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With Fed rate hike all but assured, here's how markets might react

Traders could look past an expected Fed hike and weigh what higher rates are signaling about the economy.

India's richest state is exploring tokenizing its own assets to fund new infrastructure

Maharashtra is drafting a policy to tokenize the state's assets, including the electricity transmission infrastructure.

Metaplanet cuts executive reward pool by 41%, extinguishes $220 million in value

The bitcoin treasury firm cut the potential Series 10 share pool to 188.2 million.

Metaplanet cuts Series 10 stock pool by 41%, plans Hong Kong subsidiary

Metaplanet will cut 131.3 million potential shares and form a $1 million Hong Kong subsidiary for trading in Bitcoin, equities and credit products.

Zodia Custody CEO Julian Sawyer steps down, becomes adviser

Sawyer will become a strategic adviser rather than take the helm of Zodia Solutions, as previously announced.

Trading stocks against BONER is the latest trend for DeFi degens

Why would anyone want to trade a healthcare stock for a memecoin like BONER? Why wouldn’t they, ask the degens on Robinhood Chain who are building a strange new corner of DeFi.

Bitcoin ETF outflows accelerate as investors pull $449M in three days

ARK 21Shares accounted for $164 million of Thursday’s Bitcoin ETF withdrawals, while Ether and Solana funds also recorded net outflows.

Core CPI rose a faster-than-forecast 0.3% in August, setting up possible Fed rate hike

The August CPI report had taken on outsized importance after Fed Chair Kevin Warsh two weeks ago suggested the central bank may have to act if inflation doesn't soon slow.

Robinhood’s crypto volume increases 61% in August, still down 38% YoY

Bitstamp accounted for $10.1 billion of Robinhood’s August crypto volume, while trading on the Robinhood app fell 46% from a year earlier.

UniCredit seeks infrastructure partner for crypto trading, custody: Report

The Italian bank is reportedly seeking assistance in launching access to crypto trading, custody and tokenized investment products.

Rising yields, oil prices leave bitcoin vulnerable ahead of U.S. inflation report

Your day-ahead look for Sept. 11, 2026

Live updates: Bitcoin sinks to $77,000 as CPI lands with hike odds near 70%

Every major is red ahead of the August inflation print. Bitcoin is down 5% on the week and zcash fell 10% on the day.

Bitcoin buyers wary of July sub-$58K floor amid onchain data ‘anomaly’

Bitcoin HODL waves data revealed an unusually muted reaction to Bitcoin’s drop below $58,000, raising questions over its status as a bear-market floor.

Bitcoin recovers toward $77,300 as zcash leverage unwinds

Bitcoin rose 0.7% since midnight UTC to around $77,200, and 68 of the CoinDesk 100 constituents gained, though the index remains 1.4% lower over 24 hours.

Standard Chartered forecasts SKY rising fivefold to $0.325 by 2028

The bank expects Sky to pass five times as much value to token holders by 2028 as USDS adoption and borrowing capacity continue to expand.

India launches tokenized bond pilot with $107M issued

SEBI said later phases of Demat 2.0 will introduce secondary trading and open the tokenized bonds to retail investors.

Bitcoin pulls back as another golden cross fails to deliver

Bitcoin’s golden cross may support the longer-term outlook, but history suggests much of the upside often occurs before the signal appears.

Anthropic says Claude used for cyberattacks and surveillance

A Russian-speaking operator targeted more than 20 organizations, while a Mali consultant used Claude to build a mass-surveillance platform.

Blockstream rejects ransom as Liquid hackers hold nearly 600 BTC

Blockstream said it would work with law enforcement, exchanges and forensic specialists to recover the Bitcoin if the hackers do not return it.

Bitwise to put down Dogecoin ETF less than a year after launch

BWOW held about $688,000 in net assets as of Sept. 9. Trading is expected to end Oct. 14, with cash payouts to follow around Oct. 22.

SBF asks Supreme Court to overturn conviction, $11B forfeiture: Report

Bankman-Fried’s lawyers challenged the exclusion of evidence about customer losses and argued that his $11 billion forfeiture was excessive.

Kalshi wants 24/7 Tesla and Nvidia perps as Wall Street fights over who regulates them

The prediction-market operator plans to seek U.S. approval for about 60 stock and ETF perps, taking one of crypto's biggest trading products into equities.

Revised CLARITY Act targets ‘non-decentralized’ DeFi operators

The bill’s ethics section remained largely unchanged despite being one of the main points of contention ahead of a pivotal Senate vote.

India starts tokenizing $620 billion corporate bond market with digital rupee settlement

SEBI’s Demat 2.0 pilot turns corporate bonds into digital tokens and settles payment through the RBI’s wholesale digital rupee, with secondary trading and retail access expected in later phases.

Bitcoin below $77,000, Zcash leads losses as traders bet on a Fed rate hike

Ninety-five of the CoinDesk 100 fell over the past 24 hours, and bitcoin has shed more than 5% on the week.

