Iran reviews US response on Strait of Hormuz and blockade talks – Reuters

Iran is reviewing the United States (US) response to its proposal aimed at ending hostilities, a senior Iranian official told Reuters on Wednesday, signaling that diplomatic efforts between Tehran and Washington remain underway.  According to the official, reopening the Strait of Hormuz and lifting the US blockade were among the issues discussed during indirect talks between Iran and the US on Tuesday.  The Iranian official also said that Tehrans key priorities are permanently ending hostilities and securing the lifting of the US naval blockade.  Discover more  financial  Finance  Blockchain development tools  Key takeaways  Tehran is reviewing US response to its proposal to end hostilities.  During indirect talks with US on Tuesday reopening hormuz strait and lifting US blockade were discussed.  Irans key priorities are permanently ending hostilities and lifting US naval blockade.  Still many differences remain between Iran, US positions, but diplomacy continues.  Market reaction  Market reaction remains relatively contained, with the US Dollar Index (DXY) trimming some gains but still up 0.47% on Wednesday, slightly above 101.00, while West Texas Intermediate (WTI) US Oil also pulls back but remains 1.47% higher at around $90.80 per barrel.  WTI Oil FAQs  WTI Oil is a type of Crude Oil sold on international markets. The WTI stands for West Texas Intermediate, one of three major types including

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Crypto's Next Standard: Zcash Cofounder Says These 2 Features to Take Center Stage

Cryptos next phase could make privacy and post-quantum security increasingly important, according to Zcash cofounder Eli Ben-Sasson.  In a recent X post, Ben-Sasson identified two features he believes could eventually become baseline requirements across the crypto industry: privacy and post-quantum security.  Privacy has become an increasingly important topic as blockchain adoption grows, and researchers and developers are exploring post-quantum cryptography as a way to prepare digital systems for a future in which sufficiently powerful quantum computers could threaten some cryptographic schemes currently in use.  The Zcash cofounder believes that for these two features to gain traction, “Both will have to be easy to use and at a low cost.”  Ben-Sassons discussions in recent times, as seen in his X posts, have focused on these two features—privacy and post-quantum security—following recent advancements in the crypto space.  In August, the first quantum-safe Bitcoin transaction was mined, thanks to StarkWare, a startup of which Ben-Sasson is a cofounder. The quantum-safe transaction was mined on the Bitcoin mainnet and was demonstrated to hold up against an adversary running a working quantum computer.  In a separate X post, Ben-Sasson highlighted privacy as being important for DeFi. Preparing for the quantum era remains important: according to the Zcash cofounder, the race to

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Coin Metrics revises 19 months of ETF wallet data but by how much?

Coin Metrics corrected more than 19 months of Bitcoin ETF-related on-chain data, leaving users of its identified-wallet series to reassess any analysis built on the affected history.  Related Asset Bitcoin #1 BTC · $84,443.66 24-hour change: down 2.22% Loading price history… 24H Down 2.22% 7D Up 11.57% 30D Up 5.96%  The Sept. 22 status notice says the correction covers Bitcoin data from Feb. 7, 2025 through Sept. 17, 2026. Coin Metrics listed 35 affected daily series and 25 hourly series, including ETF deposits, withdrawals, transfer counts and transactions. The daily list also included net-flow and supply measures.  These are provider-derived observations of activity involving blockchain addresses Coin Metrics identifies as ETF-owned, rather than official ETF share-creation, redemption or fund-accounting records.  Related Company Coin Metrics Cryptoasset market and network data APIs, analytics, and research  The notice does not state what caused the recalculation. Moreover, it gives no before-and-after values, aggregate difference or percentage change; does not say whether the revisions generally raised or lowered the figures; and does not identify the largest adjustment or any affected research.  What the correction can change  Coin Metrics deposit methodology defines an ETF deposit as assets sent during an interval to an address the company identifies as ETF-owned. Dollar-denominated deposit flows are

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Crypto Bulls Face 3,049% Liquidation Imbalance as Bitcoin, XRP and Ether Rally Overheats

