Grayscale Zcash ETF sets 3-for-1 share split

Grayscales Zcash ETF has scheduled a 3-for-1 forward share split for Sept. 30, with each shareholder receiving three post-split ZCSH shares for every share held before the adjustment.  SummaryGrayscale plans a three-for-one ZCSH split, with split-adjusted trading scheduled to begin September 30, 2026.September 28 shareholders of record will receive two additional ZCSH shares for every share held.ZCSH closed at $117.72 on September 18 after rising sharply during the previous two sessions.Grayscale said ZCSH surpassed $500 million in assets within two weeks of its August launch.Zcash developers target November 5 for NU7 mainnet activation after an October 6 testnet upgrade.  The Sept. 18 filing says investors recorded as shareholders at the close of trading on Sept. 28 will qualify for the split. Two additional shares for each existing share will be distributed after the market closes on Sept. 29, with split-adjusted trading due to begin before NYSE Arca opens on Sept. 30.  JUST IN: Grayscales Zcash ETF plans a 3-for-1 share split less than a month after its NYSE debut.  The fund has already attracted $843 million in assets under management, marking rapid growth for the Zcash investment product since its launch. pic.twitter.com/LJtmPMYqRk  — crypto.news (@cryptodotnews) September 19, 2026  You might also like:  Grayscale launches first Zcash ETF

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Why Bitcoin’s rally above $80,000 isn’t backed by institutional conviction

Bitcoin held above $80,000 this weekend while three institutional indicators pointed in different directions.  Related Asset Bitcoin #1 BTC · $80,483.06 24-hour change: down 0.99% Loading price history… 24H Down 0.99% 7D Up 4.85% 30D Up 4.77%  The Sept. 15 snapshot from the Commodity Futures Trading Commission showed leveraged funds becoming less net short across four regulated Bitcoin futures products. Their aggregate net-short exposure fell by the equivalent of 7,275 BTC from the prior week. Asset managers, meanwhile, reduced their aggregate net long by 4,733 BTC-equivalent.  A separate spot-demand measure was also mixed. Farside Investors ETF table recorded $592.5 million of US spot Bitcoin ETF inflows over Sept. 17 and Sept. 18, but the full Sept. 14-18 week finished with only $6.1 million of net inflows.  Those observations cover different instruments and windows. The CFTC data measure Tuesday futures positions, the ETF data cover five daily sessions, and the market reading is a later snapshot. They show less net-short positioning without establishing that the futures change caused Bitcoins subsequent move or that broad institutional demand has returned.  At the Sept. 20 refresh, CryptoSlates Bitcoin market page showed BTC at $80,338.71 with $22.38 billion in 24-hour volume. The price remained below the $82,000 to $82,200 resistance

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Claude AI Predicts BTC Could Outpace Gold if ETF Hedging Fades

Bitcoin has spent most of 2026 in golds shadow. While the precious metal kept setting the pace as investors looked for protection against inflation and currency debasement, Bitcoin lagged behind, weighed down by a hawkish Federal Reserve and the collapse of the CLARITY Act in the US Senate. But that gap could start to close. A new JPMorgan report argues that the heavy hedging around Bitcoin ETFs may actually be an opportunity in disguise. Claude AI Predicts a slow but steady recovery for BTC if that caution starts to fade, with $82,300 as the level that decides everything.  The reasoning is simple. When many investors are already positioned for a decline, there are fewer sellers left and more potential buyers if sentiment turns. That is exactly the setup JPMorgan describes in Bitcoin right now, and it stands in sharp contrast to gold, where positioning looks far more relaxed. Bitcoin is currently trading near $78,100, up more than 2% on the day and back above its 200-day moving average.  JUST IN: JPMorgan says Bitcoin could outperform gold. pic.twitter.com/XkZGDFmhwQ  — Watcher.Guru (@WatcherGuru) September 17, 2026  Supercharge Your Trading in 2026 With BloFin AI Trading BotsWhy Is JPMorgan Watching Bitcoin ETF Hedging So Closely?  In a report published

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Hong Kong jails ex-banker over $470K USDT bribes