Ripple puts AI agents inside its $1 billion corporate treasury bet

The software can monitor cash, risk and forecasts and suggest financial moves, but humans still have to approve every action.

Brevo login flaw enabled phishing email targeting 347K Trezor subscribers

Trezor told Cointelegraph that the phishing email was sent to 347,000 subscribers and said it is treating every address as “known to the attacker and possibly reusable for phishing.”

Metaplanet equity backlash, SE Asia crypto funding doubles: Asia Express

Shareholders of Bitcoin treasury company Metaplanet are seething over equity allocations for insiders, while new figures cement Singapore’s role as the top Asian crypto hub.

New Clarity Act text tweaks DeFi, credit union provisions, but road ahead for bill remains murky

The Clarity Act needs 60 votes when the Senate returns from its recess next week. Republicans circulated a fresh draft on Thursday ahead of the vote.

Why a new SEC plan could ease a legal headache for tokenized securities

The SEC's new proposal to overhaul transfer-agent rules could eliminate duplicate offchain shareholder records, reducing reconciliation costs and legal uncertainty for tokenized securities.

OKX brings OpenAI and Anthropic bets to Europe as pre-IPO trading grows

The exchange is offering up to 10x leverage on private-company valuations alongside 100 tokenized stocks and ETFs.

Europe’s top regulator questions Polymarket and Kalshi’s EU access, warns of authorization gaps

ESMA said that event contracts may fall under existing EU binary-options bans, crypto-asset frameworks like MiCA or national gambling laws.

Polymarket names former Amazon finance chief Warren Jenson as its first CFO

Jenson becomes the prediction market’s first CFO as Polymarket builds its regulated U.S. exchange and global platform.

Monument Bank delays retail tokenized deposits while onboarding custody partner

The London-based challenger bank tapped a Canadian custodian to meet the Financial Conduct Authority’s regulatory requirements. It now expects to roll out retail tokenized deposits by November.

Bitcoin Bancorp snaps up thousands of defunct Bitcoin Depot ATMs for $620,000

Just over a quarter of Bitcoin Depot’s more than 9,200 kiosks have been sold for less than $1 million, court records show.

Crypto for Advisors: Hyperliquid and the future of finance

MoneyGram unveils stablecoin-backed card as digital dollars move into everyday spending

The remittance giant is rolling out a Visa card that lets customers hold dollars and spend from a stablecoin-backed balance.

Nasdaq, Boerse Stuttgart, others ask EU to remove or increase cap in tokenization trial

The coalition warned that the current limit is too low, noting some existing European projects already exceed it.

Crypto researchers cut Bitcoin and Ethereum quantum attack estimate by 50%

A paper shared with CoinDesk shows humans and AI agents beating Google’s March result on a core calculation used by Shor’s algorithm, adding another variable to crypto’s quantum clock.

Threatened with arrest online? Recognizing a law enforcement impersonation scam

So-called digital arrest scams use false claims of authority to pressure victims virtually into making rapid digital payments, including cryptocurrency transactions, writes Moody's Rich Graham.

BIS chief warns AI capex arms race relies on opaque debt, posing systemic risks

Pablo Hernandez cited historical railway and dot-com bubbles to caution that spending driven by hype over actual profits risks broad economic corrections.

Treasury yields continue to rise even as Bessent doubles down on bond buybacks

Long-term yields moved higher despite a $6 billion Treasury buyback, as debt concerns and rising oil prices continue to pressure global bond markets.

Nasdaq invests $100M in Kraken parent at $21B valuation: Report

Nasdaq invested $100 million in Payward as part of its push toward tokenized stock products with round-the-clock trading.

Crypto exchange giant Bybit to offer European ‘super-app’ with stocks, derivatives

Bybit has an electronic money institution license in Austria and is about to snag a MiFID license too, CEO Ben Zhou told Coindesk.

Nasdaq invests $100 million in Kraken parent company Payward at $21 billion valuation

The investment expands a strategic partnership to bring tokenized, voting-enabled equities to crypto exchange users.

Bitcoin traders dial down bullish plays ahead of U.S. inflation data

Your day-ahead look for Sept. 10, 2026

Bitcoin trades near $78,000 as memecoins, small caps lead a broad crypto retreat

Bitcoin fell 2% over 24 hours to $78,111 as 95 of the 100 CoinDesk 100 constituents declined, with most of the damage done overnight.

Treasury Secretary Bessent urges CLARITY Act passage after Senate returns

Secretary Scott Bessent warned that failing to pass the CLARITY Act would send a “troubling signal” about America’s leadership in the digital asset industry.

Hunter Biden denies profiting from memecoin after his LAPTOP crashes

Nansen found a $117,800 unrealized loss in one wallet as the team announced liquidity incentives and Bubblemaps flagged fresh top holders.

Bitcoin ETFs shed $167M after strongest three-week inflow run of 2026

ARKB led Wednesday’s Bitcoin ETF outflows as Ether and Solana funds returned to net inflows.