The cryptocurrency rally faced a test of its strength in the form of a sharp local correction, triggering a wave of forced margin liquidations.  Excessive leverage on exchanges created an unprecedented imbalance during the sell-off: over shorter time frames, long liquidations exceeded short losses by more than 30 times.  According to CoinGlass, buyers (longs) lost $359.45 million out of total liquidations of $504.62 million, with bears accounting for $145.16 million. In the past 24 hours, 121,934 traders had their positions forcibly closed.  Crypto liquidation heatmap showing massive long wipes across major digital assets, Source: CoinGlass  Pressure peaked in the final hour of the correction, when buyers positions were liquidated for $230.24 million. Sellers lost just $7.31 million during the same hour, creating an extreme hourly imbalance of 3,049%. The largest margin call occurred on Binance, where a $10.04 million long position in ETHUSDT was liquidated.  Over the 24-hour period, margin losses totaled $49.16 million for Ethereum and $37.77 million for Bitcoin. Major altcoins were affected as well, including XRP, where long liquidations reached $7.68 million.  The liquidation map hints that this may not be the bottom yet  The monthly Cryptocurrency Liquidation Max Pain map shows that price pressure could continue. The nearest liquidity pools acting as magnets

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Santander, BBVA, Trade Republic and Western Union to Discuss the Future of Stablecoins at MERGE Madrid 2026

Madrid, September 2026.– Stablecoins have ceased to be an exclusive tool of the crypto ecosystem and have become a strategic priority for banks, fintechs, and global payment companies. Santander, BBVA, Trade Republic, and Western Union will participate in MERGE Madrid 2026 to analyze how this new financial infrastructure will transform payments, international transfers, investment, and asset settlement.  The new edition of MERGE Madrid will take place from October 27th to 29th and will put the Spanish capital at the center of the debate on the future of money. The event will bring together four complementary perspectives: collaboration among major international banks, the creation of a European stablecoin within MiCA, the adoption of digital assets from a European investment platform, and the integration of a digital dollar into one of the largest remittance networks in the world.  Sponsored  Sponsored  Four approaches that anticipate the future of digital money  BBVA, Banca Sella, BNP Paribas, CaixaBank, Cecabank, Intesa Sanpaolo, Kutxabank, Piraeus Bank, Raiffeisen Bank, and Bankinter will explain their role in Qivalis, the alliance that now brings together 37 financial institutions from 15 European countries to promote a euro-denominated stablecoin. The project aims to offer faster and cheaper payments and transfers, available 24 hours a day, and to

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Why MoonPay Wanted a 27-Year-Old Utah Broker

MoonPay is buying North Capital, a Utah broker that has quietly handled private stock deals since 1999. The prize is not the technology. It is the US securities licenses MoonPay has been borrowing from partners.  Terms were not disclosed. The agreement, announced Wednesday, still needs regulatory sign-off before it closes.  MoonPays Push to Tokenization  Only last week, MoonPay opened a route for its 35 million users into a tokenized Treasury fund from WisdomTree. The fine print showed the problem. WisdomTree Securities handled the brokerage because MoonPay had no US broker-dealer of its own.  Sponsored  Sponsored  North Capital fills that hole several times over. It owns two SEC-registered broker-dealers, a registered transfer agent, an investment adviser, and PPEX, an alternative trading system for private securities with more than 1,250 approved assets. Its platform has moved $8.7 billion across primary raises and secondary trades.  This is plumbing, not product. Escrow, investor verification, shareholder records, and clearing are the unglamorous pieces any firm needs before it can legally sell a tokenized share to an American. Buying them beats applying for each one.  “All financial markets are becoming more technology-driven, but the infrastructure supporting them is still fragmented across different tech stacks, providers, and workflows,” Ivan Soto-Wright, CEO of MoonPay, said in

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XRP Price Prediction: Can XRP Break $1.70 Resistance?

Ripple (XRP) trades at $1.56 as of this writing, up 1.93% over the past 24 hours after tagging an intraday high near $1.65 earlier today before sellers pushed it back. That still keeps the token above the psychologically important $1.50 mark it cleared earlier this week, and with trading activity picking up, the short-term XRP price prediction hinges on whether bulls can defend that level.  24-hour volume stands at $7.79 billion, up nearly 16%, with market capitalization at $98.57 billion. There‘s a wrinkle in the exchange data, though, that’s worth unpacking before chasing the green candle.  Binances XRP reserves climbed to roughly 2.68 billion tokens, the highest level since June, with deposits running about 663% above their quarterly baseline. Withdrawals also rose substantially in recent sessions. According to on-chain tracking cited by Arab Chain via CryptoQuant, the reserve buildup “does not necessarily mean that XRP holders are preparing for an immediate sell-off; rather, it reflects an increase in the volume of coins held within the trading ecosystem, providing traders with greater liquidity.”  XRP Reserves on Binance CryptoQuant  The move coincides with a broader risk-on tape: Bitcoin briefly topped $87,000 and Ethereum pushed past $2,800 on September 22–23. Todays quick rejection from $1.65 underscores how