Hong Kong has jailed former China Construction Bank (Asia) relationship manager Lam Chun-yin for four years after he admitted accepting more than $470,000 in Tether to authenticate false bank instruments carrying a stated value above $1.6 billion.  The Independent Commission Against Corruption said on Sept. 18 that District Court Judge Ernest Lin Kam-hung sentenced the 32-year-old after his guilty plea to one count of conspiracy for an agent to accept advantages under Hong Kongs Prevention of Bribery Ordinance and Crimes Ordinance.  The court ordered Lam to repay approximately HK$3.7 million to CCB (Asia), an amount equal to the bribes identified in the case. ICAC said the judge started from a six-year prison term and reduced it by one-third because Lam pleaded guilty, leaving a four-year sentence after finding no exceptional reason for another reduction.  Former Banker Sentenced to Prison in Hong Kong for $1.6B Credit Fraud, Crypto Bribery https://t.co/nid2Qk07jn pic.twitter.com/VK2QteUptA  — Andres Vilariño ???????? (@andresvilarino) September 19, 2026  Hong Kong bribery case centered on false bank guarantees  At the time of the offenses, ICAC said Lam worked in the Consumer Banking Division at CCB (Asia)s Causeway Bay retail branch, where he served individual customers. The agency said his role did not cover business credit facilities or

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WikiBit Exchange Exit Risk Ranking #30 Deepcoin: You Have to Pay Unipay Fees, Taxes, and Unlock Fees to Withdraw — Deepcoin’s Triple Charges Are Even More “Thorough” Than a Pig-Butchering Scam

Introduction: A “Top 3” Ghost Exchange  In the previous 29 editions, we investigated a series of exchanges ranging from HashKey to KCEX. For the 30th edition, we are taking a closer look at one of the most heavily packaged “ghost exchanges” — Deepcoin.  Its résumé looks spectacular in the “data” section:  “Ranked third globally among derivatives exchanges by CoinGecko,” “serving more than 10 million users across 30+ countries,” “registered in Singapore and founded in 2018,” “official partner of the Argentina national football team,” “COBO custody + bank-grade security,” “510+ cryptocurrencies and 125x leverage” — sounds like the standard profile of a top-tier derivatives exchange, right?  But on the other side of the story, the Seychelles Financial Services Authority (FSA) issued an official warning on September 4, 2026, stating that Deepcoin had never obtained any operating authorization under the Virtual Asset Service Providers Act, 2024, and that the FSA had “never received an application from Deepcoin.”  WikiBit gives Deepcoin a score of only 6.62/10, flagging its Canadian FINTRAC regulatory status (MSB No. M20138844) as abnormal, with the regulators published status listed as revoked. FX110 directly describes it as an “unregulated cryptocurrency investment platform” and advises users to stay away. Trustpilot gives it a rating of 3.2,

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Why real-time election odds are misleading prediction market crypto traders

You can be right about who will win an election and still pay too much to bet on it. On prediction markets, the price available when you open the app may be gone by the time you try to buy, especially when news sends other traders rushing toward the same outcome.  It took very little time for the market to see a business opportunity in this. On Sept. 9, DoubleZero announced that it had added Kalshis election and politics markets to Edge, a service designed to deliver trading data over a dedicated network. It carries the exchanges order book, showing the prices and quantities people are willing to buy and sell.  DoubleZero told CryptoSlate that faster, more dependable information can help professional trading companies offer better prices. If competition passes those savings to customers, ordinary bettors could benefit. But using the feed effectively requires software and money, giving well-equipped companies another way to compete with people placing bets on their phones.  Related Company Kalshi Prediction market for trading the future  Election betting seems to be the great equalizer for both professional trading companies and retail users. Some participants want to back a political judgment for months; others want to profit from the next movement

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Kalshi seeks CFTC approval for stock perpetuals

