Crypto Pulse

Overview The global digital asset trading landscape is entering an aggressive phase of institutional consolidation and structural attrition, highlighted by the announcement that CoinEx is shutting down operations after nine years of continuous service. Established during the retail trading boom of late 2017, the platform maintained a distinct footprint by catering to long-tail altcoin trading and integrating closely with mining pool infrastructure. However, a protracted macro market downturn, st

The Federal Reserve enters its September meeting with markets increasingly expecting a 25-basis-point interest rate hike, a sharp change from earlier expectations that rates could remain unchanged.The Federal Open Market Committee will meet on September 15–16, with its policy statement scheduled for 2:00 p.m. ET on September 16, followed by Chair Kevin Warsh’s press conference at 2:30 p.m. ET. Because this is also a quarterly projection meeting, the Fed will release an updated Summary of Economi

The U.S. crypto market may be heading toward a major regulatory shift, but the SEC is making one thing clear: Washington does not have to wait for Congress to act. SEC Chair Paul Atkins supports the CLARITY Act, yet the agency plans to keep developing crypto rules even if the legislation stalls.For investors and traders, that creates an unusual situation. Regulatory clarity could arrive through Congress, through the SEC, or through both. Here is what the latest developments mean for the crypto m

Solana has just recorded more than 263,000 new SPL tokens created in a single day, setting a new all-time high for daily token issuance on the network, according to Solscan data cited by Cointelegraph on September 10, 2026. Solscan defines this metric as “New SPL tokens,” meaning newly minted SPL tokens on Solana.There is one date-related detail that needs clarification. Cointelegraph published its article on September 10 but stated that the record occurred on Wednesday, corresponding to Septemb

Tether and Fasanara Capital announced the launch of StableFund on September 9, 2026, an evergreen private credit fund jointly sponsored by the two companies, with $400 million in initial co-investment capital and a target of attracting up to $3 billion from third-party institutional investors.StableFund focuses on short-duration, asset-backed credit deployed through Fasanara’s fintech network. The structure targets SME and consumer lending through platforms operating in more than 60 countries, w

Circle Internet Group, the issuer of the USDC stablecoin, has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Tazapay, a Singapore-based cross-border B2B payments infrastructure platform. Circle announced the deal on September 8, 2026, while the share purchase agreement was signed on September 4. The transaction has a base value of $400 million, to be paid in Circle shares rather than cash.The transaction has not yet been completed. Circle expects the deal to close in 2027, subject to customary closing

Key TakeawaysEthereum (ETH) trades near $2,500 after spiking to $2,660 on September 11, its highest level since January, and consolidating just below the $2,550 to $2,600 zone that analysts flag as the trigger for a run toward $3,000.Spot Ethereum ETFs pulled in $216.41 million on September 11, the strongest day of the month, led by BlackRock's ETHA with $148.82 million and a 20 session inflow streak. ETH funds have gathered about $863 million in net inflows in 2026 while Bitcoin ETFs sit roughl

Key TakeawaysZcash (ZEC) has surged more than 2,300% in a year and about 125% in the past 30 days, briefly topping $1,250 last week and lifting its market capitalization to roughly $19.5 billion, enough to enter the top 10 and overtake Monero as the largest privacy coin.Tachyon, led by Zcash co-founder Sean Bowe, is a redesign of the shielded protocol around proof carrying data that would let block producers aggregate many private transactions into a single proof, offload wallet syncing to serve

Key TakeawaysDOGE-1, the first space mission ever paid for entirely in Dogecoin (DOGE), was scheduled to lift off on Monday, September 14, 2026 aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rideshare from Kennedy Space Center, more than five years after Elon Musk first promised to send Dogecoin to the moon.The 12U CubeSat, built by Geometric Energy Corporation and partners, will orbit the moon for up to two years carrying a screen that displays community submitted images and advertisements broadcast back to Earth. D

Meta Platforms moved sharply against the broader AI hardware trade on September 14. META shares gained about 2.7%, while the S&P 500 fell 0.48% and semiconductor stocks suffered much steeper losses. Nvidia declined 3.4%, Micron dropped more than 5%, and AMD and Broadcom each fell more than 4%. September 14 market performanceThe contrast matters because Meta is one of the world's largest buyers of AI infrastructure rather than a pure supplier of it. If the frontier AI race develops at a slower pa