September 26, 2026
Bitcoin

Trump-Xi Summit Polymarket Odds: Can 93% Deal Hopes Hold?

The Trump-Xi summit Polymarket odds point to strong confidence in a trade deal. Polymarket’s contract on whether the United States and China will reach a qualifying tariff agreement by December 31, 2026 recently priced Yes at roughly 91–92%, according to the platform’s own market summary. A separate capture of the same contract, timestamped September 24,

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Kraken’s parent Payward is building a financial empire that goes far beyond crypto trading

Payward has divided that vision into four pillars: trading through Kraken, banking, asset management and Payward Services, its business-to-business infrastructure division. Kraken has about 6.6 million funded accounts holding between $40 billion and $50 billion of assets, according to Sethi, across more than 190 countries and territories. To grow its vision of a unified financial

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An Austrian Economist Explains Why AI Will Make Everyone An Entrepreneur W/ Per Bylund

AI is changing how we work, but can it replace the human entrepreneur? Austrian economist Per Bylund, Senior Fellow at the Mises Institute, joins Spencer Nichols to explain why AI is a statistical engine that improves efficiency but can’t imagine the future. He argues we’re moving from an employment economy to an entrepreneurship economy, and

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Ondo Launches Intelligent Portfolios, Powered by BlackRock, Bringing Portfolio Strategies Onchain

New Ondo Intelligent Portfolios will offer portfolio tokens based on portfolio strategies developed by BlackRock for Ondo, bringing professionally designed portfolios delivered as single onchain tokens for eligible investors outside the United States. NEW YORK, Sept. 24, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Ondo Finance today launched a new onchain product category: Ondo Intelligent Portfolios, curated portfolios delivered as

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CME Group Expands Crypto Derivatives With BCH and UNI Futures

Bitcoin Cash and Uniswap will join CME Group’s growing crypto futures lineup, with trading planned for October 19. CME Group is adding Bitcoin Cash and Uniswap futures to its growing cryptocurrency derivatives lineup. Trading is scheduled to begin on October 19, subject to regulatory review. Both assets will be available on standard and Micro contracts,

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Bitcoin Is Now Betting on Trump and Xi: The 92% Summit Signal That Could Trigger a Crypto Shock

Ahead of Thursday’s seismic Trump-Xi summit, Polymarket traders are currently pricing a 92% chance that the United States and China reach a tariff agreement by December 31, according to the platform’s live Trump-Xi market page. On the same day, the odds of a US-China military clash before 2027 sit at just 3%. Those are two

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Coinbase users can now borrow USDC against bitcoin at a fixed rate

Nasdaq-listed exchange Coinbase COIN$198.75·Market Closed now allows its users to borrow dollar-pegged stablecoin USDC agains their bitcoin holdings with no surprises on what they’ll pay in interest. The exchange has rolled out fixed-rate, bitcoin-backed USDC loans, with the interest rate and repayment date set at the time of borrowing, an alternative to the floating-rate loans

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Bitcoin’s Bull Run Is Back — And The Data Agrees

Bitcoin’s run this weekend would have observers believing that the bull market is back. But the data also backs it up.  A new report from data firm CryptoQuant shows that the leading cryptocurrency crossed above its 365-day moving average — a signal that the asset has finished being in a bear market.  Bitcoin’s price surged

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Infosys Partners With Chainlink to Advance Institutional Onchain Finance

Infosys partners with Chainlink to advance institutional onchain finance, tokenization, digital assets, compliance, data, and blockchain adoption globally. Infosys has partnered with Chainlink to help financial institutions adopt blockchain and onchain finance solutions. Infosys supports banks and payments infrastructure with over 1.7 billion customer accounts worldwide. Now, the company will collaborate with Chainlink to enable

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XRPL Permission Delegation Begins Final Test for October Activation

The XRP Ledger’s PermissionDelegationV1_1 amendment has entered its final two-week activation window after receiving 29 validator votes in favor, according to a report from BigGo Finance. That result starts a 14-day countdown toward the earliest possible go-live on October 5, 2026, at 11:18 AM UTC – but only if support holds where it is. That

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