Kalshi has filed with the SEC and CFTC on September 18 to list U.S. stock and ETF-linked perpetual futures, proposing 23-hour weekday trading and a 15.50% minimum customer margin.  SummaryKalshi filed stock perpetual rules with regulators, while CFTC approval remains pending after September 18.Proposed contracts would trade from Sunday evening through Friday, with daily one-hour maintenance windows scheduled.Kalshi proposes 15.50% minimum customer margin and cash settlement through its registered Kalshi Klear clearinghouse.CFTC records list Apple, Tesla, Microsoft, Nvidia, Amazon, SPY and QQQ perpetuals awaiting approval currently.Coinbase and Bitnomial submitted competing stock perpetual proposals on September 18 under separate regulatory processes.  The SEC filing says the contracts would have no preset expiration date and would be treated as security futures products, while the CFTC has not approved Kalshi‘s proposal. The regulator’s public product database still listed Kalshis equity perpetual submissions as “Approval Pending (45)” on September 20.  Kalshis proposed Rule 14.11 sets trading from 6:00 p.m. ET on Sunday through 5:00 p.m. ET on Friday, with a daily maintenance window from 5:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. ET. The SEC notice says trading would stop during required regulatory halts affecting the underlying security, while Kalshi could set different hours for a particular contract when its

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Grayscales Zcash ETF files for 3-for-1 forward share split

Grayscales Zcash ETF (ZCSH) plans a 3-for-1 forward share split, according to a filing with the US Securities and Exchange Commission.  At the close of trading on Sept. 28, shareholders will receive two extra shares for each one they hold, according to the filing.  The forward split is expected to decrease the price per share of the fund, according to a Grayscale press release, with a proportionate increase in the number of shares outstanding.  Hypothetically, this means that if you owned 10 shares valued at $300 each for a total $3,000 before the split, afterward you will own 30 shares valued at $100 each for an unchanged total of $3,000, the release said.  The split will make the ETF more accessible to investors, as the token has increased in value by about 2,800% over the last year and the price per unit was considered too high.  Cointelegraph reported on Thursday that Zcash (ZEC), a cryptocurrency that enables users to make shielded transactions that conceal addresses and transaction amounts using zero-knowledge proofs, had gained about 20% over 24 hours as Paradigm co-founder Matt Huang disclosed that the crypto investment firm made an unspecified purchase of ZEC.  Huang described Zcash as a “private complement to Bitcoin” and also

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Ripple says asset managers prepare for XRPL Batch

XRP Ledgers Batch V1.1 has remained above its required validator threshold as Ripple says asset managers and commercial projects are preparing to use the transaction feature if it activates later this month.  SummaryBatch V1.1 has 30 validator votes, keeping XRP Ledgers September 29 activation countdown on track.Ripple says asset managers are building around Batch, though specific partners remain undisclosed for now.Batch can group eight transactions, allowing linked asset and payment transfers to settle atomically together.Developers replaced the original Batch after researchers found a critical signature validation flaw in February.XRPL version 3.3.0 shipped Batch V1.1 after expanded reviews and fixes to additional security issues.  CoinDesk reported on September 19 that RippleX head of engineering Ayo Akinyele said work involving asset managers is being prepared around Batch V1.1, which can package up to eight transactions into a single Batch operation. Ripple has not publicly named the asset managers or disclosed firm launch dates.  Live amendment data reviewed on September 20 showed 30 of 35 tracked trusted validators supporting Batch V1.1. The XRP Ledger requires at least 80% support to be maintained for 14 consecutive days before an amendment activates, putting the current threshold at 28 votes. The countdown began on September 15 at 14:06:41 UTC

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RWA market reaches $34.18B as equities surge 390.4%

Onchain real-world assets have reached $34.18 billion as of September 15, 2026, after growing 85.2% since the start of the year, while only around 12% of tracked tokenized capital is being used in onchain financial applications.  SummaryOnchain RWA assets reached $34.18 billion by September 15, rising 85.2% year to date overall.Bonds and money market funds led with $18.29 billion, contributing most new onchain asset value.Tokenized equities grew 390.4% year to date, lifting their tracked RWA market share to 13.0%.Only around 12% of tracked tokenized asset value is deployed across onchain financial applications today.SEC relief now permits limited tokenized NMS stock trading through qualifying permissioned onchain venues temporarily.  Binance Research published the figures on September 18 in its“The RWA Activation Era” report, using DefiLlama data and its own methodology to compare asset issuance with onchain use. Bonds and money market funds remained the largest category at $18.29 billion, while tokenized equities reached $4.43 billion after rising 390.4% year to date.  The report separates tokenization into two measures. Its Programmable Asset Ratio, or PAR, compares tokenized value with the size of the underlying market. Capital Activation Rate, or CAR, measures how much eligible tokenized value is deployed in liquidity pools, lending markets, collateral systems and

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