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BITCOIN · REGULATION — Updated 14 September 2026 Bitcoin’s late-summer recovery restored momentum after a drawdown toward $60,000. The market is now trading in the upper $70,000s, but the rebound is entering a two-event test: a Federal Reserve decision that could tighten dollar liquidity and a Senate vote that could reshape the U.S. framework for digital assets.
India is pushing BRICS members to link central-bank digital currencies for cross-border trade, but interoperability, currency swaps and geopolitical tensions remain major obstacles.
Bitwise will liquidate the Dogecoin ETF BWOW less than a year after launch, with October 14 expected to be its last NYSE trading day and remaining holders due cash after liquidation.
U.S. Bancorp completed a live cross-border USBDC stablecoin pilot on Stellar, testing minting, redemption, freezing and clawbacks as banks accelerate blockchain payment networks.
Mexican authorities found a clandestine crypto-mining operation with 300 GPUs in Puebla, putting energy theft, illicit finance and organized-crime risk back in focus for Bitcoin mining.
Nasdaq Ventures will invest $100 million in Payward, Kraken’s parent, as the companies expand Nasdaq Equity Tokens and add market-surveillance infrastructure for tokenized equities.
Iran is leaning harder on Tether and Bitcoin as sanctions and war constrain conventional trade channels, raising stablecoin-flow and enforcement risks for crypto markets.
Robinhood is taking stakes in Crypto.com and prediction-market platform OG.com while routing event contracts through OG.com’s CFTC-regulated infrastructure, deepening the convergence between crypto exchanges and regulated derivatives.
Hargreaves Lansdown has opened access to Bitcoin and Ether crypto ETNs for eligible UK retail investors, expanding regulated crypto distribution through one of Britain’s largest investment platforms.
Standard Chartered launched deliverable Bitcoin and Ether spot trading for institutional clients in the UAE, extending its regulated digital-asset stack from custody into execution through familiar FX interfaces.