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Bitcoin Falls Below $84,000 as Hot US Data Sends Yields Higher

Bitcoin (BTC) fell below $84,000 on Wednesday after a surprise jump in US business activity sent Treasury yields higher.  The drop came within about an hour of the data release. It reversed a morning rally that had carried Bitcoin above $87,000 on Binance.  Sponsored  Sponsored  10-Year US Treasuries and Bitcoin Price Performance. Source: TradingViewWhat the US Business Survey Showed  The Ss flash PMI data blew past forecasts, with composite PMI hitting a 5-year high, which pushed the odds of another Fed rate hike even higher.  The 2-year yield is also… pic.twitter.com/Gqwe8HypcT  — Bull Theory (@BullTheoryio) September 23, 2026  The Federal Reserve (Fed) raised its benchmark rate to a range of 3.75% to 4% on September 16. Its statement said the hike would speed a return to 2% inflation.  Higher yields make assets that pay no interest, such as Bitcoin, less attractive. BeInCrypto flagged that exact risk on September 15, when the 10-year first touched 5%.  The slide came hours after BeInCrypto reported Bitcoin up 13% since the Fed hike. A day earlier, Tom Lee and iTrustCapitals chief executive said the worst is over.  Final September PMI readings arrive on October 1 for manufacturing and October 5 for services.

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Traders Place Record Bets Against Oil: Could Prices Fall to $70?

Traders placed record bets against oil on Tuesday. Volume in Brent put options topped 764,000 contracts, according to preliminary ICE Futures Europe data cited by Bloomberg.  A put option pays off when prices fall below a set level. Some of Tuesdays biggest trades pay only if oil drops to about $70 by December, from roughly $96 now.  Sponsored  Sponsored  Record Bets Against Oil Target $70 by December  December $70/$69 put spreads alone topped 110,000 contracts. A spread pairs two options a dollar apart, capping both the cost and the payout. These positions profit only if Brent, the global oil benchmark, sinks below $70.  ???? BEARISH BETS AGAINST OIL JUST HIT A RECORD HIGH.  Brent crude put options just hit a record 764,000 contracts.  Oil has already crashed more than 10% in just 8 days. And traders are betting the sell off isnt over.  However, the record overstates pure bearish conviction. Narrow spreads made up more than half of Tuesdays volume, per the same ICE data. Traders often use them to hedge existing positions rather than bet outright.  Why Oil Fell More Than 10% in Eight Days  Brent traded near $106 on September 14. By Tuesday, it briefly slipped below $98, its sixth straight daily loss and the longest run since August

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XRP Reclaims Massive $100 Billion Market Cap

The market capitalization of the Ripple-linked $XRP cryptocurrency has surged back above the $100 billion mark, according to CoinGecko data.  This comes after the price of $XRP surged by more than 8% over the past 24 hours. After tapping the resistance zone of $1.65, the bulls are seemingly preparing for another move.  Currently, $XRP is one of the best-performing cryptocurrencies in the top (alongside tokens such as Arbitrum (ARB), Flare (FLR), and Zcash (ZEC)).  Despite its market cap reclaiming the symbolic $100 billion milestone, $XRP is still down more than 55% from its record high that was achieved roughly a year ago. This means that the token could potentially have more room to run during the ongoing market rally.  As reported by U.Today, legendary trader Peter Brandt recently predicted that the price of the token could surge to as high as $5.40 in the long run. There are also heightened volatility expectations when it comes to $XRP, according to the most recent Coinbase data.  Growing $XRP ETF demand  According to the CoinGlass data, U.S. spot $XRP ETFs recorded $13.03 million in net inflows on Sept. 22, up from zero on Sept. 21.  Cumulative net inflows now stand at approximately $936.66 million.  Roughly $12.47 million of the aforementioned $13.03

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