A new research paper is proposing something Bitcoin has never officially had: a way to send bitcoin without broadcasting who paid whom or how much changed hands. The design, published by researchers at Alloc Init and detailed in a paper titled “Shielded Bitcoin: Private Transfers on Bitcoin L1,” aims to bring Bitcoin private transfersto the networks base layer without a soft fork, without a new blockchain, and without handing custody to any middleman.　　Key takeawaysShielded Bitcoin is a metaprotocol that hides transfer amounts and counterparties on Bitcoin Layer 1, requiring no soft fork or separate blockchain.Transfers rely on encrypted notes, nullifiers and zero-knowledge proofs to stop double-spending while keeping details private.No trusted operator or custodian ever holds users‘ funds; indexers verify transfers but cannot spend anyone’s bitcoin.Read-only keys allow selective disclosure to auditors or counterparties without granting spending power.Entry and exit points, handled through a mechanism called PIPEs, remain observable, which the researchers say could still leak some metadata.　　Introducing Shielded Bitcoin for Private Transfers on Bitcoin Layer 1　　Bitcoins public ledger is both its strength and its weakness. Every transaction is verifiable by anyone, but that same transparency means amounts, timing and wallet links sit in plain view forever. For treasuries, trading

Within 1 weeksIndustry

Dormant whale moves $380M Bitcoin, leaving the sale question unanswered

A Bitcoin address sent 4,499.99987779 BTC to a single destination in a transaction confirmed at 02:30:04 UTC on Sept. 25, 2026.　　Related Asset Bitcoin #1 BTC · $84,109.04 24-hour change: down 0.13% Loading price history… 24H Down 0.13% 7D Up 3.73% 30D Up 7.03%　　The output was still unspent at a 13:33 UTC check, leaving nearly 4,500 BTC visible at one address after the move.　　At Coinbases BTC/USD low and high of $84,152.88 and $84,882.18 during the 02:00-03:00 UTC hour that included confirmation, the Bitcoin output had an estimated value of about $379 million to $382 million. That price window helps size the transfer.　　The transaction spent eight outputs from the source address and created one output at the destination. Its largest input was 4,499.99986261 BTC, received on April 21, 2022. That principal output had not moved for more than four years before the Sept. 25 transaction.　　Related Company Coinbase A leading digital currency company　　The address wasnt completely inactive during that period. Its transaction history shows seven later deposits, each worth only a few hundred satoshis, between Dec. 30, 2024 and Sept. 11, 2026.　　Together they totaled 2,821 satoshis (0.00002821 BTC). The nearly 4,500 BTC principal was long held, while small later Bitcoin payments still reached

Within 1 weeksIndustry

Circle and Tether freeze $318K of Bitget hack funds as $387.5M slips away

On Friday (September 25), Circle and Tether stopped nearly $318,000 in stablecoins related to the hack of the Bitget exchange, but by then most of the $387.5 million stolen in the hack had already left. This shows the usefulness, as well as the limits of asset freezes: they only work until the attackers transfer the money.　　The USDC terms of Circle allow the company to restrict transfers from certain addresses. Tether has also used its own controls when working with authorities. However, neither firm can freeze Ether. After stolen assets are turned into ETH, it will be impossible to freeze it.　　What issuers can and cannot freeze　　Decrypt disclosed that Circle banned an address, denoted “Bitget Exploiter 8” on Etherscan at 05:00 UTC on Friday. Tether included the wallet in its USDT blacklist approximately seven hours later. In total, they froze around 99,990 USDC and 218,023 USDT.　　The wallet still had nearly 170 ETH that could still be accessed. Blockchain trackers cited by Decrypt said other addresses controlled by the same hacker held another 63,000+ ETH. The suspect seemed to act fast, converting tokens that could be frozen into ETH before others could take further action.　　Discover more　　Network Security　　Blockchain consulting services　　Merchant Services & Payment Systems　　Bitget

Within 1 weeksIndustry

Coca-Cola hires Rob Gehring from Monster Energy to run its North American operations

This view shows bottles of regular Coca-Cola soda displayed for sale on shelves at a Walmart store in Mexico City on October 27, 2025.　　Yuri Cortez | Afp | Getty Images　　Rob Gehring, the head of Monster Energy‘s Americas business, will leave to run Coca-Cola’s North America unit, the companies said Friday.　　He will take over the position on Dec. 1.　　The move comes as Coke tries to maintain growth while U.S. consumers cut back on spending in the face of higher gas and grocery prices. Despite those dynamics, the beverage giant posted net sales growth of 7% in the second quarter, as volume — a key measure of demand — rose 3% in North America.　　Though Monster Energy parent Monster Beverage is considerably smaller than Coke, its sales have soared in part due to innovation in the energy drink space. The company reported net sales growth of 20% in its second quarter.　　Coke is also investing in developing new beverages beyond its core soda offerings, including refreshers and dirty sodas.　　Gehring, 59, took on his previous role at Monster in February after serving as chief growth officer since 2024. In a press release, Coke said he was “part of the leadership team that drove the companys

Within 1 weeksIndustry

...

5052

...

1000