Today's Crypto and Bitcoin News

ME News reports that on September 9 (UTC+8), U.S. Bank, a subsidiary of U.S. Bancorp and the fifth-largest commercial bank in the United States, announced the successful completion of a cross-border payment test using its proprietary USD stablecoin, USBDC. The transactions were executed via the Stel

Bitcoin traded near $78,700 on Wednesday, Sept. 9, after repeatedly failing to reclaim the $79,500 area, leaving the market caught between a renewed push toward $82,000 and a deeper pullback. The near-term technical picture remains unsettled as traders also prepare for Friday’s U.S. inflation report

ChainCatcher report: U.S. Bank (a subsidiary of U.S. Bancorp), the fifth-largest commercial bank in the United States, has successfully completed a real-time cross-border payment test using its proprietary USD stablecoin, USBDC, facilitated via the Stellar blockchain between its North American and E

Germany is putting a deadline on tax-free Bitcoin (BTC). Buy before December 31, 2026 and the old rules follow your coins, but buy later and the taxman comes.That date sits inside a draft law from the finance ministry, and while nothing has passed yet, German investors are already doing the arithmet

Donald Trump’s latest salvo against the Federal Reserve, directed squarely at newly installed Chair Kevin Warsh, is testing central bank independence in real time.Trump took to Truth Social in early September to demand the Fed lower interest rates, tying the demand to trade policy by threatening res

Aave Labs just made it a lot easier for AI agents to talk to its lending protocols. The team launched a Model Context Protocol (MCP) server that gives AI applications a single, standardized endpoint to pull live data from both Aave V3 and V4, replacing the patchwork of static datasets and third-part

ChainThink reports that on September 9, trader Bonk Guy posted that sentiment toward Solana and its ecosystem is shifting from bearish to bullish.Previously, he believed that Robinhood Chain and BNB Chain might outperform Solana in this cycle; the related analysis has been written but not yet publis

Odaily Planet Daily reports: Bonk Guy posted on X that he previously held a bearish view on Solana and even authored an analysis favoring Robinhood and BNB Chain, predicting that Solana would lose significant market share and attention in this cycle. However, his perspective has recently shifted to

US Bank has completed a live pilot of its proprietary USBDC stablecoin, executing real-time cross-border payments between its North American and European divisions on the Stellar blockchain. The test, carried out on September 9, makes US Bank one of the first major American financial institutions to

According to CoinDesk, U.S. Bank, the fifth-largest commercial bank in the United States, has completed a cross-border real-time payment using its proprietary USD stablecoin, USBDC, facilitated via the Stellar blockchain between entities in North America and Europe. The test encompassed USBDC’s mint

Renowned trader Bonk Guy posted that he previously held a bearish view on Solana, even publishing an analysis favoring Robinhood and BNB Chain, predicting that Solana would lose significant market share and attention during this cycle. However, his perspective has recently shifted to bullish on Sola

Fitch Ratings has put a potential AI-driven market correction near the top of its worry list, warning that a severe drop in equity prices could tip the US economy into recession. The agency’s Global Risk Outlook for Q3 2026, published July 27-28, identifies the intersection of sky-high tech valuatio

Pump.fun’s mobile app processed more Solana-native token volume than Robinhood Chain token volume on September 8, marking the first time that’s happened since September 1. After weeks of Robinhood Chain’s memecoin frenzy stealing the spotlight, Solana’s home-court advantage appears to be reasserting

Key Insights:Michael Saylor’s Strategy repurchased $176 million of STRC stock last week.The company doubled its Digital Credit Securities Repurchase Program for STRC stock to $2 billion.David Lawrence said the STRC repurchases were accretive to common shareholders, with mNAV rising to 1.15x.Strategy

CoinDesk reports:Iran is easing foreign exchange controls, allowing businesses to settle cross-border trade using digital assets such as Bitcoin and USDT. This follows continued tightening of U.S. sanctions, which have restricted traditional international payment channels and increased the difficult